Longwood University News

Pictured are Mackenzie and Madison Linn making tie-dye t-shirts with Longwood University student Grace Pilk at last year's Summer Art Studio activities.

Gap years are all the rage, and the rationales are many: Take a year off between high school and college to work, travel, learn a language or skill, or volunteer.

Longwood University is banking on a financial services executive to provide stable leadership as the university begins the search for a new president.

The Velvet Shoestring , a furniture consignment shop, is one of Wayne's newest businesses.

Congratulations to the following Centreville High School students who were selected for the 2012 Boys' and Girls' State programs, hosted by the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary.

Allyson Cahoon is the typical grad at JRHs and she plans to attend Jefferson College of Health Sciences and pursue an RN degree.

Sonnet Ludwig, now a student at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla., takes the National Outdoor Leadership School's sea kayaking course in 2010 in Nordland, Norway.

Gap years are all the rage, and the rationales are many: Take a year off between high school and college to work, travel, learn a language or skill, or volunteer.

Newly hired South County Middle School Assistant Principals Heather Bousman and Gordon Stokes have a lot on their plates-helping Principal Marsha Manning with all sorts of tasks, from ordering furniture and hiring 50-plus teachers to writing the school mission statement.

Gap years are all the rage, and the rationales are many: Take a year off between high school and college to work, travel, learn a language or skill, or volunteer.

This 2010 photo provided by the National Outdoor Leadership School shows Sonnet Ludwig, now a student at Eckerd College in St.

Samantha Drake is immersed in the poetry. The poem Osmosis speaks of blending her physical body with nature.

Gap years are all the rage, and the rationales are many: Take a year off between high school and college to work, travel, learn a language or skill, or volunteer.

According to a report on CBSSports.com, Virginia Commonwealth University is leaving the Colonial Athletic Association for the Atlantic 10 Conference in 2013.

The retired brigadier general, who has been on medical leave for several weeks, submitted his resignation to the board of visitors after less than two years in the top position at the public liberal arts university in Farmville.

Ninety students at Longwood University were inducted into the national academic honor society Phi Kappa Phi this spring.

The Robert Russa Moton Museum's goal of becoming Virginia's leading civil rights heritage site has taken an important step forward.

Newly hired South County Middle School Assistant Principals Heather Bousman and Gordon Stokes have a lot on their plates-helping Principal Marsha Manning with all sorts of tasks, from ordering furniture and hiring 50-plus teachers to writing the school mission statement.

Town officials are also hopeful of sharing in the revenue Longwood University generates by charging a parking fee on Town streets.

Michael and Tina Luckey of Stafford County are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Marie, to Michael Daugherty, son of Donald and Nancy Daugherty, also of Stafford.