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Volume 6, Issue 1 Longwood University
434.395.2414
Save the Date! Longwood’s Annual Family
Weekend will be September
18-20th, 2015.
PAGE 1 WELCOME FAMILIES
PAGE 2 DATES AND DEADLINE
PAGE 2 THE SPIRIT INITIATI PAGE 3 INAUGURATION OF
PRESIDENT FINNEGAN PAGE 3 DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
PAGE 4 SPOTLIGHT: NEW
STUDENTS
PAGE 4 MOVE-IN TIPS
PAGE 5 NEW LANCER DAYS
& THE G.A.M.E 2.0
PAGE 6 FAMILY WEEKEND
PAGE 7 TRANSFORM
FALL 2011 2
August 2011
18– New students arrive
19– Final registration
20– Continuing students arrive
22– Classes begin at 8am
29– Last day to add/drop -5pm
September 2011
5– Labor Day Holiday/No classes,
University closed
6– Classes resume at 8am
6– Spring schedule due
8– Convocation
26– Grade estimates due
October 2011
10-11– Fall Break/No classes
12– Classes resume at 8am
12– Deadline to withdraw with a
“W”- 5pm
15– Graduate Comprehensive Ex-
amination
27– Summer 2010 schedule due
November 2011
7– Advising & Registration begin-
Spring 2012
18– Advising ends
23– Student Holiday/No classes
24-25– Thanksgiving Holiday/No
classes, University closed
28– Classes resume at 8am
December 2011 2– Last day of classes
3– Reading Day
5-9– Examinations
12– All grades are due - 8:30am
January 2012 16– Martin L. King, Jr. Holiday/No
classes, University closed
17– Final registration
17– New Student Orientation. Clas-
ses begin at 4pm
24– Last day of add/drop - 5pm
30– Fall 2012 schedule due
This publication is published
by the Office of First Year
Experience. We would like to
Welcome Familes, Parents,
…….
Thank you to the Parents
Council, FYE, and…..
Seniors: Class of 2015
Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 9:30 AM
*There is no limit to the amount of guests that can
attend per student.
This semester, your student should:
Buy a cap, gown, tassel and hood
Attend the graduation fair at Barnes and Noble
Create a portfolio through the Career Center
Handle any holds on the student account
Make moving arrangements
Invest in a nice suit for interviews
Juniors: Class of 2016 Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 9:30 AM
Parents, now is the time to begin making your
rooming arrangements if you student is graduating
in May 2016. Nearby hotels include:
Hampton Inn
Days Inn
Comfort Inn
Super 8
This semester, your student should:
Complete the application to graduate
Begin to build a resume. Help is available
through the University Career Center.
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March 1st is Longwood’s Priority
Deadline for FAFSA submissions. FAFSA
information can be submitted after this
deadline, but those that are turned in
complete and on time receive
consideration for assistance first.
MARCH 1ST, 2015
FAFSA DEADLINE
PAGE 1 WELCOME FAMILIES
PAGE 2 DATES AND DEADLINE
PAGE 2 THE SPIRIT INITIATI PAGE 3 INAUGURATION OF
PRESIDENT FINNEGAN PAGE 3 DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
PAGE 4 SPOTLIGHT: NEW
STUDENTS
PAGE 4 MOVE-IN TIPS
PAGE 5 NEW LANCER DAYS
& THE G.A.M.E 2.0
PAGE 6 FAMILY WEEKEND
PAGE 7 TRANSFORM
FALL 2011 2
August 2011
18– New students arrive
19– Final registration
20– Continuing students arrive
22– Classes begin at 8am
29– Last day to add/drop -5pm
September 2011
5– Labor Day Holiday/No classes,
University closed
6– Classes resume at 8am
6– Spring schedule due
8– Convocation
26– Grade estimates due
October 2011
10-11– Fall Break/No classes
12– Classes resume at 8am
12– Deadline to withdraw with a
“W”- 5pm
15– Graduate Comprehensive Ex-
amination
27– Summer 2010 schedule due
November 2011
7– Advising & Registration begin-
Spring 2012
18– Advising ends
23– Student Holiday/No classes
24-25– Thanksgiving Holiday/No
classes, University closed
28– Classes resume at 8am
December 2011 2– Last day of classes
3– Reading Day
5-9– Examinations
12– All grades are due - 8:30am
January 2012 16– Martin L. King, Jr. Holiday/No
classes, University closed
17– Final registration
17– New Student Orientation. Clas-
ses begin at 4pm
24– Last day of add/drop - 5pm
30– Fall 2012 schedule due
This publication is published
by the Office of First Year
Experience. We would like to
Welcome Familes, Parents,
…….
Thank you to the Parents
Council, FYE, and…..
Diet, exercise and better general health are usually high on resolution lists. At
Longwood Dining we make eating healthy easy. Our Healthy for Life platform
offers educational resources and daily tools to help your student maintain a
healthy lifestyle while on campus.
The Healthy for Life interactive station is located right inside the doors of
Dorrill Dining Hall. Featuring a literature display, current health & wellness
news, and an interactive touchscreen up-to-date with our menu, nutrition
highlights, and additional resources. In addition to our Healthy for Life
interactive station, we also provide several other tools to make eating easy.
•Nutrition cards: Recipe signage with nutrition information is displayed with
each menu item daily.
•Campus Dish App: The free mobile app is available for Apple and Android
platforms and makes menu and nutrition information available anytime. To
download the Campus Dish app just search for it in the mobile app store and
simply select Longwood as the location.
•Campus Dish Website: In addition to dining news and more, nutrition
information is available for the daily menu.
•MyFitnessPal: We have partnered with the popular ap, MyFitnessPal. The free
app makes finding nutrition information and counting your calories quick and
easy on any smartphone, tablet or computer. Students can easily search for any
menu to see calorie and other nutrition information whether they are dining at
the dining hall or any of the Longwood Dining retail brands. For example:
Typing “Aramark On Campus” in the search bar will return a list of all standard
menu items. To see a specific menu item (like Crispy Asiago Crusted Chicken)
all you have to do is search for “Aramark On Campus Crispy Asiago Crusted
Chicken”.
Here are some bite-sized actions for your student to
take to adopt healthier eating habits:
•Eat a green vegetable every week-day with your
dinner meal.
•Include a high calcium food or beverage daily at
lunch.
•Add a whole grain to meals four or five times a week.
Follow @LongwoodDining on Twitter and Instagram
to see our commitment in action. And you can learn
more about our efforts at
www.Longwood.CampusDish.com
Encourage your student to reach out to us! Feedback is
essential – we want to know what we’re doing right
and what we can do better. The quick online
comment card is accessible at
www.CampusDiningVoice.com. Menus, nutrition
facts, contact info & more can be found on the
Longwood Dining website:
www.Longwood.CampusDish.com.
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Shannon pictured in the center as she helped lead the campus-wide “I Won’t Stand For” Movement.
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Ally participating in Longwood’s annual Color Wars during the 2014 Oktoberfest.
If you’re traveling to campus this spring, here’s a piece of advice: Avoid Main Street until June.
What for eight months out of the year is a scenic drive into downtown
Farmville will become a landing ground for home runs from February to
May when Longwood’s baseball and softball teams open the year at Buddy
Bolding Stadium and Lancer Field.
Both Lancer teams lay claim to two of the top power hitters in the nation,
and unfortunately for the motorists of Farmville, both are taking aim at the
outfield wall that backs up to Farmville’s Main Street. Megan Baltzell, the
Big South Softball Preseason Player of the Year, and Kyri Washington, a
participant in the Cape Cod Baseball League Home Run Derby last summer,
will start their own personal derby in February as the Longwood programs
open their third year as members of the Big South.
Both Baltzell and Washington are the offensive centerpieces of their lineups
and have generated major national buzz heading into 2015. Baltzell is a top-
50 selection for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, and
Washington has garnered attention from Baseball America and D1Base-
ball.com as a high-round draft pick heading into his junior year.
Baltzell, an All-American catcher in 2013, enters her senior campaign after
batting .448 with 10 home runs, 17 doubles and 45 RBI last season. Those
video game-like numbers earned her the honor as the ninth-best offensive
player in the country from FastPitchNews.com and set the stage for her to
repeat as Big South Player of the Year in 2015.
Washington, meanwhile, is regarded as one of the most gifted players in the
country with arguably the most raw power of anyone at the collegiate level.
A 6-1, 215-pound outfielder who hails from Prospect, Va., and also played
locally as a freshman and sophomore at The Fuqua School, Washington
spent his summer playing in the Cape Cod Baseball League among the rest
of college baseball’s elite prospects. Washington was chosen to participate in
the Cape Cod League Home Run Derby at Fenway Park and put on a show
that had one Major League Baseball scout pegging him with “unbelievable
raw power” and “some of the loudest raw tools in the Cape.”
So again, we warn you: Don’t end up on the wrong end of a ball hit by
Baltzell or Washington. But if you happen to be one of those unlucky drivers
who catches a home run with your windshield, we apologize in advance. If
it’s any consolation, you can keep the souvenir.
Kyri Washington
Megan Baltzell
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