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FROM THE ALUMNI PRESIDENT Dear Friends, With the start of a new school year and fa ll in full season, the Alumni Association Board has begun planning another great year of programs and activities.

Board members are focusing on enhancing outreach efforts and volunteer opportunities for fellow a lumni.

We hope to work with other ,g overning boards at Longwood, along with deans and faculty, to connect with more undergraduates on campus and alumni in our communities.

The Board also is developing a plan to improve social media outreach. Throughout t he year, we will be working to provide easily accessible information for events, activities and alumni opportunities.

If you have not checked in with us on Facebook, stay connected with the "Longwood Alumni " page for the most up-to-date information.

If your contact information has changed, please let us know so we can include you on invitations to our events. Go to http://www.longwood.edu/alumni/ upform.htm.

Throughout the summer, the Alumni Boa rd hosted baseball fan appreciation day at minor and major league stadiums, middle-school sports clinics, social hours, back-to-school events at Starbucks and winery tours.

During the 2013-14 year, we hope to expand on these efforts.

We will be hosting our second annual Alumni Weekend at Great Wolf Lodge on March 7-9, 2014. Last ye ar there was an enthusiastic turnout, and we hope mo re of you wil l be able to attend and reconnect with friends and their families.

Everyone in t he Longwood community is enthusiastically kee ping an eye on the construction of our new Alumni Center. The Maugans Alumni Center, slated to open in 2014, was made possible by a generous $2.5 million gift from Fra nk 0 . arid Katharine Alle n Ma ugans '47. Katharine Mauga ns, a Buckingham County schoolteacher, e ntered the Navy in 1952 a nd served in the armed forces for 30 years, retiring with the distinguis he d rank of captain.

We hope to s ee fellow alumni and undergraduates throughout the year. Until the n, I will look forward to our paths crossing soon.

Kathleen Early '92 President, Longwood Alu mni Association

President W. Taylor Reveley IV is installed as Longwood's 26th president by Rector Marianne Moffat Radcliff '92.

'A Future of Vast Possibility' Longwood inaugurates its 26th president Under soft, blue-gray skies and. with a fall chill in the air, the inauguration of W Taylor Reveley IV as Longwood's 26th president drew a standingroom-only crowd on Nov. 15. Facul ty, staff, students, delegates and oth er guests filled the rows of chairs on Lancaster Mall as well as the "alternate seating" on the low brick wall surrounding the Cunningh am residence halls.

Members of the platform party included a former governor and the father of the new president. When it was his

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dents. Noting that they grew up with 9/11 and the economic crash of 2008, he said they "ride a tide of history, with fulcrum years ahead, and already without the innocence of generations before, in a time with a weather-beaten sense more like fall than summer, though in a country still rich in a way no array of figures can measure.... You know indeed that we live in hard times, with a future of vast possibility."

Inauguration festivities included a breakfast for faculty and staff, a special dinner for students and a reception immedi-

turn to speak, W. Taylor Reveley III, himself the head of an esteemed Virginia institu tion of higher education, said with a wry smile that "it's always good to see one of the offspring go into the family business."

ately following the ceremony, where Reveley and his wife, Marlo, danced to a few numbers played by the Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Combo. (Sitting in with the combo was saxophonist Thomas Burke Sisson '00, President Reveley's cousin, who

~ He has a vision. He holds the long view in a way that is unparalleled."

- Marianne Moffat Radcliff '92 On the cover: PresidentW.Taylor Reveley IV issues a challenge to students to take up the mantle of citizen leadership and the liberal arts in his rousing inaugura l address. Photograph by Mike Kropf ' 14.

on pomt is publis he d twice a year.

Editor: Matthew McWilliams Creative Director: David Wha ley Photographe rs: And rea Da iley, Mi ke Kropf '14 434-395-2020

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"Being Taylor Reveley seems to entail becoming president earned a music performance degree from Longwood.)

"It's a wonderful day and a wonderful evening. We have of a school in Virginia," said Reveley III, president of W illiam & Mary. W Taylor Reveley II was the president of adult beverages in our hands and delicious food all around Hampden-Sydney College. On a serious note, Reveley III us," the new president told the revelers there after promising called his son "the righ t person for the job at this particular "no more speechifying." moment in Longwood's long life."

The celebration continued until the wee hours with an inAlso speaking at the ceremony were former Gov. Gerald formal gathering on the grounds of Longwood House, where L. Baliles, with whom Longwood's Reveley worked at the Marlo Reveley told guests she hoped they would all "cut a law firm of H unton & W illiams and later at the University rug" on the dance floor that had been set up under a tent. of Virginia's Miller Center, and Marianne Moffat Radcliff '92, O verall, it was a historic occasion that will long be rerector of the Board of Visitors. membered by members of the Longwood family.

Baliles said that he and the new president "have always ''.Attending the inauguration was one of the most wonderfelt that the country's greatest present challenge is higher ed- ful things that's ever happened to me," said Evelyn Pankey ucation," adding that the two have worked together on isMcCorkle '42, a longtime friend of the Reveley family.

Another guest at the inauguration was Shirley Blackwell sues such as how to financially support "this vital public of Farmville, whose late husband, Herbert R. "Bob" good" and the role ofliberal arts in the 21st century.

Blackwell, was Longwood's academic dean from 1968-75.

"That Taylor is in a powerful position to give practical care to these issues .. . gives me powerful optimism," he said. Mrs. Blackwell knew Reveley's grandmother, Marie Eason Radcliff said Reveley's selection as Longwood's 26th presi- Reveley '40, through the Longwood Garden Club, and dent was "not a difficult choice." she recalled seeing Reveley IV at his parents' home on Monument Avenue in Richmond when he was a "toddler, "From the very beginning, he understood us, and somewhere, deep down, he was already a part of us," she said. no more than about 2."

"I feel like I know h im because I knew Marie, who was Radcliff also praised his leadership abilities. "He has a vision.

He holds the long view in a way that is unparalleled. It is a person of integrity and honor and hard work, and I feel like he will be the same way," she said. "It's been exciting. something he can articulate and illustrate in such a manner that at times you can almost physically see it."

His grandmother would have been so pleased."

- Kent Booty and Sabrina Brown Reveley devoted a portion of his remarks to current stu-

1. College of William and Mary President W.Taylor Reveley Ill said he believes his son, Longwood PresidentW.Taylor

Reveley IV, is the 'right person for the job at this particular moment in Longwood's long life: 2. President Re,veley, wife, Marlo, and their two young children lead a procession down Brock Commons to ri ng the Longwood University Bell. 3. Heather Monger ' 14 (center) starts a standing ovation for the newly inaugurated President Reveley. 4. Faculty lead the procession to begin the inauguration ceremony. 5. Longwood's first couple spins around the dance floor.

6. President Reveley cheers on Paige Rollins ' 15, SGA historian, as she rings the Longwood Bell with Reveley's boot.

7. President Reveley greets Evelyn Pankey Mccorkle ' 42, a longtime friend of the Reveley family and a classmate of Reveley's grandmother. 8. Former Virginia Gov. Gerald Bali Ies, a fo rmer colleague of President Reveley, led the inauguration ceremonies. 9. Former Virginia Sen. John H. and Karen Williams Chichester '74 were among the guests.

10. The reception in Blackwell Ballroom featu red good food, music and dancing.

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FROM THE ALUMNI PRESIDENT Dear Friends, With the start of a new school year and fa ll in full season, the Alumni Association Board has begun planning another great year of programs and activities.

Board members are focusing on enhancing outreach efforts and volunteer opportunities for fellow a lumni.

We hope to work with other ,g overning boards at Longwood, along with deans and faculty, to connect with more undergraduates on campus and alumni in our communities.

The Board also is developing a plan to improve social media outreach. Throughout t he year, we will be working to provide easily accessible information for events, activities and alumni opportunities.

If you have not checked in with us on Facebook, stay connected with the "Longwood Alumni " page for the most up-to-date information.

If your contact information has changed, please let us know so we can include you on invitations to our events. Go to http://www.longwood.edu/alumni/ upform.htm.

Throughout the summer, the Alumni Boa rd hosted baseball fan appreciation day at minor and major league stadiums, middle-school sports clinics, social hours, back-to-school events at Starbucks and winery tours.

During the 2013-14 year, we hope to expand on these efforts.

We will be hosting our second annual Alumni Weekend at Great Wolf Lodge on March 7-9, 2014. Last ye ar there was an enthusiastic turnout, and we hope mo re of you wil l be able to attend and reconnect with friends and their families.

Everyone in t he Longwood community is enthusiastically kee ping an eye on the construction of our new Alumni Center. The Maugans Alumni Center, slated to open in 2014, was made possible by a generous $2.5 million gift from Fra nk 0 . arid Katharine Alle n Ma ugans '47. Katharine Mauga ns, a Buckingham County schoolteacher, e ntered the Navy in 1952 a nd served in the armed forces for 30 years, retiring with the distinguis he d rank of captain.

We hope to s ee fellow alumni and undergraduates throughout the year. Until the n, I will look forward to our paths crossing soon.

Kathleen Early '92 President, Longwood Alu mni Association

President W. Taylor Reveley IV is installed as Longwood's 26th president by Rector Marianne Moffat Radcliff '92.

'A Future of Vast Possibility' Longwood inaugurates its 26th president Under soft, blue-gray skies and. with a fall chill in the air, the inauguration of W Taylor Reveley IV as Longwood's 26th president drew a standingroom-only crowd on Nov. 15. Facul ty, staff, students, delegates and oth er guests filled the rows of chairs on Lancaster Mall as well as the "alternate seating" on the low brick wall surrounding the Cunningh am residence halls.

Members of the platform party included a former governor and the father of the new president. When it was his

ll

dents. Noting that they grew up with 9/11 and the economic crash of 2008, he said they "ride a tide of history, with fulcrum years ahead, and already without the innocence of generations before, in a time with a weather-beaten sense more like fall than summer, though in a country still rich in a way no array of figures can measure.... You know indeed that we live in hard times, with a future of vast possibility."

Inauguration festivities included a breakfast for faculty and staff, a special dinner for students and a reception immedi-

turn to speak, W. Taylor Reveley III, himself the head of an esteemed Virginia institu tion of higher education, said with a wry smile that "it's always good to see one of the offspring go into the family business."

ately following the ceremony, where Reveley and his wife, Marlo, danced to a few numbers played by the Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Combo. (Sitting in with the combo was saxophonist Thomas Burke Sisson '00, President Reveley's cousin, who

~ He has a vision. He holds the long view in a way that is unparalleled."

- Marianne Moffat Radcliff '92 On the cover: PresidentW.Taylor Reveley IV issues a challenge to students to take up the mantle of citizen leadership and the liberal arts in his rousing inaugura l address. Photograph by Mike Kropf ' 14.

on pomt is publis he d twice a year.

Editor: Matthew McWilliams Creative Director: David Wha ley Photographe rs: And rea Da iley, Mi ke Kropf '14 434-395-2020

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"Being Taylor Reveley seems to entail becoming president earned a music performance degree from Longwood.)

"It's a wonderful day and a wonderful evening. We have of a school in Virginia," said Reveley III, president of W illiam & Mary. W Taylor Reveley II was the president of adult beverages in our hands and delicious food all around Hampden-Sydney College. On a serious note, Reveley III us," the new president told the revelers there after promising called his son "the righ t person for the job at this particular "no more speechifying." moment in Longwood's long life."

The celebration continued until the wee hours with an inAlso speaking at the ceremony were former Gov. Gerald formal gathering on the grounds of Longwood House, where L. Baliles, with whom Longwood's Reveley worked at the Marlo Reveley told guests she hoped they would all "cut a law firm of H unton & W illiams and later at the University rug" on the dance floor that had been set up under a tent. of Virginia's Miller Center, and Marianne Moffat Radcliff '92, O verall, it was a historic occasion that will long be rerector of the Board of Visitors. membered by members of the Longwood family.

Baliles said that he and the new president "have always ''.Attending the inauguration was one of the most wonderfelt that the country's greatest present challenge is higher ed- ful things that's ever happened to me," said Evelyn Pankey ucation," adding that the two have worked together on isMcCorkle '42, a longtime friend of the Reveley family.

Another guest at the inauguration was Shirley Blackwell sues such as how to financially support "this vital public of Farmville, whose late husband, Herbert R. "Bob" good" and the role ofliberal arts in the 21st century.

Blackwell, was Longwood's academic dean from 1968-75.

"That Taylor is in a powerful position to give practical care to these issues .. . gives me powerful optimism," he said. Mrs. Blackwell knew Reveley's grandmother, Marie Eason Radcliff said Reveley's selection as Longwood's 26th presi- Reveley '40, through the Longwood Garden Club, and dent was "not a difficult choice." she recalled seeing Reveley IV at his parents' home on Monument Avenue in Richmond when he was a "toddler, "From the very beginning, he understood us, and somewhere, deep down, he was already a part of us," she said. no more than about 2."

"I feel like I know h im because I knew Marie, who was Radcliff also praised his leadership abilities. "He has a vision.

He holds the long view in a way that is unparalleled. It is a person of integrity and honor and hard work, and I feel like he will be the same way," she said. "It's been exciting. something he can articulate and illustrate in such a manner that at times you can almost physically see it."

His grandmother would have been so pleased."

- Kent Booty and Sabrina Brown Reveley devoted a portion of his remarks to current stu-

1. College of William and Mary President W.Taylor Reveley Ill said he believes his son, Longwood PresidentW.Taylor

Reveley IV, is the 'right person for the job at this particular moment in Longwood's long life: 2. President Re,veley, wife, Marlo, and their two young children lead a procession down Brock Commons to ri ng the Longwood University Bell. 3. Heather Monger ' 14 (center) starts a standing ovation for the newly inaugurated President Reveley. 4. Faculty lead the procession to begin the inauguration ceremony. 5. Longwood's first couple spins around the dance floor.

6. President Reveley cheers on Paige Rollins ' 15, SGA historian, as she rings the Longwood Bell with Reveley's boot.

7. President Reveley greets Evelyn Pankey Mccorkle ' 42, a longtime friend of the Reveley family and a classmate of Reveley's grandmother. 8. Former Virginia Gov. Gerald Bali Ies, a fo rmer colleague of President Reveley, led the inauguration ceremonies. 9. Former Virginia Sen. John H. and Karen Williams Chichester '74 were among the guests.

10. The reception in Blackwell Ballroom featu red good food, music and dancing.

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Longwood again ranked with the best in the South Longwood is for the 16th consecutive year ranked among the best colleges in the annual U.S.News & World Report survey.

In the 2014 U.S.News "Best Colleges" report, released Sept. 10, Longwood moved up from No. 33 to No. 31 in the ranking for all Regional Universities in the South. Among Public Regional Universities in the South, Longwood is ranked No. 12.

"We are excited to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report and to move from 33 to 31 among Regional Universities in the South;' said Sallie McMullin, dean of admissions. "However, we feel that the most important ranking is being No. 1 in the eyes of the students we serve -and we are. Lancer and Longwood pride are at an all-time high, our students are happy, and our graduates are successful. As we continue to build new facilities and renovate existing ones, initiate ways to increase retention and graduation rates, and increase academic offerings, we will continue to move up in the rankings:' The US.News rankings are based on assessment by peers and counselors, retention of students, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving. Longwood is ranked among regional universities, which are those that offer a full range of undergraduate majors and master's programs but few, if any, doctoral programs. There are 621 such institutions in the South region, which encompasses 12 states.

Student sets record, raises nearly $30,000 in fall phonathon For someone who doesn't like talking on the phone, Kelly Ragsdale '14 is pretty good at it.

In the fall 2013 student phonathon program known as Lancer Line, Ragsdale raised $29,630 in pledges that's 75 percent more than the second-best caller and more than three times the average caller.

Ragsdale, a liberal studies/elementary and middle-school education major from Colonial Heights, said it was part luck, part enjoying connecting with alumni.

"I just got a lot of people who wanted to give and to talk;' she said. "I really enjoy reaching out to alumni and talking with them about their experiences. I especially enjoy talking with older alumni:' This was Ragsdale's fifth phonathon; her grand total as a caller stands at $70,832. "I didn't think I would enjoy it at first because I don't enjoy talking on the phone. My first two semesters, I was terrified, but since then my nerves have eased. I think it's gotten easier, and I know what to expect now:' Though she will stude nt-teach in the spring semester in Prince Edward County, she will also participate in her sixth and final Lancer Line this spring.

Lancer Line, in yvhich alumni, friends and parents are solicited by phone for pledges, takes place five nights a week for eight weeks in the fall and six weeks in the spring. Ragsdale, one of 22 student callers this past fall, made her calls every Monday through Thursday and on four Sunday evenings, receiving 332 pledges.

Ragsdale's $29,630 total for fall 2013 dwarfed the efforts of previous years. By way of comparison, the top caller for fall 2012 raised $18,616 a nd the best caller for fall 2011 raised $12,634.

The fall 2013 Lancer Line, which ended Nov. 14, raised $185,639 in pledges from 2,844 people, exceeding its goals on both measures. The 2013 effort also topped the overall results from 2012, when callers raised $170,917 from 2,391 people. Lancer Line is managed by Kelly Rhoades, assistant director of development.

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New alert system upgrades campus security

Among the Elite

Wordsmith

Center for Cyber Security earns national designation

Winner of 2013 Dos Passos prize addresses Native American experience

Longwood is the first institution of higher education in Virginia, and only the third in the nation, co be designated a National Center of Digital Forensics Academic Excellence (CDFAE). The designation was made in September by the Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3).

The CD FAE was developed as a partnership between academia and the government to establish standards for educators and researchers to advance the discipline of digital forensics and support the growing need for cyber security.

"CD FAE requirements include mastering tools and techniques as well as understanding the policies and ethics involved in the field," said Dr. Glenn S. Dardick, director of the Longwood Center for Cyber Security. "The designation means Longwood students who complete our program will be effectively prepared to support the increasing demands in the fields of law enforcement, national security and corporate security."

The Longwood Center for Cyber Security offers students a concentration in information systems and security and a minor in cyber security, forensics and policy.

Digital forensics is an area of focus in cyber security.

It involves the use of cutting-edge cools and investigative techniques to examine the evidence from "digital clues" left in the wake of cyber attacks or criminal activity.

"The initial term of the CD FAE designation is three years," said Joshua Black, director of the DC3/Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy, which provides digital forensics training to the Department of Defense. "DC3 views this as a workforce development initiative and hopes co be able to bring CDFAE graduates into critical positions."

The designation also includes the eligibility for students who complete cenified programs to sit for the DC3-sponsored Cyber Incident Responder exam. "The testing of students in this program provides another measure of their capabilities and a differentiator for them in the workplace," said Black.

American novelist, poet and shore story writer Sherman Alexie writing: an intense and original exploration of specifically was awarded the 32nd annual John Dos Passos Prize for Liter- American themes, an experimental approach to form and an interest in a wide range of human experiences. ature, annually awarded by Longwood's English department.

"Alexie's combination of dazzling, poetic prose and incisive humor is unparalleled in contemporary American literature," said Dr. David Magill, associate professor of English at Longwood and chair of this year's Dos Passos Prize Committee.

A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene tribal member, Alexie's work frequently addresses the contemporary experiences of Native Americans, both on and off reservations. He focuses on not only familiar challenges, including substance abuse and poverty, but also the complexities of managing an indigenous identity in a Eurocentric culture. Novels such as Reservation Blues ( 1994) and short story collections such as The Toughest Indian in the World (2000) portray these conflicts with dark humor that simultaneously challenges stereotypes and satirizes American popular culture, while respectfully acknowledging the humanity and dignity of his Native American characrers.

Alexie's work has been previously recognized for its innovation and insightfulness, including a PEN/Hemingway Award for the shore story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven ( 1993) and a National Book Award for Young People's literature for his semi-autobiographical novel The Absolutely True Diary ofa Part-Time Indian (2007).

The John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, founded in 1980, honors a talented but overlooked American writer of the early 20th century by recognizing contemporary writers. Recipients are American creative writers who have produced a substantial body of significant publication that displays characteristics of Dos Passos'

Dr. Glenn Dardick, director of the Longwood Center for Cyber Security, works with students. The center was designated a National Center of Digital Forensics Academic Excellence-one of only three such institutions in the nation.

"The CD FAE standards for participating institutions are set very high co qualify for designation as a Center of Excellence," said Dardick. "For students, that means a base of knowledge and skills that will be in demand in both the public and private sectors."

The CDFAE designation was created in response to a projected cyber security workforce deficit identified as a threat to public, private and national security goals. The standards were developed to culcivate skills and identify leaders in the industry. Its requirements represent a range of skills that the DoD has identified as vital co preparing industry professionals to meet growing threats and investigate cyber-crime in a fast evolving technical environment.

Memories to Spare Bowling alley closes, longtime operator retires

Melvin Eanes spent more than 30 years as operator of Lancer Lanes, the once-popular hangout in Lankford Student Union.

Longwood scarf travels to Florence, Italy Students in the International Studies in Mathematics History class in May 2013 brought two scarves when visiting the Basilica of Santa Croce, the church in Florence, Italy, where Michaelangelo and Galileo are buried. The course, which includes a study abroad component, was taught by Dr. Sharon Emerson-Stonnell (back row, second from left), professor of mathematics.

On Melvin Eanes' first day at Longwood, his supervisor went on vacation- but left behind the machinery for one of the four bowling lanes in pieces.

"It was a test," said Ean es. "H e wanted to see if I could fix it. So I fixed it."

Simple as that. And from that moment, Eanes knew he had earned his job operating Lancer Lanes, the Longwood University bowling alley- a once-thriving part oflife at Longwood. T he four lanes in the basement of Lankford Hall

are closed now- the last ball rolled down their polished surface on the last day of the 2013 spring semester.

The lanes, once a popular hangout spot for students, have seen interest wane in the last decade. Perhaps it was the lack of an electronic scoreboard or the tight quarters, but, in recent years, most nights saw only a handful of students use the facility. As the university prepares to transition to the Upchurch University Center, the bowling alley won't follow the Student Union to its new home.

For Eanes, the closing is bittersweet.

"Students just don't come down here like they did before," said Eanes. "Years ago, this place was hopping with students every night, but it just isn't that alive anymore.

T hey stopped having the bowling classes in here a few years back, and it got slower and slower after that."

Eanes arrived at Longwood in 1979 when he was 27 years old. Then Longwood College, the institution had just gone fully co-educational and the bowling alley was a thriving gathering spot on campus. Longwood sent Eanes to be certified as a bowling alley mechanic at the Brunswick school in Michigan.

The lanes themselves hold precious memories for Eanes, but it's the students who he will really miss. Longwood alumni who had been out of college for 25 years still returned to campus and made a special trip over to see him at Lancer Lanes before Eanes' retirement in 201 3. "I got to know a few students really well," he said. "It made coming to work a real pleasure. I really loved the first few days of the fall semester, though . Seeing all those fresh faces and feeling the energy of students back on campus, that always made me feel great about working here."

Himself a 200-average bowler, Eanes only knows of one perfect game in his 27 years at Lancer Lanes. "H e kept rolling those strikes, one after another," he said. "Man, that was a heck of a night."- M atthew M cWilliams

Longwood University has launched a new alert system accessible to the Prince Edward and Farmville communities.

Called e2campus, the alert system allows the university to send out quicker and more direct alerts for campus emergencies, weather events or other crises.

"This new alert system is a critical part of Longwood's overall campus safety effort;' said Chief of Police Bob Beach. "It is a significant upgrade over our old alert system and will better serve not only the Longwood community, but also parents of students and the Farmvil le and Prince Edward County communities:' The customizable alert system allows for multiple cell phone numbers and email addresses to be added for each user. That way, said Beach, users can be as connected as possible in an emergency and receive critical information regarding their safety.

Longwood employee and student emails are already part of the system, but cell phone numbers are not included.

Anyone can sign up for the alerts. Visit www.e2 campus.net/my/longwood and click the "Create New Account" tab.

Longwood to launch speakers series Longwood President W. Taylor Reveley IV is pleased to announce a new speakers series, which will hold its inaugural season in spring 2014.

The Longwood Leadership Forum, open to the public, will highlight outstanding examples of leadership in the arts, education, literature, the sciences, technology, business and philanthropy. Each event in the series will be held at 7 p.m. in Wygal Hall. Five speakers have been confirmed.

Jeff Schapiro, Jan. 23

Jeff Schapiro, a political reporter and columnist for the RichmondTimes-Dispatch, will discuss the recent governor's race and what we can expect from the new governor. Schapiro has covered Virginia elections and the state Capitol for 30 years.

Richard and Kathy Verlander, Feb. 27

Richard and KathyVerlander are the co-authors of Rocks Across the Pond, which focuses on the Verlanders'

experiences as parents to sons Justin, a star pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, and Ben, a minor-league pitcher.

The couple live in Goochland County.The talk is cosponsored by the Friends of the Library and the Department of Athletics.

Meg Gruber, March 12

Meg Gruber, president of the Virginia Education Association, is a high-school earth science teacher in Prince William County. She is serving a two-year term as VEA president that began in August 2012.

Dean King, March 27

Dean King is the author of the recently published The Feud: Th e Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story.

King, who lives in Richmond, is the author of 10 books of narrative nonfiction on adventure, historical and maritime subjects.

Teri Kanefield, April 2

Teri Kanefield is the author of The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement. She resea rched the book

for young readers in Farmville. Kanefield is an author of children's books and an attorney in Sacramento, Calif. The talk is co-sponsored by the Frie nds of Greenwood Library.

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Longwood again ranked with the best in the South Longwood is for the 16th consecutive year ranked among the best colleges in the annual U.S.News & World Report survey.

In the 2014 U.S.News "Best Colleges" report, released Sept. 10, Longwood moved up from No. 33 to No. 31 in the ranking for all Regional Universities in the South. Among Public Regional Universities in the South, Longwood is ranked No. 12.

"We are excited to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report and to move from 33 to 31 among Regional Universities in the South;' said Sallie McMullin, dean of admissions. "However, we feel that the most important ranking is being No. 1 in the eyes of the students we serve -and we are. Lancer and Longwood pride are at an all-time high, our students are happy, and our graduates are successful. As we continue to build new facilities and renovate existing ones, initiate ways to increase retention and graduation rates, and increase academic offerings, we will continue to move up in the rankings:' The US.News rankings are based on assessment by peers and counselors, retention of students, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving. Longwood is ranked among regional universities, which are those that offer a full range of undergraduate majors and master's programs but few, if any, doctoral programs. There are 621 such institutions in the South region, which encompasses 12 states.

Student sets record, raises nearly $30,000 in fall phonathon For someone who doesn't like talking on the phone, Kelly Ragsdale '14 is pretty good at it.

In the fall 2013 student phonathon program known as Lancer Line, Ragsdale raised $29,630 in pledges that's 75 percent more than the second-best caller and more than three times the average caller.

Ragsdale, a liberal studies/elementary and middle-school education major from Colonial Heights, said it was part luck, part enjoying connecting with alumni.

"I just got a lot of people who wanted to give and to talk;' she said. "I really enjoy reaching out to alumni and talking with them about their experiences. I especially enjoy talking with older alumni:' This was Ragsdale's fifth phonathon; her grand total as a caller stands at $70,832. "I didn't think I would enjoy it at first because I don't enjoy talking on the phone. My first two semesters, I was terrified, but since then my nerves have eased. I think it's gotten easier, and I know what to expect now:' Though she will stude nt-teach in the spring semester in Prince Edward County, she will also participate in her sixth and final Lancer Line this spring.

Lancer Line, in yvhich alumni, friends and parents are solicited by phone for pledges, takes place five nights a week for eight weeks in the fall and six weeks in the spring. Ragsdale, one of 22 student callers this past fall, made her calls every Monday through Thursday and on four Sunday evenings, receiving 332 pledges.

Ragsdale's $29,630 total for fall 2013 dwarfed the efforts of previous years. By way of comparison, the top caller for fall 2012 raised $18,616 a nd the best caller for fall 2011 raised $12,634.

The fall 2013 Lancer Line, which ended Nov. 14, raised $185,639 in pledges from 2,844 people, exceeding its goals on both measures. The 2013 effort also topped the overall results from 2012, when callers raised $170,917 from 2,391 people. Lancer Line is managed by Kelly Rhoades, assistant director of development.

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LONGWOOD ALUMNI NEWS

New alert system upgrades campus security

Among the Elite

Wordsmith

Center for Cyber Security earns national designation

Winner of 2013 Dos Passos prize addresses Native American experience

Longwood is the first institution of higher education in Virginia, and only the third in the nation, co be designated a National Center of Digital Forensics Academic Excellence (CDFAE). The designation was made in September by the Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3).

The CD FAE was developed as a partnership between academia and the government to establish standards for educators and researchers to advance the discipline of digital forensics and support the growing need for cyber security.

"CD FAE requirements include mastering tools and techniques as well as understanding the policies and ethics involved in the field," said Dr. Glenn S. Dardick, director of the Longwood Center for Cyber Security. "The designation means Longwood students who complete our program will be effectively prepared to support the increasing demands in the fields of law enforcement, national security and corporate security."

The Longwood Center for Cyber Security offers students a concentration in information systems and security and a minor in cyber security, forensics and policy.

Digital forensics is an area of focus in cyber security.

It involves the use of cutting-edge cools and investigative techniques to examine the evidence from "digital clues" left in the wake of cyber attacks or criminal activity.

"The initial term of the CD FAE designation is three years," said Joshua Black, director of the DC3/Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy, which provides digital forensics training to the Department of Defense. "DC3 views this as a workforce development initiative and hopes co be able to bring CDFAE graduates into critical positions."

The designation also includes the eligibility for students who complete cenified programs to sit for the DC3-sponsored Cyber Incident Responder exam. "The testing of students in this program provides another measure of their capabilities and a differentiator for them in the workplace," said Black.

American novelist, poet and shore story writer Sherman Alexie writing: an intense and original exploration of specifically was awarded the 32nd annual John Dos Passos Prize for Liter- American themes, an experimental approach to form and an interest in a wide range of human experiences. ature, annually awarded by Longwood's English department.

"Alexie's combination of dazzling, poetic prose and incisive humor is unparalleled in contemporary American literature," said Dr. David Magill, associate professor of English at Longwood and chair of this year's Dos Passos Prize Committee.

A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene tribal member, Alexie's work frequently addresses the contemporary experiences of Native Americans, both on and off reservations. He focuses on not only familiar challenges, including substance abuse and poverty, but also the complexities of managing an indigenous identity in a Eurocentric culture. Novels such as Reservation Blues ( 1994) and short story collections such as The Toughest Indian in the World (2000) portray these conflicts with dark humor that simultaneously challenges stereotypes and satirizes American popular culture, while respectfully acknowledging the humanity and dignity of his Native American characrers.

Alexie's work has been previously recognized for its innovation and insightfulness, including a PEN/Hemingway Award for the shore story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven ( 1993) and a National Book Award for Young People's literature for his semi-autobiographical novel The Absolutely True Diary ofa Part-Time Indian (2007).

The John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, founded in 1980, honors a talented but overlooked American writer of the early 20th century by recognizing contemporary writers. Recipients are American creative writers who have produced a substantial body of significant publication that displays characteristics of Dos Passos'

Dr. Glenn Dardick, director of the Longwood Center for Cyber Security, works with students. The center was designated a National Center of Digital Forensics Academic Excellence-one of only three such institutions in the nation.

"The CD FAE standards for participating institutions are set very high co qualify for designation as a Center of Excellence," said Dardick. "For students, that means a base of knowledge and skills that will be in demand in both the public and private sectors."

The CDFAE designation was created in response to a projected cyber security workforce deficit identified as a threat to public, private and national security goals. The standards were developed to culcivate skills and identify leaders in the industry. Its requirements represent a range of skills that the DoD has identified as vital co preparing industry professionals to meet growing threats and investigate cyber-crime in a fast evolving technical environment.

Memories to Spare Bowling alley closes, longtime operator retires

Melvin Eanes spent more than 30 years as operator of Lancer Lanes, the once-popular hangout in Lankford Student Union.

Longwood scarf travels to Florence, Italy Students in the International Studies in Mathematics History class in May 2013 brought two scarves when visiting the Basilica of Santa Croce, the church in Florence, Italy, where Michaelangelo and Galileo are buried. The course, which includes a study abroad component, was taught by Dr. Sharon Emerson-Stonnell (back row, second from left), professor of mathematics.

On Melvin Eanes' first day at Longwood, his supervisor went on vacation- but left behind the machinery for one of the four bowling lanes in pieces.

"It was a test," said Ean es. "H e wanted to see if I could fix it. So I fixed it."

Simple as that. And from that moment, Eanes knew he had earned his job operating Lancer Lanes, the Longwood University bowling alley- a once-thriving part oflife at Longwood. T he four lanes in the basement of Lankford Hall

are closed now- the last ball rolled down their polished surface on the last day of the 2013 spring semester.

The lanes, once a popular hangout spot for students, have seen interest wane in the last decade. Perhaps it was the lack of an electronic scoreboard or the tight quarters, but, in recent years, most nights saw only a handful of students use the facility. As the university prepares to transition to the Upchurch University Center, the bowling alley won't follow the Student Union to its new home.

For Eanes, the closing is bittersweet.

"Students just don't come down here like they did before," said Eanes. "Years ago, this place was hopping with students every night, but it just isn't that alive anymore.

T hey stopped having the bowling classes in here a few years back, and it got slower and slower after that."

Eanes arrived at Longwood in 1979 when he was 27 years old. Then Longwood College, the institution had just gone fully co-educational and the bowling alley was a thriving gathering spot on campus. Longwood sent Eanes to be certified as a bowling alley mechanic at the Brunswick school in Michigan.

The lanes themselves hold precious memories for Eanes, but it's the students who he will really miss. Longwood alumni who had been out of college for 25 years still returned to campus and made a special trip over to see him at Lancer Lanes before Eanes' retirement in 201 3. "I got to know a few students really well," he said. "It made coming to work a real pleasure. I really loved the first few days of the fall semester, though . Seeing all those fresh faces and feeling the energy of students back on campus, that always made me feel great about working here."

Himself a 200-average bowler, Eanes only knows of one perfect game in his 27 years at Lancer Lanes. "H e kept rolling those strikes, one after another," he said. "Man, that was a heck of a night."- M atthew M cWilliams

Longwood University has launched a new alert system accessible to the Prince Edward and Farmville communities.

Called e2campus, the alert system allows the university to send out quicker and more direct alerts for campus emergencies, weather events or other crises.

"This new alert system is a critical part of Longwood's overall campus safety effort;' said Chief of Police Bob Beach. "It is a significant upgrade over our old alert system and will better serve not only the Longwood community, but also parents of students and the Farmvil le and Prince Edward County communities:' The customizable alert system allows for multiple cell phone numbers and email addresses to be added for each user. That way, said Beach, users can be as connected as possible in an emergency and receive critical information regarding their safety.

Longwood employee and student emails are already part of the system, but cell phone numbers are not included.

Anyone can sign up for the alerts. Visit www.e2 campus.net/my/longwood and click the "Create New Account" tab.

Longwood to launch speakers series Longwood President W. Taylor Reveley IV is pleased to announce a new speakers series, which will hold its inaugural season in spring 2014.

The Longwood Leadership Forum, open to the public, will highlight outstanding examples of leadership in the arts, education, literature, the sciences, technology, business and philanthropy. Each event in the series will be held at 7 p.m. in Wygal Hall. Five speakers have been confirmed.

Jeff Schapiro, Jan. 23

Jeff Schapiro, a political reporter and columnist for the RichmondTimes-Dispatch, will discuss the recent governor's race and what we can expect from the new governor. Schapiro has covered Virginia elections and the state Capitol for 30 years.

Richard and Kathy Verlander, Feb. 27

Richard and KathyVerlander are the co-authors of Rocks Across the Pond, which focuses on the Verlanders'

experiences as parents to sons Justin, a star pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, and Ben, a minor-league pitcher.

The couple live in Goochland County.The talk is cosponsored by the Friends of the Library and the Department of Athletics.

Meg Gruber, March 12

Meg Gruber, president of the Virginia Education Association, is a high-school earth science teacher in Prince William County. She is serving a two-year term as VEA president that began in August 2012.

Dean King, March 27

Dean King is the author of the recently published The Feud: Th e Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story.

King, who lives in Richmond, is the author of 10 books of narrative nonfiction on adventure, historical and maritime subjects.

Teri Kanefield, April 2

Teri Kanefield is the author of The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement. She resea rched the book

for young readers in Farmville. Kanefield is an author of children's books and an attorney in Sacramento, Calif. The talk is co-sponsored by the Frie nds of Greenwood Library.

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Happy New Year 2013-14 kicks off with excitement, musical acts, colorful caps A warm start to the fall semester greeted students and faculty as they made their way back to campus for the 2013-14 school year.

The weather provided a perfect backdrop for the annual slate of events that has come to signal the beginning of another year: The G.A.M.E., Convocation, Rock the Block and Oktoberfest.

Growing each year, The G.A.M.E. introduced this year's scarf and featured an exhibition men's soccer game pitting Longwood-and, by association, Longwood President W. Taylor Reveley N-against the College ofWilliam & Mary, where W. Taylor Reveley III is president. Both father and son were in attendance to cheer on their respective teams.

As usual, Convocation was at once zany and serious.

Elaborately decorated mortarboards marked the start of seniors' last year on campus before joining the ranks of alumni.

Rock the Block again saw an incredible turnout- proof that this relative newcomer to Longwood traditions has solidified its place on campus for years to come.

Oktoberfest was full of festivity. President Reveley even joined the Color Wars fray and was doused with red and green paint. The week kicked off with Dr. Jim Jordan's traditional bonfire on Iler Field and finished with a slate of bands chat rocked into the night.

1. Firewo rks light up the sky at t he annual Rock the Block celebrat ion.

2. As usual, st udents were t reated to a w ide variet y of musical genres during Okt oberfest. 3. After receivi ng t heir scarves, st udents were voca l about their support of the Lancers at the ann ual G.A .M .E. 4. Schoo l spirit gets a little lo ud at the GA M.E. 5. Rock the Block brings friends together at the beginning of each school year. 6. Both president s Reveley-College of Will iam and Mary President W. Taylor Reveley Ill and Longwood President W. Taylor R,eveley IV - w ere on hand to watch their ath letes co mpete at t he G.A. M.E. 7. Ok1oberfest is alw ays filled w ith crazy dance routines and acts.

8. Color Wars - the annual rite of passage each Oktoberfest- was pa rticularly colorfu l t his yea r. Even President Reveley j o ined in t he fu n, coin ing the phrase Redl+Green=Blue. 9. Co nvocation featured, as alw ays, som e v ery unique caps. 10. Does this cap mean Gil Ha ll ' 14 is a bookwo rm?

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Happy New Year 2013-14 kicks off with excitement, musical acts, colorful caps A warm start to the fall semester greeted students and faculty as they made their way back to campus for the 2013-14 school year.

The weather provided a perfect backdrop for the annual slate of events that has come to signal the beginning of another year: The G.A.M.E., Convocation, Rock the Block and Oktoberfest.

Growing each year, The G.A.M.E. introduced this year's scarf and featured an exhibition men's soccer game pitting Longwood-and, by association, Longwood President W. Taylor Reveley N-against the College ofWilliam & Mary, where W. Taylor Reveley III is president. Both father and son were in attendance to cheer on their respective teams.

As usual, Convocation was at once zany and serious.

Elaborately decorated mortarboards marked the start of seniors' last year on campus before joining the ranks of alumni.

Rock the Block again saw an incredible turnout- proof that this relative newcomer to Longwood traditions has solidified its place on campus for years to come.

Oktoberfest was full of festivity. President Reveley even joined the Color Wars fray and was doused with red and green paint. The week kicked off with Dr. Jim Jordan's traditional bonfire on Iler Field and finished with a slate of bands chat rocked into the night.

1. Firewo rks light up the sky at t he annual Rock the Block celebrat ion.

2. As usual, st udents were t reated to a w ide variet y of musical genres during Okt oberfest. 3. After receivi ng t heir scarves, st udents were voca l about their support of the Lancers at the ann ual G.A .M .E. 4. Schoo l spirit gets a little lo ud at the GA M.E. 5. Rock the Block brings friends together at the beginning of each school year. 6. Both president s Reveley-College of Will iam and Mary President W. Taylor Reveley Ill and Longwood President W. Taylor R,eveley IV - w ere on hand to watch their ath letes co mpete at t he G.A. M.E. 7. Ok1oberfest is alw ays filled w ith crazy dance routines and acts.

8. Color Wars - the annual rite of passage each Oktoberfest- was pa rticularly colorfu l t his yea r. Even President Reveley j o ined in t he fu n, coin ing the phrase Redl+Green=Blue. 9. Co nvocation featured, as alw ays, som e v ery unique caps. 10. Does this cap mean Gil Ha ll ' 14 is a bookwo rm?

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Appointments bring fresh perspectives, new focus to Reveley administration Changes in the administration at Longwood University have brought two fresh faces to campus and seen the promotion of one longtime staff member. As one of President W. Taylor Reveley IV's first actions as president, several departments were reorganized to respond to the unique challenges facing higher education in the 21 st century.

Brenda Atkins has been at Longwood for three decades, but her position is new: vice president for commonwealth relations. She will continue the work she has done for the past 15 years as executive assistant to the president for governmental affairs and special projects, which has been to work closely with legislators to secure hundreds of millions of dollars for the university and to advise the university president on statewide initiatives. Also now part of the Division of Commonwealth Relations are University Advancement, the university's fundraising arm, which includes the Longwood University Foundation; Corporate and Foundation Relations; Major Programs; and Conference and Event Services.

Victoria Kindon, vice president for strategic operations, leads a new division focused on using data and information technology to help build and strengthen personal, one-on-one connections between Longwood and key constituents such as prospective students, current students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters.

Areas within Strategic Operations are Alumni Relations, Information Technology Services, Public Relations, and Enrollment Management and Student Success. Kindon is an expert in working with big data-immense, complex sets of numbers-and will apply that expertise to meet challenges facing the university, particularly increasing graduation and retention rates. Kindon has been a leader at technology firms throughout her career, with clients including the University of Virginia, World Wildlife Fund and recent presidential campaigns.

Justin Pope, chief of staff, is an award-winning journalist who served as national higher education reporter for the Associated Press for the last nine years. A native Virginian, Pope is an influential voice in the field, having written extensively about topics including college finance and affordability, academic and student life issues, admissions and new education technologies.

As a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan, Pope spent a year researching "The Challenges of Mass-Scale Higher Education in the United States and Abroad:' He serves as an adviser to the president and will help shape university initiatives.

ALUMNI AWARDS Nominations for 2015 awards accepted through Aug. 1 The Longwood University Alumni Awards program recognizes alumni for their outstanding achievements and service to others. Nominations for awards to be presented in spring 2015 are due no later than Aug. 1.

If you would like to nominate one or more alumni, please visit www.longwood.edu/alumni/awards.htm and click on "Nomination Form:' For more information, call 800-281-4677 (extension 3) or 434-395-2044.

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31 The Maugans Alumni Center will 'showcase not only Longwood's past b ut also the present and plans for the future; said Nancy Shelton '68, associate vice president for alumni relations.

An Evenining with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra: 7:30 p.m., Jarman Hall. Tickets on sale at www.etix.com or at the Longwood Box Office starting Jan. 8. Price: $20, orchestra section; $15, rear orchestra; $10, balcony.

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Maugans Alumni Center begins to take shape, work to finish in 2015

Run by students who want to continue playing a game they love, the club football team had its first win ever this season over the UNC club team.

Love of the Game At Longwood, club football players suit up just to play Football can become addictive for those who play it.

Yet of all the "boys of fall" who don pads and helmets in high school, only a handful go on to participate in the sport at the college level. Surprisingly, some of those hard-core gridiron junkies-the ones who consider touch football an abomination-are playing college-level football (though not Division I) right here at Longwood.

It's hard to imagine, say, Alabama sending that message to

Work has begun on the Maugans Alumni Center and is expected to be completed in 2015.

The project includes renovating the lower level of Blackwell Hall into offices for administrative units including Advancement, Alumni Relations, Public Relations and the Longwood Foundation. On the main level, a new boardroom will be constructed in the former kitchen, and a new warming kitchen and pantry will be added near the boardroom. Replacement and extension of the elevator to provide access to the mezzanine level and the completion of three meeting rooms on that level will complete the interior renovations. ''At the Maugans Alumni Center, we will showcase not only Longwood's past but also the present and plans for the future," said Nancy Shelton, associate vice president for alumni relations. "One special display will be diplomas with the signatures of all the presidents since 1884, when the State Female Normal School became part of the commonwealth of Virginia's higher education system."

The main entrance will be on the south end, facing Graham Hall. The outside will feature tall columns to reflect the

columns on Ruffner, French and Grainger Halls. Inside that entrance will be a grand stairway with two sets of stairs leading up to the first floor. Another entrance will be on the building's west end, facing Brock Commons.

The alumni center was made possible by generous gifts from numerous alumni and other friends, including a $2.5 million bequest from Katharine Allen Maugans '46.

Other major gifts include $500,000 from Robert Martinelli in memory of his wife, Eloise Hodges Martinelli '52; $300,000 from the estate ofTucker Winn '48; $200,000 from the estate of Cecil and Margaret Powell '43; and $100,000 each from Page McGaughy '47, Kirty Bridgforth Hooker '47 and Howard and Cindy Buckler (a member of the Foundation Board). All will have major rooms or areas within the complex named for them. Construction is expected to cost about $4 million.

Blackwell Ballroom and Foyer-the main dining area of the former Blackwell dining room-will remain the same. The university and the Alumni Association look forward to welcoming you to the new Maugans Alumni Center when it opens in 2015.-Kent Booty

LSU. But one might argue that club football is where college sports used to be long ago, before football and basketball became such serious business.

For Longwood's football team, there are no pricey game tickets or big donations from supporters. The players pay their own way.

Longwood anthropology professors James Jordan and Brian Bates will take alumni on an archaeological odyssey to the United Kingdom. Travelers will visit such world-famous sites as Stonehenge and West Kennet Long Barrow through to Medieval London.

7-8 Great Wolf Lodge Alumni Weekend: Alumni and fami lies gather for a weekend of fun and fellowship at the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, Va. For more information, visit www.longwoodlink.com

12 Longwood Leadership Forum: Meg Gruber, president of the Virginia Education Association, will speak at 7 p.m. in Wygal Hall on Longwood's campus.

27 Longwood Leadership Forum: Dean King, author of The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story,

will speak at 7 p.m. in Wygal Hall on Longwood's campus.

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A Life of Adventure After finding each other at Longwood# they found Alaska together

2 Longwood Leadership Forum:Teri Kanefield, author of The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement, will speak

at 7 p.m. in Wygal Hall on Longwood's campus.

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I didn't want to make football my life. I just wanted to play.

Here I could do that and be a regular student.' -Kevin Karsner '15

Kevin Karsner ' 15, from Fairfax, is typical of the 30 players on Longwood's club football team. Club sports are student organizations and compete against teams from other universities.

Karsner played on the offensive line at Fairfax High School for four years, and weighs 240 pounds. The catch is, he's only 5-foot-6.

"I see that as an advantage," Karsner said. 'Tm hard to knock off my feet."

Most college programs disagreed, although Karsner did have the opportunity to try out for teams at HampdenSydney and Randolph-Macon. He opted instead to attend Longwood, swayed, in pare, by the school's then-infant club football program.

"I didn't want to make football my life," Karsner said.

"I just wanted to play. Here, I could do that and be a regular student."

The football part wasn't easy-the Longwood club football team didn't win a game his first two years. That twoyear drought made the team's first-ever victory on Oct. 19, 2013, even sweeter. They beat the University of North Carolina, 18-6.

'That was awesome," said coach Daniel Wooten ' 13, a former player. "It was especially great because that team beat us SO-something to 6 last year. Our defense did a great job."

Continuing that momentum had to wait, however.

The club football team canceled a game the following week because they had too many injuries.

"We only have 30 some players," Wooten said, "and we had a couple of guys banged up, like our quarterback.

So we cancelled."

"Everybody pays about $200 to play," Connor Smedile '15, from Purcellville, said. "It used to be $400, bur gradually we're building up a stockpile of equipment and that helps.

A helmet costs $200 alone." Players must also carry insurance and sign a waiver releasing Longwood from liability if they are injured.

Wooten is in his first year as the head coach, helped by several volunteer assistants. A defensive lineman at Prince Edward County High School, his only previous coaching experience was guiding a middle-school track team.

"I got a lot of good advice from my dad, who was a highschool coach," he said, "and some of the Hampden-Sydney coaches talked to me. When we can, the other coaches and I try to drive to where our next opponent is playing to scout them."

There is no team bus on game day for the club football team, however. "We car pool," Wooten said. ''Athletics is a significant a part of our culture, and important to a lot of students who attend Longwood. Many of them don't want to give up a sport they enjoyed in high school," said athletics director Troy Austin. "While a varsity team isn't economically feasible-and isn't in future planswe're glad that students who love playing football have an opportunity here at the club level."

The club football team plays at Lancer Park in Farmville, a site that is off-campus but close to some off-campus housing.

"I think the crowds for our home games are getting bigger," Smedile said.

That's nice, of course, but even if no one showed up, the club football players would still be out there. They're hooked. -Darrell Laurant

"We were in the same classes for two years before we finally started dating," said Bernie. "Marrying Madeline was the smartest thing I ever did, and we've been happily together ever since." In June 2013, the Warrens celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary.

Both earned education degrees from Longwood, but only Madeline put hers to use in Guam. Nervous about her first day, she thought back on her primary and secondary school teachers in Scottsville, almost all of whom were Longwood graduates. Lying in bed, she inventoried all of their best qualities and tried her best to take them on as her own.

"I remembered that I was prepared to be a great teacher," she said. "I was grateful for that preparation and still am."

Bernie and Madeline Warren met as Longwood students in the 1950s.

After three years, the Warrens opted to move onThey settled in Anchorage, Alaska-in search of adventure, teaching careers and more than a little fly fishing.

Guam's lack of trout fishing played no small part in their decision, said Bernie, half-jokingly. After considering various teaching positions in the American northwest, they agreed to continue their adventure in Anchorage, Alaska.

Nearly the minute they left Longwood, Bernie and MadeJust two years earlier, in 1959, Alaska had become the line Warren were off in search of adventure.

Married in Madeline's hometown of Scottsville a week after 49th state. With a population of just over 200,000, it seemed on the edge of the frontier to the Warrens. graduating, they soon moved to Guam after Bernie's uncle "We were real pioneers," said Madeline. "We were living in an ice-covered trailer. It wasn't easy." Their first winter in LongwoodCouples• the Last Frontier was the coldest on record, and they lived through the great earthquake of 1964-the most powerful asked them to join him on the island territory to establish in U.S. history. Despite their early struggles, though, they a jewelry and Oriental antique shop. Young and with little quickly grew to love rhe state and made their careers there. money, they jumped at the opportunity.

Madeline taught middle school, and Bernie, after a brief "It was paradise," said Madeline. "I was content to spend stint as a teacher, served as a vice principal and principal. all my time on the beach but Bernie's aunt had other plans.

Their Anchorage home abuts the seemingly endless She assured me that I'd become homesick if I didn't go to Chugach National Forest-with the grandiose Chugach work, so I took a job teaching for the Guam government. " mountain range-and has views of Cook Inlet. Nearby Bernie '58 and Madeline '58 met in 1955 at Longwood, but romance took a while to develop. Bernie, a Korean War streams feed one of Bernie's passions, trout fishing. And while the winters are still cold and they are a long plane ride veteran, was a day student, living off campus and financing his education by building small, Cape Cod style houses just away from relatives and friends in Virginia, "if we could do it all over again, we would," said Bemie.-Patrick Folliard outside of town.

4-5 Milestone Reunion: Classes of 1939, 1944, 1949, 1954, 1959 and 1964. Information: 434-395-2044 or visit www.longwoodlink.com.

SEPTEMBER

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Fall Reunion: Classes of 1969 and 1974. Information: 434-395-2044, alumni @longwood.edu, www.longwoodlink.com.

OCTOBER

17-18 Decade of the 2000s Reunion: Alumn i from the classes of 2000-2009 will return to campus for a weekend of fun and activities. For more information, visit www.longwoodlink.com. Volunteers needed to help with planning and the event. Contact alumni office at 434-395-2044 or alumni @longwood.edu.

17-18 Black Alumni Reunion. A weekend of fun and activities on campus. For more information, please contact the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at 434-395-2394 or email diversity @longwood.edu.

18 Stubbs Hall Renovation Open House: Join university faculty, staff and students, and alumni to get a firsthand look at the newly renovated Stubbs Hall.

More information at www.longwoodlink.com.

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Appointments bring fresh perspectives, new focus to Reveley administration Changes in the administration at Longwood University have brought two fresh faces to campus and seen the promotion of one longtime staff member. As one of President W. Taylor Reveley IV's first actions as president, several departments were reorganized to respond to the unique challenges facing higher education in the 21 st century.

Brenda Atkins has been at Longwood for three decades, but her position is new: vice president for commonwealth relations. She will continue the work she has done for the past 15 years as executive assistant to the president for governmental affairs and special projects, which has been to work closely with legislators to secure hundreds of millions of dollars for the university and to advise the university president on statewide initiatives. Also now part of the Division of Commonwealth Relations are University Advancement, the university's fundraising arm, which includes the Longwood University Foundation; Corporate and Foundation Relations; Major Programs; and Conference and Event Services.

Victoria Kindon, vice president for strategic operations, leads a new division focused on using data and information technology to help build and strengthen personal, one-on-one connections between Longwood and key constituents such as prospective students, current students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters.

Areas within Strategic Operations are Alumni Relations, Information Technology Services, Public Relations, and Enrollment Management and Student Success. Kindon is an expert in working with big data-immense, complex sets of numbers-and will apply that expertise to meet challenges facing the university, particularly increasing graduation and retention rates. Kindon has been a leader at technology firms throughout her career, with clients including the University of Virginia, World Wildlife Fund and recent presidential campaigns.

Justin Pope, chief of staff, is an award-winning journalist who served as national higher education reporter for the Associated Press for the last nine years. A native Virginian, Pope is an influential voice in the field, having written extensively about topics including college finance and affordability, academic and student life issues, admissions and new education technologies.

As a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan, Pope spent a year researching "The Challenges of Mass-Scale Higher Education in the United States and Abroad:' He serves as an adviser to the president and will help shape university initiatives.

ALUMNI AWARDS Nominations for 2015 awards accepted through Aug. 1 The Longwood University Alumni Awards program recognizes alumni for their outstanding achievements and service to others. Nominations for awards to be presented in spring 2015 are due no later than Aug. 1.

If you would like to nominate one or more alumni, please visit www.longwood.edu/alumni/awards.htm and click on "Nomination Form:' For more information, call 800-281-4677 (extension 3) or 434-395-2044.

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31 The Maugans Alumni Center will 'showcase not only Longwood's past b ut also the present and plans for the future; said Nancy Shelton '68, associate vice president for alumni relations.

An Evenining with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra: 7:30 p.m., Jarman Hall. Tickets on sale at www.etix.com or at the Longwood Box Office starting Jan. 8. Price: $20, orchestra section; $15, rear orchestra; $10, balcony.

MARCH

Welcome Home

1-8

Maugans Alumni Center begins to take shape, work to finish in 2015

Run by students who want to continue playing a game they love, the club football team had its first win ever this season over the UNC club team.

Love of the Game At Longwood, club football players suit up just to play Football can become addictive for those who play it.

Yet of all the "boys of fall" who don pads and helmets in high school, only a handful go on to participate in the sport at the college level. Surprisingly, some of those hard-core gridiron junkies-the ones who consider touch football an abomination-are playing college-level football (though not Division I) right here at Longwood.

It's hard to imagine, say, Alabama sending that message to

Work has begun on the Maugans Alumni Center and is expected to be completed in 2015.

The project includes renovating the lower level of Blackwell Hall into offices for administrative units including Advancement, Alumni Relations, Public Relations and the Longwood Foundation. On the main level, a new boardroom will be constructed in the former kitchen, and a new warming kitchen and pantry will be added near the boardroom. Replacement and extension of the elevator to provide access to the mezzanine level and the completion of three meeting rooms on that level will complete the interior renovations. ''At the Maugans Alumni Center, we will showcase not only Longwood's past but also the present and plans for the future," said Nancy Shelton, associate vice president for alumni relations. "One special display will be diplomas with the signatures of all the presidents since 1884, when the State Female Normal School became part of the commonwealth of Virginia's higher education system."

The main entrance will be on the south end, facing Graham Hall. The outside will feature tall columns to reflect the

columns on Ruffner, French and Grainger Halls. Inside that entrance will be a grand stairway with two sets of stairs leading up to the first floor. Another entrance will be on the building's west end, facing Brock Commons.

The alumni center was made possible by generous gifts from numerous alumni and other friends, including a $2.5 million bequest from Katharine Allen Maugans '46.

Other major gifts include $500,000 from Robert Martinelli in memory of his wife, Eloise Hodges Martinelli '52; $300,000 from the estate ofTucker Winn '48; $200,000 from the estate of Cecil and Margaret Powell '43; and $100,000 each from Page McGaughy '47, Kirty Bridgforth Hooker '47 and Howard and Cindy Buckler (a member of the Foundation Board). All will have major rooms or areas within the complex named for them. Construction is expected to cost about $4 million.

Blackwell Ballroom and Foyer-the main dining area of the former Blackwell dining room-will remain the same. The university and the Alumni Association look forward to welcoming you to the new Maugans Alumni Center when it opens in 2015.-Kent Booty

LSU. But one might argue that club football is where college sports used to be long ago, before football and basketball became such serious business.

For Longwood's football team, there are no pricey game tickets or big donations from supporters. The players pay their own way.

Longwood anthropology professors James Jordan and Brian Bates will take alumni on an archaeological odyssey to the United Kingdom. Travelers will visit such world-famous sites as Stonehenge and West Kennet Long Barrow through to Medieval London.

7-8 Great Wolf Lodge Alumni Weekend: Alumni and fami lies gather for a weekend of fun and fellowship at the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, Va. For more information, visit www.longwoodlink.com

12 Longwood Leadership Forum: Meg Gruber, president of the Virginia Education Association, will speak at 7 p.m. in Wygal Hall on Longwood's campus.

27 Longwood Leadership Forum: Dean King, author of The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story,

will speak at 7 p.m. in Wygal Hall on Longwood's campus.

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A Life of Adventure After finding each other at Longwood# they found Alaska together

2 Longwood Leadership Forum:Teri Kanefield, author of The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement, will speak

at 7 p.m. in Wygal Hall on Longwood's campus.

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I didn't want to make football my life. I just wanted to play.

Here I could do that and be a regular student.' -Kevin Karsner '15

Kevin Karsner ' 15, from Fairfax, is typical of the 30 players on Longwood's club football team. Club sports are student organizations and compete against teams from other universities.

Karsner played on the offensive line at Fairfax High School for four years, and weighs 240 pounds. The catch is, he's only 5-foot-6.

"I see that as an advantage," Karsner said. 'Tm hard to knock off my feet."

Most college programs disagreed, although Karsner did have the opportunity to try out for teams at HampdenSydney and Randolph-Macon. He opted instead to attend Longwood, swayed, in pare, by the school's then-infant club football program.

"I didn't want to make football my life," Karsner said.

"I just wanted to play. Here, I could do that and be a regular student."

The football part wasn't easy-the Longwood club football team didn't win a game his first two years. That twoyear drought made the team's first-ever victory on Oct. 19, 2013, even sweeter. They beat the University of North Carolina, 18-6.

'That was awesome," said coach Daniel Wooten ' 13, a former player. "It was especially great because that team beat us SO-something to 6 last year. Our defense did a great job."

Continuing that momentum had to wait, however.

The club football team canceled a game the following week because they had too many injuries.

"We only have 30 some players," Wooten said, "and we had a couple of guys banged up, like our quarterback.

So we cancelled."

"Everybody pays about $200 to play," Connor Smedile '15, from Purcellville, said. "It used to be $400, bur gradually we're building up a stockpile of equipment and that helps.

A helmet costs $200 alone." Players must also carry insurance and sign a waiver releasing Longwood from liability if they are injured.

Wooten is in his first year as the head coach, helped by several volunteer assistants. A defensive lineman at Prince Edward County High School, his only previous coaching experience was guiding a middle-school track team.

"I got a lot of good advice from my dad, who was a highschool coach," he said, "and some of the Hampden-Sydney coaches talked to me. When we can, the other coaches and I try to drive to where our next opponent is playing to scout them."

There is no team bus on game day for the club football team, however. "We car pool," Wooten said. ''Athletics is a significant a part of our culture, and important to a lot of students who attend Longwood. Many of them don't want to give up a sport they enjoyed in high school," said athletics director Troy Austin. "While a varsity team isn't economically feasible-and isn't in future planswe're glad that students who love playing football have an opportunity here at the club level."

The club football team plays at Lancer Park in Farmville, a site that is off-campus but close to some off-campus housing.

"I think the crowds for our home games are getting bigger," Smedile said.

That's nice, of course, but even if no one showed up, the club football players would still be out there. They're hooked. -Darrell Laurant

"We were in the same classes for two years before we finally started dating," said Bernie. "Marrying Madeline was the smartest thing I ever did, and we've been happily together ever since." In June 2013, the Warrens celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary.

Both earned education degrees from Longwood, but only Madeline put hers to use in Guam. Nervous about her first day, she thought back on her primary and secondary school teachers in Scottsville, almost all of whom were Longwood graduates. Lying in bed, she inventoried all of their best qualities and tried her best to take them on as her own.

"I remembered that I was prepared to be a great teacher," she said. "I was grateful for that preparation and still am."

Bernie and Madeline Warren met as Longwood students in the 1950s.

After three years, the Warrens opted to move onThey settled in Anchorage, Alaska-in search of adventure, teaching careers and more than a little fly fishing.

Guam's lack of trout fishing played no small part in their decision, said Bernie, half-jokingly. After considering various teaching positions in the American northwest, they agreed to continue their adventure in Anchorage, Alaska.

Nearly the minute they left Longwood, Bernie and MadeJust two years earlier, in 1959, Alaska had become the line Warren were off in search of adventure.

Married in Madeline's hometown of Scottsville a week after 49th state. With a population of just over 200,000, it seemed on the edge of the frontier to the Warrens. graduating, they soon moved to Guam after Bernie's uncle "We were real pioneers," said Madeline. "We were living in an ice-covered trailer. It wasn't easy." Their first winter in LongwoodCouples• the Last Frontier was the coldest on record, and they lived through the great earthquake of 1964-the most powerful asked them to join him on the island territory to establish in U.S. history. Despite their early struggles, though, they a jewelry and Oriental antique shop. Young and with little quickly grew to love rhe state and made their careers there. money, they jumped at the opportunity.

Madeline taught middle school, and Bernie, after a brief "It was paradise," said Madeline. "I was content to spend stint as a teacher, served as a vice principal and principal. all my time on the beach but Bernie's aunt had other plans.

Their Anchorage home abuts the seemingly endless She assured me that I'd become homesick if I didn't go to Chugach National Forest-with the grandiose Chugach work, so I took a job teaching for the Guam government. " mountain range-and has views of Cook Inlet. Nearby Bernie '58 and Madeline '58 met in 1955 at Longwood, but romance took a while to develop. Bernie, a Korean War streams feed one of Bernie's passions, trout fishing. And while the winters are still cold and they are a long plane ride veteran, was a day student, living off campus and financing his education by building small, Cape Cod style houses just away from relatives and friends in Virginia, "if we could do it all over again, we would," said Bemie.-Patrick Folliard outside of town.

4-5 Milestone Reunion: Classes of 1939, 1944, 1949, 1954, 1959 and 1964. Information: 434-395-2044 or visit www.longwoodlink.com.

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Fall Reunion: Classes of 1969 and 1974. Information: 434-395-2044, alumni @longwood.edu, www.longwoodlink.com.

OCTOBER

17-18 Decade of the 2000s Reunion: Alumn i from the classes of 2000-2009 will return to campus for a weekend of fun and activities. For more information, visit www.longwoodlink.com. Volunteers needed to help with planning and the event. Contact alumni office at 434-395-2044 or alumni @longwood.edu.

17-18 Black Alumni Reunion. A weekend of fun and activities on campus. For more information, please contact the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at 434-395-2394 or email diversity @longwood.edu.

18 Stubbs Hall Renovation Open House: Join university faculty, staff and students, and alumni to get a firsthand look at the newly renovated Stubbs Hall.

More information at www.longwoodlink.com.

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41-million-dollar Smiles Successful comprehensive campaign paves the way for major campus improvements More than 200 donors, faculty and staff gathered in September to celebrate a seven-year comprehensive campaign that raised more than $41 million for Longwood.

The evening emphasized the dramatic effect the funds are poised to make not only on campus facilities but also on the student experience at Longwood.

"I genuinely do believe that Longwood is better poised than almost any other university in the country to navigate the waters ahead, figure out what a model curriculum is going to be for the 21st century mind and make a significance difference fueled by the genuinely profound effort that is reflected tonight," said President W. Taylor Reveley IV, thanking the donors for their generosity and commitment to Longwood's future.

Construction is set to begin in 2015 on the $30 million Norman and Elsie Stossel Upchurch University Center, which will provide a high-tech, state-of-the-art replacement for the half-century-old Lankford Student Union. The Upchurch's $4 million centerpiece gift is the largest single do-

nation in Longwood's history-a notable achievement that was celebrated by the crowd, who rose to their feet to honor Elsie Upchurch '43 at the event.

T he Frank 0. and Katharine Allen Maugans Alumni Center, made possible by a $2.5 million bequest from Katharine Maugans '46, will provide a true home for alumni on campus that will dramatically expand the opportunities for alumni visiting campus.

Upchurch and Maugans were among the million-dollar-plus donors featured in a special tribute presented by communications studies faculty Pam Tracy and Jeff Halliday. Also recognized were Jack Blanton; Dr. John Cook '52, M.S. '60, and Dr. Waverly Cole; Dr. Edward I. Gordon; Dr. William and Ann Oppenhimer; and James and Nancy Lea Harris Sublett '57.

In addition to funding for modern facilities, the campaign raised m ore than $9 million for scholarships-an effort chat will ease the financial burden on families of Longwood students while continuing to help attract bright, motivated students. - Matthew Mc Williams

1. Bill Sloan (left), Sharon Coulter Gibb '63, President W. Taylor Reveley IV. 2. The guests gather in the Rotunda before the celebration. 3. Kendall Lee '01, Board of Visitors Rector Marianne Moffat Radcliff '92. 4. Diane Boxley '72.

5. Cam and Wayne Tinnell. 6. Martha Stokes Cleveland. 7. Richard Giles (left), H. Franklin Grant '80, Linda Gi les '65.

8. Susan Eddy Soza '62 and Ken Perkins. 9. Jack Blanton and Elsie Upchurch '43. 10. Family members of Frank 0. and Katharine Allen Maugans '46. 11. Ann and William Oppenhimer. 12. Board of Visitors member Edward I. Gordon and Marty Dorrill.

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41-million-dollar Smiles Successful comprehensive campaign paves the way for major campus improvements More than 200 donors, faculty and staff gathered in September to celebrate a seven-year comprehensive campaign that raised more than $41 million for Longwood.

The evening emphasized the dramatic effect the funds are poised to make not only on campus facilities but also on the student experience at Longwood.

"I genuinely do believe that Longwood is better poised than almost any other university in the country to navigate the waters ahead, figure out what a model curriculum is going to be for the 21st century mind and make a significance difference fueled by the genuinely profound effort that is reflected tonight," said President W. Taylor Reveley IV, thanking the donors for their generosity and commitment to Longwood's future.

Construction is set to begin in 2015 on the $30 million Norman and Elsie Stossel Upchurch University Center, which will provide a high-tech, state-of-the-art replacement for the half-century-old Lankford Student Union. The Upchurch's $4 million centerpiece gift is the largest single do-

nation in Longwood's history-a notable achievement that was celebrated by the crowd, who rose to their feet to honor Elsie Upchurch '43 at the event.

T he Frank 0. and Katharine Allen Maugans Alumni Center, made possible by a $2.5 million bequest from Katharine Maugans '46, will provide a true home for alumni on campus that will dramatically expand the opportunities for alumni visiting campus.

Upchurch and Maugans were among the million-dollar-plus donors featured in a special tribute presented by communications studies faculty Pam Tracy and Jeff Halliday. Also recognized were Jack Blanton; Dr. John Cook '52, M.S. '60, and Dr. Waverly Cole; Dr. Edward I. Gordon; Dr. William and Ann Oppenhimer; and James and Nancy Lea Harris Sublett '57.

In addition to funding for modern facilities, the campaign raised m ore than $9 million for scholarships-an effort chat will ease the financial burden on families of Longwood students while continuing to help attract bright, motivated students. - Matthew Mc Williams

1. Bill Sloan (left), Sharon Coulter Gibb '63, President W. Taylor Reveley IV. 2. The guests gather in the Rotunda before the celebration. 3. Kendall Lee '01, Board of Visitors Rector Marianne Moffat Radcliff '92. 4. Diane Boxley '72.

5. Cam and Wayne Tinnell. 6. Martha Stokes Cleveland. 7. Richard Giles (left), H. Franklin Grant '80, Linda Gi les '65.

8. Susan Eddy Soza '62 and Ken Perkins. 9. Jack Blanton and Elsie Upchurch '43. 10. Family members of Frank 0. and Katharine Allen Maugans '46. 11. Ann and William Oppenhimer. 12. Board of Visitors member Edward I. Gordon and Marty Dorrill.

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Brig. Gen. Janice Igou '84, the first woman in Virginia to hold the rank, joined the Virginia National Guard the same day she graduated from Longwood and has never looked back.

Making the Grade Alumna is first female brigadier general in Virginia Army National Guard One could say that Virginia National Guard Brig. Gen. Janice liked the challenge, the structure and the "family'' atmosphere G. Igou '84 stumbled into the military life-after all, it was that she found in ROTC and then active duty. "Ir was just a right outside her residence hall door at Longwood. great environment."

When she first arrived at Longwood, Igou said, she didn't Igou, the first woman to hold the position of brigadier genknow what she wanted to do, but every day she had to walk eral in Virginia, received an ROTC scholarship and, after through the ROTC department to get to her classes from her graduating from Longwood, she served in the U.S. Army for seven years before joining the Virginia National Guard in room at Tabb Hall.

"They talked to me a lot and got me interested. I didn't 1991. She was promoted to brigadier general in 2010. have any family members who had been in the service. I had "I commissioned the same day I graduated, and I've been never given the military a thought," she said, adding that she wearing the uniform ever since," said Igou, who is entering

her 30th year of military service.

"The Army really is a family. They take you in, and you have a lot of support and services in place. You ca.n pick up any manual and learn how things are done and know what's expected of you," she said.

In 2010, the trailblazing Igou was appointed to her present post as assistant adjutant general and director of interagency operations for the Virginia National Guard. She oversees more than 9,400 soldiers, airmen and Virginia Defense Force personnel. She was also appointed by then-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell to serve on the Board of Visitors for Virginia Military Institute in 2012.

In her capacity as director of interagency operations, Igou coordinates with federal agencies including the National Guard Bureau and state agencies such as the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and the Virginia State Police.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, the Virginia Guard has mobilized and deployed more than 15,000 soldiers and airmen in support of operations overseas and here in the United States. Additionally, more than 7,300 troops have been called up on state active duty by the governor to respond to disasters around the commonwealth such as hurricanes and winter storms. National Guard troops perform emergency services, including assisting stranded mororists, clearing downed trees, rescuing people from high water and transporting citizens to shelters. Igou works as part of the leadership team coordinating the stateside response from the Guard's operations center.

"This position has been just a tremendous privilege," Igou said. "Wearing the uniform, you never regret it, and it's been a real honor to do so."

A Henrico County native, Igou enjoys gardening and teaches Sunday school at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Beaverdam. She and her husband, U.S. Army Reserve Col. Damon Igou, an engineer for the U .S. Defense Logistics Agency, live in Montpelier with their three cats.

The couple has two children: David, 21, and daughter Rhey, 19. -Richard Foster

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Longwood magazine has begun a Class Notes section with personal and professional news about our alums.

If you have recently gotten a promotion or a new job, celebrated the birth or adoption of a child, gotten married or received an award, please tell us about it so we can share it with your classmates.

Please provide the following infonnation: For all submissions: full name, year graduated, degree received, contact information.

For weddings: date of ceremony, spouse's name, spouse's degree and class year if Longwood alum.

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For births/adoptions: full name of child (including

last name), date of birth/adoption, parents' names, parents' degrees and class years (if Longwood alumni; both parents do not have to be alums).

For awards: title of award, name of sponsoring organization, when you received the award and why.

For professional news: current job title, company,

location of company, when promotion received or new job started.

Please email your submissions to: alumni@longwood.edu

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Melanie Parker (left) and Janine Cervantes both work as librarians in Doha, Qatar- half a world away from their alma mater.

ing abroad. Bur within days, Parker was hired. She uprooted her family and has never looked back Both Cervantes and Parker have had to make cultural adjustments to living in an Arab nation. When meeting students' parents, they cannot shake the fathers' hands, and school functions are segregated by sex-customs that seem odd compared to life in the United States. But the benefits outweigh any challenges they've had to overcome, said both librarians. 'Tm thrilled to be giving my children exposure to other cultures and the opportunity to travel around the world

at a young age," said Parker. "I didn't do that as a child growing up in Virginia."

Cervantes echoes the sentiment. "I thrive on cultural immersion and adventure," she said. "It is so important to understand different cultures and customs, and to respect them."

Though they are a half of a world away and faced with an unfamiliar culture, the two women say being a librarian is the same in Qatar as it is in Virginia. "The kids are the same.

Give them a dictionary, and immediately they start looking up words we'd rather they didn't!" -Patrick Folliard

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John Walrath '02 took this award-winning photo at Peaks of Otter along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Walrath was on his first visit to the scenic favorite among Virginia hikers and travelers, and spotted this row of trees on the shoreline of Abbott Lake.

The photograph was chosen as one of the winners of the Virginia Vistas photo contest and was on display at the Capitol for the 2013 Scenic Awards event. It and the other winning photographs will be shown at the General Assembly building during the 2014 session and at the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library in July.

Make your next gathering of Longwood classmates and friends a bit more special with Longwood LootLongwood-themed goodies for your guests! Request a box of Longwood Loot by emailing (alumni @longwood.edu) or calling the Office of Alumni Relations at 434-395-2044 with the details for your event. Be sure to give us at least two weeks notice. All we ask in return is for you to email us a photo taken at your gathering.

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Student interns enrich alumni office efforts, gain valuable experience

Librarians' lives intersect in Qatar Janine Cervantes '08 is a world traveler; Melanie Parker '06 is a self-described homebody. Surprisingly, they landed in the same place halfway around the world: Doha, Qatar.

On second thought, maybe it isn't so surprising.

Cervantes, a native Honduran, finished her master's in school library media from Longwood when she was in her early 40s and began looking for job opportunities a few years later, after her children finished high school. She worked in Morocco before moving to Qatar, a Middle Eastern country of two million located on the eastern shore of Saudia Arabia.

"They hired me to open a new library for the Qatar Foundation, a Nursery-Grade 2 library, in the ciry of Al Wakra," she said. "So I turned an empty room with no shelves and no books into a magical place where I use puppets to bring stories alive. They're especially effective in helping children who are shy or feel blocked in the library."

While in Qatar, Cervantes learned of a job opening at Qatar Academy Al Khor, a grade school about 30 minutes north of the city, and contacted Dr. Audrey Church, coordinator of the school library media program at Longwood.

Parker heard about the position and bit.

"It all began as a little joke," Parker said. "About two years ago, I saw an ad in the Longwood newsletter about a librarian position in Qatar, and I jokingly sent my husband a text saying that I was considering applying for the job. To my surprise, he replied approvingly. When I heard about this job, I thought about it for a moment and decided to give it a shot."

Raised in Hampton and a secondary school teacher there for 15 years, Parker had not really been thinking about mov-

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When alumni checked out the Alumni Facebook page or read thee-newsletter recently, they were interacting with future alumni.

Five student interns-the most ever-helped the Alumni Office with various projects during the fall semester. Gabrielle Lassahn '13 and Mai Vo ' 14 helped with event planning, Ariana Bahrami ' 13 tracked social media, Leta Bressin '14 Ariana Bahrami '1 3 (left), Leta Bressin '14, Gabrielle Lassahn '1 3, Mai Vo '14 and Casey Doerfler '14 honed valuable skills -from event worked on alumni publications and Casey Doerfler ' 14 asplanning to publishing - during their work w ith Alumni Relations. sisted the Student Alumni Association. All worked from 6-1 /2 to IO hours a week, for which they received academic credit.

Doerfler, a management major from Chesapeake, recruited "I got excited about this internship," said Bahrami, a marnew members for the Student Alumni Association and reketing major from Leesburg, who tracked primarily Facebook searched other colleges' student alumni associations to glean and Twitter. "I can be creative-this allowed me to express "This has been helpful because it's given me experience ideas. my imagination and resourcefulness." in how to manage and work with people," she said.

More than an outlet for their creativity, the internships are The Alumni Office has had interns for several years but a steppingstone to future careers for some of the interns. usually only one or two, said Amy Harris, administrative assisWhether it's event planning or publishing or human retant and internship supervisor. "We hired this many because sources, interning with Alumni Relations provided a unique we had an unusually high number of strong candidates, and opportunity to hone valuable skills. we knew we needed to improve in some areas," she said.

'Tm learning exactly what goes into an event, and, unlike "We knew we needed to step up our social media game, and former internships, I was able to attend the event," said the Student Alumni Association needed a fresh look.

Lassahn, a communication studies major from Baltimore "We didn't give them step-by-step instructions; we wanted who, along with Vo, helped plan the Oct. 18-19 reunion for to see what they could come up with. They did a lot of the the Classes of 1968 and 1973. thinking and the research on their own," Harris said.

Lassahn and Vo, a communication studies major and psyNancy Shelton, associate vice president for alumni relachology major from Leesburg, contributed to the creation of tions, said that exposing student interns to the operation a video shown at the reunion by locating about 240 images from the digitized online yearbooks for the two reunion years. and programs of Alumni Relations "enables us to cultivate them in their role as future alumni. This cultivation spreads Bressin, an English major from Gloucester, hopes her work as they interact with their friends and classmates. We look with LongwoodLink.com and copy-editing the monthly alumni e-newsletter will give her entree to the notoriously job forward to working with these talented students after their graduation," -Kent Booty applicant-resistant publishing field.

On Point is now available online at www.onpoint.longwood.edu.

There, you can read and comment on past and current stories, submit a class note, pass along story ideas and find useful links to alumni events and online communities.

Story ideas welcome The Office of Public Relations shares the accomplishments of Longwood University faculty, students, staff and alumni with many different audiences. But the staff is always looking for more stories-especially yours. Just fill out the story idea form at www.longwood.edu/ suggestastory.htm. Each story idea will be evaluated to determine where it might fit: on the website, in admissions materials or alumni publications, or in other venues. Thanks for your help I

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Brig. Gen. Janice Igou '84, the first woman in Virginia to hold the rank, joined the Virginia National Guard the same day she graduated from Longwood and has never looked back.

Making the Grade Alumna is first female brigadier general in Virginia Army National Guard One could say that Virginia National Guard Brig. Gen. Janice liked the challenge, the structure and the "family'' atmosphere G. Igou '84 stumbled into the military life-after all, it was that she found in ROTC and then active duty. "Ir was just a right outside her residence hall door at Longwood. great environment."

When she first arrived at Longwood, Igou said, she didn't Igou, the first woman to hold the position of brigadier genknow what she wanted to do, but every day she had to walk eral in Virginia, received an ROTC scholarship and, after through the ROTC department to get to her classes from her graduating from Longwood, she served in the U.S. Army for seven years before joining the Virginia National Guard in room at Tabb Hall.

"They talked to me a lot and got me interested. I didn't 1991. She was promoted to brigadier general in 2010. have any family members who had been in the service. I had "I commissioned the same day I graduated, and I've been never given the military a thought," she said, adding that she wearing the uniform ever since," said Igou, who is entering

her 30th year of military service.

"The Army really is a family. They take you in, and you have a lot of support and services in place. You ca.n pick up any manual and learn how things are done and know what's expected of you," she said.

In 2010, the trailblazing Igou was appointed to her present post as assistant adjutant general and director of interagency operations for the Virginia National Guard. She oversees more than 9,400 soldiers, airmen and Virginia Defense Force personnel. She was also appointed by then-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell to serve on the Board of Visitors for Virginia Military Institute in 2012.

In her capacity as director of interagency operations, Igou coordinates with federal agencies including the National Guard Bureau and state agencies such as the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and the Virginia State Police.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, the Virginia Guard has mobilized and deployed more than 15,000 soldiers and airmen in support of operations overseas and here in the United States. Additionally, more than 7,300 troops have been called up on state active duty by the governor to respond to disasters around the commonwealth such as hurricanes and winter storms. National Guard troops perform emergency services, including assisting stranded mororists, clearing downed trees, rescuing people from high water and transporting citizens to shelters. Igou works as part of the leadership team coordinating the stateside response from the Guard's operations center.

"This position has been just a tremendous privilege," Igou said. "Wearing the uniform, you never regret it, and it's been a real honor to do so."

A Henrico County native, Igou enjoys gardening and teaches Sunday school at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Beaverdam. She and her husband, U.S. Army Reserve Col. Damon Igou, an engineer for the U .S. Defense Logistics Agency, live in Montpelier with their three cats.

The couple has two children: David, 21, and daughter Rhey, 19. -Richard Foster

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Longwood magazine has begun a Class Notes section with personal and professional news about our alums.

If you have recently gotten a promotion or a new job, celebrated the birth or adoption of a child, gotten married or received an award, please tell us about it so we can share it with your classmates.

Please provide the following infonnation: For all submissions: full name, year graduated, degree received, contact information.

For weddings: date of ceremony, spouse's name, spouse's degree and class year if Longwood alum.

j

For births/adoptions: full name of child (including

last name), date of birth/adoption, parents' names, parents' degrees and class years (if Longwood alumni; both parents do not have to be alums).

For awards: title of award, name of sponsoring organization, when you received the award and why.

For professional news: current job title, company,

location of company, when promotion received or new job started.

Please email your submissions to: alumni@longwood.edu

Picture Perfect

Melanie Parker (left) and Janine Cervantes both work as librarians in Doha, Qatar- half a world away from their alma mater.

ing abroad. Bur within days, Parker was hired. She uprooted her family and has never looked back Both Cervantes and Parker have had to make cultural adjustments to living in an Arab nation. When meeting students' parents, they cannot shake the fathers' hands, and school functions are segregated by sex-customs that seem odd compared to life in the United States. But the benefits outweigh any challenges they've had to overcome, said both librarians. 'Tm thrilled to be giving my children exposure to other cultures and the opportunity to travel around the world

at a young age," said Parker. "I didn't do that as a child growing up in Virginia."

Cervantes echoes the sentiment. "I thrive on cultural immersion and adventure," she said. "It is so important to understand different cultures and customs, and to respect them."

Though they are a half of a world away and faced with an unfamiliar culture, the two women say being a librarian is the same in Qatar as it is in Virginia. "The kids are the same.

Give them a dictionary, and immediately they start looking up words we'd rather they didn't!" -Patrick Folliard

LONGWOOD LOOT

John Walrath '02 took this award-winning photo at Peaks of Otter along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Walrath was on his first visit to the scenic favorite among Virginia hikers and travelers, and spotted this row of trees on the shoreline of Abbott Lake.

The photograph was chosen as one of the winners of the Virginia Vistas photo contest and was on display at the Capitol for the 2013 Scenic Awards event. It and the other winning photographs will be shown at the General Assembly building during the 2014 session and at the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library in July.

Make your next gathering of Longwood classmates and friends a bit more special with Longwood LootLongwood-themed goodies for your guests! Request a box of Longwood Loot by emailing (alumni @longwood.edu) or calling the Office of Alumni Relations at 434-395-2044 with the details for your event. Be sure to give us at least two weeks notice. All we ask in return is for you to email us a photo taken at your gathering.

A Win-Win Situation

On Point available online

Student interns enrich alumni office efforts, gain valuable experience

Librarians' lives intersect in Qatar Janine Cervantes '08 is a world traveler; Melanie Parker '06 is a self-described homebody. Surprisingly, they landed in the same place halfway around the world: Doha, Qatar.

On second thought, maybe it isn't so surprising.

Cervantes, a native Honduran, finished her master's in school library media from Longwood when she was in her early 40s and began looking for job opportunities a few years later, after her children finished high school. She worked in Morocco before moving to Qatar, a Middle Eastern country of two million located on the eastern shore of Saudia Arabia.

"They hired me to open a new library for the Qatar Foundation, a Nursery-Grade 2 library, in the ciry of Al Wakra," she said. "So I turned an empty room with no shelves and no books into a magical place where I use puppets to bring stories alive. They're especially effective in helping children who are shy or feel blocked in the library."

While in Qatar, Cervantes learned of a job opening at Qatar Academy Al Khor, a grade school about 30 minutes north of the city, and contacted Dr. Audrey Church, coordinator of the school library media program at Longwood.

Parker heard about the position and bit.

"It all began as a little joke," Parker said. "About two years ago, I saw an ad in the Longwood newsletter about a librarian position in Qatar, and I jokingly sent my husband a text saying that I was considering applying for the job. To my surprise, he replied approvingly. When I heard about this job, I thought about it for a moment and decided to give it a shot."

Raised in Hampton and a secondary school teacher there for 15 years, Parker had not really been thinking about mov-

Send us your Class Notes

When alumni checked out the Alumni Facebook page or read thee-newsletter recently, they were interacting with future alumni.

Five student interns-the most ever-helped the Alumni Office with various projects during the fall semester. Gabrielle Lassahn '13 and Mai Vo ' 14 helped with event planning, Ariana Bahrami ' 13 tracked social media, Leta Bressin '14 Ariana Bahrami '1 3 (left), Leta Bressin '14, Gabrielle Lassahn '1 3, Mai Vo '14 and Casey Doerfler '14 honed valuable skills -from event worked on alumni publications and Casey Doerfler ' 14 asplanning to publishing - during their work w ith Alumni Relations. sisted the Student Alumni Association. All worked from 6-1 /2 to IO hours a week, for which they received academic credit.

Doerfler, a management major from Chesapeake, recruited "I got excited about this internship," said Bahrami, a marnew members for the Student Alumni Association and reketing major from Leesburg, who tracked primarily Facebook searched other colleges' student alumni associations to glean and Twitter. "I can be creative-this allowed me to express "This has been helpful because it's given me experience ideas. my imagination and resourcefulness." in how to manage and work with people," she said.

More than an outlet for their creativity, the internships are The Alumni Office has had interns for several years but a steppingstone to future careers for some of the interns. usually only one or two, said Amy Harris, administrative assisWhether it's event planning or publishing or human retant and internship supervisor. "We hired this many because sources, interning with Alumni Relations provided a unique we had an unusually high number of strong candidates, and opportunity to hone valuable skills. we knew we needed to improve in some areas," she said.

'Tm learning exactly what goes into an event, and, unlike "We knew we needed to step up our social media game, and former internships, I was able to attend the event," said the Student Alumni Association needed a fresh look.

Lassahn, a communication studies major from Baltimore "We didn't give them step-by-step instructions; we wanted who, along with Vo, helped plan the Oct. 18-19 reunion for to see what they could come up with. They did a lot of the the Classes of 1968 and 1973. thinking and the research on their own," Harris said.

Lassahn and Vo, a communication studies major and psyNancy Shelton, associate vice president for alumni relachology major from Leesburg, contributed to the creation of tions, said that exposing student interns to the operation a video shown at the reunion by locating about 240 images from the digitized online yearbooks for the two reunion years. and programs of Alumni Relations "enables us to cultivate them in their role as future alumni. This cultivation spreads Bressin, an English major from Gloucester, hopes her work as they interact with their friends and classmates. We look with LongwoodLink.com and copy-editing the monthly alumni e-newsletter will give her entree to the notoriously job forward to working with these talented students after their graduation," -Kent Booty applicant-resistant publishing field.

On Point is now available online at www.onpoint.longwood.edu.

There, you can read and comment on past and current stories, submit a class note, pass along story ideas and find useful links to alumni events and online communities.

Story ideas welcome The Office of Public Relations shares the accomplishments of Longwood University faculty, students, staff and alumni with many different audiences. But the staff is always looking for more stories-especially yours. Just fill out the story idea form at www.longwood.edu/ suggestastory.htm. Each story idea will be evaluated to determine where it might fit: on the website, in admissions materials or alumni publications, or in other venues. Thanks for your help I

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Longwood graduates play major role on newTeacher Cabinet

School of Hard Knocks Alumnus sees athletic training internship with Philadelphia Eagles as steppingstone to career with NFL

Longwood alumni will have a major influence on improving public education in the commonwealth as members of the new Virginia Governor's Teacher Cabinet.

Five of the 23 teachers selected for the cabinet are Longwood graduates. The cabinet will focus on creating strategies to enhance teacher quality, leadership and professionalism to meet the demands of 21st century learning.

The alumni are Catherine McCoy Collier '89, a reading specialist at Great Bridge Primary School in Chesapeake; Lisa Brodie Williams '91, an English teacher at Maggie L. Walker Governor's School in Richmond; James Popek '92, a marketing education teacher at Halifax High School in Halifax County; Artice Appling '01, a math teacher at Manchester Middle School in Chesterfield County; and Paige GregoryTucker '11, a language arts teacher at Robious Middle School in Chesterfield County.

Longwood's teacher preparation program, routinely ranked as one of the best in the commonwealth, was recently one of only 92 programs in the nation recognized for excellence in the field by the National Council on Teacher Quality.

Christopher Deneault '09

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Making the jump from Longwood to the National Football League isn't as impossible as it may seem.

Christopher Deneault did it without ever playing a down of college football.

Longwood professor appointed to Virginia Board of Counseling Dr. Kevin Doyle, assistant professor of counselor education, has been appointed by Gov. Bob McDonnell to the Virginia Board of Counseling.

"Dr. Doyle's appointment to the board is not only great for him professionally, but for the counselor education program here at Longwood;' said Dr. Jennifer Apperson, professor of psychology. "He will bring valuable insight with him - how we can improve our program to best serve our students:• The Virginia Board of Counseling licenses professional counselors for work in a variety of settings private practices, colleges and community health agencies.

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The speed of the game translates into everything we do - we have

to be prepared for anything.'

- Christopher Deneault '09 Deneault '09 of Midlothian is putting his kinesiology degree to work as a yearlong athletic training intern with the Philadelphia Eagles.

He's on the sidelines at every Eagles game, seeing the action and the consequences of the hard-hitting sport-up close.

"Everything is extremely fast-paced in the NFL," he said.

"The speed of the game translates into everything we dowe have to be prepared for anything. I was on the sideline when we had an injury at the quarterback position against the Giants this year. We had to do some quick treatment while the other offense had the ball-everything moves a lot faster in the NFL." "There's definitely a cool factor when people find our you have a job in the NFL. When people hear what I do, they want to know about the scars, 'How's Michael Vick? Is he a nice guy?' Everybody asks questions about those guys," said Deneault.

Noc surprisingly, the competition co earn a job on an NFL training staff is just as challenging as it is for the players to land a spot on a team, but Deneault says Longwood more than sufficiently prepared him to be successful. He is hoping to cum this one-year opportunity into a full-rime position in the NFL. "Pretty much everything I do right now I was doing by my senior year," he said, adding that he has made sure to keep up with new developments in athletic training, such as concussion management, since he graduated.

He became interested in athletic training as a student at James River High School. His basketball career was put on hold because of a long-term injury, and he worked closely with the team's trainer during his rehabilitation.

"That really got me interested in that side of athletics," Deneaulc said.

Deneault came to Longwood with the hopes of getting into orthopedics and going to medical school, hue the experiences he had at Longwood and then later as a graduate assistant trainer at Virginia Tech steered him toward a career in athletics.

"When I came to Longwood, I didn't know anything about athletic training past what the brochure said," Deneaulc said.

"I remember I was a bad example when they were teaching ankle taping the first day. Throughout my four years there, I just developed into a better athletic trainer."

Now he's touring the country with a professional football team, but the basics of his profession remain constant.

"One of the things I learned at Longwood is a shoulder is a shoulder, a knee is a knee, and a concussion is dealt with this way. You just break it down to those things, and it's pretty much all the same. It's all medicine."-Nathan \%rters

Nursing professor named one of best in the state Longwood nursing professor Hadley Sporbert is one of the best in Virginia.

The website OnlineSchools Virginia.com named Sporbert one of the top 20 nursing profesHadley Sporbert sors in the commonwealth.

After a 15-year career as a nurse, Sporbert joined the Longwood faculty at the inception of the nursing program in 2009. A loved and wellrespected member of the faculty, she has led students on aid missions to Honduras while pursuing her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.

"Hadley has been a valuable part of our team as we got the nursing program under way;' said Dr. Melody Eaton, chair of the nursing department. "Having minimal experience as an instructor before this role, she was able to transition from a clinical background to one of the top educators in the state. She has made significant contributions to the development of this program:'

LONGWOOD ALUMNI NEWS

Soccer coach named best in Big South

Lucas Woodhouse '16 takes the game-winning shot with 1.7 seconds left to propel Longwood to its biggest win in program historyan 82-79 victory overTCU of the Big 12 conference.

Upsets Spectacular Biggest basketball wins in school history set tc:>ne for future A stunning, lase-second 3-pointer that gave Longwood its biggest win in program history provided a dramatic start to the Jayson Gee era.

"It's a great win for our program," said Gee of the 82-79 victory over the Big 12 Conference's TCU. 'Tm just happy for Longwood University-I have a lot of faith in our program, our system and what we are doing."

Guard Lucas Woodhouse '16 knocked down the winning shot with just 1.7 seconds before the buzzer to propel the visiting Lancers over the Horned Frogs. It was the first win for Longwood over a Big 12 team and power conference school.

"This is a signature win for our basketball team and a statement that we come to compete," said Troy Austin, athletics director. "Our players and coaches did their homework, and played the kind of defense-especially in the first

half-char they are going co be known for. It sets the tone for what we hope will be a successful season."

Longwood was led by scar guard Tristan Carey '14, who scored a game-high 31 points, including 20 in the first half, helping Longwood establish a 13-point halftime lead.

Forward Karl Ziegler '16 posted his first collegiate doubledouble, while guard Leron Fisher '16-making his first start- and guard Darrion Allen '17 both scored 11 points.

Longwood was previously 0-5 against members of the Big 12.

Not co be outdone, the women's basketball team, led by sophomore Daeisha Brown's season-high 26 points, posted a marquee win of their own over the Big East Conference's Xavier University. In similar style to the men's win, the Lancers took the lead in dramatic fashion, with a decisive three-pointer with 30 seconds remaining by Heather Tobeck '14.

After only two years in the Big South Conference, men's soccer coach Jon Atkinson claimed conference Coach of the Year honors in November. Atkinson led the team to an impressive 6-3-1 Big South record in the fall 2013 season.

"I feel honored and blessed to receive an award such as this, as it's voted on by your peers in the game;· said Atkinson. "It would be remiss of me not to commend the contribution of associate head coach Eduardo de Souza, who played a big role and is invaluable to me and the program:' It wasn't only the coaching staff piling up the accolades in soccer, however. Players from both the women's and men's soccer teams were selected for allconference honors. Senior captain Kelsey Pardue '14, one of Longwood's all-time leading scorers, was named to the all-conference first team, while breakout star Amanda Spencer '17 was named Freshman of the Year.

Gina DOrazio '17 was named to the all-conference second team, Alana Mackey '16 was an all-conference honorable mention and Kelsey McDonald '15 was named to the all-academic team. On the men's team, Philip van Berkom '16 was an all-conference second team selection, while Rhys Cairns '16 was a second team alternate and Anthony Ugorji '15 was an honorable mention.

Carlos Canas '17 was named to the all-conference freshman team.

Cornmunity Outreach Free sports clinics help youth, promote Longwood athletics

Show of Support Alumni and guests joined alumni members of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity in April 2013 to celebrate the life of and pay tribute to a former president of ASP, Mark Rice '89, who died Dec. 25, 2012, after a battle with cancer. Rice, a larger-than-life figure on campus, inspired his former classmates and friends to raise money for cancer research in his memory. Stu Wilkinson '91 and Rich Finnegan '89 organized the April gathering at Perini's in Farmville.

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Jon Atkinson

A series of free youth clinics put on by Longwood coaches got a lively start in August when dozens of youths-including children of alumni- took lessons from head softball coach Kathy Riley and head baseball coach Brian McCullough.

The clinics, the brainchild of Board of Visitors member Colleen McCrink Margiloff '97 and Mark Wrighte '95, are aimed at promoting Longwood athletics through community involvement. Open to all children, the clinics offer infield lessons, and inscruction on pitching, catching and hitting.

"The first clinics in August were a great start, and we had a lot of participation," said Margiloff. ''.About 20 kids participated in the softball clinic, and baseball drew about 50. It's a good starring point, and we'll look to expand in the future."

The first clinic was held at Rip City indoor facility in Sterling, V:L Additional events are being planned to take place on the Longwood campus and at other locations around the state.

Field hockey players make the final cut for all-conference team Four Longwood field hockey team members were named to the Northern Pacific Field Hockey all-conference team following a successful season in which they finished third at the NorPac tournament. Midfielder Stacey de Grandhome '14 was named the NorPac East Division player of the year, while Kaye Goulding '14 was named defensive player of the year. Caitlin Smith '14 and Jennifer Burris '16 were also named to the all-east division team.

Softball head coach Kathy Riley instructs youth at the first athletics clinic in northern Virginia in August.

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Longwood graduates play major role on newTeacher Cabinet

School of Hard Knocks Alumnus sees athletic training internship with Philadelphia Eagles as steppingstone to career with NFL

Longwood alumni will have a major influence on improving public education in the commonwealth as members of the new Virginia Governor's Teacher Cabinet.

Five of the 23 teachers selected for the cabinet are Longwood graduates. The cabinet will focus on creating strategies to enhance teacher quality, leadership and professionalism to meet the demands of 21st century learning.

The alumni are Catherine McCoy Collier '89, a reading specialist at Great Bridge Primary School in Chesapeake; Lisa Brodie Williams '91, an English teacher at Maggie L. Walker Governor's School in Richmond; James Popek '92, a marketing education teacher at Halifax High School in Halifax County; Artice Appling '01, a math teacher at Manchester Middle School in Chesterfield County; and Paige GregoryTucker '11, a language arts teacher at Robious Middle School in Chesterfield County.

Longwood's teacher preparation program, routinely ranked as one of the best in the commonwealth, was recently one of only 92 programs in the nation recognized for excellence in the field by the National Council on Teacher Quality.

Christopher Deneault '09

I]

Making the jump from Longwood to the National Football League isn't as impossible as it may seem.

Christopher Deneault did it without ever playing a down of college football.

Longwood professor appointed to Virginia Board of Counseling Dr. Kevin Doyle, assistant professor of counselor education, has been appointed by Gov. Bob McDonnell to the Virginia Board of Counseling.

"Dr. Doyle's appointment to the board is not only great for him professionally, but for the counselor education program here at Longwood;' said Dr. Jennifer Apperson, professor of psychology. "He will bring valuable insight with him - how we can improve our program to best serve our students:• The Virginia Board of Counseling licenses professional counselors for work in a variety of settings private practices, colleges and community health agencies.

1

The speed of the game translates into everything we do - we have

to be prepared for anything.'

- Christopher Deneault '09 Deneault '09 of Midlothian is putting his kinesiology degree to work as a yearlong athletic training intern with the Philadelphia Eagles.

He's on the sidelines at every Eagles game, seeing the action and the consequences of the hard-hitting sport-up close.

"Everything is extremely fast-paced in the NFL," he said.

"The speed of the game translates into everything we dowe have to be prepared for anything. I was on the sideline when we had an injury at the quarterback position against the Giants this year. We had to do some quick treatment while the other offense had the ball-everything moves a lot faster in the NFL." "There's definitely a cool factor when people find our you have a job in the NFL. When people hear what I do, they want to know about the scars, 'How's Michael Vick? Is he a nice guy?' Everybody asks questions about those guys," said Deneault.

Noc surprisingly, the competition co earn a job on an NFL training staff is just as challenging as it is for the players to land a spot on a team, but Deneault says Longwood more than sufficiently prepared him to be successful. He is hoping to cum this one-year opportunity into a full-rime position in the NFL. "Pretty much everything I do right now I was doing by my senior year," he said, adding that he has made sure to keep up with new developments in athletic training, such as concussion management, since he graduated.

He became interested in athletic training as a student at James River High School. His basketball career was put on hold because of a long-term injury, and he worked closely with the team's trainer during his rehabilitation.

"That really got me interested in that side of athletics," Deneaulc said.

Deneault came to Longwood with the hopes of getting into orthopedics and going to medical school, hue the experiences he had at Longwood and then later as a graduate assistant trainer at Virginia Tech steered him toward a career in athletics.

"When I came to Longwood, I didn't know anything about athletic training past what the brochure said," Deneaulc said.

"I remember I was a bad example when they were teaching ankle taping the first day. Throughout my four years there, I just developed into a better athletic trainer."

Now he's touring the country with a professional football team, but the basics of his profession remain constant.

"One of the things I learned at Longwood is a shoulder is a shoulder, a knee is a knee, and a concussion is dealt with this way. You just break it down to those things, and it's pretty much all the same. It's all medicine."-Nathan \%rters

Nursing professor named one of best in the state Longwood nursing professor Hadley Sporbert is one of the best in Virginia.

The website OnlineSchools Virginia.com named Sporbert one of the top 20 nursing profesHadley Sporbert sors in the commonwealth.

After a 15-year career as a nurse, Sporbert joined the Longwood faculty at the inception of the nursing program in 2009. A loved and wellrespected member of the faculty, she has led students on aid missions to Honduras while pursuing her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.

"Hadley has been a valuable part of our team as we got the nursing program under way;' said Dr. Melody Eaton, chair of the nursing department. "Having minimal experience as an instructor before this role, she was able to transition from a clinical background to one of the top educators in the state. She has made significant contributions to the development of this program:'

LONGWOOD ALUMNI NEWS

Soccer coach named best in Big South

Lucas Woodhouse '16 takes the game-winning shot with 1.7 seconds left to propel Longwood to its biggest win in program historyan 82-79 victory overTCU of the Big 12 conference.

Upsets Spectacular Biggest basketball wins in school history set tc:>ne for future A stunning, lase-second 3-pointer that gave Longwood its biggest win in program history provided a dramatic start to the Jayson Gee era.

"It's a great win for our program," said Gee of the 82-79 victory over the Big 12 Conference's TCU. 'Tm just happy for Longwood University-I have a lot of faith in our program, our system and what we are doing."

Guard Lucas Woodhouse '16 knocked down the winning shot with just 1.7 seconds before the buzzer to propel the visiting Lancers over the Horned Frogs. It was the first win for Longwood over a Big 12 team and power conference school.

"This is a signature win for our basketball team and a statement that we come to compete," said Troy Austin, athletics director. "Our players and coaches did their homework, and played the kind of defense-especially in the first

half-char they are going co be known for. It sets the tone for what we hope will be a successful season."

Longwood was led by scar guard Tristan Carey '14, who scored a game-high 31 points, including 20 in the first half, helping Longwood establish a 13-point halftime lead.

Forward Karl Ziegler '16 posted his first collegiate doubledouble, while guard Leron Fisher '16-making his first start- and guard Darrion Allen '17 both scored 11 points.

Longwood was previously 0-5 against members of the Big 12.

Not co be outdone, the women's basketball team, led by sophomore Daeisha Brown's season-high 26 points, posted a marquee win of their own over the Big East Conference's Xavier University. In similar style to the men's win, the Lancers took the lead in dramatic fashion, with a decisive three-pointer with 30 seconds remaining by Heather Tobeck '14.

After only two years in the Big South Conference, men's soccer coach Jon Atkinson claimed conference Coach of the Year honors in November. Atkinson led the team to an impressive 6-3-1 Big South record in the fall 2013 season.

"I feel honored and blessed to receive an award such as this, as it's voted on by your peers in the game;· said Atkinson. "It would be remiss of me not to commend the contribution of associate head coach Eduardo de Souza, who played a big role and is invaluable to me and the program:' It wasn't only the coaching staff piling up the accolades in soccer, however. Players from both the women's and men's soccer teams were selected for allconference honors. Senior captain Kelsey Pardue '14, one of Longwood's all-time leading scorers, was named to the all-conference first team, while breakout star Amanda Spencer '17 was named Freshman of the Year.

Gina DOrazio '17 was named to the all-conference second team, Alana Mackey '16 was an all-conference honorable mention and Kelsey McDonald '15 was named to the all-academic team. On the men's team, Philip van Berkom '16 was an all-conference second team selection, while Rhys Cairns '16 was a second team alternate and Anthony Ugorji '15 was an honorable mention.

Carlos Canas '17 was named to the all-conference freshman team.

Cornmunity Outreach Free sports clinics help youth, promote Longwood athletics

Show of Support Alumni and guests joined alumni members of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity in April 2013 to celebrate the life of and pay tribute to a former president of ASP, Mark Rice '89, who died Dec. 25, 2012, after a battle with cancer. Rice, a larger-than-life figure on campus, inspired his former classmates and friends to raise money for cancer research in his memory. Stu Wilkinson '91 and Rich Finnegan '89 organized the April gathering at Perini's in Farmville.

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Jon Atkinson

A series of free youth clinics put on by Longwood coaches got a lively start in August when dozens of youths-including children of alumni- took lessons from head softball coach Kathy Riley and head baseball coach Brian McCullough.

The clinics, the brainchild of Board of Visitors member Colleen McCrink Margiloff '97 and Mark Wrighte '95, are aimed at promoting Longwood athletics through community involvement. Open to all children, the clinics offer infield lessons, and inscruction on pitching, catching and hitting.

"The first clinics in August were a great start, and we had a lot of participation," said Margiloff. ''.About 20 kids participated in the softball clinic, and baseball drew about 50. It's a good starring point, and we'll look to expand in the future."

The first clinic was held at Rip City indoor facility in Sterling, V:L Additional events are being planned to take place on the Longwood campus and at other locations around the state.

Field hockey players make the final cut for all-conference team Four Longwood field hockey team members were named to the Northern Pacific Field Hockey all-conference team following a successful season in which they finished third at the NorPac tournament. Midfielder Stacey de Grandhome '14 was named the NorPac East Division player of the year, while Kaye Goulding '14 was named defensive player of the year. Caitlin Smith '14 and Jennifer Burris '16 were also named to the all-east division team.

Softball head coach Kathy Riley instructs youth at the first athletics clinic in northern Virginia in August.

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Impact Abroad Nine Longwood nursing students and two professors spent 10 days in Ecuador this August, administering care to residents of underprivileged communities in the capital city of Quito and in outlying villages in the Cuyabeno region of the Amazon. The students administered eye and ear exams and other basic health procedures, including checking vital signs and blood work in order to assess common problems in the region . They'll return in subsequent years to continue their work and target regional problems like intestinal parasites. 'A lot of the population in Ecuador are disadvantaged and have extremely little exposure to basic health care; said Longwood professor April Shular, who accompanied the students abroad along with fellow professor Julie Ross. 'This is great experience for the students, to be exposed to a world they aren't used to.' Here, Morgan McClain '15 (right) and Ross examine a young patient.