Dr. Christopher Swanson recently was named the conductor and artistic director of the Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra. The first concert of the season takes place on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 3:00pm at EC Glass HS Auditorium. For ticket information go to: www.lynchburgsymphony.org. The program will include Les preludes by Liszt, An American in Paris by Gershwin and the great Symphony no. […]
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Dr. Christopher Swanson recently visited the College of Music at Michigan State University in East Lansing Michigan where he gave a masterclass to undergraduate singers and spoke at a seminar for graduate students on entrepreneurship in music. During the same trip to MSU he attended the conference for Association for Inter-disciplinarian Studies.
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The most recent issue of MAA Focus magazine features several dice puzzles by Dr. Phillip Poplin, Associate Professor of Mathematics. They appear on page 31.
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Adjunct instructor and Longwood alumnus Will Mayer has a new story out, published in the online weekly The Stoneslide Corrective. In “A Helium Affair,” a young father confronts the disappointments and resentments of his failed relationships in the apparition of a pink helium balloon: http://stoneslidecorrective.com/?p=4935
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Dr. William Abrams, Professor of Mathematics, presented Discovering Concepts in Calculus II at Mathfest in Portland, OR this August.
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Gordon Van Ness’s essay “James Dickey, Vicente Aleixandre, and the Question of Poetic Creativity” has been accepted for publication by The South Carolina Review.
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Assistant Professor of Spanish A. Renee Gutiérrez and Assistant Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice Studies Connie Koski have teamed up with the ICA Farmville Immigration Detention Facility in a collaborative project that will provide Longwood students an exciting experiential service-learning opportunity in the local community during the 2014-2015 academic year. In an expansion of […]
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The latest volume of Reflections: A Journal of Public Rhetoric, Civic Writing, and Service Learning includes Heather Lettner-Rust’s article on the service-learning projects conducted in ENGL 400, in which Longwood students collaborated with members of Farmville’s Town Council. The issue also features a cover image of civil rights protesters in Farmville and an interview with Dr. Edward H. Peeples, […]
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Sean Ruday’s latest book, The Information Writing Toolkit: Using Mentor Texts in Grades 3-5 (appearing this winter at Routlegde Eye on Education), helps instructors use high-quality books and articles to make writing instruction more meaningful, authentic, and successful. Complete details available here.
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The latest edition of The Dos Passos Review has been published here. Launched in 2004, the DPR celebrates its tenth anniversary and its final volume with Mary Carroll-Hackett as editor. Originating from the University’s prestigious Dos Passos Prize for Fiction, the journal has for the past decade sought the best American writing in the areas of literary fiction, creative nonfiction, […]
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