August 7th-8th

We have workshops and sessions on a wide variety of topics: inclusivity in the classroom, Longwood traditions, retirement planning, parking passes and rules, and a workshop on our learning management system. The program begins with breakfast on each day at 8:15 am, and ends by 4:15 pm.

New Faculty Orientation Schedule ( click here to access the schedule )

August 7- Orientation will take place in Allen Hall 308

August 8- Orientation will take place in Allen Hall 308

The President’s Reception for New Faculty will take place on August 15, 5:30 to 7:00 PM, Radcliff Hall.

If you haven’t RSVP’d yet, please contact Renee Gutiérrez at gutierrezar@longwood.edu.

Thursday, August 10^th, 2023

Join us for Longwood’s first annual day of undergraduate faculty professional development–a day filled with several options and opportunities to collaborate with and learn from your faculty colleagues.

• Civitae faculty leaders will facilitate workshops in all areas of Civitae allowing you to meet and share ideas for teaching in Civitae and discuss ways to improve student learning and engagement. 
• CAFE will offer sessions on teaching writing in the age of AI, course design and assignment design.
• The Cormier Honors College will host a workshop focusing on how to turn your existing courses into Honors courses.
• The day will end with a Faculty Reception in the CAFE lounge.    

Registration is required for all events.  For more information about the schedule of the day, individual sessions, and registration, please go to https://blogs.longwood.edu/undergradfacutlypdday/

Questions about the Civitae sessions, contact Heather Lettner Rust @ lettnerrusthg@longwood.edu.

Questions about the CAFE sessions, contact Adam Franssen @ franssenra@longwood.edu

Questions about the Cormier Honors College session, contact Hannah Dudley-Shotwell @ shotwellhg@longwood.edu

The Longwood community had the happy task last week of showing new students and their parents the ropes during Orientation.

My job as editor of the alumni magazine and this blog doesn’t directly involve Orientation, but I always enjoy seeing new students and their families during Orientation week.

I hope those of you who are parents of new Longwood students found the answers to your questions and felt reassured that your Lancer will be in good hands when you deliver them to campus next month. In my experience of working at several universities, both public and private, Longwood faculty and staff are among the most caring. They are truly committed to students’ success, both in and outside the classroom.

To the parents of returning students: The excitement surrounding your Lancers’ return to campus is definitely ramping up. We have missed our students this summer!

A traditional kickoff to fall semester

Preparations for the fall semester are in full swing. Especially notable are events on Aug. 25:  The G.A.M.E., a march to the sports complex for a game and distribution of this year’s Lancer scarf, and First Friday Back, which will include a pep rally in Longwood’s stunning new Joan Perry Brock Center. (The Brock Center officially opens Aug. 25 and will be the home of our basketball teams and a venue for campus ceremonies and events.)

The new Joan Perry Brock Center, with its arches and white facade, will be the home of Lancer basketball and a venue for ceremonies, concerts and other events.

How to get a Lancer scarf

If you have the chance, please let your student know that to get their Lancer scarf they first need to get a wristband, which can be exchanged for a scarf at the sports complex. Wristbands will be distributed on Aug. 25: New students can get theirs from noon-3 p.m. in front of Lankford Hall; upper-class students can get theirs from 3:15-5:30 p.m. in front of Greenwood Library.

Family Weekend

Also, leaving your student at college for the first time—or even for the last time—can be an adjustment. So mark your calendars for Family Weekend, Sept. 15-16. This is a perfect reason for you to come back to campus—other than just missing your student—to have a few more hours with them and get another hug. Keep an eye on the Longwood website and this blog for more information about registration and planned activities.

Have questions? Get answers here

Finally, if you have questions related to the start of the fall semester (or anything else), send them to questions@longwood.edu and someone will get back to you.

—Sabrina Brown

Besides my pursuit of knowledge in the field of social work I am part of one organization on campus. I was a member of the Longwood Gaming club until I couldn’t keep going as frequently due to my work load increasing. Other than that I have worked as a counselor at a summer camp, a secondary manager at a laser tag establishment, and as a delivery driver for Papa Johns while I am at campus during the semster. These are the different jobs that I have worked and each one paid or pays well enough for me to sustain myself.

I have been certified as a mandated reporter. This is the only thing I am currently certified on but I plan to take a class and become certified to become CPR certified again. At this current time I do not have any of the paper work with me but I will upload it once I am ready to completely finish up this Portfolio and use it professionally.

This is the post where my References for future jobs will go as they will be listed under this post. For now this page is blank as I am still pursuing my education.

Below is the link to a paper I wrote on Post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD and how it can be unique to each individual and some possible treatment options for patients going forward. I chose to share this paper because not enough people focus on the person rather than the mental illness when it comes to PTSD and I believe it Critical to work with the person themselves in the field of social work.

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I am currently at this time a rising Senior at Longwood University with a major in Social work. Before that I had graduated from West Potomac High School in Alexandria. So far my favorite studies have included a diversity class, a class on research, and a class on Medieval Literature and it’s meaning!

My Junior Internship was at the Department of Family Services over in Fairfax county about an hour away from my house. This being my first internship I was so excited to get out into the field and to learn as much as I could about what professional social workers looked like and how they handled their work. For my first experience of social work, I learned so many things, but working in a department inside of a cubicle isn’t really for me. Despite this fact this internship definitely taught me about how social workers conduct themselves and how they are able to maintain a strong balance of self care and work.

One of the main things I saw at DFS was teamwork. Each worker kept in constant communication and talked with each other constantly about what they may need for their next case or how they could better improve their own strengths and weaknesses as a team. With there being so many different branches I was able to shadow I got to see how each different branch even worked with volunteers and just brought them right onboard to the team to help them and to be able to help the people in each particular case or scenario.

My supervisor was also a massive help. She was so nice and she had no problem providing feedback on what I could be doing better. With each piece of feedback I was able to improve and grow as a person in this field and without her guidance I wouldn’t be able to understand half as much as I do right now. So overall, This internship was definitely a great start to my social work career!