The Pillar February 2015 Edition

Volume 6, Issue 1 Longwood University

434.395.2414

Save the Date! Longwood’s Annual Family

Weekend will be September

18-20th, 2015.

PAGE 1 WELCOME FAMILIES

PAGE 2 DATES AND DEADLINE

PAGE 2 THE SPIRIT INITIATI PAGE 3 INAUGURATION OF

PRESIDENT FINNEGAN PAGE 3 DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

PAGE 4 SPOTLIGHT: NEW

STUDENTS

PAGE 4 MOVE-IN TIPS

PAGE 5 NEW LANCER DAYS

& THE G.A.M.E 2.0

PAGE 6 FAMILY WEEKEND

PAGE 7 TRANSFORM

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August 2011

18– New students arrive

19– Final registration

20– Continuing students arrive

22– Classes begin at 8am

29– Last day to add/drop -5pm

September 2011

5– Labor Day Holiday/No classes,

University closed

6– Classes resume at 8am

6– Spring schedule due

8– Convocation

26– Grade estimates due

October 2011

10-11– Fall Break/No classes

12– Classes resume at 8am

12– Deadline to withdraw with a

“W”- 5pm

15– Graduate Comprehensive Ex-

amination

27– Summer 2010 schedule due

November 2011

7– Advising & Registration begin-

Spring 2012

18– Advising ends

23– Student Holiday/No classes

24-25– Thanksgiving Holiday/No

classes, University closed

28– Classes resume at 8am

December 2011 2– Last day of classes

3– Reading Day

5-9– Examinations

12– All grades are due - 8:30am

January 2012 16– Martin L. King, Jr. Holiday/No

classes, University closed

17– Final registration

17– New Student Orientation. Clas-

ses begin at 4pm

24– Last day of add/drop - 5pm

30– Fall 2012 schedule due

This publication is published

by the Office of First Year

Experience. We would like to

Welcome Familes, Parents,

…….

Thank you to the Parents

Council, FYE, and…..

Seniors: Class of 2015

Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 9:30 AM

*There is no limit to the amount of guests that can

attend per student.

This semester, your student should:

Buy a cap, gown, tassel and hood

Attend the graduation fair at Barnes and Noble

Create a portfolio through the Career Center

Handle any holds on the student account

Make moving arrangements

Invest in a nice suit for interviews

Juniors: Class of 2016 Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 9:30 AM

Parents, now is the time to begin making your

rooming arrangements if you student is graduating

in May 2016. Nearby hotels include:

Hampton Inn

Days Inn

Comfort Inn

Super 8

This semester, your student should:

Complete the application to graduate

Begin to build a resume. Help is available

through the University Career Center.

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March 1st is Longwood’s Priority

Deadline for FAFSA submissions. FAFSA

information can be submitted after this

deadline, but those that are turned in

complete and on time receive

consideration for assistance first.

MARCH 1ST, 2015

FAFSA DEADLINE

PAGE 1 WELCOME FAMILIES

PAGE 2 DATES AND DEADLINE

PAGE 2 THE SPIRIT INITIATI PAGE 3 INAUGURATION OF

PRESIDENT FINNEGAN PAGE 3 DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

PAGE 4 SPOTLIGHT: NEW

STUDENTS

PAGE 4 MOVE-IN TIPS

PAGE 5 NEW LANCER DAYS

& THE G.A.M.E 2.0

PAGE 6 FAMILY WEEKEND

PAGE 7 TRANSFORM

FALL 2011 2

August 2011

18– New students arrive

19– Final registration

20– Continuing students arrive

22– Classes begin at 8am

29– Last day to add/drop -5pm

September 2011

5– Labor Day Holiday/No classes,

University closed

6– Classes resume at 8am

6– Spring schedule due

8– Convocation

26– Grade estimates due

October 2011

10-11– Fall Break/No classes

12– Classes resume at 8am

12– Deadline to withdraw with a

“W”- 5pm

15– Graduate Comprehensive Ex-

amination

27– Summer 2010 schedule due

November 2011

7– Advising & Registration begin-

Spring 2012

18– Advising ends

23– Student Holiday/No classes

24-25– Thanksgiving Holiday/No

classes, University closed

28– Classes resume at 8am

December 2011 2– Last day of classes

3– Reading Day

5-9– Examinations

12– All grades are due - 8:30am

January 2012 16– Martin L. King, Jr. Holiday/No

classes, University closed

17– Final registration

17– New Student Orientation. Clas-

ses begin at 4pm

24– Last day of add/drop - 5pm

30– Fall 2012 schedule due

This publication is published

by the Office of First Year

Experience. We would like to

Welcome Familes, Parents,

…….

Thank you to the Parents

Council, FYE, and…..

Diet, exercise and better general health are usually high on resolution lists. At

Longwood Dining we make eating healthy easy. Our Healthy for Life platform

offers educational resources and daily tools to help your student maintain a

healthy lifestyle while on campus.

The Healthy for Life interactive station is located right inside the doors of

Dorrill Dining Hall. Featuring a literature display, current health & wellness

news, and an interactive touchscreen up-to-date with our menu, nutrition

highlights, and additional resources. In addition to our Healthy for Life

interactive station, we also provide several other tools to make eating easy.

•Nutrition cards: Recipe signage with nutrition information is displayed with

each menu item daily.

•Campus Dish App: The free mobile app is available for Apple and Android

platforms and makes menu and nutrition information available anytime. To

download the Campus Dish app just search for it in the mobile app store and

simply select Longwood as the location.

•Campus Dish Website: In addition to dining news and more, nutrition

information is available for the daily menu.

•MyFitnessPal: We have partnered with the popular ap, MyFitnessPal. The free

app makes finding nutrition information and counting your calories quick and

easy on any smartphone, tablet or computer. Students can easily search for any

menu to see calorie and other nutrition information whether they are dining at

the dining hall or any of the Longwood Dining retail brands. For example:

Typing “Aramark On Campus” in the search bar will return a list of all standard

menu items. To see a specific menu item (like Crispy Asiago Crusted Chicken)

all you have to do is search for “Aramark On Campus Crispy Asiago Crusted

Chicken”.

Here are some bite-sized actions for your student to

take to adopt healthier eating habits:

•Eat a green vegetable every week-day with your

dinner meal.

•Include a high calcium food or beverage daily at

lunch.

•Add a whole grain to meals four or five times a week.

Follow @LongwoodDining on Twitter and Instagram

to see our commitment in action. And you can learn

more about our efforts at

www.Longwood.CampusDish.com

Encourage your student to reach out to us! Feedback is

essential – we want to know what we’re doing right

and what we can do better. The quick online

comment card is accessible at

www.CampusDiningVoice.com. Menus, nutrition

facts, contact info & more can be found on the

Longwood Dining website:

www.Longwood.CampusDish.com.

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Shannon pictured in the center as she helped lead the campus-wide “I Won’t Stand For” Movement.

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Ally participating in Longwood’s annual Color Wars during the 2014 Oktoberfest.

If you’re traveling to campus this spring, here’s a piece of advice: Avoid Main Street until June.

What for eight months out of the year is a scenic drive into downtown

Farmville will become a landing ground for home runs from February to

May when Longwood’s baseball and softball teams open the year at Buddy

Bolding Stadium and Lancer Field.

Both Lancer teams lay claim to two of the top power hitters in the nation,

and unfortunately for the motorists of Farmville, both are taking aim at the

outfield wall that backs up to Farmville’s Main Street. Megan Baltzell, the

Big South Softball Preseason Player of the Year, and Kyri Washington, a

participant in the Cape Cod Baseball League Home Run Derby last summer,

will start their own personal derby in February as the Longwood programs

open their third year as members of the Big South.

Both Baltzell and Washington are the offensive centerpieces of their lineups

and have generated major national buzz heading into 2015. Baltzell is a top-

50 selection for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, and

Washington has garnered attention from Baseball America and D1Base-

ball.com as a high-round draft pick heading into his junior year.

Baltzell, an All-American catcher in 2013, enters her senior campaign after

batting .448 with 10 home runs, 17 doubles and 45 RBI last season. Those

video game-like numbers earned her the honor as the ninth-best offensive

player in the country from FastPitchNews.com and set the stage for her to

repeat as Big South Player of the Year in 2015.

Washington, meanwhile, is regarded as one of the most gifted players in the

country with arguably the most raw power of anyone at the collegiate level.

A 6-1, 215-pound outfielder who hails from Prospect, Va., and also played

locally as a freshman and sophomore at The Fuqua School, Washington

spent his summer playing in the Cape Cod Baseball League among the rest

of college baseball’s elite prospects. Washington was chosen to participate in

the Cape Cod League Home Run Derby at Fenway Park and put on a show

that had one Major League Baseball scout pegging him with “unbelievable

raw power” and “some of the loudest raw tools in the Cape.”

So again, we warn you: Don’t end up on the wrong end of a ball hit by

Baltzell or Washington. But if you happen to be one of those unlucky drivers

who catches a home run with your windshield, we apologize in advance. If

it’s any consolation, you can keep the souvenir.

Kyri Washington

Megan Baltzell

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