Farmville is a town in Prince Edward and Cumberland counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. The population was 8,216 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Prince Edward County.
Longwood University is a public university in Farmville,Virginia. Founded in 1839,it is the third-oldest public university in Virginia and one of the hundred oldest institutions of higher education in the United States. Previously a college,Longwood became a university on July 1,2002.
Union Presbyterian Seminary is a Presbyterian seminary in Richmond,Virginia. It also has a non-residential campus in Charlotte,North Carolina and an online blended learning program.
Kappa Delta was the first sorority founded at the State Female Normal School,in Farmville,Virginia.
John Goode Jr. was a Virginia attorney and Democratic politician. He served in both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress,and was a colonel in the Confederate Army. He was Solicitor General of the United States during the presidency of Grover Cleveland. He was known as "the grand old man of Virginia."
WMLU is an American non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve the community of Farmville,Virginia. The station is owned and operated by Longwood University.
Abraham Bedford Venable was a Virginia lawyer,planter and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and briefly as U.S. Senator,as well as in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Willett Hall is an academic facility and 1,807-seat multi-purpose arena in Farmville,Virginia. It was built in 1980 and is home to the Longwood University Lancers men's and women's basketball teams. On December 3,2016,the basketball court was named after former Longwood basketball player Jerome Kersey,officially making the hardwood Jerome Kersey Court.
Walter Taylor Reveley III was the twenty-seventh president of the College of William &Mary. Formerly Dean of its law school from August 1998 to February 2008,Reveley was appointed interim president of William &Mary on February 12,2008 following Gene Nichol's resignation earlier that day,and was elected the university's 27th president by the Board of Visitors on September 5,2008. While president,Reveley continued his service as the John Stewart Bryan Professor of Jurisprudence at the law school.
Elaine Cagas Quijano is an American television reporter. Formerly with CNN,she is now a correspondent and anchor with CBS News.
The Longwood Lancers men's basketball team is the Division I basketball team that represents Longwood University in Farmville,Virginia. Since 2012,the team has competed in the Big South Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Their current head coach is Griff Aldrich,a one-time lawyer and chief financial officer of a private equity firm who formerly served as the recruiting director for UMBC.
The Longwood Lancers baseball team represents Longwood University,which is located in Farmville,Virginia. The Lancers are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Big South Conference. They began competing in Division I in 2005 and joined the Big South Conference in 2013 after 8 seasons as an independent.
Richard V. Hurley was the ninth president of the University of Mary Washington.
Longwood House is a historic home located at Farmville,Prince Edward County,Virginia,and functions as the home of the president of Longwood University. It is a 2+1⁄2-story,three bay,frame dwelling with a gable roof. It features Greek Revival style woodwork and Doric order porch. Longwood House has a central passage,double-pile plan. It has a two-story wing added about 1839,and a second wing added in the 1920s,when the property was purchased by Longwood University. The house is located next to the university golf course,and since 2006,athletic fields used by the Longwood Lancers.
The Farmville Herald is a semi-weekly newspaper in Farmville,Virginia,United States of America. The Farmville Herald is a bi-weekly newspaper serving Buckingham,Cumberland and Prince Edward counties and the Town of Farmville. Thanks to a partnership with the Farmville Herald,Longwood University,and the Library of Virginia,the Farmville Herald is being digitized and now available on Virginia Chronicle
Walter Taylor Reveley II served as the 18th president of Hampden-Sydney College from 1963 to 1977. Founded in 1775 with other colonial colleges,Hampden-Sydney is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in America. During Reveley's presidency,a time of significant social and political unrest throughout the country,the faculty increased by more than 40 percent,the student body grew from roughly 500 to 800 and the endowment doubled. Major construction projects,including a science center and a library addition,were completed,and the college celebrated its bicentennial. He also oversaw the modernizing of the curriculum and the integration of the College.
Patrick Finnegan was a United States Army Brigadier General,and the president of Longwood University. Finnegan served 39 years in the U.S. Army,retiring in 2010 after serving as the 12th Dean of the Academic Board at the U.S. Military Academy. Following his Army career,he was appointed as the 25th President of Longwood University in 2010. Finnegan stepped down as President in 2012 due to health reasons,and returned to private life.
Scott Griffith "Griff" Aldrich is an American college basketball coach and lawyer. He is the current head coach of the Longwood Lancers men's basketball team.
Reveley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
