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Campus community,

Please be aware that Longwood Police have responded to a report made today of a non-stranger sexual assault in an on-campus residence hall involving a non-student. The alleged assault occurred early Sunday, Nov. 14. LUPD is investigating.

General Safety Information

If you are the survivor of a sexual assault, you have options and help available to you. To file a criminal report of sexual assault, call Longwood Police at 434-395-2091 or dial 911The Longwood Title IX Coordinator is Sasha Johnson. She can be reached at titleix@longwood.edu or 434-395-2751. Her office is Lancaster Hall G-08L.

For information and resources on Longwood's sexual misconduct policy, please visit www.longwood.edu/titleix. Make an online report at www.longwood.edu/studentconduct/say-something/

Longwood community,

Because of a water issue in the town of Farmville, Longwood is currently experiencing very low water pressure that is impacting air conditioning and water supply.

Therefore, the university will delay opening until 10:30 a.m. today, and a status update will be sent by 9:45 a.m.

Town crews are working to address the issue.

Please be aware Farmville and Longwood police departments are investigating a report of shots fired on Oak Street near Southside Community Hospital. Units are on the scene. Please avoid the area until cleared by police. Updates at alerts.longwood.cloud.

UPDATE: LUPD has secured campus, it is safe to move around. Police continue to investigate the incident, please continue to exercise caution.

Alert: Farmville police are actively investigating a report of gunshots near the intersection of Putney and Virginia streets. The suspects fled the scene and police do not believe there is an ongoing threat to campus safety. Police are looking for a two- or four-door gray Honda Accord with several passengers.

An update on where we stand after Hurricane Michael hit the region last week, and a long weekend of very hard work by our facilities and residence life staff, and many others on campus.

The university will reopen as scheduled on Tuesday and classes will resume as scheduled on Wednesday. Power is restored to all buildings on campus, and cleanup and repair efforts are continuing.

• The ground floor of Bedford Hall was impacted more than any other place on campus, and will be closed while crews repair water damage. The rest of Bedford Hall will be open Wednesday as normal. Students who have classed on the ground floor of Bedford will be told by their professors where their class will be relocated.
• Lancer Park also sustained water damage and an aggressive operation is under way there that will include continuing assessment of both damage and air quality. Repair work is already underway, and Residence Life is working to relocate students from a handful of rooms until the work is completed.
• A number of trees on campus sustained serious damage. Grounds crews and outside experts worked to save those they could, but sadly several had to be taken down after they were determined to have internal rot or otherwise fatal structural damage and posed a danger of falling on pedestrians.
• Public locker rooms in Willett Hall continue to be open from 10-4 today and tomorrow for families who still don’t have power.
• If you note any other damage as you return to your residence halls or work, please submit a work order at workorder@longwood.edu or through the link at www.longwood.edu/housing.

Thank you to everyone who has worked long hours to get campus up and running after the storm. Your hard work and dedication are much appreciated!

For anyone traveling to or from Longwood: Roads on campus are clear but you should check the statewide road conditions at http://www.511virginia.org

Campus update for students: Power is restored to all residence halls including Lancer Park and Longwood Village. The Longwood campus will continue to serve students who remain on campus over fall break, and the Dining Hall will be open. If you have decided to remain on campus for any length of time, please register at https://bit.ly/2PvOV8i

We encourage students who do head home for fall break to pay close attention to reports on road conditions at http://www.511virginia.org

This morning we’re taking stock after yesterday’s powerful storm, which left considerable wind and water damage across parts of campus. We’re grateful that all students, faculty and staff are safe, and deeply thankful to our facilities, police and residence life staff who worked through the night. Longwood always rises to the occasion in a real crisis.

We were lucky compared to some of our neighbors in our home community of Farmville, who experienced the worst of the damage locally. We’ll continue to communicate over the days to come as we work over fall break to get our campus fully up and running as soon as possible.