Notice

The Farmville Police Department is seeking assistance from the Longwood campus community, as they investigate the reports of gunshots on Sunday, Jan. 12 at the McDonald’s on South Main Street. If you were present or in the vicinity of the gunshots and feel you have information or saw any of the events that evening, please call Investigating Sergeant David Ragland at 434-392-9259. Your information will be held in confidence. Thank you.

Campus community,

This evening Farmville Police and Longwood University Police responded to a report of gunshots near the intersection of Putney and Main streets. When police arrived on the scene, the suspects had already fled, and out of an abundance of caution, LUPD asked anyone on campus to stay inside in a secure location until police could ensure the grounds were safe and secure for the community to move around. No one was injured. Officers performed security checks on all campus buildings and grounds and announced campus was secured at 11:10 p.m. Farmville Police have recovered a weapon and detained a person of interest.

The alert system test for the national earthquake drill has concluded.

This is an alert system test for a national earthquake drill. In an actual emergency, find info at alerts.longwood.cloud

Notice: Upchurch is now reopened.

A dishwasher malfunction has set off alarms in Upchurch and the building evacuated. Please avoid until the building is cleared.

Update: Scene at Virginia St. has been cleared. Police: no ongoing threat to campus safety.

Campus community,

As always with weather events, Longwood is closely monitoring the track of Hurricane Dorian as it moves up the coast. The most current National Weather Service forecast shows we may experience some rain and light wind gusts later this week if Dorian stays on its current trajectory.

Your email is automatically loaded into our weather and emergency alerts system, but to ensure we have correct and complete information, please take this opportunity to log in and check your account. Just go to longwood.omnilert.net and sign in. Once in, you can add a mobile phone number and check your email.

Students: Your username is your LancerNet ID (the login for MyLongwood). Your password, if you havent changed it, is your L Number.
Faculty and staff: Your username is the same as your email (minus the @longwood.edu suffix). Your password, if you havent changed it, is your L Number.
For all others: Use the username and password you created when you signed up.

Remember you can always find updated information about ongoing situations at alerts.longwood.cloud.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Farmville. Please go to the tornado shelter area in your building.

Campus community,

Because of the impending storm system, Longwood will close at 2 p.m. today. Please travel safely if you plan to leave campus.