Longwood University is a public university in Farmville, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1839 as Farmville Female Seminary and colloquially known as Longwood or Longwood College, 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 female seminary, norma…
Longwood University is a public university in Farmville, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1839 as Farmville Female Seminary and colloquially known as Longwood or Longwood College, 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 female seminary, normal school, and college, Longwood became coeducational in 1976 and gained university status on July 1, 2002.
Former names: Farmville Female Seminary · (1839–1860) · Farmville Female College · (1860–1875) · Farmville College · (1875–1884) · State Female Normal School · (1884–1914) · State Normal School for Women (1914–1924) · State Teachers College · (1924–1949) · Longwood College · (1949–2002)
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