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Longwood University

Services and Facilities

Address

201 High Street
Farmville, VA 23909

Website

http://www.whylongwood.com

Admissions E-mail

admissions@longwood.edu

Student Services

Basic services offered:

nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance

Remedial learning services offered:

N/A

Counseling services offered:

career, personal, academic, psychological, birth control, religious

Career Center

Career services include:

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training

Graduates who enter job market in field related to major:

Within six months of graduation:

90%

Within one year of graduation:

N/A

Within two years of graduation:

N/A

Firms that most frequently hire graduates:

AT&T; America Online; BB&T; Capital One; Circuit City; Deloitte & Touche; Dominion Virginia Power; DuPont; Federal Reserve Bank; Goodman & Company; Johnson & Johnson; KPMG; Kraft Foods; Microsoft Corporation; Philip Morris; State Farm Insurance; SunTrust; Wachovia

Library

School has a library on campus?

Yes

School is a member of library consortia?

Yes

Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents:

332,647

Number of current serial subscriptions:

10,190

Number of microforms:

720,473

Number of audiovisual materials:

19,219

Number of E-books:

11,034

Additional library facilities:

The Special Collections Room is filled with a variety of unique book collections. These collections include Longwood faculty publications, the Virginia Authors Collection, the Virginia Collection, the Edward Gorey Collection, the Droessler Collection and a collection of rare books. This room holds priceless treasures such as author inscriptions, illustrative matter, first edition classics or no longer available in print but have an enduring value.

Museums or special academic buildings on campus:

Longwood Center for the Visual Arts

Computer Resources

Students required to take a computer course?

Yes

Students required to lease/own a computer?

Yes

Number of computers available to all students:

350

Internet access available to all students?

Yes

E-mail accounts available to all students?

Yes

Computers available for student use in:

computer center/labs, residence halls, library

Number of open, wired network connections available to students:

In the library (excluding computer labs):

120

In classrooms:

1,300

In computer labs:

300

Elsewhere in the school/university:

2,400

Does the school have a wireless network?

Yes

Areas where wireless network is available:

in all the libraries; in some classrooms; in computer labs; in administrative/faculty offices and work areas; in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing

Total approximate number of simultaneous users that can be accommodated by the wireless network:

3,000

Recommended computer operating system on campus:

Microsoft Windows

Percentage of college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing units wired for high-speed Internet access:

100%

Student webpages permitted?

Yes

Is online registration for classes available?

Yes

Campus Safety

Campus safety and security services offered:

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

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