Heather Hemmens and Chris Brochu are about to enroll in Whitmore College.

The actress and the actor have both landed roles on The Vampire Diaries Season 5, according to E! News, with their characters described thusly:

• Hemmens (Hellcats, Grey's Anatomy) will portray Maggie, the love interest to whom Enzo referred a few weeks ago (on The Vampire Diaries Season 5 Episode 9), telling Damon she served as Dr. Whitmore's assistant in 1953 and left as soon as she understand the nature of his work.
• Brochu (CSI: NY, NCIS: Los Angeles) will come on board as Luke, a gay student with a "secret agenda" who mostly interacts with Bonnie, Caroline and Elena.

Hemmens will debut on Episode 16 and Brochu on Episode 19.

TVD finally returns with new installments on February 27.

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