Conference Planning
Located in the "heart of the New River Valley" near the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwestern Virginia, Radford University Conference Services offers the perfect blend of serenity, community atmosphere, competitive rates, and high-tech facilities. Whether you are planning a conference, workshop, business meeting, team building activity, reunion, camp, or retreat, we care about the details.
Expert meeting planners, program development consultants, and technology specialists will work with you to ensure that your program runs smoothly. Services include:
- Event Planning, budgeting, program development
- Publication development and marketing assistance
- Web-based registration and fee payment services
- On-site logistical and technical support for meeting rooms, dining, catering, and summer lodging
- Continuing education credentialing for appropriate educational programs
Lodging
On-campus residence halls are centrally located near the meeting and dining facilities. Linen service is included with air-conditioned residence halls and available for an additional fee in the non-air conditioned residence halls. Vending machines, kitchens, and laundry facilities are available in each residence hall for your convenience. Residence hall rooms are available during the summer season only (early May to late July). Several excellent motels are located less than a mile from our campus.
On-Campus Lodging Facilities:
- Bolling Hall
- Draper Hall
- Floyd Hall
- Ingles Hall
- Jefferson Hall
- Madison Hall
- Moffet Hall
- Muse Hall
- Norwood Hall
- Peery Hall
- Pocahontas Hall
- Stuart Hall
- Trinkle Hall
- Tyler Hall
- Washington Hall
*** Smoking is not allowed inside of any residence hall. ***
Meeting Facilities
Our campus offers a wide variety of facilities and amenities to meet your needs as a sponsor. Some facilities offer permanent seating while other floor plans can be arranged to meet your specific needs.
Cook Hall:
- Meeting Facilities
- Large Meeting Rooms
- Small Meeting / Function Rooms
- Diverse Meeting Rooms
- Other Meeting Facilities
- Technology Base Meeting Rooms
Recreational and Athletic Facilties:
- The Dedmon Center
- Selu Conservancy
- For a change of pace, host your meeting at Selu, a 360-acre conservatory located 7 miles from campus on the Little River. The Selu retreat center, observatory, trails, and low ropes challenge course provide unique workshop and team-building alternatives for small to mid-size groups. Overnight bunk style lodging is available.
Meeting rooms are available to fit all your needs:
Large Meeting Rooms On-Campus
| Facility | Capacity | Amenities |
| Muse Banquet Room | up to 500
|
An excellent multi-purpose room for lectures, small performances, receptions, concerts, dances, or large number of exhibits. Seating can be arranged to meet the program needs with either square or round tables. Computer network connections and presentation capabilities are available. |
| Heth Room 014 | 156 Rows of Chairs 90 Classroom/Lecture |
A large multi-purpose room. Computer network connection sand presentation capabilities are available. |
| Heth 016 | 84 Rows of Chairs 42 Classroom/Lecture |
A multi-purpose room offering variable setup to meet program needs. Computer network connection sand presentation capabilities are available. |
| Heth 022 | 72 Rows of Chairs 30 Classroom/Lecture |
A multi-purpose room offering variable setup to meet program needs. Computer network connection sand presentation capabilities are available. |
| Heth 043 | 126 Rows of Chairs 72 Classroom/Lecture |
A large multi-purpose room. Computer network connection sand presentation capabilities are available. |
| The Bonnie Auditorium | 150 | A state of the art auditorium located in the Bonnie Hurlburt Student Center with small stage and tiered seating. |
| International Education Building (Cook Room 107) | 150 | Multi-purpose room with moveable dividers makes it possible to divide into two rooms. Satellite down-linking, VHS/SVHS presentations, and ELMO. |
| McGuffy Auditorium | 200 | Tiered seating which can be used as a classroom. Multi-media electronic facility with satellite down-linking, VHS/SVHS presentations, and ELMO. |
| Preston Auditorium | 1500 | Ideal for music, lectures, and main sessions for large conferences. Lighting and sound rigging are available. No food or drink is allowed. |
| Pridemore Playhouse | 487 | Sound system, lectern, audiovisual equipment, and grand piano available. |
Small Meeting/Function Rooms On-Campus
| Facility | Capacity | Amenities |
| Heth 044 | 30 | A multi-purpose room offering flexible setup to meet program needs. Computer network connections and presentation capabilities are available. |
| Heth 045 | 22 | A multi-purpose room offering flexible setup to meet program needs. Computer network connections and presentation capabilities are available. |
| Heth 018, 019 | 20 | A multi-purpose room offering flexible setup to meet program needs. Computer network connections and presentation capabilities are available. |
| Heth 103 | 14 | A multi-purpose room offering flexible setup to meet program needs. Computer network connections and presentation capabilities are available. |
| Heth 220, 243 | 10 | A multi-purpose room offering board room style setup. Computer network connections and presentation capabilities are available. |
| Heth 239 | 8 | A multi-purpose room offering board room style setup. Computer network connection sand presentation capabilities are available. |
| The Bonnie Combo Rooms (248/249/250) | 30-120 | A multi-purpose room offering flexible setup to meet program needs. Room can be used as 1 large room, 3 smaller rooms, or 1 med. size room and 1 smaller room. Computer network connection sand presentation capabilities are available. |
| The Bonnie Conference Rooms (2) | 10-20 | Board room style setup with computer network connections and presentation capabilities. |
| Library Conference Room | 30 seated | Large conference table setting with 20 extra seating in chairs. TV, VCR, white board, podium, and built-in microphone, and pull down screens available. No food or drink allowed. |
| Radford Rooms - Library | 14 | Two medium-sized tables, with additional seating for five on couch and wing chairs. Good for small seminars where no AV equipment or computers are needed. No food or drink allowed. |
Recreational and Athletic Facilities
| Facility | Amenities |
| Dedmon Center | Indoor (Olympic-size) swimming, basketball and tennis courts, outdoor running/walking tracks, soccer and baseball fields. |
| The Bonnie Student Center | Bowling, pool tables, video games, TV. |
| Peters Hall | Dance studios, gymnasium, weight room, climbing wall. |
Technology Based Meeting Rooms
| Facility | Capacity | Amenities |
| Computer Lab - Cook Hall 124/125 | 16/20 | Geography computer lab |
| Computer Lab - Curie 147 | 24 | Basic computing |
| Computer Lab - Davis 18/214/214C | 15/24/8 | Basic computing |
| Computer Lab -Davis 114/201/225 | 28/30/32 | Information technology |
| Computer Lab - McGuffy 220 | 12 | Basic computing |
| Computer Lab - Porterfield 173 | 20 | Media studies |
| Computer Lab - Peters Hall C144 | 25 | Basic computing |
| Computer Lab - Powell 211 | 22 | Basic computing |
| Computer Lab - Russell 251 | 20 | Basic computing |
| Computer Lab - Stuart B01 | 30 | Basic computing |
| Computer Lab - Whitt 222 | 30 | Basic computing |
| Computer Lab - Walker 215 | 46 | Basic computing |
| Computer Lab - Walker 216 | 22 | Basic computing |
| Computer Lab - Walker 221 | 40 | Basic computing |
| Computer Lab - Walker 225 | 26 | Basic computing |
| Multi-purpose Computer Lab - Library 350 | 20 | Gateway PC based with zip drives, central teaching unit, access to campus network, Virtual Library of Virginia |
Off-Campus Meeting Facilities
| Facility | Capacity | Amenities |
| Bondurant Norwood Room | 220-250
|
An upscale room with mirrored columns, stage, and emerald green carpet. The perfect place for conferences, dinners, or receptions. A garden area can be used as a reception area. Computer network access, TV/VCR, and sound system available. |
| Selu Conservancy | 50-100 | Perfect retreat. Reminiscent of early settlers' homes. Offer three meeting rooms with unlimited catering. |
Audio-Visual Equipment
Radford University takes great pride in the latest state-of-the-art media services that are available to our meeting planners. Most facilities are equipped with audiovisual technology. For rooms locations that do not have the needed AV equipment, it will be provided through arrangements made with the Conference Services office. Call the conference office at (540) 831-5800 if you have questions regarding special meeting room or technology arrangements needed for your conference.



