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We are here for you. We want all Highlanders to be successful and feel confident about their studies, life on campus and sense of belonging. The Highlander Success Center is here to help you from day one. Whether you are new to Radford and need to make connections or you need help deciding what classes to take, we can help.

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Nestled in the stunning landscape of southwest Virginia


Radford University encourages you to explore your interests in the classroom, on campus, and in the beautiful outdoors. From fashion design to cybersecurity, from managing a stock portfolio to archaeological digs, and from clinical work with patients to a real-world ambulance simulator - you have opportunities to grow and learn in a forward-thinking, close-knit environment.

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News at Radford

  1. Board of Visitors holds March meetings in Roanoke at RHEC »

    3/26/2024

    The Radford University Board of Visitors held its first quarterly meetings of 2024 inside the Roanoke Higher Education Center (RHEC) Thursday and Friday, March 21-22.

  2. Virginia National History Day district contest draws more than 200 young competitors to campus »

    3/25/2024

    Students from a dozen local schools, each vying to advance to the state level, brought their research projects to Radford’s judges on March 15. With attendance at a high, the dozens and dozens of wide-ranging topics students selected ran the gamut from the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Hurricane Katrina to the Treaty of Versailles and Martha Graham.

  3. Dakota McBride: Celebrating music through performance and by helping others learn to play their own tunes »

    3/22/2024

    McBride, a senior music education student from Danville, Virginia, has been playing the saxophone since he was a sixth grader. He now hopes to teach at either the high school or collegiate level.

  4. Highlander Highlights: Week of March 18, 2024 »

    3/21/2024

    Every two weeks, Highlander Highlights shares with readers some of the extraordinary research and accomplishments happening on and off campus through the tireless work and curiosity of our students and faculty. 

  5. ‘Restoring Appalachia’ trip follows a new path »

    3/19/2024

    Floods in Kentucky force alternative spring break group to find another alternative: maintenance on the Appalachian Trail.

  6. Radford University spells S-U-C-C-E-S-S as host of Scripps Regional Spelling Bee »

    3/19/2024

    With correct spellings in the 11th and 12th rounds of competition, Audrey Lee, a seventh-grader at Andrew Lewis Middle School in Salem, secured her spot alongside the nation’s top spellers in May’s Scripps National Spelling Bee thanks to her regional win on Saturday, March 16.