Davis College News

  1. Highlander Highlights: Week of January 8, 2024 »

    1/16/2024

    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.

  2. Highlanders in the News: Week of Dec. 18, 2023 »

    12/20/2023

    This week in Highlanders in the News: Self-starter Stacey Price ’99, M.S. ’01, adds another link to her growing entrepreneurial chain; and Roanoke social worker Danielle Austin-Johnson, ’13, M.S. ’18, lends her profile to a local work of art. 

  3. Winter Commencement 2023: Overcoming challenges made graduates more resilient »

    12/12/2023

    “Resilience … is a journey,” healthcare executive and keynote speaker Susan Carroll ‘96 told crowds during Radford University's winter graduation ceremonies Dec 7-9. “It is about facing life’s storms and emerging stronger. It’s not merely surviving challenges, but learning, growing and thriving through them.”

  4. Winter Commencement 2023: Amy Swain, Davis College of Business and Economics »

    12/6/2023

    Swain, who played soccer during her four years at Radford while majoring in marketing, wraps up her undergraduate career with two Big South Championship rings and she's already in the process of earning her accelerated MBA: “I love challenging myself,” Swain said of mixing sports and academics, which she said “taught me about overcoming obstacles.”

  5. Truist lecture series features Dollywood Co. President Eugene Naughton '89  »

    11/9/2023

    Hired by country music legend Dolly Parton's company in 2019, Naughton is now overseeing a 10-year, $500 million investment strategy that will raise a string of new Dollywood attractions and resort properties by the end of the 2020s.

  6. Business students get firsthand advice from local entrepreneurs  »

    10/30/2023

    The co-owners of breweries from Radford and Christiansburg were on campus Oct. 16 for the annual World Food Day Lecture Symposium. The theme was “Water is Life, Water is Food,” but the discussion covered a variety of topics related to sustaining a business in today’s markets.

  7. Professor discusses ‘great resignation’ on ‘With Good Reason’ »

    10/27/2023

    Radford University Assistant Professor of Management Benjamin Biermeier-Hanson studies organizational behavior and human resource management. He recently shared his expertise on the mass workforce exit known as the great resignation in an interview with the “With Good Reason” public radio program.

  8. Radford University Commits to Access and Affordability with the Radford Tuition Promise »

    10/25/2023

    To offer Virginians better access to higher education, Radford University has introduced the Radford Tuition Promise, a program guaranteeing coverage of tuition costs for residents of the commonwealth with a household Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) of $100,000 or less. 

  9. MBA in business analytics recognized for affordability »

    10/13/2023

    AnalyticsDegrees.org, a business and data analytics education website, recently released its ranking of the 28 Most Affordable Online MBA Analytics Degree Programs in the United States, and listed the Radford University Davis College of Business and Economics program at No. 11.

  10. Highlanders in the News: Week of Oct. 13, 2023 »

    10/13/2023

    This week in Highlanders in the News: Grant Anders ’18, who now works for the Baltimore Orioles as a player development analyst, shares the sheer joy of “being a part of wins in the big leagues,” and Alexandria (Virginia) Police Capt. Courtney Ballantine ’00 discusses his summer spent participating in the FBI National Academy, which included a sprint along Quantico’s famed “Yellow Brick Road.”