News & Events

Radford University’s Community of Artists offers first-year and transfer art students the benefit of a living-learning community that promotes interdisciplinary work among different artistic disciplines.

On Friday, December 6, 2019, the Department of Music will present “A Christmas Carol: Songs and Readings of the Dickens Classic.”

The Radford Singers, an ensemble group in the Department of Music, has been invited to participate in the National Concert Women’s Chorus at Carnegie Hall in New York City in February of 2020.

Students in Radford University’s Department of Dance are gearing up to present “An Evening of Ballet” for three nights starting at 7:30 p.m. November 14 through 16, 2019. The program will last just under an hour and will feature four dance pieces.

Students in Assistant Professor John O’Connor’s Emerging Technologies in Graphics Visualization course spent the fall 2019 semester learning about innovative new methods for communicating information to audiences.

The Radford University Art Museum recently rebranded its annual juried student show with increased award amounts and a new name.

Dr. Dayl Burnett recently conducted a workshop with Martinsville High School Jazz Band students on the campus of Radford University. The students were able to travel to Radford thanks to funding by the For Alison Foundation, a nonprofit created to honor the memory of WDBJ 7 journalist Alison Parker.

Dance alumna Fiona Scruggs, ’19, took time out of her busy schedule to tell us about her new position as School Programs Coordinator for Jacob’s Pillow, the longest running summer dance festival in the United States.

Thanks to a High Impact Practices grant, students in Dr. Carlee Bradbury’s Gothic Architecture course were able to experience the distinctive architectural style up close by traveling to locations in southwest Virginia.

The American Shakespeare Center’s 2019/20 National Tour comes to Radford University with a free public performance of Steinbeck’s Great American Novel, “The Grapes of Wrath,” on November 9, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at Bondurant Auditorium in Preston Hall.

Through the generous support of Shelor Motor Mile, Inc., Radford University proudly announced a new program available to Highlander students seeking internships and employment in the New River Valley.

Radford University is hosting Women Entrepreneurship Week on October 19-26 to celebrate the entrepreneurial pursuits of women on campus, in the region and around the world.

When Honors College graphic design student Sophie Smith launched her online clothing storefront on Depop, she wanted to meet a niche of the market: alternative 90s clothes. Little did she know that by fulfilling that need, she would land up in New York City for the world-renowned New York Fashion Week.

Radford University officially opened its new home for student entrepreneurship Thursday, Sept. 26, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Kyle Hall.

Fall semester 2019 classes began at Radford University on Aug. 26.