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Junior graphic design major Ling Jie Gu’s allosaurus sculpture recently became part of a permanent display at the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville, Virginia.

Dance majors at Radford University have been enduring a strenuous schedule to bring “Fall Dance Fest” to the stage of Bondurant Auditorium on October 24, 25 and 26, 2019.

Students in the Department of Music’s opera workshop class are preparing for a special performance titled “La Bonne Cuisine." 
The performance will be held in the Scartelli Altrium in the Covington Center at 7:00 p.m. on November 15, 2019.

Radford’s art education majors are taking their work from the classroom to the art gallery. Students who major or minor in art education recently exhibited in the Art Education Show, which runs from October 8 through 17, 2019 in Porterfield Gallery 205.

Guest artists Robert Teixeria and Tanja Bechtler will perform a variety of musical styles on October 15, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at the Davis Performance Hall in the Covington Center. Admission is free. 

“Darkside” is the story of three American astronauts on a fictitious Apollo 18 mission who become stranded on the moon as their command module pilot suffers a mental breakdown. The play runs on October 23 through 26 at 7:30 p.m., with a final performance on October 27 at 2:00 p.m. in Hawes Studio Theatre in Porterfield Hall. 

On Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. the Department of Theatre and Cinema will debut “Wonder of the World” to audiences at Pridemore Playhouse in Porterfield Hall. The production is a comedy written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire.

Junior graphic design major Sophie Smith started an online business in 2018 that landed her an expense-paid, VIP trip to New York Fashion Week in September of 2019.

During the summer of 2019, Department of Dance students Monica Tirado, Sebrena Williamson, Caroline Beard and Zoe Couloumbis traveled to South Korea with Professor of Dance Ji-Eun Lee where they participated in a number of dance and cultural events.

Rebecca Dias joined the fashion design program as an assistant professor in the fall of 2019 and is excited about her future with the university.

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.

The pride of Virginia’s youth convened on June 23 at Radford University for the Summer Residential Governor’s School for Visual and Performing Arts and Humanities.

Highlander pride was on full display during Radford University’s Spring 2019 Commencement Weekend.