News & Events

This week in Highlanders in the News: An extensive 95-year history of Elkins, West Virginia’s high school band includes a familiar figure – interim Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts Tim Channell; Mikayla Cox, a graduate student studying psychology, gets a warm welcome as she starts a new internship in North Carolina; and author Susan Van Volkenbergh ’86 shares a story as she passes by her alma mater. 

Radford University students, faculty and staff will have three volunteer opportunities to help the university community over two days this week during the eighth annual Radford Gives Back. Highlanders are encouraged to participate in this Radford University tradition by donating, collecting and/or packing food items.  

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.

The annual job fair, held by the Davis College of Business and Economics, marked its 17^th anniversary with the Sept. 14 event. More than 60 students met with about two dozen companies across a wide range of specialties. 

For two decades, Robert Warren worked as a special agent for the Internal Revenue Service, investigating tax evasion, money laundering and other crimes. Since his retirement in 2016, he’s brought that expertise to the classroom, as an instructor of auditing and accounting, and to the journals that publish his many articles. 

Author and former Radford University instructor of English Jim Minick, M.A. ’91, is returning to campus this month to talk about his latest book, “Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall, Kansas.”

This week in Highlanders in the News: Newly minted Toronto Blue Jay Spencer Horwitz ’19 knocks out a major league home run (literally); marketing junior Dean Lockley participates in “a true community effort” in Charlottesville, Virginia; and artist Gina Louthian-Stanley, M.S. ’07, is at the center of a new exhibition in Roanoke while preparing to discuss her work at a presentation later this month. 

Radford University is one of the best online colleges in Virginia, according to Forbes.com.

A recap of recent successes, budgetary and planning actions, a discussion of affordability and tours of emerging facilities were among the highlights as the Board of Visitors held its quarterly meetings Sept. 7-8 in Kyle Hall.

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. 

Getting the opportunity to work toward solutions to some of the world’s most complex problems is not new to Radford University students, but having the chance to present their research before an international audience is. In late September, five Radford students will speak about their work on wicked problems at a conference in Lisbon, Portugal.

Unknown mammals are hiding in plain sight, according to a study from a group of researchers that included Radford University Assistant Professor of Biology Tara Pelletier. Hear Pelletier and other Radford faculty share their expertise on a variety of topics on the With Good Reason public radio program.