News & Events

Nick Mayhugh ’18, a Paralympic gold medalist and international track star, will serve as the keynote speaker for the Spring 2022 Commencement on Saturday, May 7, 2022, at 9 a.m. and Stacey Price ’99, M.S. ’01, will be the university’s first graduate hooding ceremony keynote speaker set for Friday, May 6, 2022, at 5 p.m.

In 2017-2018, Wyatt Toehlke '18, then a senior political science major at Radford University, spent several months in Ukraine, participating in a study abroad language immersion program at Karazin Kharkiv National University.

Highlighting notable mentions of Radford University faculty and students from local, regional, national and international news outlets. 

Radford University is joining hundreds of universities, colleges, high schools and faith organizations on March 30 for a one-day worldwide teach-in focused on climate solutions and justice. The event is designed to mobilize members of the campus and surrounding communities toward engaging in critical dialogue about climate issues.

Radford University Board of Visitors will consider tuition and mandatory fee rates for the 2022-2023 academic year at their upcoming quarterly meeting on April 28-29, 2022.

Professor Kevin Chui, P.T., D.P.T., Ph.D., was named the recipient of the 2022 Mercedes Weiss Service Award by APTA Oregon, a chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association. The award was established in 1976 to publicly acknowledge the outstanding contributions of members of the profession. Chui is program chair of Radford University's Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) program.

Sara O’Dell is a full-time nurse and a mother with young children. The RUC Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration program gives her the flexibility to build on her education and career while continuing to work and care for her kids.

Highlighting notable mentions of Radford University faculty and students from local, regional, national and international news outlets. 

For a couple of months, music faculty from Radford University had been scheduled to perform on March 3 with the NOVA Alexandria Band, a concert band combining the talents of students and faculty in the Northern Virginia Community College system and musicians from the area. What had not been scheduled was Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent waves of international condemnation for the aggressor and compassion for the Ukrainians.  

A group of Radford University students, faculty and administrators gathered in Hemphill Hall on March 1 for an hour-plus long discussion about the power and allure of pop culture at the inaugural Highlander-Con.

Highlighting notable mentions of Radford University faculty and students from local, regional, national and international news outlets.