News & Events

James Robey has been appointed the new Department of Dance chair and comes to Radford from Webster University.

“Walk to Freedom – The Mary Draper Ingles Story” depicts a local frontierswoman’s dangerous journey back to the New River Valley after being kidnapped and taken to the Kentucky-Ohio border in 1755.

Radford University’s College of Education and Human Development is hosting its third annual Global Education Conference. The one-day event is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Aug. 18, at the university’s Cook Hall.

After receiving his bachelor’s degree in social science and his teaching license in 2012, Radford University alumnus Andrew Frazier took one last big adventure before starting his career. He packed his bags and began a five-and-a-half month journey on the Appalachian Trail.

Math Professor Neil Sigmon led Radford University students on a cryptic adventure to Washington D.C. and England this summer.

Radford University faculty member Sharon Blackwell Jones is being featured in an interview on the With Good Reason public radio program focusing on summer reading recommendations.

Radford University’s Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders concluded its three-week RiteCare Clinics summer program with a luncheon July 2. 

While at Radford University, Diana Scates MFA ‘18 used virtual reality to reduce stress and pain during cancer treatments for patients in a research project.

Radford University President Brian O. Hemphill joined IMPACT Executive Director Matt Dunleavy and staff in the Vinod Chachra IMPACT Lab on June 28 to celebrate the program’s first graduate and its newest partner.

To prepare the next generation of health care providers and connect with the community, Radford University School of Nursing (SON) faculty and students will join the Remote Area Medical (RAM) clinic July 20-23 in Wise, Virginia.

World-renowned investment publication Barron’s, which is operated by Dow Jones, has ranked alumnus Stephan Cassaday ’76, president and chief executive officer of Cassaday & Company, Inc., the top financial advisor in the state of Virginia on its annual ‘Top 1,200 Financial Advisors: State by State’ list.

An update on the on-going progress to bring the Jefferson College academic portfolio and its valued team of educators and staff into the Radford University family of colleges and departments.