News Releases

Radford University students traveled along with faculty and administrators to the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond on Jan. 24-25 to advocate on behalf of the university. 

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At first, Carolyn Mathews didn't naturally gravitate toward a career in teaching. But in 1975, a classroom realization changed all that, virtually in an instant, and what followed was nearly a half-century spent in education. Last October, Mathews was designated a professor emeritus in Radford University’s Department of English.

Radford University Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) students worked with approximately 30 older adults at Friendship Health and Living in Roanoke to assess their likelihood of losing their balance and falling, causing injury.

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A Radford crafts group made and distributed about 40 winter items on campus as part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service project. 

Ellen Harvey, D.N.P. ’12, was named the 2021 Magnet Nurse of the Year for Empirical Outcomes during the 2021 ANCC National Magnet Conference and the ANCC Pathway to Excellence Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, in November.

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Radford University ranks among the top higher education institutions in Virginia for advancing the social mobility of its students.

Radford University’s Office of Undergraduate Research & Scholarship (OURS) has named Jennifer McDonel, Ph.D., as its new associate director. In this position, McDonel will help carry out the OURS mission of supporting student-faculty research, scholarship and creative inquiry across campus.