Radford News

The Summer Bridge and BLAST residential camps are designed to help students from Virginia find their place in STEM.

Over three weeks in late June and early July, 20 high-achieving students from across Virginia participated in the Governor’s Summer Residential School for Medicine and Health Sciences, an immersive, hands-on healthcare experience.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has appointed Stacey Y. Brayboy to the Radford University Board of Visitors. Her term began July 1, 2026, and will expire June 30, 2030.

This year, the Scottish Rite continued its commitment with a gift supporting clinical programming and graduate student scholarships. The annual contribution helps ensure children receive needed services while providing future clinicians with practical experience working directly with children and families.

The university has already exceeded retention goals through targeted student success initiatives.

The university is expanding access to teacher licensure through a newly approved reduced course rate designed to help more people become fully licensed educators.

During her sophomore year, Loisy Frimpong ’26 received a LinkedIn message from someone claiming to be an Amazon recruiter.

The College of Education and Human Development has been awarded more than $130,000 in state grant funding to support the continued growth of its registered teacher apprenticeship program.