Radford News

Homecoming 2025 buzzed with Highlander pride: the fountain fence came down, alumni were honored and campus brimmed with reunion energy.

Highlander Highlights shares with readers some of the extraordinary accomplishments happening on and off campus through the tireless work and curiosity of our students, faculty, staff and alumni.

From caber tosses to bagpipe rock, the 29th Radford Highlanders Festival filled Moffett Lawn, with Homecoming weekend turning up the volume.

Radford University has appointed Agida Manizade as assistant provost for Graduate Affairs.

A record-breaking 796 new graduate students have enrolled for the fall 2025 semester, marking the highest new degree-seeking graduate enrollment in Radford University history.

Only 38 teams were selected nationwide this year, and Radford fielded the largest representation, marking four consecutive years of participation unmatched by any other institution.

In the late afternoon in early October for the past decade, Radford University volunteers have gathered in a large campus space, slipped on new T-shirts secured white plastic bags and walked table to table collecting food items.

Radford University is entering an agreement with George Mason University that will allow students to complete undergraduate and graduate degrees from both universities.