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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.

Eddie Rutherford, a junior and a Soap Box Derby racer, takes a victory lap for his leadership work; Kara Halsey, M.S. ’23, and Kristy Martin ’99 each now head schools in Botetourt County; and Radford’s mobile health clinic gets a long look from WDBJ-7.

Katie Purnell is exploring the storm’s impact on rivers in Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina, including in and around her hometown of Asheville.

Across June, some 1,900 incoming students and 2,500 of their friends and relatives took part in Radford University’s Quest program, which combines orientation, information, socializing and campus tours.

From fighting corruption to exploring giants and monsters throughout religious texts, two professors shared their vast experiences and expertise recently on public radio.