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MEDIA ADVISORY: Simulation Center Naming Celebration
What: Celebration of the Naming of the Jo Ann Bingham Clinical Simulation Center When: Friday, March 22, 2024, at 1 p.m. Where: Roanoke Higher Education Center, Room 104, 108 North Jefferson Street, Roanoke, Virginia 24016 Details: The College o...
Mar 20, 2024, 4:06pm EDT
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Salem's Audrey Lee wins Radford University Scripps Regional Spelling Bee
Audrey Lee, a seventh grader from Andrew Lewis Middle School in Salem, won the Radford University regional spelling bee on Saturday and advances to the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Lee bested 23 competitors from regional public school districts...
Mar 16, 2024, 12:45pm EDT
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NEW Radford University Subject Matter Expert Guide
Radford University is home to dozens of subject matter experts who stand ready to share their expertise with interested reporters. The Office of Marketing and Communication compiled a list of faculty in each of our seven academic colleges who have know...
Mar 15, 2024, 8:00am EDT
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Radford University announces the Highlander Works Grant Program to support work-based learning success
With support from a $100,000 grant on behalf of the Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership (V-TOP), Radford University is launching the Highlander Works Grant Program to support student participation in work-based learning opportunities. The Highla...
Mar 13, 2024, 11:34am EDT
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Radford University to host 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee regional competition on Saturday, March 16
Twenty-four of the top spellers in Southwest Virginia will compete for a spot in the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee during regional competition hosted by Radford University on Saturday, March 16 at 10 a.m. The winner of the Radford University regi...
Mar 12, 2024, 3:24pm EDT
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Radford University experts available to speak on President Biden's State of the Union address
President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver the annual State of the Union Address at 9 p.m. Eastern, on Thursday, March 7. It will be the president's third such address and last before the 2024 general election in November. The below Radford University...
Mar 7, 2024, 9:00am EST
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Radford University extends deposit deadline for first-year students in response to FAFSA delays
Due to the delayed release of Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) data, Radford University is extending the deadline for first-year admitted students to deposit to June 1, 2024. Many colleges and universities across the country are exten...
Feb 28, 2024, 10:28am EST
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Radford University Expedition to Alaska for Arctic Sea Ice Research
Over a two-week period in late February and early March, a small group of Radford University student and faculty researchers will brave bone-rattling temperatures in Utqiagvik, Alaska, to carry out a research legacy into the Arctic sea ice that began t...
Feb 21, 2024, 12:17pm EST
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Radford University expert available to speak about death of Alexei Navalny
Radford University professor of Political Science Paige Tan, Ph.D., is available this week to speak with media about the death of prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Tan can address a range of related issues: Navalny's past action in...
Feb 19, 2024, 2:28pm EST
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Radford University establishes Southwest Virginia Teacher Apprenticeship Consortium
Radford University is partnering with local school divisions to help resolve the growing teacher shortage by establishing the Southwest Virginia Teacher Apprenticeship Consortium (SWVTAC). With grant funding awarded from the Virginia Department of Edu...
Feb 19, 2024, 10:18am EST