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Radford University 2025 Winter Commencement - Dec. 12 and 13
Radford University will celebrate its 2025 Winter graduates during three ceremonies Friday, Dec. 12, and Saturday, Dec. 13, in Bondurant Auditorium, Preston Hall on the main campus in Radford, Virginia. Graduate hooding will take place Friday and under...
Dec 8, 2025, 2:50pm EST
Radford University's Artis Center for Adaptive Innovation and Creativity earns national recognition for design excellence
Radford University's Artis Center for Adaptive Innovation and Creativity has been recognized among the nation's most outstanding architectural achievements, earning an American Architecture Award in the Schools and Universities category from The Chicag...
Nov 18, 2025, 8:00am EST
Radford University alumna and banking leader Lara Ramsey to address Winter 2025 graduates
Radford University will welcome home one of its own this December as Lara E. Ramsey '90, M.S. '92, president and CEO of The National Bank of Blacksburg, delivers the keynote address at the university's Winter 2025 Commencement ceremonies. Ramsey, a di...
Nov 17, 2025, 8:00am EST
Radford University political analyst available for election discussion
Political campaigns on the attack As Election Day in Virginia quickly nears, voters are seeing more and more political ads, many of which have a negative, attacking tone. Chapman Rackaway, professor and chair of Radford University Department of Polit...
Oct 29, 2025, 8:00am EDT
Radford University economics professor addresses government shutdown and its potential impacts on Virginia
The U.S. government shutdown is now more than three weeks old, making it the second-longest shutdown in the nation's history. Radford University Professor of Economics Thomas Duncan speaks in the Q&A below about the shutdown's economic impacts througho...
Oct 28, 2025, 11:16am EDT
Need an expert on camera? Radford University's new Subject Matter Experts directory is live
Radford University has launched a searchable roster of subject matter experts who are ready for on-camera interviews and quick turnarounds on topics ranging from history and politics, to health and behavioral sciences, education, business, cybersecurit...
Oct 21, 2025, 8:00am EDT
Grand Reopening Celebration: Radford University's Hurlburt Student Center
What: Radford University will celebrate the grand reopening of the Hurlburt Student Center also called "The Bonnie" with a ribbon-cutting and open house showcasing major renovations and refreshed student amenities. Festivities include the official reop...
Oct 20, 2025, 8:00am EDT
Radford University achieves record new graduate enrollment for fall 2025
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. This achievement reflects the university's continued commitment to academi...
Oct 17, 2025, 8:00am EDT
Radford Gives Back celebrates a decade of service
The process is simple. 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 - this year it was gray with blue letters - secured white plastic bags and ...
Oct 13, 2025, 8:00am EDT
Radford Highlanders Festival & Homecoming wrap - video available
Radford University's campus hosted two marquee traditions today as the Radford Highlanders Festival and Homecoming 2025 ran side-by-side, drawing large crowds for heavyweight athletics, music, clan gatherings and alumni celebrations. On Moffett Lawn, ...
Oct 11, 2025, 5:34pm EDT