Francis C. Dane, Ph.D., capped off his long career in higher education with a teaching and research position in the Department of Psychology at Radford University Carilion. Though his tenure there was short compared to some of his other postings, he found it a good and productive time.

Associate Professor of English Courtney Watson, Ph.D., has traveled throughout the southern United States and various locations around the world to examine the legacies of well-known authors such as Ernest Hemingway, Eudora Welty, Richard Wright and William Faulkner. Watson talks about her travels and research in an interview on the “With Good Reason” public radio program, which will air July 22-28, 2022 and be available as a podcast.

This week in Highlanders in the News: The Blacksburg Police Department hails a new chief, Todd Brewster ’96; former RU Rocker Julie Dickens ’98 talks dance instruction; Allyson Yankle, Ph.D., interprets the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade; and Zach Collier, Ph.D., discusses forces that drive the auto industry.

Two Radford University students have been awarded the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to apply toward their study abroad programs this summer and fall in France.

Radford University Professor of History Richard Straw, Ph.D., will appear on the With Good Reason radio program this week to share his research into hitchhikers who thumbed their way across the U.S. in the 1960s and ’70s. Straw is writing a book about the topic.

This week in Highlanders in the News: Washington Post writer David Betancourt '22 waxes rhapsodic about Spider-Man and his graduation, and recent graduate Oak Bradshaw is profiled in The Roanoke Times.

Radford University's United States Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) commissioned 11 officers Friday, May 6, 2022, in a ceremony in the Hurlburt Student Center Auditorium.

U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith took time from his busy congressional schedule Thursday, April 21, to engage in a question-and-answer session with a small group of Radford University students in Hemphill Hall.

Along her Radford journey, Kaitlyn Gorodnick took challenging courses, became heavily involved in campus organizations and activities and met faculty who inspired her to think differently about a career as an educator. “I want to be like them,” she said. “The professors at Radford are the professors I want to be like in my career.”