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  • The Provost’s Speaker Series returns to the Artis Center Main Stage on Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. with “Cracking the Code of Crime in Everyday Life,” presented by Rachel Santos, Ph.D. and Roberto Santos, Ph.D. of Radford University’s Center for Police Practice, Policy and Research.

    Rachel Santos (left) and Roberto Santos (right) in front of Hemphill Hall at Radford University
  • Radford University is experiencing record-high retention numbers for new and returning undergraduate students.

    Students talking by the Fountain on campus
  • Highlander Highlights shares the extraordinary accomplishments happening on and off campus through the tireless work and curiosity of students and faculty.

    Research presentations in Richmond
  • This week in Highlanders in the News: Former men’s baseball standouts J.D. Mundy ’20 and Casey Hodges get their local Hall of Fame nods; Mike Donnelly ’88 makes Atlanta magazine’s power ranking (again!); and history teacher Hallie Groves ’95 is honored by her school system.

    Alumni Michael Donnelly leans against a railing overlooking Radford University's campus.
  • Advocacy Day, a 25-year tradition of student participation in Virginia’s legislative process, provides Radford students with a unique experiential learning opportunity and a chance to help elevate the university’s reputation.

    Radford University students, administrators and board of visitors members pose for a group photo in the Virginia State Capitol during Advocacy Day 2025..
  • Highlander Highlights shares the extraordinary accomplishments happening on and off campus through the tireless work and curiosity of students and faculty.

    Radford University Society of Physics Students
  • Several students in the Beta Alpha Psi society recently spent a day in Roanoke – visiting both a local Internal Revenue Service office as well as the accounting firm of Foti, Flynn, Lowen and Company – and talking with employees and Radford alums.

    A group of business students stand outside the Roanoke accounting office they visited as part of a recent off-campus trek.
  • This week in Highlanders in the News: Alexis Shockley ’07, M.F.A. ’09, spearheads an uplifting new artwork at a Richmond medical center; women’s basketball guard and forward Adriana Shipp-Davis will attend a prestigious WBCA coaching workshop; and veteran Kyle Remppies ’87 gets a hat tip from his high school’s newspaper.

    Radford women’s basketball guard and forward Adriana Shipp-Davis prepares to take a shot.