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Marketing and Communication

The Office of Marketing and Communication provides our learning locations in Radford, Roanoke and Abingdon with a broad range of services to support the university’s mission and advance its strategic priorities. These services include marketing and advertising, media relations, creative design, brand management, web and digital design, internal communications and executive communications.

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  • Highlander Highlights shares with readers some of the extraordinary accomplishments happening on and off campus through the tireless work and curiosity of our students, faculty, staff and alumni.

    Nursing class
  • The NCAA recognizes the efforts of Charlene Curtis ’76 and Alex Guerra ’11; Radford Department of Political Science Chair Chapman Rackaway previews Virginia’s 2026 General Assembly for WDBJ-7; and freshman Connor Worthington donates time to a worthy cause in his hometown.

    Professor and department head Chapman Rackaway appears on a WDBJ-7 talk show.
  • After months of planning, Radford University’s new strategic plan is in place.

    Strategic Plan launch event