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On Aug.16, Radford University had the privilege of welcoming one of its most accomplished alumni, Eugene Naughton, a 1989 graduate and the current president of The Dollywood Co., to kick off the 2024-2025 academic year for university employees.

“Firm Night,” the business college’s annual gathering, will be held Thursday, Sept. 5, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Multi-Activity Center (MAC) at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. This year, the event will expand to include information systems majors and Radford business alums.

Radford held its annual university convocation Aug. 23, kicking off the fall 2024 semester by celebrating successes while receiving positive news about enrollment.

Radford University’s strategic focus on local recruitment efforts has yielded impressive results, with a substantial increase in enrollment from high schools and community colleges within a 100-mile radius of the campus.

This week in Highlanders in the News: Blair Hoke ’10 honored her mother’s memory through an extraordinary gift; junior Sela Beatty used the summer to help others; “Beans and Rice” hit the road to circulate fresh food; and the university just welcomed students for the fall, with a freshman class of more than 2,000 new faces.

Radford University prelicensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students were greeted with new nursing skills bags when they returned to classes last month. 170 bags were provided by Carilion Clinic’s Nursing Services—enough to provide one for all of the BSN students.

Move-in is an exciting time for students and an anxious experience for parents, particularly those who have students going off to university for the first time.

Thousands of community members, university employees and students, and visitors from farther afield flocked to East Main Street in Radford, Virginia, on Saturday, Aug. 24, for the inaugural Radford Community Fest.

From now through Sept. 27, dozens and dozens of free events for students will take place on the main campus, everything from talent shows and trivia contests to prayer brunches and floating down the New River

Madelina Yates is working on research that she hopes will reduce the risks of suicide by victims of sexual assault.

Forbes.com recently selected Radford University’s online geospatial intelligence certificate among the top GIS programs in the United States.

Many Radford students of healthcare-related fields acknowledge that their empathy, caring and compassion for their fellow human beings motivate them to enter healthcare. That was certainly part of what motivated five Radford University students and one faculty member to travel to Cusco, Peru, in March 2024 for a service-learning trip.