Radford University News

"With the ROTC demonstration this afternoon of the anti-aircraft gun and searchlight unit...infantry drill and a formal guard mount, the sixty-fifth commencement exercises at Virginia Tech were begun." This photo, from 1937, shows the the searchlight, automatic control pane and horns for locating an airplane that was demonstrated as part of Tech's ... (more)

Abby Erdman , a 2011 graduate of Hidden Valley High School, has been inducted into membership in the Radford University Alpha Zeta chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon.

Images of space surround a student who walks through the hallwayafter exams at Galileo Magnet High School on May 22.

That was the sentiment imparted Wednesday during an all-day gang training session held at Radford University.

Dan Via and Tom McMurry pedal to the starting line of the Cap2Cap 25-mile bike ride at Williamsburg's Chickahominy Park on Saturday, May 12.

Kiera Cass has quite the homecoming in store this weekend. Besides having a book signing at 7 p.m. Saturday at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Myrtle Beach, she's ready for a happy birthday in her hometown that day as well.

That was the sentiment imparted Wednesday during an all-day gang training session held at Radford University.

"It was hard because they were calling me names and I didn't feel very comfortable there," said Harlee Allen, a 6th grader at Andrew Lewis Middle School in Salem.

It took some creative thinking to open the Booth Western Art Museum nearly a decade ago in Cartersville, a long way from sagebrush and cactus.

It took some creative thinking to open the Booth Western Art Museum nearly a decade ago in Cartersville, a long way from sagebrush and cactus.

Water has been running like a stream since December through 87-year-old Bill Rouse's backyard.

Cooperative artists' space Uptown Gallery is exhibiting "Watermarks 2012." The show features watercolor paintings by internationally known Virginia watercolorist Z.L. Feng and his students at Radford University.

For Robert St. Claire and his father Tony, it was validation of the all the hard work they've put in and the challenges they've had to overcome.

Today I'm doffing my columnist hat. In its place I'm donning another that says "Dad of two college students." This graduation season seems like a good time to consider the extraordinary costs of in-state tuition at Virginia's colleges and universities.

The policies are in place from bullying to cyber bullying. In fact, all of the school systems we checked with throughout the viewing area have them.

Nearly 2,000 dampish graduates and their families celebrated receiving their Radford University degrees this morning on Moffett Lawn, despite light rain and overcast skies that shortened the ceremony.

This morning the Radford University Board of Visitors approved - on an 8-6 vote - a 3.2 percent tuition and fee increase for in-state undergraduate students, the lowest yet approved this year by a public university in Virginia.

In-state tuition and fees at Radford University are going up. But the increase is lower than those adopted at several other public universities in Virginia.