September 15, 2023

The annual Radford University Family Weekend celebration will take place Sept. 15 – 17, 2023.

Students are encouraged to have their families visit during this special time. Faculty and staff are invited to participate in the festivities.

In particular, consider bringing your family to the Festival and Campus Cookout on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and grab a ticket for the magic show with Ran’D Shine that night in the Covington Center.

Radford University has engaged higher-education consulting firm brightspot strategy to help assess the university’s facilities and program portfolio in Roanoke and assist in the long-range planning of Roanoke's educational site. Our objectives are to project the future academic programs, campus population and facility needs in Roanoke and to develop a strategy to improve alignment between the Roanoke and Radford sites.

All faculty and staff are invited to help shape the future of Radford University’s Roanoke site by joining the brightspot strategy team for a drop-in workshop to share experiences and thoughts. Join the discussion any time between 2 and 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20, in the Highlander House on the fourth floor at Radford University Carilion in Roanoke.

If you are unable to attend the workshop, you can email your feedback to Margie Vest, assistant vice president of business operations, at mbvest@radford.edu. 

Campus events are an important part of the Radford experience. As colleges, divisions, departments and student organizations consider planning and hosting events on campus, please take a moment to review the university Event Guidelines and Policies. This page can you help you plan for success no matter how big your idea.

If you have questions about event planning that are not covered by this resource, please reach out to studentlife@radford.edu for a consultation.

The Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) is hosting two faculty-led book groups. All members of Radford University community are welcome to join the discussions.

"So You Want to Talk about Race"
Race and white supremacy continue to shape contemporary American life. For many, race is still a difficult subject to talk about. Author Ijeoma Oluo guides readers through a wide-ranging discussion of topics from police brutality, the mass incarceration of Black Americans, intersectionality and affirmative action. Join faculty facilitators Michele Ren and Allison Wisecup to discuss the book. The group will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, Sept. 19, Oct. 17 and Nov. 14. Discussions will continue the in the spring with dates TBD. 

"Universities on Fire"
Are you interested in how academia can be part of the solution to climate change? Or exploring how the climate crisis might affect the future of colleges and universities? Or what our institution’s responsibility may be in light of the crisis? Join faculty facilitators Aysha Bodenhamer and Stockton Maxwell in reading this important and new book by Bryan Alexander. Please register if you can commit to at least two of the meetings and you’ll receive a free copy of the book. The group will meet from 3 to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays, Sept. 20, Oct. 18 and Nov. 15 in CITL and on Zoom. 

In the continuing pursuit to ensure a safe campus community, Radford University Environmental Health and Safety would like to raise awareness of some common hazards: slips, trips and falls.

The Radford University Center for Archives and Digital History is pleased to host Douglas McRae, postdoctoral research fellow at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, for a virtual workshop and Q&A on Sept. 25, from 3 to 5 p.m. Attendees may attend the workshop via Zoom or in Hemphill Hall 4700, where it will be broadcast.

McRae will provide training for Tropy, a free, open-source tool that allows researchers to organize and describe photos of their research materials. Through its intuitive user interface, researchers can add metadata to images as well as combine, sort, annotate and edit their images. Tropy is an indispensable tool, whether you’re just embarking on a new research project or you’re looking for a different way to approach the images accumulating on your smartphone or hard drive.

Douglas McRae

McRae will go over some basic features and uses of Tropy, including starting a new project, adding and editing photos, working with metadata templates and organizing items within a project. McRae will also briefly go over some more advanced functions of Tropy, namely creating and exporting custom metadata templates and exporting projects.

McRae encourages attendees and particularly first-time users to download or update to the current release on their laptop beforehand and (if possible) have some digitized sources or photos to practice working with Tropy during the session. Attendees can also just follow along if they prefer. Those with questions may contact Anthony Guidone, assistant professor of history at Radford University, at aguidone@radford.edu.

Check out the new online Radford University master calendar with information about events taking place in Radford and Roanoke this academic year.