April 11, 2025

Radford University’s Brain Injury Center (RUBI), formally founded in 2022, is a specialty clinic within the Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic providing outpatient group therapy for brain injury survivors while also training speech-language pathology graduate students.

After vanquishing the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga in the opening Round of 32 of Blue Ridge Outdoors’ Top Adventure College’s Tournament, Radford University (led by our intrepid Rec and Wellness team) has advanced to the Savory 16, where we face Virginia Tech.

There’s no time to savor the sweet first-round victory. It’s the Highlanders vs. the Hokies, where the winner advances to the Exquisite 8, and the loser goes home.

You’ll get to enjoy Chick-fil-A and Student Choice just a little bit longer. Chick-fil-A will now be open until Friday, April 25, at 5 p.m., and Student Choice will remain open for service through Sunday, April 27.

Operational hours in Hissho Sushi and Honeycomb Commons will be extended to help keep the Highlander community going through the end of the semester. Beginning Monday, April 28, Hissho will be open until midnight every night, and Honeycomb Commons will be open until 9 p.m. nightly.

Watch for additional updates about the dining experience coming to "The Bonnie" Hurlburt Student Center for the fall semester via Dining Services’ Instagram and Facebook pages at @RadfordUDining, including sneak peeks of the renovation progress.

The Radford University Staff Senate is now accepting nominations for two awards that will be given to recipients this spring. 

President Bret Danilowicz, Staff Senate President Katie Davis, A/P Senate President Ashlee Claud and Faculty Senate President Matt Close thank all employees at Radford University for participating in Coffee with the President during this academic year.

If you missed our most recent event, you can view a replay of it and all episodes from this year on demand:

Your Radford University username and password are required to view the videos.

The Office of Accounting Services would like to remind those traveling for academic and scholarly events that beginning Wednesday, May 7, they will be required to present a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license, REAL ID card or another federally approved form of ID to board a domestic flight.

For more information, visit the Department of Homeland Security’s REAL ID webpage or the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles’ webpage.

The Office of Faculty Development invites all faculty, staff and students to the next installment of the Common Grounds discussion series on Wednesday, April 23, from 4-5 p.m. in the Ross Gallery on the third floor in McConnell Library.

The prompt for this conversation will be, “What is the role of higher education (including students, faculty and leadership) in encouraging freedom of expression, academic freedom and the exploration of difficult ideas in a political landscape where these activities may be constrained?”

This in-person event includes free coffee, tea and bakery snacks.

Common Grounds events are aimed at building our community’s capacity to converse and collaborate across differences. This series is sponsored by the Civil Discourse and Freedom of Expression Working Group.

As part of Radford University’s partnership with the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, some exciting events are planned for this month. All Radford University students, faculty and staff are automatically members of the Taubman Museum. Click on the links below to learn more about these upcoming April events.

The Office of Sponsored Programs & Grant Management, in partnership with the Hanover Research Grants Webinar Series, will host the webinar “Creative Grant Seeking in a Challenging Landscape” on Thursday, April 24, from noon to 12:45 p.m.

In the current funding environment, many grant seekers cannot afford to invest all their effort toward one or two federal programs. Using examples based on real experience, this webinar will illustrate how a combination of creative design and resourceful grant seeking – such as exploring foundations or clearly articulating impact – can give principal investigators promising pathways to pursue in a changing landscape.

Unable to attend? Register, and the Office of Office of Sponsored Programs & Grant Management will send you a copy of the recording and slides after the webinar.

On Tuesday, April 15, the current Budget Transfer module in Self Service Banner (SSB-8) will be inactivated. The new module will be made available through OneCampus by going to My Finance Dashboard and then My Journals.

The process in SSB-9 has a new look and feel. However, the mechanics for entering budget transfers remain similar. Job aids and a recorded training session will soon be made available in D2L for end users to begin utilizing this new tool. The Office of Budget and Financial Planning will also offer sessions during the University’s May Our Turn sessions on May 12 and 13.

The Radford University College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) will be hosting the following events this month:

On April 4, graphic design student Jenna Repass got some exciting news. She won a Silver Addy at the District 3 American Advertising Awards competition, and her work will move on to the national competition in Pittsburgh in June. Her Burpee Seeds packaging took the honor. Congratulations, Jenna, from the College of Visual and Performing Arts and all of Radford University.

One of the most valuable resources Highlanders have access to on the main campus in Radford is McConnell Library. But how much do you know about the library?

Your chance to learn more is coming up this month. Two sessions will be held to discuss the public areas of McConnell Library that have been assessed regarding physical accessibility, lighting, noise levels, privacy levels, available furniture and the amount of seating. Along with a description of each space’s location in the library, participants will hear details about seating options, textures and heights. Participants will receive free tape measures for attending.

Information sessions will be held on:

Hope everyone’s had an amazing Traditions Week. Huge thanks to all the faculty and staff whose hard work and dedication make these special moments possible for our students. Go Highlanders!