October 4, 2024

Radford University’s Homecoming Weekend is in full swing and continues through Oct. 5, 2024. It’s going to be an epic weekend of fun events and a chance to show off your Highlander spirit, Join us for the Golden Reunion celebration, Highlander Hype, Alumni Volunteer Leadership Business Lunch and Awards, Women of Radford Luncheon, Alumni Village featuring The Worx concert, Radford Athletics events, affinity reunions, college programming, virtual programming and more.

The Radford University Controller’s Office is pleased to announce a new partnership with Diversity Travel.

Diversity Travel is an independent travel management company specializing in the academic, humanitarian and not-for-profit sectors. This new partnership will provide Radford University business travelers direct access to a vast number of charity air fares and rates around the world, often providing more flexibility, extra luggage and refundable tickets. Diversity Travel also provides duty of care services that help prepare, monitor and respond to travelers’ needs.

As the university makes this transition to Diversity Travel, flights previously booked through Christopherson Business Travel will not be impacted by this change. Stay tuned as more information about establishing Diversity Travel traveler profiles, delegate permissions and training opportunities is forthcoming.

Radford University is proposing to be the home for the Commonwealth’s 20th Academic-Year Governor’s School, the New River Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities. This school would start operating in academic year 2026-27 with a sophomore class of 40 drawing from nine eligible high schools:

The school would add a junior class in academic year 2027-28, and a senior class the following year. Projected revenue is expected to come from the schools (60.6%) and the Commonwealth (39.4%).

The Planning Committee, headed by President Danilowicz, includes superintendents of five school boards, parents from the five school districts and the deans of the College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences and the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The committee has reviewed admission criteria, a sophomore course of study, likely humanities and arts courses and a three-year proposed budget.

The proposal for the New River Governor’s School will be submitted to the Virginia Department of Education in December.

Passwords are often the first thing we think of when we think of cybersecurity. How often do you find yourself struggling to remember or reset passwords? How does that impact your productivity? A password manager is a simple, secure tool that stores all your passwords in one place, so you only need to remember one master password.

What does a password manager do?

It automatically fills in login details for websites and apps, generates strong passwords, and keeps your personal information safer from hackers.

Here are some examples:

Struggling to remember or reset passwords can disrupt your productivity and increase your risk of security breaches. A password manager simplifies this by securely storing all your passwords in one place, allowing you to focus on what matters while keeping your information safe. 

The Radford University Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) has created a “Teaching Through and Beyond the Election” toolkit available to all faculty and staff.

It includes some do/don’t tips for classes, some internal and external resources for incorporating difficult discussions into class content, and thoughts for holistic student and faculty/staff wellness in what may be a tense time.

The toolkit is self-enrolling in D2L and can be found by clicking “discover” and searching for “election.”

Fall into a Good Book returns to the Radford University Carilion (RUC) Library the week of October 7. Stop by the RUC Library on the fifth floor to choose from more than 100 mystery wrapped books just in time for Fall Break. Yours to keep or pass along — no need to return it!

The Radford University McGlothlin Center for Global Education and Engagement invites all students, faculty and staff to join them for their upcoming International Coffee and Tea Hour events. Come and enjoy an afternoon of cultural exchange and delicious refreshments from countries represented by our Radford University international students.

The International Coffee and Tea Hours will take place on:

More International Coffee and Tea Hours will be held in the spring, so stay tuned.

Planning is now underway for the second annual Leadership Summit, hosted by Radford University’s Citizen Leader program. The summit will be held this year Monday-Saturday, Oct. 14-19.

Organizers are partnering with the City of Radford’s mayor, David Horton, to learn about leadership on a local level and with non-profit leaders in the region. Sessions will include the Truist Innovation Leadership Workshop offered by the Radford University Davis College of Business and Economics. Several faculty members will share leadership perspectives in their classes, which are open to a few additional non-enrolled students.

International Education Week, Nov. 14-18, 2024, celebrates the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. In recognition of that week, the McGlothlin Center for Global Education and Engagement invites Radford University students, faculty and staff to submit proposals for events and workshops focusing on international education. 

These proposals can include cultural performances, global art expositions, guest speakers, global trivia night and more. All ideas are welcome.

To participate, complete the International Education Week Interest Form.

The Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. VIVA is the academic library consortium in the Commonwealth of Virginia. All 39 state-assisted nonprofit public universities in Virginia are members along with 31 nonprofit private universities and the Library of Virginia.

VIVA’s mission is: “As Virginia’s academic library consortium, VIVA builds an equitable, accessible and robust infrastructure of library resources and services for Virginia higher education students and faculty.”

It does this by using state funding to enable equitable access to resources and services across institutions as well as providing networking opportunities, training and expertise sharing. VIVA supports both students and faculty by providing a wide variety of resources.

Radford’s University Libraries benefit from VIVA in a variety of ways with e-resources being the most prominent, but also through resources sharing (interlibrary loan) and open and affordable initiatives such as the Curriculum Driven Acquisition (CDA) Program.

The “The Trojan Women,” hosted by the Department of Theatre and Cinema, continues on the main stage in the new Artis Center this weekend with performances at the following times:

Tickets for all Theatre and Cinema performances are available online by calling 540-871-5289 or during the week of the show at the Theatre and Cinema Box Office, Artis Center 252.

Just a reminder that Radford University's Homecoming is this weekend, Oct. 3-5. Radford alumni, come to campus to enjoy a weekend full of celebration. We look forward to seeing you there.