January 24, 2025

The Center for Career and Talent Development will enhance the Career Closet by using Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership (V-TOP) grant funds to purchase new suits, blazers, shirts and accessories in a wide variety of sizes to ensure a consistent and reliable inventory for all students who need professional attire. The $5,000 from the grant has been matched by an Enterprise Mobility gift of $5,000 for a total of $10,000.

The Radford University Center for Diversity and Inclusion will host “From Myth to Man: Martin Luther King Jr., an Interpretation by Ira Knight” on Tuesday, Jan. 28, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Hurlburt Student Center “Bonnie” Auditorium.

Experience a unique and intimate portrayal of Martin Luther King, Jr., exploring his humanity and legacy, featuring a 30-minute live performance, followed by an audience talkback with the playwright, producer and director, Ira Knight.

We will send a Qualtrics survey about the university brand survey to current students and employees, as well as alumni, prospective students and a random sample of the general population in our region beginning Monday. This will serve to measure people's perceptions of our university and help us better tell our story to attract the next generation of Highlanders.

The Radford University Department of Human Resources reminds supervisors that they are required to complete certain processes in a timely and effective manner prior to an employee’s separation date in order to ease the transition and safeguard the university.

Depending on the type of employee, a personnel action may be required to complete the separation. For all full-time employee and 1500-hour wage employee separations, supervisors must complete a separation EPAF as soon as possible after notice of the employee’s separation is received and no later than the separation date. More information on employee separations is available via Human Resources’ EPAF Frequently Asked Questions.

The completion and certification of a separation checklist are required for all employee separations to ensure all final processes are completed by the employee for payroll purposes, to collect university-owned property and to ensure that system access is updated. Supervisors must complete a separation checklist prior to the employee’s departure. Please see the separation checklist for student employees and all other employees in addition to employee separation procedures.

Radford University’s Office of Human Resources is launching performance reviews for classified employees in the new PageUp performance management system. Full-time classified employees and their supervisors should have received an e-mail that performance reviews were launched last Friday, Jan. 17. The message would have been from the hr@radford.edu e-mail address.

To access the new system, either select the link in the system-generated e-mail you received or sign into your One Campus account, searching for “Performance” and selecting the “Employee Performance Dashboard” tile.

AP Faculty performance review launches are being delayed until a decision is made on the performance cycle dates.

Tartan Tails is accepting applications for the next cohort of teams. You can apply online through 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 2, 2025.

What is Tartan Tails?
Tartan Tails is a program that promotes well-being across the Radford University community through positive interactions with trained and certified animals. The practice of pet therapy has gained considerable recognition for its numerous benefits, as it has been shown to alleviate stress, reduce anxiety, enhance mood and promote overall healing.

Tartan Tails aims to further Radford’s approach of holistic wellness by using the advantages of pet therapy to enhance the lives of individuals within our campus community.

Who should apply?
Anyone affiliated with Radford University is eligible to apply to the program. Preference will be given to faculty and staff. If an employee wishes to apply, the completed Supervisor Support form is required at the time an application is submitted. Ideally, animals will be at least a year old. Owners must have had the animal for a minimum of six months.

More information, including time commitment, financial obligation, selection process and training, is available on the application and Tartan Tails webpage.

The Radford University’s Office of Human Resources will offer training and office hours via Zoom for the new PageUp performance management system. Please note that training sessions will be specific to your role in the system (employee, supervisor or reviewer) and will be based on the classification of the employee (classified or AP).

Office hours are for those who have participated in a training session but have questions about the process and/or system after launch. Drop in anytime during the time allotted and be prepared to share your screen.

Are you interested in incorporating research-based, meaningful work in dialogue across differences in your courses, department, office, residence hall, committee or student organization?

Anyone with a Radford University e-mail account has free access this year to the Constructive Dialogue Institute’s “Perspectives” program — six modules aimed at helping us to have more constructive and meaningful discussions across political, social and other divides.

The first faculty recital of the year will take place Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m., when Robert Trent, coordinator of the graduate music program in the Radford University Department of Music, performs a faculty guitar recital in the Davis Performance Hall in the Covington Center. The concert is entitled “Darkness to Light: Musical Struggles and Victories over Darkness.” Trent will perform his own compositions as well as work from Krouse, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Taverner, Pearl and Mertz. This faculty recital is free and open to the public.

The artist-in-residence art exhibition, “Thirteen Hours to Fall” by Margaret LeJeune, is now showing in the Radford University Art Museum in the Douglas and Beatrice Covington Center for Visual and Performing Arts. The exhibit features work from LeJeune’s ongoing series examining the climate crisis affecting contemporary and future “ghost forests” in the Mid-Atlantic region. Ghost forests are areas of dead and dying trees suffering from the intrusion of salt water.

This exhibition runs through Feb. 19 and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday, or Saturday, from noon to 4 p.m. On Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 4 p.m., LeJeune will provide an artist talk and participate in a reception in the Davis Performance Hall, Covington Center, followed by a closing reception. All events are free and open to the public.

The Center for Career and Talent Development is taking a significant step toward streamlining its internship and cooperative education processes. Starting this spring, Radford University will begin its transition from using the paper-based, PDF-based Radford University Internship and Cooperative Education Agreement (RUICEA) form to the Experiences module powered by Handshake.

Currently, when enrolling in an internship for credit, students fill out the PDF version of the RUICEA to get their internship approved. The Experiences module is an online form-workflow hosted on Handshake that will replace this PDF version. The initial transition will conclude in fall 2025. When registering for summer and fall 2025 internships or co-ops, students can submit either the electronic PDF-based RUICEA or the Experiences module, but when registering for spring 2026 internships or co-ops, only the Experiences module will be accepted.

This change is designed to make submitting and approving internship and co-op agreements more efficient and user-friendly. Please let your students know about this upcoming change.

The following training sessions have been scheduled for faculty and staff to better understand the Experiences module. All sessions will be held in the Career Lab, Russell Hall, third floor. Registration can be completed online via the link below.

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Radford University will host Women’s History Month events from Tuesday to Thursday, March 4-6, at the Andrew W. Ross Student Art Gallery in McConnell Library on the main campus in Radford.

Proposals for presentations, creative works, posters and other projects to be included in the Women’s History Month events are now being accepted.

You can submit a proposal online through Wednesday, Feb. 19.

All accepted submissions will be scheduled for exhibition on one of the days from March 4-6. The only exceptions are monthlong activities, book clubs and special events.

The University Performance Series will resume this spring, beginning with Artrageous, a live music and art event taking place on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m., on the Main Stage at the Artis Center.

The event cost is free with a Radford University ID, $15 for the general public or $7.50 for ages 12 and under. Check out this quick video for a taste of the show.

The Center for Career and Talent Development is hosting two upcoming expos to help students find jobs, internships and graduate school opportunities. Let your students know about these events and encourage them to attend. 

Academic Technologies is offering training opportunities in January and February designed to enhance your skills and knowledge in utilizing the latest educational tools and technologies. Whether you’re looking to integrate new software or improve your current skills and techniques, there’s something for everyone. All sessions are in Walker Hall 275 on the main campus, with the option to join remotely.

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