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Radford University has been named a College of Distinction for 2022-2023 for its commitment to empowering students’ success through engagement, innovation and support as they follow their educational paths. Radford’s academic programs in business, education and nursing were also singled out for individual recognition, along with student support services for career development and military support.

Retired Radford University faculty member Jerry Beasley, a ninth-degree black belt in karate and member of the Black Belt Magazine Hall of Fame, recently spoke to the With Good Reason radio program about his more than four decades of teaching self defense and a variety of martial arts at the university and the Asian martial arts minor he helped institute.

Last month, alumni, faculty, and staff from the College of Education and Human Development, the Teaching Resources Center and the Office of University Advancement assembled approximately 240 bright red care packages for first-year CEHD students who are currently preparing for final exams.

Radford University conferred degrees on 1,621 undergraduate and graduate students during spring commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 7, 2022 on Moffett Lawn. 

For the first time in three years, Waldron College of Health and Human Services students and faculty gathered in person to present research and share ideas at the Interprofessional Symposium and Expo. The seventh annual daylong celebration of original research from the college presented an opportunity for those involved to share research via poster and podium presentations well as roundtable exercises.

Hear retired Radford University faculty members Grace Toney Edwards and Ricky Cox discus the popular project over the airwaves or on podcast.