Radford University
Motto:	"Investing in Lifetimes"
Established:	1910
Type:	Public university
Endowment:	US $41.7 million[1]
President:	Penelope "Penny" W. Kyle
Provost:	Wilbur W. Stanton
Faculty:	403
Staff:	12
Students:	9,552
Undergraduates:	8,406
Postgraduates:	1,146
Location:	Radford, Virginia, U.S.
Campus:	177 acres (71.62 ha)
Colors:	Red, and White
Nickname:	Highlanders
Mascot:	Highlander
Athletics:	NCAA Division I, Big South Conference
Website:	www.radford.edu

Radford University (RU) is a medium-size public, state-funded university in the City of Radford, in Southwestern Virginia, founded in 1910 as a women's college and coeducational since 1972. It was granted university status by the Virginia legislature in 1979. Radford offers liberal arts curricula for undergraduates, along with numerous graduate programs at the master's degree level, including the M.F.A. and M.B.A.; it plans to offer its first doctoral program in the fall of 2008, in counseling psychology.^[2] RU was the first educational institution in Virginia to integrate wireless technology campus wide, an indicator of its commitment to staying up-to-date and offering its students the best possible learning environment. On August 23, 2007, the Radford University Board of Visitors approved the University’s Strategic Plan, dubbed "7-17, Forging a Bold New Future." 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Academics

Radford emphasizes teacher education and the liberal arts. The university has a student/faculty ratio of 19:1 with an average class size of 30 to 40. With graduate students teaching less than 5% of classes, undergraduates work more closely with senior faculty than they might at a larger research university.^[3]

There are more than 100 undergraduate programs in the colleges of: Humanities and Behavioral Sciences, Business and Economics, Education and Human Development, Health and Human Services, Science and Technology, and Visual and Performing Arts. The College of Graduate and Extended Education offers 38 programs at the master's and specialist levels. RU also has pre-professional programs in law, medicine, physical therapy and pharmacy.

Over 80 percent of faculty members hold doctorates or other terminal degrees (M.F.A., etc.) in their fields. Eight Radford professors have received Virginia’s highest honor for faculty since the inception of the state’s Outstanding Faculty Award in 1986. One of them, RU anthropology professor Donna Boyd, was named 2006 U.S. Professor of the Year for master’s level universities and colleges by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching. Since 1981, nine Radford faculty members have been selected as Fulbright Scholars to teach or research in other countries. A doctorate is an academic degree of the highest level. ... The Fulbright Program is program of educational grants (Fulbright Fellowships) sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. ...

Special programs include:
Study Abroad
Honors Academy
RU Connections freshmen living/learning communities
Internships, co-ops, practica and service learning
Army ROTC, leading to commission in the U.S. Army
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Nearly 93 percent of Radford graduates obtain employment or enroll in graduate school within 3 to 8 months of graduation from the university.

RU was recognized in a national study as an "Institution of Excellence in the First College Year" for the breadth of quality of programs that assist student in their transition to college life.

U.S.News & World Report ranked Radford University in the top 25 master's level public universities in the South in its 2006 Guide to America's Best Colleges. U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine from Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1933 as United States News, which in 1948 merged with World Report. ...

Community and campus

Radford University is an 177-acre (0.72 km²) campus located in a residential area of Radford, Virginia. The town is located in the Virginia Highlands, between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains at a spot near the New River. Nearly all of the 20 administrative, academic, student services, and 15 residence hall buildings are located on two large quadrangles in a 76 acre area. Blue Ridge Mountains, Shining Rock Wilderness Area Appalachian Mountain system The Blue Ridge is a mountain chain in the eastern United States, part of the Appalachian Mountains, forming their eastern front from Georgia to Pennsylvania. ... The Allegheny Mountain Range (also spelled Alleghany and Allegany) -- informally, the Alleghenies -- is part of the Appalachian Mountain Range of the eastern United States. ... The New River is a tributary of the Kanawha River, approximately 320 mi (515 km) long, in the U.S. states of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia in the United States. ...

Student Life
3,150 students live on campus in 15 residence halls
More than 200 clubs and organizations
NCAA Division 1 Big South Conference athletics
400 intramural sports teams
Events, performances and lectures throughout the academic year

The university Foundation owns a 376-acre (1.52 km²) tract of land known as the Selu Conservancy. The land borders the Little River and is located about five miles (8 km) southeast of the campus. The Little River, a tributary of the New River, is approximately 65 miles long in southwestern Virginia in the United States. ...

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The University is protected by its own Police force, the Radford University Police. The Radford University Police Department is a full-service, sworn, accredited law enforcement agency devoted to the welfare of the University community. ...

Enrollment

Fall 2007 Semester statistics:
Number of students: 9,122
88% undergraduate, 12% graduate
57% female, 43% male
45 states and 47 countries represented

History

The John Preston McConnell Library, dedicated on June 4, 1932.

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In 1924 the school was renamed the State Teachers College at Radford and began an evolution towards a true college. Its primary focus was on training teachers for the rural Appalachian region nearby. In 1943 the college was renamed the Women's Division of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and merged into what is now known as the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) which was located 15 miles (24 km) away in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Appalachian Mountains are a system of North American mountains running from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada to Alabama in the United States, although the northernmost mainland portion ends at the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec. ... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic university in Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. Although it is a comprehensive university with many departments, the agriculture, engineering, architecture, forestry, and veterinary medicine programs from its historical polytechnic core are still considered to... Blacksburgs location within Virgina Virginias location within the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Virginia County Montgomery Founded 1798 Government  - Mayor Ron Rordam Area  - Town  19. ...

As the 1960s began, Virginia began to desegregate its gender specific schools, and Virginia Tech began to admit women on its main campus. This led to a "divorce" in 1964 and a renaming as simply Radford College. Over the next decade, the "finishing school" atmosphere of the school was dismantled. In 1972 the school began to admit men. The school developed a graduate school at that time as well.

In 1979 the school became Radford University. Today, the school is a comprehensive state university. Fall semester 2005 enrollment was 9,552. About 45% of the students come from southwestern Virginia, 40% from other parts of Virginia, and 15% from out-of-state. Penelope W. Kyle, J.D., M.B.A., became RU’s sixth president June 1, 2005, after a career in business and government, including serving as director of the Virginia state lottery for more than a decade. Penelope W. Kyle is the president of Radford University, a public, state-funded, comprehensive university, located in the town of Radford, in southwestern Virginia. ... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Radford University also has a wide variety of Greek life. Among it are chapters such as Phi Kappa Sigma, Delta Chi, Phi Sigma Kappa, Theta Chi,Kappa Delta Rho, Kappa Sigma, Alpha Sigma Phi, Sigma Pi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Phi Sigma Kappa, Alpha Chi Rho, Sigma Kappa, Sigma Sigma Sigma,Phi Sigma Sigma and many more. Delta Chi (ΔΧ) (del-ta kai) or D-Chi is an international college social fraternity formed on October 13, 1890 at Cornell University initially as a professional fraternity for law students. ... Phi Sigma Kappa (ΦΣK) is a fraternity devoted to three cardinal principles: the promotion of Brotherhood, the stimulation of Scholarship, and the development of Character. ... Theta Chi (ΘΧ) is an international college fraternity for men. ... Sigma Pi (ΣΠ) is an international college social fraternity with chapters in the United States and Canada. ... Tau Kappa Epsilon (ΤΚΕ or Teke, pronounced T-K-E or IPA: , as in teak wood) is a college fraternity founded on January 10th, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University with chapters in the USA, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren...

Radford University's school colors started off as purple and gray, in 1913. In the 1970s, the colors were changed to the MacFarlane tartan of red, white, blue and green, to go with the school's Scottish theme. More recently, red and white were adopted as the school's athletic colors.

Athletics

Radford Highlanders logo

The university's teams are known as the Highlanders (in honor of the region's Scots-Irish heritage), and compete in the Big South Conference. Radford offers 19 NCAA varsity sports for men and women. The Radford men's basketball team won the Big South Conference tournament in 1998. RU also won the Big South Conference Men's Tennis Championship in 2007 & 2008. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Ulster-Scots is a term mainly used in Ireland and Britain (Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irishis commonly used in North America) primarily to refer to Presbyterian Scots, or their descendents, who migrated from the Scottish Lowlands to Ulster (the northern province of Ireland), largely across the 17th century. ... The Big South Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I. The conferences football teams are part of the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... This article is about the sport. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ...

The Radford men's Rugby team won the Division 2 National Championship in 2003 & 2008. For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ...

The Dedmon Center is a recreational and convocation complex that opened in 1981. The Dedmon Center features a 1/6-mile indoor jogging track, five racquetball courts, a weight-training room, locker rooms, and several team rooms. The main arena features a main basketball floor and a secondary volleyball arena for intercollegiate competition and four recreational courts for basketball or volleyball. The complex features adjoining facilities, including intermural soccer, American football and softball fields, and intercollegiate fields and courts for baseball, softball, field hockey and tennis. The Patrick D. Cupp Stadium adds an intercollegiate soccer and track and field complex. Dedmon Center is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Radford, Virginia. ... Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. ... Racquetball racquet and ball Racquetball is a sport played with racquets and a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. ... This article is about strength training using weight (gravity) to generate resistance to contraction. ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... Amateurism (from Fr. ... Soccer redirects here. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Softball is a team sport popular especially in the United States. ... This article is about the sport. ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men, women and children in many countries around the world. ... The Patrick D. Cupp Stadium (usually called Cupp Stadium) is a multi-use stadium located in Radford, Virginia on the campus of Radford University. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ...

Administration

Penelope W. Kyle
President

Jo Ann Kiernan
Special Assistant to the President

John Hachtel
Vice President for University Relations and Chief Communications Officer

Danny M. Kemp
Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer

Norleen K. Pomerantz
Vice President for Student Affairs

Wilbur W. Stanton
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Donna M. VanCleave
Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer

Board of Visitors

Radford University is governed by a 13-member board that was created under Virginia state law. Eleven of the members are appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth and serve four-year terms. Each year the Board also selects a student and a faculty member to serve as advisory representatives on the Board.

Office of the President

• Dr. John Preston McConnell, 1911-1937
• Dr. David Wilbur Peters, 1938-1951
• Dr. Charles Knox Martin Jr., 1952-1972, Chancellor, 1972-73, President Emeritus, 1973-1987
• Dr. Donald Newton Dedmon, 1972-1994
• Dr. Douglas Covington, 1995-2005
• Penelope W. Kyle, 2005 - Present

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Office of the Provost

• Dr. Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith
• Dr. Wilbur W. Stanton, July 1, 2007 - Present

References

• 2007-08 Catalog and resource books provided by Radford University.

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External links

• Radford University official website
• Radford University Music
• The Tartan Radford University school newspaper
• CRAM (The Roanoke Times college site)
• Public Radio WVRU official website
• WHIM (RU's student-run online magazine)
• Radford University Ice Hockey
• Radford University College of Information Science and Technology
• Radford University College of Business and Economics
• Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
• International Education Center at Radford University
• Radford University Museum of the Earth Sciences
• Radford University Planetarium
• Radford University Art Museum
• Radford University Highlanders athletics website