Roanoke students visited nine countries this year for May Term travel courses.

Some course syllabi included milking goats, debating the Constitution, recreating dolls with disabilities and visiting the National D-Day Memorial.

The Office of Multicultural Affairs would like to share information about two prayer services for the Orlando Pulse tragedy. Everyone is welcome at these events. Roanoke College expresses its condolences to those who have lost family and friends and those who were wounded in this senseless tragedy. 

DIY Network's "The Treehouse Guys" built a treehouse on the historic property of Louisa Kendig '10 and her parents, John and Carolyn. A Roanoke graduate helped build the amazing structure.  

Dr. Elisabeth Gantt, who moved to the Roanoke Valley from the University of Maryland, where she is a Distinguished Professor Emerita, is a rock star in the world of science.

Since 1985, the honors have showcased the quality and diversity of arts and culture in the Roanoke Valley.

Dr. Jon Maher '97, a basketball standout at Roanoke in the late 1990s, returns to Southwest Virginia after years as a military surgeon, and as a team doctor for the NBA's Boston Celtics.

From the White House to the Department of Justice, the Smithsonian to the State Department, eight Roanoke College students filled important roles as interns in the nation's capital this spring semester.

Roanoke College's Institute for Policy and Opinion Research has emerged as a national source for how Virginians feel about the economy, home-buying and mortgage rates and has catapulted on the national stage for keeping an impressively accurate finger on the political pulse of Virginia.

Consumers are optimistic about the condition of the Virginia real estate market, and current opinions reverse a year-long decline.