Learning at Roanoke is active, not passive; engaging, not remote; real, not theoretical.

Watch how these senior business majors help to open a hotel.



Opportunities at Roanoke:

 

Washington Semester provides variety of experiences in law enforcement

Washington Semester provides variety of experiences in law enforcement

Ben Rappold, a junior from Northern Virginia, hopes to someday work on counter-terrorism for the FBI.

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Examples

  • Manage a stock portfolio.
  • Direct a choir.
  • Witness heart surgery.
  • Make nanotubes.
  • Build a house.
  • Go to Africa or Guatemala or wherever.
  • Edit a national literary magazine.
  • Argue a case in front of real judge.

Brittany Harrison '11 performs a summer scholars research project with a professor on mountain music culture. Watch Video.

 

Benefits

  • Get real-life experience before you graduate.
  • Develop independence.
  • See the application of what you learn.
  • Distinguish yourself from others, for employment or post-graduate study.
  • Build aspirations you didn't know you had.