http://roanoke.edu/News_%26_Events.htmRoanoke College News and Events Feed."Muscle Corps" among new additions to orientation in 2008 http://roanoke.edu/x27779.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/OpeningNews08Thumb.jpgAugust 21, 2008Author calls selection "a little unexpected." http://roanoke.edu/x27640.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/MadhouseNudes.Thumb.jpgJuly 28, 2008Dr. Michael A. Hakkenberg has been named as Roanoke College's interim vice president and dean of the college. http://roanoke.edu/x27588.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/HakkenbergThumb.jpgJuly 22, 2008Reflecting Roanoke College's commitment to environmental responsibility, President Michael Maxey has formed a Green Advisory Committee. http://roanoke.edu/x27574.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/FallLeafThumb.jpgJuly 18, 2008Governor Kaine has issued a proclamation recognizing July 28-August 2 as “Private College Week” in the Commonwealth of Virginia. http://roanoke.edu/x27513.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/PrivateCollegeWeekThumb.jpgJuly 10, 2008Roanoke College junior Vesna Zeljkovic became a U.S. citizen on the 4th of July-and she did it in a big way. http://roanoke.edu/x27358.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/VesnaHandThumb.jpgJuly 7, 2008Roanoke College has named Laura Hamilton and Katherine Suehs as winners of the 2008 Henry H. Fowler Student Public Policy Paper Competition. http://roanoke.edu/x27348.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/west.thumb.jpgJuly 1, 2008This week, Roanoke College mailed out nearly 650 copies of the award-winning memoir, "The Glass Castle," to incoming freshman and transfer students, who will read it before arriving on campus in August. http://roanoke.edu/x27347.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/GlassCastleThumb.jpgJuly 1, 2008Recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court center around the expertise of two Roanoke professors. Dr. Harry Wilson and Dr. Todd Peppers offer their perspectives on these landmark decisions. http://roanoke.edu/x27338.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/WilsonThumb.jpgJune 23, 2008Dr. Christopher Lassiter, assistant professor of biology at Roanoke, recently was awarded a grant from the Virginia Commonwealth Health Research Board (CHRB). The two-year research grant of $263,000 begins July 1 and is shared with four investigators at Virginia Military Institute. http://roanoke.edu/x27295.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/LassiterGroup.thumb.jpgJune 23, 2008The following people completed The Management Institute (TMI) program, sponsored by Roanoke College's business administration and economics department, this spring. http://roanoke.edu/x27226.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/west.thumb.jpgMay 12, 2008John D. McAfee, the founder of McAfee, Inc. which developed the world's first computer virus scanner, was the keynote speaker at Roanoke College's commencement ceremony where a record 421 graduates received degrees. Click through for a transcript of McAfee's speech. http://roanoke.edu/x27098.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/McAfeeCommencement_thumb.jpgMay 14, 2008John D. McAfee, the founder of McAfee, Inc., was the keynote speaker at Roanoke College's commencement ceremony where a record 421 graduates received degrees. McAfee advised the graduates to question authority in ways that are constructive in their own lives. http://roanoke.edu/x27099.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/mcafee2encourage_thumb.jpgMay 3, 2008Roanoke College student Geoffrey Bader has been selected to receive a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the American Society of Plant Biologists, which includes a stipend and has him pursuing research this summer. http://roanoke.edu/x27097.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/Bader_thumb.jpgApril 29, 2008President Bush nominated Dr. Carol M. Swain ‘83 to the National Council on the Humanities for a six-year term. Swain is a member of the Roanoke College Board of Trustees, a professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University and a native of the Roanoke region. http://roanoke.edu/x27086.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/swain_thumb.jpgJanuary 11, 2008A slimmed down version of Roanoke College's Web site is now perfect for use by smart phones and cell phones with Web-browsing capabilities. http://roanoke.edu/x27088.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/mobile_53w.gifFebruary 20, 2008Dr. Gerald McDermott, professor of religion at Roanoke College, is the co-author of a book about Jesus-how Mormons and evangelical Christians see him differently. http://roanoke.edu/x27090.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/McDermontbook_thumb.jpgMarch 20, 2008Roanoke College's Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Wortmann announces the appointment of new trustees: Kenneth J. Belton Sr., of Salem; Pamela L. Cabalka, of Edina, Minn.; Judith B. Hall, of New York, N.Y.; and Andrew J. O'Keefe, of Madison, N.J. http://roanoke.edu/x27091.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/news/Pam_53w.jpgMarch 28, 2008 http://roanoke.edu/x27192.xml Roanoke Collegehttp://roanoke.edu/images/ null day value, NaN