Roanoke’s two teams had good showings. Much of the talk at the event centered around an amazing performance by freshman Sophie Kachur, who won two rounds by herself when her teammates were out sick.  

Fifteen Roanoke students are interning in Washington now. Three who were assigned to shuttered government agencies volunteered at nonprofits providing food for furloughed workers until they could begin their internship.

This is the first course of this kind taught at Roanoke College and the first for the Roanoke County Jail. It is one of just a few Inside-Out programs in Virginia.

During a summer internship with the Global Owl Project, Julia Mello ’19 was featured in an episode of “Oregon Field Guide” about the organization’s work with the owls and their research.

The Pitch provides aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to develop a business plan and present it to a panel of judges comprised of local business owners and city employees.

More than 90 students have been altering toys to deliver to differently abled students in time for the holiday season. Biology professor Frances Bosch '99 is overseeing the program for its third holiday season.

This year marks Roanoke College's 32nd year of providing life-changing experiences in the nation's capital through the Lutheran College Washington Semester program. Thirteen students are participating in the program this fall.

Data-gathering focused on health barriers in low-income communities.

"Immersive: providing, involving, or characterized by deep absorption or immersion in something...such as an activity or...environment." -Merriam Webster Dictionary 

"It was an incredible experience to dive deep into the traces of the past, especially when we realized that the past and present of Egypt are tangled together in such remarkable ways."