The annual Dean's Exemplary Awards are presented to Adam Childers for teaching and Chris Lassiter for service.

Formerly known as Allegheny Hall, the residence hall overlooking Roanoke's Maroon Athletic Quad will be renamed as Beamer Hall later this year. This will mark the first building on Roanoke's campus to be named for a woman. 

Several great stories about Roanoke students, professors, classes and alumni were featured in the media recently. 

From The Roanoke Times: Dr. Gregory Rosenthal's public history class spent the fall semester digitally preserving civil rights era newspaper clippings collected by Hill Street Baptist Church.

Each year during the holiday season, Roanoke College recognizes employees who go above and beyond the call of their job duties with the STAR - Service To All Roanoke - Awards.

A professor and student join forces to pen a book about an unsung hero in the battle to abolish capital punishment.

Dr. M. Gilbert Dunn, a revered member of the Roanoke College faculty, died Aug. 18, 2017. Dunn had critical role in College's PBK chapter.

The pair's work resulted in the book "A Courageous Fool."  Anderson always thought she'd like to write a book one day, but never pictured it happening this soon. "This is a dream come true," she says. 

Dr. Robert Emmett is co-author of " The Environmental Humanities" and one of three editors of "Future Remains - A Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene."

As part of the Roanoke College Innovation Challenge, 15 students are tasked with building a business plan for three entrepreneurs. Plans must be extensive and include everything from structure and marketing to finance, accounting and strategic planning.