Roanoke College has hired Patricia Lynn as Campus Recreation’s director of Outdoor Adventures. Lynn will work to grow the program and further the College’s commitment to outdoor leadership, education and recreation.

Roanoke College is hosting Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery in southern India for a residency  from Sept. 23-Sept. 27. Their residency which will include the creation of a sand mandala in the atrium of the Colket Center, a lecture on meditation, sacred music and more.

Seniors Emily Spangler and Natalie Whitney each have received a prestigious Rotary scholarship to fund a graduate program anywhere outside the United States and Canada they wish to study.

The two-year program includes four conferences in Indianapolis and Chicago through 2021, as well as the means to establish a Lilly Faculty Fellows Program on campus beginning in Fall 2020.

Virginian sentiment about real estate markets backed away from the second quarter numbers, yet current conditions are trending upwards.

Roanoke College has recognized former president and current chairman emeritus of Blue Ridge Beverage Company, Regine Archer, for her many contributions to the city and College communities.

U.S. News & World Report released its "Best Undergraduate Teaching" list and Roanoke ranked 40th on the list of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges for undergraduate teaching.

Roanoke College’s Center for Community Healthy Innovation was the only academic institution among 23 grantees  receiving financial and technical assistance awards through the Healthy Food Financing Initiative's inaugural grants program. 

Sentiment continues fall despite household spending, driven by expectations for the coming year. Consumers continue to spend reflecting the strength in current conditions and report plans to purchase expensive  items before anticipated price increases from tariffs.

Nominees for the annual arts awards include The Harvester Performance Center, Susan Jennings, Yvonne Olson, RIDE Solutions, The Studio School, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Jimmy Ray Ward. Winners will be announced on Sept. 24 at an event in Olin Hall.