Roanoke College in the News

October 2008

October 7, 2008 - Calibre Macro World
Students, alumni network online: Foundation for Va. colleges saves gas for recruiters, recruited
Oct. 7--Students and alumni from 15 private colleges and universities are networking this week during a virtual job fair sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for Independent...

October 7, 2008 - Roanoke Times
Speakers shed light on market collapse
The financial train wreck, the rescue and the chance of there being any survivors were on the minds of citizens who attended an economic issues forum by college professors Monday...

October 7, 2008 - WDBJ7.com
Roanoke College faculty and students discuss economic crisis
If the current financial crisis has moved from Wall Street to Main Street, it's also moved from Main Street in Salem onto the Roanoke College campus. The experts there are weighing in on the issue but so are the students 'I usually look to two groups of people for...

October 5, 2008 - Roanoke Times
Names and changes: Oct. 5
EDUCATION Roanoke College President Michael Maxey announced that EUGENE ZDZIARSKI has been appointed to vice president of student affairs. Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources announced that MICHAEL MORTIMER is the new director of the Master of Natural Resources...

October 5, 2008 - Roanoke Times
RC ends skid vs. Salisbury
SALISBURY, Md. -- The Roanoke College men's soccer team scored early and held on to defeat No. 18 Salisbury 1-0 on Saturday for its first win in the series since...

October 3, 2008 - Roanoke Times
Lecturers to detail financial turmoil
Three Roanoke College professors will try to explain the nation's economic crisis Monday at the Salem campus. A lecture, free to the public, is scheduled for 7...

October 3, 2008 - WDBJ7.com
Presidential historian discusses vice presidential debate
Professor Brinkley is speaking at Roanoke College Thursday night. Any other election year, the phrase 'Vice Presidential Debate' might be the ultimate incentive for channel changers, but not this...

October 2, 2008 - Roanoke Times
Reporting good news
This column is two weeks late. I hope an old newspaper man, who has moved on to bigger and better things, can forgive that. The joke at the Salem Times-Register was that longtime publisher Ray Robinson died by design on a Tuesday, the day the local weekly is 'put to bed' for Wednesday printing and Thursday...

October 1, 2008 - Gilroy Dispatch
Olympic hopeful's stolen bike returned
Shelley Olds, a professional Bay Area cyclist who's birthday began when she learned her $3,000 racing bike was stolen from her car, ended on a much happier note late Tuesday night when she learned her bike was...

October 1, 2008 - Village News Online
Letters to the Editor: October 1, 2008
I love the Village News since I live in downtown Chester. You recently did a story about a local, Matthew Ridout, enlisting in the Navy. I am related to this fine man, and I believe y� all missed a great opportunity to do a better story on this great young...

September 2008

September 28, 2008 - Roanoke Times
No universal cure for health system
From the RoundTable blog Read the latest entries Alice Louise Kassens Kassens is an assistant professor of economics, specializing in health and labor economics, at Roanoke College.

September 26, 2008 - OurSports Central
Ghosts Announce Changes Front Office Staff
Casper, WY-The Casper Ghosts are pleased to announce several new additions to their front office staff. Mike Sandler has been named the team's new General...

September 26, 2008 - The New York Times
A Second Justice Opts Out of a Longtime Custom: The Cert. Pool
WASHINGTON Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. is getting out of the pool. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. is the court s most junior member. For almost 20 years, eight of the nine justices on the Supreme Court have assigned their law clerks to a shared legal labor pool that streamlines the work of reviewing...

September 23, 2008 - Roanoke Times
Roanoke College still seeks a Mascot
Back in the spring, Roanoke College launched a search for a new mascot. No, it's not doing away with the Maroon; the school just wants something more tangible to go along with...

September 22, 2008 - Roanoke Times
Well, they're never boring!
To say the Kandinsky Trio stretches the envelope with its annual brochures is like calling a hurricane a storm. It's true -- but it leaves a lot...