Roanoke College aims to triple its endowment over the next five years, an ambitious goal designed to bolster student financial aid and ensure an educational experience that fully prepares students for a competitive, rapidly changing world.

Jon Murrill, Charles Price and the Roanoke Cultural Endowment are this year’s recipients of the Perry F. Kendig Awards. 

Damien Fellows ’26, an international relations student, spent eight weeks in South Korea, where he balanced intensive learning classes with cultural activities. 

Coaches said the upgraded training facility, which will serve all of the college’s 600+ student-athletes, is a “breath of fresh air.”

Strategic student success initiatives have led to an increase of several points in Roanoke College's rate.

Catch up on the latest news from our impressive faculty members.

In its latest college guide, The Princeton Review ranked Roanoke 10th in the nation for Best Athletic Facilities. The school also continued to make the list of great places for business/finance majors and psychology majors.

In the September edition of Alumni News, Maroons are putting people first. 

Jon Murrill ’09, an accomplished artist who has painted eye-popping murals in the Roanoke Valley and beyond, will paint a mural at Maroon Village and deliver an Oct. 24 lecture about public art in Olin Recital Hall. Students may use the link in this story to sign up for painting and learning sessions with the artist.

The scholarship awards from the Mexican Institute of Education resulted from a collaboration between the Mexican Consulate and community nonprofit Casa Latina.