This year, eight Roanoke College students were paired with eight first through fifth graders at East Salem Elementary School students as reading buddies.

Roanoke magazine highlights the College's progress at 175.

Turnt? Suh? Bae? Can Roanoke's professors pass this quiz? Watch the video!

Roanoke kicks off the celebration of the College's 175th anniversary in January. With Maroon Spotlight, Roanoke College will recognize those who have made a significant impact in areas such as the sciences, military, education, religion, government service, innovations, and more. Nominate someone today. 

Do you have Maroons on your holiday shopping list? Head to the RC bookstore.

Dr. Leslie Warden directed a team that traveled to study Kom el-Hism, a settlement in Egypt's Nile Delta. She also served as the ceramicist and archaeologist for the team. 

Through the Toys Like Me drive, Roanoke students are delivering special toys to hearing impaired children at Virginia Heights Elementary School in Roanoke and to patients at Roanoke's Carilion Children's Hospital. The project grew out of a May term class by Prof. Frances Bosch '99. 

Roanoke College students participate in the Salem Christmas Parade. Dining Services wins the business category at the Gingerbread Festival. 

Roanoke and Salem host the NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Soccer Championships on Friday-Saturday, December 2-3 at Kerr Stadium. Welcome Brandeis University, Calvin College, Messiah College, The University of Chicago, The University of St. Thomas, Tufts University, and Washington University - St. Louis.

The Virginia Index of Consumer Sentiment is down three points since August, the measure's record high. Sentiment is above the preliminary national November value of 91.6. A sizable drop in optimism about the future is largely offset by growth in sentiments about current household finances and economic conditions.