The culmination of three years of research by Roanoke faculty and students comes together on July 1 with the opening of the exhibit "Hunting Dragons: Origins" at the Wilson Hughes gallery in downtown Roanoke.

Two Roanoke students who grew up in Kenya joined with other Kenyan women to work to improve living conditions in the impoverished urban areas of their home country.

Nancy Ruth Patterson, author of five children's novels and a retired Roanoke City teacher and administrator, received the Helen C. Hanes Friend of Education Award.

Roanoke students visited nine countries this year for May Term travel courses.

Some course syllabi included milking goats, debating the Constitution, recreating dolls with disabilities and visiting the National D-Day Memorial.

The Office of Multicultural Affairs would like to share information about two prayer services for the Orlando Pulse tragedy. Everyone is welcome at these events. Roanoke College expresses its condolences to those who have lost family and friends and those who were wounded in this senseless tragedy. 

DIY Network's "The Treehouse Guys" built a treehouse on the historic property of Louisa Kendig '10 and her parents, John and Carolyn. A Roanoke graduate helped build the amazing structure.  

Dr. Elisabeth Gantt, who moved to the Roanoke Valley from the University of Maryland, where she is a Distinguished Professor Emerita, is a rock star in the world of science.

Since 1985, the honors have showcased the quality and diversity of arts and culture in the Roanoke Valley.

Dr. Jon Maher '97, a basketball standout at Roanoke in the late 1990s, returns to Southwest Virginia after years as a military surgeon, and as a team doctor for the NBA's Boston Celtics.