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

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.

This fall’s incoming class includes the college’s largest-ever group of transfer students. 

Williams, who was selected after a national search, has built several programs and campaigns from the ground up at Eastern University in Pennyslvania.

The partnership strengthens the college’s work to create programs that support the lifelong well-being of students.

Ryan King, who joins the Roanoke College administration on Monday, Aug. 4, holds a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech and most recently served as the innovation manager at Carilion Clinic. 

Nominations for the award, which recognizes outstanding citizens of Salem, are due by Friday, Oct. 15.

As the Kendig Awards program celebrates its 40th anniversary, citizens across the Roanoke region are encouraged to nominate individuals and organizations that support excellence in the arts in Virginia’s Blue Ridge.

Eight young women from this year’s graduating class will share the honor of being valedictorians, with one additional student claiming the salutatorian mantle.

This Saturday, May 3, Roanoke College will celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2025 with Commencement exercises on the Front Quad.