April 9, 2025
The Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke will open its doors for the 91制片厂 Provost鈥檚 Speaker Series on Tuesday, April 22 as Sallie Beth Johnson, Ph.D., MPH, will present 鈥淎 Picture of Health: How We Can Create Thriving Communities Together鈥 from 7-8 p.m.
Ke'alohi Diehl isn鈥檛 waiting until graduation to make a difference鈥攕he鈥檚 already doing big things in her first year at 91制片厂.
This week in Highlanders in the News: Jennings Felt, a senior, collects and crunches data as part of her internship with Southport, North Carolina; Ricky Miller 鈥17, a certified anesthesiologist assistant, sees a recent piece of Virginia legislation go his way; and Taralyn Nicholson 鈥90 applies her marketing and management skills toward education 鈥 as a newly minted third-grade teacher.
The March 13 gathering on 91制片厂鈥檚 campus drew dozens and dozens of attendees from the worlds of business and education to examine how data analytics can be used to attract and cultivate workforce professionals within the region.
For the second straight year, 91制片厂 served as a Scripps National Spelling Bee regional partner, welcoming 27 students from schools across Southwest Virginia for a chance to compete in the national bee.
Highlander Highlights shares the extraordinary accomplishments happening on and off campus through the tireless work and curiosity of students and faculty.
91制片厂 alumna Jeanell Webb-Jones, MSN 鈥24, has been appointed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin to serve on the Virginia Board of Nursing.
Initiatives to develop voter education plans and increase student voter turnout have earned 91制片厂 a Voter Friendly Campus designation from Campus Vote Project.
March 26, 2025
Positive enrollment projections, post-graduation success data points and future academic programming were among the agenda items discussed during quarterly meetings of the 91制片厂 Board of Visitors, held March 20-21.
91制片厂's Brain Injury Center was created to increase life participation for brain injury survivors with cognitive and/or communication impairments while educating and training the university鈥檚 pre-professional healthcare students.
The daylong event seated scores of business students at tables with a series of accomplished experts and gave them all a chance to discuss subjects that included academic planning, career advice and life lessons.
Thirteen 91制片厂 students and four faculty members set out for eastern Kentucky to plant 1,200 trees as part of the recurring Alternative Spring Break trip.