Highlander Center for Character and Public Impact at Radford University

05/15/2026

Cultivating care of and flourishing in the natural world!

05/10/2026

We had an amazing second annual Faculty Institute for Character and Public Impact Pedagogies!

04/28/2026

We are featured in Notre Dame's Virtues and Vocations publication!

Each semester at Radford University, students from courses across the university gather in the Artis Center for a conference-style showcase unlike most academic events. They come not to receive grades or hear lectures, but to present original solutions to some of the world’s hardest problems: clim...

04/26/2026

Check out episode 3 of Hope Happenings, with Undergraduate Research director Dr. Joe Wirgau and senior Eden Burt!

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04/06/2026

Stay tuned--episode 3 of Hope Happenings will be released later this week! Special guests pictured.

04/02/2026

Come to Wicked Fest! 5-7 this evening.

03/31/2026

The center is official open!

03/30/2026

Local friends--come to our grand opening Tuesday! Radford campus in the morning (President Bret will speak around 9:30), and BETH MACY in the evening in Roanoke! No registration needed; both events are open to the public.

03/13/2026

Monday!

02/27/2026

https://www.radford.edu/news/2025/highlander-center-for-character-and-public-impact.html?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQOrI5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEev8qq4ltRfbN9vEPjZwTPeAnLSLhbK9kwRlR_h_0RNW_-woQu46LcLM-klyw_aem_lXVPv9qFD7eRbkAYqV9zuA

Radford University has been awarded a $604,396 grant from the Educating Character Initiative (ECI) through the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University.