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Roanoke College is your foundation and launchpad. Challenged and supported at every step, this is where your potential becomes your purpose. #RoanokeCollege

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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
11 months
Congratulations to Bryan Stinespring, Roanoke's new head football coach! He will rebuild Maroons football for the first time since 1942. Stinespring, previously the associate head football coach and offensive assistant at Virginia Military Institute, brings more than 30 years of
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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The Roanoke College Board of Trustees has appointed Frank Shushok Jr., Ph.D. ( @fshushok ) the 12th president of Roanoke College. Shushok, current vice president for student affairs at Virginia Tech, will take office in July.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
30 days
That touchdown feeling! 🏈🔥Halftime score is 26 - 21 Maroons!
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
6 years
Happy independence day, Maroons! #roanokecollege
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Roanoke College
7 years
Prospective students: Participation in peaceful and legal protests will not negatively impact admissions decisions for students applying to Roanoke College.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
4 years
Snowy Salem.❄️ (Photo courtesy of Ryan Hunt Photography)
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Roanoke College
4 years
Roanoke is preparing for an on-time, on-campus start in August.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
5 years
🎉 It’s happening! 🎓
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
29 days
Big win today! 34-27 over Hampden-Sydney JV with an over capacity crowd of 9000! GO MAROONS! #gonoke #roanokecollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
6 years
Winter wonderland on campus. #roanokecollege #snow
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@RoanokeCollege
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6 years
“You taught me about ‘fleek’ and ‘turnt,’ and I want you to know as I look out at you, you’re on fleek and turnt yourselves.” - Pres. Maxey welcoming everyone to commencement
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
4 years
The trees are showing off on campus. #RoanokeCollege #fall
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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1897...versus 2024 A lot has changed in 127 years. We're proud of our history and traditions, but we're also excited to be in FULL COLOR and ready to hit the football field at Salem Stadium this Sunday! GO Maroons! Game time: 2 p.m. | Admission FREE this season | Tailgaters
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
5 years
Roanoke took the entire freshman class to downtown Roanoke tonight. 😎 #Maroons2023
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
7 years
Happy 175 years, Roanoke! #roanokecollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
4 years
Good luck with your first day of classes, Maroons! 🌈 (Photo by Chris Finley)
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
5 years
We are so excited to meet our new Maroons! 🤩🎉 #maroons2023 #RoanokeCollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
7 years
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MAROONS!
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
2 years
Dr. Peter Hotez, who is on campus to receive an honorary degree, is speaking to @CNN live from Salem about the JNJ vaccine and the new hepatitis outbreak. @PeterHotez @AnaCabrera
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
2 years
Congrats Dr. Hotez! We're proud to call you a Roanoke Maroon now! Congrats to Dr. Mike Maxey and Dr. Terri Maxey on their honorary degrees as well!
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD
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Thrilled to be with President Massey, receiving an honorary Doctor of Science ⁦ @RoanokeCollege ⁩ today
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
6 years
Class of 2022 signs in!
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
7 years
Happy New Year from Roanoke! We hope you have a healthy and prosperous 2018!
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
7 years
An unknown snow artist left a 175 in the snow on Saturday. We love it! #roanokecollege
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Roanoke College
2 years
We're thrilled to be presenting this honorary degree to @PeterHotez on Saturday. Hotez has spent his career developing vaccines designed to attack a number of disease-causing human parasites.
@PeterHotez
Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD
2 years
Class of 2022 Commencement Preview | I look forward to traveling to Virginia this week to receive an honorary Doctor of Science from ⁦ @RoanokeCollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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"Failure does not define you …. I want to challenge all of you guys to embrace failure but then surround yourself with a community that will help you and lift you up." - Kasey Draper, one of seven valedictorians
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
5 years
Roanoke's new Scholars-in-Residence: making sand mandalas, teaching about meditation and hitting those free throws 😂🏀 #BuddhistMonks #Basketball #Baller
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
5 years
Roanoke College awarded degrees to 457 graduates during today's #commencement ceremony. #roanokecollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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For the 8th consecutive year, Roanoke College has been named one of the best colleges in the country by @ThePrincetonRev , earning a spot in the 2019 “The Best 384 Colleges." #AreUIn #Best384 #RoanokeCollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
16 days
Thanks for the s/o ESPN!!! 👏🏈
@ESPNCFB
ESPN College Football
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These schools' unis for Week 4 of college football 🔥 @HailStateFB | @BYUfootball | @RoanokeFB
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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In 1964, Maxine Fitzgerald quietly made history when she became the first Black person to enroll as a full-time student at Roanoke College. So it is fitting, nearly 60 years later and during #BHM , that Roanoke College recognize one of its own historymakers.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
8 years
Celebrating 175 years! #roanokecollege
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Roanoke College
2 years
It's official! WE HAVE A CAMPUS DOG!!! Maple is here! Maroons, please give Maple a big warm Twitter welcome and please give her some pats when you see her on campus. @fshushok
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
6 years
Today, we are remembering all who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Today, we honor Stephen LaMantia '85, who worked in the North Tower and was just 38 years old. Never Forget.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
5 years
YES! GO MAROONS! 👏👏👏
@RCmaroons
Roanoke Maroons
5 years
Earning a spot in the @NCAADIII Men's Soccer Tournament @RoanokeMSoccer
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Merry Christmas, Maroons! Wishing you a joyous holiday season. #RoanokeCollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
2 years
President Frank Shushok ( @fshushok ) begins in his new role with a warm welcome to our overnight Campus Safety staff! He was so excited to start his first day he showed up at midnight to get his new ID. 😊
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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GAME DAY for football is 9/8. Admission and parking are free. Tailgaters are welcome. There's a clear bag policy. Free shuttle to the stadium from campus for F/S/S. More info: @rcmaroons
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
9 years
We are blown away by how great this is looking. Maroons, meet your new gym in the Cregger Center! #roanokecollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
2 years
Wortmann Ballroom was packed last night for @YeonmiParkNK as she spoke about her family’s harrowing escape from North Korea. She became an American citizen and now speaks about her journey and her views on the United States. #roanokecollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
6 years
Looks like a college we all know and love will appear on the news tonight! Look for us if you're watching! #roanokecollege
@NBCNightlyNews
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
6 years
@RoanokeCollege Our annual commencement roundup airs tonight and your school is included. Tune in! #NNCommencement
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
4 years
Fifteen newly announced NCAA championships are going to be played in Salem in the coming years, and many of them will be played at our state-of-the-art @RCmaroons facilities! Mark your calendars:
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
4 years
It's a gloomy day, but we won't let that dampen our spirits. Our first phase of moving in is happening now! 🌧🚗📦
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Snow looks good on us. #roanokecollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
6 years
❄Welcome to Snowy Salem!❄
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
3 years
We are aware of the situation at Bridgewater College. Maroons help Maroons and our neighbors. We are here in support of our neighbors at @BridgewaterNews .
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
5 years
. @MonicaLewinsky , a former White House intern, spoke to a crowd of 800 students, faculty and staff last night at #RoanokeCollege . If she has a platform, it is this: “Click with compassion.” Her visit was part of the College’s examination of civil discourse and democracy.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
7 years
The west coast had a better view of the blood moon, but it was still "super" here. #roanokecollege #supermoon
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Welcome to Roanoke College, Class of 2023! #Maroons2023
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
3 years
Roanoke College has received the largest single cash gift in school history, as Shaun McConnon ‘66, a Massachusetts-based cybersecurity expert, has donated $15 million for the College’s new Science Center. He’s asking others to donate as well:
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
4 years
We support and respect PhDs at Roanoke College. 📔👏
@jerseytales
Dylan
4 years
Joseph Epstein at the @WSJ clearly did not attend a liberal arts college because if anyone addressed any PhD holding professor by ANYTHING but “doctor” at @RoanokeCollege you got a lecture about hard work and respect which was a verbal version of a roundhouse kick to the face.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
6 years
New students come to campus in 5 DAYS, so we're sharing 5 things we love about #Roanoke ! Day 1: Our backyard. There's so much to see and do, from eating tacos downtown to exploring some of the best views along the Appalachian Trail. See why we love where we live:
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
6 years
We welcome new students to campus TOMORROW! Today is our last day of sharing something we love about Roanoke! We love how the year just flies by because there’s so much to do. See for yourself! CLASS OF 2022 - SEE YOU TOMORROW AND WELCOME TO THE MAROON FAMILY! ♥
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
5 years
Amid uncertainty about commencement, some Roanoke seniors threw an impromptu graduation ceremony before they left campus, complete with caps and gowns, speeches and even “diplomas” made of USA Today pages.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
5 years
Gorgeous #rainbow tonight. 🌈 by: Emilee O’Dell ‘21
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Merry Christmas, Maroons! #roanokecollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
4 years
For the 10th time in a row, we made @ThePrincetonRev ’s list of top colleges in the country. As one student told the Review, Roanoke “aims to equip you for the real world, but also makes you feel at home, like you belong."
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
5 years
Tomorrow we will have 210 Bachelor of Arts graduates, 170 Bachelor of Science graduates, 77 Bachelor of Business Administration graduates, and one BGB - Bachelor of Good Boy 🐶
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Campus closing early today at 2:15 pm.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from Roanoke! 🎄 (Special thanks to Mainstreet for lending their voices 🎵)
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Roanoke College
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2 0 2 0 ! ! Let's have a great year! 🤩 #RoanokeCollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
7 years
Such a beautiful day on campus yesterday with the snow and ice. #roanokecollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
4 years
Roanoke College has appointed Kimberly Blair '93 as the College's new Vice President of Resource Development.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Maroons are holding our friends at @UVA in our hearts today and sending prayers for strength and healing.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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It's #CollegeColorsDay ! GO MAROONS!
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Congratulations, class of 2018! #roanokecollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
4 years
After working through multiple scenarios and hearing from many members of the Roanoke College community, President Mike Maxey announced today that College administration has made the decision to allow students to choose between living on campus or staying home.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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"It is important, as an educational community, that we raise our voices to call out hatred, especially when that hatred is in the form racism or other versions of discrimination." - President Michael C. Maxey Read the full statement >
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Huge thanks to the @SalemHostLions Club for its hard work running the concessions stands at the football game. All proceeds from concessions sales are used to support worthwhile organizations in the community. @RoanokeFB
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Dang, Roanoke College! Looking good. #RoanokeCollege #LoveVA #SalemVA
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
4 years
They’ve excelled in and out of the classroom in high school. They’ve already inspired us with their resilience during this trying year. And now, we’re thrilled to officially welcome the Class of 2024 to campus this weekend: #MaroonsTogether
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
7 years
Once again, we're in The Princeton Review's 2018 edition of The Best 382 Colleges. Also, special mentions to business, CS & Pysch majors!
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Faculty meetings sure are looking different these days. #RoanokeCollege #zoommeeting
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
5 years
A message from our president ♥
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
5 years
Move-in is happening!!! 📦📦📦
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
7 years
How can you watch this and not want to live here? Check out the beautiful #Roanoke Valley that we call home. #roanokecollege #blueridgeday
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
3 years
MEET OUR NEW CAMPUS DOG! 🐾 Our new president-elect, Dr. Shushok, has a dog named Maple and we've taken the liberty of calling her Maple the Maroon. She is an Australian Mountain Doodle and we're excited that she's been sniffing around campus and isn't camera shy! #RoanokeCollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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In a surprise ceremony at the state capitol yesterday, the Virginia General Assembly honored President Maxey with a resolution to express “deep thanks to Maxey’s four decades of service to the Commonwealth.”
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
5 years
Roanoke Maroons @rcmaroons are off to the NCAA D3 soccer tournament! They take on Swarthmore at 3:30 pm Saturday. Go Maroons! #roanokecollege #ncaad3 #gomaroons
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
2 years
Yay, Maple! 🦴🥳
@fshushok
Frank Shushok, Jr.
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HUGE family news. Maple has been admitted to @RoanokeCollege and we’re pretty doggone proud. RC ‘26
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Athletic Director Scott Allison '79 is signing off this week after 37 years at Roanoke College, and we wish him a retirement as wonderful as he is! Read more about Scott's service to Roanoke:
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Congrats to William “Mac” Babb ’90 who was named the new police chief at @VaTechPolice . Babb is a graduate of Roanoke’s Honors Program and was a criminal justice major.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Goggles previously worn by Roanoke students in labs have been donated to @CarilionClinic for medical professionals fighting the virus. #CoronavirusPandemic #coronavirus
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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@emilynussbaum We're big fans of the 4-year vacation package. 🎓 Apply now and we'll even throw in a bachelor's degree...from a school the Princeton Review has named one of the nation's top colleges nine years running. 😉
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Roanoke College
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We are saddened today at the death of a Roanoke student. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.
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Roanoke College
2 years
A special moment after honorary degrees were awarded to Dr. and Dr. Maxey. ♥ #RoanokeCollege #Maroons2022 #Commencement
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Classes will be canceled Monday, 9/17 due to the potential for flash flooding and power loss. Students who are able to travel are encouraged to leave as soon as possible. Please read for more information:
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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We still have goosebumps 🏟 Just look at that phenomenal crowd. Coach Stinespring's face says it all. Read more about @BryanStiney 's thoughts on the game and starting this program. @RoanokeFB @RCmaroons
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Roanoke College
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For the first time in its 178-year history, Roanoke College is recognizing Juneteenth, a day commemorating the effective end of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Way to go Maroons! Thanks to your diligence, we are currently at zero cases. Keep up the good work!
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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WELCOME, Class of 2021! #maroons2021 #roanokecollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
7 years
Check this out! Our own Dr. Chris Lee and his wife adopted a deaf dog and taught him sign language. Then they realized dogs like him had no chance of surviving in shelters and decided to do something about it with @deafdogsrock 💜
@dodo
The Dodo
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This couple adopted a gorgeous deaf dog and taught him sign language. Then they realized dogs like him had no chance of surviving in shelters and decided to save them all 💜 (via @DeafDogsRock )
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Roanoke College
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We know you have been waiting for news about the fall semester, so here it is: Roanoke College will start early, eliminate fall break and end early prior to Thanksgiving. Get all of the details here >> #RoanokeCollege
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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Effective in fall 2024, Roanoke will offer a new Cannabis Studies Program allowing students to earn a degree in either the science of cannabis or the social justice and policy of cannabis regulation. The step will make us the first institution of higher learning in VA to offer
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
3 years
Happy Friday, Maroons! In case you missed that sunset yesterday...
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Roanoke College
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A message to students from President Maxey 👇 #COVID19
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
6 years
Yesterday's intense rainfall and flooding reminded us a lot of what happened in 1985. Fortunately, the water has now completely receded and the sun is out.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
6 years
Here they come! Congrats class of 2018!
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Roanoke College
4 years
Dr. Todd Peppers reflects on the opportunity our students had to meet Justice Ginsburg.
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@RoanokeCollege
Roanoke College
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A little rain (or a lot of rain) couldn't contain all the joy felt in returning to campus for commencement on the Turbyfill Quad! #RoanokeCollege #Maroons22 #commencement #graduation
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