With the end of the 2019-Spring semester upon us; Randolph College closes the beloved chapter of the Reading Program. In 1968, University of Reading (UR) and, what was formerly known as Randolph Macon Women’s College, formed a unique study abroad program that gave Randolph students the opportunity to experience life at a bigger college campus… Read More The Reading Program: The Final Chapter
By: Isaiah Freedman ’20 For more than the 30 years running, chemistry students from three colleges local colleges – Randolph College, Sweet Briar College, and the University of Lynchburg (formerly Lynchburg College) – have been meeting on annual basis for the Tri-College event. This spring, on April 17, the student chemists will be on the… Read More Tri-College Brings Chemists to Randolph College
By: Aaron Brown ’21 Randolph College has been proudly hosting Kids in College program, also known as KIC, for seven years. The program was established back in 2012 with the purpose of bringing 6th graders from Dunbar Middle School for Innovation onto campus to interact with Randolph students; specifically with Randolph students who are part… Read More Kids on Campus: Randolph’s KIC and SciFest Programs
By: Michelle Hamilton ’20 For the second year in a row, Randolph students were able to take part in an all-expense-paid, art-centered trip to Richmond this year. The trip, which took place February 2, was sponsored by Randolph alumna Mary Shockey, who attended Randolph from 1965-1969. Shockey is a staunch supporter of the arts and… Read More Randolph Students Visit the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
By: Daniel Blake-Bennet ’21 In 1961 Randolph-Macon Women’s College was the first in Lynchburg, Virginia to allow people of all races to enroll. That didn’t mean there wasn’t adversity for African American students after the fact but in the mid-nineteen-eighties, a change was happening within the college. African Americans were finally being heard within their… Read More Black Student Association is Back
By Anna Smith ’18 This July, Randolph College’s newest graduate program will have its first official residency when the students in the Master in Fine Arts (MFA) in creative writing program arrive in Lynchburg. The creative writing MFA is Randolph’s second graduate program, joining the Master of Arts (MA) in teaching degree the the school… Read More Randolph’s Curriculum Expansion: A Brief Look Into The New MFA Program
By Isabella Farias ’18 Ten years later and Randolph is still buzzing with the voices of concerned and inquisitive students regarding the decision in the fall of 2006 decision to remove the M and the W from what had long been Randolph-Macon Woman’s College (R-MWC). The following year, R-MWC was rebranded as Randolph College as… Read More Ten Years After: Looking back on R-MWC
By Alex DeManche ’18 2017 has been a very special year for Randolph College. It’s the 10th anniversary of a transition that created the school we have come to know. In 2007, Randolph College emerged out of what had been Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, a school founded in 1891 as a single-sex institution. The decision to… Read More President Bateman Reflects on 10 Years of Co-education
By Jasmine King ’21 On every campus there are always mandatory drills to practice safety protocol in order to make sure everyone knows what to do in dangerous situations. At all colleges across the United States one of the most common drills that we practice are fire drills. Fires are the most common dangerous situation… Read More Sound the Alarm Wright Hall
By Alex DeManche ’18 Some students may have noticed that some things have changed places, and other things have seemingly disappeared since we were last here in the spring. Over the summer, the CDC has moved to the first floor of Thoresen, Human Resources has moved to the end of Main hall near Thoresen, and… Read More Campus Expansion and Offices Moved
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