Roanoke College - in The Press

In The Press

Roanoke is ranked 4th on the 2013 U.S. News and World Report list of Up-and-Coming National Liberal Arts Colleges; Roanoke is ranked 133rd overall. Roanoke is also included in the Princeton Review's "The Best 377 Colleges: 2013 Edition"; the 2012 edition ranked Roanoke's campus as the 18th most beautiful in the nation.

In 2005, George Keller, a noted American expert on higher education, authored Prologue to Prominence, A Half Century at Roanoke College. Published by Lutheran University Press, the book documents the college's academic and financial success over the past half century. Other books about Roanoke College include The First Hundred Years, Roanoke College 1842–1942 by William E. Eisenberg and Dear Ole Roanoke, a Sesquicentennial Portrait, 1842–1992 by Dr. Mark F. Miller. The books were written as a part of the college's centennial and sesquicentennial celebrations.

Campus Activities Magazine named Roanoke the "2009 Campus of the Year" in recognition of the college's social and academic programs. Roanoke was selected over four other finalists, Ohio State University, Central Michigan University, Boston University, and Marshall University.

Roanoke was listed on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll in 2012. The college is one of 17 colleges and universities in Virginia, and one of 513 nation-wide, named to the list, which recognizes community outreach and civic engagement.