Radford University
College of Graduate and Extended Education
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Radford is a medium-sized, coeducational, comprehensive university at which the student receives individual attention and never becomes submerged in great masses of other students. Since its first classes began in 1913, Radford has maintained a strong tradition of excellence in teaching and of attention to the needs of the individual student. Although the University has grown dramatically in recent years and has developed its programs to stay in the forefront of educational excellence, this emphasis on the student has been maintained. Of the University's total student population of 8,500, approximately 1,200 are graduate students. Of these, about two thirds are women.
The Community
The city of Radford is 45 miles southwest of Roanoke, Virginia, on Interstate Highway 81. It is located in the New River Valley between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains. Radford has a population of 15,900, but the populations of nearby Christiansburg and Blacksburg combine with Radford's to total a substantially larger number. National forests, Claytor Lake, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Appalachian Trail provide a wide range of outdoor recreational opportunities.
Programs of study
Radford University offers the Educational Specialist degree in school psychology, the Master of Fine Arts Degree in art, the Master of Business Administration degree, and the Master of Arts degree in communication sciences and disorders, criminal justice, English, music, music therapy, and psychology (clinical, counseling, experimental, and industrial/organizational). It offers the Master of Science degree in art education, communication sciences and disorders (audiology and speech and language pathology), computational sciences, corporate and professional communication, counselor education, criminal justice curriculum and instruction, educational leadership, engineering geosciences English, international economics, music education, music therapy, nursing, physical education, psychology (clinical, counseling, experimental, and industrial/organizational), reading, special education (emotionally disturbed/learning disabled and mentally retarded), and the Master of Social Work.
Requirements for the M.A. and M.S. degrees range from 30 to 48 semester hours. Most departments offer both thesis and nonthesis options. The M.B.A. requires 36 semester hours; the M.S.N. 34-48 semester hours; the M.F.A., 60 semester hours; the M.S.W., 61 semester hours; and the Ed. Spec., 71 semester hours.
Facilities & Resources
The program in communication disorders maintains a Hearing Science Laboratory and a Speech Science Laboratory for research. Graduate students in art have access to a foundry, a woodworking shop, and studios for sculpture ceramics, crafts, drawing, painting, printmaking, graphic arts, fibers, jewelry, design, and art education. Facilities for music include a recording and score collection, a computer-equipped theory laboratory, the Center for Music Technology, and an electronic music laboratory. The psychology program has animal research facilities, human-subject testing rooms, social psychology research rooms, a physiology laboratory, the Center for Neuropsychology, and computer-support resources.
Expenses and Aid
Graduate Assistantships valued up to $7440 per year in 2001-2002 were available in the Academic Advising and Retention Program, art, business, communication sciences and disorders, computational sciences, corporate/professional communication, counselor education, criminal justice, education, English, music, nursing, physical education, psychology, and a variety of University offices. For more information, students should contact the Graduate College, Box 6928. Resident directorships, involving the supervision of undergraduates in the residence halls, are valued at $10,000. The Counseling Center has assistantships offering up to $6200. There are a few summer work fellowships, and student loan programs are also available. For more information, students should write to the Financial Aid Office at Box 6905. In 2001-2002, tuition and fees are $2,400 per semester for Virginia residents and $3530 per semester for nonresidents. Tuition per hour is $150 for Virginia residents and $294 for nonresidents. Costs are subject to change. The cost of books and supplies varies but averages $250 per semester. A single student could expect living expenses of about $2600 per semester in 1998-99. Limited single graduate student housing is available on campus. A variety of housing is available in the community.
How to Apply
For admission to the College of Graduate and Extended Education, all applicants should submit an application form, a Virginia domicile classification form, and at least two letters of recommendation. Transcripts of all previous college work should be supplied by the institutions at which the work was done. Test scores (GRE, MAT, GMAT) should be supplied by the testing agency. There is an application fee of $25.
Who to contact
Graduate Studies Admissions
Box 6928
Radford University
Radford, Virginia 24142
Telephone: 540-831-5431
http://www.runet.edu (Radford University) http://www.runet.edu/GradCatalog/GradIndex.html (the Graduate College Catalog) http://www.runet.edu/~gradcoll (online application)
The Faculty and Major Research Interests
GRADUATE CHAIRS AND PROGRAM DIRECTORS
Art
Arthur Jones, Chair; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve; ajones@runet.edu
Jennifer Spoon, M.A., Michigan State; jspoon@runet.edu
(540) 831-5475
Business Administration
Wayne Saubert, Director; J.D., Drake; wsaubert@runet.edu
(540) 831-5258
Communication Sciences and Disorders John Pettit, Chair; Ph.D., Indiana; jpettit@runet.edu
Michael VanLue, Ph.D., South Carolina; mvanlue@runet.edu
(540) 831-5204
Computational Sciences
David Albig, Chair; Ph.D., Florida State; dalbig@runet.edu
J. Dana Eckart, Ph.D., Georgia Tech; dana@runet.edu
James B. Davis, Ph.D., Western Michigan; jdavis@runet.edu
(540) 831-6442
Corporate and Professional Communication
William Kennan, Chair; Ph.D., Oklahoma; bkennan@runet.edu
Gwen Brown, Ph.D., Maryland; gbrown@runet.edu
(540) 831-5282
Counselor Education
Donald Anderson, Chair; Ed.D., Virginia Tech; danderso@runet.edu
Paula Stanley, Ph.D., North Carolina; pstanley@runet.edu
(540) 831-5214
Criminal Justice
Mary Atwell, Chair; Ph.D., St. Louis; matwell@runet.edu
Michael Kaune, Ph.D., Sam Houston State; mkaune@runet.edu
(540) 831-6339
Educational Studies
Diane Jackman, Chair; Ph.D., Minnesota; djackman@runet.edu
Gary Nussbaum, Ed.D., Temple; gnussbau@runet.edu
Anita Corey, Ph.D., Syracuse; acorey@runet.edu
(540) 831-5302
English
Rosemary Guruswamy, Chair; Ph.D., Kent State; rguruswa@runet.edu
Paul Witkowsky, Ph.D., North Carolina; pwitkows@runet.edu
(540) 831-5614
Environmental and Engineering Geosciences
Stephen Lenhart, Chair; Ph.D., Kentucky; slenhart@runet.edu
Robert Whisonant, Ph.D., North Carolina; rwhisona@runet.edu
(540) 831-5652
International Economics
Prahlad Kasturi, Chair; Ph.D., Hawaii; pkasturi@runet.edu
John Roufagalas, Ph.D., Florida; jroufaga@runet.edu
(540) 831-5100
Music
Eugene Fellin, Chair; Ph.D., Wisconsin; efellin@runet.edu
Bruce Mahin, D.M.A., Michigan; bmahlin@runet.edu
(540) 831-5177
Nursing
Janet Boettcher, Chair; Ph.D., Texas at Austin; jboettch@runet.edu
Karolyn Givens, Ed.D., Virginia Tech; kgivens@runet.edu
(540) 831-5415
Physical Education
William Zuti, Chair; Ph.D., Kent State; bzuti@runet.edu
(540) 831-5305
Psychology
Alastair Harris, Chair; Ph.D., South Dakota; aharris@runet.edu
Jeffrey Chase, Ph.D., South Carolina; jlchase@runet.edu
Curtis McKee, Ph.D., Nebraska; cmckee@runet.edu
Joseph King, Ph.D., Virginia Tech; jsking@runet.edu
Michael Aamodt, Ph.D., Arkansas; maamodt@runet.edu
Dianne Friedman, Ph.D., South Carolina; dfriedma@runet.edu
Joseph Montuori, Ph.D., Florida State; jmontuor@runet.edu
(540) 831-5361
Social Work
Marilyn Rigby, Chair; M.S.W., Case Western University; mrigby@runet.edu
Jackie Parker, D.S.W., Berkeley; japarker@runet.edu
(540) 831-5266
Special Education
Judy Engelhard, Chair; Ph.D., Virginia Tech; jengelha@runet.edu
Carol Geller, Ph.D., Virginia Tech; cgeller@runet.edu
(540) 831-6425