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• August 2008
  • The Randolph-Macon College men's basketball team is set to take South America by storm on its "2008 R-MC Friends of Basketball Chilean Tour." The Yellow Jackets are scheduled to leave for Santiago, Chile on Tuesday August 5th, and return Monday, August 18th.  
    
    
  • 32 R-MC Students presented the results of their summer research projects during the Schapiro Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Conference Day on Thursday, August 7, 2008.
    
    
  • The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) has reaffirmed Randolph-Macon College’s accreditation for the next ten years.
    
    

• July 2008
  • Helen W. Waldrop received the Society of Alumni’s Yellow Jacket Salute for her many years of devoted service to Randolph-Macon College on Thursday, July 17, 2008.
    
    
  • High school students are invited to tour Randolph-Macon College during Virginia Private College Week July 28 - August 2, 2008.  Students can waive their college application fees if they tour three private colleges during the week.
    
    
  • Alana R. Davis has been selected as the new registrar for Randolph-Macon College.
    
    
  • Mary Polce-Lynch, Ph.D., has been awarded a Congressional Fellowship by the American Psychological Association (APA).
    
    
  • English professor Tom Peyser, Ph.D., has been recognized for two consecutive years by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.
    
    
  • The Sporting News recently tabbed Randolph-Macon College as a "Team to Watch" nationally in Division III. The company's annual College Football Preview magazine is currently on sale on newsstands all over the country.
    
    

• June 2008
  • Dr. Edward L. Lilly, a native of Norfolk, VA was the recipient of the Society of Alumni’s Distinguished Alumnus Award at a reception held in the home of Macon Brock ’64, chair of the R-MC Board of Trustees, and his wife, Joan on June 19, 2008.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College President Robert Lindgren and Provost William Johnston are pleased to announce the tenure of four faculty members who were approved during the spring meeting of the R-MC Board of Trustees. 
    
    
  • Dr. Clare M. Cotton, Jr. ’48 was presented with the Society of Alumni’s Distinguished Alumnus Award on Saturday, May 31, 2008. It was presented at the annual meeting of The Boydton Society that was held at Randolph-Macon College during commencement weekend.
    
    
  • John Halligan Clements ’52 was the recipient of the Society of Alumni’s Distinguished Service Award on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at the annual meeting of The Boydton Society that was held on campus during commencement weekend.
    
    
  • President Robert Lindgren expresses condolences on behalf of  the R-MC community on the untimely passing of Tim Russert. Mr. Russert was on R-MC's campus on May 31 to deliver the Commencement address to the 2008 graduating class and received an Honorary Degree.
    
    
  • Dr. Russell “Russ” E. Shea, professor of biology, who passed away on June 3, 2008, was an esteemed professor whose talent and expertise in the classroom earned him the Thomas Branch Award, the Sears-Roebuck Award and the United Methodist Church Exemplary Teaching Award.
    
    

• May 2008
  • 234 seniors graduated from Randolph-Macon College on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at the Frank E. Brown Fountain Plaza. The Class of 2008 followed the tradition of marching across the “Red Brick Road,” where each of their names is imprinted on a brick.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College’s Society of Alumni has awarded its Distinguished Alumnus Award to Dr. Harold E. Wilkins ’44 in recognition of the contributions he has made to society through his career in the field of medicine.
    
    
  • The Hon. J. Randy Forbes ‘74 was presented with Randolph-Macon College’s Distinguished Alumnus Award on Monday, May 23, 2008 at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College President Robert Lindgren has announced that Grant Azdell, Associate Vice President for Student Life at Lynchburg College, has been selected as the new Dean of Students at R-MC.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College seniors Paul Johnsen and Tyler Watkins have been named to the US Lacrosse Academic All-American Team announced the organization over the weekend.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College psychology professor Kelly Lambert, Ph.D., is the new president-elect of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society (IBNS). She will begin a two-year appointment in 2009.
    
    
  • Research Day represents the culmination of student research efforts, including senior and honors theses, as well as course and program projects.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College’s Society of Alumni has awarded its Distinguished Alumnus Award to Jim Davis ’67, Ph.D., retiring president of Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College right-hander Byron Mendenhall was one of four Yellow Jackets named First-Team All-ODAC and was named the league Co-Rookie and Co-Pitcher of the Year, while R-MC skipper Ray Hedrick was named Coach of the Year by his peers.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College is going to the dogs—in an artistic fashion, that is. FETCH a Cure, a non-profit organization based in Richmond, Virginia, has unleashed its Pups on Parade fundraising project to benefit canine cancer research and the development of a local canine cancer center, and R-MC is helping.
    
    

• April 2008
  • Randolph-Macon College will bring a host of foreign films to campus for its outdoor film festival, slated for April 23-25.
    
    
  • The Randolph-Macon College baseball team captured the school’s first ODAC championship since 1987 with a 4-2 victory over Virginia Wesleyan College at Lynchburg City Stadium.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College freshman goalkeeper Ray Wodarski made 23 saves, including 14 in the second half alone as he led the Yellow Jackets to an 11-7 ODAC win over arch rival Hampden-Sydney. The win secures R-MC’s first berth into the ODAC Tournament in school history.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College’s eighth-annual Washington-Franklin Debates will be held on Tuesday, April 22 at 4:45 p.m., 5:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. To celebrate Earth Day, the topic is "Be It Resolved That the U.S. federal government should act on several fronts to move the nation significantly toward the goal of energy self-sufficiency."
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College is pleased to announce that the 2008 commencement speaker will be Tim Russert, managing editor and moderator of Meet the Press and political analyst for NBC Nightly News and The Today Show.
    
    
  • English professor Ritchie Devon Watson Jr., Ph.D. examines how literature helped instigate the Civil War in his new book, Normans and Saxons: Southern Race Mythology and the Intellectual History of the American Civil War (LSU Press, 2008).
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College psychology professor Kelly Lambert, Ph.D. is the author of a new book about overcoming depression.
    
    

  • Randolph-Macon College psychology professor Kelly Lambert, Ph.D. is the author of a new book about overcoming depression.

    
    
    
  • English professor Ritchie Devon Watson Jr., Ph.D. examines how literature helped instigate the Civil War in his new book, Normans and Saxons: Southern Race Mythology and the Intellectual History of the American Civil War (LSU Press, 2008).
    
    
  • The Society for the Study of Southern Literature has selected Professor M. Thomas Inge, Ph.D. as this year’s recipient of the Richard Beale Davis Award for lifetime contributions to Southern letters.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College will expand its recruiting in the northeast section of the United States thanks to a generous gift from the Arthur D. Dana Foundation. The $250,000 gift was made in honor of Lee and Alice Dana Spencer who assisted in developing this proposal and encouraged the foundation’s support.
    
    
  • A recent Mathematical Association of America (MAA) meeting added up to an award-winning coup for an R-MC professor and a group of math students.
    
    
  • Four Randolph-Macon pitchers combined to allow just five Christopher Newport hits as the Yellow Jackets scored a 4-2 victory over its regional rival on Thursday afternoon in Ashland.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College has received an estate gift of $2 million to support its mathematics and science program. The gift was given by the late Muscoe Garnett ’30 and his wife, Dorothy, of Suffolk, Virginia.
    
    
  • Ashland’s Mechumps Creek may seem idyllic. Stroll down to the creek, which parallels Route 54, and it looks as if the water’s fine. But several years ago, Randolph-Macon students discovered that something was threatening the health of this Ashland landmark.
    
    

• March 2008
  • R-MC's Society of Alumni honored two dedicated supporters with the Distinguished Friend Award during a reception at The Hanover Country Club on Thursday, March 20, 2008. Board of Trustee member Anne McDougall ’79 served as emcee for the evening.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College will test its emergency siren during a campus-wide drill on Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 1:45 p.m. R-MC’s Emergency Response Team has planned this test to educate the college community on how to react when they hear this siren in the event of an emergency situation on campus.
    
    
  • The Randolph-Macon College campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity motored to New Orleans during spring break, March 24-28, 2008, to help with Katrina reconstruction efforts.
    
    
  • R-MC takes the safety of our entire community seriously. As such, R-MC has contracted with e2campus.com to provide rapid SMS text messaging and email communication to R-MC students, faculty and staff in the event of a campus emergency.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College’s Society of Alumni honored Bruce J. Adkins ’70 with the Yellow Jacket Salute award during a reception in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College students will dance while raising money for the Children’s Miracle Network-Richmond.
    
    
  • The Randolph-Macon College Gender Relations Council honored two R-MC students at the Women’s Leadership Luncheon on March 7, 2008.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College’s Society of Alumni honored Dr. John Randolph Smith ’52 with the Yellow Jacket Salute award during a reception at the Chatmoss Country Club in Martinsville, Virginia on Thursday, February 28, 2008.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College sophomore center Molly Ariail was named the 2007-08 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Year on Wednesday at the league’s yearly awards banquet at the Salem Civic Center.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College junior point guard Justin Short was named First-Team All-ODAC and freshman forward Jordan Brown was named the league’s Rookie of the Year, while senior forward Jeremy Dixon was a second-team choice as the conference announced its yearly award at the Salem Civic Center Thursday evening.
    
    
  • Phi Kappa Sigma’s push for re-colonization will begin on March 5, 2008 with two sessions in the Brown Campus Center at 6:30pm and 9:00pm in the Koffman Gallery. All unaffiliated men who are interested in becoming founding fathers of this incredible organization are invited to attend.
    
    

• February 2008
  • Dr. Bruce Unger, who passed away on January 31 after a lengthy illness.
    
    
  • Two Randolph-Macon College physicists have released their infamous “R-MC Budget Cruncher List” – a compilation of creative ideas to help the general public put into perspective the size of the anticipated federal spending plan.
    
    
  • It was a night of celebrating legends on Saturday evening when Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia welcomed its 2008 class into the college's Athletic Hall of Fame. The inductees included: The late Tim Armoska ’97 (football), David Bristow ’78 (baseball), David Kagey '91 (men’s basketball) and the 1976-77 Men’s Basketball Team.
    
    
  • The Greater Richmond Chamber along with 9 colleges/universities is sponsoring the C2C or College to Career Fair on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Greater Richmond Convention Center (402 North 3^rd Street, Richmond, VA 23219).
    
    
  • Women registered for Panhellenic Sorority Recruitment will meet on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 7:00pm in the Topping Room of Old Chapel to begin their exciting journey to sorority membership.
    
    
  • It’s a story that is shocking, compelling and ultimately inspiring. Awer Bul was born in Sudan and forced to escape that country’s second civil war.
    
    
  • Are we REALLY just a party school??  Have dinner and participate in a fun program that involves the use of interactive and anonymous ‘clickers’ to get real-time information about issues on campus.  Free t-shirts!  Dinner! Door Prizes!  This program will occur Sunday, February 17, from 6:00-8:00pm in the Trustee/Worsham Room (Above the Estes Dining Hall). 
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College’s Society of Alumni honored Conway W. Smith, III ’67 with the Yellow Jacket Salute award during a reception at the James River Country Club in Newport News, Virginia on Wednesday, February 13, 2008.
    
    
  • The Randolph-Macon College Inter-fraternity Council hosts recruitment event on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 8:00pm in the Campus Center.  Get to know the guys and get Free Wings!
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College’s Society of Alumni celebrated the work of Dr. John H. Gibbons ’49 by awarding him the Distinguished Alumnus Award during a reception at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland on Tuesday, February 5, 2008.
    
    
  • The Randolph-Macon College women’s basketball team, in conjunction with the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), is encouraging everyone attending R-MC’s game against Bridgewater College next Tuesday night (2/12) to “Think Pink!”
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College’s Society of Alumni honored two distinguished alumni during a reception at the Country Club of Virginia in Richmond on Tuesday, January 29, 2008.
    
    
  • The Community Ideas Stations and Randolph-Macon co-sponsor this two-day technology conference for K-12 teachers and school administrators from across the state.
    
    
  • Former Randolph-Macon College standout Megan Silva has been named First-Team All Decade by D3hoops.com. The site announced the teams today as part of the 10th anniversary of its launch date.
    
    
  • R-MC has been awarded a $22,500 Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges/ Verizon Foundation Digital Age Initiative Grant.
    
    

• January 2008
  • The entire family will enjoy this entertaining and educational program commemorating the history of African-Americans.
    
    
  • The 25th ranked R-MC men’s basketball team scored a 72-59 ODAC road victory over Hampden-Sydney Saturday afternoon behind 16 points from Jordan Brown.
    
    
  • Richmond Mayor L. Douglas Wilder and Civil Rights Leader Wyatt Tee Walker shared words of inspiration during the ceremony.
    
    
  • Yellow Jackets are swarming down Henry Street on the campus of Randolph-Macon College. Their sting won’t hurt, but you may come down with a case of Yellow Jacket Fever!
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College President Robert Lindgren presented the Society of Alumni’s Distinguished Alumnus Award to Robert T. Hawkes, Jr. `64 on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 in Fairfax, Virginia.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College will remember and honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during a tribute celebration on what would have been his 79^th birthday.
    
    

• December 2007
  • January is an exciting time at Randolph-Macon College where students can travel abroad and study while being immersed in a different culture. We call it J-Term, a four week session between the fall and spring semesters when students have access to unique and cultural educational opportunities.
    
    
  • You may think humor is all about laughter, but humanities professor Tom Inge, Ph.D., finds it educational.
    
    
  • President Robert Lindgren has announced that Randolph-Macon College has been named a member of the Davis United World College Scholars Program, which provides need-based scholarships to exceptional students from the United States and around the world.
    
    
  • Sculptor Pati Beachley shares her most recent works in a unique exhibit which runs through February 15, 2008.
    
    
  • A war of words ensued as members of the Randolph-Macon Franklin Debating Society matched intellect and wit with the world-renowned British Debaters. At issue: Should the United States negotiate with terrorists?
    
    
  • The Randolph-Macon College community mourns the loss of one of its most beloved members, Dr. Michael McKay, who lost his life on Friday, December 7, 2007 in an automobile accident.
    
    
  • Mathematics professor Bruce Torrence, Ph.D., has been elected co-editor of Math Horizons. The popular journal is intended for undergraduate students interested in mathematics, and its goal is to explore mathematics outside of the classroom through applications, puzzles and humor.
    
    

• November 2007
  • Randolph-Macon College psychology professor Dr. Kelly Lambert takes a scientific look at a woman’s claims that a psychiatrist planted false memories in her mind and left her with nightmares and a dependence on several mind-altering medications.
    
    

• October 2007
  • This year's Homecoming weekend was a fantastic celebration of Randolph-Macon College's history and its bright future.
    
    
  • Randolph-Macon College proudly announced nearly $11 million in gifts during a celebration gala entitled “A Toast to Randolph-Macon College” on Friday, October 5, 2007.
    
    
  • Robert Lindgren, the 15th president of Randolph-Macon College proudly announced nearly $11 million in gifts during a celebration gala titled “A Toast to Randolph-Macon College” on Friday, October 5, 2007.
    
    

• August 2007
  • Richmond native Everette G. “Buddy” Allen, ’62, came to Randolph-Macon College almost 50 years ago, thanks to several generous scholarships.