Today's Stories:
COBE Student to Ring Closing Bell at NASDAQ Today
Bloodmobile Visits Campus Beginning Tuesday
MFA Students Exhibit Work
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing Shows Tonight
Mixed Media Exhibition Begins Today
RU Majors Fair Monday
Faculty and Students "Dance on the Edge" April 3 - 5
Kudos: Biology professor Karen Francl
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Today's Top Story

COBE Student Invited to Ring Closing Bell at NASDAQ Today
David Galuski, a student in the College of Business and Economics, has been chosen to ring the NASDAQ closing bell at 4 p.m. today. The ceremony will be telecast globally. Galuski, along with several other RU student members of the Student Managed Investment Portfolio Organization (SMIPO), are attending the annual Redefining Investment Strategy Education Forum at the University of Dayton. The closing bell ceremony will mark the first NASDAQ remote ceremony ever on a college campus. SMIPO is one of 16 student portfolio teams who have been invited to present before a national panel of investment professionals. View the bell ringing live on the NASDAQ website (see link to live webcam at the bottom of the page).

Campus News

Bloodmobile Visits Campus Beginning Tuesday
The Red Cross Bloodmobile bus will visit campus Tuesday, April 1 - Thursday, April 3 and Wednesday, April 9 - Friday, April 11 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the corner of Fairfax Street and Dalton Hall. If interested in donating blood, make an advance appointment at www.redcrossnrv.org/BloodDrives.

Graduating Master of Fine Arts Students Exhibit Their Work
Graduating students in Radford University's master of fine arts program will have their best works on display March 28 - April 15 in the RU Art Museum Downtown, 1129 East Main St., and in Martin Gallery, Powell Hall 200. Receptions are Friday, March 28, at 5 p.m. in Martin Gallery and 6 p.m. in the RU Art Museum Downtown. Admission is free and open to the public. To learn more, call the art department at (540) 831-5754.

Film Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing Showing Tonight
As a part of Women's History Month, the film Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing will be shown at 5 p.m. in McGuffey 206. Directed by Linda Thornburg, this adaptation of May Sarton's 1965 novel tells the story of writer Hilary Stevens, who shocked the world in the 1920s with her novel about a love affair between two women.

Mixed Media Exhibition Begins Today
Works by students enrolled in art professor Halide Salam's mixed media seminar will be displayed March 27 - April 14 in the RU Art Museum Downtown, 1129 East Main St. The annual exhibition features a diversity of pieces and showcases the creativity of Salam's students. Admission is free and open to the public.

Students -- Don't Miss the RU Majors Fair on Monday
The RU Majors Fair scheduled for Monday, March 31, from 1 - 3 p.m. on the Hurlburt Plaza is a must for students who are undecided about a major. In addition, "decided" students can learn more about courses and minor programs during the fair. Rain location is Hurlburt Hall, second floor. For more information, contact the Pre-major advising center at 831-5220 or email premajor@radford.edu.

Faculty and Students "Dance on the Edge" April 3 - 5
"Dancing on the Edge," the spring concert presented by Radford University's Department of Dance, will be Thursday, April 3 - Saturday, April 5 at 8 p.m., in Bondurant Auditorium, Preston Hall. Guest choreographers stage or create original contemporary works for the show, offering a broad spectrum of movement styles and musical selections. Original works by RU dance faculty will also be performed.

Admission is $5 general public, $2.50 children and free with RU I.D. Tickets are available at the Hurlburt Student Center or call (540) 831-5420.

Kudos

Francl Selected to Participate in NSF Sponsored Workshop
RU biology professor Karen Francl was recently selected to participate in a natural history museum workshop entitled "Workshop I: Opportunities and Challenges of Small Collections" at Michigan State University in April. The workshop will address issues relating to small collections in natural history museums. The National Science Foundation funded Research Coordination Network will cover the majority of Francl's cost to attend. She and her students have spent the past year cataloging and digitally photographing the 2,100 vertebrate specimens in the biology department's natural history collection.

The Back Page

Periodically the Back Page section of RU Today will include an unusual photograph of a well-known place on campus. Can you guess where it is? The location will be revealed in the next RU Today.

Photo answer for March 26 edition: One of the lampposts in Heth Circle near the bookstore entrance to Dalton Hall.

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