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Randolph-Macon Ranked Among Best Value and Top 100 Colleges by U.S. News & World Report

RMC earned a No. 68 ranking for Best Value among national liberal arts colleges while climbing into the top 100 for national liberal arts colleges overall at No. 96.

College students walk and talk on a sunny campus sidewalk with trees, grass, and other people in the background.
Associate Professor Nthemba Mutua-Mambo, Sydney Robertson, a Hanover County resident, and Hanover officials pose together holding the VACo Achievement Award.

Academics Career Preparation Communication Studies Student Life

Intergenerational Wisdom: Student Interview Project Honors Hanover County Centenarians

RMC students' oral history interviews were part of Hanover County's Centenarian Celebration, which earned a VACo Achievement Award.

Associate Professor Nthemba Mutua-Mambo, Sydney Robertson, a Hanover County resident, and Hanover officials pose together holding the VACo Achievement Award.
A group, including RMC Nursing students and SOAR365 participants, participates in outdoor arts and crafts activities at tables, including painting and working with beads and supplies.

Academics Career Preparation Nursing Student Life

Nursing Students Form Community Connections Through SOAR365 Clinical

RMC Nursing students collaborated with the SOAR365 Adult Day Support program as part of their Population Health Immersion course.

A group, including RMC Nursing students and SOAR365 participants, participates in outdoor arts and crafts activities at tables, including painting and working with beads and supplies.

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RMC Welcomes 12 New Full-Time Faculty Members

Randolph-Macon College recruited and hired 12 talented tenure-track teacher-scholars to join the faculty at the start of the 2025-2026 academic year.

Academics Engineering Engineering Physics Faculty

Head of Engineering to Be Awarded Inaugural Professorship

Dr. James McLeskey will be installed as the inaugural Maria Wornom Rippe Professor in Engineering on Friday, Oct. 31.

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Princeton Review Names RMC One of Nation’s Best 391 Colleges

In addition to being named one of the country’s best colleges, Randolph-Macon also earned recognition on several top lists derived from student surveys.

Yellow Adirondack chairs on a lawn face a red-brick building with columns and a clock tower, surrounded by trees and seating.
Four people in a meeting room use devices; one stands with a VR headset before a screen showing a virtual environment.

Academics Computer Science Education Student Life

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Creates Virtual Reality Classroom Management Tool

A joint SURF project with faculty and students from the Departments of Education and Computer Science produced a VR experience to help new teachers better manage classroom dynamics.

Four people in a meeting room use devices; one stands with a VR headset before a screen showing a virtual environment.
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Agecroft Internship Dives into Hidden Symbolism in Tudor-Era Portraits

Taylor Gordon ’26 completed an internship with the museum house in Richmond, putting her history major to work interpreting the estate’s paintings and what they tell us about the period.

Taylor Godron Agecroft
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SURF Symposium Celebrates Summer of Undergraduate Research

Twenty-nine students presented the findings of their research, a culmination of a summer's worth of hard work, creativity, and collaboration.

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Summer Online: A New Asynchronous Approach Yields Record Enrollment

With more flexibility for students and professional development for faculty, RMC saw record summer term enrollment for its June and July course offerings.

Slide showing a piano keyboard and staff diagram with middle C marked, with an instructor visible in the corner of the screen.