90 roanotes Think you know a lot about Roanoke College? Chances are you do. But here are some facts that even those most thoroughly versed in all things Maroon probably never knew.
10,767 Roanoke College Facebook likes, as of November 2012. (We broke the 10,000 mark in August!)
$37.3million+ Amount of financial aid awarded to Roanoke students during the 2012-2013 academic year. (Financial aid sources include Roanoke College grants and scholarships, the federal government, the Commonwealth of Virginia and private outside sources)
445 Number of students who used Roanoke College’s new in-store book rental system. Online there were 46 more!
Number of alumni who work/live outside the United States. (Places of residence include Argentina, Bermuda, Brazil, Virgin Islands, Japan, Tanzania and Qatar.)
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Majors now offered by the English Department: literary studies, creative writing and communications.
Thirteen
Number of Sigma Chi members living in the newly remodeled McClanahan Cottage on Elizabeth Campus. The new fraternity house was dedicated on Sept. 21.
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Number of current RC students whose parents are alumni. (Pictured here: 2012 graduate Alley B. Ricker and her father, Peter E. Ricker Jr. ’89.)
Number of honors societies at Roanoke, including two new additions: The National Association for Leadership and Success and Lambda Pi Eta, a national communications society. (At left, the Phi Beta Kappa key.) — Compiled by Caitlin Mitchell ’13
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