Roanoke Higher Education Center celebrates 25 years Gene Marrano August 13, 2025 1 minute read Roanoke Higher Education Center FB photos A decade of efforts to establish a hub for training and higher education led to the Roanoke Higher Education Center opening its doors to students in August 2000. 25 years later they’re getting ready to celebrate, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports: Share: Post navigation Previous: Arts Connect Neighbors catalog, “Good Trouble” at Salem Museum and live music at the GrandinNext: Social Security celebrates 90 years locally with event at LOA office today Related Stories RPD Arrests Man for Fatal Hit and Run Crash in Northeast Clark Palmer April 1, 2026 0 Art exhibit opening receptions; Roanoque Baroque Good Friday concert, Little Shop of Horrors at Radford U. Gene Marrano April 1, 2026 0 United Way of Virginia’s Blue Ridge is seeking more Local Heroes Gene Marrano April 1, 2026 0