of 164 (95% hold the highest degrees in their fields) plus a variety of adjunct professors selected from the business, political, and other communities for their subject matter expertise.
=== Notable faculty ===
Adrian Blevins (born 1964), poet
Walter Compton (1912-1959), broadcaster
G. Samantha Rosenthal (born 1983), historian, activist, and author
Henry S. Taylor (born 1942), poet
Harry L. Wilson (born 1957), political scientist
== Library ==
Roanoke's Fintel Library, named after Norman Fintel, eighth president of the college, has a collection of over half a million items. Roanoke and nearby Hollins University have a reciprocal borrowing agreement, expanding the size of the library collection by another 300,000 items.
== Student life ==
=== Student organizations ===
Roanoke has over 100 student organizations that provide learning experiences outside the classroom. Students may choose from academic, cultural, religious, service, and social organizations including nine Greek organizations.
The Student …
