RADFORD, Va., May 11 -- Radford University issued the following news release:

Here's a quick sampling of the product pitches recently made by some of Radford's student innovators.

First up: An app that helps freelancers and gig workers budget monthly earnings that skew less consistent and on a more modest scale. It's aimed at 70 million Americans who don't receive stable paychecks, according to the team behind it, and their tagline urges: "Start budgeting for unpredictable income."

Or another concept, a DoorDash-style food delivery service that caters exclusively to one campus and its students. Its pitch observes that other schools in the state, like Virginia Tech and Old Dominion University, already have such servers up and running. For...