Michelle Loubeth Beamer '00 & ‘04, PT, DPT, is the clinical director and women’s health program coordinator for Rapid Rehabilitation. As director, Beamer oversees the daily functions and operations of the outpatient PT clinic . . . >>>
	Virginia Deal Largent '90 and her husband Steve founded the Virginia Beach School of the Arts in Virginia Beach, Va. They offer private and group instrumental lessons, art classes and preschool music classes for ages four . . . >>>
	Frank T. Hardesty '83 is to be named Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year. Hardesty is co-founder of Brothers Concrete Construction, Inc., a company that specializes in commercial concrete construction. The . . . >>>
	Mark Allen Riggleman '89 accepted the position of education director for the Lyric Opera of Chicago and continues a distinguished career as an educator and arts administrator. Since 2005, he has served as executive director . . . >>>
	Paul E. Shoremount '75 , '84 has been teaching for 22 years and is currently the band director of Harmony Intermediate School in Loudoun County. Since coming to Harmony Intermediate School when it opened in 2002, the band . . . >>>
	C. Jason Richardson '98 ,& 04’, PT, DPT, OCS is currently the clinical director for the Results Physiotherapy Centers and oversees the clinical operations for 17 clinics throughout Tennessee. He manages 46 therapists who . . . >>>
	Debra Stewart Orbacz '04 is approaching her one year anniversary as a senior associate at Booz Allen & Hamilton, a global consulting firm based out of McLean, Va. She works on building new business within the area of . . . >>>
	Gregory Wanamaker '91 , associate professor of composition and theory at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, recently had his “Sonata deus sax machine,” a three-movement composition for piano and saxophone, . . . >>>
	Qi “Niki” Chen '03 will begin a new career as an assistant accounting manager for American International Underwriters (AIU), an AIG company. Chen will work in AIU’s Division of Finance located in downtown Manhattan. . . . >>>
	James Carlton “Carl” Rowe '70 was drafted into the military upon graduation, right in the middle of the Vietnam War. He accepted a position with the U. S. Marine Band in 1971 and performed with them for 22 years. Rowe was . . . >>>
	Andrea Cottrill '98 is the general music specialist at A.G. Richardson Elementary School in Culpeper, Va. Andrea is in her 10th year of teaching in Culpeper County Public Schools. In 2005, she was voted teacher of the . . . >>>
	Paul Battista '83 is the president of Brothers Paving & Concrete Corporation in Manassas, Va. Brothers provides asphalt and concrete services in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia and West Virginia, and it . . . >>>
	Michael R. Johnson '82 , a native Washingtonian, has been the Office of the District of Columbia’s chief financial officer and economist for 10 years. He first worked under the congressionally ordered District of Columbia . . . >>>
	David Viggiano '85 has worked for Fox News Chicago since 2000. He is now the entertainment reporter for “Fox News in the Morning.” After graduating in 1985 with a B.A. in theater arts, Viggiano received a M.F.A. from . . . >>>
	Dennis McGeehan '99 has served as dean of Strayer University’s Bucks County (Pa.) campus since its inception in fall 2003. He also chairs the campus deans’ performance metrics committee. Prior to the Bucks County campus . . . >>>
	Christopher A. DeVage '02 accepted Shenandoah Conservatory's Cecilia Award for Vocal Excellence while earning his undergraduate degree. He earned a master’s degree in opera performance at the University of Maryland College . . . >>>
	Mike McVearry '05 is the lead volunteer for the Alumni football game to be held at Homecoming Weekend 2007. McVearry spearheaded an effort this summer to contact fellow teammates and worked with the Office of Alumni . . . >>>
	Dr. Judith P. Greathouse '04 , a Winchester native, attended Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) and earned a bachelor’s in elementary education (grades 4-8) from Radford College when it was an all-women’s school. She started . . . >>>
	Dr. Cristine Ceely, DPT, GCS, '96 , ’05, is now in her second year as associate director of the Transitional Doctorate Physical Therapy (T-DPT) program at Shenandoah University. Dr. Ceely was one of the first to complete the T-DPT . . . >>>
	Heather Austin Stone '94 began violin studies at age 10 in the public schools in Prince William County, Va. In high school, she was a National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship student. After attending SU, she received a . . . >>>
	Lesley Scherrer '04 ’06, a music teacher at Fairfax Villa Elementary School, was named the 2007 Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Outstanding First-Year Teacher. Scherrer teaches music to students in preschool . . . >>>
	Jeff Klein '90 works as a New York theatrical booking agent with Windwood Theatricals, where he has booked national tours of “Little Women: The Broadway Musical,” along with Robert Goulet, John Astin, John Amos, . . . >>>
	Jack Donahue '87 is proud to announce the release of his new recording on Two Maples Music, "A Small Blue Thing,” on May 18, at The Gravity Lounge in Charlottesville, Va. Donahue will appear with two-time Grammy . . . >>>
	Cassie Ludtke '06 achieved her lifelong dream to own and operate a dance studio this August, when she opened the doors to Footloose Dance and Fitness in Purcellville, Va. The studio’s name honors the 1984 dance movie . . . >>>
	M. Frank Heisey '66 , ’87 was recently promoted to president of Valley Regional Enterprises and vice president of Valley Health. Valley Regional Enterprises is a subsidiary of Valley Health and includes Valley Home . . . >>>
	Patrick McCoy '05 currently teaches general music at Rosa L. Parks Elementary School in Hyattsville, MD. He is also minister of music at Takoma Park Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., where he directs the Sanctuary, . . . >>>
	Pamela Bell '71 ’83 is the new host and producer of the Community Spotlight program on Comcast Cable Channel 6 in Winchester as of Jan. 2007. She interviews community leaders in the Winchester, Frederick and Clarke . . . >>>
	Karen Harvey '05 is joining Bluefield State College in Bluefield, W.Va, as the director of advancement and planning and executive director of the college’s foundation. She will be responsible for the annual fund, . . . >>>
	Dolly Stevens '77 was the first graduate of Shenandoah’s Music Theater program, which was just the beginning of the relationship she would have with her alma mater for more than 25 years. Immediately following her . . . >>>
	Sara Fogelberg '02 graduated from Shenandoah University with a bachelor’s degree in arts management. Fogelberg went to work at Six Flags America in Maryland as the entertainment supervisor as well as a dancer, working . . . >>>
	Louise Nelson '83 has served on the Shenandoah University Alumni Association board over the years and remains active and involved with her alma mater. She is such a valuable member of the Shenandoah community, it is . . . >>>
	Kristi (Kaiser) Hall '03 and her parents are the new owners of the Daily Grind of Abrams Crossing, one of a growing national chain of coffee-shop franchises. The Daily Grind look is sophisticated yet warm and inviting, with . . . >>>
	Sara Knox '03 ,'04 is only a few years into her career as a physical therapist, but already a national-level leader in professional organizations for physical therapy. Knox is the chair of the Central District of . . . >>>
	Ford Dieth '95 has long been a supporter of the SU lacrosse program and recently returned for Homecoming Weekend to play in the annual Alumni Lacrosse Game. He has missed only one alumni game since its inception in . . . >>>
	Shauna Meyer Hylenski '98 returned to campus to perform in the Alumni Dance Concert over Homecoming Weekend. She performed “Behind the Silo,” a piece she wrote and co-choreographed in 1998. After graduaton, she and husband . . . >>>
	Jill Baker '05 enjoys the distinction of being both a Shenandoah alumna and faculty member. She credits her former professors Bill O’Neill and Phillip Bushman, who are now her colleagues, with teaching her that no . . . >>>
	Roger Milburn '65 has taught accounting at Lord Fairfax Community College for 37 years. After graduating with an associate degree from Shenandoah College, he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Richmond . . . >>>
	Gerald “Chip” Connelly '92 first studied at Shenandoah Conservatory in the late 1970s. He left in 1979 to enlist in the U.S. Navy Band. He explained, "As basketball players who drop out to play professional basketball say, . . . >>>
	Dennis Horton '89 deserves special kudos for catching the spirit of Shenandoah and helping to make the upcoming Homecoming Weekend 2006 even more fun for his physical therapy classmates from the Class of 1996. When . . . >>>
	Emily Rose Wright '05 was forced to leave New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit last year. But the energetic Shenandoah honors graduate never missed a beat. Skilled in tap and Flamenco/Spanish dance as well as jazz, . . . >>>
	Judy Connelly '74 has taught music at Shenandoah University for 26 years. Hired to supervise student teachers, she currently teaches music theory and class piano. Connelly is also the minister of music at Braddock . . . >>>
	Tiffany Lawrence '06 graduated in May with a master’s in business administration, but it may be a while before she can put her degree to work. For the next year, she will carry out the duties of Miss West Virginia 2006, . . . >>>
	Anthony Wayne '03 returned to campus this summer to play the role of Rum Tum Tugger in the Shenandoah Summer Musical Theatre production of “Cats.” Wayne has toured the United States and Korea performing in “Fame – The . . . >>>
	Cindy Largent-Hill '83 of Berkley Springs, W. Va., was named head of the Division of Juvenile Services Division of the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs & Public Safety. Largent-Hill was deputy director of the . . . >>>
	Byron Pitts '04 is financial center manager at the Royal Plaza Branch of BB&T Bank in Front Royal, Va. A cum laude graduate with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, he was selected for the Management . . . >>>
	Elizabeth Korte '03 is the recipient of the prestigious Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award, given by The Washington Post for excellence in teaching. Korte, the math chair at Stone Bridge High School in Loudoun . . . >>>
	Stephen Edward Panoff '97 received the Alumnus of Excellence Award this spring from the Shenandoah Conservatory, where he earned his master’s degree in music education. He is director of bands at Virginia Beach’s Tallwood . . . >>>
	Jen Gursky '04 is Miss Apple Blossom Festival 2006. Gursky previously held the title in 2003 and is the first in the 79-year festival’s history to hold the title twice. Her title will take her to the Miss Virginia . . . >>>
	Laura Turek '02 is director of community relations for the Savannah Sand Gnats, a single-A, minor-league baseball team affiliated with the Washington Nationals. Her focus is planning community education programs, . . . >>>
	Rev. Doris V. Byrd '95 returned to Shenandoah Jan. 16 to speak at a service in Goodson Chapel celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In her moving sermon, “The Dividing Wall Broken Down,” she spoke of tearing down the . . . >>>
	Jay Lovelady '00 '01, a helicopter flight nurse with Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital in Richmond, Va., can never anticipate the challenges he will face when he reports for duty. He may be called upon to . . . >>>
	Ann K. Van Dyke '68 is a piano teacher, poet and one of Avon’s leading salespersons, yet she still has time and energy to spare when it comes to being an active and involved alumna. Through Van Dyke’s efforts, Modern . . . >>>
	Sarah Eyster '03 chose SU for the individual and flexible benefits of a small, private college. In her senior year, she was an intern with the City of Winchester Finance Department, furthering her interest in public . . . >>>
	Jonathan A Noyalas '01 has a new book, “My Will is Absolute Law,” slated for release in spring 2006. The book is a biography of Union General Robert H. Milroy, one of the staunchest defenders of the Union and the . . . >>>
	Bob Hein '00 is the new senior executive counselor for the Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business. After completing 44 years of business experience, with 22 of those years at Airbus North America (ANA), Hein . . . >>>
	Wesley Ball '73 published, “The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Activities for the Classroom” (Hal Leonard Corp., 2005). The activity book and CD features a variety of reproducible listening maps and . . . >>>
	Rebecca (Argabrite) Grove '97 works for Virginia's Loudoun County Public Schools, where she has moved up through the ranks as an occupational therapist, assistive technology trainer and, most recently, special education . . . >>>
	Tanya Vance '92 ,’99 completed her second CD, “All of My Life,” a collection of original contemporary Christian songs. Vance released her debut album, “Unconditional Love,” in 1999. A portion of the proceeds from . . . >>>
	Gina Spears '93 was highlighted in Dance Teacher Magazine, the leading publication for dance educators, for her trail-blazing work in integrating dance into curriculum in elementary schools in Chicago. Spears . . . >>>
	Dominick Trombetta '01 ,assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Wilkes University’s Nesbitt College of Pharmacy and Nursing, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., was recently named program director of a new geriatric residency . . . >>>
	Robin Higginbotham '90 is as well known as ever on campus as she often returns to be part of Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre. During the 2005 season, the SU theatre alumna played Roxy Hart in “Chicago,” choreographed “Guys . . . >>>
	Richard Costa '86 returned to campus this summer to play the lead role of Billy Flynn in Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre’s production of “Chicago.” The SSMT veteran performed in the first and sixth seasons as well . . . >>>
	Angela Foster '97 was two months into SU’s nursing program when she discovered she was pregnant with her third child. “I didn’t know how I would manage,” she said. “But by then, I was excited about the program, . . . >>>
	April Marie Irwin '04 graduated in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in arts management and a minor in dance. At SU, she had many opportunities to experience what an arts management career would entail. “R.T. Good [dean of . . . >>>
	Trey Lawler '86 is living out a lifelong dream of serving and protecting his neighbors in his hometown. Lawler, a 17-year veteran of the City of Manassas Police Department, returned home after he graduated from . . . >>>
	Sarah Howard '01 continued her flute performance studies at the University of Tennessee/Knoxville (UT/K), where she earned, in 2004, a master’s degree in music, flute performance and was a graduate teaching . . . >>>
	Bo Callahan '58 applies the same vigor and enthusiasm to his involvement with his alma mater as he does to his professional life. The former president of the Shenandoah University Alumni Association board of . . . >>>
	Rob Krause '00 , who holds a master’s degree in physical therapy from SU, became clinic manager in 2004 of Central PA Rehab Services’ newest clinic in Lewisberry, Pa. Krause has worked with for five years with the . . . >>>
	Eddie Munden '96 is on staff at the Newseum, the world’s only interactive museum about the news. Munden, who holds a bachelor's in mass communication from SU, designs and programs video exhibits for the video wall, . . . >>>
	Doug Van Sant '97 is enjoying more than just Florida sunshsine these days. The mass communication graduate of SU is the sports producer and nightlife editor for TBO.com, the online partner of the Tampa Tribune and . . . >>>
	Connie Gallond '89 began playing the piano at age six and plans to never stop. With a bachelor’s and master’s in piano accompanying from SU, Gallond continues to study with Dr. Sue Boyd and will begin doctoral studies . . . >>>
	Michael Neller '71 is the 2004 Teacher of the Year at Virginia’s Amelia County Public Schools. Neller is in his 34th year of teaching high and middle-school music and leading award-winning concert and marching bands. . . . >>>
	Lynnette Embree '90 is in the business of success. As the owner of Success for Life, Embree helps individuals attain personal and business goals as well as trains business clients in customer service, goal setting and . . . >>>
	Brad Boyer '81 who holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from SU, is the vice president for sales at American Woodmark, the world’s largest independent makes of cabinets in the United States. Based . . . >>>
	Carl Tanner '85 At the request of President George W. Bush, opera singer Carl Tanner ('85) performed at the lighting of the national Christmas tree on Dec. 2, in Washington, D.C. Tanner recently returned to the U.S. . . . >>>
	Jarrett Boyd '05 teaches voice lessons in New York City and is a back-up singer for Rob Thomas and his pop-rock group, MatchBox 20. After graduating from SU, Boyd continued opera studies at the Manhattan School of . . . >>>
	Doug Joyner '82 2004-05 president of SU’s Alumni Association, has enjoyed a long career in education and administration in Northern Virginia. He is currently principal of his alma mater, Winchester’s John Handley . . . >>>