1950s:
Marvin Gore, Frank Armstrong, Jr., and Jim Wilkins review
plans for Shenandoah's move to Winchester.
1964:
Shenandoah Conservatory presents Mozart's comic opera, "Bastien
and Bastienne."
1978:
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music's Jazz Ensemble
1983:Shenandoah
acquires the John Kerr building in downtown Winchester for
$10.00
2000:Football
joins SU's sports roster under the coaching of Walter Barr
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Century II Program, a bold fund-raising effort, was launched
in 1975, the school's 100th anniversary. A challenge grant from
the Kresge Foundation in the amount of $75,000 made it possible
for Howe Library to be upgraded and renovated. During the remainder
of the 1970s, Shenandoah experienced a tremendous growth in
enrollment, new programs, and capital additions.
On July
1, 1982, Dr. James A. Davis was appointed as the fifteenth president
of Shenandoah. One of his first projects was to acquire and
renovate the old John Kerr School in Winchester, which served
as the home of the School of Health Professions until 1996,
when the Division of Nursing moved to the new Health Professions
Building on the campus of the Winchester Medical Center. Additions
to residence halls and the dining hall followed. Henkel Hall,
named in honor of Mary Henkel, the new home of the Harry F.
Byrd, Jr. School of Business was built in 1987, and dedicated
in 1988. On January 1, 1991, Shenandoah opened a new chapter
in its history when it became Shenandoah University, and in
September 1992, the Alson H. Smith, Jr. Library -- a 40,000
square feet structure housing more than 150,000 volumes -- was
dedicated. A successful capital campaign totaling $3.2 million,
including a Kresge Challenge Grant in the amount of $400,000,
enabled the University to build this state-of-the-art structure.
Today,
more than 2300 students study at Shenandoah University in undergraduate,
graduate and professional degree programs in five distinct schools:
- The
School of Arts and Sciences
- The
School of Health Professions
- Nursing
- Respiratory
Care
- Occupational
Therapy
- Physical
Therapy
- The
Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business
- Shenandoah
Conservatory
- The
Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy
In 1989,
the University added the Program in Physical Therapy and the
Occupational Therapy Program -- both graduate degree programs
-- to the School of Health Professions. Established in 1996,
the University's new School of Pharmacy offers the Doctor of
Pharmacy degree. With its broad vision and highly qualified
faculty, Shenandoah University offers a diversified and innovative
curriculum, preparing future generations of professionals for
the challenges of an advanced technological and global environment
of the 21st century. The University maintains a beautifully
landscaped 100-acre campus with state-of-the-art facilities,
several other modern, high-tech facilities in the historic district
of Old Town Winchester, at totally upgraded and renovated Cork
Street Medical complex (the former Winchester Hospital) and
on the campus of the Winchester Medical Center, as well as a
satellite campus in Leesburg, Virginia.
In the
summer of 1998, a 100,000 square-foot state-of-the-art performing
arts complex including the Ohstrom-Bryant Theatre, Fred L. Glaize
Jr. Studio Theatre and Ruebush Hall opened.
Long-range
plans for the University include developing into the principal
higher education provider in the region, with academic programs
ranging from associate to doctoral studies for a student body
of more than 3500 men and women by the year 2010.
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