ShenEd
Spheres Of Learning
Purpose Of ShenEd
ShenEd is all about making connections: between ideas, people and disciplines. You’ll connect concepts learned in ShenEd classes to your major and to experiences encountered outside the classroom.
The process of making connections is also central to ShenEd’s signature Town Hall program. In Town Hall classes, you’ll read and write about, research and discuss controversial public issues in preparation for an April Town Hall event. At the event, community consultants facilitate small group conversations, through which you’ll continue to explore your perspectives on your class’s topic and discover more about the implications of your research.
Shenandoah University’s Going Global Initiative Is A Series Of Building Blocks That Begin With Our Going Global First-Year Seminar (FYS).
Through FYS, you’ll develop a sense of community, lift borders, and maintain, deepen and expand a feeling of belonging to the university and global community. You’ll realize that you can make a difference – a difference that begins with you.
In the fall, all first-time Shenandoah students register for one of the Going Global offerings. Course topics range from Ghost Stories & Legends to Development and Disaster Relief. All classes focus on a global theme, are small in size, and are challenging and highly interactive.
Going Global | First Year Seminar
Students can choose to delve deeply into an important topic, such as homelessness or human trafficking, from the perspective of a chosen discipline, and then share their research and thoughts at the annual ShenEd Town Hall.
Professors are given the option to add a series of Town Hall signature assignments to their course designed specifically to place the skills, knowledge, and viewpoints students develop in their ShenEd classes into larger social, political, and global contexts.