A group of Shenandoah University history majors are set to be published authors this year for their work on a book commemorating the 275th anniversary of the founding of Winchester, Virginia. The ... Continue Reading One Artifact At A Time…
Archives for May 2019
Four of the five people recently recommended for administrative leadership roles in the Augusta County (Virginia) Public Schools are Shenandoah University alumni. Sarah Melton is recommended to move ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Education Alumni Tapped As…
Shenandoah University Assistant Professor of English Christin Marie Taylor, Ph.D., has published her first book, Labor Pains: New Deal Fictions of Race, Work, and Sex in the South which is a part of ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University English Faculty Member…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vfKTRJnW5U Dear members of our Shenandoah University community, During our 2019 University Commencement on Saturday, May 18, we saw how perseverance, resilience, ... Continue Reading Commencement Reflections from President Fitzsimmons…
If you happen to be near Reston, Virginia, on a Sunday evening this summer, you can enjoy a free performance by Shenandoah Conservatory faculty and students as part of the Sunday Art in the Park ... Continue Reading A Summer of Shenandoah Music…
The atmosphere of creative incubation fostered at Shenandoah Conservatory led two musical theatre students to forge a partnership and craft a musical, “Lilac,” which they unveiled to the general ... Continue Reading Growing a Musical Two Shenandoah…
Shenandoah University has presented this year’s Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards to Assistant Professor of Religion Meredith Minister, Ph.D., and seniors Regine Bumper ’19 and Micah Earnhardt ’19. Dr. ... Continue Reading Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award Winners…
“Popular Music in Higher Education: Finding a Balance,” an article by Harrison Endowed Chair in Piano, Director of Jazz Studies and Associate Professor of Jazz Piano Robert Larson ’08, D.M.A., was ... Continue Reading Research by Larson ’08 Accepted…
Shenandoah Conservatory celebrated the creative and academic achievements of its aspiring artists this past weekend with its annual Honors Recital, Awards Recognition and Graduate Hooding Ceremony on ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Conservatory Celebrates the Class…
Perseverance and resilience are qualities needed to achieve your goals and make a difference, said U.S. Paralympics skier, economist, inspirational author and leadership consultant Bonnie St. John, ... Continue Reading Think deeply. Plan carefully. Act…
Shenandoah University celebrated commencement Saturday, May 18, with the surprise of a lifetime for one of its 1,274 graduates. During the introductory speech, graduate Twanessa Archie was called on ... Continue Reading Traveling Thousands of Miles for…
On Monday, May 20, 12 seniors on the Shenandoah University men’s baseball team graduated as part of a special ceremony in the Brandt Student Center. Congratulations to Baseball 2019 ... Continue Reading Switching out Baseball Caps for…
Shenandoah University celebrated its 2019 University Commencement at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 18, in the James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics & Events Center. This year, Shenandoah celebrated 198 August ... Continue Reading Celebrating Commencement 2019 1,274 graduates…
Shenandoah Conservatory has selected five full-time students to serve on the 2019 Student Performance Week (SPW) Taskforce: Erin Roukous ’20 (Bachelor of Music in Music Education) McKenna ... Continue Reading 2019 Student Performance Week Taskforce…
Music education majors in the Instrumental Field Experience class took a road trip to Mizell Music in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday, May 10, to experience the workings of a full-service repair ... Continue Reading Music Education Students Visit Instrument…
Music therapy majors Avery Apgar ’20 and Nicole Harney ’20 were awarded the Judith Ruebush Townsend Scholarship in Music Therapy. This scholarship, created in 2017, supports juniors in the music ... Continue Reading Apgar ’20 and Harney ’20…
Shana Oshiro ’13, MT-BC, along with her colleagues from Harmony’s African-American Legacy Organization (HALO) received a $10,000 award from the Barbershop Harmony Society's Outreach Innovation Grant ... Continue Reading Oshiro ’13 Receives $10,000 Award…
Research by Allison Echard ’14, ’18, MT-BC, (Master of Music in Music Therapy) and Amanda Rosado ’18, MT-BC, (Master of Music in Music Therapy), “Adolescents' Experiences of Music Therapy in an ... Continue Reading Research by Echard ’14, ’18…
Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., added a second full-time music therapy position to its oncology unit, and the current music therapist, Mariagracia Rivas Berger '13, ’24 ... Continue Reading Berger ’13, ’24 Launches Research…
Conservatory Assistant Dean for Student Learning and Associate Professor of Theatre Carolyn Coulson, Ph.D., was elected vice president of the Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society, an international ... Continue Reading Coulson Elected Vice President of…
Johanna Horn ’19, MT-BC (Master of Music in Music Therapy) and Perinatal Education Coordinator at INOVA Loudoun Hospital Jaimee Robinson, MSN, RNC-OB, recently had their poster, “The Psychosocial ... Continue Reading Poster Co-produced by Horn ’19…
Chair of Instrumental Division, Coordinator for Conservatory in the Community and Professor of Saxophone Timothy Roberts, D.M.A., was recently the featured guest artist on the Australian podcast “The ... Continue Reading Roberts Featured on Australian Podcast
Join us for camp at Shenandoah this summer! Explore our camps in cheerleading, leadership, football, writing, jazz, basketball, baseball, theology, music, esports, and more! Bass ... Continue Reading Summer Camps at Shenandoah There…
Shenandoah University staff and students are participating in new projects with the goal to get people talking, in an effort to bridge political divides. Amy Sarch from Shenandoah chats about how ... Continue Reading Bridging partisan divides at Shenandoah…
A delegation from Shenyang Normal University (SYNU) in China visited Shenandoah University on May 8 to formalize a partnership between the two schools. Led by Vice President Jinlong Xu, the group of ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Forms Partnership With Chinese…
Shenandoah has claimed its second consecutive ODAC baseball championship with a 5-4 win over top-seeded Randolph-Macon. The Hornet baseball team will be making its sixth consecutive and 10th overall ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Claims Second Consecutive ODAC…
Shenandoah Conservatory music performance major (violin) Madeleine Bohnett ’20 will study musicology abroad this summer with the support of a $5,000 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, ... Continue Reading Conservatory Student Wins Gilman Scholarship…
Shenandoah University Will Celebrate Its 2019 Commencement At 10 am On Saturday, May 18 In The James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics & Events Center. University Commencement is scheduled for 10 a.m. on ... Continue Reading The Hornet Class of 2019…
Students ages 10-18! Compete with us in esports this summer! July 22-26 & July 29-August 2 | 10 am-3 pm daily The camp takes place in the SCiL Lab on Shenandoah University's Winchester ... Continue Reading Level Up At Esports Summer…
On April 28, Bobby Spiers (C ’69) was honored at an awards ceremony held by the Richmond Times-Dispatch (RT-D) for the 365 “Correspondent of the Day” recipients for the year 2018. Spiers was one of ... Continue Reading May 2019 Class Notes
Several Shenandoah Conservatory undergraduate and graduate students across disciplines were recognized for their research and scholarship at this year’s Student Project & Research (SUpr) Summit on ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Conservatory Well Represented Among…
Musical theatre major Will Westray ’19 worked six days as a paid extra on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Written and directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino (“Gilmore Girls”), the series has won eight Emmy ... Continue Reading Westray ’19 Works as Extra…
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting class of 2019 presents “Toxic” at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 6, in Glaize Studio Theatre. This event is free to attend, but please note graphic themes and language are ... Continue Reading Senior Acting Majors Present Showcase,…
Shenandoah University is home to the nation’s top college comedy improv team. Shenandoah’s improv group, The Loaf, beat out 127 other teams to win the College Improv Tournament on Saturday, April 6, ... Continue Reading The Loaf Rises The Recipe…
On Wednesday, May 1, Gov. Ralph Northam designated May as Business Appreciation Month in Virginia. Throughout the month, the governor and members of his administration will visit companies and attend ... Continue Reading Governor Declares May as Business…
Shenandoah Conservatory was recently ranked as one of the top 25 music programs by SuccessfulStudent.org. Programs were selected based on the quality of the program, types of courses offered, the ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Conservatory Ranked as One…