Shenandoah football player Haley Van Voorhis is a trailblazer! Read the full story at Fox 5 D.C. or watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxrdtHtUjt0 ... Continue Reading She’s got game: Haley Van…
Archives for September 2021
Dear students, faculty and staff, Welcome to autumn, which we ushered in this past weekend with plenty of fun and fireworks at our first Fall Festival. We are fully in the midst of a season of ... Continue Reading COVID-19 Update: Flu Shots A…
Throughout the 2021-2022 academic year Shenandoah University's College of Arts & Sciences, as part of its One Big Question series, explores a wide array of topics bound together by one central ... Continue Reading Attend Upcoming One Big Question…
Shenandoah University has chosen Shaun C. Evans, M.M., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, as its first director of athletic bands. As such, he will lead the university’s first marching band, which will step ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Selects the Leader of…
Shenandoah University and the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema have again partnered to present the Virginia Emerging Filmmakers Festival (VEFF) on Friday, Oct. 1, and Saturday, Oct. 2. Judges will select the ... Continue Reading The Virginia Emerging Filmmakers Festival…
Leadership development is a staple at many universities and business schools. At Shenandoah, students engage with dynamic working professionals through the Leadership And Mentoring Program ... Continue Reading Business School Senior Joseph Cooper…
Alumna Julia Baum '21, of Vienna, Virginia, loves numbers. She graduated in May with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) accounting concentration and is currently enrolled in a graduate ... Continue Reading Business Alumna Julia Baum ’21…
Leadership development is a staple at many universities and business schools. At Shenandoah, students engage with dynamic working professionals through the Leadership And Mentoring Program ... Continue Reading LAMP Fulfills Needs For Real-World…
Welcome to the second Friday Faculty Spotlight of September 2021. This week, our focus is on Associate Dean of ICPH Fairfax and Chair and Professor of Pharmacogenomics Arthur “Art” Harralson, ... Continue Reading Friday Faculty Spotlight: Arthur ‘Art’…
The Shenandoah University Institute for Entrepreneurship will offer a low-cost Entrepreneurship & Small Business Certificate (ESBC) program for $99 from the weeks of Dec. 8, 2021, through Jan. 26, ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Offers Low-Cost Entrepreneurship &…
Playwright's Performance is a student group that puts on student works every Thursday in Glaize Studio Theatre at 11:30 p.m. The producing team puts on student-written plays and musicals that are ... Continue Reading Participate In Playwright’s Performance Every…
Student organizations at Shenandoah are required to register and receive approval from the Office of Student Leadership and Development annually. Check if your student organization is considered ... Continue Reading Is Your Student Organization Registered…
What if you could spend all your time doing what you love? Or finally, stop talking about that idea you’ve had and start moving toward actually doing it? Shenandoah University’s Institute for ... Continue Reading Turn Your Ideas Into Action…
Celebrate the Fall Festival at Shenandoah starting at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18. There will be games outside the Health & Life Sciences Building (HLSB); a ’90s block party with a DJ, selfie ... Continue Reading Celebrate the fall with On-Campus…
Kaela Dunlap ’20 (Bachelor of Music in Music Production & Recording Technology (MRPT)) will serve as the production manager of music facilities at Shenandoah Conservatory beginning this month. She ... Continue Reading Dunlap ’20 Appointed Production Manager…
Shenandoah University is one of 70 colleges in the country to be designated as a Great College to Work For and one of only 42 colleges to earn the prestigious Honor Roll status. The Great Colleges to ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Receives Great Colleges…
Kelly Donah ’21 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) is embarking on the national tour of “Cats” playing the role of Rumpleteazer. The tour begins on Sept. 21, in Rochester, New York, and ... Continue Reading Donah ’21 Cast in ‘Cats’…
Auxiliary Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music History Alanna Ropchock Tierno, Ph.D., was featured in a docu-concert performance of Josquin's “Missa Pange lingua.” The video was presented as part of ... Continue Reading Tierno Featured in Docu-concert Performance…
Samuel Bradshaw ’22 (Bachelor of Music in Composition) was awarded the 2021 William Averitt Prize for Excellence in Composition for his percussion quartet “Bury Me Not.” The piece will be performed by ... Continue Reading Bradshaw ’22 Awarded 2021 William…
Kelsee Sweigard ’16 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) was cast in the North American tour of “Pretty Woman: The Musical.” This first national tour is directed and choreographed by Tony ... Continue Reading Sweigard ’16 Cast in North…
Mathilde Handelsman ’20 (Doctor of Music Arts in Performance) was appointed lecturer of piano and director of the Piano Extension Program at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). As head of the piano ... Continue Reading Pianist Handelsman ’20 Appointed to…
Shenandoah University celebrates another successful year by retaining its spot as the second-highest ranked Virginia private school among national universities in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Celebrates New Rankings, Continued…
With a shared vision, Shenandoah University and Valley Health are collaborating to offer this second-ever spirituality conference scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 10, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Brandt ... Continue Reading Register For The Shenandoah University…
*Throughout 2021, the “Publication of Note” portion of the newsletter will highlight some of our director’s favorite histories and reminiscences published in the immediate decades following the Civil ... Continue Reading Publication of Note | September…
Among the various images in MCWI’s growing collections is a carte-de-visite taken at the Addis Gallery in Washington, D.C. of John F. Colburn. A farmer prior to the conflict, he enlisted in the 9th ... Continue Reading Artifact of the Quarter |…
Shenandoah President Tracy Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., is among eight local leaders who have earned a spot in Virginia Business Magazine’s Virginia 500 List. The Virginia 500, which is in its second year, is ... Continue Reading Virginia Business Ranks The State’s…
Welcome to the Friday Faculty Spotlight, this week featuring Assistant Professor of Voice Fotina Naumenko, D.M.A., a soprano who balances teaching and an active performance career, which, in this past ... Continue Reading Friday Faculty Spotlight: Fotina Naumenko…
Shenandoah University’s Black Alumni Network is going strong as it celebrates its first year. After being established in 2020, the group is closing in on 200 members and is presenting its first ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Black Alumni Network…
Take a break from classes and enjoy some one-on-one time with therapy dogs on Wednesday, Sept. 15, from 12:30 - 2 p.m. at the Brandt Student Center, front patio. For more information, contact Myles ... Continue Reading Add Meeting Therapy Dogs To…
Drew Becker ’18 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) will play the title role of Michael Dorsey in the first national tour of the Tony-nominated musical “Tootsie.” The tour begins on Oct. 10 at ... Continue Reading Becker ’18 Cast in Title…
Diego Cortes ’21 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) was cast in the ensemble for the world premiere of “A Crossing: A Dance Musical” as choreographed and directed by Tony Award nominee Joshua ... Continue Reading Cortes ’21 Cast in World…
The Shenandoah University School of Business’ Class of 2021 created something new this year. Students developed and hosted the Shenandoah University School of Business inaugural Legacy Golf Tournament ... Continue Reading Inaugural Golf Tournament Raises $20K…
Students who want to slip some low-key exercise into their study hour will find some help at Smith Library. The university has installed two bike desks on the second floor. The desks have cup ... Continue Reading Smith Library Updates Learning Spaces…
Shenandoah has increased its outdoor seating and gathering spaces with the addition of a new patio outside the Brandt Student Center. The 3,000-square-foot area sits between the student center and ... Continue Reading New Patio Expands Outdoor Seating…
Abigail Payne ’21 of Richmond, Virginia, who graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (marketing concentration), accepted an exciting first job in her chosen field of interest, just three ... Continue Reading Alumna Abigail Payne ’21 Accepts…
"The Laramie Project" auditions are on Tuesday, Sep. 7, and Thursday, Sept. 9, from 11 a.m. to noon and 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Brandt Student Center, Room 115. Auditions consist of cold readings from ... Continue Reading Students: Audition For ‘The Laramie Project’