The Big Little University Rising
Helen Zebarth, RN, (shown above, at left, in blue) has retired after 43 years with Shenandoah University. During her tenure, Zebarth served as an associate professor in the Eleanor Wade Custer School ... Continue Reading Helen Zebarth Retires From Nursing…
Shenandoah University celebrated its 2022 Commencement on Saturday, May 21, in the James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics and Events Center. The ceremony celebrated 237 August 2021 graduates, 348 December ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Celebrates Graduates At 2022…
Shenandoah Conservatory’s voice pedagogy graduate program has achieved a record number of accepted papers for presentation at the Voice Foundation’s 51st anniversary symposium “Care of the ... Continue Reading Seven Research Projects Accepted for…
Alyson Zieg ’24 (Bachelor of Music in Performance – Trumpet) received a fellowship to attend and perform at the Mostly Modern Festival (MMF) in Saratoga Springs, New York, this summer. The festival ... Continue Reading Zieg ’24 Awarded Mostly Modern…
Throughout this academic year, we’ve been getting to know our faculty members better through the Friday Faculty Spotlight. Since the SUN-e publishes only on Wednesdays throughout the summer months, ... Continue Reading Friday Faculty Spotlight: Sharon Simon,…
Following a national search, Shenandoah Conservatory is delighted to announce the appointment of Colin Davin, M.M., as director of the guitar studio and associate professor of guitar beginning August ... Continue Reading Colin Davin Appointed Director of…
The Shenandoah University Children’s Literature Conference (CLC) is in full swing with a slate of virtual author/illustrator visits and happy hours that will lead up to a concluding, two-day in-person ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University’s Children’s Literature Conference…
Shenandoah University will celebrate 1,337 graduates at its 2022 spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 21, inside the James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics and Events Center. The 2022 University ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University To Celebrate 1,337…
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw was featured as the 2021/22 Pulitzer Prize Composer series featured artist. She participated in a brief residency at the conservatory from Monday, April ... Continue Reading Composer Caroline Shaw in Residence…
The recording of the complete “Sonate a Quattro” by Rossini featuring Assistant Professor of Cello Julian Schwarz, M.M., was nominated for Classical Recording of the Year at the 2022 East Coast Music ... Continue Reading Julian Schwarz – Spring 2022…
The short film “Noisy” written and directed by Visiting Associate Professor of Acting Cedric Hill, B.A., was selected to screen at The American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase in Cannes, France, ... Continue Reading Hill’s ‘Noisy’ to Screen at…
Assistant Dean for Student Learning, Director of Acting and Associate Professor of Theatre Carolyn Coulson, Ph.D., organized the session “Teaching Medieval Drama to Today’s Students” at the ... Continue Reading Coulson Organizes Inclusive Pedagogical Session…
Shenandoah University psychology student Logan Williams ’24 said recently that college wasn’t an option when he was nearing his final years of high school a decade ago. He never could have imagined ... Continue Reading Military Experience Leads Army Vet…
The Shenandoah University Institute for Entrepreneurship will offer a low-cost Entrepreneurship & Small Business Certificate (ESBC) program for $99 from June 8, 2022, through Aug. 3, 2022. The ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Offers Low-Cost Entrepreneurship…
Grieving the loss of a loved one? You are not alone! Grief and loss can affect various areas of our lives, including in personal, academic, social and spiritual aspects. Sometimes it helps to simply ... Continue Reading Receive Support When It’s A…
On April 24, 2022, Ronn McFarlane (C ’75) performed at the Mainstay in Rock Hall, Maryland. On May 7, 2022, Thomas Wilkins (C ’78) was presented an honorary doctorate from Boston Conservatory at ... Continue Reading May 2022 Class Notes
Shenandoah University Assistant Professor of Virtual and Augmented Reality Mohammad Obeid, Ph.D., recently secured a $95,000 research grant from the Center for Islam in the Contemporary World to ... Continue Reading SU Professor Working On Educational…
Members of the Muslim community have just completed the holy month of Ramadan, which is the 9th month of the Islamic calendar and marks the month in which the Qur’an was revealed. It is a month of ... Continue Reading Muslim Community Resources At Shenandoah…
Violist Dan Zhang ’11 (Artist Diploma) will serve as an adjunct faculty member at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., beginning this fall. She currently teaches at Washington ... Continue Reading Violist Zhang ’11 Appointed Adjunct…
Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, Chair of Keyboard Division and Professor of Piano John O’Conor, Mus.D., performed Beethoven’s “Emperor Concerto” with the Madison Chamber Orchestra as conducted by ... Continue Reading John O’Conor – 2022 Spring…
Assistant Professor of Voice (Soprano) Fotina Naumenko, D.M.A., recently collaborated with the Skylark Vocal Ensemble, composer Greg Brown and best-selling author Dan Brown (author of “The Da Vinci ... Continue Reading Naumenko Collaborates on Program Exploring…
Natasha Davis ’07 (Master of Fine Arts in Dance) was appointed special assistant to the president for strategic planning and compliance at Houghton College in Houghton, New York. Her choreography was ... Continue Reading Davis ’07 Appointed Special Assistant…
Shenandoah University's Office of Marketing & Communications is always trying to find the best ways to share Shenandoah's story, which, at heart, is your story. Each individual member of the ... Continue Reading Your Story Is Shenandoah’s Story!
Shenandoah University will host a Veterans Community Engagement Forum on Thursday, June 2, at 1 p.m. in Halpin-Harrison Hall. The event will bring together veterans and private, public and ... Continue Reading Shenandoah to Host Veterans Community…
Carina (Stern) Nasrallah ’15, a graduate of Shenandoah University’s Master of Science in Athletic Training and Performing Arts Medicine certificate programs, is one of almost 50 dance medicine ... Continue Reading MSAT/PAM Grad Contributing to New…
Chair of Instrumental Division, Coordinator for Conservatory in the Community and Professor of Saxophone Timothy Roberts, D.M.A., enjoyed an intense spring semester of performing and teaching while on ... Continue Reading Roberts Performs and Teaches in…
Adjunct Instructor of Music (Songwriting) Music Kenny Sharpless, B.A., invited Michaela Brayboy ’22 (Bachelor of Arts in Recording & Audio Arts) and Chase Greene ’22 (Bachelor of Arts in Recording ... Continue Reading Brayboy ’22 and Greene ’22…
