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Public Health Class Gets Firsthand Look At Policymaking

Students in Health Policy course visited the U.S. Capitol, Supreme Court Building in Washington D.C.

During the Spring 2025 semester, the Health Policy class taught by Aaron Blight, Ed.D., assistant professor of public health, traveled to the nation’s capital to…

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Shenandoah Students Creating VR Experience That Follows The Lewis And Clark Trail

‘Following in Their Footsteps’ immerses users in key moments, stories of the famed cross-country expedition

A team of students at Shenandoah University is wrapping up work on a groundbreaking virtual reality project that will change how people learn about and…

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Shenandoah Student Accepted to Top Summer Research Internships

Professor Calls Mackenzie “Mac” Watkins ’26 A ‘Shining Example of the Best of Our Students’

It’s not often that a student must choose between two prestigious summer research programs. Mackenzie “Mac” Watkins ’26 was accepted out of 400 applicants for…

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Shenandoah University Hosts an Author Reading Event for Alicia Cahalane

Cahalane Visits Shenandoah University's Smith Library for a Semesterly Author Reading Event

By Jace Gibson, ’26 As a part of a semesterly guest writer series, Shenandoah University’s English Department invited Alicia Cahalane, author of the novellas “Room…

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Shenandoah University Competes In VFIC’s Applied Ethics Bowl

Students Aurora Padilla-Jimenez, Emily Dendis and Randall Watson debate ethical dilemmas involving AI

Shenandoah University students Aurora Padilla-Jimenez ’26, Emily Dendis ’27 and Randall Watson ’28, competed in the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges’ 25th annual Applied Ethics…

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Shenandoah’s Avalon Literature And Arts Magazine Receives Honor

Student magazine earns ‘distinguished’ designation in Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines contest

By Jace Gibson ’26 Shenandoah University’s Avalon Literature and Arts Magazine recently was recognized as a “distinguished” magazine by the National Council of Teachers of…

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‘The Great Experiment’ Featured On NPR’s ‘Weekend Edition Saturday’

Shenandoah University-developed VR experience recreates 1787 debates that led to the creation of Electoral College

“The Great Experiment,” an educational virtual reality experience developed by the Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning (SCiL) at Shenandoah University, was featured on NPR’s “Weekend…

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Shenandoah Celebrates Día de los Muertos At McKown Plaza

Experience The Mexican Cultural Celebration On Nov. 1

Shenandoah University’s Día de los Muertos celebration will take place for the first time on campus. Live singers and instrumentalists; dancers from Oaxaca, Mexico; complementary…

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Center For Story Celebrates Inaugural Story Fest

Stop By The Pruitt HLSB Rotunda On Oct. 19 To Learn From Local Panelists

The Shenandoah University Center for Story‘s inaugural Story Fest will introduce the center to SU and the local community, with five different speakers, Q&A sessions,…

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Shenandoah University Releases ‘The Great Experiment’

Educational VR experience immerses users in 1787 debates that led to the creation of the Electoral College

A Shenandoah University-produced immersive history virtual reality experience that places users at the center of a defining moment in U.S. political history is now available…

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