Erik Ruane ’27 (Bachelor of Music in Composition) was awarded the 2025 William Averitt Prize for Excellence in Composition for his wind ensemble work, “Hymn of the Fallen.” The piece will be performed ... Continue Reading Ruane ’27 Awarded 2025 William…
Ben Howard Appointed Assistant Professor of Dance
Shenandoah Conservatory announces the appointment of Ben Howard, M.F.A., as assistant professor of dance (modern dance) beginning this August. He succeeds Associate Dean for Academic Success and ... Continue Reading Ben Howard Appointed Assistant Professor…
Shenandoah University, Navy Federal Unveil New Mural That Honors Veterans Artist John Zerbe's 'Above and Beyond' portray's transition from military to civilian life
By Jace Gibson ’26 In honor of military appreciation month, Shenandoah University unveiled a new mural, designed and installed on the exterior of Shingleton Hall by veteran artist John C. Zerbe, in ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University, Navy Federal Unveil…
Shenandoah University Announces The Addition Of Its First Fraternities Sigma Nu and Phi Kappa Tau to join SU in Fall 2025
Shenandoah University continues to expand its Greek life opportunities for students, as it will add two fraternities beginning in Fall 2025. Sigma Nu and Phi Kappa Tau will be the first national ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Announces The Addition…
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 a University of Virginia Summer Research ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Student Accepted to Top…
Shenandoah University Partners With Red Fox Creamery For 150th Anniversary Ice Cream Flavor ‘Buzzy’s Birthday Blast’ is now available at the local creamery, located on the Old Town Winchester walking mall
Shenandoah University has teamed up with Red Fox Creamery in Winchester, Virginia, to release a sweet treat for all to enjoy while celebrating the university’s sesquicentennial in 2025. Red Fox ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Partners With Red…
Shenandoah University Selected To Receive The IIE American Passport Project Grant Grant empowers U.S. students to study abroad, take advantage of international opportunities
Shenandoah University was selected by the Institute of International Education (IIE) to receive an IIE American Passport Project grant that will enable up to 25 Shenandoah students to obtain their ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Selected To Receive…
Reid ’27 Makes Broadway Debut in Lead Role of ‘Hell’s Kitchen’
Amanda Reid ’27 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) will make her Broadway debut in the lead role of Ali in the award-winning musical “Hell’s Kitchen” beginning May 27, at Schubert Theatre. ... Continue Reading Reid ’27 Makes Broadway Debut…
Music Therapy Program Commemorates 50 Years of Innovation and Academic Excellence
Shenandoah Conservatory’s music therapy program celebrated a major milestone this year, commemorating 50 years of innovation and academic excellence with a two-day event for alumni, students and ... Continue Reading Music Therapy Program Commemorates 50…
Student Government Association Announces New Executive Council Council Members Inaugurated on April 24
Written by Natalie Gales ’25 On Thursday, April 24, the Student Government Association held its inauguration ceremony for the 2025-26 Executive Council in the Pruitt Health & Life Sciences ... Continue Reading Student Government Association Announces New…
Meet Miss Apple Blossom Festival 2025 Kira Sledge ’28 is a first-year musical theatre student at Shenandoah University
Shenandoah University first-year musical theatre student Kira Sledge ’28 is experiencing her first Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in a unique way: as Miss Apple Blossom 2025. Sledge, who is from ... Continue Reading Meet Miss Apple Blossom Festival…
Conservatory Performs Receives Grant for Theatre Productions Crescent Cities Charities Award Will Benefit Two Shows
A $10,000 grant from Crescent Cities Charities, Inc., will support two Shenandoah University theatre productions mounted as part of the 2025-26 Conservatory Performs season. Crescent Cities ... Continue Reading Conservatory Performs Receives Grant for…
Grant Benefits Shenandoah Guitar Festival Shenandoah Conservatory Event in June Welcomes Pros, Students and Anyone Who Loves The Instrument
A $13,000 grant from The Augustine Foundation is supplementing Shenandoah Guitar Festival operations this summer. The festival brings together guitar professionals, students, amateurs, enthusiasts, ... Continue Reading Grant Benefits Shenandoah Guitar Festival…
Business Faculty Expertise on Accounting and Financial Management Highlighted By Multiple Media Outlets Published work includes case studies, opinions and more
Shenandoah University School of Business Assistant Professor of Accounting Yunita Anwar, Ph.D., has been seemingly everywhere online and in print this year so far. Dr. Anwar has had two case studies ... Continue Reading Business Faculty Expertise on Accounting…
Shenandoah University Awards Honorary Doctorate To Malaysian Prime Minister President Tracy Fitzsimmons conferred Doctor of Laws to Anwar bin Ibrahim during visit to Malaysia
On behalf of Shenandoah University, President Tracy Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., recently conferred an honorary doctorate degree to Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Anwar bin Ibrahim, in early April. Anwar was ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Awards Honorary Doctorate…
Shenandoah University Unveils New Athletics Bus Design New wrap, developed in partnership with Varsity Travel, heralded as a show of commitment to SU Athletics
Shenandoah University’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, in partnership with Varsity Travel, unveiled a new look for one of its team buses during a ceremony on Tuesday, April 22, at SU’s ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Unveils New Athletics…
Shenandoah Immersive Technology & Business Students Jointly Travel To South Africa GEL Trip Provides Opportunity To Work With South African University and Develop New Ideas
Shenandoah University immersive technology and entrepreneurship/business students melded their disciplines in a unique way, traveling to Cape Town, South Africa, in April for a Global Experiential ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Immersive Technology & Business…
Costume Design Students Create Leather Masks for ‘Falstaff’
Costume design students participated in a leather working workshop with master leather artisan Wheeler “Doc” Stone on Sunday, April 13, to create custom masks for Shenandoah Conservatory’s upcoming ... Continue Reading Costume Design Students Create Leather…
Shelbi Wilkin Appointed Assistant Professor of Costume Design
Shenandoah Conservatory announces the appointment of Shelbi Wilkin, M.F.A., as assistant professor of costume design beginning this August. She succeeds Costume Designer and Professor of Theatre and ... Continue Reading Shelbi Wilkin Appointed Assistant Professor…
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 Service Please,” “Restless,” and ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Hosts an Author…
A Shenandoah University Blossom Celebrate with Tickets to an Official Festival Event and On-Campus Fun
Apple blossom time is celebrated throughout the Winchester-Frederick County area in late April and early May, and Shenandoah University is no exception. While members of the university community can ... Continue Reading A Shenandoah University Blossom Celebrate…
Shenandoah University’s School of Health Professions Honored at Sinclair Health Clinic’s Terry Awards School of Health Professions Received the ‘Community Partner of the Year’ Award
By Natalie Gales ’25 On March 20, Shenandoah University and Sinclair Health Clinic celebrated their partnership at the 2025 Terry Awards ceremony. Dr. Terry Sinclair, clinic co-founder for whom the ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University’s School of Health…
Shenandoah’s Physician Assistant Studies Program Remains Highly Ranked By U.S. News & World Report PA program named No. 1 in Virginia; SU’s physical therapy program jumps 41 spots in latest grad school rankings
Shenandoah University’s physician assistant studies program continues to rank among the nation’s best according to U.S. News & World Report, which listed the program No. 21 out of 205 PA programs ... Continue Reading Shenandoah’s Physician Assistant Studies Program…
Sport Management Students Work NCAA DI Wrestling Championships SU Expands Experiential Learning In Partnership With The NCAA
From March 20-22, three of Shenandoah University’s sport management students attended the NCAA Division I Men’s Wrestling National Championships held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Brian ... Continue Reading Sport Management Students Work NCAA…
The Countdown to Commencement Begins! It’s a Season Full of Fun for Graduating Students
The commencement season is full of exciting events for Shenandoah University’s graduating students. It’s a time for making memories at everything from a graduation kickoff and spring formal to Grad ... Continue Reading The Countdown to Commencement Begins!…
Shenandoah University Pharm.D. Student Sheridan Herron ’26 Wins APhA-ASP National Patient Counseling Competition SU has 3 national winners since it started competing in 2000, most in the nation in that span
Shenandoah University third-year Pharm.D. student Sheridan Herron ’26 won the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) National Patient Counseling Competition during ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Pharm.D. Student Sheridan…
New Works Incubator Initiative Presents Staged Reading of ‘Boundless: A New Musical’
Shenandoah Conservatory’s New Works Incubator initiative will present a staged reading of “Boundless: A New Musical” at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, in Ruebush Hall, Room 128. The ... Continue Reading New Works Incubator Initiative Presents…
Summer 2025 Courses in the School of Health Professions Take courses that could lead to a graduate certificate!
Thinking about pursuing a graduate degree? Try some courses this summer to familiarize yourself with graduate work and even start what could lead to a graduate certificate or degree! Courses offered ... Continue Reading Summer 2025 Courses in the…
Shenandoah University Named a Voter Friendly Campus for Third Time SU one of 272 schools recognized by The Campus Vote Project and NASPA
By Jace Gibson ’26 Shenandoah University has been given a 2025-26 Voter Friendly Campus designation for the third straight time by the Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project and NASPA – Student ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Named a Voter…
Shenandoah University Welcomes New Sorority Alpha Gamma Delta Alpha Gam is Shenandoah’s first sorority; adds more Greek life opportunities for students
Shenandoah University students will soon have more opportunities to experience Greek life, as the university welcomes the social sorority Alpha Gamma Delta (ΑΓΔ) to the university community starting ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Welcomes New Sorority…
Noyalas Publishes First Civil War Book For Young Readers Shenandoah University professor co-authors ‘A Civil War Journey at Cool Spring’ with wife Brandy Noyalas
By Jace Gibson ’26 Jonathan Noyalas ’01, M.A., director of Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute, and his wife Brandy Noyalas ’02 recently published a new book to educate young ... Continue Reading Noyalas Publishes First Civil War…
Capture Spring In Bloom Share Your Images Of The Daffodils Brightening Shenandoah’s Main Campus
Springtime at Shenandoah University brings with it many delightful sights: budding trees, students gathering outside in the Quad and along a glistening Abrams Creek, and to begin the season – the ... Continue Reading Capture Spring In Bloom Share…
School of Business Accounting Professor Quoted Extensively Martin Mulyadi, Ph.D., Offers Varied Perspectives In Several Publications
Several publications recently have quoted Shenandoah University School of Business Professor of Accounting Martin Mulyadi, Ph.D. In a Sportico article, he analyzed how FIFA's Club World Cup responds ... Continue Reading School of Business Accounting Professor…
Shenandoah Students Gain Global Perspective Through Virtual Exchange Virtually Going Global debuted in Fall 2024 with the support of the Stevens Initiative
In Fall 2024, Shenandoah University incorporated Virtually Going Global into its First-Year Seminar (FYS) program, introducing a virtual exchange element to the university’s established curriculum for ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Students Gain Global Perspective…
Spring 2025 Strong Scholars Named Scholarship Helps Defray Costs During Student-Teaching for Aspiring Educators
Four Shenandoah University students studying to be educators have been named recipients of $5,000 Hattie M. Strong Foundation Scholarships for Spring 2025. These awards are provided to cover costs ... Continue Reading Spring 2025 Strong Scholars Named…
Shenandoah Receives Largest-Ever Claude Moore Grant Funds Will Support Literacy-Promoting Efforts
Shenandoah University’s Claude Moore Center for Literacy (CMCL) has received its largest-ever grant from the Fairfax, Virginia-based Claude Moore Charitable Foundation, in the form of a $101,000 ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Receives Largest-Ever Claude Moore…