Shenandoah University News

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…

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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…

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Senior Dance Students Gain Professional Experience in NYC, Los Angeles and Las Vegas

The senior dance class of 2025 had incredible, once-in-a-lifetime experiences in New York City, Los Angeles and Las Vegas over winter break. Eleven senior dancers…

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Shenandoah Conservatory Announces Winners of the 2025/26 Student Soloists Competition

Shenandoah Conservatory announces the winners of the 2025/26 Student Soloists Competition (SSC) on behalf of the SSC committee. Competition Winners Christopher Gilley, cello (Category I)…

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Gerald and Paula McNichols Family Foundation Establishes Endowed Scholarship At Shenandoah

Endowment will support students who demonstrate financial need, with emphasis on engineering and business programs

Thanks to the generosity of the Gerald and Paula McNichols Family Foundation, a new endowed scholarship was established at Shenandoah University in February. The scholarship…

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Shenandoah University Partners With Toucan Education Programs

SU to serve as a School of Record for Toucan’s study abroad summer programming

Shenandoah University has partnered with Toucan Education Programs, a study abroad program provider in Belize, to allow students within and outside the SU community an…

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Jennifer Steele Named Dean Of Shenandoah Conservatory

Steele to join Shenandoah University on July 1

Shenandoah University is pleased to announce that Jennifer Smolos Steele, Ph.D., has been named the new dean of Shenandoah Conservatory. Dr. Steele has held various…

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February 2025 Class Notes

On Feb. 10, Alice Hammel (C ’87, ’99) announced her partnership with the Saudi Music Commission and will travel to Saudi Arabia to train educators…

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New Interdisciplinary Graduate Music Therapy Program Launches This Fall

In partnership with Shenandoah University’s Division of Counselor Education, the Shenandoah Conservatory music therapy program has launched a new graduate degree, the Master of Arts…

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