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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…

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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…

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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, and…

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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.…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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