Shenandoah University is thrilled to launch an innovative partnership with Verto Education, allowing its learners to start college abroad before continuing their studies on campus. Incoming students ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Partners With Verto…
Shenandoah’s Top 10 of 2021 It's that time of year. Check out what made this year so special at SU!
As 2021 draws to a close, we’re taking a few moments to look back at Shenandoah’s top videos, posts and stories of the year. Here are our Top 10s featuring commencement, our COVID-19 management ... Continue Reading Shenandoah’s Top 10 of 2021…
Jump into J Term! If you’re looking for some fun events to participate in over the break, check out some of the activities that are taking place during J Term.
Let’s jump into J Term! If you’re looking for some fun events to participate in over the break, check out some of the activities that are taking place during J Term. Stop by the Brandt Student Center ... Continue Reading Jump into J Term! If…
12th Annual Business Symposium Attracts Record Attendance Sold-Out Event Features World-Class Entrepreneurs Daymond John and Amilya Antonetti As Keynote Speakers
Shenandoah University School of Business hosted its 12th Annual Business Symposium on Nov. 12, featuring ‘Shark Tank’ Star Daymond John And Genius Key CEO And Creator Amilya Antonetti as keynote ... Continue Reading 12th Annual Business Symposium Attracts…
Destress for Success Week Winter break is quickly approaching and so is finals week, which runs from Monday, Dec. 13, through Saturday, Dec. 18.
It's time for Destress for Success Week! Check out the events SU has planned to relieve some stress during exams! All week long, there will be a relaxation room in Cooley to provide quiet time for ... Continue Reading Destress for Success Week Winter…
Nine PALM Students Complete Internships with Organizations throughout the U.S.
Nine graduate students pursuing a Master of Science in Performing Arts Leadership & Management have successfully completed internships with an array of performing arts organizations throughout the ... Continue Reading Nine PALM Students Complete Internships…
Students Selected for the 2021 Vivian Christy Sansoni Award Scholarship provides tuition to the Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy for young people interested in the performing arts
In 2015, the family of Vivian Christy Sansoni created a scholarship to the Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy (SCAA) in her memory. Vivian was a youth actress, singer, dancer, and musician and the ... Continue Reading Students Selected for the 2021…
Shenandoah Conservatory Announces Winners of the 2021/22 Student Soloists Competition
Shenandoah Conservatory announces the winners of the 2021/22 Student Soloists Competition (SSC) on behalf of the SSC committee. The final round of the competition was held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Conservatory Announces Winners of…
Pharmacy Student Has Banner Year Sidrah Alam ’22 Closes Out 2021 With SingleCare Best Up-And-Coming Pharmacist Award & Talks About Her Year In Our Q&A
Shenandoah University Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Science in Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine student Sidrah Alam ’22 was recently named SingleCare’s Best Up-and-Coming Pharmacist. In ... Continue Reading Pharmacy Student Has Banner Year…
British Tenor David Butt Philip Works with Music Students
British tenor David Butt Philip presented a masterclass to music students on Thursday, Nov. 11, and participated in an informal Q&A session with students about the opera industry on Friday, Nov. ... Continue Reading British Tenor David Butt Philip…
WATTS Night Out Is Back WATTS Night Out Raises Funds for Those Experiencing Homelessness
WATTS Night Out, an annual event held at Shenandoah University to raise funds and awareness for the Winchester Area Temporary Thermal Shelter (WATTS), occurs on Friday, Nov. 12, this year starting at ... Continue Reading WATTS Night Out Is Back…
Chen ’19 Co-presents on Global Learning and IDE at AAC&U Annual Meeting
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Professor of Dance Ting-Yu Chen ’19, Ed.D., will present alongside Director of Collaborative Online International Learning Younus Mirza, Ph.D., and Associate ... Continue Reading Chen ’19 Co-presents on Global…
Conservatory Choir Collaborates with IN Series for ‘Bohème in the Heights’
After a successful collaboration on a virtual production of Gluck’s “Orfée et Eurydice” in the fall of 2020, the Washington, D.C.-based opera company IN Series asked Shenandoah University’s ... Continue Reading Conservatory Choir Collaborates with IN…
Friday Faculty Spotlight: Eric Leonard, Ph.D. Discover How Political Science Professor Has Forged A Unique, Teaching-And-Student-Centered Career
Welcome to the Friday Faculty Spotlight, which today is on Professor of Political Science & Henkel Family Chair in International Affairs Eric K. Leonard, Ph.D. In this week’s spotlight Q&A, ... Continue Reading Friday Faculty Spotlight: Eric Leonard,…
Undergraduates Can Earn Credit, Live On Campus During J Term J Term Offerings Include Courses That Satisfy ShenEd Requirements, Seminars With Experiential Components, and More!
Shenandoah University is offering current undergraduate, incoming, and visiting students the chance to earn additional undergraduate credits this winter by taking a January term (J Term) course. The ... Continue Reading Undergraduates Can Earn Credit, Live…
Shenandoah University VR Program Receives Seed Grant to Support International Collaboration Shenandoah and Arab American University to establish partnership advancing health care education through the use of virtual reality
A seed grant sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Palestinian Affairs Unit, through the Institute of International Education (IIE), will help Shenandoah University and Arab American University ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University VR Program Receives…
12th Annual Business Symposium Brings High-Performing Leaders To Shenandoah, Nov. 12 Author and ‘Shark Tank’ Star Daymond John And 'Genius Key' CEO And Creator Amilya Antonetti Serve As Keynote Speakers
Shenandoah University School of Business will host its 12th Annual Business Symposium on Friday, Nov. 12, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Halpin-Harrison Hall on the university’s main campus in Winchester. ... Continue Reading 12th Annual Business Symposium Brings…
Shenandoah University Recognizes National Transfer Student Week Week Runs Oct. 18 - 22
Shenandoah University is participating in National Transfer Student Week, Oct. 18 - 22, in conjunction with the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS). National Student Transfer ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Recognizes National Transfer…
Vocal/Choral Division Commissions New Arrangements for Collaborative Choral and Brass Concert
Associate Professor of Voice and Director of Choral Activities Matt Oltman, D.M.A., and the Shenandoah Conservatory Vocal/Choral Division commissioned Vince Peterson ’24 (Doctor of Musical Arts in ... Continue Reading Vocal/Choral Division Commissions New Arrangements…
Broadway Stage Manager Cohen Works with TDP Students
Broadway stage manager Michael Rico Cohen worked with theatre design and production (TDP) students on Sunday, Sept. 26, and Monday, Sept. 27. He joined the student stage manager for the tech process ... Continue Reading Broadway Stage Manager Cohen Works…
Shenandoah Summer Scholars Share Results of Research Students focused on a variety of topics under supervision of College of Arts & Sciences faculty members
Over the summer students in the College of Arts & Sciences worked on research topics under a professor's supervision. The Summer Scholars Research Symposium provided a chance for them to showcase ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Summer Scholars Share Results…
Shenandoah Fall Break 2021
Are you staying on campus or around Winchester during Fall Break? Check out ways to pumpkin-spice up your Fall Break during this autumn season. SU will be providing activities such as Shenandoah ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Fall Break 2021
ShenCoLAB Featured in Inside Higher Ed’s Academic Minute
ShenCoLAB was recently featured on Inside Higher Ed’s Academic Minute program. Visit www.insidehighered.com/audio/2021/09/15/learning-through-collaborative-exploration-arts to learn more and listen. ... Continue Reading ShenCoLAB Featured in Inside Higher…
COVID-19 Update: Flu Shots A Message From President Tracy Fitzsimmons
Dear students, faculty and staff, Welcome to autumn, which we ushered in this past weekend with plenty of fun and fireworks at our first Fall Festival. We are fully in the midst of a season of ... Continue Reading COVID-19 Update: Flu Shots A…
Business School Senior Joseph Cooper ’22 Credits His LAMP Mentor For Support And Guidance Mentors Fulfill Needs For Real-World Business Perspectives
Leadership development is a staple at many universities and business schools. At Shenandoah, students engage with dynamic working professionals through the Leadership And Mentoring Program ... Continue Reading Business School Senior Joseph Cooper…
Business Alumna Julia Baum ’21 Praises LAMP Mentor For Support And Guidance Mentors Fulfill Needs For Real-World Business Perspectives
Alumna Julia Baum '21, of Vienna, Virginia, loves numbers. She graduated in May with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) accounting concentration and is currently enrolled in a graduate ... Continue Reading Business Alumna Julia Baum ’21…
LAMP Fulfills Needs For Real-World Business Perspectives Students Leverage LAMP Mentors for Career Guidance & Leadership Development
Leadership development is a staple at many universities and business schools. At Shenandoah, students engage with dynamic working professionals through the Leadership And Mentoring Program ... Continue Reading LAMP Fulfills Needs For Real-World…
Shenandoah Offers Low-Cost Entrepreneurship & Small Business Certificate Program, Dec. 8-Jan 26 Cohort-Style Program Equips Entrepreneurs At All Levels To Turn Ideas Into Action
The Shenandoah University Institute for Entrepreneurship will offer a low-cost Entrepreneurship & Small Business Certificate (ESBC) program for $99 from the weeks of Dec. 8, 2021, through Jan. 26, ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Offers Low-Cost Entrepreneurship &…
Turn Your Ideas Into Action With Shenandoah Virtual Entrepreneurship Workshop, Sept. 25, Oct. 19, Nov. 10 Attend One Of Three Sessions To Gain The Tools, Relationships And Insights to Bring Your Business Goals to Fruition
What if you could spend all your time doing what you love? Or finally, stop talking about that idea you’ve had and start moving toward actually doing it? Shenandoah University’s Institute for ... Continue Reading Turn Your Ideas Into Action…
Tierno Featured in Docu-concert Performance of Josquin’s ‘Missa Pange lingua’
Auxiliary Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music History Alanna Ropchock Tierno, Ph.D., was featured in a docu-concert performance of Josquin's “Missa Pange lingua.” The video was presented as part of ... Continue Reading Tierno Featured in Docu-concert Performance…
Bradshaw ’22 Awarded 2021 William Averitt Prize for Excellence in Composition
Samuel Bradshaw ’22 (Bachelor of Music in Composition) was awarded the 2021 William Averitt Prize for Excellence in Composition for his percussion quartet “Bury Me Not.” The piece will be performed by ... Continue Reading Bradshaw ’22 Awarded 2021 William…
Sweigard ’16 Cast in North American Tour of ‘Pretty Woman: The Musical’
Kelsee Sweigard ’16 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) was cast in the North American tour of “Pretty Woman: The Musical.” This first national tour is directed and choreographed by Tony ... Continue Reading Sweigard ’16 Cast in North…
Pianist Handelsman ’20 Appointed to UNH Faculty & Performs at Tanglewood
Mathilde Handelsman ’20 (Doctor of Music Arts in Performance) was appointed lecturer of piano and director of the Piano Extension Program at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). As head of the piano ... Continue Reading Pianist Handelsman ’20 Appointed to…
Publication of Note | September 2021 Tunstall Smith, ed. “Richard Snowden Andrews: Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding the First Maryland Artillery (Andrews’ Battalion) Confederate States Army.” Baltimore, MD: Press of Sun Job Printing Office, 1910.
*Throughout 2021, the “Publication of Note” portion of the newsletter will highlight some of our director’s favorite histories and reminiscences published in the immediate decades following the Civil ... Continue Reading Publication of Note | September…
Friday Faculty Spotlight: Fotina Naumenko Meet Dr. Naumenko, an assistant professor of voice with a busy performance career and deep devotion to her students
Welcome to the Friday Faculty Spotlight, this week featuring Assistant Professor of Voice Fotina Naumenko, D.M.A., a soprano who balances teaching and an active performance career, which, in this past ... Continue Reading Friday Faculty Spotlight: Fotina Naumenko…
Shenandoah University Black Alumni Network Marks A Full Year New Events, Continued Growth on the Horizon
Shenandoah University’s Black Alumni Network is going strong as it celebrates its first year. After being established in 2020, the group is closing in on 200 members and is presenting its first ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Black Alumni Network…