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Northern Virginia KidWind Challenge Held at Shenandoah Two dozen teams displayed their solar or wind projects at the event

March 20, 2024

Rooftop solar panels at Shenandoah University.

Twenty-four teams (over one hundred elementary through high school youth) competed in the Northern Virginia KidWind Challenge at Shenandoah University in the Brandt Student Center on March 14. The entire event was hosted by Visiting Associate Professor of Education Studies Diane Painter, Ph.D., from Shenandoah's Division of Education and Leadership … [Read more...] about Northern Virginia KidWind Challenge Held at Shenandoah Two dozen teams displayed their solar or wind projects at the event

Filed Under: Magazine News, News Tagged With: Diane Painter, green, KidWind, KidWind Challenge, sustainability

Shenandoah Further Supports Sustainability in Hosting KidWind Competition Faculty Member Also Assists KidWind Teams From Loudoun County

April 28, 2023

Neighborhood WATTS, KidWind solar challenge high school team from Loudoun County.

Shenandoah University, a stalwart of The Princeton Review’s “Guide to Green Colleges,” has extended the reach of its sustainability efforts to middle and high school communities.  Over spring break, the university hosted the KidWind Northern Virginia Regional Challenge – a renewable energy design and construction student competition. Two … [Read more...] about Shenandoah Further Supports Sustainability in Hosting KidWind Competition Faculty Member Also Assists KidWind Teams From Loudoun County

Filed Under: General, Magazine News, School of Education Tagged With: Diane Painter, green, KidWind, sustainability

More Native Plants Coming to Cool Spring Grant funding will benefit the soil, birds, mammals, and insects

April 21, 2023

Shenandoah River Campus at Cool Spring Battlefield

The Shenandoah University River Campus at Cool Spring Battlefield in Clarke County, Virginia, will soon feature more native grasses and wildflowers, courtesy of grant funding.  Shenandoah is receiving the assistance as a subrecipient of a grant awarded to the Rolling Ridge Conservancy from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Small … [Read more...] about More Native Plants Coming to Cool Spring Grant funding will benefit the soil, birds, mammals, and insects

Filed Under: Magazine News, University Home Tagged With: Cool Spring, Grants, native grasses, wildflowers

Shenandoah’s Electric Car Culture Gets Charged Up A Group of Faculty, Staff Share Tips, Stories About Their Electric Vehicles

July 2, 2021

Electric-Car

They call themselves the Electric Car Brigade: a small group of Shenandoah faculty and staff who bond over their love for charged cars, a cleaner planet and avoiding time at the pump. We love each other. We take care of each other. Electric cars are becoming more common, and we’re moving in the direction where we’re using renewable energy to … [Read more...] about Shenandoah’s Electric Car Culture Gets Charged Up A Group of Faculty, Staff Share Tips, Stories About Their Electric Vehicles

Filed Under: General, University Home

Shenandoah Ranks Among Nation’s List of Green Colleges University Featured in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges 2021 Edition

October 28, 2020

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Shenandoah University is one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review. Shenandoah is among 416 green colleges featured in “The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2021 Edition.” The guide was released on Oct. 20, and is free at www.princetonreview.com/green-guide. The university has made … [Read more...] about Shenandoah Ranks Among Nation’s List of Green Colleges University Featured in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges 2021 Edition

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Shenandoah Shines With Solar Power System New rooftop solar installation is largest among all of Virginia’s higher-education institutes

November 15, 2019

Smith-Library-Solar-Panels

Shenandoah University now boasts the largest rooftop solar power system of any Virginia college or university. Through a partnership with the solar power company Secure Futures, of Staunton, Virginia, a total of 1,337 solar panels are spread across three buildings: Alson H. Smith, Jr. Library | 126 panels at 2,580 square feet Ohrstrom-Bryant … [Read more...] about Shenandoah Shines With Solar Power System New rooftop solar installation is largest among all of Virginia’s higher-education institutes

Filed Under: Environmental Studies Spotlight, University Home

Shenandoah University Hosts ‘Greenweek 2018’ Weeklong Sessions Reinforce Recycling, Sustainability and Energy Conservation

April 20, 2018

Energy Awareness Day

Shenandoah University students, faculty and staff took the university's "green" temperature with a series of sustainability-based events during the week leading up to Earth Day on April 22." “Greenweek 2018 is run by a few different entities that are all in support of sustainability initiatives on campus in support of, and in conjunction with, … [Read more...] about Shenandoah University Hosts ‘Greenweek 2018’ Weeklong Sessions Reinforce Recycling, Sustainability and Energy Conservation

Filed Under: General, News

Shenandoah University Sustainability Facts Educating and inspiring others to reduce, reuse and recycle

April 19, 2018

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What makes Shenandoah University a sustainable community? Here are a few facts that demonstrate our commitment to educating and inspiring others to reduce, reuse and recycle with an emphasis on the related human impacts to the environment and making small changes that can make a big impact. Sustainability Facts Shenandoah was recently selected … [Read more...] about Shenandoah University Sustainability Facts Educating and inspiring others to reduce, reuse and recycle

Filed Under: About, News, University Home

University Efforts to Reforest River Campus Tributaries Highlighted by Chesapeake Forests Program

May 12, 2015

Cool Spring Riparian Buffer

The Chesapeake Forests Program, an initiative of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, has highlighted university efforts to reforest the four short tributaries running off the Blue Ridge Mountains through the Shenandoah River Campus at Cool Spring Battlefield and into the Shenandoah River. According to a post on the organization’s blog, “these … [Read more...] about University Efforts to Reforest River Campus Tributaries Highlighted by Chesapeake Forests Program

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Shenandoah University Joins Cooperative Agreement to Pave the Way for Solar Energy

January 30, 2015

Solar Power

Implementing solar power on a college or university campus is quite a challenge – especially for institutions that lack the expertise and resources to traverse a path filled with regulatory considerations, technical designs and existing laws that govern solar energy. To address this challenge, Shenandoah University is one of 15 Council of … [Read more...] about Shenandoah University Joins Cooperative Agreement to Pave the Way for Solar Energy

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CICV, DOE, solar, solar energy, solar panels, solar power, SunShot, U.S. Department of Energy

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