On a Thursday in May at Shenandoah University, two nationally known children’s authors received the kind of reception usually reserved for pop music stars. Katherine Applegate, the author of more than 150 books, including the 2013 Newbery Medal ... Continue Reading Creating a Culture of Children’s…
Financial Support Available for Veterans Interested in Teaching Careers Funds would cover a significant portion of tuition for up to 10 veterans/military personnel who enter the Career Switcher program
Veterans interested in becoming teachers through Shenandoah University’s Career Switcher program can have half of their tuition covered by Virginia’s Troops to Teachers Center at the College of William & Mary. The Virginia Department of ... Continue Reading Financial Support Available for Veterans…
Shenandoah Career Switcher Graduate Receives High Teaching Honor Kristi Rice ’16 Is Honored With Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award
A graduate of Shenandoah University’s Career Switcher Program is one of two recipients of the U.S. Department of Education and National Security Agency’s Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award. Kristi Rice ’16, teaches at Spotsylvania High ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Career Switcher Graduate Receives…
Getting Youth Excited About Science SU students Create Maker Engineer Lab at Elementary School
This semester, nine Shenandoah University students are teaching hands-on science lessons as part of a partnership with local elementary school students. Through their Reasoning Skills I: Science class, Shenandoah students run a Maker Engineer Lab at ... Continue Reading Getting Youth Excited About Science…
For the Love of An Author Children's Literature Conference Draws Top Authors, Illustrators and Hundreds of Attendees
Patricia Becker-Sabik has attended Shenandoah University’s Children’s Literature Conference every year that she’s been a librarian at a middle school in Loudoun County, Virginia. She tells her students about what she learns from the authors and ... Continue Reading For the Love of An…
Shenandoah now offers 4-year undergraduate education degrees New legislation makes it easier for students to become teachers
On June 24, Gov. Ralph Northam announced that Shenandoah University was one of 15 colleges and universities in the state with new teacher preparation programs that will allow graduates to become teachers after earning four-year degrees in ... Continue Reading Shenandoah now offers 4-year undergraduate…
Acclaimed Children’s Authors Invited To Share Their Stories Shenandoah University Children’s Literature Conference turns page on 34th year
The 34th annual Shenandoah University Children’s Literature Conference kicks off this month with appearances by 16 best-selling children’s authors. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily from June 24 through June 28 in Halpin-Harrison Hall on ... Continue Reading Acclaimed Children’s Authors Invited To…
An Incubator for Literacy Education Degree, Conference, Writing Project and Student Writing Effort Combine To Create a Culture of Literacy Education In Northern Virginia at Shenandoah University
For a few special moments on the afternoon of May 31, the entire student body of Winchester’s Garland R. Quarles Elementary School (GQES) celebrated inside Shenandoah’s Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre (OBT). The pre-kindergarteners through fourth graders ... Continue Reading An Incubator for Literacy Education…
Introducing The School of Education & Leadership A name change has been approved for the School of Education & Human Development
Shenandoah University's Board of Trustees has approved a name change for the School of Education & Human Development, which is now known as the School of Education and Leadership. "We see the name, School of Education & Leadership, better ... Continue Reading Introducing The School of Education…
Education Graduate Student Wins VACTE Award Sujin Chung '18 Embarking On Elementary Education Career After Years In Accounting Field
Sujin Chung '18 has received one of only 11 scholarships awarded recently by the Virginia Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (VACTE), according to Associate Professor of Curriculum & Instruction Karrin Lukacs, Ph.D., who nominated Chung ... Continue Reading Education Graduate Student Wins VACTE…
