Shenandoah University

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Shenandoah University
Motto: Yes you can!
Established: 1875
Type: Private
Endowment: $46,521,236
President: James A. Davis
Undergraduates: 1,606
Location: Winchester, VA, USA
Campus: Small city
Colors: Red and Blue          
Nickname: The Hornets
Website: www.su.edu


Shenandoah University is a comprehensive Level VI private university with an enrolment of approximately 3,300 students in more than 80 programs. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Winchester, Virginia.

US News and World Report's 2008 Best Colleges and Universities ranked Shenandoah University 41st in the South (Master's) category.

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[edit] History

Old Meets New: Historic Abram's Delight Museum (right) and adjacent construction on the Shenandoah University History and Tourism Center (in the foreground is Wilkins Lake)
Old Meets New: Historic Abram's Delight Museum (right) and adjacent construction on the Shenandoah University History and Tourism Center (in the foreground is Wilkins Lake)

The university was founded as Shenandoah Seminary in 1875 in Dayton, Virginia by Dr. Abraham Paul Funkhouser and Professor Jay Newton Fries. Shenandoah Seminary became a junior college in 1924, changing its name to Shenandoah College the following year. Shenandoah Conservatory became a separate corporation in 1937 and began granting four-year degrees. Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music moved to its current 75 acre (305,000 m²) Winchester campus in 1960 and began offering four-year degrees in 1974 (at which time the college and conservatory corporations were merged). Having obtained university status on January 1, 1991, today the Shenandoah student body represents 46 U.S. states and 42 countries.

[edit] Location

A view on the main campus (Alson Smith Library in the background)
A view on the main campus (Alson Smith Library in the background)

The university operates on three primary campuses. Two are in Winchester: the main campus located near Interstate 81, and the Health Professions campus located near the Winchester Medical Center. The third, the Northern Virginia Campus, is located in Leesburg, Virginia. There are also a number of satellite offices and facilities located throughout Winchester.

[edit] Athletics

The Shenandoah University Department of Athletics currently sponsors Men's Intercollegiate Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Lacrosse, Tennis, Golf, Soccer and Track along with Women's Intercollegiate Softball, Basketball, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Track, Volleyball and Tennis. All teams compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III.

[edit] Currently

Future home of the Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business (main campus)
Future home of the Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business (main campus)

Shenandoah is currently undergoing significant expansion, as evidenced by new construction projects such as the Harry F. Byrd School of Business, the Brandt Student Center, the History and Tourism Center, and the forthcoming construction of new administrative offices on the site now housing the Virginia National Guard. More construction, as well, is expected to take place in the coming years around the east campus near Shentel Stadium. This growth parallels increasing recognition on the academic front, notably in the aforementioned US News & World Report Best Colleges and Universities edition.

SU has numerous international partners from all over the world. One of them is with Ulyanovsk State University from Russia. SU also participates in the British Council's Business Education Initiative and Irish-American Scholars program in conjunction with universities and colleges in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

[edit] Schools & Programs

The Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre (main campus)
The Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre (main campus)

The university offers over 80 programs at associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level in six schools:

  • College of Arts and Sciences
  • Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business
  • Shenandoah Conservatory
  • School of Health Professions
  • Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy
  • School of Education & Human Development

[edit] Trivia

  • A 2005 survey conducted by Intel ranked Shenandoah University 56th in its top 100 "Most Unwired Colleges" list, just behind Bucknell University and ahead of such prestigious universities as Cornell and Harvard. The ranking measures accessibility for broadband and wireless Internet.[1]
  • In 1999, Shenandoah University was listed as a finalist for potential debate locations between then-Vice President Al Gore and then-Texas Governor George W. Bush by the Commission on Presidential Debates.[2]
  • According to the university's official history page, the name Shenandoah is derived from the Native American legend of Zynodoa, a brave whose life of strength and courage and his appreciation of beauty resulted in having a river and a valley named for him.

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