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| Motto | Yes you can! |
| Established | 1875 |
| Type | Private |
| Endowment | $46,521,236[citation needed] |
| President | Tracy Fitzsimmons |
| Undergraduates | 1,606 |
| Location | 1460 University Drive Winchester, Virginia 22601, United States |
| Campus | Small city |
| Former names | - Shenandoah Seminary (founding in 1875-1925) - Shenandoah College (1925-1991) - Shenandoah Conservatory (separate institution 1937-1974) |
| Colors | red and blue |
| Nickname | The Hornets |
| Website | su.edu |
Shenandoah University is an American private university with an enrollment of approximately 3,400 students in more than eighty programs. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Winchester, Virginia.
U.S. News & World Report's 2010 Best Colleges and Universities listing ranked the university at 31st out of 572 institutions offering master's-degree programs in the Southern U.S.[citation needed]
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History
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. In 1960, Shenandoah College and the Shenandoah Conservatory moved to the current seventy-five-acre (305,000 m²) Winchester campus 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 University student body represents forty-six U.S. states while the student body and faculty combined represents seventy-three countries.
Location
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.
Academics
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Schools and programs
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The university offers over eighty programs at associate-, bachelor's-, master's-, and doctoral-degree levels in six schools:
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Athletics
The university's Department of Athletics sponsors twenty intercollegiate sports, ten for men and ten for women.
The men's sports are:
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The women's sports are:
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All teams compete as members of the Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the department holds membership in:
- USA South Athletic Conference
- Colonial States Athletic Conference (men's lacrosse)
- Middle Atlantic Corporation (field hockey, track and field (indoor and outdoor))
In the Spring of 2008, the women's softball team captured its first-ever USA South Athletic Conference championship in school history, finishing with a record of 30-12 (15-3 in conference).
Campus expansion
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Shenandoah is currently[clarification needed] undergoing significant expansion, as evidenced by new construction projects such as Halpin-Harrison Hall, the new home of the Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 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 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 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges and Universities edition.
Partnership relations
The university has partner-institution memorandum-of-understanding agreements with thirty-six international colleges and universities. One such partner institution is the Ulyanovsk State University in Ulyanovsk, Russia.
It 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.
Notable alumni
- Carter Beauford, drummer of the Dave Matthews Band
Trivia
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- A 2005 survey conducted by Intel ranked the university at 56th in its top-100 "Most Unwired Colleges" list, just behind Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and ahead of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The ranking measures accessibility for broadband and wireless internet.[1]
- 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.
References
External links
- su.edu, university's official website
- su.edu/conseratory, Shenandoah Conservatory's module
- [dead link]Institute for Government & Public Service
- [dead link]The Knowledge Point - Shenandoah University History and Tourism Center
- Virtual Campus Tour
- "Shenandoah University", undated profile with rankings at U.S. News & World Report
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Coordinates: 39°9′58.1″N 78°9′34.3″W / 39.166139°N 78.159528°W
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