Shenandoah University
Winchester, Virginia
Overview
Shenandoah Unversity, established in 1875, is a comprehensive Level V private university with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The University offers more than sixty programs of study at the undergraduate, graduate, doctorate, and professional levels at the main campus in Winchester, the Health Professions Building on the campus of the Winchester Medical Center, and the Northern Virginia Campus in Leesburg.
There are 116 full-time and 114 part-time faculty members. Sixty-four of the full-time faculty members hold the terminal degree in their fields. The student-facuty ratio is 10:1.
The University attracts students from throughout the region and across the globe. Total enrollment is 2,586 students. Of these, 57 percent are from Virginia; the remaining 43 percent represent forty-five states and forty-one countries. Forty percent of the students are men.
The Community
The Shenandoah campus is located 72 miles west of Washington, D.C., in the historic Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The University is located on the southeast edge of the city of Winchester, Virginia. Winchester/Frederick County, rich in history, is a vigorous community of approximately 70,000 people. Shenandoah's students have the distinct advantage of being on a small campus near large metropolitan cultural centers.
Facilities and Resources
THE LIBRARIES
The lbrary collections of Shenandoah University are housed in two facilities. The Alson H. Smith, Jr. Library, located in the center of the Winchester campus, is the main library facility for the University. The branch Health Sciences Library is located in the Health Professions Building on the grounds of the Winchester Medical Center. Current total holdings number more than 275,000 items, including 123,000 books and bound journals, 13,000 recordings, 16,000 scores, 1,500 videotapes, and 115,000 ERIC documents. The University subscribes to more than 1,100 print periodicals and has access to more than 10,000 electronic journals. More than 60 Internet-accessible databases are available through the library's Web site. Subject disciplines represented in the Smith Library are biology, business, chemistry, computer science, education, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, physics, psychology, religion, and sociology. Most materials in occupational therapy and physical therapy are also located in the Smith Library. The Smith Library also houses the Media Center, the Macintosh Computer lab, and the Children's Literature Center.
The Health Sciences Library collections include books and serials that support programs in pharmacy, nursing, respiratory care, and physician assistant studies. General medical texts and journals are shelved there as well.
AIKEN'S FIELD HOUSE
The newly constructed Aiken's Field House houses the Athletic Training Program. The field house contains a modern, fully-equipped 1,700-square-foot athletic training room. All classrooms have computers and LCD monitors. Students in the Athletic Training Program also take advantage of the cadaver laboratory facilities in the Rehabilitation Center. In addition, they gain clinical field experience by providing supervised athletic health care to the athletes on Shenandoah's sixteen teams and to participants in the Shenandoah Conservatory's Dance and Performance Departments.
GREGORY HALL
The education programs are housed in Gregory Hall, which offers students full access to wireless technology and multimedia-equipped classrooms.
HEALTH PROFESSIONS BUILDING
The Health Professions Building, located on the campus of the Winchester Medical Center, is a newly constructed, state-of-the-art facility that houses the Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy and the Division of Nursing and Respiratory Care. The Health Professions Building is equipped with a computer laboratory that is supplemented with more than 200 data ports scattered throughout the facility, and classrooms are equipped with ethernet wireless technology. A significant investment has been made in computer databases that are available and accessible to students 24 hours a day from both their classrooms and homes. The building also features 190- and 85-seat multimedia classrooms as well as a variety of smaller classrooms, which are available for demonstrations, problem-solving exercises, and simulations. There is a specially designed testing center that features standardized patient simulations to assess skills such as communication and clinical problem-solving ability. The building also offers a pharmacy library and drug information center, a sterile products preparation laboratory, research laboratories, and a computer-equipped dispensing laboratory.
HENKLE HALL
Henkle Hall houses the Business Administration program on the main campus. This facility features five multimedia-equipped classrooms, two computer labs, wireless computer access, and a 150-seat lecture hall.
MEDICAL BUILDING #2
This brand new medical building, a part of Winchester Medical Center, houses Shenandoah's Physician Assistant Studies Program. As its location suggests, its classrooms, laboratories, and technological resources are state-of-the-art.
REHABILITATION CENTER
The Rehabilitation Center, located in the Winchester Medical Center, houses the Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Programs. Modern, state-of-the-art facilites include 10,000 square feet of laboratory space. The Clinical Skills Laboratory, where evaluation and intervention skills are taught, has twenty high-low manipulation tables and other clinical equipment. The Anatomy Laboratory is equipped with support for 10 human cadavers, anatomical prosections, models, and audio-visual equipment. Research equipment in the Clinical Research Laboratory allows data collection from the cellular level (multichannel EMG and breath-by-breath gas analysis), biomechanical level (force plate, treadmill, and pressure-sensing devices), and movement level (video-based, optoelectric, and three-dimensional motion sensors). The Computer Laboratory has forty-three high-tech stations, including scanners and printers, and all classrooms are equipped with multimedia, podium-mounted computers with Internet connections, hard-wired audio and video projection systems, and close-up projection cameras.
SHENANDOAH CONSERVATORY
The Shenandoah Conservatory comprises state-of-the-art facilities that were completed in 1998. These include the $18-million Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre, the Glaize Studio Theater, and Ruebush Hall, which houses faculty members' studios, practice and rehearsal rooms, scene and costume shops, and a $1.5-million recording studio. Other conservatory resources on campus are Goodson Recital Hall, Armstrong Hall, Armstrong Concert Hall, and the Smith Library's music collection, which includes more than 10,000 recordings and 15,000 scores.
Programs of Study and Degree Requirements
Shenandoah University offers graduate degree programs through its five schools: Shenandoah Conservatory; the Harry F. Byrd, Jr., School of Business; the School of Arts and Science; the School of Health Professions; and the School of Pharmacy.
Shenandoah Conservatory offers a Master of Arts degree in dance; a Master of Fine Arts degree in dance choreography and performance; Master of Music degree programs in church music (with an emphasis in organ or voice), composition, conducting, dance accompanying, pedagogy, performance, and piano accompanying; a Master of Music Education degree program; a Master of Music Therapy degree program; Master of Science degree program in arts administration and music; Doctor of Musical Arts degree programs in music education and in performance; and a certificate program in church music.
The Harry F. Byrd, Jr., School of Business has a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree program as well as certificate programs in health care management and information systems and computer technology.
The School of Arts and Science offers a Master of Science (M.S.) degree program in computers in education; a Master of Science in Education (M.S.Ed.) degree program; and M.S.Ed. programs in administration, initial teacher licensure, international, reading specialist, teaching, and TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages); and a Doctor of Education degree program in administration and leadership as well as certificate programs in computer studies for educators, elementary education (Virginia licensure), middle school education (Virginia licensure), professional studies-teacher education, public management, secondary education (Virginia licensure), TESOL (professional and advanced professional), and women's studies.
Through the School of Health Professions, Master of Science degree programs are offered in athletic training, occupational therapy (ranked amoung the top graduate programs in U.S. News & World Report), and physician assistant studies, and there are Master of Science in Nursing programs in family nurse practitioner studies, health systems management, and nurse midwifery. There is also an entry-level Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) program as well as certificate programs in family nurse practitioner studies, nurse midwifery, and psychiatric-mental health nursing. A D.P.T./M.S. in athletic training dual degree program is also available.
The School of Pharmacy confers the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree and offers both traditional and nontraditional (distance learning) programs. There is also a joint Pharm.D./M.B.A. degree program.
Costs and Aid
Tuition and fees vary by program. Tuition is $8,825 for the Master of Business Administration program; $630 per credit for the Master of Science programs in athletic training, occupational therapy, and physician assistant studies; $11,900 for the Doctor of Pharmacy program (full-time); $630 per credit for the Doctor of Physical Therapy program; and $660 per credit for all other graduate programs.
Housing
Room and board costs range from $3400 to $3800 per term, depending on the meal plan chosen. Off-campus housing is also available.
Financial Aid
Financial aid is available in the form of federal student loans, both subsidized and unsubsidized. First-time graduate students who are Virginia residents may also qualify for a Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant (VTAG). In addition, certain departments offer some graduate assistantships and tuition discounts. Students who wish to apply for financial aid must submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
How to Apply / Application
Although Shenandoah University follows a rolling admissions process, students are strongly advised to complete all application and financial aid paperwork by the end of January and to complete the audition (when required) or interview by the end of February. Specific admission requirements vary by department and program. Students should consult the University's Web site, which is listed below, for detailed information about the programs' admission requirements.
Who to Contact
Shenandoah University
1460 University Drive
Winchester, Virginia 22601
800-432-2266