Shenandoah University
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Shenandoah University is a co-educational private university located in the city of Winchester, Virginia and affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
[edit] 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. 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). Shenandoah obtained university status on January 1, 1991 and currently has a student body of approximately 3,000 representing 46 U.S. states and 42 countries.
The university operates on two campuses, the main campus in Winchester and the Northern Virginia Campus in Leesburg, Virginia.
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. [1]
[edit] Schools & Programs
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 Continuing Education
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