BY: Marvin Mercado Picture yourself finally signing your separation papers from a branch of the US military and you deciding to use your G.I Bill to go to college. The day has officially arrived and you have put away your boots and tucked your camouflage in the closet like an old superhero costume. Now the anxiety has kicked-in, you may be
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BY: Katherine Standish Have you ever said to yourself, “Man I wish I could be eating free cookies and talking with a group of friends about the Bible right now” ? If so, this group is the perfect fit for you! Desserts and Devotions is a small group that meets in the home of Reverend Justin Allen, the Dean of Spiritual
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BY: Jake Morgan, Marvin Mercado and Monica Baranko Take a listen to our latest podcast to see how the game is impacting relationships on our campus. Photo: Via Epic Games / Fortnite website
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BY: Zachary Hubbard, Darius Hardy, Katie Seidl
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BY: Bethany Melvin, Max Hendrix & Rachel Sherman Established in 1971, Greenwood Volunteer Fire and Rescue began its mission. 24 hours a day and seven days a week, the station is saving lives in their section of Frederick County, Virginia. In the year of 2017, Greenwood ran 2,213 total fire and EMS calls, with approximately 1,800 of those being EMS. On
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BY: Noah Stitt With its grand opening last year, The Mosaic Center For Diversity enters its first full semester as a place where all SU individuals can go and take a load off. The Mosaic Center offers safe and fair treatment to everyone. Its mission is to focus and value the diversity reflected in all our lives at Shenandoah University and
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BY: Noah Stitt and Joseph Achour Being a coach is more than just blowing a whistle. Coaching is about developing relationships with your players and helping them as they prepare for their futures. In many instances, coaches are former players of their respective sports. That is the case for Coach Kalvin Oliver who just completed his 14th season as an
Read morePhoto via SUHornets.com By Katherine Seidl Here at Shenandoah University, we have the motto “21 Sports, 1 Team,” but sometimes it feels as if the baseball and softball teams are forgotten. I say this because the baseball and softball teams do not have their own sports facilities. Having to use city-owned recreational fields is very inconvenient for our student-athletes on the
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BY: Elise O’Neill-Eckman Have you ever wanted to sit down and have a casual chat with the university president? Recently, I had the chance to do just that. What is your favorite spot on campus? “I can only choose one?!” We both laughed and Dr. Fitzsimmons continued, “I love Sarah’s Glen. I love all the pieces of Sarah’s Glen so that
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BY: Rachel Sherman, Max Hendrix and Bethany Melvin
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BY: Rachel Sherman A new three-story parking garage is being built for Shenandoah University! Opening in May of 2018, the garage will house 300 parking spaces inside with more spaces surrounding the building. It will be located off I-81 where the old athletic training field, “The Rock”, was located. Due to the overcrowded parking lots, many students are excited for
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BY: Rachel Levy The movie “Santa Girl” that was shot here at Shenandoah University with the help of students and faculty from around the university is now in post-production and set to complete editing by May of this year. In case you missed it, last semester the cast and crew took over campus for three weeks of shooting with stars
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BY: Annie Hart A hilarious sexually driven comedy, with a beautiful hidden meaning of finding your own path and own love, Lysistrata Jones captivated audiences and left all of us wanting more this past weekend at Shenandoah University. Lysistrata Jones is a spunky modern musical version of a classic Athenian comedy by Aristophanes. This show revolves around Lyssie J. and
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BY: Elise Eckman, Rachel Levy, and Dean Greenwood After taking us on a tour of the facilities at NW Works, we sat down with Charles Harbaugh IV, Mayor of Middletown, VA to discuss how he has seen the opioid epidemic grow in his hometown of Middletown and the Winchester area and how, as someone in a leadership position, he is dealing
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BY: Zachary Hubbard China, Iceland, Rwanda, Spain, and Uruguay, what do these 5 countries all have in common? It’s not native language, climate, or most popular vacation activity. The common denominator is that Shenandoah University will be sending groups to each of these five countries during Spring Break 2018. The Global Citizenship Program (GCP) at Shenandoah has been sending groups
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BY: Kelley Wyatt By now you have probably heard all about the SU-Olympics trip – we all know the students, faculty and staff are volunteering at the Winter Games, but what kind of jobs are they doing? Our special correspondent Kelley Wyatt tells us all about her job at the Biathlon venue in her latest blog post: Before leaving
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