Shenandoah University Central Campus Tour Preview

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Brandt Student Center/Visitor Parking

With a game room, dining options where you can use your Flex Dollars or Hornet Dollars, coffee, fitness center, meeting rooms, and more, the Brandt Student Center is a great place to relax, meet friends, study, and even listen to an impromptu concert by a classmate! Pick up a care package or that online order you just HAD to have at campus mail, shop in the campus bookstore, visit the [Not Just] Women’s Center, or head to The Mosaic Center for Diversity, where open minds and open hearts reign in a super-cozy atmosphere. You'll always find something to do and someone to talk to. It's just one of the places where you'll really feel like a member of the Shenandoah family.

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Game Room

Shoot pool. Watch the big-screen TV. Challenge a friend to a game of ping pong or foosball. The Brandt Student Center game room is an excellent place to play, relax and socialize. The game room is also a great spot for weekend and late-night fun. It hosts tournaments, Super Bowl parties, trivia nights and other special events. Hang out with your friends and meet new friends, too.Game Room HoursMonday through Friday: 11:00 am to 10:00 pm Saturday & Sunday: Noon to 11:00 pm

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Hornet Grill

Pick up tasty offerings from Sandella's Flatbread Café, The Hornet Grill, Hissho Sushi, and Simply to Go. The grill is also a great spot for student events like trivia nights and club meetings.

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Mosaic Center for Diversity

The Mosaic Center embraces all races, sexes, gender identities, gender expressions, religions, ethnic backgrounds, socio-economic classes, sexual orientations, abilities, ages and immigration statuses. It focuses on valuing and fostering the diversity reflected in our lives at Shenandoah and in the world beyond our campus. It inspires all members of the Shenandoah community to strive for inclusive excellence through education, celebration, advocacy, and leadership development. Stop by the Mosaic Center to do homework or hang out in the lounge, access sex positive resources at the Sexy Station, check out a book or movie from the center’s Resource Library, or bring your own mug to enjoy tea at its tea station.

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University Bookstore

The Shenandoah University bookstore carries all of the textbooks you’ll need for your classes, and they can even help you download digital copies for your iPad! You can also pick up all the gear you’ll need to show your Hornet pride!

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Shingleton Gymnasium

Shingleton Gymnasium is home to the university’s intramural sports program. Compete in Kickball, Indoor 4 v 4 Soccer, Bubble soccer, Dodgeball, Flag Football, Basketball (5 v 5), Volleyball, Cornhole Tournament, KanJam and more! This is also where you can volunteer here to package 50,000 meals in the annual Rise Against Hunger events held as part of Martin Luther King Jr. Week.

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Aikens Athletic Center

As a student athlete, Aikens Athletic Center is your home base. This building houses athletic offices, the Gladys Quarles Athletic Training facilities, and the Toan Strength & Fitness Center.

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The Village

The Village offers gorgeous, state-of-the-art apartment housing for junior or senior students. Apartments are fully furnished, including a washer and dryer. Students must apply to live in The Village, and are selected to be mentors and positive role models for other Shenandoah students.Apartments feature:two bathrooms four bedrooms full kitchen spacious living areaEach fully furnished apartment has:a washing machine a dryer modern kitchen appliances a communal porch green space complete with a grill and fire pit are available for the enjoyment of residents

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Goodson Chapel-Recital Hall

Goodson Chapel-Recital Hall is not only home to the university’s Office of Spiritual Life but also an intimate recital hall that hosts performances by smaller chamber ensembles as well as solo recitals by guest artists, faculty, and students. Goodson Chapel-Recital Hall is also home to a Moller Organ, built in 1979 by the Moller Organ Company of Hagerstown, Maryland. It was designed, voiced, and its construction supervised by Mr. Christoph Linde, a well known German organ builder who at that time was associated with Moller. It is a 25-stop, 33-rank, suspended tracker instrument built according to a neo-baroque design. It was renovated and revoiced in 2004, its 25th year, also by Mr. Linde, the original designer.

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Wilkins Administration Building

As a prospective student, this is your resource center – start by getting connected with your admissions counselor, and connect to any other resources you’ll need – Hornet Central, Financial Aid, Student Success, and the registrar are all in this building.

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First Year Row

Say hello to the first place you’ll call home on campus! “First Year Row” is what students lovingly call the neighborhood that includes Racey Hall, Parker Hall, Funkhouser Hall, and Gore Hall, all first-year residence halls. Here, you’ll find a mix of different living styles: hall style, quad style, and suite style. Check out our virtual Residence Life tour to see what those look like.Watch more about Move-In Day!

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Wilkins Wellness Center

Shenandoah University’s Wilkins Wellness Center is an outpatient health care center that provides medical treatment for acute and minor illness and injury. Their on-call registered nurses are there to help you be healthy. Winchester is also home to Winchester Medical Center, a level-2 trauma center that is a short drive from campus, and several urgent care facilities less than a mile from campus. The counseling center is also in this space.

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Cooley Hall

Cooley Hall is home to a variety of university offices and resources, including Residence Life, Career and Professional Development, and the Center for International Programs. Part of Shendoah’s mission is inspiring global citizenship, and a great way to become a global citizen is to participate in our study abroad and travel abroad opportunities! As a Shenandoah student, there are many ways to see the world, including yearlong and semester-long study abroad options, as well as short-term Global Experiential Learning (GEL) trips and the Global Citizenship Project (GCP). If you are selected to participate in GCP, you will take an all-expenses paid trip abroad with fellow SU community members over Spring Break.

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Allen Dining Hall

Allen Dining Hall offers an all-you-care-to-eat menu that includes just about every item you can imagine. Choices rival your favorite restaurants, featuring themed meals, allergy-friendly selections and plenty of vegan and vegetarian options. All precautions are being taken to keep diners safe, with preorders and takeout available.

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Henkel Hall

Henkel Hall is home to the College of Arts & Sciences. Here, you’ll find not only classrooms, but faculty and administrative offices. Shenandoah faculty and administrators are easy to connect with; sign up for office hours or stop by just to chat!

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Health & Life Sciences Building

The Health & Life Sciences Building is home to Shenandoah’s biology, chemistry, pre-health professions and nursing programs. Here, you’ll find state-of-the-art labs where you can conduct research alongside your professors. In the simulation suite, nursing students gain hands-on experience in simulated emergency room, intensive care, labor and delivery, pediatrics, and medical-surgical environments. The HLSB even houses a 16-bed cadaver lab! Students don’t just attend classes here; there are plenty of quiet nooks and study rooms to collaborate with classmates and get work done.

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Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning (SCiL) Lab

Shenandoah is leading the way in virtual (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences. The SCiL Lab, which houses the university’s Virtual Reality Design programs, is a space that invites university-wide collaborative efforts. Through it, students have worked on projects related to everything from the health professions to history. It has crafted a virtual debate tournament, and created immersive and interactive historical experiences ranging from the nation’s founding (the debates of the 1787 Constitutional Convention) and the Civil War era (the trial of abolitionist John Brown), to the Civil Rights Movement (a recreation of a North Carolina lunch counter sit-in). Conservatory theatre students also play roles in these productions, providing them a unique skill set in the marketplace, as well. The Virtual Reality Design programs are part of Shenandoah’s Division of Applied Technology, which also includes programs in cybersecurity and data science. Annual salaries in the virtual reality field often start at about 60K.

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Alson H. Smith, Jr. Library

The Alson H. Smith, Jr. Library is the main library for Shenandoah University. Physical collections for the social sciences, humanities, and sciences are located here. Notable collections include extensive music scores and Collected Editions, the University Archives and the EUB Archives, and the Children’s Literature Center.The 3rd floor of the library is also home to Student Support Services and tutoring.In addition to print holdings, the university has access to more than 230,000 academic e-books, 85,000 electronic journals, and more than 130 Internet-accessible databases.A team of librarians and support staff are ready to answer questions, assist with research and retrieval of information, and otherwise make your use of the library successful. Services include materials borrowing and course reserves, reference and instruction, interlibrary loans, and document delivery. The Smith Library provides both individual and group study spaces for more than 250 users.The roof of the library features 126 solar panels.

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Howe Hall

Get academic help at the Math Enrichment Center. Downstairs, you’ll find the IC Help Desk, where you can get all the support you need for your iMLearning devices. Shenandoah University’s iMLearning program puts powerful, state-of-the-art Apple® computer technology into the hands of students, creating an interactive and information-rich learning environment focused on exploration and discovery. The iMLearning program establishes a common technology platform across campus to increase and enhance the learning opportunities available to all students. Through iMLearning, Shenandoah students will be better prepared with the technology and learning skills necessary for their future careers.

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Sarah’s Glen

Sarah's Glen, which opened in 2008 to honor Sarah Brandt, whose family’s name also graces the Brandt Student Center, is right in the heart of the main campus. Its gardens, ponds and labyrinth are located next to Abrams Creek. It's a place to relax in Shenandoah red and blue Adirondack chairs and experience outdoor classes, gather with friends, or play music on the creek banks. Gardens surround the brick walkways of Sarah's Glen, which also features two ponds spanned by our famous red bridges. During the holidays, the bridges and surrounding trees sparkle with lights. Across the red bridges from Sarah’s Glen, you’ll find Ruebush Hall and the Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre, often combined and referred to as “the Conservatory.” Facilities here give students access to classroom spaces that were constructed similarly to the professional spaces they can expect to see in their careers. They include: Glaize Studio Theatre, fully-functioning scene shops and costume shops, the Music Education classroom, and the Music Therapy clinic.

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Armstrong Hall

Along with Gregory Hall, Armstrong Hall is one of the first two buildings constructed when Shenandoah moved from Dayton, Virginia, to Winchester, Virginia in 1960. Armstrong houses Shenandoah Conservatory classrooms, offices and practice spaces, as well as Armstrong Concert Hall, a 465-seat concert hall, which is home to the Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Little Big Band and other vocal and instrumental ensembles.

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SU Statue & Quad

Here it is. The SU statue! If you haven't taken your picture with friends or family here, you haven't had the full Shenandoah experience. The SU statue is an essential part of the Quad, and the Quad is a great place to practice yoga, relax in a hammock, challenge yourself on a slackline, start or end a run, or just meet up with friends. If you say you're going to meet someone at the "SU," no directions are needed.

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Return to Brandt Student Center Visitor Parking

We hope you enjoyed your tour of Shenandoah University! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the Office of Admissions via email (admit@su.edu); phone (540-665-4581); or text (540-592-45180).It's a great day to be a Hornet!