Shenandoah University

Shenandoah University's Esports program recently announced the recipients of the 2024 Shenandoah Esports Awards. A total of seven individuals received one of six awards during a ceremony on May 7.

Six students representing Shenandoah University's Office of Spiritual Life and Center for Civic Engagement joined over 100 students from colleges and universities across Virginia for the 2024 Student Advocacy Day organized by the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) in Richmond, Virginia.

A 10-member group made up of faculty, staff and students recently returned from Mexico as part of the Global Citizenship Project (GCP). Shenandoah is gradually reinstating its postponed 2020 GCP trips during the summer of 2021. The group recently traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico, to a hotel in the heart of the city owned by the family of a Mexican student who also helped to manage the trip experience. Planned activities included visiting Mayan ruins, cooking classes, exploring the local markets, pottery making, and learning about sustainable agriculture and ancient medicinal practices. GCP participants are chosen after submitting an essay and being chosen by a selection committee. Since its inaugural year in 2005, the Global Citizenship Project has sent 928 members of the university community to 74 different destinations on all-expenses-paid trips abroad during spring break so that each person might learn more about the world and themselves.

Shenandoah has selected its summer 2021 student orientation leaders. Forty-three students were chosen for this honor. Student orientation leaders guide future Hornets through the orientation process during the summer.

The Shenandoah University Hornets Competition cheerleading team traveled to Ocean City, Maryland, to compete in a two-day competition at the Reach the Beach Rec and School Nationals, Feb. 22-23. Shenandoah made school history by winning the National Champion title in the Intermediate College Division with an overall average score of 90.45 and an eight-point lead. The team earned a first-place trophy and National Champion jackets. The event is hosted by the American Cheer and Dance Academy.

The Sport Business Association (SBA) at Shenandoah University will be working its second consecutive Super Bowl. Throughout the week, students will volunteer with the Miami Host Committee and NFL On Location Experiences. Students will gain experience in event operations and fan engagement while working at Super Bowl LIVE and NFL Experience, which provide family-fun entertainment including autograph sessions, youth football clinics and more.

Shenandoah University's Sport Business Association has now worked at four consecutive College Football Playoff National Championships. This year, nine students traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana, to work at the 2020 College Football Playoffs (CFP) National Championship. Throughout the week, students worked as courtesy car drivers for CFP personnel and support staff at events such as Media Day, Playoff Playlist Live and Playoff Fan Central. On game day, students served as way-finders inside of Mercedes-Benz Superdome for pregame fan experiences. The SBA is preparing to work the NHL All-Star Game, Super Bowl LIV and NCAA Final Four this semester.