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Volume 6 Relation of U.B/EUB Virginia Conferences to Shenandoah University Dec. 26, 2013
1964 three dormitories, a cafeteria, and a kitchen were added to the campus plant. In 1963 the Board of
Trustees purchased 12 acres of additional land adjoining the campus; and between 1962 and 1963 a
football field and baseball diamond were constructed on the lower campus. The Shingleton Physical
Education Building was built in 1969.
Curricular expansion continued as Shenandoah entered the allied health fields: the Nursing
Program began in 1962, and it was soon followed by a Respiratory-Therapy program, first as a diploma-
and later as a degree-program. In the Conservatory, additional instruments were approved in the
Bachelor of Music program and the Theory-Composition curriculum was introduced.
Midway in its tenth decade, in 1969, Shenandoah came under the leadership of Dr. Robert P.
Parker. An emphasis on stable expansion characterized Dr. Parker’s guidance of the institution in times
particularly perilous for higher education.
Curricular expansion has continued: in the College, 4-year status is about to be achieved; as Fall
1875 saw Shenandoah’s first class, so Fall 1975 will see the first Junior Class in the College. In
addition, a Medical Technology program has been added to the curriculum, and, most recently, a
program in Management. In the Conservatory, the Bachelor of Music program has been further
expanded to include more applied music concentrations, and a long-desired program in Music Therapy
has been added. In Fall 1975, new curricula in Music Theater and Piano Technology will begin.
Accreditation of the Conservatory was sought from and granted by the Southern Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools in December 1973. In addition, the College and Conservatory have again been
legally united: in December 1974 the School’s charter was amended to provide for their merger.
Material expansion also continues. The New Residence Hall was opened in Fall 1973, and plans are
underway for a new library and other campus buildings.
We begin our second century neither awed by the challenges we face nor smug because of past
successes in meeting such challenges; rather, we move forward confident that Shenandoah’s religious
and academic traditions will be supplemented by the sound, innovative leadership, the active partnership
of administration, faculty, and students, and the far-reaching support necessary to fulfill Shenandoah’s
highest ideals.
Zynodoa on History of S.C., 1950-75 56
1964 three dormitories, a cafeteria, and a kitchen were added to the campus plant. In 1963 the Board of
Trustees purchased 12 acres of additional land adjoining the campus; and between 1962 and 1963 a
football field and baseball diamond were constructed on the lower campus. The Shingleton Physical
Education Building was built in 1969.
Curricular expansion continued as Shenandoah entered the allied health fields: the Nursing
Program began in 1962, and it was soon followed by a Respiratory-Therapy program, first as a diploma-
and later as a degree-program. In the Conservatory, additional instruments were approved in the
Bachelor of Music program and the Theory-Composition curriculum was introduced.
Midway in its tenth decade, in 1969, Shenandoah came under the leadership of Dr. Robert P.
Parker. An emphasis on stable expansion characterized Dr. Parker’s guidance of the institution in times
particularly perilous for higher education.
Curricular expansion has continued: in the College, 4-year status is about to be achieved; as Fall
1875 saw Shenandoah’s first class, so Fall 1975 will see the first Junior Class in the College. In
addition, a Medical Technology program has been added to the curriculum, and, most recently, a
program in Management. In the Conservatory, the Bachelor of Music program has been further
expanded to include more applied music concentrations, and a long-desired program in Music Therapy
has been added. In Fall 1975, new curricula in Music Theater and Piano Technology will begin.
Accreditation of the Conservatory was sought from and granted by the Southern Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools in December 1973. In addition, the College and Conservatory have again been
legally united: in December 1974 the School’s charter was amended to provide for their merger.
Material expansion also continues. The New Residence Hall was opened in Fall 1973, and plans are
underway for a new library and other campus buildings.
We begin our second century neither awed by the challenges we face nor smug because of past
successes in meeting such challenges; rather, we move forward confident that Shenandoah’s religious
and academic traditions will be supplemented by the sound, innovative leadership, the active partnership
of administration, faculty, and students, and the far-reaching support necessary to fulfill Shenandoah’s
highest ideals.
Zynodoa on History of S.C., 1950-75 56
