PRESS RELEASES

11/6/09 --- Shepherd's Two Rivers Chamber Players holds concert in Hagerstown

11/4/09 --- Shepherd's Performing Arts Series sponsors Circo Aereo November 10

11/3/09 --- Shepherd University radio station interviews Hobbs and Howells

11/2/09 --- Wolf named assistant to VP for academic affairs for compliance and athletic initiatives

10/29/09 --- Shepherd holds talk sponsored by the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Sport

10/26/09 --- Shepherd's Historic Preservation students bring the past to life on Halloween night

10/26/09 --- Shepherd's Rude Mechanicals Medieval and Renaissance Players present the Merchant of Venice

10/23/09 --- Shepherd holds second Food Fight Series event in the Common Reading Program on November 12

10/23/09 --- Shepherd Bookstore and Art Department host Visual Literacy Student Art Show and Sale

10/22/09 --- Shepherd announces fundraising campaign; $16 million raised toward $20 million goal

10/21/09 --- Scarborough Society sponsors presentation by local Berkeley County author

10/21/09 --- Shepherd experiences largest freshman class in university history

10/16/09 --- Shepherd presents "Dead Man's Cell Phone" on October 30

10/15/09 --- Shepherd's Common Reading Program presents "Fresh" the movie and speaker on November 6

10/15/09 --- Shepherd's Common Reading Program hosts cooking class on October 28

10/15/09 --- Shepherd fan bus to support Shepherd vs. Glenville on November 5

10/12/09 --- Shepherd's Faculty Research Forum begins October 29

10/7/09 --- Shepherd's Common Reading Program presents first lecture in a series of panels October 14

10/6/09 --- Governor Manchin names Shepherd's Dr. Mark Snell to the West Virginia Sesquicentennial Commission

10/6/09 --- Shepherd University President and Foundation host donor scholar reception

10/6/09 --- Shepherd dedicates Learning Commons

10/2/09 --- Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra honors Shepherd professor October 17

10/2/09 --- Artist and Shepherd professor exhibits work at Bridge Gallery

10/1/09 --- Shepherd to name Learning Commons in honor of Howard N. Carper, Jr. on October 5

9/30/09 --- Scarborough Society sponsors presentation by Shepherd professor and historian

9/25/09 --- Shepherd's Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra opens Friends of Music concert series

9/25/09 --- Shepherd hosts auction of certificates of deposit October 14

9/25/09 --- Shepherd Friends of Music awards students with Friends Fellowships

9/25/09 --- Shepherd celebrates Common Reading with dinner on October 7

9/25/09 --- Shepherd hosts ninth annual Shep-or-Treat October 28

9/25/09 --- Shepherd University and Hood College partner to host regional college tour

9/24/09 --- Shepherd's English practicum travels to deep South in 2010

9/23/09 --- Shepherd President and Foundation to host Donor Scholar Reception October 4

9/23/09 --- Shepherd's Rude Mechanicals Medieval and Renaissance Players to perform in Toronto

9/18/09 --- Performing Art Series at Shepherd sponsors festival October 2 and 3

9/18/09 --- Third annual Spiritual Awareness Fair September 30 at Shepherd University

9/15/09 --- Shepherd hosts program featuring Anthology of Appalachian Writers September 29

9/15/09 --- Shepherd's Department of Music offer free piano lessons for children beginning October 5

9/15/09 --- Shepherd presents opera workshop September 18 and 19

9/15/09 --- Shepherd wind trio will perform benefit concert for Ellsworth October 4

9/11/09 --- Shepherd hosts Freedom Run October 3

9/11/09 --- Shepherd's Department of Business Administration holds 12-day trip to China in March 2010

9/11/09 --- Shepherd history student receives award from George C. Marshall program

9/4/09 --- Shepherd University Performing Arts Series begins September 11 with Arte Flamenco

9/4/09 --- Shepherd holds sneak preview of Ken Burns film September 10

9/2/09 --- Scarborough Society Gala raises money for library and celebrates Shepherdstown

9/2/09 --- Shepherd University Theater holds auditions September 16

9/2/09 --- Shepherd University social work program receives grant funding

9/2/09 --- Shepherd to co-sponsor West Virginia Clinical and Organizational Ethics Conference September 11, 12

9/1/09 --- Shepherd University Softball offers fall clinics in September and October

8/31/09 --- Shepherd University course offers limited seating to the public for Civil War tours

8/27/09 --- Kentucky writer Silas House comes to Shepherd University

8/27/09 --- Shepherd's Scarborough Library receives grant from Nippon Foundation's program

8/24/09 --- Shepherd student presents senior voice recital August 28

8/24/09 --- Shepherd's Program Board and Residence Life presents safe-sex program on September 3

8/21/09 --- Shepherd is named top-ranked West Virginia public baccalaureate school in the south by U.S. News

8/21/09 --- Shepherd's Common Reading Program presents free showing of "King Corn"

8/21/09 --- Shepherd's counseling services selects program to enhance comprehensive alcohol and drug strategy

8/20/09 --- Shepherd University partners with Frontier Communications to provide wireless

8/14/09 --- PASS and Shepherdstown Music and Dance hold Cajun Cafe Concert

8/11/09 --- Music from Shepherd series and Washington County Museum of Fine Arts present Two Rivers Piano Trio

8/11/09 --- Shepherd University Department of History sponsors World War I tour

8/4/09 --- Shepherd's Ninth Annual Day of Service breaks participation record

8/4/09 --- Shepherd University music service organization for women honored

8/2/09 --- Shepherd's Rude Mechanicals Medieval and Renaissance Players auditions August 19 and 20

7/31/09 --- Shepherd University Men's Basketball golf tournament August 24

7/31/09 --- Shepherd University holds Dinner on the Diamond August 26

7/28/09 --- For fifth year, Shepherd named a Best in the Southeast college by Princeton Review's Web site

7/27/09 --- Shepherd hosts HSTA summer program July 26 through 31

7/23/09 --- David D. Cole to address Constitution, War on Terror at Shepherd University on Constitution Day 2009

7/23/09 --- Graduate student to present research on Irish immigrants in the Civil War at Shepherd University

7/20/09 --- Shepherd University Children's Chorus auditions September 9

7/20/09 --- Shepherd University Youth Orchestra auditions in September

7/13/09 --- Shepherd director of human resources earns SPHR certification

6/23/09 --- Shepherd University accepted as member of Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges

6/23/09 --- Dr. Richard Helldobler is new vice president for academic affairs at Shepherd

6/12/09 --- Shepherd graduate studies students, faculty honored with awards

6/11/09 --- Shepherd graduate receives an increase to Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship award

6/8/09 --- Three baseball graduates honored at special commencement ceremony

6/8/09 --- Shepherd Wellness Center ceremony slated for Thursday, June 11

6/8/09 --- Warren Calderone named director of foundation, corporate, and government relations at Shepherd

5/28/09 --- Shepherd football team and Ram Gridiron Club host annual Rams Golf Outing June 12

5/26/09 --- Shepherd's Research Corporation is awarded $1.7 million contract to develop electronic medical systems

5/26/09 --- Shepherd to offer reduced tuition for Maryland residents in 10 academic common market programs

5/26/09 --- Shepherd to offer reduced tuition for Delaware residents in four academic common market programs

5/13/09 --- Shepherd to sign articulation agreement with Lord Fairfax Community College

5/13/09 --- Shepherd signs cooperative agreement with West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

5/11/09 --- Shepherd University offers metro rate for grad program this fall

5/8/09 --- Shepherd University offers new health administration M.B.A. this fall

5/6/09 --- Shepherd to award President's Award to the Asam family of Shepherdstown

5/4/09 --- Shepherd publishes anthology

5/4/09 --- Shepherd Foundation announces endowment for students in Washington Gateway Program

5/4/09 --- Shepherd Department of Communications to premiere student-film

5/1/09 --- Shepherd's Office of Student Community Services and Service Learning receives award

5/1/09 --- Five Shepherd faculty members have received promotions

5/1/09 --- Shepherd student receives Phi Kappa Phi award

5/1/09 --- Shepherd's time-based media students present video screening May 6

4/27/09 --- Masterworks Chorale performs "Carmina Burana" at Shepherd May 2

4/27/09 --- Shepherd offers Historic Clothing Design class this summer

4/27/09 --- Summer jazz and string camp at Shepherd

4/23/09 --- Shepherd University Common Reading chosen for 2009-2010

4/21/09 --- Shepherd senior receives Commissioner's Ambassador Award

4/21/09 --- Shepherd's Dr. Erik Reid Jones to lecture on Mozart's Requiem April 29 in Hagerstown

4/21/09 --- Early childhood music summer classes at Shepherd University

4/21/09 --- Edward Moore joins the Shepherd University Friends of Music board

4/16/09 --- Shepherd BOG approves tuition and fees for 2009-10

4/14/09 --- Playwright Richard Dresser to be Shepherd's Commencement speaker May 16

4/14/09 --- Three Shepherd programs are named Programs of Distinction

4/14/09 --- Shepherd students participate in "Make It Shine" program

4/14/09 --- Shepherd's Education Student Association wins West Virginia's Outstanding Chapter award for 2009

4/8/09 --- Shepherd's Phi Kappa Phi sponsors speaker April 21

4/8/09 --- Shepherd's dance ensemble's spring performance April 22

4/8/09 --- Shepherd invites bass players to attend Barry Green's presentation on April 15

4/8/09 --- Shepherd's English practicum travels to deep South in 2010

4/6/09 --- Appalachian author to judge Shepherd's 2009 West Virginia fiction competition

4/6/09 --- Shepherd professor organizes trip to Turkey for May and June

4/3/09 --- Shepherd's Faculty Research Forum presents Dr. Kathleen Corpus April 8

4/3/09 --- Kodály Method offering at Shepherd University

4/3/09 --- Shepherd's Friends of Music closes 2008-09 Guest Artist Series with PROJECT April 9

4/3/09 --- Roya Ensemble in concert at Shepherd on April 20

4/2/09 --- Shepherd University BFA Capstone Photography Exhibitions

4/1/09 --- Shepherd professor to commemorate the memory of World War I in presentation of book April 3

4/1/09 --- Shepherd fraternity to host benefit auto show April 19

3/30/09 --- Shepherd's Rude Mechanicals Medieval and Renaissance Players presents Wit and Science in April

3/26/09 --- C-SPAN's Brian Lamb to speak at Shepherd

3/26/09 --- Reservations for Scarborough Society tour of the new Capitol Visitor Center due May 10

3/26/09 --- Shepherd's Persepolis Speaker Series presents Dr. Mina Marefat April 9

3/26/09 --- Shepherd music professor publishes second book

3/26/09 --- Performing Arts Series announces Mystical Arts of Tibet at Shepherd in April and May

3/26/09 --- Shepherd's Wind Ensemble selected for Premiere

3/20/09 --- Shepherd to host tour of Gettysburg National Battlefield on April 6

3/17/09 --- Friends of Music presents Montclaire String Quartet March 24 at Shepherd

3/16/09 --- Shepherd professor receives Honorary West Virginian Award

3/11/09 --- Friends of Music plans second annual Tuxedo Junction Gala to benefit Shepherd musicians

3/10/09 --- Shepherd's Faculty Research Forum presents Dr. G. Rasheeda Ayanru March 25

3/10/09 --- Shepherd vocal major wins first place

3/9/09 --- Shepherd's Alumni Office to sponsor Fairfax Field pre-game picnic and dedication April 4

3/9/09 --- Shepherd debate and forensics team wins 22 awards in CFA Ocean City Tournament

3/4/09 --- Shepherd University Department of Recreation and Ranson Parks and Recreation host Inclusion Recreation Special Olympics

3/4/09 --- Shepherd's George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War sponsors presentation by the 2008 Peter Seaborg Award winner

3/4/09 --- Shepherd University Associate Professor receives grant for social work program

2/24/09 --- Shepherd's Office of Admissions wins advertising award

2/24/09 --- Shepherd debate and forensics team wins 21 awards in WVIFA State Tournament

2/19/09 --- Shepherd University undergraduate receives honor in 17th Annual Literature Symposium

2/19/09 --- Shepherd University thanks Charles Town Races and Slots for their support in Relay

2/19/09 --- Hal Galper in Shepherd Jazz Guest Artist Concert February 28

2/17/09 --- Turning Away From Hate is the topic of Shepherd program March 9

2/12/09 --- Shepherd University Department of Music announces scholarship auditions

2/11/09 --- Dance of South India meets Taiko drumming at Shepherd on February 16

2/11/09 --- Scarborough Society to host tour of the new Capitol Visitor Center

2/11/09 --- WV Higher Education Policy commission mini-grant to increase visibility of Shepherd University's international programs

2/10/09 --- Shepherd named to Presidential Honor Roll for Community Service

2/10/09 --- Shepherd's Department of Contemporary Art and Theater plans spring 2010 trip to Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam

2/10/09 --- Shepherd's Common Reading Persepolis Program presents Imam Yahya Hendi February 26

2/10/09 --- Shepherd University Wind Ensemble concert February 20

2/6/09 --- Dr. Colleen Nolan named dean of School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Shepherd

2/6/09 --- Shepherd University contributes $7,782 to United Way campaign

2/5/09 --- GWU professor to lecture on African American literature and Civil War at Shepherd February 23

2/4/09 --- Randall Friend named admissions director at Shepherd

2/4/09 --- Martinsburg junior receives nursing scholarship

2/4/09 --- Shepherd's Mark Snell to deliver Lincoln lecture February 12 in Charleston

2/3/09 --- Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra to perform at Shepherd March 7

2/3/09 --- Shepherd University Faculty Showcase Recital February 14

2/3/09 --- Shepherd debate and forensics team wins second place and 18 awards

2/2/09 --- Shepherd University finalizes Literary Footprints England tour and travel course

2/2/09 --- Shepherd's study abroad office sponsors passport day, health lecture in February

2/2/09 --- Shepherd's Faculty Research Forum announces spring schedule

2/2/09 --- Shepherd's Department of Business Administration plans spring 2010 trip to China

2/2/09 --- Nine Shepherd students' work on exhibit in February

2/2/09 --- Shepherd's Program Board presents safe-sex program on February 5

1/15/09 --- Dr. Richard Helldobler named vice president for academic affairs at Shepherd

1/14/09 --- Scarborough Society to host Faculty Art Show reception

1/13/09 --- Expert on the economics of historic preservation to speak at Shepherd University February 12

1/12/09 --- Shepherd teacher and former students present an exhibit throughout January in Frederick

1/8/09 --- Thomas Segar named assistant vice president for student affairs at Shepherd

1/8/09 --- Shepherd students to participate in Martin Luther King day of service on January 19

1/8/09 --- Shepherd's Dr. Raymond Smock appointed to National Archives commission post

1/7/09 --- Scott Beckner named Shepherd University police chief

1/6/09 --- Aaron Ryan named director of major gifts at Shepherd

1/6/09 --- Shepherd University's Masterworks Chorale announces auditions for "Carmina Burana"

12/11/08 --- Shepherd wins in CFA holiday tournament

12/9/08 --- Shepherd collects food for local senior citizens

12/9/08 --- Shepherd University professor and visiting professor honor Veterans Day

11/25/08 --- Shepherd Gamelan and Percussion Ensemble concert December 2

11/25/08 --- Shepherd historic preservation students complete service learning projects

11/24/08 --- Shepherd hosts Flight 93 Memorial superintendent December 2

11/19/08 --- Shepherd students win competitions at WVMTNA

11/14/08 --- Shepherd to offer summer session in Europe in June 2009

11/12/08 --- Shepherd Wind Symphony to perform November 20

11/4/08 --- Shepherd presents Choral Ensembles with Brass on November 16

10/30/08 --- Shepherd wins first place at CFA Tournament

10/30/08 --- Shepherd University announces vocal competition winners

10/30/08 --- Shepherd's Persepolis Speaker Series presents Monica Larson

10/29/08 --- Shepherd University to host West Virginia Music Teachers State Conference

10/29/08 --- Shepherd senior presents vocal recital on November 2

10/30/08 --- Shepherd art department plans trip to Italy

10/29/08 --- Shepherd Percussion and Drumming Festival November 16

10/29/08 --- Shepherd presents New Orleans' Hot 8 Brass Band Nov. 14

10/29/08 --- Scarborough Society of Shepherd University sponsors presentation by visiting professor

10/28/08 --- Shepherd senior presents tuba recital on October 31

10/23/08 --- Hispanic forum at Shepherd on November 1

10/23/08 --- Shepherd's enrollment increases for fall 2008

10/22/08 --- Jazz night at Shepherd October 30

10/21/08 --- Cancer Society bus to be on Shepherd campus on October 30

10/21/08 --- Civil War Center distributes educational computer program

10/21/08 --- Shepherd University presents The Tempest in November

10/21/08 --- Shepherd presents "The Old Wicked Songs of Heinrich Heine"

10/21/08 --- Shepherd music composition major wins Best Music Award

10/21/08 --- Shepherd hosts debate tournaments

10/17/08 --- Designated Driver Program to begin annual kick-off October 22

10/17/08 --- Shepherd University plans its fifth annual Honor Band

10/15/08 --- Shepherd Wellness Center to host Dr. Ben Lerner from Maximized Living

10/14/08 --- Scholarship named in memory of Shepherd University professor

10/10/08 --- Shepherd fraternity to host benefit auto show October 26

10/9/08 --- Shepherd University music department hosts visitation day

10/7/08 --- British military historian at Shepherd University

10/7/08 --- Frontier Corporation supports Shepherd University Foundation scholarship

10/2/08 --- Shepherd University Theater presents fall production

10/1/08 --- Shepherd announces Common Reading speaker event

9/26/08 --- Shepherd sponsors 13th annual Appalachian Heritage Festival

9/26/08 --- Shepherd University's Friends of Music purchase double bass for orchestra program

9/26/08 --- Shepherd University music faculty rallies to raise funds for Mason Ellsworth

9/26/08 --- Shepherd University hosts eighth annual Shep-or-Treat

9/19/08 --- Shepherd University Friends of Music awards $7,000 in Friends Fellowships

9/19/08 --- Shepherd University social work program receives grant funding

9/15/08 --- Shepherd University announces Appalachian Heritage Writer's Award for Adriana Trigiani

9/15/08 --- Shepherd University Dining Services plans dinner around Common Reading

9/5/08 --- Diane Melby named advancement vice president at Shepherd University

9/3/08 --- Shepherd University students follow the footprints of Arthur of Avalon

9/3/08 --- Shepherd University's West Virginia Fiction Competition winners announced

9/3/08 --- Two Rivers concert at Shepherd September 27

9/3/08 --- Scarborough Society Gala raises money for library

8/22/08 --- U.S. News names Shepherd the top-ranked W.Va. public baccalaureate institution

8/21/08 --- Shepherd helps to sponsor stop violence against women program on September 9

8/21/08 --- Informational meeting for Shepherd trip to London to be held September 11

8/20/08 --- Shepherd professor to present Chinese folk music lecture-recital September 3

8/20/08 --- Shepherd University Wellness Center holds open house on August 25-29

8/18/08 --- Shepherd University selects "Persepolis" as Common Reading selection

8/15/08 --- Solar solutions for West Virginia conference at Shepherd

8/11/08 --- Shepherd Department of Music announces September events

8/11/08 --- Shepherd University Youth Orchestra auditions September 3

8/8/08 --- Shepherd University Youth Orchestra auditions September 3

8/8/08 --- Shepherd University receives the gift of lighting from Shepherd family

8/8/08 --- Spiritual Awareness Fair to be held at Shepherd University

8/7/08 --- For fourth year, Shepherd named a Best in the Southeast college by Princeton Review's Web site

8/7/08 --- Music preparatory lessons offered at Shepherd University

8/6/08 --- Shepherd's Masterworks Chorale announces auditions for the 2008-09 season

8/6/08 --- Shepherd University to stage auditions for The Tempest

7/25/08 --- Shepherd partners with Blue Ridge Community and Technical College on articulation

7/24/08 --- Shepherd professor earns Women's Caucus of Political Science award

7/24/08 --- Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies at Shepherd to present Constitution Day lecture

7/22/08 --- Shepherd to host Dinner on the Diamond baseball fund-raiser Aug. 27

7/22/08 --- Shepherd's Alumni Association to host pre-game picnic for football's season opener at Shippensburg

7/18/08 --- Shepherd to host presentation of research on Civil War Confederate

7/3/08 --- Shepherd Department of Music to present Kodály workshop recital July 11

7/3/08 --- Shepherd Department of Music Preparatory Division to start children's chorus

7/2/08 --- Shepherd Department of Business Administration to sponsor study abroad trip to India

7/2/08 --- Shepherd English department to host study abroad trip

6/25/08 --- Justin Namolik named interim Shepherd basketball coach; Tyler accepts W.Va. Wesleyan AD job

6/20/08 --- Shepherd University Department of English to offer study abroad tour

6/17/08 --- Michael Taylor named to McMurran Hall Board of Trustees

6/5/08 --- Shepherd's Scarborough Society sponsors presentation by voting expert

5/20/08 --- Shepherd University announces faculty promotions

5/15/08 --- Shepherd's Civil War Center to host seminar June 26-29

5/15/08 --- Shepherd Music Department to hold early childhood music summer classes

5/6/08 --- Shepherd University Department of Music to offer Kodály courses

5/5/08 --- Shepherd University Department of Admissions receives admissions advertising awards

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