The best education married with the best technology
We are an Apple Distinguished School.
Apple has consecutively named Southern Virginia University a distinguished school for continuous innovation in learning, teaching, and the school environment.
By infusing our education with technology, we’re disrupting traditional teaching methods, leveling the technological playing field, and maximizing student learning.
How could an iPad improve your college experience?
An iPad for every student.
We equip every full-time student and faculty member with an iPad, Apple Pencil, and Smart Keyboard—at no extra cost above tuition. Once you finish your degree, you get to keep your iPad as a graduation present.
Our tech-rich learning environment also includes large, high-definition monitors and self-contained Apple TV systems in every classroom for live interactive teaching and learning.
Survey Says…
95%
of students say the iPad improves classroom experience & increases collaboration
90%
of students list the iPad as important to their overall experience
85%
of courses at Southern Virginia are taught with high iPad utilization
Taking a Leap with The LaunchPad Initiative.
Southern Virginia University began equipping students and campus with Apple technology in the fall of 2017—known as the LaunchPad Initiative. Conversations about the partnership began just a year prior, but recognizing the transformative effect a technology-rich campus would have on student outcomes, Southern Virginia rapidly adopted the technology—becoming the fastest school at the time to do so.
In just two years of the initiative’s operation, Apple named Southern Virginia University as a distinguished school for 2019-22, and again renewed the distinguishment for 2023-25.
We can’t wait to see what’s next.
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SVU First in World to Give AirPods Pro to Every Student
Southern Virginia University made history as the first school in the world to give AirPods Pro to every full-time student, faculty, and staff member. The devices were gifted to the campus community at no extra cost to help overcome communication barriers caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Professor Doug Cheney, a mechanical engineer turned assistant professor of mathematics, has implemented Apple technology in every facet of his courses, resulting in increased classroom engagement, interactive homework, and more organized testing and grading.
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Southern Virginia University Named Apple Distinguished School through 2025
Southern Virginia University is pleased to announce that its status as an Apple Distinguished School has been renewed through 2025. The University’s one-to-one implementation of Apple technology—known at the LaunchPad Initiative—is an integral part of its mission to gather faithful Latter-day Saints and like-minded students from all educational and economic backgrounds, lift them in intellect, character, and spirituality, and launch them into successful lives and careers.
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Annual Campus Literary Journal Now Available As E-Book
The review,* Southern Virginia University’s annual literary journal featuring original student and faculty artwork and writing, is now being offered as an e-book in companionship with the physical edition to allow for increased accessibility and awareness campus-wide.
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Apple Technology Enables Rapid Migration to Online Classes During COVID-19
Thanks to the LaunchPad initiative—having already integrated Apple hardware and software into Southern Virginia University’s teaching and learning ecosystem long before March 2020—Southern Virginia University was able to quickly pivot to online instruction in just 10 days after public officials recommended social distancing and other preventative measures to slow the spread of the novel virus.