Steps for Admitted Graduate Occupational Therapy Doctoral Students - �Ļ�Ӱ��

Apply for Financial Aid

Learn more about how to apply for Financial Aid. Students who have applied for Financial Aid will not receive an award package until they have been officially accepted by �Ļ�Ӱ��.

Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program (VTAG) is available for residents of Virginia.

View the current Tuition and Fees

View the current Cost of Attendance

If you need assistance, please contact Hornet Central at 540-665-4514 or email hornetcentral@su.edu.

Declare any Outside Scholarships or Grants

If you are the recipient of any scholarships or grants from outside of �Ļ�Ӱ��, please log into Hornet Hub with your username and password sent to you by Admissions. Once you are logged in, please select Financial Aid, from the drop down menu at the top of the page select “Report/View Outside Awards” and enter each outside award.

If you need assistance, please contact Hornet Central at 540-665-4514 or email hornetcentral@su.edu.

Submit Your Enrollment Deposit and Candidate Response Form

Tuition Deposit: $500.00
Paying your enrollment deposit holds your seat. This is not an extra expense, your deposit is a credit on your first term bill.

Submit your deposit now: �Ļ�Ӱ�� accepts all major credit cards. Electronic checks accepted, online only.

Online on Hornet Hub
- Your username and password are on your acceptance letter
- Select “Student Finance”
- Locate Deposit amount to pay
- Proceed to payment
Mail check payable to ‘�Ļ�Ӱ��’ to �Ļ�Ӱ��, Hornet Central, 1460 University Drive, Winchester VA 22601. Include your student ID number on the memo line on your check.

Your acceptance letter is sent via email and allows you to electronically submit your candidate response form. You must submit the candidate response form to complete your acceptance.

IMLearning Lease Agreement

All students in the Occupational Therapy program participate in the ImLearning Program. Students are issued a MacBook, iPad and Apple Pencil at orientation. View the FAQ sheet for further details.

Please review the Program Equipment Lease Agreement prior to attending orientation. You are responsible for being aware of the terms of this lease agreement prior to providing your electronic signature at orientation. If you are unable to attend your Orientation, please contact Paul Messina, pmessina@su.edu, at the Health Professions building to schedule a time to pick up your IMLearning Equipment.

Complete BLS CPR Training through the American Heart Association

Complete BLS CPR Training through the American Heart Association. near you.

All students are required to have active BLS CPR training. Training must be completed through the American Heart Association (AHA).

If you currently have active CPR certification through a different provider, please complete the training again through the AHA. This is due to contractual requirements with fieldwork sites.

AHA BLS CPR certification must be completed by May 1 of the start of the student’s first semester.

Apply for Student Housing

New students can apply for housing between March 1 – May 31. You must apply for housing no later than May 31 to ensure full consideration. You will receive your housing assignment around July 15.

Complete the Housing Application.

Meal Plans

Winchester Residential Students

Graduate students living on campus are required to have a minimum meal plan of 10 meals per week, unless they live in Solenberger.

Each meal period (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Late Night at Brandt Student Center Food Court) is considered a “meal.” When you enter a dining establishment, your card is swiped and one meal is taken off your card. Meals do not transfer from week to week. One meal swipe may be used per hour.

Meal plans cannot be reduced after August 17 for the fall semester and January 17 for the spring semester.

Winchester Commuter Students

View the current rates for Commuter Meal Plans.

You may select the Winchester Health Professions Building 25 meal.
Please complete and to purchase the 25 meal plan.

If you have a credit balance on your student account and would like to use these funds to pay for your 25 meal plan at the Health Professions Building, you must .
Commuter meal plans are purchased each term and must be paid in full at the beginning of each term.

Learn more about Dining at Shenandoah

As a new student, in your first term of enrollment the school will register you for your courses prior to May 17. You will be registered for each subsequent semester by your program coordinator during the previous term. You will receive an email confirmation once you have been registered.

If you are accepted after May 17th, you will need to submit a completed paper registration form that has been signed by your advisor to Hornet Central. This form can be scanned and emailed to hornetcentral@su.edu. Tuition payment is due at the time of registration. Students who enroll during the add/drop period will be assessed a late registration fee.

Submit Health and Insurance Documents

Academic success is related to your overall health, and the Wilkins Wellness Center is your resource for health and counseling services.

New students gain access to the SU Student Health Portal once they are registered for classes. Please note that OTD students will automatically be registered for their first semester courses in late Spring. Students will not be able to upload health forms into the student health portal until they receive their course registration confirmation.

Required health forms and insurance information must be submitted to the Wilkins Wellness Center by the following dates:

Fall term: August 1
Spring term: December 15
Summer term: May 1

Students who do not complete health forms by the indicated dates will incur late fees.

All students who are registered for 7 credit hours or more are required to submit:

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Photocopy of required immunization documents submitted to the
All students are required to have health insurance (see below). The insurance must cover you in Virginia. Our insurance verification or purchase form must be completed online.

All students living in campus housing, NCAA Athletes, and Nursing students are required to submit a health form regardless of credit hours enrolled for the academic year.

Online/distance learning students are exempt except for nursing students.

We encourage you to utilize the to submit all required forms.

All students listed above are required to have health insurance. The insurance must cover you in Virginia. The insurance verification or purchase must be completed online. This summer you will receive a postcard and follow-up emails with directions on how to complete this insurance verification/purchase. Online/distance learning students are exempt except for Nursing and Pharmacy students.

must submit these . Please DO NOT give equired health and insurance forms to your coach. You must send the health form, medication form, and sickle cell test results (if required) to the Wellness Center through the . The online insurance verification requirement is separate from the athletic insurance form requirement.

All health forms can be found on the web at.��

Please reach out to us if you have any questions. We can be reached at wwcenter@su.edu or 540-665-4530.

Tuition and Fees

Tuition, fees, and housing rates are available to view by academic year and school/program.

View the current Tuition and Fees

Pay Your Tuition and Fees

A nonrefundable 1.5% surcharge is imposed on the transaction amount of all credit and debit card payments, which is not greater than the cost of acceptance.

Electronic Checks can be made online, a $3.00 fee will be applied to electronic check payments.

2023-2024 Tuition Due Dates

Fall Terms: August 4
January Term: December 15
Spring Terms: December 15
Summer Term I & Pharmacy/HP Summer Term: May 10
Summer Term II: June 14

2024-2025 Tuition Due Dates

Fall Terms: August 5
January Term: December 16
Spring Terms: December 16
Summer Term I & Pharmacy/HP Summer Term: May 12
Summer Term II: June 16

View Your Account Statement And Make A Payment

Students must be registered for classes and have an outstanding balance on their student account to be able to pay online.

Students

1. Login to Hornet Hub
  - Your username and password are sent to you via email from the Admissions Office
2. Select “Student Finance”
3. Select “Make a Payment” from the drop down menu. You may not make a payment unless there is a balance due.
4. To view your account, select “Account Activity” from the drop down menu at the top of the page and select the applicable term.

Parent/Person Proxies

Students may grant Parent/Person Proxy access to a person of their choice.
To grant Parent/Person Proxy access, the student must:

Login to Hornet Hub
Click on student’s name at the top right of page
Choose View/Add Proxy Access from drop down menu
- Please note that you must enter the parent/person’s current/existing email address so the parent/person can receive his/her username and password.

Once a parent has been granted Parent/Proxy access, parent must:

Login as a Parent/Person Proxy using the parent/person’s username and password
Select the student name, not the parent/person name, from list on the Person Proxy page
Select Student Finance
Select Make a Payment

If you will be mailing a check, be sure to provide the student’s full name and Shenandoah ID number with the check. Please mail payment to the following address:
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Hornet Central
1460 University Drive
Winchester, VA 22601

�Ļ�Ӱ�� Payment Plan

Shenandoah offers the option to divide your tuition bill into 4 monthly payments per term.

Fall payments are due August through November.
Spring payments are due December through March.

For more information visit �Ļ�Ӱ�� Payment Plan.

Purchase Your Books

Enter required fields to obtain books needed for each course

If you have a credit balance on your student account and would like to purchase Hornet Dollars, which can be used in the bookstore to purchase books, please to hornetcentral@su.edu by the Friday of the first week of the term.

Attend Your Graduate Program Orientation

Admitted students will receive notification of the location and dates of orientation from the Division of Occupational Therapy.

During Orientation, you will receive your:

Student ID card
IMLearning Equipment

Obtain Your Parking Permit

Before orientation, please review the Student Parking & Driving Policy. You will complete the parking permit form and get your permit in August at the beginning of the fall semester.

The annual fee amount is due in full regardless of the date you purchase your permit. All sales are final. Graduate Assistants are considered students and are required to purchase a student parking permit.

In July, the parking permit form will be available. It will be your responsibility to complete the form. After you have completed the form, the fee will be posted to your student account. Jackie Hott, the campus manager at the Health Professions Building, will have the permits available for pick up.

Obtain Your SU ID Card

You will receive your SU ID card before the end of Orientation or during the first two weeks of classes. Please use the form to request your SU ID. If you are unable to attend orientation, please see Jackie Hott to schedule a time to pick up your ID card.

Refunds & Direct Deposit

Refunds are issued to students who have a credit balance on their student accounts after tuition, fees and other applicable charges have been paid. In the fall and spring terms, refunds are issued on the second Friday of the term. Refunds are issued via direct deposit. In order to receive your refund, follow the instructions.

Banking information must be entered by May 1.

Questions and additional program information

Be sure you are checking your SU email account for updates and program specific information.

Program Contact:
Rian Watson | rian.watson@su.edu | 540-678-4313 |OTD Program (Winchester)

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