The university’s Center of Career and Workforce Development is thrilled to announce that they have received a PA Smart Grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, a grant that will support the Hispanic community. Tracy Montoro, the director of workforce development, and Hayley Anderson, the director of communications and outreach for the center…
Homecoming weekend is right around the corner! On Saturday, October 18, 2024, Shippensburg University will be announcing Homecoming Royalty during halftime at the Ship vs Kutztown football game, located at Seth Grove Stadium. Ship is proud to recognize the nine nominees this year, all of which are students who have exemplified a commitment to staying…
Last September, Shippensburg University competed in the 2024 BAJA SAE Michigan competition at Holly Oaks Offroad Park in Holly, Michigan. The competition brings together teams from around the world to design, build and race single-seat-off-road vehicles, putting Ship students’ mechanical engineering and leadership abilities to the test. Dr. Joao P. Dias, associate professor in the…
In June 2024, the Botanical Society of America hosted the National Botany Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Attendees learned more about a variety of research topics, including endangered species conservation, plant adaptation and environmental stressors. Heather Sahli, faculty member in the biology department, presented her ongoing research on the Pennsylvania endangered dwarf iris, Iris verna.…
Former SU Economics faculty member, Shishir Shakya and AEES faculty member, Michael Levinstein published an article in The Journal of Economic Education on the efficacy of small, repeated faculty nudges to improve student learning outcomes. Article PDF available upon request. Web-Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220485.2024.2372306
Tulchin won the TIPS (Teaching Innovations in Pedagogy and Scholarship) award for 2024 at Shippensburg University. He won the award for his strategy of identifying key concepts in his HIST 105 (Global History 1) course and requiring students to make flashcards on those concepts each class for homework. As a result, students’ grades improved –…
Two of Kim’s research projects were recently published in peer-reviewed academic journals. The two publications are as follows: “The Effect of Board Diversity on Cost Stickiness”. 2024. Korean Accounting Review 49 (3): 103-139; and “The Relation between Split Credit Rating and Post Earnings Announcement Drift”. 2024. Korean Accounting Journal 33 (4): 55-86. Web-Link : http://e-kar.org/search/list.asp…
Laskowski was appointed to one of two union seats on the State Board of Higher Education by Governor Josh Shapiro. Read more about it here: https://www.pa.gov/en/governor/newsroom/2024-press-releases/shapiro-admin-appoints-new-state-board-higher-ed.html
Lu’s co-translated book (with Qin Li) will be published in early 2025. The book: “Black jade age: New evidence of 5000 years’ history of China” (written by Shuxian Ye) is being published by Springer (New York). A funding of $20,000 was granted for the project by Chinese Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences for this…
Herbert is a featured Virtual Learning Speaker for the National Communication Association at its 110th annual conference. This is a two-part virtual and in-person workshop for new and continuing faculty. Find out more here: https://www.natcom.org/VLO