Dan Williard ’16 announced as graduate commencement speaker

Shippensburg University will celebrate the accomplishments of graduate and doctoral students during its winter commencement ceremony on Friday, December 9 at 7:00 p.m. at the Luhrs Center. The ceremony will feature remarks from Dan Williard ’16M, a fourth-generation Hershey Company employee. Williard attended Penn State University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and began…

Chris Pruitt ’84 announced as undergraduate commencement speaker

Shippensburg University will celebrate the accomplishments of undergraduate students during its winter commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 10 at 11:00 a.m. at Heiges Field House. The ceremony will feature remarks from Chris Pruitt ’84, president and CEO of East Penn Manufacturing Co., maker of Deka Batteries.  East Penn Manufacturing is the largest privately-held battery manufacturer…

Shippensburg University Foundation 2021-2022 Report

Dear Campus Community,   I am pleased to share Shippensburg University Foundation’s 2021-2022 Report with the campus community. I hope you will take a few moments to read it and see the tremendous support of our generous donors, and the outstanding work of the SU Foundation that benefits our Shippensburg students and faculty every day.   It was a record-setting year, as contributions to the SU Foundation totaled…

ShipComposts receives Walmart Giving grant

Shippensburg University is pleased to announce a grant from Walmart Giving to support the ShipComposts project. The grant funds were secured with the assistance of the Shippensburg University Foundation, and funds will be used to support the project’s goals of bridging issues related to food waste, food insecurity and soil health while supporting the Campus…

Music Department to host two free performances

The Music Department invites you to two free performances on November 18 and November 20. A Twist of Telemann:  Friday, November 18 at 7pm, Old Main Chapel Join us for an evening of Telemann, Debussy and Bloch performed by guest artist Katie Lansdale accompanied by Shippensburg faculty Margaret Lucia on piano.  Lansdale will also perform a new piece by Chickasaw composer Jerod…

Steve Hasse and alumni publish paper

Dr. Steve Haase, two former SU students, and a colleague published the paper, “Comparing the influences of masking, crowding, response conflict, and cortical scaling on simple shape identification with foveal targets”. in Cognition, Brain, Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 26(3), 137-158. The study combined a number of different visual interference paradigms and also tested a hypothesis…

Jordan Windholz’s article published in “Shakespeare Studies”

Dr. Jordan Windholz’s article, “Fair Play: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Antiphrasis, and the Broad Flouts of White Supremacy,” has been published in the 50th anniversary issue of Shakespeare Studies in a special Forum on the legacies of whiteness in Shakespeare and renaissance literature. The Forum presents ongoing discussions about the study of race in Shakespeare’s work beyond his traditional…

Toru Sato to host meditation retreat

Dr. Toru Sato will be holding a Mindfulness meditation retreat entitled: “Winter Mindfulness Retreat” at the Bosler Memorial Library in Carlisle, PA.  The dates and times are Dec. 27, 29, 31, 2022, and January 7, 2023 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. For more info: https://www.visitcumberlandvalley.com/event/winter-mindfulness-retreat/47750/ This course is free, but participants must register due to…