This story first appeared in the Shippensburg University Magazine. Charles E. Patterson describes himself as a servant leader. It’s a leadership style he says means “never saying no” to serving and willingly supporting the needs of those he leads. So when he was asked to consider the interim presidency at Shippensburg University he said “yes” to a new…
Lawrence Eppard and his colleagues around the country are launching a newsletter companion to the Utterly Moderate Podcast. The newsletter will focus on issues like protecting American democracy and promoting news literacy. By subscribing for free in one quick easy step on the website, people can have the newsletter and podcast arrive in their email…
“I felt like a ‘real’ sociologist.” That’s how senior sociology major Theresa Ward described the moment she was published in an academic journal and presented at a state-wide sociology conference with Dr. Lawrence Eppard, assistant professor of Sociology. Ward had a strong interest in completing an undergraduate research project and decided to ask Eppard to…
Dr. Jerry Carbo, professor of management, is making big changes in the work place and the classroom. Carbo is president of the National Work Place Bullying Coalition and in recent months helped move forward the Dignity at Work Act in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The act works to prevent, detect, remedy and eliminate workplace bullying.…
Join Eduardo Mack ’87 on Wednesday, February 16 at 6:30 p.m. in Grove Forum as he discusses Brazil’s fight against COVID-19. Brazil, the world’s fifth largest country, has been facing the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic along with the rest of the world. The response of the people and federal and state governmental authorities to COVID-19…
The Center for Land Use and Sustainability (CLUS) announces a call for student proposals to support research broadly related to the field of sustainability. Any undergraduate or graduate student at Shippensburg University is eligible to submit a proposal, as long as the project has a focus on environmental, economic, and/or social sustainability. Teams of students are also…
This story was first published and release by the Shippensburg Community Resource Coalition. Kindness is defined as “the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.” Genuine kindness expressed through daily living has the potential to change lives by making individuals feel cared for. The “be kind.” movement brings awareness of the importance of kindness in…
Christopher Kovats-Bernat, adjunct assistant professor of Anthropology, published his second book, Anfans Difisil: A Study of Imperiled Childhoods in Haiti with Kendall Hunt Publishing. https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/anfans-difisil-study-imperiled-childhoods-haiti
Tim Hawkins, professor of Geography-Earth Science, published his article Atmospheric Drivers of Oceanic North Swells in the Eastern Caribbean in the Journal of Marine Science Engineering. The work was based on his Fulbright Scholar Award to Barbados and was published with colleagues from The University of the West Indies, the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology,…
Andrea Barrick, Social Work and Gerontology, completed E-Poster Presentation with Stephanie Rhee (contributor) “Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Intervention-Based Social Work Studies: A Content Analysis,” Society for Social Work and Research Conference, January 15, 2022, Hybrid/Washington, D.C.