Professors Robert L. Hewitt and Nicole Hewitt, Social Work & Gerontology, were featured in the Chambersburg Neighbors Magazine, Volume 5., Number 1, January 2022., Best Version Media. The four-page feature was entitled: “Relational, Motivational, and Passionate: How the Hewitts are Living Their Purpose.”
Dr. Scott Drzyzga, Geography-Earth Science, recently earned a Remote Pilot certificate from Canada. He can now fly small unmanned aircraft (drones) to capture aerial imagery and video footage across both the United States and Canada. Scott uses digital media to support his research in the upper Great Lakes region and to create content for courses…
Pablo Delis, biology, with his former Shippensburg University student (Jason Dallas) and his colleague at the State Museum of Pennsylvania (Walter Meshaka), have published the following scientific paper: Dallas, Jason, Walter E. Meshaka, Jr., and Pablo R. Delis. 2021. Evidence of Intraguild Predation in a Snake Assemblage: Bigger Seems Better. Northeaster Naturalist, 28(3): 248-260. https://bioone.org/journals/northeastern-naturalist/volume-28/issue-3/045.028.0302/Evidence-of-Intraguild-Predation-in-a-Snake-Assemblage–Bigger/10.1656/045.028.0302.short
Over the winter break Dr. Toru Sato, psychology, offered a free course entitled “Mindfulness: Holiday Peace” for the community through the Bosler Memorial Library in Carlisle, PA (Dec. 27-Jan. 4).
Christine Anne Royce, Ed.D., Teacher Education, completed her MS in Instructional Design and Technology from Bloomsburg University which she pursued during the pandemic and has been applying much of the content learned through her coursework already. In addition, she co-authored a published article with Anthony Manetta (student who graduated in December with his Master’s) titled…
Dr. Andrea Barrick, Social Work & Gerontology, was selected to serve on the Midwest Political Science Association Robert H. Durr Award. This committee is responsible for selecting the best paper that applies quantitative methods to a substantive problem at the MPSA annual conference. The winner will be announced in April.
On January 28th, 2022, at 3:00 – 6:00 PM ET, Dr. Shishir Shakya, economics, will be presenting in a virtual public symposium where he will talk about the Effect of Regulating Healthcare Workers on Patients and Practitioners at the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University and co-hosted by the Arkansas Center for Research in Economics.…
Dr. Odhiambo, teacher education, authored a biography for children ages 6-9 titled “She Persisted: Wangari Maathai.” Written by Eucabeth Odhiambo (Author), Gillian Flint (Illustrator). Published by Philomel books an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. The book will be released on February 1, 2022. The book is inspired by She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger. Web-Link: https://www.amazon.com/She-Persisted-Wangari-Eucabeth-Odhiambo/dp/0593353587/
Dear faculty, staff, and students, We’ve tackled the first week of the spring semester and I’m encouraged by reports that our campus community continues to prioritize our COVID mitigation protocols. The student move-in process was successful thanks to our dedicated staff and the cooperation of students. There are currently 28 students in quarantine and 57…
Kate Nicholson ’21 was one of the first graduates of Shippensburg University’s sustainability programs and she’s already doing big things in her field. Introduced in 2017, the sustainability program was created to meet a forecasted 6.8 percent growth of jobs in the field of sustainability. With many of those jobs in the Franklin, Cumberland, Adams,…