Dr. Trever Famulare was Guest Conductor for the 2024 Cumberland County Band Festival, January 2024. Over 120 students from high school band programs across Cumberland County came together during January 4-6 at Messiah University to rehearse and perform in concert.
Dr. Matt Ramsey recently completed the second edition of his edited book, Issues of Culture and Conflict: Case Studies in Organizational Communication, for Kendall Hunt. His book is scheduled to be released in August, 2024. Additionally, his research study, “An Examination of University Students’ Perceptions of Physicians’ Humor Usage, Source Credibility, and Fear of Physician,”…
Dr. Christine Royce presented at the CHEA (Council for Higher Education Accreditation) Conference on January 31st as a member of the accreditation team at Valley Forge Military College. Dr. Robert F. Smith, Provost at VFMC, COL Stu Helgeson(USMC Ret), President at VFMC, and Dr. Roybe discussed VFMCs experience in the accreditation process and lessons learned in…
Dr. Christine Royce has been selected as one of 43 international participants for this year’s Transatlantic Educator Dialogues, which is an international program coordinated through the European Union Center and hosted through the Illinois Global Institute. The competitive program brings educators across levels together over the semester, in order to share the exploration and examination…
Dr. Lawrence Eppard was featured in a recent Sentinel Article discussing the Connors Institute for Nonpartisan Research & Civic Engagement at Shippensburg University. Read the article here: https://cumberlink.com/opinion/editorial/guest-editorial-new-ship-u-institute-tackles-misinformation-from-right-and-left/article_e3de9bea-ae59-11ee-9157-0ffa8c3406a2.html
Emeleigh Luckenbaugh (Biology Student and presenter), ) Dr. Walter E. Meshaka Jr. (Director of the Section of Zoology and Botany, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg) and Dr. Pablo Delis (Professor of Biology and Graduate Major Advisor) gave an oral presentation titled “Comparative Population Size, Structure, and Survivorship of Two Eastern Milksnake, Lampropeltis triangulum, Populations in…
In May of 2023, Dr. Elizabeth Aragunde, music and theatre arts, led two dozen Ship students and members of the Ship Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers on a ten-day tour of the Baltics, the farthest east any ensemble from Ship has ever traveled! The choir performed in historical venues in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to…
Dr. Scott Drzyzga, was recertified as a Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP). Scott maintains his GISP so he can stay current and prepare students using first-hand information for the 4-hour exam, portfolio review, and professional contributions and ethics requirements. By design, Ship students who earn any 4-year degree and successfully complete our GIS Certificate Program (or…
Dr. David Wildermuth, global languages and cultures, organized the International Traveling exhibition: Names Instead of Numbers: Remembrance Book for the Prisoners of the Dachau Concentration Camp, exhibited in the First Floor Gallery of the Ezra Lehman Memorial Library November 6 – 29, 2023. Dr. Wildermuth and Dr. Monika Moyrer, US Program Director, Action Reconciliation Service…
Dr. Samuel R. Benbow and Dr. Jennifer Clements, social work, presented at the CSWE Conference in Georgia on Partnership: IASWG and CSWE: Discussing Online and In-Person Group Work Education.