Field Hockey wins sixth NCAA Division II Championship

The No. 1-ranked Shippensburg University field hockey team scored three goals in the first eight minutes Sunday to claim its sixth national championship in school history, defeating No. 3 West Chester by a 3-0 margin in the 2021 NCAA Division II Championship Game at Millersville University’s Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium.Shippensburg (20-0) achieved its first…

Junior Margaret Sobotta shares World Kindness Day experience

Junior communication journalism major Margaret Sobotta joined in on the World Kindness Day celebration at Ship and learned a lot about her community. Sobotta, a member of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), shared her day with photos from events around campus in hopes that others will decide to give back and spread kindness.…

Field Hockey nets fifth NCAA Division II Championship

On November 5, 2019, the Shippensburg University Field Hockey lost a quarterfinal game in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Tournament to Millersville, 2-1, to end a disappointing season with a 12-6 record. Two years later, after a pandemic and a lost season, 13 players from the 2019 team joined forces with 16 newcomers to…

President Patterson presents check to local fire companies

Shippensburg University President Charles Patterson visited with local fire companies to present the university’s annual donation to the three organizations that provide fire protection to the campus community. “We are grateful for all three local fire companies and the volunteers who work tirelessly to keep our campus and community safe. It was an honor to present the…

SU Community Orchestra to perform at Luhrs Center

The Shippensburg University Music and Theatre Arts Department presents the Shippensburg University Community Orchestra on November 21 at 3:00 p.m. at the Luhrs Performing Arts Center. Directed by Dr. Mark L. Hartman, associate professor of music, the community orchestra is comprised of nearly 65 university students, faculty and staff members, community members, advanced high school…

Brian Wentz serves in leadership roles for Association of Computing Machinery conference

In October, Dr. Brian Wentz, Accounting and MIS, (currently on sabbatical as a visiting professor at the University of Maryland) served as a virtual co-chair and program committee member for the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) International Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Web-Link : https://assets21.sigaccess.org/organizing_committee.html

Dhiman Chattopadhyay earns top faculty paper award from National Communication Association

Dr. Dhiman Chattopadhyay’s, Communication, Journalism and Media paper titled: “Engage and Transform: Exploring Effects of Institutional, Interpersonal, and Individual Communication, on University Students’ Attitudes about Diversity, and Belongingness” has been conferred the “top faculty” paper award by the Undergraduate College & University Section of the National Communication Association (NCA). Chattopadhyay will present the paper and…

Pablo Delis co-publishes in Journal of Northern American Herpetology

Dr. Pablo Delis (Biology), his former Shippensburg University student, Jason Dallas, and his colleague at the State Museum of Pennsylvania have published the paper DALLAS J., W. E. MESHAKA, JR., AND P. R. DELIS. 2021. The Natural History of the Northern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor) in South-central Pennsylvania. Journal of North American Herpetology 2021(1):…