Women’s Center 35th Anniversary Celebration

As Ship celebrates 150 years of excellence, the Women’s Center will mark 35 years of empowerment for all. Join the celebration on September 23 at 4:00 p.m. on the front lawn of Horton Hall. Created in 1986, the center was brought new resources to campus including counseling services for women and programing that would start…

ICYMI: Campus-wide meeting celebrates faculty and staff

The university kicked off the semester with the annual campus-wide meeting on August 17. President Charles Patterson and several university leaders, including employee bargaining units of APSCUF, AFSME, and SCUPA, addressed the campus community in the Luhrs Center and virtually. President Patterson presented the Presidential Medal to the Information Technology Team. The medal is awarded…

Dhiman Chattopadhyay awarded grant, recognized by AEJMC

Dr. Dhiman Chattopadhyay, Communication, Journalism and Media In June 2021 Chattopadhyay along with his colleague Dr. Carrie Sipes received a “PASSHE Faculty Professional Development Council” grant from the state system for their research project titled: “Does inclusivity build trust? Examining effects of inclusive, community-centered journalism on trust in media among minority groups,”  The year-long funded project…

Ben Meyer presents at two national conferences

Prof. Ben Meyer, Exercise Science Meyer delivered a presentation, “A comparison of balance error scoring system measures between college athletes and non-athletes” at the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity conference held from June 9-11, 2021. Results from the study indicate that the sway index values were not significantly different…

Jordan Windholz hosts Shakespeare seminar and is finalist for poetry award

Dr. Jordan Windholz, English  This summer Windholz held an annual “Summer with Shakespeare” seminar in partnership with the Bosler Memorial Library in Carlisle, and with research support from a Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) grant.  The seminars (June 1-29) discussed Shakespearean tragedies, Macbeth and Richard III. Working with Windfolz, English major Ashleigh Kennedy researched and authored a…

Luis Melara presents and organizes workshop

Luis Melara, Mathematics Melara gave a presentation entitled “The Case for Undergraduate Research Journals” as part of the Highlights of the Special Issue of the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology on Mathematical Biology Education.  Presentation was given on June 14, 2021. http://schedule.smb2021.org/EDUC/EDUC-MS02.html Melara also organized a workshop Celebrating Diversity:  Survey of Different Research Problems at Different Career Stages.  This mini-symposium…