Dorlisa Minnick, Social Work and Gerontology, is pursuing environmental justice by challenging Pennsylvania’s reliance on Census data for wastewater infrastructure needs. Environmental Justice Panel for the Shippensburg University Center for Social Research during StewardSHIP Week. Minnick, D. J. & Kumar, P. (2021 – Present). Co-chair, Society for Social Work Research Special Interest Group: Create Social…
On April 14, 2021, Andrea Barrick, Social Work and Gerontology, gave a paper presentation with John Kilwein on “Opposition to Federal Efforts to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence in Indian Country”, at the Midwest Political Science Association. In addition, Barrick gave a paper presentation on “The Not So Many Faces of Domestic Violence”, at the Western…
On April 17, 2021, Doug Ensley, Mathematics, received the 2021 James P. Crawford Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching and the 2021 Distinguished Service Award from the Eastern Pennsylvania – Delaware section of the Mathematical Association of America. The selection committee cites among Doug’s qualities and accomplishments: the testimony of his students about his…
Joseph Zume, Geography-Earth Science, has published his article, Evaluating the impacts of on-site sanitation facilities and saltwater intrusion on shallow groundwater quality in peri-urban communities of Cape Coast, Ghana, in the journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 193, 264 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09059-1
Sean Cornell, Geography-Earth Science, is a co-PI for an NSF Grant in the amount of $397,822. The grant is titled GP-UP: Building a Geoscience Field Learning Ecosystem for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The project was approved as part of NSF’s Geopaths Undergraduate Prep program and is funded for a 3 year period.…
In January 2021, Gretchen Pierce, History, presented “To Defanaticize and Dealcoholize the Population”: The Interrelated Anti-Clerical and Anti-Alcohol Campaigns,” at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting. In addition, in March 2021, Pierce participated in a round table on teaching food and beverage history at the Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies annual meeting. It…
Rochelle Plummer, executive director for Student Retention, was selected by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) for the 2021 Emerging Leaders Program. She is one of 35 higher education professionals selected. AASCU created the leadership development program in 2015 to prepare early- to mid-career academic and administrative staff to advance to administrative…
Marketscreener.com featured a story on alumnus Terry L. Lehman. Lehman was appointed to the Citizens & Northern Corporation’s Board of Directors. Read the full article.
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education announced today the selection of Dr. Charles Patterson as interim president of Shippensburg University. Patterson has served as president of Mansfield University, a State System university in Tioga County, since July 2019. The Shippensburg University Council of Trustees worked collaboratively with State System Chancellor Dan Greenstein and the Board of…
On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, Shippensburg University celebrated the opening of the new home for the School of Engineering with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Located in the remodeled and reimagined Steam Plant at the entrance to campus, the new facility boasts state-of-the-art engineering labs and an eco-friendly and energy efficient design. Ship launched its first engineering program, computer engineering, in 2011. Software and electrical engineering followed…