Gretchen Pierce presents at American Historical Association meeting

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, Pierce participated in a round table on teaching food and beverage history at the Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies annual meeting. It was called: “¡Buen…

Joseph Zume awarded research fellowship in Uganda

Joseph Zume, geography and earth science, has been awarded a research fellowship from the Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA). He will be conducting groundwater and sanitation research with collaborators at Makerere University, Uganda, in East Africa, from June -July 2021. In addition, Zume has published his research paper, Using…

Karen Johnson featured guest speaker on podcast

Karen Johnson, Academic Engagement & Exploratory Studies and Ted Roggenbuck,  professor at Bloomsburg University, were the featured guest speakers on January 19 for the inaugural episode of the podcast, Slow Agency: A Dialogue with Writing Studies Scholars and Practitioners. In this podcast, Karen and Ted, co-editors of the Writing Lab Newsletter: A Journal of Writing…

First Fridays return to Ship on April 2

First Fridays return to Shippensburg on Friday, April 2. Don’t miss this great opportunity to get downtown, have a good time and connect with the local community. Start your evening at Shippensburg Station (4:30 – 8:00 p.m.) with live music from Nick Andrew Staver and plenty of good food and beverage options. This months’ event…

Daryl McGraw shares his story of overcoming substance abuse

On Tuesday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m. Daryl McGraw will share his powerful story of hope virtually with the campus community. He will share his story of overcoming substance abuse and incarceration, that lead him to a career addressing inequities in the criminal justice system and advocate for systemic changes based in treatment, recovery and…

Message from SU COVID Office: Phase 1A vaccine availability

Members of the Shippensburg University, Keystone Health has communicated that they have availability for COVID vaccination slots available for online scheduling for PHASE 1A. Please direct your PHASE 1A eligible family and friends to https://keystonehealth.org/general-public-covid-vaccination-clinic/ to schedule for appointments this week and next! Should you have questions about who is in the Phase 1A, please find more information here: COVID-19…

Ship offers QPR training to students with suicide prevention grant

Shippensburg University continues to enhance its commitment to student wellness with a new grant from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Suicide Prevention Coalition to fund QPR suicide prevention training for students. The College of Education and Human Services (CEHS), in collaboration with the Living Learning Communities secured the grant from coalition, which works to develop and…