Power outage: Campus update

Power is out across campus. Facilities has been in contact with the power company and is working to restore power. Most buildings have emergency power which provides lighting and Wi-Fi. At this time, morning classes are cancelled. Classes are expected to continue as scheduled starting at 12:15 p.m. Staff who have not reported to campus…

Ship named Voter Friendly Campus, one of 231 nationwide.

Shippensburg University, through the work of Ship Votes, a non-partisan coalition of students, faculty, staff, and administrators, is once again named a Voter Friendly Campus. Ship is one of only 231 schools from 37 states to receive this prestigious designation awarded by the Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project and NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators…

Leading an international diplomacy simulation

While students across the Western Hemisphere begin preparations to participate in the annual forum, the Washington Model of the Organization of American States (WMOAS), senior political science majors at Ship, Brenda Aristy and Seth Edwards are gearing up to lead this unique hands-on student experience in diplomacy. The Organization of American States is a regional…

Sieta Achampong ’01 inspires students

Dr. Sieta Achampong ‘01 was certain of her future in education when she came to Ship. “I always knew I was going to be a teacher. I used to run camps in the summer and, as a kid myself, my grandparents would let me take other kids to museums and stuff because I always loved…

PASSHE Women’s Consortium annual conference announced

The annual PASSHE Women’s Consortium Conference, hosted by Slippery Rock, will take place virtually on March 26 and 27. This years program focuses on wellness, agency and advocacy, an intersectional context. Topics include: Trans health & wellness issues Sexual assault Interpersonal violence Title IX White supremacist threats to health & wellness COVID-19 Mental Health Black…

Franny Choi to share poetry reading with Ship community

Join Franny Choi, a queer, Korean-American author, for a virtual poetry reading on March 19 at 7:00 p.m. Choi is the author of two poetry collections, “Soft Science” (Alice James Books, 2019) and “Floating, Brilliant, Gone” (Write Bloody Publishing, 2014), as well as one chapbook, “Death by Sex Machine” (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2017). The event…