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…
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…
Lawrence Eppard appeared on PBS’s The Open Mind discussing his book “Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty.” Listen to his episode.
Alumnus Kirk Stoner, Cumberland County director of planning, and Ship’s Center for Land Use and Sustainability were featured in an ABC27 story and an article in the Sentinel. CLUS is working with Stoner and the County to develop a climate action plan. See the ABC27 story. Read the Sentinel story. Read the PennLive story.
Dr. Justin Sentz served as a guest editor with Drs. Jill Stefaniak, Rebecca Reese, and Tonia Dousay for the Journal of Applied Instructional Design (JAID) special issue titled “Designing For All: An Exploration of Universal Design for Online Learning” (Volume 10, Issue 1).
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…
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…
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…
Alumna Fritzi Shreffler, Safety Press Secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, was featured on iHeart Radios WHP580 as part of their International Women’s Day celebration. Fritzi will recognize 20 years in her position at PennDOT later this year. Hear her interview here.
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…