Shippensburg University student, Rebecca Fickel has made 360 masks since the end of March 2019. She has raised $1,500 to the PAW packs program at the Big Spring school district, which provides food to students in need when they’re not in school. Read more at: www.abc27.com
Shippensburg University President Laurie A. Carter and DCNR Secretary Cindy Dunn will sign the Campus Climate Commitment. The initiative will kick off a three-year campus-community collaborative effort that integrates on-campus carbon-neutrality planning with community climate-resilience efforts to mitigate and adapt to a changing climate. Read more at: www.heraldmailmedia.com
Universities are seeing hard hits to their endowments as a declining economy from the coronavirus pandemic leaves its mark on stocks and investments. “Donors who have their own own financial burdens could be hesitant to give,” said Leslie Folmer Clinton, president and CEO of the Shippensburg University Foundation. Read more at: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/
Luis Melara of the Department of Mathematics co-authored research that will help support disease mitigation strategies for amphibians. It could also provide support for infectious disease recommendations for humans as well. Read more at: www.overtoncountynews.com
Shippensburg University has received an award in the Quinnipiac University Global Asset Management Education (GAME) Forum global portfolio competition. Senior Corbin Chevaux, a dual major in finance and supply chain management, was notified by a Quinnipiac University representative on April 20 that Ship was awarded third place for The Wiseman Fund in the Undergraduate Value…
With a constant commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship, Ship celebrated its annual StewardSHIP Week virtually. The week featured video messages from faculty experts offering tips, guest speaker Zoom sessions and the signing of a climate commitment. The week kicked off with a video from the campus community sharing what sustainability means to them.
Minds@Work Conference Celebrating Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Tuesday 4/21 at 2:00 Practical Experience in Investments—IMP Students will talk about their experience with the Investment Management Program (IMP), designed to help students integrate theory with practice in investments and to provide a unique hands-on educational experience for portfolio management. Students have full discretion over…
John Wallace won the Pathology/Biology Section’s Award for Achievement in the Forensic Life Sciences from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) during its 72nd annual Scientific Meeting. Wallace is a co-founder of the North American Forensic Entomology Association. He earned his master’s from SU. Read more at: www.townlively.com
Dennis Maley, a Shippensburg University alumnus, provides insights into skepticism around COVID-19 pandemic. “Our federal regulators have too often failed us in proclaiming the products and practices of deep-pocketed special interests to be safe when they were known not to be,” said Maley. Read more at: thebradentontimes.com
Shippensburg University as an agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is required to conduct a competitively bid process for supplies and services when the base amount is $21,000.00 and greater under the Commonwealth Procurement Code. This process includes developing a Request for Proposal (RFP); Public Notice to Bidders; Receipt of Proposals; Evaluation of Proposals; Discussion…