Shippensburg announces winter 2025 commencement speakers

Shippensburg University is proud to announce Adam Friscia ’18-’21 M as the 2025 winter graduate commencement speaker, and Milton K. Morgan III ’76 as the speaker for the undergraduate commencement ceremony. The graduate commencement ceremony will take place on Friday, December 12, at the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center. Livestream & Campus IPTV Channel…

Students Cole Pearson and Mady Bihun present at national symposium

Cole Pearson, a Wood Honors College student and chemistry major, Mady Bihun, a mathematics major, recently showcased their research at the Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium (GCURS), hosted by Rice University.  Pearson presented an ongoing research project that he has been working on for over a year, ‘Development of a Computational Tool for Kombucha Titration…

Shippensburg University leads Historic Preservation Workforce Summit

Last week, Shippensburg University proudly served as one of the organizers for the inaugural Historic Preservation Workforce Summit, held in Harrisburg. The event brought together academic institutions, government agencies and private sectors to explore careers in archaeology, anthropology, public history and cultural resource management.  The summit was developed through a partnership between Ship, the Pennsylvania…

Ship students attend 22nd Annual PA Conference for Women in Philadelphia

On behalf of Shippensburg University’s Women and Gender Studies (WMST) program, and in partnership with the Psychology Department and admissions, Iyanna Burton, Emma Fasnacht, Em Matlock, Riley Mazzie, Madi Shively, Jean Stinchfield, alongside Dr. Misty Knight, the director the of the WMST program, attended the 22nd Annual Pennsylvania Conference for Women in Philadelphia.  The conference…

Kappa Sigma hosts Fun Run for Health

On September 6, 2025, the Kappa Lambda Chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity at Shippensburg University will host the Fun Run for Health at the Cumberland Valley Rail Trail.  The event will begin at 9 a.m., with races starting between 9:30 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. Members of the community are encouraged to participate in the 1-mile,…

Diller Center helps students find their entrepreneurial mindset at SCALE

The Diller Center helps Lilian Poust and Allyson Rockwell find their “entrepreneurial mindset” at the second annual Student Creatives Advancing through Leadership & Entrepreneurship (SCALE) Conference, in Kansas City, MO. This event offered a dynamic platform for student creatives and artists to gain essential entrepreneurial skills to transform their passion into a thriving profession. Poust…

Ship Tank: A Legacy of Innovation at Shippensburg University

Ship Tank, one of the Diller Center’s longest-running and most beloved programs, returned on April 10 to continue its tradition of empowering student entrepreneurs at Shippensburg University. Hosted by the Charles H. Diller Jr. Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation, Ship Tank provides SU students with the opportunity to turn bold ideas into real-world ventures-…