Claire Jantz was a guest lecturer for the Friends of Fort Hunter lecture series. She discussed bees, beekeeping, and the work that bees do. Claire Jantz has been keeping bees in her back yard for about 15 years and continues to learn a lot about bees. Watch her lecture here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-NsDi28JqE
Lawrence Eppard appeared in the Sentinel discussing the Gender Pay Gap. Read here: https://cumberlink.com/opinion/editorial/community-voices-the-weight-of-the-evidence-on-the-gender-pay-gap/article_2187a262-c533-5d67-8013-fc60580795dd.html
Lawrence Eppard hosted Bill Kristol on the Utterly Moderate Podcast. They discussed fixing the Electoral Count Act. Listen here: https://www.connorsforum.org
Dr. Dhiman Chattopadhyay, Communication, Journalism, and Media, recently delivered the keynote address during a virtual session of the Global Communication Education Conclave — an initiative of the Global Media Education Council. The GMEC, currently headquartered in India, has an executive leadership team featuring communication scholars and administrators from Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.…
Professors Robert L. Hewitt and Nicole Hewitt, Social Work & Gerontology, were featured in the Chambersburg Neighbors Magazine, Volume 5., Number 1, January 2022., Best Version Media. The four-page feature was entitled: “Relational, Motivational, and Passionate: How the Hewitts are Living Their Purpose.”
Dr. Scott Drzyzga, Geography-Earth Science, recently earned a Remote Pilot certificate from Canada. He can now fly small unmanned aircraft (drones) to capture aerial imagery and video footage across both the United States and Canada. Scott uses digital media to support his research in the upper Great Lakes region and to create content for courses…
Pablo Delis, biology, with his former Shippensburg University student (Jason Dallas) and his colleague at the State Museum of Pennsylvania (Walter Meshaka), have published the following scientific paper: Dallas, Jason, Walter E. Meshaka, Jr., and Pablo R. Delis. 2021. Evidence of Intraguild Predation in a Snake Assemblage: Bigger Seems Better. Northeaster Naturalist, 28(3): 248-260. https://bioone.org/journals/northeastern-naturalist/volume-28/issue-3/045.028.0302/Evidence-of-Intraguild-Predation-in-a-Snake-Assemblage–Bigger/10.1656/045.028.0302.short
Over the winter break Dr. Toru Sato, psychology, offered a free course entitled “Mindfulness: Holiday Peace” for the community through the Bosler Memorial Library in Carlisle, PA (Dec. 27-Jan. 4).
Christine Anne Royce, Ed.D., Teacher Education, completed her MS in Instructional Design and Technology from Bloomsburg University which she pursued during the pandemic and has been applying much of the content learned through her coursework already. In addition, she co-authored a published article with Anthony Manetta (student who graduated in December with his Master’s) titled…
Dr. Andrea Barrick, Social Work & Gerontology, was selected to serve on the Midwest Political Science Association Robert H. Durr Award. This committee is responsible for selecting the best paper that applies quantitative methods to a substantive problem at the MPSA annual conference. The winner will be announced in April.