Peyton Bramble’s restoration project displayed in Frederick City Hall

Senior history major Peyton Bramble spent her summer interning with Caring for Textiles, an organization specializing in textile conservation, repairs and restoration for clients locally, nationally and internationally. In November her work was placed on display in Frederick, Maryland’s City Hall. Bramble worked on several restoration projects over the summer including the 1860’s Civil War-era…

Lawrence Eppard’s book named to top 20 of 2021 list

Dr. Lawrence Eppard’s book “Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty” was named to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s “20 of Our Favorite New Books from 2021″ list. Lawrence co-authored the book with Mark Robert Rank and Heather Bullock with the goal of changing the narrative surrounding poverty in the United States. The book was…

Skylar Walder joins State System Board of Governors

Shippensburg University sophomore Skylar Walder is the newest member of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors. Appointed by Governor Tom Wolf, the 20-member board establishes broad educational, fiscal and personnel policies and oversees the efficient management of the State System. Walder is a history, secondary education major and a student-athlete with the…

A message from the President: Recruitment and retention training

Dear Shippensburg University Community Faculty and Staff: Since my arrival as interim president, I have greatly appreciated how many of our faculty and staff have expressed a desire to assist in the recruitment and retention of students. The Offices of Enrollment and Student Success welcome your assistance and have been discussing ways in which we,…

Dr. Allison Watts is raising Raider

Dr. Allison Watts has a rather unique student in her classroom this year. His name is Raider, and he’s not here for the internationally accredited business program. The black Labrador retriever attending class each day with Watts is a Seeing Eye puppy. Watts, an associate professor of management in the John L. Grove College of Business, decided to try her…

Robert Hewitt co-presents on cultural humility at conference

Professor emeritus Robert L. Hewitt, social work and gerontology, was a Catalyst Center for Non-Profit Management University 2021 Webinar Conference co-presenter in one of 19 expert workshops sharing his years of knowledge, strategies and tactics in leadership, sustainability, compliance and resilience areas of organizational management. Hewitt’s workshop was focused on leadership and resilience in the…

Sangkook Lee elected as officer for engineering institute

Dr. Sangkook Lee, computer, electrical, and software engineering, has been elected as the 2022 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Region 2 Susquehanna Section Treasurer in November 2021 after serving as Section Secretary for the last three years. He has been a member of IEEE for 20 years since his student days at the SUNY…