Step back in time and celebrate Ship’s 150th with a new exhibit at the Shippensburg University Fashion Archives and Museum (FA&M). The exhibit combines FA&M holdings and artifacts from the university’s archives collection housed in the Lehman Library. From dinks to band uniforms and varsity sweaters to bellbottoms, visitors will enjoy a detailed look of…
Shippensburg University is expanding its impact on students across the Commonwealth as the new lead institution selected for the PA State GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) grant program. Funded by the United States Department of Education, GEAR UP assists underserved school districts with helping students’ dreams of going to college become reality.…
Dr. Viet Dao, professor of MIS, chair of Accounting and MIS Department, published a paper in the Pacific Asia Journal Dao, Viet T. and Abraham, Thomas (2021) “An Empirical Examination of the Use of IS-enabled Sustainability Initiatives Across the Integrated Sustainability Framework,” Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems: Vol. 13 : Iss.…
Dr. Robert Shaffer’s article, “Black Cowboys and History Textbooks in the Era of Black Lives Matter,” appeared in the September 2021 issue of The American Historian. An on-line version of the article is at https://www.oah.org/tah/issues/2021/back-to-school-a-teaching-issue/black-cowboys-and-history-textbooks-in-the-era-of-black-lives-matter/
University Archivist Christy Fic, Dr. Steven Burg of the History and Philosophy Department, and graduate student Ethan Smith have been awarded the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference’s inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Session Scholarship. They will present their session, “Using Community Collecting Projects and Partnerships to Increase the Diversity of Archival Holdings,” at the Fall 2021 Mid-Atlantic…
Dr. Heather Sahli, associate professor; and Dr. Larry Klotz, professor emeritus, successfully applied for registration of the Shippensburg University Herbarium in “Index Herbariorum”, a “worldwide index of 3,100 herbaria”. Dr. Klotz and local volunteer Mr. Ben Hedges have now cataloged 13,861 of the more than an estimated 15,000 specimens of ferns and seed plants in…
Dr. Gretchen Pierce, history/philosophy, wrote a blog post entitled “How We Did It: H-Latam’s Research Corner Blog.” This piece was published for editors of H-Net (Humanities and Social Sciences online network), explaining how they could create a research-oriented blog on their networks like the one she publishes for her network, H-Latam. https://networks.h-net.org/node/877/discussions/7825172/how-we-did-it-h-latams-research-corner-blog Pierce gave a presentation to Ph.D.…
Shippensburg University will honor two alumni with the Outstanding Young Alumni Award during the annual Alumni Awards Dinner on October 22 as part of the university’s Homecoming Celebration. This award is presented to graduates who are 40 years-old or younger and recognizes their outstanding achievement in their field for the benefit of the community. This…
Three Shippensburg University alumni are set to be honored with the Jesse. S. Heiges Distinguished Alumni Award, the university’s highest honor. Established in 1959, the award is named for the university’s first dean of instruction. It recognizes each recipients’ distinguished and outstanding achievements in their field to the benefit of the community and society. This…
Three Shippensburg University alumni will be honored with awards during the annual Alumni Awards Dinner on October 22 as part of the university’s Homecoming celebration. Dr. Neal Dando will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes the life-long achievement and personal commitment in the recipients field of endeavor for the benefit of the community…