Ship earns System grant, joins partnership to create career pathways in agribusiness

This story was written and released by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.  Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education has announced two partnerships involving State System universities, the private sector, and community agencies are the first recipients of #Prepared4PA grants that support the creation of innovative credentialing programs to help Pennsylvanians advance in their…

Ship celebrates Alumni Weekend and Stewart Hall

Shippensburg University celebrated Alumni Weekend on June 5. This year’s event celebrated Golden Raiders from the classes of 1955, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1970 and 1971. Alumni and their guests reunited during outdoor lunch and dinner events. An official ribbon cutting for renovated Stewart Hall re-introduced alumni to one of their favorite social spots…

Celebrate Pride with Ship’s Got Pride! Fest

Join the Ship’s Got Pride! Fest on Saturday, June 26 from 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. in CUB MPR. The event is a collaboration with NYC’s Youth Pride and will feature a streaming of their virtual Pride. In-person, the event will include a nail painting and body glitter areas, queer/trans coloring pages area, board games/card games…

Raider Neighbor program improves community culture

This story originally appeared in the Shippensburg University Magazine. Shippensburg University’s Kurt Dunkel ’98-’04M launched the Raider Neighbor program in the summer of 2020 to build stronger connections between SU students and the local community. Raider Neighbor is partially funded by a Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) grant and is modeled after other “good neighbor” programs common among several university…

Message from SUPD: June 8 parking lot closure

Faculty and Staff, The University is hosting the Shippensburg Area High School Commencement tomorrow, June 8th at the Seth Grove Stadium.  In preparation of this event, the F/S-11 lot behind the Heiges Field House (HFH) and the F/S-13 lot beside the Performing Arts Center (PAC) will be closed starting at 6:00am on June 8th until the morning…

Ship expands use of safety app, rebranding it ShipShield

Shippensburg University launches ShipShield, an expanded and updated version of the CampusShield safety app from 911Cellular used by the university for Covid-19 health monitoring and resources since the fall 2020 semester. The newly rebranded app now includes many safety and emergency features in addition to Covid-19 updates. Members of the campus community may download the…