Karen Johnson featured guest speaker on podcast

Karen Johnson, Academic Engagement & Exploratory Studies and Ted Roggenbuck,  professor at Bloomsburg University, were the featured guest speakers on January 19 for the inaugural episode of the podcast, Slow Agency: A Dialogue with Writing Studies Scholars and Practitioners. In this podcast, Karen and Ted, co-editors of the Writing Lab Newsletter: A Journal of Writing…

First Fridays return to Ship on April 2

First Fridays return to Shippensburg on Friday, April 2. Don’t miss this great opportunity to get downtown, have a good time and connect with the local community. Start your evening at Shippensburg Station (4:30 – 8:00 p.m.) with live music from Nick Andrew Staver and plenty of good food and beverage options. This months’ event…

Daryl McGraw shares his story of overcoming substance abuse

On Tuesday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m. Daryl McGraw will share his powerful story of hope virtually with the campus community. He will share his story of overcoming substance abuse and incarceration, that lead him to a career addressing inequities in the criminal justice system and advocate for systemic changes based in treatment, recovery and…

Message from SU COVID Office: Phase 1A vaccine availability

Members of the Shippensburg University, Keystone Health has communicated that they have availability for COVID vaccination slots available for online scheduling for PHASE 1A. Please direct your PHASE 1A eligible family and friends to https://keystonehealth.org/general-public-covid-vaccination-clinic/ to schedule for appointments this week and next! Should you have questions about who is in the Phase 1A, please find more information here: COVID-19…

Adriana Richard & celebrity Nick Jonas talk Type 1 Diabetes

When first-year student Adriana Richard actively began to share her struggle with Type 1 Diabetes with the hope of helping others, she never imagined she would have the help of singer, songwriter and fellow person with diabetes, Nick Jonas. Richard is a dual education major with a minor in psychology, pursuing a number of extracurricular…

Tyler Takes the Town – Women’s History Month

Who runs the world? Girls! In honor of Women’s History Month, Junior Tyler Hill tells the story of Esther Jones, an underrated entertainer and Betty Boop inspirer. Women’s History month is the month that we celebrate many female contributions from around the world. Though we continue to fight for women’s rights, it is our job…

Ship offers QPR training to students with suicide prevention grant

Shippensburg University continues to enhance its commitment to student wellness with a new grant from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Suicide Prevention Coalition to fund QPR suicide prevention training for students. The College of Education and Human Services (CEHS), in collaboration with the Living Learning Communities secured the grant from coalition, which works to develop and…

#ShipServes at the Cumberland Valley Rail Trail

As Ship continues to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, students are still actively finding ways to serve and make a difference in our local community. The Office of Community Engagement is offering a variety of ways to serve this semester in-person and virtually. On Friday, March 19, a dozen students put on masks and work gloves…