Check out the articles!: Want to Motivate Students in STEM? The Way You Explain Things Matters National Science Foundation Cancels More Than 400 STEM Grants “Every teacher has had one of those days or one of those topics,” where no matter how many different ways they’ve explained it, students still didn’t understand it, said…
Dr. Chattopadhyay was recently invited to serve on the Advisory Board of Bhavan College’s soon-to-be-launched Management School of Events, Entertainment & Design (MSEED). The college is part of one of India’s largest public universities – the University of Mumbai. Dr. Chattopadhyay who recently returned from a month-long trip to India is also an invited speaker…
Dr. Ramsey’s new research study, “The humor paradox and identity in professional stand-up comedy: humor enactment as a predictor of personal-relational and enacted-relational identity gaps in the comedian–audience relationship,” was published in Communication Research Reports (https://doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2025.2464707). Dr. Ramsey is also scheduled to present his original humor research in April at the Southern States Communication Association meeting in…
Dr. Dave Kennedy coached the SU Chess Team at the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship in Charlotte, NC. The team placed 5th in the U1800 Division, believed to be the highest finish ever for a PASSHE school. Shippensburg was undefeated in six matches, including wins over Ohio State and U. Mass Amherst. Congratulations to Dr. Kennedy and…
Tulchin won the TIPS (Teaching Innovations in Pedagogy and Scholarship) award for 2024 at Shippensburg University. He won the award for his strategy of identifying key concepts in his HIST 105 (Global History 1) course and requiring students to make flashcards on those concepts each class for homework. As a result, students’ grades improved –…
Dr. Sangkook Lee has been re-elected as the 2024 IEEE Region 2 Susquehanna Section Treasurer in November 2023 after serving as a member of the Executive Leadership Team over the past five years. Dr. Lee has been a member of IEEE for 24 years and had been elevated to the grade of Senior Member in 2018.…
Dr. Scott Drzyzga, was recertified as a Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP). Scott maintains his GISP so he can stay current and prepare students using first-hand information for the 4-hour exam, portfolio review, and professional contributions and ethics requirements. By design, Ship students who earn any 4-year degree and successfully complete our GIS Certificate Program (or…
Dr. Scott Drzyzga, presented his paper, “A New State Plane Coordinate System is Coming in 2025 … and It’s Not Like What We’re Used To” at the joint annual meetings of the Pennsylvania Geographical Society and the Mid-Atlantic Division of the Association of American Geographers, which were held in Salisbury, Maryland. While there, Scott’s mentee,…
Dr. Kim’s research paper entitled “Corporate Risk-management Behavior and Earnings Management: Evidence from Firms Using Derivatives” was published in The Korean Society of Management Consulting. Read it here.