Ship awarded federal grant by SBA as part of collaborative to serve low-income microentrepreneurs

Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the US Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 33 million small businesses, announced 28 awardees for the 2024 Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs (PRIME) grant awards, totaling $7 million.  “The SBA’s PRIME grants support mission-oriented nonprofit organizations across America that are advancing the Biden-Harris…

SU awarded $275k grant in support of career readiness workforce development initiatives

Shippensburg University was awarded a $275,000 grant from the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration in support of its South-Central Career Development and Readiness Initiative. The program is supported 100% by federal funds. The grant supports Shippensburg University’s Center for Career and Workforce Development Frontline Leadership and Construction Industry initiatives and was made possible with the…

Joseph Zume awarded grant from NSF International Research Experience for Students Program

Dr. Joseph Zume, professor of geography and earth science, has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation International Research Experience for Students (IRES) Program.   In 2018, Zume began research on the impacts of on-site septic systems on the quality of shallow groundwater at coastal location with the University of Cape Coast in Ghana as…