Ship joins PASSHE to extend FAFSA Outreach with Summer Initiative

This story was first release by Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education.  Amid a months-long push by all 10 universities to support Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completions, four universities in Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) are launching a regional summer initiative to help students throughout the commonwealth submit the online…

Ali Sina Sharifi appointed to PASSHE Board of Governors

Shippensburg University sophomore Ali Sina Sharifi is the newest member of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors. Appointed by Governor Josh Shapiro, the 20-member board establishes broad educational, fiscal and personnel policies and oversees the efficient management of the State System. At Ship, Sharifi is a member of the Wood Honors College…

Meet Ship’s New Frederick Douglass Communications Teaching Fellow

Dr. Colin Campbell is a teaching fellow from the Frederick Douglass Teaching Fellowship,  affiliated with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. He has been assigned to teach at Shippensburg University for 1 year. According to Dr. Campbell, he will be teaching the class “Introduction to Communication Studies,” which involves speech theory and public speaking…

Ship joins partnership with Gov. Shapiro, Google, and PASSHE to Train and Expand Workforce for High-Growth Jobs

In keeping with his commitment to expand workforce development efforts across the Commonwealth, Governor Josh Shapiro announced a new public-private partnership between Google and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) that makes industry-recognized Google Career Certificates available to students and the public to help them secure jobs in high-growth fields. This new public-private…

Shippensburg University Tuition Frozen for the Fifth Year in a Row 

The Board of Governors for Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) voted unanimously to freeze tuition at System universities, including Shippensburg University, for an unprecedented fifth consecutive year.  With the decision, tuition for in-state undergraduate students – nearly 90% of whom are Pennsylvania residents – will be flat for six consecutive years (2018-19–2023-24 academic years). If tuition had kept pace…

Shippensburg University, Labor & Industry and partners celebrate celebrate innovative program upskilling employees

This story was originally released by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry  Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jennifer Berrier visited a Harrisburg-area grocery store Wednesday to celebrate the first group of The GIANT Company and Bake Crafters employees to successfully complete an innovative program to upskill agribusiness workers while they earn…

Message from the State System: Covid-19 Update

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff: In a matter of weeks, thousands of students, faculty, and staff across the State System will arrive at our universities to kick off the academic year. The energy and excitement surrounding our long-awaited return to a fuller range of campus activities is palpable, and we want to make sure the…

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…