Dr. Matthew Shupp ’00-03M, professor of counselor education and selected member of the 2021-25 Fulbright Specialist roster awarded from the United States Department of State, spent three weeks in December of 2025 at Suez Canal University in Egypt. There, he helped the university develop a plan for its first-ever clinical counseling center, work that he called “one of…
Last November, Professor of Political Science,Dr. Alison Dagnes, attended the Media ’25 Conference in Prague, Czech Republic. Receiving an invite to this event is a huge honor, featuring media experts, practitioners and scholars from across the globe to discuss different aspects of media and its role in society. Among the notable attendees was Petr Pavel,…
Isaiah Murray is a Ship alumnus who received his Bachelor of Arts in sociology in 2021, and his Master of Science in organizational development and leadership in 2024. Now, Murray has found a purpose in using travel as a way to give back to the world. He began his traveling journey in Ghana – with…
In May of 2023, Dr. Elizabeth Aragunde, music and theatre arts, led two dozen Ship students and members of the Ship Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers on a ten-day tour of the Baltics, the farthest east any ensemble from Ship has ever traveled! The choir performed in historical venues in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to…
LeaderSHIP Flashback to 2009 when Wood Honors College Director Dr. Kim Klein wanted to implement an experiential and progressive learning project to achieve real objectives and gain a deeper understanding of global community. The service-learning project would be part of the Honors Colloquium and had to be international, interdisciplinary, and sustainable. Her students performed research…