NEWS


10/30/2024, 1:00pm

SGA debuts restructured President’s Hour

With only a week until Election Day, just about everyone has questions they want to ask about the president. For Shippensburg University, a different kind of president took questions from the student body on Thursday afternoon. SU President Charles Patterson and other administrators met with the student body Thursday afternoon in a reimagined, SGA-sponsored President’s Hour in the Ceddia Union Building.


10/22/2024, 8:00am

Election Update: Two weeks until Nov. 5

With just two weeks until Election Day on Nov. 5, candidates are making their final appeals to voters in seven key battleground states.  Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada are all polling within the margin of error.


10/22/2024, 8:00am

SGA Corner: Get ready for President’s Hour

We here at the Student Government Association hope everyone had a wonderful Homecoming weekend. It was amazing to see the campus banding together once again to welcome back our alumni and celebrate with Shippensburg pride.


10/18/2024, 1:00pm

SGA approves four new student groups

As Shippensburg University student groups prepare to submit their 2025-2026 budget requests, four new groups will be able to request funds after being approved at the Oct. 3 Student Government Association (SGA) meeting. 


10/18/2024, 1:00pm

SGA Corner: Full Steam Ahead

It is hard to believe that the first eight weeks of the semester are behind us. The Student Government Association (SGA) has been putting in the work representing the campus community and will continue to do so throughout the semester.  


10/1/2024, 12:00pm

Student Trustee Report: Updates from Council of Trustees Meeting

SU Student Trustee Colin Arnold: As the new student trustee for Shippensburg University, I would like to initiate a student trustee report in The Slate. Before getting to the details of the report, I would like to first address the unique role that the student trustee plays and what the Council of Trustees is.


10/1/2024, 12:00pm

Your World Today Commentary: Hoda Kotb and the power of optimistic journalism

On Nov. 29, 2017, Matt Lauer was fired from the Today Show. At 7 a.m., just as I did every day at the time, I was brushing my teeth, attempting to comb my hair and making my way downstairs to eat breakfast before getting on the bus just before 8 a.m. But that day was different. As I was finishing upstairs, I heard the familiar sound of the Today Show’s opening music echoing from my kitchen. By the time I stepped into the room, I heard Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb reading the statement alleging Lauer’s sexual misconduct.


10/1/2024, 12:00pm

State Sen. Rothman visits SU for business Q&A

Pennsylvania state Sen. Greg Rothman visited Shippensburg University on Thursday for a Q&A event about entrepreneurship sponsored by the Commonwealth Foundation and hosted by the Charles H. Diller Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation in Stewart Hall. 


10/1/2024, 12:00pm

Election Update: 35 days to Election Day Nov. 5

With just over a month left until election day, both candidates continue to campaign in battleground states in a tight presidential race.  According to national polling data from the New York Times, Vice President Harris holds a small lead over Trump in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Nevada. In North Carolina, Georgia and Arizona, Trump is leading by an equally small margin. Neither candidate holds more than a three percentage point lead over their opponent in each battleground state.


10/1/2024, 12:00pm

MSA celebrates 2024 Diversity Week with ‘A Quilt to Cover Us All’ reveal

Diversity Week 2024 has come to a close, but its message still carries on across campus. Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) revealed “A Quilt to Cover Us All” Friday on the Gilbert Lawn, bringing Diversity Week to an end. Each panel of the quilt was created by faculty and students, representing the diversity, inclusivity and unity on campus. 


9/25/2024, 11:27am

Candidates for Student Government share their visions for campus

Following the Shippensburg University Student Government Association (SGA) meeting held on Thursday, Sept. 19, four prospective SGA senators gave their speeches in McFeely’s in the CUB at 5 p.m. Three of the senator candidates are running to represent the Class of 2028. The fourth is running to represent the Class of 2025.


9/25/2024, 11:23am

SGA approves changes to Budget & Finance standing rules

Shippensburg University’s Student Government Association (SGA) approved changes to its Budget and Finance Committee (B&F) standing rules at its meeting last week.  The amendments to the rules include the addition of a special funding request process that will allow groups to request additional funds to supplement their budget. The committee allocated $120,000 to the fund after SU President Charles Patterson approved a student activity fee increase at the end of the budget process last year.