NEWS


4/30/2018, 9:36pm

PASSHE’s fate boils down to five paths

A state-commissioned study by the RAND Corporation provided five possibilities for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) universities to combat the issues of rising tuition and falling enrollment rates. 


4/30/2018, 9:29pm

Editor-in-Chief says goodbye to The Slate

After five years of having the privilege of serving The Slate, it is time to step aside and give that privilege to others who will follow in my footsteps, just as I have followed in those who came before me. 


4/30/2018, 9:26pm

Police briefs 4/24/18 - 4/30/18

Isiah A. Walker, 18, of Seavers Hall, was charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia in connection with an incident that occurred on April 21 in Seavers Hall.  


4/23/2018, 10:44pm

Professor shares impact of war on mental health

Shippensburg University alumnus and current adjunct social work professor Bernard Showers led a discussion in a crowded Shippen Hall lecture room Monday evening on older veterans and mental health issues.


4/23/2018, 10:29pm

Carter inaugurated as president

President Laurie Carter was inaugurated as the 17th president of Shippensburg University on Friday afternoon at a ceremony in which the theme of the event reflected the university’s past, present and future. 


4/23/2018, 10:24pm

Students map Hornbaker Wetland with drones

Nineteen students enrolled in Advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS 3) with Scott Drzyzga, a geography and earth science professor at Shippensburg University, replaced textbooks with drones for a day, and stepped outside of boxy classroom walls to get knee-deep in the melted snow-soaked Hornbaker Wetland. 


4/16/2018, 10:04pm

Police briefs 4/10/18 - 4/16/18

Dishawn S. Vance, of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, reported to university police on April 14 at approximately 3 p.m. that the license plate was missing from her 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt, which at the time was parked in the Reisner Dining Hall parking lot. 


4/16/2018, 9:56pm

Panel shares their LGBT experiences

“HERstory, HIStory, THEIRstory, THEMstory: Resilience and Resistance,” a panel of storytelling by three regional speakers, was held at Shippensburg University’s Old Main Chapel on Monday evening.  


4/16/2018, 9:50pm

SU senior wins PASSHE award

Shippensburg University senior Brad Foreman was announced as the 2018 winner of the Syed R. Ali-Zaidi Award for Academic Excellence and received a $1,000 prize from the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. 


4/16/2018, 9:43pm

Professor debuts second novel

“Transforming historical people into characters is my favorite technique of writing historical fiction,” said Shippensburg University English professor Kim van Alkemade during a reading of her new book “Bachelor Girl” on Thursday evening in Old Main Chapel.