A.C.T. to hold rally Thursday
By / Managing EditorAsk. Communicate. Teach Tolerance. (A.C.T.) is a group of students who strive to create a more inclusive and safer campus environment for all Shippensburg University students.
Ask. Communicate. Teach Tolerance. (A.C.T.) is a group of students who strive to create a more inclusive and safer campus environment for all Shippensburg University students.
Over the weekend, a racial slur was written on a board inside an on-campus residence hall. This is not the first time an incident like this has occurred at Shippensburg University.
My name is Stephen Washington and I am the current Student Government President of our university.
On behalf of The Slate staff, I would like to welcome everyone back to campus. When I left the newsroom on March 6, I planned to return to finish out the semester with our remaining five editions.
By the time this column hits newsstands, I will have completed my “last first day of school” (barring any pursuit of a master’s degree.)
Welcome to campus, whether you are joining the community in person or remotely.
Members of the Shippensburg University class of 2024 had an unconventional but warm welcome to their first year in college.
A former Shippensburg University student has filed a sexual harassment complaint against the school, claiming it failed to protect her against unwanted sexual advances from a supervisor.
Shippensburg University announced a new partnership with WellSpan Health to provide on-campus health care for students Aug. 6, despite concerns over privatization.
Members of the class of 2020 finally returned to campus Saturday to celebrate their graduation almost three months after their original scheduled commencement ceremony was postponed.
Anxiety, fear and stress are a common sentiment as the world navigates the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. From world leaders to businesses and industries to schools and to households, preventing exposure and stopping the spread of the coronavirus is in the forefront of people's minds.
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Board of Governors authorized Chancellor Daniel Greenstein to “review the financial impacts of integrating operations at selected System universities.”
Shippensburg University announced the newest student representative appointed to the Council of Trustees.
Shippensburg University’s spring class of 2020 will get to celebrate its graduation in a modified in-person ceremony to make up for the cancelation of the traditional May ceremony because of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Classes will begin Aug. 17, one week prior to the pre-pandemic schedule listed on ship.edu, and conclude on campus at Thanksgiving break. Finals will remotely occur after Thanksgiving break, according to officials. There will be no fall break in October, students will instead have to wait until Nov. 23 and 24.
Picture the Dunkin’ Donuts line in the Ceddia Union Building (CUB) between 8-10 a.m. on weekdays. Now picture that same line with the same number of people, but this time they are spaced 6 feet apart for social distancing. The line would weave throughout the entire building.
Although Shippensburg University has made many strides toward achieving transparency that should not be discounted, I feel there are several issues the administration has not yet addressed that need to be resolved as it moves forward into a new post-pandemic academic year.
We are at the end of another year, and a new team is about to take over and lead The Slate. They take the place of a departing generation of veterans of which I am a member.
Finances are often a struggle for new college graduates, but with the economy in a freefall and concern about job prospects mounting, this year’s graduates may be facing even tougher financial headwinds.
The #ReOpen rallies that occurred this past week are prime examples of the corruption present within the modern conservative American movement.