More than 60 Shippensburg University students conducted a mock caucus at the Spiritual Center on Thursday, electing Bernie Sanders as the Democratic nominee and Marco Rubio as the Republican nominee. SU students participate in the mock caucus every presidential election cycle and have accurately predicted every party nominee since its inception in 2008. “Where goes SU, goes the nation,” said Alison Dagnes, an SU professor of political science.
Heads bowed, eyes closed, the members of Shippensburg University’s Catholic Campus Ministries (CCM) begin a chain of prayer that flows from one person to the next. This circle of fellowship is not unusual for those who frequent the Cora I.
The weekend snowstorm, nicknamed Jonas, was the largest blizzard to blanket Shippensburg University since 1996, and the second biggest one since records began in 1938. The storm lasted for more than 24 hours, totaling 32.4 inches of snowfall, according to the National Weather Service and Timothy Hawkins, SU professor of geography and earth science.
Shippensburg University officials said that hoverboards are banned on campus because of safety reasons, according to a news release published on Jan.
Shippensburg University officials are reminding student workers to fill out the required criminal background checks or they will not be allowed to work.
Most full-time students are thinking about how to pass classes and have a social life. However, one undergraduate biology major is thinking about a board of executives, a mission statement, and a uniqueness—all things needed for the initial stages of a nonprofit organization. After interning with a third-party patient advocate service, Connect Care 3, a Shippensburg University student is taking what he learned to start up a new nonprofit organization. Alex “Bard” Lombardo is in the beginning stages of creating a non-profit that raises funds to help those with cancer pay for insurance premiums, medications and other hefty cost that come with the treatments.
Shippensburg University announced in January that it will be fronting money to students who are still awaiting their grants from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) and that PHEAA is expected to disburse funds in several weeks. PHEAA’s website states that it is reviewing the governor and General Assembly’s actions before processing any money. “Rest assured, we are working diligently to disburse award funds as quickly as we can,” the website states.
Heading into 2016, Shippensburg University’s dean of the John L. Grove College of Business sits at the helm of the Middle Atlantic Association of Colleges of Business Administration (MAACBA), serving as president of his peers.
Students and staff at Shippensburg University are used to construction on campus because of the major projects that have occurred over the last few semesters.
Firefighters are trained to run toward danger when others flee. They are some of the first to respond, and the last to leave from a call.
Shippensburg University's criminal justice program is ranked 41 out of 50 programs in the U.S. on Value Colleges’ 2016 line-up.
Violence occurring in schools is a growing concern among both students and parents—a nightmare creeping over this country.
Nearly 350 Shippensburg University students from the three colleges were recognized Saturday at the undergraduate commencement ceremony for earning their bachelor's degrees.
Shippensburg University will hold both graduate and undergraduate winter commencement ceremonies this weekend.
With the presidential primaries two months away, Shippensburg University students gathered in Orndorff Theatre to discuss the nature of healthcare in the U.S.
Voters in Houston, Texas struck down a city law on Nov. 3 that protected LGBT people and others from discrimination. The repeal effort was headed by conservatives who alleged that transgender women were not real women and were, in fact, straight men that were using the law in order to go into bathrooms and peek at girls.
As part of an effort to combat the effects of the state budget impasse, Shippensburg University’s Activities Program Board (APB) held a dinner and movie night in the Ceddia Union Building on Thursday. Students were invited out for a free meal and a night of entertainment to take their mind off of their financial problems.
“To stand as a light in the darkness,” said Rev. Janice Bye, Shippensburg University's campus minister, as she led the vigil in remembrance of the attacks in Paris.
Shippensburg University students, faculty and local Shippensburg community members joined five panelists in the Tuscarora Room on Nov.
Four Shippensburg University professors held a public round table discussion in the Ceddia Union Building (CUB) on Nov.
