NEWS

9/20/2013, 12:24am

Senior plans for grandparents' present, his future

By William Kauffman

Shippensburg University senior of public administration Dan Smedley is working for Pennsylvania’s Department of Aging in a 15-week internship sponsored by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). The Harrisburg Internship Semester (THIS) program invites students from all 14 PASSHE schools to participate, and gives them the opportunity to work in state government while earning a full semester’s worth of credits. “It is a 15-credit internship program where you work full time and have a class one night a week.

9/16/2013, 10:19pm

SU among best of the best

By Adrian Sipes

In the summer edition of U.S. Veterans Magazine, Shippensburg University was recognized in its “Best of the Best” issue as one of the top veteran friendly schools in the country.

9/11/2013, 10:26pm

Hug it out

By Mary Grace Keller

Above the miniature red, white and blue flags staked in the ground, the booming voices of the Student Veterans of America (SVA) members rang out to students passing by.

Pennsylvania State Police direct traffic on Monday while the search for robbery suspect Dakin Burgess continued.

9/10/2013, 4:03pm

Robbery suspect dead after chase

By Cara Shumaker

Shippensburg University students received the first SU Alert of the semester on Monday when a high-speed chase that began in Chambersburg roared near campus and ended in suicide near Shippensburg. The chase began after a man Pennsylvania State Police identified as Dakin Burgess, 37, of Pittsburgh, robbed M&T Bank on Lincoln Way East in Guilford Township.

Cadet Devon Newcomer in Bulgaria on an ancient ruin during a CULP mission.

9/9/2013, 10:56pm

SU ROTC cadets participate in summer training

By Collin Brackin

As many students sat around at home this summer, waking up in the afternoon and trying to battle summertime boredom, many cadets from SU’s Raider Battalion Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program had the chance to go out and see locales nationally and internationally.

8/26/2013, 11:59pm

SU Catering Department services events on and off campus

By Collin Brackin

Have you ever thought about the logistics of the special food events that happen here around campus? Shippensburg University is not a large campus community by any stretch of the imagination, but still there are behind the scenes members who get overlooked frequently.

8/8/2013, 10:07am

It's Shark Week, should we be worried?

By Sarah Eyd

Almost 100 years after the famous New Jersey shark attacks that inspired Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster “Jaws” and Discovery Channel’s Shark Week instilling fear in people, there has been a fascination with sharks and shark attacks in recent years.

Tipping is a subject that is widely debated in many parts of the world. Especially who should be paying for the service.

7/22/2013, 9:57pm

Tuition increases nearly $200

By William Kauffman

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Board of Governors approved a $194 tuition increase for the 2013-14 academic year for a new rate of $6,622 per year for full-time resident undergraduate students before added fees. That means $97 more per semester.

Ronnie Tucker addresses attendees of the Pi Alpha Alpha induction ceremony in early May.

5/21/2013, 2:55pm

Pi Alpha Alpha inducts new members

By Stefanie Pfister

In early May the Shippensburg University Chapter of Pi Alpha Alpha, the national public administration and affairs honor society, held its inaugural induction ceremony as a part of the Celebration of Public Service Excellence event.