A $40,000 grant recently awarded to Shippensburg University by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) will be used to cover the costs of an online alcohol education course for all incoming first-year students.
Living on a Pennsylvania farm in the late ’90s, Sue Rudy and her husband Vern first took in a homeless person as an act of faith. Believing that they had a mission to fulfill, the Rudys bought a second home and welcomed more homeless people.
It is that time of year again. Every year the Shippensburg University Student Senate holds a training day for all student groups and student group leaders on campus.
Bringing down the gavel with a bang, another Student Senate meeting begins with President Luke Perry’s call to attention.
On Tuesday, Sept. 17, Shippensburg University recognized Constitution Day with a speech by Helen J. Knowles, a visiting professor from Skidmore College.
It has been the better part of a year since the completion of the Phase I housing project, an endeavor that took significant overtime to complete; Phase II, on the other hand, is right on schedule. The Phase II housing project, which includes sites four, five and six—Lackhove, Kieffer and McCune, respectively—is now nearing the end of its eighth month.
Shippensburg University has caused quite a stir recently with the adoption of its new weapon policy. Over the past year, seven schools have decided to allow the possession of firearms on campus — SU being one of them.
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.
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.
For many college students, graduates are lucky if they land a job within the first six months after receiving their diplomas.
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.
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.
After eight years of discussion, the department has developed a project that will reduce SU’s carbon footprint by nearly 40 percent while saving several million dollars in the construction process.
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.
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.
Heading into the first semester as the newly appointed interim president would be quite the experience for almost anyone.
UPDATE: An additional SU Alert was sent out for clarification at 6:15 p.m. The robbery did not occur near campus, as the Public Opinion reported that the original crime took place in Guilford Township.
Thirty-six students have enrolled in the new disability studies minor, an interdisciplinary program that is the first of its kind in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE).
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.
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