Shippensburg University offers a variety of clubs and organizations for students to get involved in, but amongst these university organizations is a hidden gem—Ship’s Her Campus.

Ship’s Her Campus, an online magazine, was brought to the Shippensburg University campus in 2010, and even though Ship’s Her Campus is not recognized by Student Senate, the organization has not stopped growing or evolving. What started off with around 10 women has grown rapidly to a staggering 33 members in just one year.

Her Campus was founded by three Harvard University undergraduates in 2009 — Stephanie Kaplan, Windsor Hang and Annie Wang. Today, the online magazine is a global community for college women to express themselves openly and freely. The articles published on Her Campus are written entirely by the world's top college journalists, with more than 7,000 contributors and photographers. The online magazine features articles on style, beauty, health, love, life and so much more.

“I love writing, so for me it sounded like a pretty cool thing,” Ship’s Her Campus editor-in-chief Nicole Esbenshade said, “I also love magazines too, so it was getting to work for a magazine that blew my mind.”

Esbenshade, who is currently a junior at SU studying communication/journalism, enjoys the openness and freedom that Ship’s Her Campus offers students.

“I like that we are not constricted to one general area,” Esbenshade said, “We are not just a sports magazines or a beauty magazine — we are all of that.”

The Her Campus community has given many students a different perspective, and of course, plenty of real world experience.

Rebekah Elbel, a senior at SU and a Ship’s Her Campus contributor says that Her Campus has given her the opportunity to write about what she loves.

“I am a business student, but I also love fashion, beauty and inspirational stories,” Elbel said, “Ship’s Her Campus allowed me to step outside of my comfort zone and try something new.”

Students who are interested in joining Ship’s Her Campus can write about a variety of different topics, but they can also take on leadership positions.

“We have social media managers, we have different people that take care of our Twitter or our Facebook or our Instagram,” Esbenshade said, “They are responsible for coming up with two posts a week and they can go on since they have the passwords and post right from their phones or computers.”

Even though Ship’s Her Campus has not been at SU very long, it does not show signs of stopping.

For the Spring 2016 semester, Esbenshade is looking to find even more writers and photographers. In addition, she plans on creating more management positions such as assistant editor, public relations specialist, and social media content manager. She hopes that by creating these positions and implementing these new ideas that it will better help Ship’s Her Campus contributors gain experience for their future careers.

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