Commentary: PASSHE Chancellor says everything on table for state system to survive
ByIt is no secret the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) is, and has been, facing budget problems.
It is no secret the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) is, and has been, facing budget problems.
The words of a few can heal the scars of many. During Shippensburg University’s Take Back The Night, the stories of rape and abuse pierced the deafening silence of the evening, bringing survivors together. The SU Women’s Center hosts Take Back The Night each year to bring attention to domestic violence and sexual assault.
“If you are out as transgender you fight every day. It gets pretty tiring,” said author Asa Frederick, speaking from experience.
Heroin is said to be a silent epidemic. No one talks about it because of the negative stigma generated, but former addicts want to get the word out and raise awareness.
For current Shippensburg University students, off-campus flex dollar spending remains an unlikely fantasy. “It is more complicated than most people think,” said Roger Serr, SU’s vice president for student affairs.
For Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, some issues are too important to rely on the General Assembly to take action. Wolf bypassed the legislature last week, and signed two anti-discrimination executive orders into law.
Constant traffic came and went in Leicester, England, but no one knew they were walking over top the skeletal remains of a king. Richard Buckley, the University of Leicester’s co-director of archaeological services, visited Shippensburg University on Thursday to discuss his experience as the lead archeologist on the Search for Richard Project in 2012. He said Philippa Langley from the Richard III Society approached him with the idea about searching for King Richard III’s remains underneath the social services parking lot.
The annual “Take Back the Night” rally is being held tonight at 7 p.m. in Shippensburg University’s Ceddia Union Building multipurpose room to give victims of sexual assault the chance to feel safe. Everyone is welcome to attend, specifically people who have experienced domestic violence or sexual assault, and the people who are friends of victims.
In the hit reality television show “Undercover Boss,” business owners all over the country go “undercover” as an employee within their own business.
Whether you are a woman in the savanna of South Sudan, the barren hills of Myanmar or the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal, you are a second-class citizen to your family and strangers alike — but not to a few world-class humanitarians. The staff of the New Community Project (NCP) hails from around the U.S., but works out of Arizona to promote environmental sustainability and social justice for women’s rights.
A University of California professor unraveled how modern-day discrimination persists in cities like Baltimore, Maryland, because of their complex history, while speaking in Old Main at Shippensburg University on March 28. Professor George Lipsitz, who spoke to more than 100 SU students and faculty, is a professor of the University of California, Santa Barbara.
From a professor’s office to the basement of Horton Hall, and finally to its own property, the Fashion Archives and Museum of Shippensburg University has traveled a long way. What SU Foundation Board of Directors Chair Joel Zullinger described as the unwanted stepchild has now been adopted, as the Foundation officially opened the new location on March 29, with a ribbon cutting ceremony. “For years it was the unwanted stepchild of the university because what do you do with it and where do you put it,” Zullinger said. Many came to welcome the new location and new inaugural exhibit at 501 N.
As preparations were made for a presentation on Tuesday, professors realized the guests of honor could not go on stage.
Tucked away in 210 Old Main is a resource some students may not know about. Shippensburg University offers Drug and Alcohol Services and the Connection Program as a helping hand to students. The program includes Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS), which every student who comes to the program goes through.
Your world today suffers from a chronic condition with symptoms that include: Endless paperwork, hours of waiting in lines, dysfunctional websites, automated phone calls and fees that cannot be paid in cash.
“Dirt ball” and “haven for pirates” are the words China formally used to describe Taiwan, but despite those connotations, a Shippensburg University English professor felt it was necessary to create a textbook for them. On Thursday, professor Cathy Dibello read aloud parts of her new textbook, “Connecting Through Writing,” which she co-authored with Judy Shi and released in 2015.
Taking on the world one step at a time, it’s all just another mission for former Navy Seal Kristin Beck, whose life was highlighted by Shippensburg University faculty and staff last week. Beck served 20 years on 13 deployments, has received medals such as the Purple Heart and was also a member of the counter-terrorism unit Seal Team 6.
Beneath one roof, benefactors and scholarship recipients congregated together to celebrate what generosity has done for the students of Shippensburg University. The annual Spirit of Generosity Scholarship Dinner was held on March 22 in the Tuscarora Room of Reisner Dining Hall.
Of all the issues that concern Shippensburg University students, the nation’s (crumbling) infrastructure probably does not fall high on the list of what is important. Roads, bridges and public transportation is not the sexiest topic to talk about, and the mere mention of PennDOT may have you cringing.