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Dr. Charles Patterson
Dr. Charles Patterson

5/10/2022, 2:34pm

Charles Patterson officially the 18th President of Shippensburg University

By Noel Miller / Editor-in-Chief

“I am honored to be selected to serve Shippensburg University as its 18th president. I continue to be inspired by the important scholarly work of our Ship students and faculty. I look forward to working collaboratively with our many stakeholders, partners and friends of the university to ensure Ship is recognized as the flagship institution it deserves to be,” Patterson said in a Ship Now press release. 

4/26/2022, 12:00pm

Rangeline DeJesus named SU student trustee

By Seth Turner

On April 14, it was announced that Rangeline DeJesus will serve as a new Shippensburg University Trustee. Appointed by Gov. Tom Wolfe, the sophomore will be serving on the Shippensburg University Council of Trustees and representing students.

4/26/2022, 12:00pm

‘Take Back the Night’ held in person after two years

By Piper Kull / A&E Editor

“When we deny our stories and disengage from tough emotions, they don’t go away; instead, they own us, they define us. Our job is not to deny the story, but to defy the ending—to rise strong, recognize our story, and rumble with the truth until we get to a place where we think, ‘Yes. This is what happened. This is my truth. And I will choose how this story ends,” a speaker at SU’s ‘Take Back the Night” used the Brene Brown quote to perfectly sum up the night. ‘Take Back the Night,’ an annual event from the PAGE Center, Domestic Violence Services of Cumberland and Perry County (DVSCPC), Women in Need and YWCA Carlisle and Cumberland Co., was held on Tuesday, April 19 in the CUB MPR.

4/26/2022, 12:00pm

Women’s Consortium Student Emergency Funds to Foundation

By Misty Knight

In each case the SUWC member involved both provided help personally and helped the student make appropriate contacts for further assistance. These experiences launched the idea to hold SUWC fund-raisers to provide the money to have on hand for such grants. Now students who were threatened with violence and/or sexual assault in their place of residence, students suddenly left homeless or without adequate resources for food, students with transportation emergencies all have received SUWC assistance. 

4/26/2022, 12:00pm

FGSA serves first-generation students, helping them adjust to academic and campus life

By Natalie Truman

As a first-generation student herself, junior psychology major Cassidy Keilholtz knows a thing or two about the struggles of being the first in your family to pursue a four-year degree. As president of the First-Generation Student Alliance (FGSA) club at Shippensburg University, Keilholtz is passionate about helping fellow first-generation students successfully navigate the college experience. 

4/26/2022, 12:00pm

SU students and faculty work to make campus more sustainable

By Seth Turner

From shifting weather predictions, to mass storms across the southern United States, it seems some aspects of climate change are rearing their head. “It’s quite clear, from study after study, that the rate of resource extraction, the rate of population growth, is exorbitant and we can’t continue to extract resources at the same rate that we always have.” said Sean Cornell, a geography and earth sciences professor at Shippensburg University. 

4/26/2022, 12:00pm

Get to know SGA senator candidates

By Katie Huston / Ship Life Editor

The Student Government Association’s senator elections are ongoing and will close on Thursday, April 21, at 4 p.m. There are six candidates running across the four positions — the College of Business Senator, the College of Arts & Sciences Senator, the Class of 2024 Senator and the VP of Internal Affairs.

4/26/2022, 12:00pm

Green League and Environmental Awareness

By Seth Turner

“It’s quite clear, from study after study, that the rate of resource extraction, the rate of population growth, is exorbitant and we can’t continue to extract resources at the same rate that we always have,” said Sean Cornell, an SU associate geography and earth sciences professor. From shifting weather predictions, to mass storms across the southern United States, it seems some aspects of climate change are rearing their head.

4/12/2022, 12:00pm

SGA senator elections underway, officer position to be included

By Katie Huston / Ship Life Editor

Just a few weeks after the Student Government Association’s officer elections, senators are suiting up for their own elections to take place. Voting begins on Monday April 18 at 8 a.m. through Thursday April 21 at 4 p.m. Voting will take place online through Shiplink again and an email will be sent to Shippensburg University students containing the voting link. 

4/5/2022, 12:00pm

Guest speaker addresses mass incarceration of women and girls

By Allyson Ritchey / Asst. PR Director

Every seat in Old Main Chapel was occupied on Wednesday, March 30, as Jill McCorkel, sociology and criminology professor at Villanova University, presented her lecture titled “It’s not Prison Reform if We Leave Women and Girls Behind.” The event began with introductions by Allison Carey, SU sociology department chair, and Theresa Ward, sociology senior and department tutor. 

4/5/2022, 12:00pm

SGA hosts brief public meeting

By Piper Kull / A&E Editor

The Student Government Association held a public meeting on March 31 in Orndorff Theater at 4:15 p.m.. The meeting concluded shortly after the opening remarks, despite the tensions present at the last public meeting.