NEWS


3/11/2014, 8:34am

Construction set to begin on water chilling plant, steam system

Shippensburg University energy costs are predicted to plummet, while savings will rise, as construction has begun and is scheduled to take place over the coming months on a new campus-wide $30.2 million water chilling plant facility and revamped natural gas-powered heating system. The project could save SU upward of $330,000 per year, and reduce its carbon footprint by 31 percent, according to the facilities management and planning department, which is working directly with the independent department of general services to oversee the project. The pipes from the current steam system will remain in place, saving SU nearly $10 million in its installation of the natural gas system, which will replace the current coal-powered steam plant. “They’ve been heating with steam for a long time,” said project manager Bruce Herring.


3/6/2014, 4:40pm

SU Black Heritage Committee hosts James McBride performance

In the past, Shippensburg University has hosted numerous notable performers to entertain and educate students on campus. This past Monday night, The Ceddia Union building multi-purpose room was filled with music during a gospel concert performed by best-selling author James McBride, accompanied by The Good Lord Bird Band.


3/3/2014, 6:40pm

Muslim women find a place for prayer on campus

Without a place to call their own, Muslim women at Shippensburg University used to pray between rows of books in the library, empty lounges in the CUB or wherever they could find a quiet space. The diversity committee of Student Senate and some of the CUB staff joined together this past week to address the needs of Muslim students looking for a place to pray during the day.


2/17/2014, 8:24pm

A few words from an alumnus

Well, we are already a month into the spring semester, and despite the large amount of snow still on the ground, students are surely looking ahead to warmer weather, the end of classes and the beginning of summer vacation.


2/17/2014, 8:22pm

Seeing through the smoke: Cigarettes on campus

Flip the lighter open, release a flame and inhale the No. 1 cause of preventable death in the United States. According to the American Lung Association, cigarette smoking causes 393,000 deaths per year and nearly 50,000 deaths from secondhand smoke. At Shippensburg University, smokers are not an unusual sight.


2/5/2014, 8:15pm

Students march to the words of MLK's speech

Shippensburg University hosted its 26th annual MLK March for Humanity on Jan. 30 in the Ceddia Union Building.The theme was D.R.E.A.M.: Develop, Realize, Aspire and Motivate. The event was followed by a reenactment of the march that took place in Washington, D.C.


1/27/2014, 8:12pm

PASSHE hosts forum on weapons policy draft

Shippensburg University is among one of the seven Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) schools to adopt a weapons policy that would allow students to carry firearms outside of school facilities as long as they can obtain a permit to carry a concealed weapon.


1/27/2014, 7:44pm

SU ROTC students receive scholarships

As many of us were receiving gifts over winter break, many cadets in Shippensburg University’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Raider Battalion were given a significant gift and opportunity of their own.