Officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection briefed Shippensburg residents Thursday about trace amounts of contaminated water detected in Middle Spring Creek. Limited amounts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, were detected in the creek in August of 2023, according to environmental protection specialist Crystal Wolf.
Shippensburg University’s Council of Trustees approved upcoming rates for on-campus housing and dining during its first meeting of 2025. Proposed for a vote by Dean of Students Lorie Sheetz, the council approved housing and dining costs for the 2025-26 academic year and housing costs for the 2026-2027 year.
Speeches for the 2025-2026 Student Government Association leadership election took place this past Thursday, Feb. 20, at 5 p.m. Four SGA candidates delivered speeches at McFeely’s in hopes of securing an elected position.
Shippensburg University Student Trustee Colin Arnold: "I hope that everyone has had a good start to the Spring 2025 semester so far. Spring break is almost here, something to look forward to." "A lot of amazing things have been happening on campus as well as off, representing Shippensburg University well. Before I address the recent Council of Trustees meeting, I’d like to highlight some of those things."
Lately, I’ve been a traveler. By traveler, I mean that I have been taking a trip or two a month to see things that I do not see every day. Expanding horizons is humbling, and personally, I know I have thought plenty about how vast our humanity is from these recent experiences.
Shippensburg University’s Forum met on Tuesday, Feb. 18 in the Ezra Lehman Memorial Library. The forum reviews and discusses matters related to curriculum, student life and university policies. The University Curriculum Committee, in charge of regulating undergraduate and graduate classes, briefed forum members on the courses that have not been taught for five years that are set to be dropped.
The Student Government Association (SGA) Budget and Finance Committee released on Friday their draft of the 2025-2026 operating budget. Student groups can see the draft budget awards in an email sent by SGA President Lillian Sellers on Friday morning. A physical copy of the document has also been posted publicly in the display window outside the SGA office (CUB 201).
A dozen Shippensburg University alumni were welcomed back to their alma mater last Tuesday to discuss their diverse professional experiences with current students. The event, titled “Working while Black,” was sponsored by the Career Center and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA). WITF on-air host and producer Marquis Lupton served as a facilitator for the evening’s discussion.
Gettysburg College professor Scott Hancock, visited Shippensburg University to give an interactive presentation about the national theme of Black History Month on Wednesday evening in the CUB MPR.
Stacey Pearson-Wharton, Ph.D., gave an interactive presentation titled “Difficult Dialogue in a Divided World” at the CUB on Monday night. During her talk, Pearson-Wharton shared valuable tools for engaging in authentic, healthy conversations about controversial or "scary" topics.
Shippensburg University’s celebration of Black History Month kicked off with the Persistent Racial Disparities in Employment Outcomes Panel on Feb. 5.
D.O.I.T. (Downtown Organizations Investing Together) and artist Danny Kissel hosted the inaugural Shippensburg Winterfest event along King Street on Feb. 8. Shippensburg residents flooded the streets to take part in everything Winterfest had to offer including live ice carving, interactive ice games, food trucks and live entertainment. The most notable offerings were the 17 different ice sculptures scattered downtown and live ice carving by Kissel.
Multiple administrative offices within Old Main were burglarized in the early hours of Jan. 17, according to Shippensburg University police documents.
The Slate EIC Connor Niszczak: We have all heard the phrase “pick your battles” hundreds of times. It is one of those cliches that we eventually learn to tune out. Last semester, however, I learned what it really feels like to pick a battle.
Since he took office on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders aimed at fulfilling the promises he made during his 2024 presidential campaign. Going after federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs has been one of Trump’s main initiatives during the first two weeks of his second administration.
SGA VP of Finance, Nathan Garber: Welcome back to campus from Shippensburg University’s Student Government Association! We hope that everyone had a meaningful winter break and was able to spend time relaxing and enjoying the holidays.
Shippensburg University students may notice a different look to Franklin Science Center (FSC) this month as ongoing renovations are set to enter a new stage.
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in the moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” First spoken by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s, those words echoed through the halls of Old Main Tuesday afternoon as the Shippensburg Univer-sity community gathered to commemorate its 37th annual March for Humanity.
