Bridge For Kids hosts Miss Ship Pageant
ByShippensburg University’s Bridge For Kids hosted a comical and entertaining Miss Ship 2016 Fairytale Pageant Monday evening at 7:30 p.m.
Shippensburg University’s Bridge For Kids hosted a comical and entertaining Miss Ship 2016 Fairytale Pageant Monday evening at 7:30 p.m.
Her fingers quickly move over the keyboard as she stays intent on her work. Any passersby can tell the Shippensburg University junior’s true passions by the stickers that cover her laptop.
“You guys are the ones that are going to change the game,” said Shuchi Sharma, global head of business transformation services, market development for Systems, Applications and Products in data processing (SAP). Sharma spoke to students at Shippensburg University during the Start Smart Program last Tuesday. The program, held in Presidents’ Hall, is a women’s empowerment series, sponsored by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) focused on giving women the knowledge and skills to successfully negotiate their salary. According to Sharma’s presentation, women make 78 percent of what men do.
The Ceddia Union Building’s multipurpose (MPR) room was covered in black and clear tarps.
On Wednesday afternoon, the volunteer-based Shippensburg University Environmental Club hosted its annual Earth Day celebration.
For almost two full years, Shippensburg University’s farm club and faculty have come together to keep the SU community farm well put together. On April 21, the farm club, along with several professors, came together to celebrate StewardSHIP Week 2016.
Multiple people have told me that “college is the best time of my life.” Usually, I think that maybe these people were going to school to party or maybe they were so smart that all they simply had to do was show up on test day.
Dogs, massages, free food and drinks filled the Ceddia Union Building (CUB) on Wednesday, ready for students to arrive at the annual Shippensburg University Wellness Fair. The SU counseling center and human resources office combined efforts to bring 56 vendors to the CUB multipurpose room from 10 a.m.
If near-graduates are worried about miss- ing Shippensburg, the one thing that won’t keep them here is the classic “Ship smell” that wafts into open windows on breezy spring days. I woke up the other night to the intense smell of poop.
Since the spring of 2015, undergraduate student Aaron Einstein has been actively involved with the environment.
While typical classes occur in lecture format with students seated at a desk and continuously fed information, a handful of Shippensburg University students learned through a samba workshop on April 15. Alo Brasil band leader Alex Shaw presented professor Gretchen Pierce’s history of Brazil class with a samba and drumming lesson during their typical class period.
Imagine sipping on a delicious smoothie on a cool spring day. The steps that go into making this smoothie just so happen to be environmentally friendly as well.
More than 690 people participated in the Relay For Life event at Shippensburg University and raised more than $37,000 to fight back against cancer. Relay For Life is an overnight fundraising walk that gives people an opportunity to celebrate those who have battled cancer, honor those who lost and fight back against this disease. The people of SU camped out in the gym and the 36 teams took turns walking the track.
On Tuesday evening, Shippensburg University students joined together and showed their support at the Take Back the Night rally, march and speak out. The event began at 7 p.m.
“Did you send me a fun package to get me through the rest of the semester,” my sister Jillian asked over the phone. “Um, no.
The stakes were high this past week within Greek Life at Shippensburg University, as fraternities and sororities competed for the coveted slot of Greek Week champions. Banners could be seen all around the Ceddia Union Building (CUB), representing each organization as well as the theme for 2016, “Welcome to the Jungle.” Fraternities and sororities participated in a number of games that kicked off on Sunday, April 3.
I went camping this weekend and stepped into coloring pages, where trees outlined in gray had yet to find their color.
On Saturday, April 2, Shippensburg fraternities and sororities met on the university recreation fields for friendly competition to help raise money for a good cause. Alpha Omicron Pi hosted its annual “Strike Out Arthritis” event, a charity wiffle ball tournament that raises money for the Juvenile Arthritis Foundation.
Upbeat music blared from inside the dark Ceddia Union Building multipurpose room on Thursday night as an invitation to see the 2015 Comic of the Year. The comedian, Adam Grabowski, stood under a spotlight on the stage and threw colorful snap bracelets to audience members as they entered the room. While waiting for an introduction from the Activities Program Board (APB), Grabowski started playing music that he believed “fit” the mood of various singled-out audience members.
