Staff Contacts
Jennifer Cummings
Interim Coordinator
Davis House
Phone: 717-477-1699
Fax: 717-477-4034
JJCummings@ship.edu
Jennifer Cummings was named Interim Coordinator of Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes in September 2008. She is responsible for providing academic advisement, monitoring academic progress, counseling and referral, and assisting graduating student-athletes in researching and pursuing employment and/or opportunities for graduate education. In addition, the coordinator directs the Study Table Program, Laptop Loan Program, and facilitates all programming associated with the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program.
Prior to her appointment as Coordinator for Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes, Jennifer Cummings served as an academic counselor for the Office of Undeclared Students at Shippensburg University.
Previous to her position with the Office of Undeclared Students, Cummings served as a Custom Contract Program Coordinator for McGraw-Hill Company in Monterey, California. In this position, Cummings supported nation-wide educational testing programs and organized customer workshops for off-site programming.
Prior to her position at McGraw-Hill, Cummings played softball internationally as a player/coach for the Lyon France Softball Organization. Cummings lived in Lyon, France for two years, earning the Most Valuable Player Award at the 2003 Women's European Softball Championship Tournament in Manheim, Germany. During her time overseas, Cummings also received the Most Valuable Player Award at the 2003 Nice Invitation Tournament in Nice, France and Most Valuable Player at the 2004 Women's Softball French National Championships in Bordeaux, France.
Cummings earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she competed as a student-athlete in the sport of softball. During her time as a Badger, Cummings earned the team Most Valuable Player Award in 2001 and the 1999 Team Defensive Player of the Year. Cummings completed her master's degree in Counseling and College Student Personnel at Shippensburg University in May 2009.