News Releases for August 2009

  University to host Parents and Family Celebration, 9/11 vigil Shippensburg University will expand its annual parents and family day into a three-day celebration that features a fund-raising event for a local food bank and a candlelight vigil in honor of the ninth anniversary of the terrorists' attacks in

Like other institutions around the country, we have been monitoring and preparing for the expected arrival of large numbers of cases of the H1N1 flu, more commonly known as the swine flu. The university has already experienced at least 10 cases of the flu within the past two months. The flu is worldwide so it was

Update for students receiving PHEAA grants this semester (9.10.09) While efforts continue at the state level to gain approval of a budget for the Commonwealth, the impasse still affects the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) and its grants to students. Last summer students received

National magazine ranks Shippensburg among best in the North Shippensburg University is once again ranked among the top universities in the North by U.S. News & World Report as part of its annual rankings. In its book, "America's Best Colleges 2010," Shippensburg is tied for 77th among all