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We welcome you and your child to the Shippensburg University family. Please explore our site for news and information about Ship. We have gathered links we think will be of interest to you. We hope they can answers some of your questions here or direct you to the people who can answer them.

Important Links and Information

Grades

  • FERPA regulations stipulate that we distribute grades only to the student.
  • Students may access their grades by using the Student Information System on info.ship.edu. -- After they log in they must choose Registrar, then Academic Record.

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  • Raider Regional Transit - Ride the Raider! It's free with a university ID (or $1 per ride) and it'll get you where you want to go. Schedules and bus stops are listed along with easy instructions.

Learn More

Academic Calendar

The http://www.ship.edu/Provost/Academic_Year_Calendar/ contains the academic calendar. Additional Semester information can be found on the Registrar's web pages.   If you have any questions, please contact the Registrar's Office at ext. 1381.

Application for Graduation

The application for graduation deadline for Spring Graduation is Friday, January 27th, 2012. Once received, these applications will be reviewed by the appropriate academic dean's office. This process will require approximately 8 weeks after the due date for applications.  For more information, please visit www.ship.edu/Registrar/Graduation/Graduation_Process/. 

Last Day to Change Major into High-Demand Programs

Students may declare or change a major any time except for during scheduling, which includes schedule clean-up and the two weeks prior to scheduling. For the spring semester, changes will be accepted until Tuesday, February 7th. Any changes submitted after this date will not be processed until scheduling is complete. Students who wish to declare a major in a high-demand program must submit their request within the first three weeks of the semester in order to be considered. The following programs are currently identified as high-demand: Biology, Pre-K - 4 and 4-8 Education programs, Communications/Journalism, Criminal Justice and Psychology. Students declaring other majors should submit requests during this period to allow them to be processed before scheduling for the next semester.