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The Center for PAGE has a number of events and activities planned during the fall term to educate and empower students about gender in/equity, healthy relationships, consent and culture change, and LGBTQ experience. Below is the calendar with detail and brief summaries of our activities.
Fall 2026 Events
In the Fall term of 2026, the PAGE Center has a calendar of offerings for students to engage with our pillar programming around:
- survivor support and prevention of sexual violence
- women’s history and access
- LGBTQ experience
We are inviting deeper connections with students and the campus to better understand and celebrate all of us, across our differences, for asafer learning and stronger wellbeing.
September
- Safer Sex Ed (and prizes raffle)
Thursday, September 10, 7-8:30
Orndorff Theater
Frank talk about safer sex and healthy practice for whoever is interested. Find out stuff maybe you didn’t know you didn’t know. Quizzes, prizes, raffle. Talk, don't talk, no pressure. - Am I Being Clear? A Crash Course In Boundary Setting, with Dr. Lori Bednarchik
Thursday, September 24, time TBA
Location TBA
In addition to the presentations on this evening, we have engaged Dr Bednarchik for a daytime lecture concerning skillful communication and boundary-setting. Misty Knight and I are identifying the best time to hold this talk; please reach out to us if you’d like your classroom to be included. A summary of the lecture: What makes a relationship healthy? How can students tell when something isn’t right? This program helps students learning boundary setting skills, guides reflection of values and non-negotiables, and explores how to respond when boundaries are being pushed or crossed. Students learn how to navigate difficult conversations clearly and with confidence. - Wanna Make Out? A Conversation About Consent, with Dr. Lori Bednarchik
Thursday, September 24
5p for OFSL, open to all
7p for Athletes
Memorial Auditorium
This program focuses on affirmative consent, emphasizing clear, mutual, ongoing, and enthusiastic communication before, during, and after sexual activity. Students learn practical strategies to navigate real-life situations, including interpreting mixed signals and understanding how alcohol can impact communication and decision-making. Engaging and designed to connect with students where they are. - STI Rapid Testing Pop-Up
Monday, September 28, 2-6p
CUB Anchor Rooms 103 and 104
Information, resources, and rapid testing for STIs (sexually transmitted infections). Community partner Keystone Health is on site for free, confidential testing and your unique questions about wellness and best practice.
October
- Tulip Memorial (DVAM)
Wednesday, October 7, 12-1p
Commemorative Garden (Lackhove/Wright)
This annual event is meant to bear witness to harm, learn to act, and honor our shared work to end intimate partner violence. We will commemorate victims of domestic and intimate partner violence and raise awareness about the dynamics of these harms. Key partners include the Criminal Justice department and local services center partners, including Domestic Violence Services of Cumberland and Perry, WIN Services, and Randi’s House. This ceremony will launch Shippensburg’s DVAM programming. - Clothesline Project (DVAM)
October 26-30
CUB Great Hall Railing
We’re airing domestic violence’s dirty laundry: intimate partner violence isn’t a private matter, it’s a public concern. The Clothesline Project started in 1990 to visually mark and give voice to victims of gender-based violence. The clothesline displays T-shirts marked with words of insight and commemoration of victims/survivors. We are invited to engage with the harm and with the hope for healing from and ending domestic violence. - Franklin County Pride: Need a Ride? Carpool
Sunday, October 11, noon-5p
Wilson College, Chambersburg PA
Franklin Pride is during Fall break this year, but the PAGE Center is organizing a carpool for students who are in the area and want to attend. The registration form is available at the QR code here; a refundable deposit is required for an accurate headcount. The poster for the ride share is attached to this email. The poster for the ride share is attached to this email. Please share as appropriate with students and staff. - Buckle Up For Action: It’s On Us, Ship!
Thursday, October 15, 5-6:30p
CUB 119
Each of us can do something every day to make the campus a safer and more empowering and consent-forward place to learn and live. This event is developed and led by students! Join us to learn skills and raise the sense of urgency. Become part of a better-informed and more-engaged community of care and prevention. Beginners through experts welcome. Contact page@ship.edu to get involved. - Love Your Body Day Funhouse!
Thursday, October 22, 4-6p
CUB MPR
This is a Funhouse Mirror, Illusionist, Shifting Floor world of body image: In a culture that often gaslights us with unrealistic and narrow beauty standards, we’re promoting body positivity, self-love, and body acceptance. Come play, create, and engage with interactive stations about the variety of bodies we live in. We celebrate that all bodies are capable and beautiful across gender, race, dis/ability, ethnicity, nationality, size, and our many other differences. Come and be affirmed as you are.
November
- LGBTQ&A: Asked and Answered
Monday, November 9, 7-8:30p
CUB 119
Frequently Asked Questions and other useful information to better understand and be decent to LGBTQ friends and family, for all who want it. Bring your own questions for the question box or send them early using the QR code below. Talk, don't talk, no pressure. - Queersgiving Friends and Family Meal
Friday, November 20, 11:30a-1p
Center for PAGE, CUB 232
Looking for your people? Need to be in a safer spot before the break? Come share a queer-affirming meal and hang out with friends and chosen-family. Take our time; get support if needed; help create an environment to support, encourage, and celebrate one another. Or just come eat. - Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR)
Friday, November 20, 6-8p
Stewart Hall
An annual commemoration to honor the lives of trans friends and family and highlight the need to end anti-trans violence. Hundreds of trans folks are murdered each year globally; young adults and our trans sisters of color are targeted most. TDOR is meant for us to gather, memorialize loss, celebrate life, read the names for 2026, and add stones to our commemorative monument. Everyone is welcome to attend, support, and participate
December
- Lavender Celebration
Dec. 10, 2026
4-6 p.m.
Lavender Celebration congratulates and highlights LGBTQ, Women’s and Gender Studies, and supportive ally graduates who are invited to walk, be acknowledged and triumphed, and support each other! All graduating Shippensburg University students, undergraduate and graduate, are welcome to participate.