Community Service
The Honors Student Organization plans local, regional, and international service projects. Some of these projects are listed below.
Excitement in Education
Coordinated by Honors students since 1992, Excitement in Education is
designed to introduce local middle school students to university life
and to inspire them to be college- or university-bound. The
middle school students participate in Excitement in Education through
the Gear-Up Program, a mentoring partnership between Shippensburg
University and the Harrisburg Public School District, each semester.
Each
middle school student attends three workshops taught by Honors
students. The workshops encourage students to broaden their horizons while
having
fun with
learning. Workshops include "Start Now, Get Rich," "Fun with Experiments," "Riddle Me This," "The Great American Pastime," "Recess," and "From the Funnies to Graphic Novels: Comics for All!" Harrisburg students go through the university students' line in Reisner Hall for lunch, and Honors students lead tours of the Shippensburg
campus.
Rails to Trails Clean Up
Each fall, the Honors Student Organization and the campus Volunteers Club teamed up to help clean Shippensburg's Rails to Trails. Students pick up trash along the trail and surrounding woods near Adams Drive and enjoy a free pizza lunch afterward.
Ship It: Textbooks Go Global
Ship It: Textbooks Go Global was designed by Honors students in the new Honors Service Learning Seminar. To view their website and read about the accomplishments of this exciting project, click here.