Coming from a background in high school that was very involved in band, Jacob Lynn felt like something was missing at Shawnee State University during his first year on campus. At the start of his sophomore year, he was excited to learn the Office of Student Life was interested in starting a spirit band on campus. Connecting with Director of Student Life Tiffany Hartman and sharing with her his past experience in music, he was asked to help start the band on campus.

After receiving a scholarship to study at an American university for one semester, Mar Planelles-Imbernon decided to attend Shawnee State University. A native of Spain, she is studying Nursing in her home country and will graduate in 2023.

Shawnee State University will celebrate the graduates of the Autumn Class of 2021 in an in-person Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, December 11 at 12 p.m. in the Eloise Covert Smith Theater in the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts.

Double majoring in Marketing and Management while breaking program records in soccer, Shawnee State University senior Kevin de Lange has excelled in more ways than one as an international student.

Starting this semester, the Shawnee State University Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) program created a partnership with the university’s Golden Bear program to help students gain a number of skills for their future career.

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One of only twenty-eight students selected out of an applicant pool of 8,000, international student Ghaida (Ida) Bouchaala received a scholarship to pursue a university degree in the United States. A native of Tunisia, Bouchaala chose to major in Business Administration with a concentration in Management while attending Shawnee State University.

The Shawnee State University Development Foundation (SSUDF) will host its fifth annual Day of Giving on Tuesday, November 30 as part of Giving Tuesday. The 24-hour fundraiser will raise funds for the Shawnee Fund – the foundation’s unrestricted fund that supports scholarships, grants, academic and student programming, and much more.

Shawnee State University welcomed fifty international students from over twenty countries for the 2021-2022 academic year as part the university’s Center for International Programs & Study Abroad (CIPSA).

Shawnee State University’s Office of Military & Veteran Services offers opportunities and support for military-connected students pursuing their college education.