Duquesne University Tamburitzans come to Shepherd
(THE PICKET) – Dancers from Duquesne University took a Shepherd University audience Saturday through a tour of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. On Saturday, Read More
Category: Features
Painter Sarah Jacobs’ Opening Exhibit
PAIGE SHARABI/The Picket Monday, February 22nd from 4pm to 7pm Sarah Jacobs featured her vibrant and bold patterned paintings in the Shepherd’s Phase II Gallery. Read More
Reading, Teaching, and Learning with the 4th Annual Literacy Leaders Conference
(THE PICKET)-Shepherd University will be hosting the 4th Annual Literacy Leaders Conference on April 9 in conjunction with the Jefferson County Reading Council. This event Read More
Shepherd common reading holds event about cyberbullying
Students at Shepherd University had the opportunity to learn a little more about cyberbullying and ways that they can get help if they know someone Read More
Iolanthe, A Spectacle Well Worth Beholding
(THE PICKET)- Having observed early rehearsal of Shepherd University Music Department’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri I was Read More
First American made clock crafted by Ebony hands
(THE PICKET) – Benjamin Banneker was the first black man to publish a widely distributed almanac that included ephemeris, weather forecasts, tides, and sunrises and Read More
The Origin of Black History Month
(THE PICKET) – A son of a slave and the second African American to obtain a PhD from Harvard University in 1912, Carter G. Woodson’s Read More
Red Hoop Pow Wow gives Shepherd a taste of Native Culture
(THE PICKET) – Indians from tribes across the U.S. shared their cultures Saturday with Shepherd University. The Red Hoop Pow Wow in the Storer Ballroom featured Read More
New Logo Search Underway at Shepherd
(THE PICKET) – Shepherd University’s new President-elect, Mary Hendrix, has made a new logo for the school her first priority. Students are invited to craft Read More
Shurbutt walks, and walks and walks
(THE PICKET) – For many teachers, helping students achieve growth and understanding-of the subject being taught, of themselves or of the world-is what they strive for. Read More
Sonya Evanisko’s “Like Moss Between the Cracks” Opening
Entering this brightly lit and colored space, the viewer is instantly surrounded with numerous sculptures that vary in different types of foliage hanging from the Read More
Professor aims to curb plastic use, share instruction skills online
(THE PICKET) – Shannon McCarthy is a visiting graphic design teacher at Shepherd University for her third semester. Not content with merely fulfilling her bare-bones obligations Read More