
Tag: Shepherd


Book Drive: Making a Difference for Children After Flooding and Loss
(The Picket)- The Early Learning Center at Shepherd University is holding a book drive to resupply libraries of schools damaged in June floods in southwest Read More

Shepherd University gets Sustainable Railing
Student’s may have noticed a new railing behind the Robert C. Byrd Science and Technology Center this semester. The railing was designed by recent art Read More

Bird Lovers Seek to Save Chimney Swifts on Shepherd’s Campus
(THE PICKET) – Bird lovers are scrambling to find a new home for more than 1,000 chimney swifts that use the chimney at Sara Cree Read More

Red Flag Campaign
The Red Flag Campaign is a national campaign to fight dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault. “Shepherd University is once again at the forefront Read More

Alternative options for health and wellness at the Tonic Herb Shop
(THE PICKET)- Therapeutic herbs and botanical products can now be purchased in downtown Shepherdstown at The Tonic Herb Shop. “I opened this shop because I Read More

Shepherd Reacts to Presidential Election
The presidential election is just around the corner and Shepherd students are preparing to make their choices. The University’s political clubs, the College Republicans and Read More

Millennials, Not Mommies
Many women know that at a certain age, the question of when they’ll be having children starts to become a common topic at family functions. Read More

The Shepherd Survival Guide
The Shepherd survival guide A Student guide for surviving Shepherd. (THE PICKET) –Jennifer Korcsmaros, a Shepherd University senior, has written a book, Surviving Shepherd: Living Read More


Another side of sexual assault
THE PICKET) – Working in the emergency department at a hospital I have become immune to the sickness I see around me. I stop letting Read More

Rising sexual assault statistics
(THE PICKET)- Over a lifetime, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men will be raped, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. Read More