Education digest: New degree program OK'd

Shippensburg University received approval to begin a new bachelor of science degree program in computer engineering on Thursday.
The Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education today approved the university's request to start the first such degree program among the 14 PASSHE universities.
"We're happy that we are now able to begin implementing a program that will benefit not only our students, but also the businesses and industries that need skilled people in the field," said university President Bill Ruud.
According to Doug Harbach, a member of the university's Council of Trustees and chair of the council's Academic and Student Affairs Committee, "This not only fills the need in the Commonwealth for a cost-effective option for students to seek a computer engineering degree, but also assists Pennsylvania's business community in its growing need for these types of professionals. It is also another way that Shippensburg University continues to serve our citizens and provide opportunities for young Pennsylvanians to remain in and contribute to the future of our state."
The program is in response to a growing need in Pennsylvania for individuals who can develop software and hardware for a class of computer systems known as embedded systems which include microcontrollers, custom embedded systems and mobile computers. Graduates will have the skills to build and develop software for these complex computing environments and to help meet

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the demand for trained engineers in the region. The program also takes advantage of the nationally-accredited computer science program and its embedded systems concentration and the university's math and physics programs.
Approximately 15 students per year will be accepted into the program and it will use currently available resources with no need for increase in faculty or related resources.
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Wilson history: "Wilson College: On the Books," a new exhibit at the C. Elizabeth Boyd '33 Archives, explores more than 100 years of Wilson's written record.
The exhibit which is housed in the college's Hankey Center is open through June 10.
Items on display include the student government association recording secretary's notebook containing minutes from a Feb. 19, 1979, emergency meeting called in response to the announcement that the college would close at the end of that academic year. Other materials of note include the first Wilson Board of Trustees minutes book and permanent record books from the early 1900