SHEPHERDSTOWN — Over the weekend, Shepherd University celebrated its founding with a series of events, starting with a Founder’s Day Parade on Friday afternoon and ending with a Homecoming football game against Millersville University on Saturday afternoon.
“We gather together every year during Homecoming week, to reflect on the foundation and the growth of Shepherd University,” said Founder’s Day commemoration ceremony emcee Rachel Meads, who serves as the Shepherd University Assistant Director of Student Engagement. “Our earliest beginnings were under professor Joseph McMurran in 1871. Since then, the dedication of our faculty and our staff have helped in advancing Shepherd to become a regionally recognized, premiere public university grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, with strong professional programs.”
Student Government Association President Paul Teter remarked on the value of a Shepherd University education…