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10 years ago, Mary J.C. Hendrix, Ph.D. stepped foot on Shepherd’s campus again. Not as a student this time, but as the university’s 16th president. Now, she’s stepping back and leaning into her retirement.   I recently sat down with Hendrix to reflect on her decade of service to the Shepherd co
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Attending capstone presentations recently, it really sunk in that only a few months stand between me and graduation. I’m preparing to say goodbye to my second home for the past three years, when in reality, it seems like I just started my freshman year.   As I step away from The Picket, I wanted my last publicatio
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shepTV, Shepherd University’s student-run television station, officially launched on April 7, broadcasting more student-produced content to the community.   To mark the special occasion, station staff hosted a launch party on April 7 at the Copper Canyon on West Campus, bringing together students, faculty, family 
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We take a lot of things for granted in West Virginia. The rolling hills that surround us, the grass beneath our feet, wildflowers that add color to endless seas of green, the rivers we swim in, the first dandelion we make a wish on in spring, birdsongs that wake us up on Sunday mornings, the rushing […]
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In its first full season, from November to November, Tabler Farm’s agricultural small business incubator program is helping six farmers establish new businesses by providing access to land, greenhouse space and business support that many say they could not secure on their own.  Inside the farm greenhouse, trays of snap
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Members of the Shepherd University community meet every Tuesday and Thursday at the Wellness Center to play pickleball. The sessions have become a regular part of the week for many players, bringing together those who have been involved in the sport for years and others who are newer and continue to develop their skill
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Five Things That College Actually Taught Me  College is a very weird time for most of us. We’re not children anymore, but we’re not full-fledged adults yet. Or as Britney Spears would put it, “I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman.”  For any incoming first-year students (or anyone real
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A Story About the People Who Make Appalachia Beautiful.  As a gay man who grew up in rural West Virginia, I have a ton of stories about being harassed and hounded for being “different”, typically by your run-of-the-mill redneck, but this is not about them. This is about the non-run-of-the-mill 
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The Queer Community of Shepherdstown Proves its Resilience — once again.  In November 2024, I experienced my first drive-by slur shouting in years. I was walking down German Street with a friend when the driver of a local construction company truck rolled down the window and simply yelled, “faggot.”
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Dr. Heidi Hanrahan, professor of English at Shepherd University, has recently published her first full-length book, a comprehensive reference guide dedicated to 19th-century American women writers.   The book serves as both a scholarly resource and an accessible introduction to an “understudied and underappreciated gro
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