SHIPPENSBURG - Michael Rowe, of Shamokin, graduated magna cum laude from Shippensburg University on May 7, 2011. A 2007 graduate of Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School, he received a Bachelor of Science in computer science with a minor in technical/professional communications. He is a son of Dan and Ruth Rowe and a grandson of the late Joseph and Anna Rowe and the late David and Arabella McCormick, of Shamokin.
While attending Shippensburg University, he was vice-president of the student Senate and served as chairperson of the IT committee, extracurricular activities committee and student group services committee. He was also a member of the university technology council and web content advisory committee. During the spring 2010 semester, he was nominated by faculty and inducted into Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the international computing honor society. He also was a recipient of the Shippensburg University Foundation Scholarship for the four years he attended.
Rowe was employed as a student desktop support technician at Shippensburg University since the spring 2009 semester. He was the website manager for Catholic Campus Ministry at Shippensburg since 2010. He also worked as an intern at the Geisinger Center for Health Research since summer 2010 and has recently accepted a full-time position there as a technical analyst.