D
uring her junior year at Ship, Amy Grey ’03 received an alarming call from home informing her that her father was gravely ill. She immediately reached out to her friends at United Campus Ministry (UCM) for help and comfort.
Rev. Jan Bye, campus minister, rushed to Grey’s side. “Jan was there for me. She called the hospital to get answers. She even called my boyfriend, who was at work, to tell him.” Several days later, Bye even drove Grey to her father’s funeral outside of Philadelphia when her family was unable to get her.
UCM is an interdenominational campus ministry that provides opportunities for Ship students to develop spiritually and grow in their faith. Ship is the last university in Pennsylvania's State System of Education with UCM. As the minister for UCM, Bye coordinates religious life and spiritual support services on campus. UCM will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary at Ship this spring. Bye has been with UCM for nearly half its existence. An ordained United Methodist minister, she moved to Shippensburg from Ohio with her husband and young son in 1994 to take the position. BY KATIE (PAXSON) HAMMAKER ’93
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