[4] In 2006, Shipp left Missouri for the University of the Pacific, where he served as associate vice chancellor for student life.

He served in that capacity for eight years where he helped transform student success at the university by expanding enrollment numbers and graduation rates, as well as fundraising $200 million plus for campus improvements.

[8] On November 1, 2021, Shipp was named vice chancellor for strategic initiatives at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Through $50 million in public and private partnerships, Shipp led the reimagining of the Kelce College of Business in downtown Pittsburg.

The project also includes repurposing the historic Besse Hotel to accommodate housing for students and a new home for the university's Center for Reading.