Students who wish to enroll in the music program must complete a one-page music application form and schedule an audition. After acceptance into the College as an entering student, a prospective music major must schedule a music audition through the Music Office. The audition includes evaluation in the following areas:

• Skill level in one principal area of performance. Prospective music majors are asked to prepare two selections for solo performance at the audition. If you are currently taking private lessons, be sure to consult your teacher who will help you select appropriate music.
• Skill level on the piano. Applicants are asked to demonstrate at least an elementary skill at the keyboard. You are encouraged to play a prepared selection at the audition.
• Ability to sight-sing. You will be asked to sing at sight several melodies, employing either a neutral syllable (”la”) or solfeggio.

This fall, we introduced our first Chinese course to the campus: Chinese 101 - Fundamentals of Chinese I. Additional courses in Mandarin Chinese will be offered in subsequent semesters so that students may now complete the general education languages and cultures requirement (for a total of about 9 credits) through the study of Chinese.

Our Environmental Studies program here at Messiah is unique in its focus on learning to apply environmental science through law and policy. We’re also one of the few majors of this kind in the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).

In addition to Messiah’s course offerings in Environmental Science, opportunities exist for learning experiences beyond the classroom. Students planning to enter the environmental job market directly after college are strongly encouraged to obtain the hands-on work experience provided by an internship.

Recent internships have included work for:

• The Pennsylvania DCNR
• Sierra Club
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources
• Rehabitat (a raptor rehabilitation center)
• The Chesapeake Bay Foundation Read the rest of this entry »

If you are interested in the Mathematical Sciences here at Messiah, then we want you to get to know our faculty. 90% of our full-time faculty have earned their PhD in their specific discipline of study, so you can be confident that they are qualified to teach you everything you need to know about mathematics. However, what can’t be documented by a degree is their committment to their students’ growth in all areas of life. Take a closer look at these wonderful professors and see what we mean.

As an entrepreneurship major, you will take the same core of business courses foundational to all business majors at Messiah College. These courses, taught from a Christian perspective, will help you integrate your faith with entrepreneurship studies and practical experiences. The entrepreneurship major will include taking Temple University courses for two semesters at Messiah’s Philadelphia campus. Your academic advisor here at Messiah’s Grantham campus will assist you in planning for your time at the Philadelphia Campus.

Management and Business Department majors are encouraged to become a part of SIFE. Led by a team of nine students and a faculty advisor, Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) offers Messiah students the opportunity to apply what they are learning in the classroom to solve real world problems. Through the process of teaching and serving others, they catch a glimpse of the true scope of their personal potential and are forever changed. As they go about the process of organizing their team, developing education projects and competing in a global competition, they develop teamwork, leadership, and communication skills far beyond those of the average college student.

Your ability to participate in semester off-campus study programs is more limited for English with Secondary Teaching Certification Majors, but some of our certification majors have completed off-campus semesters at the CCCU Best Semester program at Oxford University, at the Brethren Colleges Abroad program at the University of Gloucester in Cheltenham, England, and at Temple University. The sooner you start planning for your study abroad semester, the better chances you’ll have of fitting one into your time at Messiah! Visit our EpiCenter to learn about possible trips.

The History Club at Messiah College is a student run organization open to all Messiah students (history majors and non-history majors) interested in exploring the past. Visit their website for more information.

Our Career Center asked our 2008 English major graduates what they were up to following their graduation. Some of them reported they were:

• Graduate Student
  • in Creative Writing at American University Washington DC
  • in Theological Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School Nashville TN
  • in English at Arcadia University Glenside PA
  • in Creative Writing at Chatham University Pittsburgh PA
  • in Education at McDaniel College Westminster MD
• Employed as Read the rest of this entry »