http://blogs.messiah.edu/interest Cool stuff Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:42:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "RA" stands for Resident Assistant. An RA is a full-time student in a leadership position in the residence halls. At Messiah, it is the RA's primary responsibility to assist in building a sense of community within their respective residence halls, and also to uphold College policy and standards. As ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/interest/2009/11/11/residence-assistants-ras/ Our First Annual International Festival at Messiah College is coming up on Sunday, November 15th. This event provides our campus with the opportunity to engage and hang out with students, faculty and staff in an informal way, but will also include the premier of "The Video Project." "The Video Project" ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/interest/2009/11/11/international-festival/ Participants in the Messiah College Honors Program immediately begin their credit-bearing curriculum with an honors section first-year seminar. Designed to challenge the incoming student's academic abilities while providing a context of support, the first-year seminar of 10 to 15 students is organized around the exploration of a specific topic through ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/interest/2009/11/11/honors-program-curriculum/ Our Rec Sports program (Messiah students/alumni/employees playing each other) has many tourneys and leagues throughout the year. This year, players can participate in: Tourneys Tennis Co-ed Ping Pong Co-ed Dodgeball Co-ed Kickball Leagues Soccer Basketball Volleyball Flag Football Floor Hockey Softball Racquetball Co-ed Ultimate Frisbee http://blogs.messiah.edu/interest/2009/11/09/rec-sports-tourneys-leagues/ After the Messiah men's soccer team dealt Arcadia University an 8-0 defeat during the regular season, most local soccer fans expected the two to meet under different circumstances and net a tighter result in Saturday's Commonwealth Conference Championship game. Somebody forgot to let the Falcons know their expectations. Messiah (19-1) used an ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/interest/2009/11/09/falcons-early-jolt-too-much-for-arcadia-in-cwealth-championship/ The top-rated Messiah women's soccer team turned in another dominating performance Saturday afternoon at Shoemaker Field, hanging a 4-0 defeat on Arcadia University and winning the program's third straight Commonwealth Conference Championship in the process. Read more http://blogs.messiah.edu/interest/2009/11/09/messiah-rolls-to-ncaas-with-league-title-sixth-straight-blanking/ Consider it the 'in' thing to do at Messiah College. Just six months after Falcons head softball coach Amy Weaver won her 300th career game in the NCAA Championship, field hockey leader Jan Trapp recorded her 500th career victory in Saturday's Commonwealth Conference Championship - a 2-1 win over seventh-ranked Lebanon ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/interest/2009/11/09/falcons-fend-off-lebanon-valley-in-cwealth-ship-trapp-gets-500/ If you are interested in learning more about how you might compete on Messiah's Track and Field team, please visit our Track and Field Recruiting page. http://blogs.messiah.edu/interest/2009/11/04/want-to-compete-on-our-track-and-field-team/ Messiah put up some promising results in just its second ever season-opener Saturday (10/31), battling with the storied Gettysburg College program at Fredricksen Natatorium. Both the men and women put up several new program records. Results. http://blogs.messiah.edu/interest/2009/11/04/squads-open-09-10-season-at-home/ The Messiah campus converged on City Island on Sept 3rd, celebrating the Falcons' national championship from the spring at a Harrisburg Senators baseball game. Ice cream was eaten and photos were taken. See it all here. http://blogs.messiah.edu/interest/2009/11/04/school-starts-with-softball-shindig/