April 13th, 2009
Messiah College nursing students role-played as injured patients in a mock emergency drill at York Hospital on April 9. The students, feigning everything from broken bones to lacerations to life-threatening injuries, were instrumental in helping hospital staff and local emergency responders anticipate the challenges of evacuating a large medical facility.
Read “York Hospital drill simulates terror attack” from the “York Daily Record.”
Watch FOX 43’s coverage:”York Hospital simulates explosion.”
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April 9th, 2009
Randall Zwally, Messiah’s director of guitar studies, will be interviewed and perform works for the classical guitar during a segment of “Classical Air” on WITF Public Radio 89.5 FM on April 10 at approximately 10:35 a.m. In the approximately 20-minute segment, Zwally will present a brief history of the classical guitar and perform works that illustrate that history. He will also discuss, with the show’s host Cary Burkett, what will be offered at the Workshop for the Christian Guitarist being held at Messiah on April 18.
To listen to WITF online, go to http://netcommunity.witf.org/home and click on “Listen Live” in the header.
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April 8th, 2009
“We should work for change that models our natural world and connects the needs of our students to an innovative, dynamic educational system. This can only be accomplished by building on the success of these programs and designing a model that empowers all persons involved in schools to become imaginative, active educators, willing to do what is best to ensure the education of the child,” write Messiah educators Don Murk and Craig Dalen in an April 8 Harrisburg Patriot-News op-ed. The opinion piece asserts the need for comprehensive school reform.
Read “Schools must change from within.”
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