Media Mentions

With the Olympic trials just barely a week away, Messiah College alumnus Chris Boyles `02 talked with the Carlisle “Sentinel” in the June 22 edition about the challenges of finding the time and money to pursue his dream of representing the United States in the decathlon in this year’s Summer Olympics.

Read “The cost of Olympic dream.”

Just weeks after his book, “The Hunted,” was accepted for national release through Realms Fiction, Messiah College alumnus and author Mike Dellosso learned that he had stage III colon cancer. Dellosso spoke about the book and his battle with cancer to the York Daily Record in the June 8 edition.

Read “Author Interrupted.”

Messiah College graduates Eli and RyAnn Heller have traveled extensively. Recently returned from a two-year stint with the Peace Corp in the Philippines, the Hellers leave in August for China where they will spend two years teaching in Chinese schools. They first heard about the Peace Corps while students at Messiah College.

Read “Couple finds calling in Peace Corp” in the June 13 “Vindicator.”

Diane (Thomas) Poillon `91 represents the third generation of her family to lead Willow Valley Associates, a multi-faceted hospitality and real estate company in Lancaster County, Pa. The “Lancaster New Era” recently profiled Poillon’s lifetime of experience in her family’s business in a Feb. 18 article.

Read “Willlow Valley: The new generation.”

Thirty years is a long time for an associate pastor to remain at one church, but there’s nowhere else that Messiah College alum Marvin Reich `70 would rather be, according to a Feb. 8 “Lancaster New Era” article. Reich serves at Grace Baptist Church in Lancaster. The congregation will recognize his service with a roast on Feb. 17.

After graduating from Messiah College, Susan Biondo-Hench `80 studied at the Folger Shakespeare Library, and her interest in Shakespeare was sparked. Now, Biondo-Hench teaches Shakespeare to her Carlisle High School students in such an interesting and innovative way that she was awarded the first-ever Shakespeare Steward Award for oustanding contributions to the innovative teachings of Shakespeare in American classrooms from the Folger Shakespeare Library. The “Carlisle Sentinel” featured Biondo-Hench in a December 26 article.