one body: the prospective students of color blog

Our fall 2008 Open House dates have been announced. They are:

Monday, October 13
Saturday, October 25
Monday, November 10

Please visit our registration page for more details!

Every year, the Messiah College Admissions Office attends the Creation Music Festival in Mt. Union, PA. With over 80,000 attendees, Creation goers produce a lot of recyclable material. However, there is no large-scale recycling effort at Creation. Until this year.

Messiah College sponsored a Creation-wide recycling campaign. Over the four days of the festival, we were able to recycle over 60,000 bottles and cans.

listen up juniors! here are some admissions-related dates to keep in mind:

November 15: application fee waiver deadline
January 15: application deadline to be considered for trustees’/president’s scholarships
February 15: application deadline for the martin’s multicultural scholarship
mid-March: receive Financial Aid package
April 1: make sure your FAFSA is on record
May 1: declare by date

Obama shares his understanding of how science and his faith intersect.

Obama answers questions on life and AIDS in Africa.

On april 13, 2008, both Senator Barack Obama and Senator Clinton visited Messiah College to be a part of the Compassion Forum. It was broadcasted live on CNN. For your viewing pleasure, posted here are the 3 parts of Senator Obama’s time answering questions. As the first African-American Presidential nominee, we are witnessing history. Whether he wins or loses the general election, Senator Obama has made history and for that his words carry meaning to us.

Messiah College has been selected to host The Compassion Forum, an unprecedented bipartisan presidential candidate forum dedicated to discussing pressing moral issues that bridge ideological divides within our nation. Senator Hillary Clinton has accepted the invitation to participate in the Forum; invitations are actively being considered by Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama. The Compassion Forum is scheduled for the evening of Sunday, April 13, in Brubaker Auditorium, and will be covered by mainstream media and religious media outlets alike—including the Church Communication Network (CCN), which will broadcast the event to tens of thousands of people of faith in at least 1,000 congregations nationwide on April 20, the Sunday evening before the Pennsylvania primary.

Now more than ever, Americans motivated by faith are bridging ideological divides to address domestic and international poverty, global AIDS, climate change, genocide in Darfur, and human rights and torture. The Compassion Forum will provide the opportunity for candidates to discuss how their faith and moral convictions bear on their positions on these important issues.

Check out this link for 100 free scholarships open to under-represented students.

Messiah College’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration 2008 - “The Cost of Love”

We know love by this, that Christ laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?

We welcome the entire Messiah community to join us as we celebrate the legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 40th anniversary of his assassination. Below are the events we offer you this week. Our theme this year, “The Cost of Love,” focuses on the topic of economic justice. We ask: how well are we achieving King’s dream of economic justice 40 years after he challenged our country to treat all people with equity and compassion? How do our country, our city and our campus reflect God’s hopes for the welfare of all human beings? Come explore these questions with us.

Website: http://www.messiah.edu/mlk

Commemoration Week Events:

Thursday, January 17
Common Chapel
Celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King with student creative performances and a devotional message from Matthew Hunter, National & International Service and Mission Director for the Agape Center. Brubaker Auditorium, 9:45 - 10:30 a.m.

Scholarship Symposium
(Alternate Chapel Credit)
Panelists will reflect on Dr. King’s Mountaintop speech and his vision of economic justice in light of their own experience 40 years after his assassination.
Boyer 131, 4:15 - 5:15 p.m.
Reception and refreshments begin at 3:45 p.m.

Sunday, January 20
Interdenominational Service for Dr. King
Harrisburg, PA
Sponsored by the Interdenominational Minister’s Conference of Greater Harrisburg
For details see our website.

Interdenominational Service for Dr. King
Attend the Interdenominational Minister Conference’s 31st Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute of Celebration. Become mobilized by the great preaching of Rev. William D. Watley, Ph.D., Senior Pastor of St. James AME Church, Newark, NJ., along with the Lincoln University Gospel Choir. Reception starts at 6:00 PM followed soon afterward by the service.
Bethel Village AME, 1721 North 5th Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102
Hospitality Social 5:00 p.m., Service 6:00 p.m.
Transportation provided for Messiah students from campus. Reserve your spot by signing up at the Larsen Student Union front desk (Student Programs), or contact the Office of Multicultural Programs during business hours. Vans depart from the front entrance of the Larsen Student Union at 4:45 p.m.

Monday, January 21
Community Engagement Day
Harrisburg, PA
Participants will engage in a cultural tour of Harrisburg, a soul food lunch, service projects and dialogue with people who are agents of change in Harrisburg.
Made possible through the Agape Center

Speeches of Dr. King
Beyond Vietnam - A Time to Break Silence (April 4, 1967)
I’ve Been to the Mountaintop (April 3, 1968)
Campus Channel 13, 8 a.m. - 12:00 midnight

Tuesday, January 22
Common Chapel
Come receive a message from commemoration keynote speaker Rev. Ray Aldred of Calgary, Alberta on economic justice in light of the incarnation.
Brubaker Auditorium, 9:45 - 10:30 a.m.

Lunch with Rev. Ray Aldred
Eisenhower Private Dining Room, 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
RSVP through College Ministries

Alternate Chapel
Rev. Ray Aldred
Kline 120, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Reception immediately following

Who’s Zoomin Who?
Rev. Ray Aldred
Issachar’s Loft, 8:30 - 10:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 23
Emerson Powery Lecture
Alternate Chapel Credit
Come hear Dr. Powery, Professor of New Testament at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, address themes from his recently released book in a lecture entitled “True to Our Native Land: The Bible and African Americans in the 21st Century.” Dr. Powery’s book, True to Our Native Land: An African American New Testament Commentary, highlights the role of the Bible in African American history, accenting themes of ethnicity, class, slavery, and African heritage, and the role these themes play in the lives of African American Christians.
Frey 110, 4:15 - 5:45 p.m.

Celebration
Larsen Student Union
9:30 p.m. Student-led tribute to Dr. King through film and dance
10:00 p.m. B-Sides Concert: Across Life
Sponsored by the Student Activities Board

All Week
Common Reading
I’ve Been to the Mountaintop
Join the campus community in viewing, listening, reading, and discussing the last public words of Dr. King.
Available on our website.

Sponsored by:
The Office of the President
The Office of Multicultural Programs
The Agape Center
A Student Affairs Focus Week

Interested in Messiah College for Fall 2008? Don’t forget to check out our Martin’s Multicultural Scholarship.

Remember, deadline is February 15. Download the application and send it in.