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Seniors Amanda Bonanni and Lacey Ward were selected from among more than 1,300 applicants to teach in the Philadelphia School District while attending classes to earn their teaching certification.

Bonanni will teach mathematics at the middle or high school level, and Ward will teach English, probably Special Education English, at the high school level in the 2009-2010 academic year.

Both students cite their experiences at Messiah’s Philadelphia campus as a life-transforming time as they fell in love with the city of Philadelphia and developed a passion for the city’s children.

Brad McCarty, Messiah’s top assistant for the past eight years, is appointed the new men’s soccer coach, becoming the seventh coach in the program’s 42-year history.

Messiah once again earned a place on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for service-learning and civic engagement commitments.

Almost 92% of Messiah College’s student body participates in some form of local community service while they are enrolled at Messiah, according to the College’s Agape Center for Service and Learning. Yearly, students log more than 124,000 volunteer hours. Read the rest of this entry »