http://blogs.messiah.edu/news Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:42:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en More than 2,000 guests attended the 22nd annual “Taste of Central Pennsylvania,” held on Nov. 2 at Strawberry Square in Harrisburg. Attendees at the appetizing event enjoy food and beverage tastings prepared by culinary teams from the finest restaurants and dining venues from across Central Pennsylvania—including Messiah College. Messiah was one ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2009/11/04/cuisine-with-a-cause-messiah%e2%80%99s-dining-services-earns-the-%e2%80%9cpeople%e2%80%99s-choice-award%e2%80%9d-for-raising-the-most-money-among-the-culinary-teams-at-the-%e2%80%9ctaste-of-central-pe/ Read the related “Patriot-News” op-ed by Richard Hughes, Senior Fellow at the Ernest L. Boyer Center. This group of community leaders screened the film, “The Power of Forgiveness” to explore its lessons for the city of Harrisburg and the broader community. The event, held on Oct. 31, was sponsored by the ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2009/11/04/messiah-helps-convene-civic-business-education-and-religious-leaders-from-the-capital-region-to-explore-%e2%80%9cthe-power-of-forgiveness%e2%80%9d-for-the-greater-harrisburg-community/ Messiah College artist-in-residence and renown jazz saxophonist Tim Warfield was invited to perform at the Kennedy Center's Oct. 26 awards gala honoring humorist Bill Cosby with the 12th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Warfield will perform with the Terell Stafford Group, featuring Bruce Barth, piano; Eric Wheeler, bass; ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2009/10/26/messiah-artist-in-residence-tim-warfield-performs-at-kennedy-center-awards-gala-honoring-bill-cosby/ The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival recently honored the work of several students and an alumnus from Messiah College's Theatre Department. Jim Knipple, from the Class of 2000, will receive the festival's Certificate of Merit for his direction of "Fertile Ground," in recognition of the play’s exceptional elements of ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2009/10/26/kennedy-center-american-college-theatre-festival-honors-messiah-students-and-alumnus/ Messiah professors Douglas and Rhonda Jacobsen have been recognized with the prestigious Lilly Fellows Program Book Award for their book, "The American University in a Postsecular Age." According to award's criteria, "The biennial Lilly Fellows Program Book Award honors an original and imaginative work from any academic discipline that best ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2009/10/12/messiah-professors-receive-lilly-fellows-program-book-award/ The Mendelssohn Piano Trio, an ensemble-in-residence at Messiah College, recently signed a five-year contract with Centaur Records to record a complete cycle of piano trios by Haydn. A significant and prestigious recording project, the Mendelssohn Trio will become only the second trio in the U.S. to have recorded such a ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2009/10/12/mendelssohn-piano-trio-signs-recording-contract/ The Collaboratory’s Mali Water and Disabilities Study team, in partnership with World Vision Mali and the West Africa Water Initiative (WAWI), recently concluded their three-year assessment of the access and use of water and sanitation facilities by disabled and elderly persons. Dean Ray Norman just returned from Mali, where he ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2009/10/05/the-collaboratory%e2%80%99s-mali-water-and-disabilities-study-team-presents-results-from-three-year-study/ Messiah launched a new minor this semester in gender studies, focusing on how gender influences everyday life. Offered in partnership with the Department of Human Development and Family Science and the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice, the minor focuses on both women and men and the personal ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2009/10/05/messiah-offers-new-minor-with-emphasis-on-how-gender-influence-everyday-life/ Messiah's Harrisburg Institute, in partnership with the Messiah College Department of Visual Arts' Student Art League, will be on ongoing participant in the City of Harrisburg's "First Friday Gallery Walk," when from 6-9 p.m. on the first Friday of every month, local city galleries open their doors for free public ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2009/09/21/the-harrisburg-institute-showcases-the-creative-talents-of-messiah-artists-in-the-citys-first-friday-gallery-walk/ On Sept. 14, author Tracy Kidder shared with an audience of 1,200 Messiah students, faculty and surrounding community members, his experience with researching and writing his enormously influential book, "Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World." The College selected "Mountains Beyond ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2009/09/18/pulitzer-prize-winning-author-tracy-kidder-delivers-the-first-public-lecture-of-messiahs-centennial/