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		<title>Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awards nursing department $25,000 to fund three public wellness centers during summer months</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Messiah College operates public wellness centers at three elderly housing locations throughout the school year &#8211; Hoy Towers in Steelton, Silver Spring Gardens and Courtyard in Mechanicsburg, and Green Meadow Apartments in Dillsburg. The centers are staffed by nursing faculty and students during their community health clinical rotation. Offered services include blood pressure screenings, weight and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2010/03/10/rwf_grant/</link>
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		<title>Harrisburg Institute’s Mentoring Partnership of Central Pennsylvania awards grants to four city mentoring partnerships representing 15 agencies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During a special First Friday event on March 5, the Harrisburg Institute awarded $50,000 grants to four new partnerships created among 15 Harrisburg youth organizations committed to working together to increase their mentoring efforts and outreach.
The partnerships – Allison Hill Mentoring Partnership, Mentoring Harrisburg’s Youth, After School Programming Expansion, and Pre-College Programming – are comprised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2010/03/08/mpcp_grants/</link>
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		<title>Messiah receives credit rating of “A” from Standard &amp; Poor’s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Messiah College senior administrators and board members recently participated in a presentation to Standard and Poor&#8217;s to seek a credit evaluation and potential public rating of the College&#8217;s debt. We are pleased to report that S&#38;P has granted the College an &#8220;A&#8221; rating.
An “A” is a medium investment-grade rating, considered to be a strong rating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2010/02/19/credit_rating/</link>
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		<title>Messiah’s sustainability efforts celebrated in “Green Awakenings,” a report from creation care network Renewal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Renewal, a student-led movement working on Christian campuses to help better take care of God’s creation, has selected Messiah College as one of 50 Christian college campuses to be featured in the new publication, “Green Awakenings.”
The report celebrates Messiah’s recent sustainability efforts, including:
• Ongoing biodiesel project to convert waste vegetable oil from on-campus dining facilities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2010/02/17/green_awakenings/</link>
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		<title>Messiah community rallies to assemble relief kits and collect funds for disaster relief in Haiti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the weeks since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated the island nation of Haiti, Messiah College students and employees have been participating in several initiatives to assist the impoverished country. Through a loose change drive and direct donations, more than $5,400 has been collected for Mennonite Central Committee.
In addition, a large storage container on campus [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2010/02/12/haiti_response/</link>
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		<title>Frey and McCarty both named D3 national coach of the year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brad McCarty, head men’s soccer coach, and Scott Frey, head women’s soccer coach, first shared national championship seasons and now also share the honor of each being named National Coach of the Year, Division 3, by the National Soccer Coaches Association and Mondo, manufacturer of sports flooring.
Read the news release announcing the awards.
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		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2010/02/04/frey-and-mccarty-both-named-d3-national-coach-of-the-year/</link>
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		<title>Alum Andrew Samuel named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Harrisburg Regional Chamber</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Samuel `84 was among a group of executives who founded Graystone Bank in 2005. Since then, Samuel and Graystone Bank have achieved numerous recognitions, including this most recent Entrepreneur of the Year honor.
Samuel is CEO and president of Tower Bancorp, a new public company with 25 branches, 300 employees, and assets of $1.2 billion.
Samuel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2010/01/27/andrew_samuel/</link>
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		<title>Softball standout Jessica Rhoads receives distinguished achievement award from her home county</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jessica Rhoads, pitcher for the softball team, received a 2009 Shipley Distinguished Achievement Award, for her role in helping the Falcons clinch the national championship in 2009. The Shipley Awards are given to athletes who reside in York County (Pennsylvania) and have achieved at the highest level within their sport. Rhoads was a star pitcher [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2010/01/22/rhoads_award/</link>
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		<title>Voice lecturer Damian Savarino makes his Carnegie Hall debut in performance of Haydn’s “Lord Nelson Mass”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Damian Savarino, senior lecturer in voice, will sing the bass solo with Distinguished Concerts International of New York in their performance of Joseph Haydn’s “Lord Nelson Mass” at Carnegie Hall on Jan. 19.
Savarino will also make his Lincoln Center debut this spring when he sings the role of Rocco in a concert performance of Ermanno [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2010/01/19/savarino_carnegie/</link>
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		<title>President Phipps pens column about the need for authentic conversation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an age when many young people rely on irony to offset the world’s inability to conduct authentic and civil conversation, it is more important than ever, says Messiah President Kim Phipps, for colleges and universities to counter such cynicism by “demonstrating an ability to listen, learn and proactively respond.”
Phipps writes, &#8220;Humble listening and bold [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/news/2010/01/13/phipps_conversation/</link>
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