Messiah College News Releases

GRANTHAM, Pa. (June 27, 2011) — Following a successful year of effectively leading a Sustainability Committee comprised of students, faculty and staff as well as implementing several new campuswide creation care initiatives, Craig Dalen has been appointed Messiah College’s first full-time sustainability coordinator. (During the 2010-2011 academic year, Dalen served in this role on a part-time basis.)

“This is an exciting time for the college.  Students want to see our commitments to sustainability lived out in all aspects of the college, and we are currently at a place where we are experiencing integration from all areas of the institution: from student engagement, academics and operations.” Continue reading…

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GRANTHAM, Pa. (June 14, 2011) — Edward B. Davis, distinguished professor of the history of science at Messiah College, will be a guest lecturer of the department of theology and religion at the University of Otego in Dunedin, New Zealand, courtesy of a short-term grant opportunity through the Fulbright Specialist Program. He will also speak in Auckland and other locations.  Davis will give a series of lectures, workshops and seminars on historical and contemporary aspects of religion and science, especially in the United States but also during the Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries. He begins his appointment in late July.

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