Messiah’s Career Center provides you with an extensive resource of assistance and information for each step of your career planning - from your first to your senior year as a Messiah student.

Our career counselors offer expert, personal attention and are available to meet with you one-on-one whether you’re:
* Trying to figure out your strengths
* Choosing a major
* Wondering what your options are
* Thinking about graduate school
* Gathering information about employers

Shortly after 8 p.m. each Thursday evening, hundreds of students make their way across the College’s Grantham campus to Hostetter Chapel. Inside the chapel sanctuary, the air is filled with a lively spirit of worship, as the students prepare to experience Powerhouse. Initiated and led solely by students, Powerhouse is a high-energy praise session entirely dedicated to honoring God through music and meditation. Though participation and attendance is completely voluntary, Powerhouse never fails to attract several hundred busy students each week who have an obvious desire to worship and seek the Lord. learn more . . .

“I learned so much about poverty and about the country in general. However, the most important thing I learned is that God is working everywhere in the world. We met some truly amazing people in Nicaragua who opened their homes to us and called us brothers and sisters without knowing us at all. I could see Jesus in their smiles and their hearts. One man, Antonio, has a smile that lights up his entire face, and he is so in love with the Lord. I’ve always believed that God is working everywhere, but I actually saw it for myself on this trip.”
- Vanessa K. ‘10

In 2008-09, the Agapé Center spearheaded five trips abroad for service and missions. These included: Read the rest of this entry »

Our last Fall 2009 Open House is coming soon - November 9th

Discover for yourself why approximately 2,800 young men and women have chosen Messiah College. We invite you to plan a visit to our campus in Grantham, PA (just ten miles south of Harrisburg) for one of the Open House days listed below.

Check-in for all open house days is at 9:00 a.m. in the main lobby of the Eisenhower Campus Center. The noon meal will be provided FREE to registered guests. Other highlights include campus tours and information sessions on admissions policies, financial aid, academic programs, and campus life. If these dates don’t suit, feel free to contact us and we’ll arrange for an individual visit!

2009-2010 Open House Dates

• Monday, November 9, 2009
• Monday, February 15, 2010
• Saturday, April 17, 2010

Click a date to register!

Messiah College’s Philadelphia Campus (MCPC) combines the intimate spiritual community of Messiah College and the diversity of a large urban institution, Temple University, with a multitude of opportunities in the city of Philadelphia. Daily exposure to multiple cultures, mingling with urbanites of every description on the streets of the city, and involvement in a variety of urban churches and ministries all contribute to the educational ideals of Messiah College. Students grow as they sample the vast network of educational, cultural, and artistic resources available throughout the city. learn more . . .

College is the beginning of a brand new adventure for hundreds of incoming Messiah students. In the midst of orientations, placement exams, and settling into dorm rooms, the second day of orientation week is set aside to expose first-year students to life beyond the Messiah College campus. Before the first textbook is opened or the first lecture heard, students have the opportunity to build relationships with their peers while learning about the surrounding community and serving those in need. Read the rest of this entry »

Larsen Student Union, located at the center of campus, will be central to your social life at Messiah. It’s a great place to meet new people, hang out with friends, or get together with classmates for a group study session (don’t forget your cup of coffee or fruit smoothie from the Union Café!)

At the Union you’ll find:

• Two pool tables
• Foosball table
• Big-screen TV
• Large selection of popular board games
• Game room with televisions
• Wireless Internet access
• The Union Café
• Eating and social spaces
• Fireplace
• Meeting and office spaces

“Larsen Student Union is a sort of living room for the campus.”
Jeff Rioux, director of the Larsen Student Union and campus activities

We see ourselves as partners in your spiritual journey and are committed to helping and challenging you to know how God is revealed through scripture, to be a follower of Christ, and to do whatever mission, vocation, or service God has called you to. All while encouraging you to have a rich, vibrant, academically challenging, and yes, even fun, college experience!

Our professors are not only accomplished scholars but also practicing Christians who teach their areas of expertise and serve as role models for in integrating a life of faith with intellectual pursuits.

Because they know your college years are a significant time of learning, exploration, and experience that is likely to significantly shape your identity, our faculty challenge you to apply your Christian values in ways that are academically rigorous and personally meaningful.

One measure of the value of your college education is how well your education will translate into a job or graduate school opportunity. Messiah students are in demand in both areas.

• Each year, over 400 eager employers and some of the nation’s best graduate schools welcome new Messiah graduates into their organizations. Many of these organizations actively seek out Messiah grads.
• Six months after graduation, 99% of graduates surveyed either are employed, in voluntary service, or attending graduate schools.

As a Messiah student, you’ll be prepared to succeed wherever life after college may take you - a career, ministry, or graduate school.

When asked by an independent consultant in a survey if they would choose Messiah again, 88% of current students and 76% of alumni respondants said, “Yes!”

• When asked why they would choose Messiah again, current students said:
  • Messiah is challenging academically and spiritually
  • I love the people (professors, staff and students)
  • My experience has been positive
  • For its Christian environment
• Our alumni answered:
  • Great teachers/professors
  • Great academics
  • Great school/experience
  • Spiritual Learning