Messiah College Media Mentions

Young Christians around the country are finding inspiration in Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. Eldon Fry, college pastor, comments on how Tebow fits into the broader evangelical culture.

Read “Tebow: Patron saint of evangelical youth.”

Brad Markley, director of facility services, doesn’t just want more money to pay for increased utility costs. Instead, he wants to offset expense by reducing usage. This philosphy earned Messiah College a story in the January 2012 issue of Univerity Business.

Read “The Other Side of the Budget Equation.”

A January 13 Harrisburg Patriot-News article about Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow includes quotes from two Messiah College students, the women’s soccer coach, and a professor of pop culture. Opinions about Tebow’s public displays of faith are varied, as reflected even in the comments offered by Messiah folks in the story.

Read “Tim Tebow’s public expressions of Christian beliefs ignite conversation about faith and its role in sports.”

Messiah College vice president for enrollment John Chopka contributed to a January 14 USA Today/College article about how high school students should present themselves on college applications and in admissions interviews. Chopka’s advice? ” “A list of honors and accomplishments can be quite impressive, but we also like to know what inspires a student to achieve.”

Read “Personal branding tips for college applicants.”

Kathie Shafer, vice president for operations at Messiah College, is quoted extensively in a November 10 Academic Impressions articlea about the importance of planning ahead for potential maintenance issues. “When you have that planning in place, you’ve found a way to achieve many maintenance and replacement priorities with few dollars. You’ve found a way to provide a higher-quality physical campus for your faculty, staff, and students,” she says.

Read “Proactive approach to deferred maintenance.”

Students in the Harrisburg School District are being introduced to community service in advance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day when they will devote the day to service. Chad Frey, director of Messiah’s Agape Center for Service and Learning, is leading a “Stories of Service” project that pairs Messiah mentors with students in Harrisburg and Northern Ireland.

Read “Take the time to give bck.”

After receiving quite a bit of criticism for hosting Frances Fox Piven as the speaker for the Annual Democracy Lecture, Dean of the School of Humanities Pete Powers further explains the College’s mission and educational goals for the lecture in an October 20 opinion piece in the Harrisburg Patriot-News.

Read “Messiah College’s goal isn’t to shelter students from difficult questions.”

John Chopka, vice president for enrollment management, talks about Messiah’s commitment to make applying to college less stressful by waiving the application rate prior to November 15 and accepting students on a rolling basis. Chopka’s comments appeared in an Oct. 19 U.S. News & World Report article. The story was also picked up by the Huffington Post.

Read “How to apply for college for free.”

Messiah College invested in sunFLOWER POWER this summer in attempt to grow five acres of sunflowers, harvest the seeds, press them into cooking oil, use the oil in the college’s dining operations, collect the used oil, and convert it into biodiesel to fuel campus gators. The Lancaster Farmer talked about this project with Biodiesel Manager Mike Zummo and farmer Lynn Wingert in mid-October.

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John Chopka, vice president of enrollment management, was charged with answering the question, “Why choose a Christian college?” in a recent edition of College Xpress.

Read “Why choose a Christian college?”