Messiah College Media Mentions

Dwayne Keiffer, assistant director of Messiah’s Career Center, offers four helpful tips to StudentAdvisor.com for recent college graduates struggling to find a job in this difficult economy.

Read “Trouble getting a job after graduation? Four suggestions for new grads.”

John Chopka, vice president of enrollment management, offered helpful advice for parents of first-year college students in an August 8 Harrisburg Patriot-News article.

Read “What to discuss before college.”

Peter Powers, dean of the School of Humanities, is included in a July 4 Harrisburg Patriot-News article about the revolution of digital books. While Powers doesn’t think traditional books are going to disappear, he does cite advantages to electronic mediums–animated illustrations, for example.

Read “Book publishers turn a new page.”

Dwayne Kieffer, assistant director of career development at Messiah, talks about the various options graduates have available to them in today’s tough job economy in a May 31 “Get the Job” blog posting.

Read “Job hunting techniques for new grads.” 

President Kim Phipps was asked in April to write a series of six columns for the opinion page of the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Her first column appeared on May 25 and tackled the issue of investing in higher education.

Read “A college degree pays in long run.”

Greg Gearhart, director of financial aid at Messiah, is one of several financial aid officers who responded to AOL’s WalletPop question, “What are the three worst things you can say to a financial aid officer?” The piece was ran on March 11.

Read “The three worst things you can say to a financial aid officer.”

John Chopka, vice president of enrollment, is quoted in a January 3 Harrisburg Patriot-News article about the value of high schoolers taking AP courses.

Read “AP classes: Par for the course.”

A recent University Business magazine article cites several practices in Messiah College’s dining services operation for reducing on-campus food waste. Specifically Messiah is mentioned in the September article for its composting program, community garden, and donating of leftover food to local missions.

Read “Colleges Reducing Food Waste and Greening the Earth.”

Colleges are now also teaching philanthropy, according to an August 31 article in the Carlisle Sentinel. Ashley Beadore, annual giving coordinator, talks about the various creative ways Messiah is encouraging students to give back during and after their college career.

Read “Colleges now teaching philanthropy.”

John Chopka, vice president of enrollment management, answers five questions about processing and interpreting the “U.S. News & World Report” rankings in an August 23 “Carlisle Sentinel” article.

Read “Breaking down the U.S. News college rankings.”