Messiah College Media Mentions

A variety of Messiah College administrators contributed to a package of stories in the Harrisburg Patriot-News for high school seniors and first-year college students. The stories, about everything from working while a freshman, writing a great college essay, and making the most of parental visits, ran on Aug. 8.

Heading off to college is a big deal — for students and their parents. On June 8, the Harrisburg Patriot-News ran a story that included interviews with local admissions professionals, including Messiah’s own Dana Britton, to find out what every parent (and their student) should know about that first year away from home.

Read “What do I need to know before I send my kid off to college?”

Christy Hanson, director of the Career Center, notes that the challenging economic times have caused some recruiters to trim back their visits, especially to smaller colleges like Messiah. Hanson, quoted in the April 29 “U.S. News & World Report,” tells graduates to “think smart and strategically about how you’re building  own brand and distinguishing yourself against other candidates.”

Read “Rosier job outlook for college  graduates.”

Recent guidelines released by the U.S. Department of Labor regarding unpaid internships continue to create a stir, according to an April 23 Washington Post posting my blogger Jenna Johnson. Mike True, internship center director, is quoted.

Read “Campus Overload: Is your unpaid internship legal?”

Sue Hasseler, dean of the school of education and social sciences and community engagement, wrote an op-ed for the April 18 Patriot-News clearly pressing for teachers, families, and other local community organizations to invest in the education of children. The opinion piece was written after Messiah partnered with the Harrisburg-based Martin Luther King Leadership Development Institute to bring Dr. Steve Perry of the Capital Prep Magnet School in Hartford, Conn. to speak to parents and teachers in the Harrisburg City School District.

Read “Focus on the children with a support system.”

Research papers can be the bane of any college student’s experience, but Messiah’s instruction coordinator Beth Mark joined some other librarians in offering helpful information to students in an April 9 Washington Post blog.

Read “Got a research paper to write? Friend a librarian.”

A March 14 Patriot-News article examined the backgrounds and lives of several prominent mid-state women, including President Phipps who weighed in about the value of mentoring among female leaders as well as the important perspective women can provide in decision-making.

Read “Where are the Harrisburg area’s female leaders.”

Patriot-News reporter Chris Mautner talks with Messiah’s Jeff Rioux, director of the Larsen Student Union and campus activities, about the latest trend in faith-based films marketed almost exclusively to Christian audiences like the recently released “To Save a Life.” Marketing to Christians was likely borne from the success of “The Passion of the Christ,” according to Rioux in a Jan. 22 article.

Read “‘Life looks to save movies.”

“Advance,” the quarterly publication of the Council for Christian College and Universities (CCCU) references Messiah’s Philadelphia campus in an article about how CCCU campuses are building bridges between campus and city life. The fall issue also includes a column by President Kim Phipps about the need to challenge students to engage in authentic, hospitable conversation.

Read “Going Urban: CCCU campuses work to build a bridge between campus life and city life.”
Read “The Last Word: The need for authentic conversation.”

Richard Hughes, senior fellow in the Ernest L. Boyer Center, considers the power of forgiveness and how it could be used in the city of Harrisburg in a November 3 op-ed in the Harrisburg Patriot-News. The Boyer Center teamed up with WITF and the Central Pennsylvania Diocese of the Episcopal Church to watch and discuss the award-winning film, ” The Power of Forgiveness.”

Read “Build bridges of forgiveness.”