The “Washington Monthly” writes of its fifth annual college rankings, “Instead of asking what a college could do for you, we asked, ‘What are colleges doing for the country?’” The magazine looked at things like student hours spent in community service, service-oriented scholarships, and graduates entering the Peace Corps. With these criteria, Messiah College ranked fifth among the top 50 baccalaureate colleges nationwide.
The three-part criteria of social mobility, research, and service places Messiah behind Bard College at Simon’s Rock (MA), Northwestern College (IA), Taylor University (IN), and Cooper Union (NY).
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Each year, “U.S. News & World Report” releases its rankings of college and universities nationwide. The rankings are designed to be a starting point for students and their families in their college search.
This year Messiah ranked well on several lists, including fourth among “Best Regional Colleges in the North” and seventh along “Great Schools, Great Price.”
Messiah is also noted in the rankings for its 77% graduation rate.
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The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has re-accredited Messiah’s on-campus childcare and lab school facility, the Early Learning Center (ELC), for five years. NAEYC accreditation is a prestigious indicator of the highest professional standards in early childhood education, and the ELC received particular commendation in the areas of assessment, health, teachers, family and community relationships, and leadership/management.
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Messiah College is among 286 other colleges and universities nationwide named to the Princeton Review’s and U.S. Green Building Council’s guide of green colleges. The schools included in the guide are profiled for demonstrating a commitment to sustainability and holistic living. To read about how the green colleges were selected and to see Messiah’s profile, go to www.usgbc.org/campus. (Please note that there are several errors in Messiah’s profile, most notably the incorrect web address. Please visit www.messiah.edu/sustainability for more about the College’s environmental commitments, and email questions to admissions@messiah.edu.)
The news of Messiah College’s inclusion in this list comes just one day after the College launched http://www.messiah.edu/sustainability, a website devoted to highlighting Messiah’s sustainability efforts.
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Leigh McCauley faced adversity from the very first moments of her life. McCauley was born addicted to drugs as a result of her mother’s addiction. Her mother died when McCauley was just six, and she grew up in the care of her economically-disadvantaged grandmother.
McCauley is a communications major at Messiah where she is also involved in student ministry. She volunteers at Second Mile, an organization that provides mentoring and leadership opportunities to children in need of additional adult support. McCauley benefited from Second Mile programs as a child and now speaks to participants and donors.
According to the news release about this event, “The intent of the Essence of Humanity Award is to honor those who inspire the best in all of us through the award and by elevating their stories.” Speaking about McCauley, the release states, “According to those who know her so well, she embodies inspiration, persistence, determination, strength, and love, leveraging the story of her personal challenges to help and inspire others.”
The Essence of Humanity Award was presented to McCauley on April 13 during the United Way Volunteer Center Awards Ceremony at Beth El Temple in Harrisburg.
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On May 10, President Kim Phipps will be officially recognized by Central Penn Business Journal as one of the 25 most influential women leaders in central Pennsylvania. President Phipps was selected for her solid reputation based on experience, integrity and leadership and her proven track record of accomplishment.
Messiah alumnus Debra Pierson `89, president of Pierson Computing Connection, Inc., is also among the 25 honored women.
Both women will be featured in a May 14 supplement of Central Penn Business Journal.
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More than 2,000 guests attended the 22nd annual “Taste of Central Pennsylvania,” held on Nov. 2 at Strawberry Square in Harrisburg. Attendees at the appetizing event enjoy food and beverage tastings prepared by culinary teams from the finest restaurants and dining venues from across Central Pennsylvania—including Messiah College.
Messiah was one of 45 regional restaurants, businesses and organizations that donated food and culinary talent to the fundraiser, which this year raised more than $100,000 to help hungry families in the midstate. (This is Messiah College’s twelfth year to participate in the event.) In addition to revenue from ticket proceeds, guests may leave additional monetary donations at individual booths as a show of appreciation and enjoyment for the food being served. This year, Messiah’s booth generated the most donations among the individual culinary teams—earning them the event’s prestigious “People’s Choice Award.”
The Messiah culinary team, led by Executive Chef Percell Green, was also comprised of Scott Douville, Ana Marrero, Beverly Spangler and Andrew White. They prepared and served two of Messiah College’s signature items, “Baby Blue Salad Parfait” (made with mesclun salad greens, spicy pecans, strawberries, mandarin oranges, balsamic vinaigrette and blue cheese) and “Chocolate Mousse Indulgence.” Bon appétit!
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The Central PA Blood Bank recognized Messiah for donating more blood than any other local college this spring semester. The campus community donated 182 pints this spring and 412 pints, or 51.5 gallons, this academic year.
Messiah once again earned a place on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for service-learning and civic engagement commitments.
Almost 92% of Messiah College’s student body participates in some form of local community service while they are enrolled at Messiah, according to the College’s Agape Center for Service and Learning. Yearly, students log more than 124,000 volunteer hours. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching selected 119 U.S. colleges and universities for its 2008 Community Engagement Classification.
Messiah was recognized for substantial commitments to both curricular engagement and outreach and partnerships.
In order to be selected for this recognition, the College had to provide descriptions and examples of institutionalized practices of community engagement that showed alignment among mission, culture, leadership, resources, and practices.
