Messiah College earns highest honor for civic engagement
March 18th, 2013
GRANTHAM, Pa. (March 18, 2013) — Messiah College is one of only five Pennsylvania colleges and universities to earn placement on the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction, the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.
According to the Agape Center for Service and Learning, in 2012, an estimated 98 percent of Messiah’s graduating class participated in some form of community service through the Agape Center.
This is Messiah College’s seventh consecutive time being named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll and third time receiving the honor with distinction.
About Messiah College
Messiah College, a private Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences, enrolls 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Established in 1909, the primary campus is located in Grantham, Pa., near the state capital of Harrisburg. A satellite campus affiliated with Temple University is located in Philadelphia.
