Messiah College

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• The College awards both Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. The academic program includes over 50 majors, more than 60 minors, and secondary education certification in eleven academic disciplines. The College’s program is administered through thirteen academic departments. Off-campus study opportunities abound through cooperative arrangements with Brethren Colleges Abroad, Daystar University, AuSable Institute of Environmental Studies, Oregon Extension, and programs offered by the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.
• The College has a strong and varied cocurricular program. Twenty NCAA intercollegiate athletic teams, club sports, rec-sports, numerous leadership opportunities, outreach teams, music ministry teams, short-term missions, required chapel, service learning, Bible studies/discipleship groups, and experiential learning opportunities are some of the programs in which students are involved. Approximately 30 professionally trained cocurricular educators help enable students to learn and grow as holistic Christians
• Messiah College offers a high-quality, private, coed, undergraduate education that effectively integrates intellect, character, and Christian faith for more than 2,900 students in a residential setting.
• Scenic 485-acre suburban campus is located in Grantham, Pa, 12 miles southwest of the state capital, Harrisburg—providing easy access to urban centers such as Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.
• The college has been named by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top five “Best Colleges” for comprehensive bachelor’s colleges in the North and listed for more than 10 consecutive years on the Templeton Foundation’s “Honor Roll of Character-building Colleges.”
• Messiah College is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Academic programs in engineering, dietetics, nursing, athletic training, music, social work, and education are each accredited by the appropriate professional associations.
• Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.

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• Local students graduate from Messiah College (The Times Herald)
  posted on July 10, 2011 at 07:14:53 am
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• Scholars (Bedford Journal)
  posted on July 7, 2011 at 02:19:22 pm
  Nicole Pelletier, of Bedford, graduated cum laude with a degree in early childhood education this spring from Messiah College in Grantham, Pa.
• Five Messiah College students accused of making bottle bombs (The Patriot-News)
  posted on June 28, 2011 at 01:11:20 pm
  Five Messiah College students are responsible for making the bottle bombs that had to be detonated in a campus courtyard in April, police said.
• Secular or Christian: America at its founding discussed in Morristown Thursday (Morris NewsBee)
  posted on June 3, 2011 at 07:42:23 pm
  MORRISTOWN ‑ The North Jersey American Revolution Round Table will present John Fea, associate professor of American History at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., at 7:14 p.m. on Thursday, June 9 at the Washington's Headquarters Museum Auditorium at 30 Washington Place.
• Student Roundup (Albany Times Union)
  posted on June 3, 2011 at 04:21:49 am
  Jason Besse, Delmar, and Rachel Jordan, Voorheesville, were named to the spring semester dean's list at Messiah College, Grantham, Pa. The following Albany County residents received awards at Moving-Up Day ceremonies at St. Lawrence University, Canton, St. Lawrence County: Kirk Shimkin, Delmar, received the Northern New York American Chemical Society Outstanding Senior Award; Ryan Thomson ...

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