Messiah College President's Report 2007

the Messiah College 2006–2007academic year a year of distinction.* JANUARY The first Rodney and Lorna Sawatsky Rising Stars Concerto Competition names its inaugural winner (top). Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Week is held. Nontombi Naomi Tutu, internationally prominent activist for human rights and daughter of Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu, gives the keynote address (bottom). Messiah hosts reception honoring retired instructor Catherine Prescott’s success in the 2006 Outwin Boochever Portrait competition, sponsored by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. FEBRUARY Center for Public Humanities hosts its annual Spring Humanities Symposium. Kent Hill, assistant administrator for global health at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), serves as keynote speaker. Not for Profit: Designing Across the Social Divide opens in the Aughinbaugh Art Gallery (top). Jim Wallis, “America’s leading progressive evangelical,” according to the Washington Post, visits campus as the speaker at the annual Lecture on Religion and Society (bottom). FEBRUARY Randall Balmer, professor and author of Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America, visits campus as part of the Ernest L. Boyer Center Distinguished Lecture series (bottom). Students lead an International Rural Development conference. MARCH Tony Schiano, president of Giant Goods Inc., visits campus as the executive-inresidence for the Department of Management and Business. Jonathan Kozol, acclaimed author and education activist, presents a lecture as part of the Ernest L. Boyer Center Distinguished Lecture series. The Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist, and Wesleyan Studies hosts a peace lecture by Eleanor and Alan Kreider. Liz Laribee ’07 mentors young students during a Spring Break Service Trip to Northern Ireland (above). APRIL Directed by Kristopher Yoder, Inherit the Wind premiers on the Miller Stage. Messiah College hosts its annual Service Day 2007 (above). Schools of Education and Social Sciences; Mathematics, Engineering, and Business; and Health and Natural Sciences host scholarship days. Acclamation Dance Ministry hosts its annual concert. ISU/MuKappa hosts international banquet, featuring dinner and entertainment from around the world. MAY Author Philip Yancey gives the address at Commencement (top). Messiah College expands summer school program. Alumni Christian Service Award presented to Daniel Chamberlain ’53. Engle Service Award presented to Paul Nisly, professor emeritus of English, and his late wife, Laura, who worked in dining services at the College (bottom). *For a more complete event listing for 2006–2007, please visit www.messiah.edu/news. http://www.messiah.edu/schools/arts/aughinbaugh/ http://www.messiah.edu/departments/music/ http://www.messiah.edu/departments/music/ http://www.messiah.edu/philly/ http://www.messiah.edu/schools/arts/aughinbaugh/ http://www.messiah.edu/offices/alumni/events/homecoming/2006/

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Contents An Education of Distinction A Rigourous Education of Distinction Articles A Visionary Education of Distinction Articles A Faith-Infused Education of Distinction Articles Sustaining an Education of Distinction Financial Reports/Volunteer Leader Appreciation Donor Recognition Messiah College at a Glance Meet Our Students A Mission of Distinction A Year in Photos

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