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RACHEL HEPKINS ’08 Lilly Endowment Inc. grant nourishes academic dialogue Messiah professors promote scholarly conversations through publication Messiah College’s faculty are committed to fostering important conversations through authorship — from brief articles to creative projects to books — as well as to excellence in the classroom. This year, Oxford University Press published The American University in a Postsecular Age, edited by Douglas “Jake” Jacobsen, distinguished professor of church history and theology, and Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen, professor of psychology and director of faculty development. The Jacobsens were awarded a $469,000 grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. for a three-year Religion in the Academy project. The couple will co-direct the project with the key objective of stimulating discussion about the place of religion in colleges and universities throughout America and culminating in the publication of a new book. Other Messiah colleagues have also been contributing valuable scholarship through their writing. In 2007–2008, the following faculty published these books: • The Amish and the Media ( Johns Hopkins University Press) co-edited by David Weaver-Zercher, associate professor of American religious history and chair of the Department of Biblical and Religious Studies • Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy ( Jossey-Bass Press) by David Weaver-Zercher, Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt • Faith and Gender Equity: Lesson Plans Across the College Curriculum (Wipf & Stock Publishers) edited by C. Jeanne Orjala Serrão and Susie Stanley, professor of historical theology • Homeschool: An American History (Palgrave Macmillan) by Milton Gaither, assistant professor of education • The Way of Improvement Leads Home (University of Pennsylvania Press) by John Fea, associate professor of American history HOMETOWN: Yeadon, Pennsylvania MAJOR: Spanish business PURSUIT: Would like to become an immigration lawyer and plans on applying to law programs for fall 2009 admission Dan Barlow ’09, student leader of the Collaboratory’s Village Water Ozonization Project, teaches school children in Honduras about the effects of water contamination. Experiential learning expands the scope of studentsʻ education Study abroad programs offered through Messiah College’s EpiCenter (Experiential Program Information Center) and other learning opportunities coordinated by the Agapé Center for Service and Learning and the Internship Center help Messiah’s students nd unique ways to expand their learning while earning academic credit. Students studying abroad in 2007–2008: EUROPE CENTRAL and SOUTH AMERICA AFRICA ASIA OCEANIA MIDDLE EAST “Like any other eld, the business industry is in dire need of men and women of faith. Many in the business world see power — the higher up you are on the corporate ladder — as a god. But God has given us his divine power. The same power that he used to raise Jesus from the dead is the same power at work in us. I can’t help but encourage those around me that God has the power to do anything beyond human imagination.” 174 108 63 38 20 9 Additional learning opportunities: SERVICE-LEARNING COURSES 292 students in 25 courses 123 150 students/domestic; 4 students/international 91 9 PHILADELPHIA CAMPUS INTERNSHIPS OTHER NORTH AMERICAN PROGRAMS http://www.messiah.edu/departments/modern/programs/spanish_business.html http://www.messiah.edu http://www.messiah.edu/schools/math_eng_bus/collaboratory/index.html http://www.messiah.edu/departments/history/ http://www.messiah.edu/departments/history/ http://www.messiah.edu/departments/psychology/ http://www.messiah.edu/academics/epicenter/ http://www.messiah.edu/academics/epicenter/ http://www.messiah.edu/external_programs/agape/ http://www.messiah.edu/external_programs/agape/ http://www.messiah.edu/external_programs/internship/ http://www.messiah.edu/departments/brs/programs/bible.html http://www.messiah.edu/departments/brs/programs/bible.html http://www.messiah.edu/departments/brs/programs/bible.html http://www.messiah.edu/departments/education/elementary.html http://www.messiah.edu/departments/history/

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2007 – 2008 Messiah College President's Report Contents The Fusion of Intellect and Faith Centered on Scholarship Fueled by Faith Energized for Impact Stewards of our Mission Financial Reports / Volunteer Leader Appreciation Donor Recognition From Our Core Messiah College at a Glance A Year in Photos

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