May 12, 2022 Dear Colleagues: Congratulations to Messiah University’s Class of 2022—and to all of us for the completion of a successful academic year! It was a privilege to celebrate undergraduate commencement last week with our graduating seniors and with our first graduates from Messiah’s adult degree programs. Commencement is a joyful and poignant reminder…
Feb. 21, 2022 Dear Colleagues: As I write this first campus update of 2022, I’m grateful for how our community came together to meet the challenges of starting the spring semester. We effectively navigated the significant spike in COVID-19 Omicron cases in January and February. Classes continued to meet in person, employees cared for students…
Dec. 10, 2021 Dear Students and Colleagues: Christmas is such a special time at Messiah—even more so this year because we are able to celebrate together, in person. Our campus Christmas gathering, advent chapels, department of music concerts, and residence hall events like Deck the Halls remind us of the blessing of Christian community. I…
Oct. 28, 2021 Dear Colleagues: We’ve certainly been experiencing an eventful fall since my last update in July! Since then: we’ve launched a new academic year with Community Day, Welcome Week and Convocation; welcomed parents and alumni to campus for Homecoming and Family Weekend (complete with the first fireworks display in Messiah’s history!); hosted our…
July 30, 2021 Dear Colleagues: It is wonderful to experience the life and activity that returning employees, conference and camp guests, graduate students enrolled in week-long intensives, and visiting students and families are bringing to our campus this summer. And this year more than ever, I am looking forward to the energy that our undergraduate…
May 28, 2021 Dear Colleagues: We have achieved many accomplishments together since my March update! As a campus community, we successfully kept our university open and in-person to complete our entire academic year despite the challenges of a global pandemic. In the past two weeks, we hosted back-to-back Commencement weekends for both the undergraduate and…
March 10, 2021 Dear Colleagues: I hope that you are encouraged, as I have been, by the warmer weather we are experiencing this week. May it serve as a reminder to all of us that spring is quickly approaching! As we complete week seven of our spring semester, (our half-way mark!) I want to thank…
Jan. 19, 2021 Dear Colleagues: Much has transpired since my last campus update in October. On a celebratory note, I am deeply grateful to each of you as employees, and to our students, for the successful and safe completion of our fall 2020 semester. Because of your commitment, tireless work, and care for our students,…
Oct. 30, 2020 Dear Colleagues: “Together at Messiah” has been the mantra for our first semester as Messiah University. And while COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of campus learning and life, our community has adapted to pursue our mission with creativity and resourcefulness. We are now 10 weeks into our fall term, and I remain…
Sept. 21, 2020 Dear Colleagues: Well, it has certainly been quite an opening to a new academic year! Our first fall semester as a university started in the midst of a global pandemic, and it has required us to draw deeply on our shared faith, creativity, adaptability and our steadfast commitment to educate and care…
