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Swinging Bridge - April 2024, Ethan Reisler
Swinging Bridge - April 2024, Ethan Reisler
Student Newspapers & Magazines
Issue contents include:
- Playlist
- Sabrina's Pulse-Picks Playlist
- Summer Jobs
- The Swinging Bridge Devotional
- Written By Students, For Students
- The Road Back Home
- Returning Home Over Summer
- Ramos & Kovalchick
- Next Year’s Presidential Elect
- The International Gala
- A Two Phase Plan
- Starry Athletic Complex’s Constructions
- Senior Spotlight
- Got Breakfast?
- Lottie And Union’s Reduced Hours
- Generational Shifts
- Engaging Faith In Gen Z
- A Sisterhood Of Swimmers
- A Year In Review
- Movie Reviews
- Satire
Swinging Bridge - March 2024, Ethan Reisler
Swinging Bridge - March 2024, Ethan Reisler
Student Newspapers & Magazines
Issue contents include:
- Playlist
- Sabrina's Valentine's Mixtape
- A Roof Over Your Head
- Special Interest Housing
- Wizard Battle
- A Cultivation Of Creative Genuity
- The Swinging Bridge Devotional
- Written By Students, For Students
- The Lady Falcons
- A Women's Basketball Dynasty
- Balancing Nutrition Under Dietary Restrictions
- A Revolution Of Missional Athletes
- Sports For God's Glory
- Sexuality And Gender Education
- Messiah's Gym Culture
- The Culmination Of Craft
- Senior Art Galleries
- Movie Reviews
- Satire
Examining The Lived Experience Of Disabilities Through Gender And Race [Presentation & Handout Activity], Melinda S. Burchard Ph.D., Sarah Myers, Mila Acosta-Morales, Mireliz Bermudez, Grace Rhinehart, Maddie Unger
Examining The Lived Experience Of Disabilities Through Gender And Race [Presentation & Handout Activity], Melinda S. Burchard Ph.D., Sarah Myers, Mila Acosta-Morales, Mireliz Bermudez, Grace Rhinehart, Maddie Unger
Faculty Educator Scholarship
Presented at the 2024 Messiah University Humanities Symposium.
3–4 p.m. “Examining the Lived Experience of Disabilities through Gender and Race”
Jointly sponsored faculty–student colloquium: Boyer 432 •Melinda Burchard, Ph.D., Professor of Special Education •Sarah Myers, M.S.L.S., Public Services Librarian, Murray Library •Mila Acosta-Morales (2027) •Mireliz Bermudez (2025) •Grace Rhinehart (2025) •Maddie Unger (2025)
Swinging Bridge - February 2024, Ethan Reisler
Swinging Bridge - February 2024, Ethan Reisler
Student Newspapers & Magazines
Contents of issue:
- Playlist
- Sabrina's Valentine's Mixtape
- Ambassadors For Residential Ministry
- I attended
- A New Approach To Chapel Attendance
- The Swinging Bridge Devotional
- Written By Students, For Students
- Words Without Faces
- Anonymous Social Media On Campus
- The Road Back Home
- Returning From Study Abroad
- Honors Program Pivots
- The Future Of Gpa Requirements
- Chris Nyachiwowa
- A First-Generation Student Athlete
- Reinforcing Dining Dollar Policy
- Lottie’s Student Discount
- Intramural Sports
- Students As Players And Referees
- Movie Reviews
- Satire
Swinging Bridge - December 2023, Ethan Reisler
Swinging Bridge - December 2023, Ethan Reisler
Student Newspapers & Magazines
Issue contents include:
- Playlist
- Sabrina's Sweater Weather Soundtracks
- Sink Or Swim
- Managing Stress
- The Swinging Bridge Devotional
- Written By Students, For Students
- Meet The Managers
- The Special Olympics
- Messiah's Original Service Day
- Service Animals
- An Expansion To The Student Body
- Man VS. Machine
- The Writing Center's Place Amongst AI
- Student Art Submissions
- Movie Reviews
- Satire
Swinging Bridge - November 2023, Ethan Reisler
Swinging Bridge - November 2023, Ethan Reisler
Student Newspapers & Magazines
Issue contents include:
- Playlist
- Sabrina's Sweater Wheather Soundtracks
- November Calender
- Student Event's On Cmapus
- Dr. Ye
- Pioneering Chinese Language And Culture At Messiah
- Off Campus Hangout Destinations
- Students Favorite Places To Visit Off Campus
- The Swinging Bridge Devotional
- Written By Students, For Students
- Expiration Dates
- Spreading Love Near And Far
- Featured Club
- Spikeball
Swinging Bridge - October 2023, Ethan Reisler
Swinging Bridge - October 2023, Ethan Reisler
Student Newspapers & Magazines
Issue contents include:
- The Swinging Bridge Devotional
- Written By Students By Students
- Playlist
- Indie Introductions
- Merging Physical And Mental Healthcare
- How The Engle Centers
- Addition Aims To Benifit All
- The Falcon Dictionary
- For First Year Students
- Poolside Faith
- Joshua Clarke's Christ Centered Swim Team
- Movie Reveiws
- Photospread
- Satire
2023 Sacs Symposium Schedule, Jennifer L. Thomson
2023 Sacs Symposium Schedule, Jennifer L. Thomson
2023 SACS Symposium
Thank you for joining us as we celebrate the excellent research that has been conducted by the students of the School of Arts, Culture and Society. The week will kick-off with a research symposium on:
Monday, April 24th in Hostetter Chapel from 8 am - 8 pm
Student researchers will presenting their data in both poster and oral presentation formats.
At Messiah, we believe in educating "men and women toward maturity of intellect, character and Christian faith". Through inquiry and scholarship, our students and faculty seek to glorify God and grow in wisdom and understanding of His creation.
Dr. Peter …
Handbooks, Policies, And Power: Discursive Language And Lgbtqia+ Representation In Christian University Handbooks, Kaitlin Merlino
Handbooks, Policies, And Power: Discursive Language And Lgbtqia+ Representation In Christian University Handbooks, Kaitlin Merlino
Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate
For many years, tensions have existed between Christianity and the LGBTQ community, most apparent in contexts such as politics and education. One site of conflict is within the realm of Christian higher education, specifically in regards to campus-wide regulation of same-sex behaviors. This research examines the language in sexuality-based rules as communicated in four Christian universities' handbooks. Bakhtin & Holquist (1981) demonstrate the innate tension between dialogue and the social context within which it is understood. Therefore, since language is not neutral, the words creating these rules are in themselves a site of tension for the university, its contributors, its …
Religious Orientation And Coping In Third Culture Kids, Kayla Zerbe
Religious Orientation And Coping In Third Culture Kids, Kayla Zerbe
Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate
This study examines the correlation between religious orientation and religious coping in Third Culture Kids (TCKs). Young adult TCKs often struggle with their identity, mental health, and cultural adjustment during the reentry process. Despite the unique struggles TCKs experience, very little research has been done on this population. Religion may play a role in the reentry process as support, challenge, or way of coping. The present study examines religion in TCKs through the lens of motivation, using the Religious Orientation Scale (ROS), which measures intrinsic and extrinsic religious orientation, and the Brief RCOPE, which measures positive and negative religious coping. …
Explorations In Belonging Through Children’S Books About Migration, Melinda S. Burchard Ph.D.
Explorations In Belonging Through Children’S Books About Migration, Melinda S. Burchard Ph.D.
Faculty Educator Scholarship
This session will actively engage with the theme of migration, supporting participants in learning about the 12 types of human migration using selected picture books and engagement activities for fun engagement with specific concepts of migration. Audience members will rotate to stations.
Sponsored by: Melinda Burchard (education)
Boyer 432
Activity stations include:
Station 1: David Hazen. Types of migration.
Station 2: Sarah Myers and Lauren Trumbore. Original lands of Indigenous People.
Station 3: Emily Nell with Sami Fisher. Native American languages.
Station 4: Lijuan Ye and Will Reeder. Exploring Chinese Traditions.
Station 5: Aly Poole and Catie Brubaker. Finding Beauty …
A Mother’S Prayer Through The Five Words Of A Son With Autism, Melinda S. Burchard Ph.D.
A Mother’S Prayer Through The Five Words Of A Son With Autism, Melinda S. Burchard Ph.D.
Faculty Educator Scholarship
Recently, my friend has been figuring out that her child has autism, processing what that means for education, for church, and for family life. She grapples with lost expectations, daily challenges, confusion, and isolation. My parenting journey is not her own, but I relate to her pain and her hopes. I wrote this first for her and now share this piece in love specifically for parents of children with disabilities. Through a very specific lens of parenting a child with a disability, using the five words of my son with severe autism, I reflect upon the deep meaning of the …
Christianity, Feminism, And Identity Development In Christian Higher Education, Kaitlin Merlino
Christianity, Feminism, And Identity Development In Christian Higher Education, Kaitlin Merlino
Communication Student Scholarship
Identity formation acts as an important part of human development. At the same time, some difficulty occurs when a person attempts to hold two identities that seemingly contradict. For those that identify as both feminists and Christians, this dilemma creates difficulties. As these two identity camps have been on opposing ends of a variety of issues for years, some may even feel unable to claim both of these labels simultaneously. At the same time, some can hold the values of each even as they reject the identity labels. The context of higher education provides students with an environment where they …
Educating And Debating Social And Political Issues In The Naperville Lyceum, Carl Fletcher, Stephen Perry, Cristi Eschler-Freudenrich, Jonathan Powers, Flora Khoo, Brooke Dunbar-Treadwell, Beryl Nyamwange, Hanisha Besant, Jana Duckett
Educating And Debating Social And Political Issues In The Naperville Lyceum, Carl Fletcher, Stephen Perry, Cristi Eschler-Freudenrich, Jonathan Powers, Flora Khoo, Brooke Dunbar-Treadwell, Beryl Nyamwange, Hanisha Besant, Jana Duckett
English Faculty Scholarship
This historical research responds to a call from other scholars to allow the
topics discussed in the lyceum of the nineteenth century to shed light on
the social consciousness of the frontier settlements of the era. The recent
discovery of the “Proceedings of the Naperville Lyceum” (1836-1843)
provided the means to do this. Since political topics were clearly central to
the Naperville Lyceum members, this research focused on those items. It
is revealing that lyceum topics in this location were not self-absorbed. The
debated topics included several global issues and did not simply
champion the American status quo. It suggests …
Perspectives And Practical Strategies For Disability-Related Behavior Challenges In Ministries To Children And Youth, Melinda S. Burchard Ph.D.
Perspectives And Practical Strategies For Disability-Related Behavior Challenges In Ministries To Children And Youth, Melinda S. Burchard Ph.D.
Faculty Educator Scholarship
Challenging behaviors happen, even within Sunday schools and ministries to children and youth. This essay explores spiritual and theoretical perspectives about disability and addressing behaviors. Teachers, leaders and volunteers may benefit from example practical strategies for planning for and responding to such challenging behaviors, especially the social, emotional and behavioral challenges related to disability.
Hablar En Dos Mundos: Explorando Los Papeles Del Bilingüismo Español-Inglés En Las Vidas De Los Adultos Bilingües En Español E Inglés En La Región Sur Central De Pensilvania, Amalia Robinson
Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate
Speaking in Two Worlds: Exploring the Roles of Spanish-English Bilingualism in the Lives of Adults Bilingual in Spanish and English in South Central Pennsylvania
Spanish-English bilingualism is an established and growing phenomenon in South Central Pennsylvania in the United States. But, there is a lack of linguistic studies on Spanish-English bilingualism in this geographic area. This essay attempts to explore the different roles that Spanish-English bilingualism occupies in the lives of bilingual adults who speak Spanish and English in South Central Pennsylvania. Using the qualitative semi-structured interview method, I interviewed twenty bilingual participants in South Central Pennsylvania who are native …
The Application Of Faith And Learning: Faith-Based Anchor Institutions And Community Engagement, Theresa Harrison, Dottie Weigel, Melinda Smith
The Application Of Faith And Learning: Faith-Based Anchor Institutions And Community Engagement, Theresa Harrison, Dottie Weigel, Melinda Smith
HNES Educator Scholarship
Higher education institutions face many competing priorities and are still expected to serve the public good. Faith-based institutions, in particular, aim to meet a faith-inspired calling and serve the communities in which they are situated while guiding students in their faith formation by integrating service and academic priorities. In this paper, the authors explore, through a case study methodology, the unique positionality of Messiah University, a faith-based university located near the capital city of Harrisburg, PA. Specifically, this study explores the impact of a community engaged course with an urban nonprofit agency.
Who Is My Friend? Resources For Teaching Media Literacy In Special Education, Melinda S. Burchard Ph.D., Lori Konopasek, Betsy Layman, Sarah Myers, Linda Poston
Who Is My Friend? Resources For Teaching Media Literacy In Special Education, Melinda S. Burchard Ph.D., Lori Konopasek, Betsy Layman, Sarah Myers, Linda Poston
Faculty Educator Scholarship
Possible characteristics of autism or intellectual disabilities include vulnerability or gullibility in social situations. Therefore, some teens or adults with autism or intellectual disabilities may struggle to discern who is a true friend. In the context of media literacy, such challenges can lead to confusion in social media friend requests or related safe behaviors in using social media. This media literacy team intends for this resource to support teachers of special education or adult education to teach teens or adults with intellectual disabilities or autism about discerning friendships in the context of media literacy. A sample lesson is included.
Murray Library May 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library
Murray Library May 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library
Library Publications
What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah College written by its staff.
Contents:
- Highlights of AY19
- Exam Cram stress relief
- Supporting Cross Cultural courses: Beth Transue
- Staff Spotlight: Liz Kielley
- Friends of Murray Library: benefits of membership
Murray Library April 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library
Murray Library April 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library
Library Publications
What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah College written by its staff.
Contents:
- Trivia Night
- Mini Golf in the Stacks
- Staff strengths
- Marvel Becoming: Sharon Berger
- Staff Spotlight: Brian Frank
- Print vs. Ebook preferences by students
- Human Library
Murray Library March 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library
Murray Library March 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library
Library Publications
What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah College written by its staff.
Contents:
- New book additions
- Staff Spotlight: Lawrie Merz
- Display featuring book art by Dannielle Vincent and Artists' Books from Professor Forsythe's class
Bridging General Education And The Business Discipline: Surfacing Central Themes Through A Core Course, Jennifer Dose
Bridging General Education And The Business Discipline: Surfacing Central Themes Through A Core Course, Jennifer Dose
Business Educator Scholarship
General education and business major courses often follow parallel paths with little intersection or appreciation of the other. Students benefit, however, by seeing key themes and skills linked to both general education and specialized disciplinary courses. Giving specific attention to Christian institutions, this paper argues for more intentional connections between these two parts of the curriculum, highlighting their common ideals of shared learning, shared connections as human beings, practical skills, institutional distinctiveness, and integration. One strategy to overcome the bifurcation of general education and business curricula has been to ground institutional distinctives within a core course experience, which can then …
Murray Library February 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library
Murray Library February 2019 Newsletter, Murray Library
Library Publications
What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah College written by its staff.
Contents:
- Open Access Civil Rights Tour display
- Staff Spotlight: Kimberly Steiner
- Recommended reading: Amanda Flagle
- Recent publication by Sarah Myers and Melinda Burchard
Educational Reform In The Old Eighth Ward - With Biography Of William Howard Day, Drew Hermeling, Digital Harrisburg
Educational Reform In The Old Eighth Ward - With Biography Of William Howard Day, Drew Hermeling, Digital Harrisburg
Look Up, Look Out
In the early days of the Old Eighth Ward, education was segregated and the responsibility of church communities. Thomas Dorsey founded a school for “colored children, both free and bound,” in 1817 in the Wesley Union AME Zion church building. Eventually, a three story building, located between the Jennings Foundry and the Wesley Union church, known as “Franklin Hall” became the primary educational home of the Ward’s pupils. However, Franklin Hall was poorly suited for educating children. J. Howard Wert, writing in the Patriot, described the conditions there, stating that they
“were of the poorest; the rooms were destitute of …
Murray Library Fall 2018 Newsletter, Murray Library
Murray Library Fall 2018 Newsletter, Murray Library
Library Publications
What's new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah College written by its staff.
Contents:
- Navigating the library offices and spaces
- Making room reservations
- Geek the Library recap
- Staff Spotlight: Linda Poston
- 2017-2018 Statistics
For Such A Time And Place As This: Christian Higher Education For The Common Good, Cynthia Wells
For Such A Time And Place As This: Christian Higher Education For The Common Good, Cynthia Wells
Higher Education Faculty Scholarship
One might argue that this is not a wise time to raise queries of the common good for Christian higher education. Our in-boxes and newsfeeds provide persistent reminders of the crises facing higher education today, many of which uniquely impact Christian colleges and universities. A crisis of the humanities, as students turn away from areas of study traditionally associated with the liberal arts. A crisis of cost, as independent colleges wrestle with an unsustainable financial model and an increasingly skeptical constituency. An enrollment crisis amid declines in the number of high school graduates, especially in the northeast and midwest. Colleges …
Above And Beyond: Partnering To Co-Lead And Support Cross Cultural Short-Term Study Abroad Courses, Beth M. Transue
Above And Beyond: Partnering To Co-Lead And Support Cross Cultural Short-Term Study Abroad Courses, Beth M. Transue
Library Staff Presentations & Publications
A librarian from Messiah College co-leads a cross-cultural course to China by managing logistics, teaching orientation, incorporating library resources and supervising travel.
“We Don't Talk About That Here": Teachers, Religion, Public Elementary Schools And The Embodiment Of Silence, A Binational United States And Israel Study, Tina Keller, Amy Camardese, Randa Abbas
“We Don't Talk About That Here": Teachers, Religion, Public Elementary Schools And The Embodiment Of Silence, A Binational United States And Israel Study, Tina Keller, Amy Camardese, Randa Abbas
Faculty Educator Scholarship
Globally religious diversity is on the rise yet the place of religion in public schools is often heatedly debated. This study examined the experiences of fifth graders in regards to religion in public schools in the United States and Israel. The juxtaposition of diverse countries and school settings opens the dialogue to examine how children and their teachers perceive the impact of religion while in school. The findings suggest that the impact of minority status, school curriculum, and the political and geographical contexts of schools impact the ways that religion is conceptualized in public elementary schools. In addition, the uniquenesses …
Method, Macintyre, And Pedagogy: Inviting Students To Participate In Theology As A Living Conversation, Richard Crane
Method, Macintyre, And Pedagogy: Inviting Students To Participate In Theology As A Living Conversation, Richard Crane
Bible & Religion Educator Scholarship
Teaching theology within academic institutions with confessional commitments and theologically conservative students requires holding together, in creative tension, two pedagogical goals. The challenge is to promote rigorous academic inquiry by encouraging student openness to engagement with perspectives that challenge their own beliefs while simultaneously constructing a course that is experienced as a safe space where students do not feel their personal faith is under attack. This essay presents the argument that a methodological framework for introductory theology courses informed by Alasdair MacIntyre's reflections on the nature of living traditions holds great promise for achieving these objectives. The essay will also …
A Distinctive Vision For The Liberal Arts: General Education And The Flourishing Of Christian Higher Education, Cynthia Wells
A Distinctive Vision For The Liberal Arts: General Education And The Flourishing Of Christian Higher Education, Cynthia Wells
Higher Education Faculty Scholarship
This article argues that a coherent and inspired general education program, infused with a deliberate vision of the liberal arts, is crucial to the flourishing of Christian higher education. This article begins by describing the context and status of general education, emphasizing how this element of the educational program falls short in embodying a distinctive mission of Christian higher education. This article then contends that a vibrant vision of general education will be grounded in particular aspects of a liberal arts education that fulfill crucial outcomes of the Christian university, specifically cultivating the formal virtues and fostering meaning and purpose. …