Get up to speed here. This is a taste of Dani Seiss’s article at the Georgetown Day School website: DS’s High School Minimster offers students a unique opportunity to learn about new and varied subjects as they step away from […]
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Seeking common ground: A day with students and faculty from Georgetown Day School
Last week I spent the day at Messiah University (where I have taught history for 23 years) with students, faculty, and the Head of School from Georgetown Day School (GDS), a prep school in Washington D.C. This is the fourth […]
At Liberty, even the most sacred moments in the university calendar are used to own the libs and advance its mission.
Liberty University held its commencement address yesterday. South Carolina Senator and former presidential candidate Tim Scott was the speaker. The Standing for Freedom Center, which serves as the office that advances Liberty’s culture war activities, posted this on X: Earlier […]
Steven Mintz on ethics education in American universities
I am a regular reader of University of Houston historian Steven Mintz’s blog at Insider Higher Ed. In his most recent post, he responds to Ezekiel Emanuel’s New York Times op-ed on ethics education in American universities. We wrote about […]
Why don’t more theology students take history courses?
At the school where I teach there are ample opportunities for students to shape their intellectual experience through a double “major” or a “minor” or two. Just the other day, for example, I was talking to one of my academic […]
Messiah University is looking for someone to teach an intro course on the Civil War and Reconstruction in Fall ’23
If you are interested, let me know. It will be a night class (6:15-9:15) that will meet once a week. We are looking for someone: The course is geared toward non-history majors, but it is likely that a handful of […]
Authors I am teaching this semester
Today is the first day of classes! Based on this list of authors, try to guess the two courses I am teaching this semester: Antiquity: 18th Century: 19th Century: 20th Century: Late 20th and 21st Century
‘Tis the Season!
Messiah University may no longer have a history department, but our history majors are doing their best to hold on to the department’s time-honored traditions. This weekend the History Club did some Christmas caroling at faculty homes (History and Politics […]
The beauty of Messiah University’s campus
Thanks to my colleague Dave Hoffman for letting me post his pics!
Messiah University’s Digital Harrisburg Initiative wins the Leadership in History Award from the American Association for State and Local History
I occasionally write about Messiah’s Digital Harrisburg Initiative (DHI). My colleague David Pettegrew and his team do an amazing job of serving our local community through public and digital history. I am thrilled to see that the American Association for […]
I miss browsing in the library
I am really excited for my colleagues at the Messiah University’s Murray Library as they launch their new “discovery” system called Primo this week. I can’t weight to dig in. I have benefited immensely from Murray Library’s e-book collection, interlibrary […]
Quick thoughts on the end of the Messiah University History Department
Yesterday I sat through what will probably be the last history department faculty meeting of my career. It was on ZOOM. Next Fall the history professors, five in all, will join three political science professors to form the Messiah University […]
Out of the Zoo: The ones who have taught me everything
Annie Thorn is a senior history major from Kalamazoo, Michigan and our intern here at The Way of Improvement Leads Home. As part of her internship she writes a weekly column titled “Out of the Zoo.” It focuses on life as a history […]
Out of the Zoo: “Operation Varsity Blues”
Annie Thorn is senior history major from Kalamazoo, Michigan and our intern here at The Way of Improvement Leads Home. As part of her internship she is writing a weekly column titled “Out of the Zoo.” It focuses on life as a […]