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‘Tis the Season!

John Fea   |  December 4, 2021

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

John Fea   |  November 10, 2021

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

John Fea   |  July 12, 2021

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

John Fea   |  July 2, 2021

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

John Fea   |  May 6, 2021

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   |  May 5, 2021

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   |  April 7, 2021

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...

When Barack Obama came to Messiah College

John Fea   |  March 28, 2021

Obama and his Democratic primary challenger Hillary Clinton came to Messiah College (now Messiah University) in 2008 for The Compassion Forum, an event sponsored by CNN, Faith in Public Life, and Messiah. The forum took place about a week before...

Out of the Zoo: National History Day, During a Pandemic

Annie Thorn   |  March 24, 2021

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...

What is the Great Commission?

John Fea   |  February 13, 2021

In the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 28, verses 19-20, Jesus gives a final command to his followers: Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy...

“The Ethic of Being”

John Fea   |  February 11, 2021

Note: This piece is a slightly revised version of a post I wrote on February 20, 2020. –JF This week in Created and Called for Community at Messiah University we are exploring the Judeo-Christian creation accounts in Genesis 1 and 2.  On Tuesday we read...

Mintz: “It’s time to be blunt: postgraduation success requires a demanding liberal arts curriculum”

John Fea   |  February 6, 2021

Read to the end of this post to learn about supplementary patrons-only content. I am teaching Created and Called for Community again this semester. This is a course required by all Messiah University first-year students in their second semester. Our...

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