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College Honors Program

Honors Congress: Schedule of Events

 

Spring 2012

 

Wednesday, February 8, 7:00 p.m. [Boyer 130]

Representatives and alumni of the Messiah College Philadelphia Campus will give a presentation about opportunities at MCPC for CHP participants.

 

Thursday, February 16, 7:00 p.m. [Parmer Cinema]

Sixth Annual Film Contest

Showing in Parmer Cinema with a reception following in Howe Atrium.

Contest details coming on January 20.  Winner to be announced on February 10.

 

Thursday, February 23, 8:00 p.m. [Brubaker Auditorium]

2012 Humanities Symposium Keynote Lecture:  The Book: Its Future and Its Past

Dr. Anthony Grafton, President of the American Historical Association, Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Chairperson of the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University.

Free and open to the public.

 

Friday, February 24, 7:00 p.m. [Boyer 131]

The Book Nobody Read: A Closer Look at the Book that Moved the World

Dr. Owen Gingrich, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and of the History of Science at Harvard University and a senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

A free lecture sponsored by The Central Pennsylvania Forum for Religion and Science and the Center for Public Humanities

 

Sunday, March 4, 3:00 p.m. [The Forum in Harrisburg]

Enjoy an afternoon at the Forum with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra as they present, “Jupiter Journeys.”  Transportation and ticket information coming February 20.

 

Wednesday, March 7, 4:10 p.m. [Boyer 131]

Scholarship Opportunities Lectures

Interested in applying for the Rhodes, Truman, Fulbright, or other top scholarships?  Dr. John Harles, Scholarship and Fellowship Coordinator, will discuss opportunities and application procedures.  See Fellowship and Scholarship Competitions for a list of past Messiah winners and brief descriptions of the various scholarships.

 

Thursday, March 22, 7:00 p.m. [Parmer Cinema]

Great Movie Musicals:  “The Phantom of the Opera (rescheduled from the fall film series)

Discussion led by Professor Fabrizio Cilento to follow in Boyer 138.

 

Saturday, March 31, 8:00 a.m. [Washington, D.C.]

All day charter bus trip to Washington, D.C. during the Cherry Blossom Festival; day on your own.

Ticket information to be announced Monday, March 19.

 

Friday, April 20, 8:00 p.m. [Miller Auditorium]

Messiah College Department of Theater presents, “The Miracle Worker.”

Ticket information to be announced April 9.

 

 

 

 

Additional events may be added.

 

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