19 Facts About Messiah University

Messiah University is a private interdenominational evangelical Christian university in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

Messiah University discontinued its high school program in 1959 and added liberal arts programs during this period.

In 1964, Messiah University College took over the operations of Upland College in Upland, California, a Brethren in Christ Church college that had been operating since the 1920s.

Four years later, Messiah College opened its Philadelphia Campus in a partnership with Temple University.

Messiah University offers more than 150 majors, minors, concentrations, and pre-professional advising options in four schools: the School of the Arts; the School of Business, Education and Social Sciences; the School of Science, Engineering and Health; and the School of the Humanities.

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In 2009, Messiah University launched its first graduate programs, and currently offers online master's programs in business, conducting, counseling, education, higher education, leadership, occupational therapy and nursing.

Messiah University students have earned academic honors and fellowships such as Rhodes, Fulbright, Carnegie, Truman and Boren scholarships.

Messiah University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Messiah University has a network of programs through which students can study abroad.

Messiah University Falcons compete in NCAA Division III athletics with 23 different intercollegiate athletic teams.

The Messiah University mascot is the Falcon, which was given the name Fandango in 2006.

Messiah University is the only college in the NCAA to win both the men's and women's soccer national championship in the same year, and they have achieved that distinction four times.

Students at Messiah University are required to sign a Community Covenant upon entering.

Unlike many religious schools with a similar policy, Messiah University has never requested a Title IX exemption for permission to discriminate against LGBT students.

Undergraduate students at Messiah University are required to attend 14 chapel services each semester.

Students at Messiah University can spend their free time playing in intramural sports leagues, participating in various clubs, watching on-campus movies, and hanging out at local diners, among other things.

Messiah University's Student Activities Board is an executive organization that attempts to help students engage with popular culture by bringing different concerts, films, and other forms of entertainment to campus.

In recent years, Messiah University has, through SAB, hosted such musicians and bands as Bob Dylan, Counting Crows, Katy Perry, Chiddy Bang, Fun.

Messiah University has, over the years, accumulated a number of traditions.