Messiah College News

Melissa A. Gump Kutztown High School Parents or guardians: John and Lisa Gump Awards and honors: County, district and regional chorus; county jazz choir, band and jazz band; Tri-M Music Honor Society; best jazz vocalist, SteelStacks Jazz Band Showcase; National Honor Society .

One local resident recently graduated from college and four others earned Dean's List honors at multiple schools, according to readmedia releases.

The following is a press release from ReadMedia East Granby resident Chelsey Herzig was named to the dean's list for the 2012 spring semester at Messiah College.

Earlier this month, the evangelical writer David Barton's new book, " The Jefferson Lies ," hit the New York Times bestseller list for hardcover nonfiction.

Elco students Joelle Wyse, left, and Amy Walker received nursing grants from the Lebanon County Federation of Women's Clubs.

State-owned colleges and universities confront crushing cuts in state funding. Students face higher tuition, along with hikes in interest rates for subsidized federal loans.

Commencement speaker Dr. Ray Barfield, associate professor of pediatrics and Christian philosophy at Duke University School of Divinity and associate professor of pediatrics and associate professor in the School of Nursing at Duke University School of Medicine, delivers the Messiah Commencement address, Saturday, May 12.

You finally feel like you've got this parenting thing down pat and now you're thinking about having another, but how do you know if you're truly ready? "Many times, we're really not ready for what's going to really happen until it happens," according to Dr.

Dickinson College senior Cameron O'Connor, 22, works on a paper in the academic quad on the school's Carlisle campus.