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It was a great year at Millersville University!

Millersville maintained a great reputation.

  • Named to the 2007 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the 2nd year in a row.
  • Ranked one of the Top 10 Public Universities in the North by U.S. News & World Report.

Millersville offered deep academic resources

  • A new state-of-the-art Stayer Hall, which Houses the School of Education, opened its doors to approximately 2,800 students.
  • The Robert and Sue Walker Center for Civic Responsibility and Leadership was established to foster a campus culture that values civic and community engagement.
  • The Paul and Caroline Beideman Honors College Fellowship program was created to provide a scholarship and mentoring program. The first of its kind in the state, faculty and students will shepherd Central PA entrepreneurial computer software ideas from the drawing board to commercial-ready applications.

Millersville awakened the intellect.

  • Ganser Library celebrated its 40th anniversary.
  • The Department of Industry and Technology received over $100,000 in grants and equipment to improve its packing and printing educational programs.
  • Millersville's Chapter of the American Meteorological Society received the Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year Award. Also, Earth Sciences department chair, Dr. Richard Clark, received the Teaching Excellence award.
  • Millersville’s student chapter of the National Association of Industrial Technology won several awards at the annual NAIT conference – first place for best poster, first place in electrical control methodology, and third place in the overall robotics competition.
  • 17 graduate students became the first class to graduate from the Masters of Social Work program in May.
  • Millersville’s American Chemical Society student chapter received an honorable mention for their outstanding contributions in the field of chemistry.

Millersville was a supportive and enriching community.

  • Millersville partnered with Lancaster Regional Medical Center to offer Respiratory Therapy students hands-on clinical training and laboratory work.
  • PennDOT contracted the Millersville University Weather Center to provide regional forecasts for PennDOT’s District 8, which is a great opportunity to expose meteorology majors to operational forecasting for winter storms.
  • Author of New York Times best seller “The Color of Water” (the common reading project for freshmen), James McBride gave the Carter G. Woodson lecture and a musical performance.
  • The 2nd annual Glorious Sounds of the Season concert featured over 250 Millersville University students and was a great community event.
  • Marauder baseball and women's basketball both won PSAC East Championships. Marauder men's basketball was a NCAA East Region Finalist.
  • Richard Thomas (John Boy from the TV show The Waltons) presented and spent a day on campus as a guest lecturer in several classes.

It was a great year at Millersville University thanks in part to our donors' support.

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