The University continues to support a culture of free inquiry and self-reflective learning, in which the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences together help students to become thoughtful individuals who will never lose their passion for engaging new ideas. This liberal arts core, vigorously complemented with intensified study in the student's major, will be enriched by programs such as co-operative education, international student exchange, internships, and service-learning. We will continue to prepare students to succeed in the job market or to undertake further education. The knowledge, skills, and values students learn also provide them with the critical tools needed to adapt to the new challenges in our age of rapid technological change, preparing them to accept increasing levels of career, civic and social responsibility.

University Success

Faculty and Staff Success

Program Success

Student Success

University Success

• Millersville University was named, with distinction, to the 2010 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The designation was announced by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). CNCS honored Millersville as a leader among institutions of higher education for its support of volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement, as well as its strong institutional commitment to service and compelling campus-community partnerships that produce measurable results for the community. CNCS, which has administered the Honor Roll since 2006, admitted a total of 641 colleges and universities for their impact on issues from literacy and neighborhood revitalization to supporting at-risk youth. Of that total, 511 were named to the Honor Roll and 114 received the recognition of Honor Roll with distinction.
• The Office of Experiential Learning and Career Management reported that 2,644 students participated in 152,519 hours of service-learning. According to Independent Sector the value of this service to the local community was estimated at approximately $3 million.

Faculty and Staff Success

• School of Humanities and Social Sciences faculty published 11 books, 75 articles, presented 144 papers at professional conferences or meetings and completed 40 book reviews. They crafted 61 creative works, made 86 creative presentations, engaged in 90 consulting activities and completed 53 other professional projects. Thirty-four faculty engaged in community-based research, and 31 attended workshops or conferences. Additionally, faculty showcased their work in 46 exhibitions or solo shows as well as in several international venues.
• School of Education faculty members published 30 articles and seven books, with six additional books currently in press. These faculty presented 43 papers at national conferences or meetings, 60 papers at regional meetings and 21 papers at international conferences or meetings.
• School of Science and Mathematics faculty members published three books, with three additional books currently in press, 52 articles, with six additional papers in press. These faculty presented 80 papers at professional meetings and attended 92 professional conferences or seminars.
• Dr. Debra Vredenburg-Rudy, psychology, was named WGAL's 32nd annual Jefferson Award recipient for her nonprofit organization Pet Guardians, which helps elderly persons and terminally ill patients find homes for their pets when they become unable to care for them.

Program Success

• The Software Productization Center brings together students and faculty from diverse disciplines (computer science, business, art and design and communications) to work with local businesses in productizing an idea to help the company grow. Past collaborations include Runoff Studios, a local game developer with an educational and environmentally-friendly mission.
• Millersville University's Civic and Community Engagement Research Project (CCERP) announced the 2010 Distinguished Leaders Award recipients. Honorees included Millersville student Jassinya Alvarado-Padilla, president of the Color of Teaching Program; Millersville faculty member Dr. Ruth Davis, nursing, who runs a clinic for abused women in Lancaster; Millersville biology professor Dr. James Cosentino, who provides educational materials to third-world countries through his Books for International Development project; local figures Schirlyn Kamara and Saheeb Sabur, creators of the Threshold Foundation, Inc., which runs a summer program for inner-city youth; Richard Moriarty '72, mayor of Millersville, who has worked with the Millersville Fire Company for more than 35 year and has served as treasurer of the Millersville Homecoming Parade, Millersville Business Association and the Pennsylvania Economic Development Association; and the Lancaster Area Victim Offender Reconciliation Program, a nonprofit that provides a restorative justice option to juveniles who have victimized residents of Lancaster County and are petitioned into juvenile court.
• The Millersville University Department of Music presented a piano concert, "Four Square," to benefit Manos Unidas, an organization devoted to helping Hispanic citizens integrate into American culture.
• Volunteer Central at Millersville University, part of the University's Office of Experiential Learning & Career Management, hosted Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service in January. Students met on campus and then commuted to various locations to perform community service.

Student Success

• During 2010, more than 4,600 Millersville students provided almost 200,000 hours of service to the community.
• Millersville University senior Mackenzie Wrobel interned at a PASSHE-funded program, The Harrisburg Internship Semester.
• Millersville University student Sarah Stroman participated in the United States-Canadian Parliamentary Internship program in Ottawa. With the help of her advisor, Dr. Charles Greenawalt, she secured the five-week Canadian government internship, which provided experience working with a Member of Parliament on constituent relations and public information.
• Millersville nontraditional student Javita Thompson interned with Junior Achievement after volunteering for one of the organization's annual events, The Young Women's Futures Symposium. She was also a mentor/facilitator for this particular event, which was designed to provide guidance to 10th and 11th grade female students in planning for their future.
• In March, 68 PASSHE students including Millersville, participated in an alternative spring break, volunteering four days at the Marine Science Consortium at Wallops Island, Va.
• Millersville University senior social work major Tiffany Shickley worked for the Pa. Department of Health, Office of Policy, as part of a 15-week internship sponsored by PASSHE. She was one of 14 students participating in The Harrisburg Internship Semester program.