Messiah University Associate Professor of Literacy Education
Sarah Fischer
Messiah University Associate Professor of Literacy Education
Sarah Fischer serves as Associate Professor of Literacy Education in Messiah's Department of Education. Prior to coming to Messiah, she was an elementary teacher in southwestern Pennsylvania and completed her doctoral studies at Penn State University. Her research focuses on the relationship between reading experience and theories of place in childhood.
Executive Director of the Dauphin County Library System
Ryan McCrory
Executive Director of the Dauphin County Library System
Ryan McCrory stepped into the role of Executive Director of the Dauphin County Library System in May 2024. He holds an MLIS degree from Clarion University and has over 25 years of library experience. McCrory previously served as the Executive Director of the Lititz Public Library and held key posts for the Boone Area Library and Seattle Public Library.
Director of the Murray Library at Messiah University
Janet Vogel
Director of the Murray Library at Messiah University
Janet Vogel is the Director of Murray Library at Messiah University. Vogel has worked in public and academic libraries since 2004 and holds an M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois and an M.A. in Public History from Loyola University Chicago. She is also a 2003 graduate of Messiah with a B.A. in History. She enjoys reading, being outside, and traveling with her husband, who is also a Messiah alum.
Library Department Coordinator at Mechanicsburg School District & librarian at two of the District’s elementary buildings
Sarah George
Library Department Coordinator at Mechanicsburg School District & librarian at two of the District’s elementary buildings
Sarah George is an elementary librarian and the Library Department Coordinator of Mechanicsburg Area School District. She earned a Master of Education in Reading Education from Peabody College at Vanderbilt University and a Master of Science in Library Science from Clarion University. George began her teaching career in 2008 as a classroom teacher at The Kindergarten Academy in Mechanicsburg and transitioned to a school librarian position in 2016. Since then, she has worked at a variety of elementary buildings in the district and currently teaches 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students at two of the buildings. She enjoys reading, embroidery, photography, and time with her husband and two children.
Alumni, Parents & Friends Civil Rights Bus Trip: March 8-15, 2025
Join us March 8-15, 2025 for an 8 day / 7 night Civil Rights Bus Trip!
We are pleased to announce that we are holding a Virtual Info Session for the upcoming Civil Rights
Bus Trip. The info session will take place on Thursday, November 21st, from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. via Zoom
(https://messiah.zoom.us/j/2028686567 Passcode: meeting).
Highlights:
*Tour key southern sites of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s-60s
*Listen to speakers who were involved first hand with the movement
*Interact with speakers and leaders during educational sessions
*Meet in Atlanta, fly out of Memphis (airfare is not included in price)
*$1400 / per person (double occupancy)
*Cost covers transportation (minus airfare), lodging, museums, speakers, books, and some meals