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The Collegian
Friday, February 7, 2025
The Award-Winning Grove City College Student Newspaper
Vol. 111, No. 13
McNulty’s farewell address Tells seniors he’ll be Commencement speaker Emma Rossi Editor-in-Chief
College President Paul J. McNulty ’80 will be this year’s Commencement speaker. He broke the news to the senior class last Thursday at its 100 Days Out Dinner. McNulty is concluding his 11-year term as Grove City College president at the end of this academic year, making his role as commencement speaker an opportunity to give a farewell address to the College. “Without question, my favorite part of this job is the joy of building relationships with students,” McNulty said. “The commencement address will be the last opportunity to impact a very special segment of our students at a unique moment in their lives, which is an enormous privilege. I’m praying that my thoughts will be of some benefit to them,” he expressed. This marks the fourth consecutive year an alum of the College has delivered the commencement address. The senior class gift, which is a scholarship, was also announced at the dinner. The scholarship will be awarded to students in good
“The commencement address will be the last opportunity to impact a very special segment of our students at a unique moment in their lives, which is an enormous privilege.” - Paul McNulty ‘80
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Reich on Christian competition Take your education
further with new M.S.
Emma Rossi Editor-in-Chief
Another semester of installments in the Faith for Life Lecture series are scheduled for the coming months. Guest lecturers range from international missionaries to former NFL coaches – all with one thing in common: their desire to instruct young Christians on faith for life and culture. On Tuesday, former NFL quarterback and coach Frank Reich delivered his lecture, “Created to Compete,” as part of a collaboration with the athletic department. He addressed students, faculty and members of the local community about the Christian’s responsibility to live as created, in the Image of God. After Reich’s career on the field was complete, he took on coaching positions in the league, including head coaching stints for the Indianapolis Colts and Carolina Panthers. Throughout Reich’s NFL career, he remained a devout Christian. Reich attended the Charlotte Campus of Reformed Theological Seminary where he earned a Master of Divinity degree. He served as president of RTS’ Charlotte campus from 2003 to 2006. Dr. Jay Sklar Vice President of Academics at Covenant Theological Seminary Dr. Jay Sklar will visit campus to speak at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 26 in Harbison Chapel. Sklar’s
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Former coach Frank Reich spoke Tuesday and Wednesday. lecture, “God’s Love for Us: Faithfulness or Feeling?” is in collaboration with the Biblical and Religious Studies Department. Rev. Stephen Tracey Rev. Stephen Tracey will speak at 7 p.m. on March 12 in the Morledge Great Room in Rathburn Hall. Tracey serves as the pastor of Lakeview Presbyterian Church in Rockport, Maine, where he has been since 2001. He also frequently writes for the Orthodox Presbyterian Church about various ministry challenges and encouragements. The topic of his lecture will be “Disability and God.” Dr. Robert Roberts In collaboration with the Philosophy Department, Dr. Robert Roberts will deliver his lecture “Faith, Hope and Love” at 7 p.m. on March 19 in the Morledge Great Room
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in Rathburn Hall. Roberts received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1974 and taught at Western Kentucky University, Wheaton College and Baylor University. After retiring from Baylor’s philosophy department in 2015, he was named emeritus distinguished professor of ethics. He has written and published three books, with a fourth in the works that is set to be released this summer. Rev. Richard Leland Rev. Richard Leland will deliver his lecture at 7 p.m. on March 26 in the Morledge Great Room in Rathburn Hall. Leland’s lecture will be about his time doing missions work in India while working as the vice president of international ministries for “Walk Thru the Bible,” a missions-based evangelical COMPETITION 3
Future and current educators can take their degree further this summer through Grove City College’s new online Reading Specialist in Education M.S. program that will begin enrollment this summer. The program is a 30-credit online degree with full and part-time options. No GMAT or GRE is required to enroll. The coursework for the program aims to prepare professionals for roles as reading specialists. It uses faculty-student interactions to teach leadership, educational policy and law, reading specialist skills, literacy assessment and intervention systems and models, retention of reading and writing and more. Current students can get ahead on their degree requirements by applying for the program while still pursuing an undergraduate degree. Dr. Constance Nichols, chair of the Education Department at the College, encourages students who are eligible to add this specialization and benefit from the opportunity to get several credits under their belt before graduating. “Nearly every professional in education gets a master’s degree. Most get a degree within six to seven years of graduating. This program ap-
peals to students who know us (the College), our mission and our character and the commitment we have to educational quality and serving others,” Nichols said. Roles that may benefit from a reading specialist M.S. include adult education teachers, classroom reading teachers, diagnostic remedial specialists, developmental study skills specialists, curriculum developers, literary coaches, consultants, resource specialists and more. “Reading is actually a very technical skill. Teachers can expect to work with students who have reading disabilities and dyslexia while also looking at curriculum for achievement to make sure students are literate. For kids in highpoverty areas, it takes a lot of skill and this is necessary for students to learn,” Nichols said. A degree in a specialized educational sector may also determine a decision between two candidates in the job sector, according to Nichols. “If I’m hiring a teacher who has that initial licensure and a graduate degree, I would be more likely to choose the candidate with more experience. Students majoring in education with additional experience make students incredibly capable practitioners in their work,” she said. According to Nichols, a general education masEDUCATION 3