Burg's Eye View

This month's podcast features Dr. Denise Henderson Edwards '76 as she shares her stories and lessons learned from her time at Mercersburg Academy to a college professor and school administrator and how the COVID pandemic is forcing everyone to think differently about education. Podcast music composed by Bryan Morgan '07 and Madi Norris '21.

This month's "Making a Difference" podcast features David Ashton '06 and Kent McGlincy '99. They share stories of their time at Mercersburg and how their current work and service will hopefully shift the way that our society views and values our oldest generations. Podcast music composed by Bryan Morgan '07 and Madi Norris '21.

In our latest student interview for our #MakingADifference podcast, fall communications intern Ebube Onwusika '21 interviews Krysten Nguyen '21 about her activist work. Krysten helped create a student-run Instagram to deliver information on Black Lives Matter to Vietnamese readers in her mother tongue. Read more about Krysten's project here: https://bit.ly/3lzQ2TE

This month's "Making a Difference" podcast features Carla Lopez '97, whose career as a public health officer has led her across the world serving needy populations. Carla shares her stories of service and tells how her work is evolving. Read more about Carla in this issue of “Mercersburg Academy” magazine: https://bit.ly/3kP36US Podcast music composed by Bryan Morgan '07 and Madi Norris '21.

Students and faculty are about to embark on the Mercersburg Intensive next week, and in preparation, Julia Stojak Maurer '90, associate head of school for school life; John David Bennett, dean of curricular innovation; and faculty members Kristen Pixler and Will Willis came together to talk about this exciting addition to the 2020-2021 academic calendar.

On the eve of this unprecedented election in Unites States history, we asked our students how they are feeling at this moment in time. Dylan Gantt '21 will be voting for the first time, and Saskia Mentor '21 will be following the results closer but is not yet old enough to vote. They share their perspectives with us now.

In this special edition of "Making a Difference," Nancy Abudu '92, deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Voting Rights Practice Group, and Sam Rodgers '11, a candidate for the New York State Senate in November, share their journeys from Mercersburg students to leaders in their communities during a fall school meeting with current Mercersburg students. In a year full of politi...

Is the abandoned 5th floor of Main Hall really haunted? Why does the call bell in the Health Center go off on its own late at night? Listen in as we go in search of spooky Mercersburg stories for our podcast series Mic on the Move. If you have a ghostly encounter to share, please let us know! Happy Halloween!

Listen in as students all across the political spectrum talk about how they approach politics and what it is like to engage in respectful conversations at Mercersburg as Election Day draws near. This discussion is moderated by history faculty member Allison Stephens, and student participants include Carina Cole '22, Elizabeth Flaherty '21, Dylan Gantt '21, Clara Getty '21, Avo Reid '22, and Maddy...

Each month, Dean of Curricular Innovation John David Bennett hosts a Burg's Eye View podcast featuring a Mercersburg alum who is making a difference and living Mercersburg's mission of leading and serving their community. This month's "Making a Difference" podcast features Dr. Andy Choi '99, an academic cardiologist and associate professor of medicine and radiology at George Washington University....

Head of School Katie Titus delivered an opening of term talk on Monday, September 14.

Each month, Dean of Curricular Innovation John David Bennett hosts a Burg's Eye View podcast featuring a Mercersburg alum who is making a difference and living Mercersburg's mission of leading and serving their community. This month's podcast features Dr. Larry Gluck '71, the medical director of the Cancer Center at the Greenville Hospital System Medical Center in Greenville, South Carolina. In th...

Head of School Katie Titus gives the welcome to this year's Opening Convocation and announces the winners of the Robert H. Michelet '30 Prize and the John H. Culbertson '24 Prize. Read more about this year's convocation at https://www.mercersburg.edu/mufson-gives-convocation-address-start-128th-year

Laurie Mufson, director of theatre and the Burgin Center for the Arts, gave this year's Convocation address. Read more at https://www.mercersburg.edu/mufson-gives-convocation-address-start-128th-year

Each month, Dean of Curricular Innovation John David Bennett hosts a podcast featuring a Mercersburg alum who is making a difference and living Mercersburg's mission of leading and serving their community. This month's featured alum is Ryan Fay '01. On the podcast, Ryan (pictured here at a demonstration in Egypt) shares what inspires him to participate in political activism around the world and ab...

Each month, Dean of Curricular Innovation John David Bennett P '12, '19, '23 will host a podcast episode featuring a Mercersburg alum who is making a difference and living Mercersburg's mission of leading and serving their community. This month's podcast features Vanessa Anyanso '12, a counseling psychology doctoral student at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. On the podcast, Vanessa explo...

Jay Bozzi, history department head and MAPS coordinator for Mercersburg Academy, delivers the Baccalaureate address for students participating in this year's 127th Commencement.

Vincent Rey '06 gives the address at Mercersburg Academy's Virtual Commencement ceremony for its graduating Class of 2020 on Saturday, May 23. Rey played nine seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League and was twice nominated for the NFL's prestigious Walter Payton Man of the Year Award.

In our final "Say Hello" podcast episode of the 2019-2020 school year, communications intern Clara Getty '21 interviews Will Maurer '20 about the message he delivered to the student body earlier this year on the topic of bullying and responding with kindness. And now, in our current digital world, how does he recommend approaching social media?

To continue our "Say Hello" podcast series, spring communications intern Clara Getty '21 interviews Eliza DuBose '20 about the story she shared with the school earlier this year and what her message might be if she were to give the talk today. Read more about Eliza at https://bit.ly/2A6GcXB.

Our "Say Hello" podcast series continues with this interview recorded on campus prior to spring break. Carina Cole '22 interviews Jesse Zhang '20 about his passion for photography and what it was like to share that story during a school meeting. Carina originally wrote about Jesse's talk for the student newspaper, the "Mercersburg News," and you can read the story at mercersburgnews.com.

Our "Say Hello" podcast series continues with this interview recorded on campus prior to spring break. Grace Lewis '20 interviews Birdy McDonnell '20 about her story of coming out as non-binary and what it was like to share that story during a school meeting in the fall. Grace originally wrote about Birdy's talk for the student newspaper the "Mercersburg News," and you can read Grace's story at me...

Where did the Irving pig costume come from? What has changed in the Irving-Marshall rivalry over the years? What's it like behind the scenes for our declaimers? Find out all of this and more when Chelsea Seaby Bruno '21 takes our podcast mic on the move in this special Irving-Marshall episode as we prepare for the culminating event: Declamation!

At the start of this academic year, Head of School Katie Titus invited students to share their personal stories with the campus community during school meetings. One of the students who answered that call was Selina Xue '20. To kick off our new podcast series "Say Hello," Carina Cole '22 interviews Selina about that experience. Carina originally wrote about Selina's talk for the student newspaper...

As students and faculty returned to the classroom after Long Winter Weekend, they embarked on a new daily schedule. This change is part of a pilot program that grew out of the work of the task forces last May and will continue through the end of February. In order to really understand what this pilot looks like and what the community can expect as a result, Mercersburg faculty members Jennifer Mil...