As we look ahead to the new year, we look back with pride and gratitude for the amazing achievements and honors garnered by students, faculty, staff, and the Moravian University community as a whole. There were many, but here are our top 10.
Number 10
We published Love Letters to Moravian, an innovative video series that tells the inspired, unscripted stories of students and alumni who share their undergraduate experience, accomplishments at Moravian and beyond, and their gratitude.
Number 9
The Marketing and Communications Department wins nine—yes, nine—Cuppie awards for creative excellence in marketing and communications: five gold, one silver, three bronze.
Number 8
The football team wins Cape Charles Bowl Championship in the Chesapeake Challenge Bowl Series in a 35–14 victory over Shenandoah (Va.) University.
Number 7
The men’s cross country team competed at the NCAA Division III National Championships for the first time in Greyhound history, placing 22 out of 32 teams.
Number 6
Nina Worsley ’25 and Calvin Deifer ’26 won a competition sponsored by the Allentown Symphony Orchestra for their chamber music compositions.
Number 5
Eight Moravian University faculty published books in 2024:
- Kate Brandes, professor of practice of environmental studies & sciences, Stone Creek
- Dana S. Dunn, professor of psychology, A Short Guide to Writing about Psychology, 4th edition
- Nilsa Lasso-von Lang, associate professor of Spanish, Gloria Guardia (Panama): Critical Approaches.
- Vanessa Lovelace, associate dean and associate professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Lancaster Theological Seminary, A Womanist Reading of Hebrew Bible Narratives as the Politics of Belonging from an Outsider Within.
- Yvette M. McCoy, assistant clinical professor of speech-language pathology and E. M. Bice, Adult Dysphagia Clinical Reasoning and Decision-making Guide.
- Julia O’Brien, professor emerita of Old Testament studies, Prophets Beyond Activism: Rethinking the Prophetic Roots of Social Justice.
- Darryl W. Stephens, director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Ministry and United Methodist Studies at Lancaster Theological Seminary, Reckoning Methodism: Mission and Division in the Public Church.
- Belinda Waller-Peterson, associate professor of English and associate dean for equity and inclusion, Womb Work: Healing Narratives as Reparative Praxis in Black Women’s Literature.
Number 4
Sara McClelland, associate professor of biological sciences, was awarded a $500,846 grant from the NSF to fund her research investigating the biological effects of environmental microplastics,
Number 3
It was another record-breaking enrollment year. In our 282-year history, 530 first-year students enrolled at Moravian, surpassing the previous record of 514 new students in the fall of 2023.
Number 2
Moravian University has been named an Apple Distinguished School for the 2024–2027 term, marking the third time since 2018 that the institution has earned this prestigious distinction.
Number 1
Moravian Church Settlements–Bethlehem, which includes two university properties, became the 26th UNESCO World Heritage site located in the United States. Along with two other historic Moravian settlements—Gracehill, Northern Ireland, and Herrnhut, Germany—Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, joined Christiansfeld, Denmark (inscribed to the World Heritage List in 2015), as a single World Heritage site encompassing the four locations.