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College to Observe Diversity Week

Westminster College's Office of Diversity Services and International Cultures Club have scheduled activities in observance of Diversity Week Nov. 13-19.

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Professor Emeritus Presented at Ecological Society

Dr. Samuel Farmerie, Westminster College professor of education emeritus, gave a presentation at the 95th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America Aug. 3 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.

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Music Education Major Received Drinko Grant to Perform at Workshop

Westminster College senior music education major Victoria Walker received a travel/presentation grant from Westminster's Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning to perform at the Northeast Horn Workshop March 17-20 at the University of New Hampshire.

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History and Sociology Majors Presented Senior Capstone Projects

Twenty-three Westminster College senior history majors and 15 senior sociology majors presented their capstone research Dec. 9 in the Witherspoon Maple Room of the McKelvey Campus Center. 

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Westminster College Announces 2012 Homecoming Activities

The 2011 Homecoming king and queen
The first-place float from Homecoming 2011

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College will celebrate Homecoming with a variety of activities Sept. 28-30.

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Westminster College Music Education Major to Present Recital May 4

Tricia Glorioso

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Tricia Glorioso, a Westminster College Spanish and music education major, will present her senior recital Saturday, May 4, at 1 p.m. in Orr Auditorium. The concert is free to the public.

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Students Earn Master's Degrees

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Five Westminster College students were awarded master of education degrees at Commencement exercises May 17.

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Two Westminster Chemistry Professors Make Presentation at National Meeting

Dr. Martha Joseph and Dr. Helen Boylan recently presented a poster at the National Meeting of the Council for Undergraduate Research in LaCrosse, Wis.

 The poster, "Building Bridges with Administration: Faculty Grass Roots Movement Results in Teaching Load Reduction," highlights the cooperation between Westminster's faculty and administration in dealing with the difficult issue of teaching loads.

 Boylan, assistant professor of chemistry, has been with Westminster College since 2001.  She earned her undergraduate degree from Westminster College and her Ph.D. from Duquesne University.

 Joseph, chair and assistant professor of chemistry, has been with Westminster College since 1993.  She earned her undergraduate degree from Greenville College, her master's from the University of Illinois, and her Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. 

 For more information, contact Boylan at (724) 946-6239 or e-mail boylanhm@westminster; or Joseph at (724) 946-7295 or e-mail josephm@westminster.edu.


Three Westminster Faculty Groups to Give Concerts

Three Westminster College Faculty Groups will perform concerts in the next few weeks.

The Jazz Quartet will perform Tuesday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.  The Faculty Woodwinds will perform Sunday, April 3,at 3 p.m. in Orr Auditorium;,and the Faculty Brass Quintet  will be in concert Tuesday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.

The jazz quartet includes Mark Antonich on the guitar, Jeff Wachter on the piano, Jeff Bremer on the bass, and Perry Gatch on the drums.

"This group of outstanding jazz musicians will perform a wide variety of jazz standards," said Dr. Tad Greig, director of bands at Westminster College.

The woodwind group includes Kathleen Schott on the flute, Shawn Reynolds on the oboe, Louis Colella on the clarinet, Anne Gillis on the bassoon and Rob Cole  on the horn.
 
"Performances will include duos, trios and woodwind quintets performed by truly outstanding musicians from the Westminster College Music Department," Greig said.

The faculty brass quintet includes Paul Gerlach on the trumpet, Andrew Erb on the trumpet, Rob Cole on the horn, Greig on the trombone, and Robert Antonucci on the tuba.

"Everyone is invited to join the Westminster College Faculty Brass Quintet and guests for an evening of chamber brass music," Greig said.  "Joining us will be the Westminster College Student Brass Quintet performing one of the outstanding Giovanni Gabrielli double quintets Canzon duodecimi toni,' from his Sacrae Symphoniae.  The quintet will also be joined by Dr. Nancy Zipay-DeSalvo on the piano, performing two movements of Eric Eqazen's extremely challenging work for brass quintet and wind ensemble Shadowcatcher.'"

For more information, contact Greig at (724) 946-7279 or e-mail greigrk@westminster.edu.


'Doc' McTaggart's students learned as much about life as about English

Written by Herald Staff Writer Lisa Mehler, a 1995 Westminster College graduate with a bachelor's degree in English and printed in the Jan. 11 The Herald

EVERY college student should have a Doc.

Dr. William J. McTaggart, affectionately called "Doc" by those who knew him during his tenure on the campus of Westminster College in New Wilmington, passed away Saturday (Jan. 7, 2006) in his New Wilmington home. He was 64.
If not for the silver strands in the unruly curls of his hair, he could have been mistaken for a student. Doc's classroom attire consisted largely of sweatshirts, sweaters, baggy pants and hats of various styles. Brush and comb were only distantly acquainted with this accomplished scholar.

He was more than a professor in the English department. The Fulbright scholar, who had retired from the college, once served as the department chairman. Most importantly, however, many students called him a friend.

I am among them.

A staff member for more than 10 years with The Herald, my duties include writing obituaries one day each weekend. My heart skipped a beat Sunday (Jan. 8, 2006) upon seeing his name among obituaries e-mailed to us for Monday's (Jan. 9, 2006) paper. After fighting back sadness, I was flooded by many happy memories of Doc and couldn't help laughing to myself. He would've liked that.

It was his voice that echoed over the public address system for more than 25 years at Titan home football and men's basketball games. "Shake your pompoms! Shake 'em if you got 'em," was among his colorful catch-phrases.

It wasn't until my senior year that I had the chance to be part of one of Doc's classes. The grammar course wasn't required, but I took it for the experience of having him as a professor.

Many times in class, we were treated to Doc's crooning, "Sweet mystery of life at last I found you" as he searched for a missing object on his desk.

Doc and I had a unique way of showing affection: We stuck our tongues out at each other. I now think of it as our way of saying, "I love you."

He was always playing jokes on his students. While attending Westminster's all-sports banquet days before my graduation, Doc came up behind me, snatched two cucumber slices from my salad and stuck them behind the lenses of my glasses.

That was Doc's true gift to all of us. Along with sharing his tremendous intellect, he taught us that life should not be taken too seriously. There is always time for joy and silliness.

Doc, wherever you are up there, I'm sticking my tongue out at you!


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