News Archive
English Major Received Grant to Present Original Short Story at National Conference
Kelly Lake, a Westminster College sophomore English major, received a travel/presentation grant from Westminster's Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning to present her original short story at the 24th annual National Undergraduate Literature Conference April 2-4 in Ogden, Utah.
Faculty Presented at National Math Meetings
Four Westminster College mathematics faculty attended the annual Joint Mathematics Meetings of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Jan. 13-16 in San Francisco.
Celebrity Series Amy Grant Concert is a Sellout
The Westminster College Celebrity Series will welcome award-winning singer/songwriter Amy Grant for a sold-out performance Saturday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium. The show is sponsored by First National Bank.
Katelyn Moga Receives Newman Civic Fellow Award
Westminster College junior political science major Katelyn Moga was among 135 students from 30 states honored as Newman Civic Fellows by Campus Compact.
Planetarium Schedule for Spring Shows Announced
Westminster College's planetarium will offer five full-dome shows and two special lectures for the spring semester.
Westminster College Freshmen Harvest Corn for Food Bank
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College freshmen spent an afternoon in September harvesting corn at Apple Castle as part of an "Inquiry" course and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank's gleaning program.
Westminster College Director of Graduate School Published in UCEA Review
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. Robert Zorn `64, director of Westminster College's Graduate School, had an article published in the summer edition of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Review.
Symphony Orchestra to Present Concert Oct. 17
The Westminster College Symphony Orchestra will present a concert Friday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
Westminster College to Focus on Christian/Muslim Relations
Westminster College will focus on Christian/Muslim relations next week.
The first event features The Right Rev. Dr. Michael Nazir-Ali, the 106th Bishop of Rochester. He will deliver the 18th annual Wayne H. Christy Memorial Lecture, Sunday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
Nazir-Ali, who was born and raised in Pakistan and currently holds citizenship in his native country and the United Kingdom, will speak on "The Role of Religion in the Current International Situation." He was the youngest Anglican bishop in the world, and the first Asian religious leader to sit in the House of Lords.
He is the author of a number of books on Christian mission and on inter-faith issues, particularly on Islam. He was the chair of the group which wrote The Search for Faith published in 1996, which examined some of the barriers to people believing in Christ today. He is a regular contributor to national, international and local newspapers, the Church Press, radio and television.
Two members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Interfaith Listening Team from India will attend The Christy Lecture, and remain on campus until Tuesday evening.
In addition to lecturing in several classrooms all three days, the team, Dr. Andreas D'Souza, a Christian, and Dr. Ismat Mehdi, a Muslim, will lead several events that are open to the public. Monday at 12:30 p.m. they will lead is a discussion at Westminster's McKelvey Campus Center; Monday, at 6:30 p.m. a public forum is planned at the McGill Center in New Castle; and Tuesday at 7 p.m. another public forum is planned at the Westminster's Wallace Memorial Chapel.
The Interfaith Listening Project was designed to bring Christians and Muslims together for listening and conversation around the world. Each team includes a Christian and a Muslim who share their experiences of the realities and challenges of Christian-Muslim relationships.
"Our hope is that through this dialogue, we will explore the complexities of living in our multi-religious world," said Dr. Robert VanDale, professor of religion emeritus and director of Westminster's Peace and Resolution Center. "We may find ways to accept God's call to work together for the well-being of our communities and for justice, peace, and the healing of creation."
D'Souza is the director of the Henry Martyn Institute, an international center for Research, Interfaith Relations and Reconciliation, located in Hyderabad, India.
Mehdi has taught classical Arabic literature, Arab history and culture, and modern literature for over 20 years. She was the first secretary for culture and director of the Indian Culture Center at the Embassy of India in Cairo from 1991-1995.
Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Andrea K. Grove, assistant professor of political science, at (724) 946-7254 or e-mail groveak@westminster.edu.
Westminster Psychology Club Attends Eastern Psychological Association Meeting
Eleven members of the Psychology Club at Westminster College and their faculty adviser attended the Eastern Psychological Association meeting in Boston.
"I chaired a session including five presentations on various cognitive neuropsychology topics including the relationships between processing speed, reaction time, and long-term memory; masked cross-modal repetition priming using even related potentials; neural correlates of indirect semantic priming using event-related potentials; electrophysiological evidence for plausibility effects in sentence comprehension; and anaphor resolution using event-related potentials," said Dr. Kirk Lunnen, adviser to the club and assistant professor of psychology. "As the chair, I served as the moderator for discussion of each topic."
Two of the club members, Brooke Arens and David Eberle, presented their research papers at the meeting.
"A Multiperspective Evaluation of Desirability, Importance and Frequency of Theapist Self-Disclosure" was presented by Arens, a senior psychology major from Erie. Her research showed that therapists tend to undervalue the importance of the information they reveal about themselves and that psychotherapy clients themselves value therapist self-disclosure.
"A Comparison of Ocular Activity between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Symptomatic and Non-Symptomatic Subjects in Response to Disgusting Visual Stimuli" was presented by Eberle, a senior psychology major from Moon Township. His research found that OCD symptomatic subjects exhibit fewer horizontal and vertical eye movements than non-symptomatic control subjects when exposed to a disgusting picture.
Contact Lunnen at (724) 947-7203 or e-mail lunnenkm@westminster.edu for more information.
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