Westminster College: Academics: Chemistry: Overview

Advantage Chemistry

Westminster's chemistry and biochemistry programs meet the new American Chemical Society guidelines and enable our graduates to be highly successful as professionals. Students of varying ability develop by progressing through this flexible curriculum and by meeting other program requirements. Three unique characteristics of our program are:

News

Westminster College Chemistry Professor, Students, and Alumni Participated in Pittcon

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Eight Westminster students, Dr. Helen Boylan, Westminster College associate professor of chemistry, and Dr. Timothy Sherwood, associate professor of chemistry and department chair, participated in the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon) in March in Philadelphia.

05.06.2013 Westminster College Students Earn Western Pennsylvania Environmental Award NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College students Lance Jubic and Tyler Umstead will be presented an award by Dominion and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council at the May 23 Western Pennsylvania Environmental Awards Dinner and Ceremony in Pittsburgh.	04.30.2013 Westminster College's Environmental Programs Hosted Datashed Training Workshop NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College's Environmental Programs hosted a Datashed Training Workshop April 19 at the Westminster Field Station. Datashed is an online tool to assist volunteers, students, industry, and government agencies in the operation and maintenance of passive treatment systems for abandoned mine drainage.

04.12.2013 Westminster College Accounting and Business Majors Win 2013 Edward Entrepreneurship Scholarship NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Ann Marie Bayma, a Westminster College sophomore international business and accounting major, and Violet Shriver, a sophomore accounting major, were named winners of the 2013 David W. Edward Entrepreneurship Scholarship competition.	03.28.2013 Westminster College to Host Colloquium on Manipulating Memories to Prevent Drug Addiction NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College Department of Psychology will host Dr. Mary Torregrossa for a presentation on drug addiction Thursday, April 4, at 12:40 p.m. in the Phillips Lecture Hall in the Hoyt Science Resources Center. The event is free to the public.