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

Neshannock High School Visits the Field Station

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Four years ago a tradition began that continued on May 17 when a dozen advanced placement (AP) biology students from Neshannock High School spent the day at the Westminster College Field Station studying the Little Neshannock Creek. The teacher of AP biology is Nancy Blank `89, who believes that the best laboratory for studying the chemistry and biology of water is outdoors.

05.21.2013 Westminster College's AV Services Holds Most Successful E-Recycling Drive to Date NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College's Audio Visual (AV) Services hosted an electronics recycling drive April 20 that netted more than 13,000 pounds of recycled electronics, slightly besting their previous record drive in the spring of 2012, and bringing the total weight of recycled e-waste from the bi-annual drives to more than 70,000 pounds.	05.21.2013 Westminster College Announces Audio Visual Award Winner NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Katie Farley, a senior biochemistry major, received the Westminster College 2013 AudioVisual (AV) Award.

05.14.2013 Westminster College Chemistry Professor, Students, and Alumni Participated in Pittcon 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.