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As an Egyptian mummy I appear to be in the midst of some very invigorating experiences. Last December, S.J. Wolfe published her well-researched book, Mummies in Nineteenth Century America. My journey to America is noted and two photographs of me are shown. I must say, I look pretty good for a 2,300-year-old woman.
Westminster College senior biology majors Brielle Kelly and Debra King presented posters at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting Nov. 11-17 in San Diego.
Westminster College will host the 72nd annual Pennsylvania Communication Association (PCA) convention Oct. 7-9.
Westminster College faculty Dr. John Bonomo, associate professor of computer science, and Dr. David Offner, assistant professor of mathematics, co-authored a solution published in the April issue of Mathematics Magazine, a publication of the Mathematics Association of America.
Westminster College will host the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center Dancers Thursday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Berlin Student Lounge of the McKelvey Campus Center. The event is free to the public.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College Celebrity Series will present a Valentine's Day themed concert featuring Jim Brickman at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, in Orr Auditorium. The concert is a part of what Brickman calls "The Love Tour."
Sparked by Westminster College Bookstore clerk Linda Butler, whose son is stationed in Mosul, the Westminster Community collected enough items to send care packages to 54 soldiers stationed in Iraq.
"My son knew about this, but many of the 32 soldiers that live in his quarters did not," Butler said. "Scott's unit is part of the Battery A First Battalion of the 107th Field Artillery, a military police unit."
Westminster junior elementary education majors donated money each week to purchase items for the friends and family members of the Westminster community.
"The faculty and staff in the Education Department decided to forgo gift exchanges within the department and donated money for the care packages," said Dr. Amy Camardese, assistant professor of education. "We decided to join forces with the bookstore and our students and collected about $350 to purchase items for the care packages."
"Packages included items like toothpaste and brushes, and the small fruit cans they like so much," Butler said. "We had enough to send to all 32 soldiers in my son's unit, and a box to every soldier who had a connection with the College like Josh Shaffer, who has a girlfriend at Westminster, and Terry Bolger, whose wife Dorita works here. We even sent a couple of boxes so that they could have Christmas and New Year's parties. It contained huge containers of things like salsa and chips."
The packages also included either a Christmas card or a note written by a Westminster Preschool student. One such child wrote, "I want to wish you luck. Please keep all the soldiers safe and come soon." While another wrote, "I love you because I like you. Thank you for everything and here is a hug."
"I talked to him Sunday. He was so excited," Butler said. "He said that the driver of his humvee received his box on Friday, and the guys laughed because he didn't get his yet. The guys live together in one big room, so the news traveled fast."
"I just want to thank everyone because this means so much to these boys," Butler said. "It's a connection to home. I'm so thrilled at the response from Westminster staff and students. When there's need, everyone pulls together here.
"The unit is scheduled to return January 20, but the rumors are flying around about a later date," Butler said. "Some nights I sleep, but some not at all. I'd never sleep without my prayers and the prayers of others, though. I pray for their safe return."
For more information, contact Butler at (724) 946-7216.
David Griffith, author of "A Good War is Hard to Find: The Art of Violence in America," will read and discuss his work as part of the Bleasby Colloquium series Thursday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater located in the McKelvey Campus Center.
"In the wake of Abu Ghraib, Americans have struggled to understand what happened in the notorious prison and why," said Dr. Suzanne Prestien, assistant professor of English and public relations at Westminster College. "In 'A Good War is Hard to Find' an elegant series of essays inflected with a radical Catholic philosophy, Griffith contends that society's shift from language to image has changed the way people think about violence and cruelty, resulting in a disconnect between images and reality."
Griffith, an award-winning author, teaches writing at the University of Notre Dame and St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, and is the chair of creative writing at the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts. He is a contributing writer for "Godspy" magazine and associate editor of "The Sign of Peace," the publication of the Catholic Peace Fellowship.
This colloquium is the second in a series of events scheduled for the George Bleasby Colloquia, a series of literary events in honor of Dr. Bleasby, who chaired the Department of English at Westminster from 1954-75.
Contact Prestien at (724) 946-7029 or e-mail prestos@westminster.edu for more information.
Nineteen Westminster College students were recently inducted into Kappa Delta Pi, an international education honor society.
Kappa Delta Pi membership is restricted to the top 20 percent of those students seeking teacher certification. Eligibility includes that the student must be at least a second-semester sophomore who is in a program leading to teacher certification and has evidence of service to children and the profession.
Contact Dr. Linda Domanski, assistant professor of education and adviser to the group, at (724) 946-7182 or e-mail domanslp@westminster.edu for more information.
Dwight Copper, a technical assistant at the Westminster College McGill Library, recently had his historical researched published in the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly.
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