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NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College students won numerous awards in December at the Student Symposium on the Environment. The event was hosted by Westminster Environmental Programs and co-sponsored by the Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition. Awards were sponsored by Stream Restoration, Inc.
Dr. Darwin Huey, associate professor of education at Westminster College, will discuss historically black colleges and universities at the Henderson Lecture Wednesday, April 14, at 7 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
The lecture, "Lifting the Veil," culminates a year of research that included visiting colleges and historic sites, interviewing people involved in black education, and reading various documents related to this subject.
Huey's research explores historically black colleges and universities through words of faith, pages of literature, fields of sport and roads of travel through the American South.
"The design of this research is similar to my ongoing study of the past many years," Huey said. "It's built upon my interest in African-American history in general and historic black colleges in particular."
The Henderson Lecture was founded by Dr. Joseph R. Henderson and his wife, Elizabeth, to encourage and recognize original and continuing research and scholarship among Westminster College faculty, and to afford the opportunity for faculty to share their learning with the academic community. Dr. Henderson is a professor emeritus of education at Westminster, and served as chair of the Department of Education and director of the Graduate Program. Each year Westminster faculty members may nominate themselves or others to receive the lectureship, which includes a stipend to support a specific research project. A special faculty committee chooses from the nominees.
Huey, who has been with Westminster College since 1977, is also chair of the Department of Education and Director of the Graduate Program. He earned his undergraduate and master's degrees from Westminster College, and his Ed. D. from the University of Pittsburgh. He was a member of football coaching staff for 23 years, the last eight of those years as the Titan's defensive coordinator.
He was named to the Towering Titan Hall of Fame in 2001; received the Alumni Citation in 1999; named the Educator of the Year by Phi Delta Kappa in 1995; appointed Distinguished Faculty Award at Westminster College in 1994; chosen Outstanding Faculty Member by Kappa Delta Sorority in 1993; received the Salute to Teaching Recognition by the Pennsylvania Academy for the Advancement of Teaching in 1990; and chosen Outstanding Faculty Member by Westminster College in 1990.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Huey at (724) 946-7186 or e-mail hueydw@westminster.edu.
Dr. Stephanie Corrette-Bennett, a biology mobile educator for Westminster College's Science in Motion program, had her research published online in the December issue of Nucleic Acids Research.
"The article, DNA Polymerase, RFC and PCNA are Required for Repair Synthesis of Large Looped Heteroduplexes in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae,' is about identifying proteins involved in repair of a specific type of DNA mutation," Corrette-Bennett said.
Corrette-Bennette earned her undergraduate degree from Bates College and her Ph.D. from Brandeis University. She has done her post-doctoral research in DNA repair at Eppley Cancer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center. Corrette-Bennett designs, writes, and delivers biology laboratory experiments for grades 7-12 in Westminster's Science in Motion program.
Westminster College, which is one of 11 centers in Pennsylvania that offers Science in Motion, focuses on schools in Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer Counties. The Science in Motion program brings vans equipped with state-of-the-art laboratory equipment and experiments to area Pennsylvania school students.
For more information, contact Corrette-Benette at (724) 946-6294 or e-mail corretsc@westminster.edu.
Westminster College celebrates Veterans Day with "In the Mood," a 1940s musical revue, Thursday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
"This show is a celebration and reminiscence of the songs of World War II and the Big Band era, including the Andrews Sisters," said Gene DeCaprio, director of the Westminster College Celebrity Series. "This was music that moved a nation's spirit. Many people today still appreciate and listen to this great music."
"In the Mood" features "In the Mood Singers and Dancers" and the sensational "String of Pearls" big band orchestra, with authentic arrangements, costumes, and choreography. This group, conceived by Washington, D.C.'s musical producer Bud Forrest, has performed around the United States and Europe, and for a Clinton Presidential Inaugural Ball. The group became part of the official entertainment for the World USO's 50th commemoration of the World War II events.
The Westminster College Celebrity Series Office sponsors this special show, which is not part of the regular season subscription. Call Connie McGinnis, assistant director of the Celebrity Series at (724) 946-7354 or e-mail mcginncl@westminster.edu for ticket information.
The following are the "Words of Wisdom" given by Charles Burke, Westminster College Trustee Emeritus and Chairman Emeritus of The Grable Foundation, at the Westminster College commencement Saturday, May 20, after receiving an honorary doctor of public service degree.
I could not be more grateful to Westminster for this honor. Westminster has always meant so much to me – particularly its people, those running and those attending the school.
Toward the end of my second 4 year term, a friend sent me an email. I read it to President Williamson at a Committee meeting who then asked me to share it with the Board as the "Thought for the Day" at the next Board Meeting. I added another thought, a Sanskrit proverb. When I was asked to give remarks at this service, I could not think of anything more appropriate than those two thoughts and so I will give them now as the "Thoughts for a Lifetime of Days".
First the email, which I will read.
"A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present "Seven Wonders of the World." Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most votes:
1. Egypt's Great Pyramids
2. Taj Majal
3. Grand Canyon
4. Panama Canal
5. Empire State Building
6. St. Peter's Basilica
7. China's Great Wall
While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one student had not finished her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list. The girl replied, "Yes, a little. I couldn't make up my mind because there were so many." The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help." The girl hesitated, then read, "I think the "Seven Wonders of the World" are:
1. to see
2. to hear
3. to feel
4. to taste
5. to think
6. to laugh
7. and to love
The room was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop. The things we overlook as simple and ordinary and that we take for granted are truly wondrous! A gentle reminder – that the most precious things in life cannot be built by hand or bought by man."
And the Sanskrit proverb:
"Look to this day, for in its course lies all
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision
But today, well lived,
Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day."
I wish for you all, particularly you graduates, that you look well upon each day by making best use of the wonders you have been given so that you have many, many dreams of happiness and many, many visions of hope.
I thank Westminster again for the honor given to me – and in closing say to you all- thumbs up, good luck and may God bless you all. Thank you.
Paul G. Wozniak, professor of accounting at Westminster College, is the featured speaker at the Northwestern Chapter Dinner and Networking Session of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Iroquois Club in Conneaut Lake.
Dr. Ann L. Coble, assistant professor of Christian education and religion at Westminster College, has had her Ph.D. dissertation, Cotton Patch for the Kingdom, accepted for publication.
Six Westminster College students will present their senior capstone projects at the Bleasby Colloquium Thursday, April 24, at 7 p.m. in Russell Dining Hall.
"The English capstone project stands as the culmination of an English major's work at Westminster College," said David Swerdlow, associate professor of English. "Over a period of two semesters, each student moves through the challenging process of identifying, developing and creating a substantial work - both critical and creative in nature - on a subject that has engaged his or her intellect and imagination. Much of the project is created independently by the student, fostering the self-reliance that the department has set as one of its primary objectives for its students."
Three Westminster College senior broadcast communication majors recently presented their capstone projects.
Eight Westminster College faculty recently received promotions.
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