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Dr. Michael Aleprete, Westminster College assistant professor of political science, published a review of David Sobek's The Causes of Warin the October issue of Comparative Political Studies.
Westminster College will host a workshop/workday at McClure Run Saturday, May 1, at 9 a.m. The event is open to the public and volunteers, individually or as groups, are encouraged to participate.
The Westminster College Film Club and Office of Diversity Services will present a special Black History Month screening of the Academy Award-winning film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" on Thursday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. in the Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Opera Westminster will present The Merry Widow Friday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium. The program is free and open to the public.
Five Westminster College senior mathematics majors presented their capstone posters April 30 and one gave an oral presentation May 10.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College's Drinko Center for Experiential Learning is sponsoring a cornhole tournament to benefit the Royal Family Kids Camp (RFKC) of Lawrence County, Saturday, March 16, at 2 p.m. in the Witherspoon Rooms in the McKelvey Campus Center.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College's Office of Faith and Spirituality will host two events as part of the Spiritual Emphasis Westminster (SEW) program. Both events are free and open to the public.
The Rev. Douglas Pride, Presbyterian minister and 1980 Westminster College graduate, will deliver the 17th annual Wayne H. Christy Memorial Lecture Sunday, April 18, at 7 p.m. in Westminster College's Wallace Memorial Chapel.
Pride will speak on "The Forgotten Third: Jesus' Call to Preach, to Teach, and to Heal."
Pride, who is pastor of the Clearfield Presbyterian Church, is a native of Avonworth and a graduate of Kiski Area High School. After graduating from Westminster, Pride went on to the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary where he earned master of divinity and doctor of ministry degrees.
Pride has led numerous mission trips to the Dominican Republic and study tours to Israel and Jordan. His development of the TAGG Team Youth Ministry program has led 18 Clearfield area students to the ministry and mission fields. His chairmanship of the Jesus Video campaign led to the distribution of over 60,000 videos in Clearfield County.
The Pride family has long been part of Westminster College. His father, Spencer graduated in 1950; his mother Kathleen Tidd graduated in 1952; his Aunt Isabel Tidd Helmrich graudated in 1951; his sister Janet graduated in 1982; his brother-in-law Stephen Mills graduate in 1981; and the legacy will continue when his twin daughters, Katie and Jenn, enter Westminster next fall.
He has served and chaired the board at the Krislund Camp and Conference Center and as president of the Spina Bifida Association of Pittsburgh. He has served as the Hospice Chaplain for the West Penn Hospital and the Clearfield Hospice, and as Chaplain to the Order of St. Luke the Physician. His involvement with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes began in 1976 under the guidance of Dr. Wayne Christy and continues today.
The Wayne H. Christy Lecture Series annually honors Dr. Wayne H. Christy, who was a long-time faculty member and chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Westminster College. The program seeks out men and women who distinguish themselves by relating religion to issues of contemporary life.
For more information, contact the Westminster College Chapel Office at (724) 946-7115.
Dr. Kristin Park, associate professor of sociology at Westminster College, will advise on the film, "Childless by Choice: Love Stories," a documentary that will focus on the thoughts and experiences of voluntarily childless couples.
"The filmmaker, Laura Scott, read my research to provide her with background on the topic, and we interacted as she was forming her survey and interviewing questions," Park said. "I will be more formally interviewed early this summer for the film and the companion book."
The film, which will be produced by Salt Whistle Bay Productions in Roanoke, Va., does not have an exact completion date.
Park also recently learned that her article, "Choosing Childlessness: Weber's Typology of Action and Motives of the Voluntarily Childless," will be published in "Sociological Inquiry."
"The existing sociological study of motivations for voluntary childlessness has remained primarily at a descriptive level," Park said. "In this article I do theoretical analysis, based on in-depth interviews, of the motives of voluntarily childless women and men, using a classical theory of social action developed by Max Weber. The dominant motives that I discovered included concerns about parenting abilities, career considerations, and a desire for an adult-oriented lifestyle. I examine gender differences in the motives that were articulated, and also briefly explored the motives that my respondents attributed to parents for their parenting decision."
Park, who has been with Westminster College since 1993, earned her undergraduate degree from Colgate University, and her master's and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been previously published in "Sociological Perspectives" and has delivered papers to several organizations.
For more information, contact Park at (724) 946-7251 or e-mail kpark@westminster.edu.
Sixteen Westminster College students will present the operetta, "Die Fledermaus," which means "The Bat," Sunday and Monday, Nov. 6-7 at 3 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
The Monday performance is sponsored by the New Wilmington Rotary in conjunction with The Hoyt Foundation to promote opera to area high schools.
"This is a story of delicious mischief in old Vienna that features a musical score filled with wonderful waltzes by Johann Strauss," said Dr. Anne Bentz, assistant professor of music at Westminster College. "There will be music to sway and tap your foot to, gorgeous singing, and a story line full of entertainment comedy. This is a great way to see what wonderful talent we have at Westminster and to get your feet wet in the opera scene."
The event is free and open to the public. Contact Bentz at (724) 946-6045 or e-mail bentzah@westminster.edu for more information.
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