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Four Westminster College students recently received Sharonsteel Foundation scholarships. Local honorees are Casey Gadsby, Melanie Piddington, Matthew Snyder, and Sarah Wright.

Westminster College will host a "Passport to Opportunity" program sponsored by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants Wednesday, March 26, from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in Russell Dining Hall.

High school students from Neshannock and Wilmington will join about 50 Westminster students to hear presentations from Gary Dalessandro, certified public accountant and certified financial planner at Jazwinski Financial Services, and Scott McDowell, chief financial officer at Blair Strip Steel.  High school students will first meet with the Westminster students for a tour of campus and lunch.

The Westminster College Art Gallery features the works of Canfield, Ohio, artist Christopher Leeper through March 9.

Dr. Charisse Nixon, assistant professor of psychology at Penn State Erie-The Behrend College, will lecture on "Relational Aggression: What Do We Know, and Where Are We Going?" Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 5 p.m. in Westminster College's Phillips Lecture Hall of the Hoyt Science Resources Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Dr. Samuel Lightner, Westminster College professor and chair of the Department of Physics, attended the national meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) April 12-15 in St. Louis.

Dr. Sherri Pataki, Westminster College assistant professor of psychology and coordinator of Westminster's Peace Studies program, will speak on "Peaceful Coexistence in Northern Ireland" at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.

A producer and camera crew from CBS News' 48 Hours investigative program shot footage in Westminster College's Chemistry Department in September.

Dana Kerkentzes, a 2010 Westminster College graduate, produced a documentary that was selected for screening at the Johnstown Film Festival June 17 at 7 p.m. at the Johnstown Flood Museum.

Two bald eagles were spotted soaring high above the Field Station on February 19 by participants in the Great Backyard Bird Count led by Dr. Kerri Cornell Duerr, assistant professor of biology.  This event was exciting and special for that day.  Just as special is the fact that two Eagle Scout service projects have been completed at the Field Station in the past year.

Westminster College senior political science major Alex Scull received a fellowship from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's Affiliated Student Advancement Programs (CASE ASAP).