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Dr. Shahroukh Mistry, assistant professor of biology at Westminster College, recently participated in "Training and Field Techniques for Bats and Rodents" held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
"I was one of two instructors at the workshop," Mistry said. "I conducted the bat half of the seminar. I taught the participants various methods and techniques for the capture, marking, survey and monitoring of organisms."
"I have been studying bats since 1987 and find them absolutely fascinating," Mistry added. "They play essential ecological and economic roles in nature by consuming numerous crop pests, as well as aid the pollination of plants and the dispersal of their seeds. My research involves issues related to their ecology and conservation."
"Mistry, who has been with Westminster College since 2003, earned his undergraduate degree from Maharaja Sayajiro University in India, master's from the University of Tennessee, and his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico.
For more information, contact Mistry at (724) 946-7210 or e-mail mistrys@westminster.edu.
Seventeen Westminster College students are studying in Australia, Chili, England, France, Scotland, Spain, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C. during the spring semester.
"Study abroad is the best opportunity our students have for learning about the larger world that's out there," said Dr. Jeffery Bersett, director of off-campus study and assistant professor of Spanish. "Going overseas shows them more than just new places. They return to Westminster with new ways of looking at things, and with a new understanding of how everything fits together."
As part of their educational program, Westminster College students can spend as little as a month, or as much as a year, living and studying in a international domestic program. Students who study off-campus are able to earn not only credits towards graduation, but also credit towards their major or minor, towards fulfilling part of the Liberal Studies requirements.
"International study is a life-changing event in the life of a college student," said Dr. Jesse Mann, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college. "Only two percent of American college students study abroad during their college experience, and we're happy that Westminster is significantly ahead of that average."
A record number of Westminster College students studied abroad in the fall semester.
Contact Bersett at (724) 946-7259 or e-mail bersetjt@westminster.edu or Mann at (724) 946-7123 or e-mail mannjt@westminster.edu for more information.
Five Westminster College students recently attended the international Society for Neuroscience Conference in New Orleans.
Westminster College students Meredith McCaskey, Amy Vaccari, and Gabrielle Orr recently presented their research at the Allegheny Mountain section meeting of the Mathematical Association of America.
Dr. Ann Coble, assistant professor of Christian education and religion, recently studied and lectured in Northern Ireland.
Sodexho Campus Services and Westminster College join in celebrating February as diversity month with food from around the world.
February lunch menus include food from Japan, Brazil, Soul America, and Africa. Lunch on Feb. 12 includes a "Tour of North America: Seattle," and dinner will celebrate the Chinese New Year.
The Three Phantoms," Craig Schulman, Ron Bohmer, and Cris Groenendaal, tenors who all played the lead role in Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, will perform with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, Saturday, March 17, at 8 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
The Westminster College Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning has awarded grants to two students to continue their undergraduate research.
Westminster College students in communication studies instructor Keith Corso's Mass Communications class produced documentaries which are available for online viewing.
Rhapsody, a composition for violin, clarinet, and piano written by Dr. Daniel Perttu, Westminster College assistant professor of music theory and composition, will be performed Feb. 27 at the Society of Composers' Region VI conference at Oklahoma City University.
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