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Westminster College's Preschool Lab will celebrate the "Week of the Young Child" with a special parent's night Tuesday, April 5, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Little Neshannock Stables.
Preschoolers and their families will enjoy a night of "rodeo fun," featuring a number of outdoor activities. Tom and Mary McKinley, owners of the Little Neshannock Stable, will provide their facilities and pony rides for the children. Dr. David Gray, professor of psychology emeritus, will perform a horse archery event. His presentation will open with the whistling arrow ritual, followed by a target shooting demonstration. He will also give mini-explanations for the children and parents. Necklace medallions and hay rides with Dr. Clarence Harms, professor of biology emeritus, will be available to all. Parent representatives, Jennifer Behm and Jennifer Ferrell along with a committee of several parents, will provide rodeo snacks to close the evening.
The Westminster College Preschool Lab, located in the Hoyt Science Resources Center, is a multi-purpose facility that serves both the College and the community. Designed by early childhood experts, the laboratory school is committed to providing an excellent learning experience for the area's children. The program is enhanced by the use of an innovative curriculum, well-trained staff, developmentally appropriate equipment and individual attention. Under the leadership of its two preschool teachers, Diana Reed and Debra Roud, the facility was accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs.
Week of the Young Child honors the more than 35 million children from birth through age eight in America, and the families, teachers and other adults who help children make the most of the opportunities of their early year. The week is sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
Week of the Young Child celebrations around the country will promote high-quality child care, preschool and other early education opportunities for young children, and honor the teachers and administrators who work to improve those programs. Hundreds of early education programs around the country-including child care and Hear Start programs, preschools and elementary schools , will be celebrating Week of the Young Child in different ways, such as community fairs, open houses, parent programs and political rallies.
For more information contact Reed or Roud at (724) 946-7174.
Dr. Bethany Hicok, assistant professor of English at Westminster College, recently presented "Companions in Disguise: The Conjuries of Wallace Stevens and Marianne Moore" at the Modern Language Association Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
"In the paper, I argued that a close examination of the important relationship between these two poets can help us to understand better not only their poetry of the 1930s, but also their response to the dire political, social, and economic conditions of the 1930s," Hicok said.
Hicok, who has been with Westminster College since 2001, earned her undergraduate degree from Russell Sage College, her masters' and her Ph.D. from the Unioversity of Rochester.
Contact Hicok at (724) 946- 6349 or e-mail hicokbf@westminster.edu for more information.
Dr. Samuel Lightner, chair and professor of physics at Westminster College, recently led two workshops at the national meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society.
Westminster College will offer a variety of day and evening classes this summer with credits easily transferred to other institutions.
Dr. Linda Domanski, assistant professor of education at Westminster College, was published in the July/August issue of Technology Source.
Westminster College will host a special chapel service Monday, Jan. 21, at 4 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
The program features musical numbers such as the "The Star Spangled Banner" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing" sung by Lindsey, Jennifer, and Jessica Austin under the baton of their father Gordon Austin, director of the Westminster College Gospel Choir. The Gospel Choir will perform "Close to Thee," "We Are One," and "We Shall Overcome."
During the fall semester at Westminster College, a section of first-year Inquiry students participated in service learning to enable students to increase their personal knowledge about social issues in the local community as well as the efforts made to address these needs.
Westminster College's Lifelong Learning Program (LLP) will celebrate National Non-Traditional Students Week Nov. 4-10.
Dr. Russell Martin, Westminster College associate professor of history, attended three conferences this spring.
The Rev. Dr. William N. Jackson, a 1957 Westminster College graduate and member of Westminster's Board of Trustees, will present "A Servant Strategy (Witnessing in an Increasingly Secular, Multi-Sensory Society)" at the Wayne H. Christy Memorial Lecture at Westminster's Vespers service Sunday, March 8, at 7 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
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