News Archive

Westminster College recently hosted a group of visiting Tibetan Buddhist Monks.

The evening's program includes works by C.P.E. Bach, Cesar Franck, Johannes Brahms, and others.

(L-R) Stephen Wheeler, Beth Kribel, and Nicole Panza

(L-R) Ryan Brolley, Anthony Colwell, and Ryan Moore

(L-R) James Bryan, Andrew Polack, and Bryan Bischof

(L-R) Dana Larson, Thokozani Mbewe, and Anna Sparacino

Four teams of students represented Westminster College in the international Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM), held at Westminster Feb. 8-12.

Stephen Wheeler, James Bryan, Dr. John Bonomo, Andrew Slane

First place: John Kurlak, Logan Serman, coach Laura Lunz, Adam Bartos, Doug Raffle

Second place: Anthony Pulleo, Ben Rakestraw, coach Nancy Mahosky, Adam Mihalcin

Third place: Brandon Packard, coach Mary Beth Acker, Bjorn Wastvedt

Westminster College hosted 10 teams from five area high schools at this year's High School Programming Contest Oct. 9. The event was hosted by Westminster's Mathematics and Computer Science Department in conjunction with the Admissions Office.

Westminster College recently received a $1.2 million bequest from the estate of Dorothy M. Robins to establish endowed scholarships for chemistry students.

Westminster habitat trip 2008

The Westminster College chapter of Habitat for Humanity will observe its 20th anniversary by sending 65 volunteers to Biloxi, Miss., for spring break March 15-21.

Four Westminster College music majors received a travel/presentation grant from Westminster's Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning to attend a horn and tuba workshop Oct. 20-21 in Canton, Ohio.

Richard Ligo

Westminster College junior mathematics major Richard Ligo earned an Outstanding Presentation Award at the Mathematical Association of America's MathFest Aug. 5-7 in Pittsburgh.

John Allison

Westminster College junior religion and philosophy major John Allison earned second place for his paper at the fifth North American Undergraduate Conference on Religion and Philosophy (NAUCORP) March 25-26 at St. Francis University in Loretto.

Dr. Jamie McMinn

Dr. Jamie McMinn, Westminster College associate professor of psychology, co-authored "A Social-Cognitive Exploration of Reactions to Leiby Kletzky's Abduction and Homicide," a case study published by the National Center for Case Study Teaching in the Sciences.