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Twenty-four Westminster College students have been chosen to serve on the executive committee of the 2004 Mock Convention.

Dr. Phyllis Kitzerow, professor sociology at Westminster College, will give her "Last Lecture" Tuesday, April 17, at 4 p.m. in Down Under lounge, located in the basement of Eichenauer Hall.

Grammy award-winning family entertainer Tom Chapin will entertain people of all ages at Westminster College Saturday, Nov. 9, at 2 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.

Eight Westminster College students will spend the spring semester studying in Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico, Spain, and Pittsburgh.

"Off-campus study involves students in valuable educational and social experiences with those who have different cultural and educational backgrounds, said Dr. Frederick Horn, professor of English and director of off-campus studies at Westminster College.  "Our students become much more aware of themselves and their values when they live outside their comfort zone. To loosely paraphrase Bobby Burns, it's helpful to see ourselves as others see us."
 
As a 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 an international or domestic program.  Students who study off-campus are able to earn not only credits towards graduation, but also credit towards their major or minor, or towards fulfilling part of the Liberal Studies requirements.

Shelly Long, a 2005 Westminster College graduate from Imperial and music teacher at Serra Catholic High School in McKeesport, was recently selected as a "Top Director: 2006 All USA High School Musicians" and named in Who's Who Among American Teachers.

Westminster College's Celebrity Series presents "WAR BONDS: The Songs and Letters of World War II" Thursday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.

Three Westminster College staff members, an alumna, and one student are involved in the New Castle Playhouse production of J. M. Barrie's Echoes of the War June 6-22.

Westminster College students Alicia Pabrinkis and Benjamin Portz were nominated by the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) for their work in Theatre Westminster's recent production of Getting Out.

The Westminster College Symphony Orchestra will present its holiday concert Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.

Thirteen Westminster College faculty recently received promotions.