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Westminster College to Host Speaker About Rwanda Genocide
Carl Wilkins, the only American to who chose to stay during the genocide in Rwanda, will speak at Westminster College, Tuesday, April 19, at 7 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
Wilkins was the director of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency in Rwanda when the genocide erupted in 1994. Even when urged to leave by his family, his church and the United States government, he chose to stay and bring food, water, and medicine to several groups of orphans around the capital city of Kigali.
"This sadness just came over me," said Wilkins in a PBS interview where he described the day he watched the cars and trucks rolling by. "If the people in Rwanda ever needed help, now was the time."
"Carl Wilkins will be speaking about his experience helping in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide and how its lessons apply to us now," said Dr. Andrea Grove, assistant professor of political science at Westminster College.
Wilkins is the 2004 recipient of the Dignitas Humana Award, sponsored by Saint John's School of Theology Seminary. This award honors those who recognized and strive to advance the human dignity of all persons. Recipients of the award exemplify Judeo-Christian values of service, respect, kindness and compassion.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Grove at (724) 946-7254 or e-mail groveak@westminster.edu.
Senior to Give Oboe Recital
Margie Muir, a senior Spanish, theatre, and music major from Westminster College, will give a senior oboe recital Saturday, Feb. 11, at 3 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
Her program includes Handel's "Sonata in C minor;" Britten's "Six Metamorphoses after Ovid;" Copland's "Simple Gifts and Zion's Walls;" and Bernstein's "A Simple Song." Kathryn Miller, a Westminster music faculty member, will accompany Muir on the piano.
While at Westminster, Muir is a member of the Westminster College Titan Marching Band, the Symphonic Band, and the Orchestra. She also sings in the Concert Choir and the Women's Chorus, where she served as president. She often performed her oboe for various art-related classes and for the elderly. Muir is a member of the music fraternity, Mu Phi Epsilon, and the American Choral Directors. Other campus activities include Kappa Delta sorority, women's cross country and track, the theatre honor society Alpha Psi Omega, and leadership and academic honor societies, Pi Sigma Pi and Omicron Delta Kappa.
Muir is a daughter of Thomas and Nellilou Muir, Lamar, and is a graduate of Central Mountain High School.
The event is free and open to the public. Contact Muir at muirmn@westminster.edu for more information.
Westminster College Announces Mock Convention Executive Committee
Twenty-four Westminster College students have been chosen to serve on the executive committee of the 2004 Mock Convention.
Westminster College's "Last Lecture Series" Concludes
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.
Family Entertainer Tom Chapin Performing at Westminster College
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.
Several Westminster College Students Study Off-Campus
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.
Alumna Receives Two Music Education Awards
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.
Celebrity Series Presents "War Bonds"
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.
Staff, Alumna, and Student Involved with New Castle Playhouse Production
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.
Students Earn Nominations for Work in Theatre Westminster Production
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.
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