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Language in Motion Students to Make Presentations
Fifteen Westminster College students in the Language in Motion program will make presentations at area schools this spring.
College to Host Speaker on Homelessness Dec. 10
Westminster College will host Dr. Jim Withers as part of National Homeless Awareness Initiatives Thursday, Dec. 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the Witherspoon Maple Room of the McKelvey Campus Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Mathematics Professor to Speak at Faculty Forum
Dr. David Offner, Wesmtinster College assistant professor of mathematics, will speak at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Students Selected for "Who's Who"
Westminster College students selected for inclusion in the 2010-2011 edition of Who's Who among Students in American Colleges and Universities were honored at an April 13 reception in the McKelvey Campus Center.
French Film Festival Continues
Coco avant Chanel (Coco before Chanel), the second film in Westminster College's Tournées Film Festival, will be shown Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Westminster College Assistant Professor Co-authors Paper
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. Veronica Porterfield, Westminster College visiting assistant professor of biology, co-authored an article for the August issue of Brain Behavior and Immunity.
Westminster College Relay for Life Raised More Than $19,000
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College's annual Relay for Life raised more than $19,000 at the May 4 event.
International Film Series to Resume Sept. 30
Westminster College's Jake Erhardt International Film Series will resume Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater. The program is free and open to the public.
Westminster College Psychology Professor Continued Research in China
Dr. Sandra Webster, professor of psychology and faculty development officer at Westminster College, recently spent two weeks in China continuing her research on the Korean emotion Han to determine if that emotion also appears in Chinese society.
"I spent the first week on a study tour of Western China with an international group of 45 psychologists," Webster said. "Western China is the home for many of China's minority groups, and we were able to witness their cultural landmarks, some of their customs, and a lot of their tourist trade."
The second week Webster spent at the 2004 International Congress of Psychology, which was held in Beijing.
"I chose to attend sessions that were primarily Asian because I can easily learn Western psychology here, but not so easily learn Eastern," Webster said. "Two of the keynote addresses were especially relevant for my research area. San-Chin Choi is the most prolific author on Korean emotion. The second keynote presentation was given by Uichol Kim, who presented a very provocative report on human potential, creativity and action."
"My poster, 'Gender and Generational Effects on Perceived Consequences of Han,' co-authored with Ko Young Gun, was well received by Chinese and Japanese psychologists, although none of them knew what Han was. Han is considered a Korean national emotion of reacting to uncontrollable negative events with silence and inner emotion. It is believed to build character and spiritual strength." Webster continued. "I was often asked to explain why the negative consequences of Han were perceived as greater for young Korean women. I didn't witness as much oppression of women in China as I had seen in Korea. It may be that communism erased a lot of the inequality between men and women in China."
Webster is the McCandless Scholar for the 2004-2005 academic year. This award, designed to honor Dr. J. Bardarah McCandless and to encourage scholarly activity on Westminster's campus, is given to one full-time tenure track faculty member each year. The McCandless Scholar receives eight credit hours of reassigned time and monetary support for research and scholarship expenses.
Webster earned her undergraduate, master's and Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. For more information, contact Webster at (724) 946-7238 or e-mail websters@westminster.edu.
International Steinway Artist to Play at Westminster College
Caroline Oltmanns, an international Steinway artist and Fulbright scholar, will give a piano recital Tuesday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
The program features classical music composed by Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Claude Debussy, and Frederic Chopin.
Oltmanns has played on radio stations heard in Los Angeles, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Rochester, and Cape Town, South Africa. She has also performed on television stations in Chicago, and San Bernadino, Cal. She has recorded several solo and chamber music CDs, and her most recent 2004 solo CD included works by Chopin, Wilding, and Beethoven.
Oltmanns will play Westminster's model "D" concert grand Steinway, the largest piano that Steinway makes. It was given to Westminster by the extended Mansell family in memory of Margaret Louise Young Mansell. Margaret and her husband, Thomas V. Mansell, are both 1929 Westminster College graduates and long-time New Wilmington residents.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Westminster College Department of Music at (724) 946-7270.
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