News Archive

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

The Westminster College Analyst Program’s Summer Speaker Series will feature Deborah Platt Majoras ’85, the recently-retired chief legal officer for Procter & Gamble (P&G) and former chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in a remote event at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 19.

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

A romance that spurred in a Westminster College Analytical Chemistry course in September of 1964 wasn’t the only thing fizzing and flavorsome between Tim ’68 and Anne Filer ‘67 Schenz. After college, Tim would become part of the PopRocks team, developing an instrument to measure their “fizz,” and Anne would later help develop scrumptious flavors for Ensure. Learn more about their life in the brief question and answer session!

Friday, July 1, 2022

GREENVILLE, Pa. – Westminster led the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) for the most PAC Spring 2022 Academic Honor Roll recipients.
 
The Titans had a school-record 105 student-athletes represented on the distinguished list, 18 more than second-place. The previous school record was 103 (Spring 2020).  

The PAC Academic Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes on varsity sports teams who have earned a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.6 or higher on a 4.0 scale during their semester of competition.
 
Sports included in the PAC Academic Honor Roll for the Spring 2022 semester are: BASE (baseball); MBB (men's basketball); MGLF (men's golf); MITF (men's indoor track and field); MLAX (men's lacrosse); MOTF (men's outdoor track and field); MSD (men's swimming and diving); MTEN (men's tennis); WBB (women's basketball); WGLF (women's golf); SOFT (softball); WITF (women's indoor track and field); WLAX (women's lacrosse); WOTF (women's outdoor track and field); WRES (wrestling); WSD (women's swimming and diving).
 
Click here (PDF) to see all of the Westminster honorees.
 
*The PAC contributed to this release.

Friday, July 1, 2022

GREENVILLE, Pa. – Westminster led the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) for the most PAC Spring 2022 Academic Honor Roll recipients.
 
The Titans had a school-record 105 student-athletes represented on the distinguished list, 18 more than second-place. The previous school record was 103 (Spring 2020).  

The PAC Academic Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes on varsity sports teams who have earned a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.6 or higher on a 4.0 scale during their semester of competition.
 
Sports included in the PAC Academic Honor Roll for the Spring 2022 semester are: BASE (baseball); MBB (men's basketball); MGLF (men's golf); MITF (men's indoor track and field); MLAX (men's lacrosse); MOTF (men's outdoor track and field); MSD (men's swimming and diving); MTEN (men's tennis); WBB (women's basketball); WGLF (women's golf); SOFT (softball); WITF (women's indoor track and field); WLAX (women's lacrosse); WOTF (women's outdoor track and field); WRES (wrestling); WSD (women's swimming and diving).
 
Click here (PDF) to see all of the Westminster honorees.

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Westminster College’s Strathgheny School of Scottish Fiddling will host two public concerts in July at the New Wilmington Borough Amphitheater located in the New Wilmington Borough Park off of Beechwood Avenue in New Wilmington, Pa.

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Multiflora rose tends to be a climbing shrub many homeowners try to eliminate from their gardens, but students at Westminster College found a different use for the invasive plant as part of their Environmental Studio cluster course this spring.

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

The 2022 Carillon Summer Concert Series at Westminster College will welcome four guest carillonneurs to perform on the College’s 42-bell Duff-Armington Memorial Carillon throughout the month of July.

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Westminster College’s McGill Library will host a children’s summer storytime series each Thursday this summer.

Friday, June 17, 2022

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Westminster College led all Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) schools in the final Division III LEARFIELD Directors' Cup standings, which were released by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) on Thursday.
 
Westminster totaled 233 points to tie for 78th place among the 376 eligible schools, the Titans' best finish since joining NCAA. 
 
The LEARFIELD Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between NACDA and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in NCAA Championships. Eighteen sports are counted in the final Division III standings (four of which must be men's and women's soccer and men's and women's basketball). The next highest sports (14 max.) scored for each institution, regardless of gender, are used in the standings.
 
This Spring, Westminster collected 126.50 points by earning 55 in women's outdoor track and field, 45.50 in men's golf, 20 in women's golf and six in men's outdoor track and field. Westminster totaled 25 points in the fall and 81.50 in the winter.
 
For more Westminster Athletics news, go to westminster.edu/athletics.

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Classes may not be in session, and athletes have hung up their jerseys until the fall season, but Westminster’s campus is abuzz with activity this summer with youth athletic camps scheduled throughout the next several weeks.