News Archive

Friday, April 6, 2018

Little League CEO, Steve Keener ’80, Returns to Impart Knowledge

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Monday, April 2, 2018

On Tuesday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m. in Patterson Hall (room 207), Westminster College will host a safe drinking water workshop. Water resource educator with Penn State Extension Susan Boser will be on campus to discuss private water systems including tips for well maintenance and preventing contamination, common water problems in Pennsylvania and treatment options. Participants are able to bring a water sample for some basic on-site testing and find out about options for further drinking water testing by certified labs.

Monday, April 2, 2018

Monday, April 2, 2018

Sophomore business management and social policy major Emma Messett shared her experiences volunteering at the Joshua Casteel Catholic Worker House in Alliance, Ohio at a lecture held at the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown. Alongside associate professor of history Dr. Angela Lahr, Messett's presentation emphasized the community spirit that characterizes the Joshua Casteel Catholic Worker House while Lahr spoke about Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement.

Monday, April 2, 2018

Over 100 students in grades 6-12 from a variety of public and private schools in Lawrence, Mercer, Butler, Clarion, and Venango counties competed in National History Day at Westminster College on Thursday, March 15. 

Thursday, March 29, 2018

For the third year in a row, associate professor of Spanish Dr. Joel Postema and a few Westminster students traveled to the Dominican Republic for a medical mission trip. During the week-long trip, seniors and pre-medical students Madison Ordonez, Katelynn Morrell and Bridget Herlihy had the opportunity to work in clinics, shadowing and providing assistance to medical professionals in their future career fields.

Thursday, March 29, 2018

In February, seven Westminster College mathematics majors and their faculty advisers participated in the 20th Annual Regional Student Paper Meeting at Youngstown State University. The conference was hosted by the Ohio XI chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon mathematics honor society, a society dedicated to the promotion of mathematics and recognition of students who successfully pursue mathematical understanding.

Friday, March 23, 2018

On Saturday, April 7 in Orr Auditorium, Opera Westminster will present the full-scale opera “The Marriage of Figaro” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (in English) at 7:30 p.m. This light-hearted opera, directed by Mihai Valcu, will showcase faculty members and students from the School of Music and is open to the public for free admission.

Friday, March 23, 2018

Six seniors from the Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Science Departments participated in the 2018 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon) in Orlando, Florida. The students presented posters on their research and served as conference aids for the duration of the conference.