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Four Westminster Students Inducted into International Honor Society
Westminster College students Jennie Bechtel, Chad Carlson, Elizabeth Dressing, and Amy Rentz were recently inducted into Alpha Kappa Delta, an international honor society in sociology.
"The ceremony was attended by sociology faculty, current Alpha Kappa Delta members, parents of the new initiates, and Westminster staff who are lifetime members," said Dr. Kristin Park, associate professor of sociology and adviser to the group. "It was followed by a banquet and a lecture by Dr. Rita Akin [assistant professor of economics] who discussed the theme of cultural diversity as illuminated by her personal experiences growing up in Hungary, Turkey, and Malaysia, and now living in the United States."
Alpha Kappa Delta requires its members to be sociology majors, have junior or senior status, and have a grade point average of at least a 3.25 and be part of the top 35 percent of their class. "The group exists to promote excellence in scholarship in the study of sociology, research of social problems, and other social and intellectual activities that will lead to the improvement of the human condition," Park said.
Contact Park at (724) 946-7251 or e-mail kpark@westminster.edu for more information.
Westminster to Host Spring Fling March 5
Westminster College will host a spring fling for fall 2006 accepted students Sunday, March 5.
"All accepted students are invited to one of two Spring Flings held in the McKelvey Campus Center," said Doug Swartz, dean of admissions and enrollment management at Westminster. "Our second one is scheduled March 26. We typically get about 100 students and their parents at each one.
"This is a catered event with a chocolate fountain that is a huge hit with our visitors. The program begins with a Power Point presentation that captures campus life and the various activities at Westminster. After that, visitors have the opportunity to mingle informally with over 50 faculty members and administrators that are in attendance."
Contact Swartz at (724) 946-7107 or e-mail swartzdl@westminster.edu for more information.
"An Afternoon of Chamber Music" Planned at Westminster College
"An Afternoon of Chamber Music" is scheduled Sunday, Oct. 26, at 3 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
Westminster College Campus Radio Station Among National Leaders in Technology
Written by Bobby Fisher, a broadcast communications and public relations major from Moon Township, and Randy Leasure, a public relations major from New Castle.
Biology Department Celebrates Westminster's Sesquicentennial
Dr. John Robertson, assistant professor of biology at Westminster College, continues the Biology Department's Sesquicentennial Seminar Thursday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. in Phillips Lecture Hall of the Hoyt Science Resources Center.
Theatre Professor to Discuss His Time in Iraq
Dr. Scott Mackenzie, Westminster College assistant professor of theatre, will open the Westminster College Faculty Forum with "Creating Theatre in a Theatre of War, or How I Spent My Summer (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer) Vacation Wednesday, Sept. 6, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.
Student Brass Quintet to Perform April 2
The Westminster College Student Brass Quintet will perform a concert Monday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
Professor's Play Wins Four Awards
A Question of Taste, a one-act play by Dr. Andrew Ade, Westminster College assistant professor of English, was selected Best Play 2007 in the Fifth Annual Theatre Festival in Black and White by the Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater Company (PPTC) at its Nov. 18 award ceremony.
Westminster College Adds New Staff Members
Westminster College recently added administrative staff in several areas.
Computer Science Professor to Share Sabbatical Experiences at Faculty Forum
Dr. C. David Shaffer, Westminster College associate professor of computer science, will present "If Engineers Built Bridges the Way Programmers Build Programs..." at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, April 1, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.
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