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Westminster College Offers "Tips" for New Students & Parents

Confused about what to pack and what to leave home when coming to college for the first time? Westminster College's new website www.westminster.edu offers tips for new students and parents.

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Westminster College Bands Offer Weekend of Music

The Westminster College Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Jazz Ensemble will offer a weekend of music Friday and Saturday, May 4-5, at 7:30 p.m. The Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band will perform at Orr Auditorium Friday, and the Jazz Ensemble will take the stage at Berlin Lounge in the McKelvey Campus Center Saturday.

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Westminster College Biology Professors Present at Conference

Dr. Marosh Furimsky
Dr. John Robertson

Dr. Marosh Furimsky, Westminster College assistant professor of biology, presented a poster at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology held Jan. 2-7 in San Antonio. Dr. John Robertson, associate professor of biology, was co-author of the work.

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Associate Professor to Speak at Faculty Forum

Dr. Timothy Sherwood

Dr. Timothy Sherwood, Westminster College associate professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry, will speak on "Moving Graveyards: Course, Textbook and Curriculum Reform" at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.

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Students Present Research at Symposium

Brittany Bivens and Keri Biedka

Westminster College students Keri Biedka and Brittany Bivens presented their research at the American Chemical Society Student Affiliation "In Miniature" Symposium 2009 April 20 at Duquesne University.

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"Advantage: Westminster" Wins Bronze Medal in National Competition

"Advantage: Westminster" A Strategic Plan 2010-2020 won a bronze medal in the nation's largest educational advertising awards competition.

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Senior to Present Lecture Recital Nov. 7

Alayna Carroll

Alayna Carroll, a Westminster College individual interdisciplinary major, will present her senior lecture recital Sunday, Nov. 7, at 1 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel. The program is free and open to the public.

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Notes from the Field Station: "A Guide for Summer's Glare" or "New Sunscreen Rules"

Student employees Jared Mutschler and Tamber Schaef apply SPF 15 sunscreen before working outside at the Field Station
UV and total solar energy sensors (left of rain gauge) at the Travis Weather Station
Graph of typical summer day's generation of UV with peaks between noon and 2 p.m.

The beautiful sunshine of summer also carries with it some baggage that isn't so nice.  Ultraviolet light radiation is a potential culprit that can turn good to bad:  sunburn, wrinkles and, worst of all, skin cancer.  Ultraviolet radiation is monitored and reported as the UV Index from the Travis Weather Station.

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Art and Biology Professors to Share Cluster Course Experience at Faires Faculty Forum

Peggy Cox
Dr. Ann Throckmorton

Peggy Cox, Westminster College professor of art, and Dr. Ann Throckmorton, Westminster professor of biology, will present "A Cluster to Dye For" Wednesday, March 28, at 11:40 a.m. in McKelvey Campus Center's Sebastian Mueller Theater.

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Westminster College to Host Global Gift Market Nov. 28

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College's Young Presbyterian Scholars Program (YPS) will sponsor its ninth annual Global Gift Market Wednesday, Nov. 28, from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. in the Witherspoon Maple Room of the McKelvey Campus Center. The event is open to the public.

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