News Archive
Westminster College and Lawrence County Community Action Partnership to Sponsor Poverty Simulation Oct. 9
Westminster College's Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and the Lawrence County Community Action Partnership will sponsor a poverty simulation Thursday, Oct. 9, in the Witherspoon Rooms of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Flags on Old Main -- Red, White, Blue . . . and Green
There she flies over Old Main Tower! On the string below Old Glory (and temporarily replacing the blue flag of Mother Fair) is the Green Theta! On Earth Day, April 22, this unusual flag was unfurled on the mast for a few days and represents an original Earth Day symbol.
Students Participated in International Model United Nations Conference
Six Westminster College students represented Rwanda in their first international Model United Nations Conference Jan. 28-31 at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.
Titan Terror Project Winners Announced
Westminster College junior broadcast communication major Alyssa Hanna's entry took the grand prize and the audience choice award in the Titan Terror Project showcase before a standing-room-only crowd Oct. 20 in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Public Relations Major was Panelist for National Webinar
Kelly Matune, a Westminster College junior public relations major, served as a panelist for a national webinar, "AV Week 2011: Ways Your Company Can Celebrate AV Week," July 13.
English Majors and Faculty Participated in International Convention
Seven Westminster College English majors and Dr. Andrew Ade, Westminster associate professor of English, participated in the Sigma Tau Delta International Convention Feb. 29-March 3 in New Orleans.
Westminster College Adds Five New Full-Time Faculty
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College recently added five new full-time faculty members.
Westminster College Announces Noyce Scholarship Recipients
Westminster College recently awarded National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship to four students.
Westminster's Men's Chorus to Attend "A Young Men's Song Festival"
The Westminster College Men's Chorus will attend "A Young Men's Song Festival" Monday, Nov. 1, from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at North Hills Junior High School in Pittsburgh.
"The festival called 'Mucho Macho Music' will be attended by 200 young men from grades six to nine and their directors," said Dr. Robin Lind, director of choral activities at Westminster College. "We will be the guest ensemble and will provide leadership by performing for them and with them."
Festival hosts include Lind, Shaun Cloonan, a 2000 Westminster College graduate who is a music teacher at North Hills Junior High School, and Lisa Jaworowski, who has taught at Westminster and is currently a music teacher in the Moon Area School District. Ashley Rexrode, a Westminster College senior music education major from Farmington, will provide accompaniment for the festival.
Dr. Kenneth Phillips, a 1967 Westminster College graduate and current professor of music at Gordon College, is the guest conductor at the festival. Phillips is a noted specialist in adolescent vocal production.
The festival will include rehearsals of music for the male changing voice, a workshop for directors about working with the male changing voice, and an informal performance at the end of the day by the Westminster College Men's Chorus, and the Young Men's Festival Chorus.
For more information, contact Lind at (724) 946-7278 or e-mail lindra@westminster.edu.
Westminster Physics Professor Wins Online Contest in Successive Months
Dr. Craig Caylor, assistant professor of physics at Westminster College, won the Website contest sponsored by "The Physics Teacher" journal for the months of April and May.
"I ran across the contest at the Website for the journal in early March," Caylor said. "There is a new challenge problem each week. I submitted solutions to all the problems for the March, April, and May contests."
"The problems, while complex, can mostly be solved with a careful application of the same principles introduced to students in Westminster's "Principles of Physics" course," Caylor said. "The solution to each problem takes about two to six hours to prepare. Much of that time is spent writing up the solution with the clearest possible presentation."
"The Physics Teacher," published by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), sponsored this world-wide contest in celebration of the World Year of Physics, which commemorates the 100th anniversary of Einstein's published papers about his explanation of the photoelectric effect and his theory of special relativity.
"I have really enjoyed participating in the contest and am grateful to the AAPT for sponsoring it. Being named a winner in the faculty category for the months of April and May was a nice bonus," Caylor said.
Caylor, who has been with Westminster College since 2001, earned his undergraduate degree from Kansas State University, and his master's and Ph.D. from Cornell University.
Contact Caylor at (724) 946-7202 or e-mail calorycl@westminster.edu for more information.
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