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The Westminster College Concert Choir plans its first performance of the academic year Monday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wallace Memorial Chapel.

Westminster College has recognized the accomplishments of seven local educators with Westminster College/News Channel 33 Classroom Hero Awards.

They are:  Sharon Bayus from Cortland Elementary School; Joe Bender from Hickory High School; Patrick Hovance from Howland Middle School; Carole Mazanetz from Newton Falls High School; Kim McCormick from Wilmington Elementary School; Amiee Morrison from Ursuline High School; and Gary Orosz from Byzatine Catholic Central School.

Dr. Edward Cohen, Westminster College associate professor of political science, recently presented his research at the Meeting of the Standing Group on Regulatory Governance of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) held at the University of Bath, England.

Jack Ridl, a 1967 Westminster College graduate, recently received an award from the Poetry Committee of the Society of Midland Authors for Broken Symmetry, his most recent collection of poetry (Wayne State University Press.)

Westminster College will host four nationally recognized poets reading from their works at "Fill the Day: Scrawl Poetry and Arts Festival" Friday, Feb. 29, in the Berlin Lounge of the McKelvey Campus Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Dr. Barbara Faires, Westminster College professor of mathematics, will speak on "The Scottish Café" at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.

Eleven members of Westminster College's Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team participated in SIFE's national competition May 10-12 in Philadelphia.

Environmentalist and award-winning author Scott Russell Sanders will present "A Conservationist Manifesto: Moving from a Culture of Consumption to a Culture of Caretaking" Wednesday, April 7, at 8 p.m. in Beeghly Theater.

Westminster College's Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning recently awarded an Undergraduate Research Grant to sophomore biochemistry major Katherine Farley.

Summer Zickefoose, Westminster College visiting assistant professor of art, participated in an artist residency at the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts Aug. 14-26 in Newcastle, Maine.