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Westminster College will recognize its academic achievers at the Spring Honors Convocation Saturday, April 29, at 11 a.m. in Orr Auditorium.
The program will begin with music by Kathryn Davison Miller, college organist, an invocation by the Rev. James Mohr II, college chaplain, and a welcome from Westminster College President R. Thomas Williamson. Dr. Jesse Mann, vice president of academic affairs and dean of the College, will recognize the Dean's List Scholars, recipients of scholarships, prizes and awards, and students who have completed the College Honors Program.
Recognitions will continue with the tapping of Pi Sigma Pi members, and recognition of Lambda Sigma, Mortar Board, and Omicron Delta Kappa members, all honor societies for superior students at various levels of their academic accomplishments.
Dr. Neal Edman, dean of student affairs, will also present the McQuiston College Service Awards, given to the rising senior man and woman for unselfish service to the Westminster community during their college careers, and the Allen P. Splete Leadership and Service Award, given to a student who has provided sound leadership and selfless volunteerism to the curricular and co-curricular life on the Westminster campus.
The service will conclude with the Alma Mater led by Darci Kuhlber, a senior music education major from Grove City. A reception will follow in Orr Lobby.
Contact Mann at (724) 946-7123 or e-mail mannjt@westminster.edu for more information.
Dr. Cary W. Horvath, assistant professor of communication studies at Westminster College, recently presented two papers at the 87th Annual National Communication Association Convention.
The Westminster College Peace Studies Program has organized a panel discussion and presentations on the Middle East crisis Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 4 p.m. in Walton-Mayne Union lounge.
Members of the Westminster College Forensics/Detective Class recently solved the "campus murder" of Dr. Richard Sprow, professor of English and chair of the fictional "Faculty Misconduct Committee."
"This is the first time for this cluster class, a mixture of Detective Fiction English 107 and Forensic Science 150," said Dr. Deborah Mitchell, assistant professor of English and Public Relations at Westminster College. "In addition to writing a creative story about the crime scene, the students had to use the elements of science to gather evidence."
Two Westminster College students were elected to fill vacancies as senators in the Westminster College Student Government Association (SGA).
Dr. Elizabeth Harrison, Westminster College assistant professor of music, recently taught master's classes and gave a concert in North Carolina.
The Westminster College Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning awarded an undergraduate research grant to Christopher Stone, a senior individual interdisciplinary and philosophy major, to present his research at the Midsouth Undergraduate Philosophy conference Feb. 22-23 at the University of Memphis, Tenn.
The Westminster College Department of Chemistry will host alumna Dr. Kim Dunbar for the inaugural Ken and Nancy Long Chemistry Lecture Thursday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Michelle Johnston, a Westminster College senior biology major, received a travel/presentation grant from Westminster's Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning to present her honors research at the 30th annual Undergraduate Biology Symposium for Western Pennsylvania April 18 at Waynesburg University.
Dr. Ann Murphy, Westminster College associate professor of French and Spanish, will share information about the Center for International Educational Exchange (CIEE) faculty development seminar at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, March 31, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.
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