News Archive

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

We asked Colby King '07, Assistant Professor of Sociology at USC Upstate and a Political Science and Sociology (minor) graduate of Westminster College, to provide us with a snippet of his research expertise focused on Social Inequality, Social Class, Working-Class and First-Generation College Students that will be sure to open our eyes throughout the week and months ahead. Here's what he had to say:

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Throughout life, Steph Dorsch '18, a Fine Art graduate, has chosen a life surrounded by learning, creating and leaning into her deepest passions. Read through our conversation and hold onto her tidbits of wisdom throughout your week.

Monday, May 3, 2021

This April junior early childhood/special education majors from Westminster College’s School of Education designed a Title I family engagement experience for local students and families to learn how to connect learning done at both school and home.

Friday, April 30, 2021

MORGANTOWN W.Va. – The Westminster College women's track and field team won their first Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Outdoor Championship since 2012 at Mylan Park in Morgantown, West Virginia on Friday, while the men finished third. 
 
The Titan women won the team title with 190 points and the men totaled 128 points.
 
The women started the day with a victory in the 4x100-meter relay, as seniors Maura Belding(Columbiana, OH / Crestview) and Selena Thomas (Farrell, PA / Farrell Area), junior Haley Moore(Greensburg, PA / Greensburg Central Catholic) and first-year Jessica Fatigati (McDonald, PA / West Allegheny) formed the winning quartet with a time of 50.90. Thomas went on to earn Overall Most Outstanding Performer honors after scoring a total of 26.50 points for the Titans, winning the long jump title with a jump of 5.21 meters, taking second in the 200-meter dash and crossing the line in third in the 100 meters. Fatigati also led Westminster on the track, scoring 25 points by winning the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.62 and running a personal-best 26.69 in the 200 meters. For her efforts, Fatigati earned Most Outstanding Track Performer honors and was named PAC Newcomer of the Year. Senior Erin Ward (Euclid, OH / Lake Catholic) locked down the mid-distance events, collecting victories in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:52.80 and the 800 meters with a time of 2:18.64. Moore ran personal-best times in both hurdle events, taking second in the 400-meter hurdles (67.44) and finishing fourth in the 100-meter hurdles (16.94). Senior Katie Schrantz (New Castle, PA / Neshannock) followed up her day one 10,000 meters victory with a second-place finish in the 5,000 meters, crossing the line in 18:18.39. Belding and senior Allison Hampton (Ten Sleep, WY / Ten Sleep) earned fourth-place finishes for the Titans with Belding running the 400-meter dash in 1:04.18 and Hampton running a personal-best time of 12:11.60 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. The 4x400-meter relay squad of Moore, Fatigati, Belding and Ward wrapped up the track events with another win after running a season-best 4:11.73.
 
For the women's field events, senior Megan Parker (Mercer, PA / Mercer Area) earned Most Outstanding Field Performer honors after a huge PAC-record throw of 13.45 meters, which is also a new school record. First-year Saige Heigel (Kersey, PA / Saint Marys Area) finished right behind her with a throw of 10.77 meters. In the javelin, senior Erynn Daubenmire (Mentor, OH / Willoughby South) earned a second-place finish with her throw of 32.77 meters.
 
On the men's side, the Titan 4x100-meter relay got things off to a good start, as senior Dalton Anderson (Butler, PA / Moniteau), juniors Jacob Patton (Harrisville, PA / Moniteau) and Amon Sams(Chantilly, VA / John Champe) and sophomore Ryan Beard (Murrysville, PA / Franklin Regional) teamed up to win with a time of 43.20. Sams went on to score a total of 22.50 points for Westminster after he dominated the 100-meter dash with a personal-best time of 10.67 and snagged the 200-meter title with a time of 22.32. Beard placed third in both the 100 meters (11.16 / personal best) and 200 meters (22.69). Anderson earned Overall Most Outstanding Performer honors after scoring 30.50 points. His personal-best 61.07-meter javelin throw placed him first in the field by over three meters, and he also earned a second-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.98, just one millisecond off Thiel's Malik Beckford who won the event. Patton scored a team-high 31 points for the Titans and was named PAC Newcomer of the Year after impressive finishes in the 110-meter hurdles (16.18 / third place) and 400-meter hurdles (58.94 / second place). He also took third in the pole vault to complete the Westminster sweep in the event behind first-place junior Jonathan Micsky (Greenville, PA / Greenville) and second-place first-year Joseph Kurelowech (Erie, PA / McDowell). Micsky earned his first PAC Championship Title after clearing 3.60 meters. The 4x400-meter relay team of junior Jacob Musselman (Denver, PA / Cocalico), Anderson, Patton, and Beard ran a season-best 3:35.97 to close out the meet with a third-place finish.
 
The women's pole vault competition was postponed due to safety concerns and will take place Saturday, May 1 in Grove City.

Friday, April 30, 2021

Dr. Bryan S. Rennie, professor of religion and philosophy at Westminster College and one of the leading authorities on the 20th century Romanian philosopher Mircea Eliade, has earned the College’s 2021 Distinguished Faculty Award.

Friday, April 30, 2021

Westminster College School of Communication Lecturer Bradley Weaver presented at the annual Broadcast Education Association Convention held virtually on Thursday, April 15, and offered a look at how communication students continued developing quality productions during the pandemic.

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

The Westminster College Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band will perform their final livestreamed concert of the year, “Today is the Gift,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 30.

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Westminster College’s spring 2021 commencement will recognize the leadership of alumna Anna Richards, past president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro (N.C.) branch of the NAACP, with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at the College’s 167th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 8.
 
Richards, a 1972 alumna originally from Farrell, Pa., recently completed two two-year terms as Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP president, during which she led her branch through a period of reorganization and engagement.

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

From the moment most students step on campus, their Westminster College experience is enriched by the philanthropic support of others. And now students and alumni have the opportunity to pay it forward in a 10-day fundraising campaign.

Monday, April 26, 2021

WHEELING, W.Va. - The Westminster College men's golf team won the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship Tournament for the first time in 16 years on Saturday.
 
Westminster fired a team score of 306 (+18) in the final round at the Speidel Jones Course at Oglebay Resort and had a two-day score of 599 (+23) to win the PAC Championship by 22 shots over second-place finisher, W&J. Westminster's two-day score ties the lowest two-day total in program history and is the team's best two-day score at the PAC Championship Tournament all-time.
 
All five Titans received All-PAC recognition for their performances, including three All-PAC First Team recipients, led by junior Michael Bell (Canonsburg, PA / Peters Township) who finished runner-up in the individual standings with a two-day total of 148 (69, 79). Bell earned his second-straight first team citation (third overall) and his second-straight runner-up finish at the PAC Tournament. Graduate transfer Brendan Shaughnessy (Canonsburg, PA / Bishop Canevin) fired the lowest round of the day with a two-under par round of 70, accumulating a two-day total of 149 (79, 70) to finish solo-third. Shaughnessy earned his fourth All-PAC honor and his second-straight first team mark. Senior Jonny Stuckert (Pittsburgh, PA / North Hills) earned All-PAC First Team status for the first time (second all-conference honor overall) after finishing tied for fourth with a two-day total of 151 (72, 79).
 
Sophomores Sam Napper (Mt Pleasant, PA / Mt Pleasant) and Calen Cummins (Allison Park, PA / Hampton) each were named to the All-PAC Second Team. Napper earned all-conference honors for the first time after tying for sixth place with a two-day score of 154 (75, 79). Cummins finished one shot behind Napper with a two-day total of 155 (77, 78), good enough for solo-eighth. Cummins earned his second-straight all-conference honor.
 
To top off the individual awards, Head Coach Matt Torrence earned PAC Coach of the Year honors for the first time at the helm of the men's team.
 
The field for this year's Division III Men's Golf Championships is scheduled to be announced Wednesday, May 5. The Division III Championships are scheduled for Tuesday-Friday, May 11-14 and will be contested at the Oglebay Golf Course in Wheeling, W.Va. Championship rounds will be played at the Speidel Golf Club on the Arnold Palmer Course and the Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Course.