News Archive

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Westminster College alumni AJ Bove ’19 (accounting) and Marcus Gurgiolo ’16 (economics)—entrepreneurs and developers of the start-up Odorex Athletix—recently spoke to The Business Journal in Youngstown and shared their story of building their brand with SCORE, Service Corps of Retired Executives. Read more

Monday, March 15, 2021

Dr. Trisha Cowen, assistant professor of English at Westminster College, will present “Balancing Imagination, Historical Research, and Identity Politics: Writing a Novel about a WWII Japanese Sex Slave” at the Faires Faculty Forum at 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, via Zoom.

Friday, March 12, 2021

Westminster College’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion will host Diversity Week 2021 from March 15-19 with a series of in-person and virtual events designed to spark conversations and inspire change.

Friday, March 12, 2021

In a time when many colleges and universities are experiencing unprecedented financial stress, Westminster College is being recognized by Forbes magazine for improving its fiscal well being.

Monday, March 8, 2021

Dr. Jessica Rhodes, assistant professor of psychology at Westminster College, will present “ADHD & Cigarette Smoking: An Examination of Prognostically Relevant Behaviors and Mediators of a Complex Relationship” at the Faires Faculty Forum at 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, March 10, via Zoom.

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Nicole Levis '93, a previous business administration major and now school counselor featured in a recent Public Source article and a 2017 School Counselor of the Year award recipient, shares how she defines "success" in her role and how she uses the feeling she received when stepping foot on Westminster College's campus to help other students know which college is right for them.

Monday, March 1, 2021

Westminster College’s Celebrity Series will present a special St. Patrick’s Day virtual concert, “Ireland with Michael,” with renowned Irish singer Michael Londra at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 17.

Sunday, February 28, 2021

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College men's lacrosse team fell, 20-11, at home in their season opener against Grove City College in the first ever contest at the UMPC Sports Complex on Saturday.
 
Westminster (0-1) jumped out to a 2-0 lead early over Grove City (1-0) with two quick goals courtesy of sophomore Hamish Mathwin (Marion, Australia / Westminster) and junior Shawn Kernaghan (Denver, PA / Cocalico) just over five minutes into the contest. The Wolverines responded with four consecutive goals (4-2) and scored seven of the remaining nine goals in the frame to lead 7-4 after one. The Titans deposited the first three goals of the second stanza to knot the game back up at seven a-piece, before Grove City scored two more tallies to take a 9-7 into the halftime break.

Sunday, February 28, 2021

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – The defending Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Champion Westminster volleyball team opened their 2020-21 season with a 3-0 win over Chatham at home Saturday evening.
 
Titan junior Becky Adelman (Randolph, OH / Waterloo) registered a match-high 11 kills, while tying a match-high five blocks and earning a match-best three service aces. Classmate Maya Steward (Los Angeles, CA / William Howard Taft) added seven kills, while senior Megan Steele (Corry, PA / Corry) and sophomore Kaylee Sciubba (Tarentum, PA / Deer Lakes) each notched six kills. Sciubba also tied a match-high with five blocks, including a match-best three solo rejections. Junior Samantha Kelly (Irwin, PA / Penn-Trafford) dished out a match-high 26 assists, to go along with nine digs. First-year Malia Duffy (Allison Park, PA / North Allegheny) led the defense with a match-high 20 digs. Also registering double-digit digs were Steward and first-year Lauren Lampus (Sarver, PA / Freeport Area) who both had 13. First-year Claire Tobin (Battlecreek, MI / Lakeview) added seven digs.
 
Westminster (1-0) won the first set convincingly, 25-12. In the frame, Adelman had four kills and four blocks, to go along with three service aces. The second set consisted of seven ties. Chatham (0-1) led 5-2, however, the Titans responded with a 6-2 run to take an 8-7 lead. Both teams kept battling, with the Titans maintaining the lead, and the second set was tied at 24. A kill by Lampus and a service ace by Tobin put Westminster up 2-0 going into the final stanza. The Cougars led the majority of the third set and had a late 22-18 lead. The Titans, however, regrouped and closed out the set and the match with seven unanswered points; Steward and Adelman each had two kills apiece in the run. Adelman had a match-best five kills in the final set.
 
The Titans are back in action Tuesday, March 2 at Washington & Jefferson with a 7 p.m. start time.
 

Thursday, February 25, 2021

The Westminster College Board of Trustees approved faculty promotions and tenure at its recent February meeting.