News Archive

Monday, June 24, 2019

Seventeen teams from five high schools attended this year’s Westminster College High School Programming Contest hosted by the mathematics and computer science department, in conjunction with the admissions office, on Friday, March 15.

Thursday, June 13, 2019

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.—Nine students from the Special Education and Reading Specialist Graduate Program recently presented discoveries from action research projects, the capstone requirement for their graduate studies.

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Consider the typical American “morning routine”—wake up, brew coffee, turn on “Good Morning America,” “The Today Show” or a morning program of the likes. What viewers see is the smiling, polished faces of the reporters and waving fans in the background as they relish in their five seconds of fame on television.

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – Westminster College will host an old-fashioned Independence Day celebration with a free concert and fireworks beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, at Brittain Lake on Westminster's campus.

Friday, June 7, 2019

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – Westminster College President Dr. Kathy Brittain Richardson has announced the appointment of two new members to the Westminster College Board of Trustees.

Thursday, June 6, 2019

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – Westminster College conferred Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Science degrees to the following students during its 165^th annual spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 11, on the Weisel Senior Terrace on the College’s campus.

Thursday, May 30, 2019

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.— Dr. Amy Camardese, professor of education and chair of Westminster’s School of Education, was presented with the College’s 2019 Distinguished Faculty Award in May.

Thursday, May 30, 2019

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.— Dr. Peter Smith, professor of chemistry and chair of the chemistry and biochemistry department at Westminster College, was recently presented with the Louis J. Sacco Award for Distinguished Service to the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Professional Relations.

Thursday, May 30, 2019

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.—Westminster College is partnering with Jennings Environmental Education Center and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy on a STEM summer camp for high school students. The summer program, EYE Con: Experiencing Your Environment through CONservation, targets students entering 9th through 12th grades and focuses on hands-on science that has real-world implications for conservation.

Thursday, May 30, 2019

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.—Westminster College will mock politics this fall with the help of a former presidential candidate’s visit to campus.  Our Mother Fair podcast for May reveals the identity of that visitor.  Reporter Ian Ross also previews the 2019 Mock Convention with what’s happening behind the scenes.