Westminster Diversity Symposium Features Lifestyles Panel

The Westminster College Diversity Symposium will feature a lifestyles panel Wednesday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in the McKelvey Campus Center Mueller Theater.

The panel will be moderated by Dr. Neal Edman, Westminster dean of student affairs, and includes: James Radnor and Reid Ahl, a same-sex, bi-national family; Dawne and Aubrianna Taylor, mother (who is also a surrogate mother to Jordan Christopher) and daughter; Connie McGinnis, mother of two adopted Chinese daughters; and Shannon Smithey, whose husband's family emigrated from Japan in the beginning of the 20th century and was interned during World War II.

This panel discussion is part of the Westminster College Diversity Symposium, "Images of Women: Choices for Women and Men," which is a week-long event that celebrates the 25th anniversary of the first women's symposium at Westminster. Visit http://www.westminster.edu/news/releases/release.cfm?id=1964 for a complete calendar of Diversity Symposium events.

All events are free and open to the public. Contact Dr. Barbara Faires, Westminster College professor of mathematics and coordinator of this event, at (724) 946-7293 or e-mail faires@westminster.edu for more information.

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