Education

Friday, October 26, 2018

NEW WILMINGTON, PA –Jonah Winter, an award-winning author of more than 30 nonfiction picture books that promote social justice, facts, and artistic expression, will discuss his craft at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in the Witherspoon Rooms of the McKelvey Campus Center at Westminster College.

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

NEW WILMINGTON, PA – Dr. Charlene Klassen Endrizzi, professor of literacy education at Westminster College, recently co-authored a book for classroom teachers about building stronger family-school literacy partnerships.

Monday, September 10, 2018

NEW WILMINGTON, PA – Two Westminster College School of Education professors entered the blogosphere this summer with a series of posts about Puerto Rican children’s literature.

Friday, September 7, 2018

NEW WILMINGTON, PA – An article co-authored by Sararose Lynch, associate professor of education at Westminster College, was selected as a favorite pick by the editorial panel of the Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School journal.

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

After the commencement ceremony ended and the final toll of the bells signaled the end of the semester, five students and two professors boarded a plane for the Dominican Republic for an educational service trip. The group spent a week observing classrooms, teaching English and working with educators in the community of Sabaneta de Yásica. 

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Recent graduate Rachael Radvansky received the 2018 Mary Hill Book Award from the Westminster College School of Education. Radvansky was honored in May 2018 for her academic achievement based on her capstone experience at New Wilmington Presbyterian Church Youth Programming.

Thursday, May 24, 2018

On Friday, May 11, 2018, the Westminster College School of Education hosted a breakfast celebrating this year's graduating class of education and child and family studies majors. The breakfast was held at Dr. Charlene Klassen Endrizzi’s home in New Wilmington.

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Recent graduates Megan-Lynn Lowry and Allissa Grimaldi had a literary vision; they wanted to give high-needs children at Farrell Elementary free books to increase their home libraries. In Fall 2017, Lowry and Grimaldi actualized this goal by creating the student organization Little Library, with support from their advisors Dr. Charlene Klassen Endrizzi and Ms. Cynthia Clarke.

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Early childhood/special education majors Amanda Fagley, Sarah Jackson, Annie Trombetta and Mrs. Diana Reed, lecturer of education, collaborated on a presentation at the National Student Teaching Supervision Conference in West Chester, Pennsylvania on May, 4, 2018. The presentation was entitled "Student Teacher Action Research in a Preschool Lab Setting," and the researchers explored if enhancing art experiences could improve language acquisition in young children. 

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Junior mathematics/secondary education majors Jacob Stoyer, Gabriel Roman, and Sumer Kassim attended the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on April 25-28. The students attended the conference alongside assistant professor of education Dr. Sararose Lynch and associate professor of mathematics Dr. David Offner.