Education

Friday, September 9, 2016

Two Westminster College faculty members published four blogs outlining their joint two-month inquiry between seventh-graders from Shenango Middle School and Westminster College secondary education majors.

Monday, September 5, 2016

Dr. Amy Camardese, professor and chair of Westminster College’s School of Education, and David McCollough, Westminster junior biology major, attended the National Noyce Summit in Washington, D.C., in July.

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

In partnership with the New Castle Area School District, Westminster College hosted an informational meeting for students and their families who were selected to participate in the Lawrence County Mentoring Program.

Monday, August 1, 2016

This week, Westminster College faculty members took a step off campus to offer best-practice teaching insights at the PA Forward Information Literacy Summit.

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

As part of the NSF Robert J. Noyce Scholarship Grant, Westminster College will host an IQ-STEM workshop, June 20 – 24, featuring nationally recognized urban educator, Dr. H. Richard Milner IV. The event is open to student fellows and area STEM partner high school teachers.

Thursday, May 12, 2016

The Westminster College Preschool Lab will present a Reggio Emilia-inspired summer science camp for five- and six-year-olds, June 13 – 18. Registration is $125 per child and is open to the public.

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

In April, members of Westminster College’s School of Education presented their research at the National Student Teaching and Supervision Conference held at West Chester University.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

This semester, Dr. Vered Vaknin-Nusbaum and Dr. Randa Abbas visited Westminster to share their insights from their teaching experiences and research in Israel with education and psychology students.

Friday, April 15, 2016

Westminster College will host the Undergraduate Research and Arts Celebration (URAC) featuring presentations and performances from more than 300 students from each department, April 20 from 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. throughout campus.

Monday, March 14, 2016

Six years ago, Westminster College preservice teachers began a yearly collaboration with Farrell Elementary School to offer the African American Read-In, a national literacy event sponsored by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English.