English

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Westminster College’s spring 2021 commencement will recognize the leadership of alumna Anna Richards, past president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro (N.C.) branch of the NAACP, with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at the College’s 167th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 8.
 
Richards, a 1972 alumna originally from Farrell, Pa., recently completed two two-year terms as Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP president, during which she led her branch through a period of reorganization and engagement.

Friday, April 16, 2021

Timothy Hering, one of the eight select podium presenters to be featured at this year’s Undergraduate Research and Arts Celebration (URAC) on Wednesday, April 21, will discuss his senior honors capstone project, “Jammin’ with Langston Hughes: A Symphony of Truth in Black America.”

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Eight Westminster College students have been selected to offer in-person podium presentations during this year’s Undergraduate Research and Arts Celebration (URAC) on Wednesday, April 21.

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

This spring, several Westminster College senior honors scholars will publicly defend their capstone research—a culmination of nearly two years’ worth of high-level academic exploration.

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.

Monday, February 1, 2021

Westminster College Professor of English Dr. David Swerdlow will be featured on Lit Youngstown’s First Wednesday Reader Series at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, on Facebook Live and Zoom.

Monday, November 2, 2020

Ryan Wasilko ’23
English major
Kittanning, Pennsylvania

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Haley Barger ’15
B.A., English
Boston, Massachusetts

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Hope Wilson ’22
English major • Secondary education minor
New Kensington, Pennsylvania

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

B.A., English • Psychology minor
Cleveland, Ohio