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Chemistry Class Collaborates with Preschool to Test Toys for Lead
Westminster College chemistry and biochemistry majors in Advanced Lab class participated in a service learning project with Westminster's Preschool Lab.
"Get Real!" Series Continues with "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"
Westminster College continues the spring semester sessions of its "Get Real!" life preparation series Thursday, March 5, with "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" presented by Rob Jackson, CEO of Grove City Community Hospital and member of Westminster's Board of Trustees.
Music Faculty and Chamber Singers Participated in Choir Festival in Ohio
The Westminster College Chamber Singers and Dr. Robin Lind, Westminster associate professor of music and director of choral activities, participated in the Ohio Music Educators District V Chamber Choir Festival Nov. 9 at Lakeview High School in Cortland, Ohio.
Communication Studies Professor Presented at International Conference
Dr. Colleen Burke, Westminster College assistant professor of communication studies, presented a research paper at the International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities June 29-July 2 at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Mathematics Honor Society Inducted New Members
The Westminster College chapter of Kappa Mu Epsilon mathematics honor society inducted 13 new members at a dinner and ceremony March 10.
Notes from the Field Station: To Frack or Not to Frack
Dr. Jeffrey C. Dick, professor of geology at Youngstown State University, presented an informational lecture Dec. 6 in the Nature Center. The topic was "Hydraulic Fracturing or Shale Gas Development" in our area. The audience was a mix of college and community.
Westminster College Students and Assistant Professor Teach Course in Pennsylvania Prison
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster students Jennifer Cantella and Joseph Ritchie taught a Sociology of Families course alongside Dr. Kristenne Robison, assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice studies, at an all-women's prison in Cambridge Springs.
Westminster College Student Awarded Honorable Mention by Goldwater Scholarship Committee
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College junior physics major Samuel Mellon was recently awarded honorable mention by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship Committee for his research in natural sciences.
Dual Math and Computer Science Major Presents Research and Earns Top Honors at Behrend Conference
Westminster senior dual computer science and mathematics major Jenna Huston was awarded Best Oral Presentation in the Computer Science and Engineering division at the 23rd annual Penn State Behrend Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference in April.
Westminster's Tropical Ecology Class Culminates in Australia
Seventeen Westminster College students recently finished their biology class on the coral reefs of Australia.
"I just want to tell everyone to take this class," said Katie Schultz, a junior music major from Sharpsville. "It was such a great, once-in-lifetime experience. The 27-hour plane ride took a lot out of you. We got there at 11 p.m., and had to get up early the next morning."
The early rising hours did not deter Schultz's enthusiasm.
"Our routine on Lizard Island included breakfast, snorkel, lunch, lecture, snorkel, and dinner. After our first breakfast there, we never wore shoes," Schultz continued. "You can tell who the tourists are"¦anyone without shoes and wearing '60s apparel lives there"¦the rest are tourists."
Before leaving for Australia, the students spent a semester in a Westminster classroom studying the fish and coral in the area.
"The snorkeling was amazing. We were so close to the coral that we could see all the polyps," Schultz said. "Once a huge turtle floated up out of the sea and swam just beneath us for a while."
Their Australian guides continued the learning experience with daily lectures about the local fish, how they interact, and what happens when man interferes with their habitat.
"A lot of the coral is bleached," Schultz said. "In time the sand and the toxins from people causes the coral to die."
After learning about marine life in Australia, the class went to stay at Mungalli Falls where they hiked twice a day to visit falls and study the natives.
"The Aboriginal experience was my most favorite part of the trip," Schultz continued. "We learned their point of view, their way of life, their meaning of star gazing, their myths, and their dream time stories, which is their way of explaining nature."
Russell Buttler, an Aboriginal elder, talked to the class for two days about their culture.
"The Aborigines acknowledge God and Jesus, but they remain in touch with nature and the way nature interacts with animals, much like American Indians," Schultz said. "They have their sacred sites, but the wealthy put resorts on them and repress them."
Schultz is a music major at Westminster, but she managed to combine her love of music with this biology class.
"I bought a dijeridoo, clap sticks, rain sticks, and claves, which are all percussion instruments because I am a percussionist and they interested me," said Schultz. "I couldn't come home without several boomerangs or the beautiful hand-painted boxes made by the natives."
"I was ready to come home because I missed my family, but I do want to go back someday," Schultz said. "I love going to public places without shoes."
For more information, contact Dr. Ann Throckmorton, chair and associate professor of biology at Westminster College, at (724) 946-7209 or e-mail athrock@westminster.edu.
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