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The Westminster College Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning will host an education seminar, "Best Practices for Math Literacy: Comprehensive Strategies that Produced a Culture of Math Achievement in the South Fayette School District," Monday, Feb. 27 at 4 p.m. in Lakeview Room located in the McKelvey Campus Center.
The Best Practices for Math Literacy workshop features several educators from the South Fayette School District, which has been recognized as having one of the highest overall math achievement levels on the PSSA in Western Pennsylvania over the past three years. The District team, which includes elementary, middle, and high school teachers, will share the district's vision and strategies around curriculum, instruction, and assessment that insure all students meet proficiency in the area of mathematics.
The Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning was developed to advance world-class teaching at Westminster and enrich K-12 education through outreach programs for area educators.
The event is sponsored by the Tri-State Area School Study Council Department of Administrative and Policy School of Education of the University of Pittsburgh in collaboration with the Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Westminster College.
This clinic offers Act 48 hours and are open to all interested parties. For registration, contact Carol Fiumara at the Tri-State Area School Study Council at (412) 648-7185 or e-mail fuimara@pitt.edu. Applications can also be mailed to: 4302 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15260.
The Westminster College Brass and Woodwind Quintets will perform a concert Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
More than 260 students from 14 area high school and junior high schools competed in the district competition of History Day at Westminster College Tuesday, March 27.
The Westminster College Planetarium presents "The Explorers of Mauna Kea," a 35-minute multimedia show that explores the heavens of Hawaii, Oct. 24-26 and Nov. 1-2, at 7 p.m. in the Hoyt Science Resources Center room 116.
More than 480 Westminster College students earned a listing on the Dean's List recognition for the 2001 fall semester.
The Dean's List recognizes students who attain a grade point average of at least 3.5 out of a possible 4.0.
Dr. Elizabeth Harrison, assistant professor of music at Westminster College, will give a Lenten organ concert Tuesday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m. at Orr Auditorium.
The Westminster College Jazz Ensemble will "Strike up the Band" Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Berlin Lounge of the McKelvey Campus Center. The concert is free and open to the public.
Westminster College will host an old-fashioned Independence Day celebration with a free concert and fireworks Thursday, July 3, at 7:30 p.m. at Brittain Lake.
Four Westminster College chemistry majors received travel/presentation grants from Westminster's Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning to present their research at the American Chemical Society national meeting March 22-26 in Salt Lake City.
Dr. James Rhoads, Westminster College associate professor of political science, will present "Applications of Q Methodology in Political Science" at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.
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