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Chemistry Club Earned Award from American Chemical Society
The Westminster College Chemistry Club earned an honorable mention from the American Chemical Society (ACS) 2008-2009 Student Chapter Awards.
Planetarium to Present "Full Moon Spectacular"
"Full Moon Spectacular" will be presented Saturday, Sept. 25, in the Westminster College Planetarium, room 116 of the Hoyt Science Resources Center.
Symphony Orchestra to Present Spring Concert May 1
The Westminster College Symphony Orchestra will present its spring concert Sunday, May 1, at 3 p.m. in Orr Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
Environmental Science Program to Host Guest Speakers Feb. 7
The Westminster College Environmental Science Program will host speakers on "Protecting Our Watersheds: Combining Advances in Materials Science and Bioretention Systems to Purify Stormwater, Reduce Infrastructure Costs, and Beautify Landscapes" Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 6 p.m. in Phillips Lecture Hall of the Hoyt Science Resources Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Westminster College Associate Professor Appointed to Presidential Book Award Selection Committee
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. Timothy Cuff, Westminster College associate professor of history, was recently appointed to serve a three-year term on the Social Science History Association's (SSHA) Presidential Book Award Selection Committee.
First Book-Westminster Raised Funds, Distributed Free Books
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - First Book-Westminster will distribute 900 new, free books to three literacy programs that serve children in need in Lawrence and Mercer counties.
Admissions Staff to Visit Local High Schools
Westminster College admissions staff will be visiting local high schools Sept. 11-19.
Westminster College to Host Native American Speaker
Carlo Hawkwalker, an elder for the Western Cherokee Nation, will speak at Westminster College Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 6:30 p.m. in the McKelvey Campus Center Student Lounge.
Hawkwalker's public presentation, "Medicines of the Heart," and his presentation to two religion classes of "Understanding Religious Experience and Expression," will review Native American traditions.
Hawkwalker, as a pipe carrier and sundancer, is heavily involved in Native American ceremony. He has served on the Native American Steering Committee for the Prevention of Substance Abuse, was the co-facilitator of the Indigenous Round Table of Russia in St. Petersburg, and is involved in international issues such as the world peace treaty campaign. He is also a storyteller.
This event, which is part of the Heinz Lecture Series: Religion and the Religions, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Bryan Rennie, associate professor of religion at Westminster College and coordinator of this event, at (724) 946-7151 or e-mail brennie@westminster.edu.
Westminster Broadcast Communications Majors to Showcase Capstone Projects
Eight Westminster College senior broadcast communications majors will showcase their capstone projects Monday, April 25, from 10:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. in various areas of the McKelvey Campus Center.
The final component of Liberal Studies at Westminster is a senior capstone course, which is at least a four-semester-hour course within the major designed to provide an opportunity for students to evaluate and assess the strengths and limitations of their major field.
At 10:30 a.m. students will unveil the broadcast communications capstone display located on the second floor hallway near Westminster Cable Network studios. At 11:30 a.m. Sebastian Salazar-Driver and Sarah Ubry make their presentations in the Mueller Theater.
"My presentation will focus on some of the projects I completed last semester," Ubry said. "One of my stories about the last milkman in Lawrence County was published in The Herald and the New Castle News. I also turned this story into a three-part series for the campus radio station. I will also report on my current internship with the McKelvey Foundation Newsletter I help to produce."
From 12:30-2:30 p.m., the Titan radio station will broadcast live from the Campus Center. The remote truck will be open for tours, and everyone is invited to sign a time capsule message book.
From 3-6 p.m. "The County Line" marathon is scheduled on the Westminster Cable Network.
Presentations begin again at 5:30 at the Mueller Theater when Ashley Roberts, Tandi Lane, and Megan Marshall present their projects.
"Each of us will focus on our own specialty. My presentation will feature my commercial broadcasting experience as the afternoon news anchor at WKST 1200 AM in New Castle and weekend disc jockey at Froggy 95.1," Marshall said. "I will play clips from newscasts, radio shifts, commercials, and promotions I've produced at those stations as well as from Titan Radio Digital 88.9 FM, especially my three-year running morning show, Pat and Megan in the Morning.' I'll also show some of my television reporting experience through stories I've done on our weekly television news magazine The County Line.'"
At 6:45 p.m. a reception is planned with all the participants near the entrance of Mueller Theater. The last presentations begin at 7:30 p.m. with presentations by Laura Krutschnitt, Ian Durham, and Pat Sandora.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Bradley Weaver, instructor of broadcast communications, at (724) 946-7238 or e-mail weaverbl@westminster.edu.
Two Westminster Students Serve as Youngstown Weekend Television Directors
Senior Luke Garrett and junior Michael Wolenski, two Westminster College broadcast communication majors, have landed jobs as weekend television news/sports directors for two Youngstown, Ohio, television stations.
"I started the end of May between my sophomore and junior year," Wolenski said. "Westminster's chief engineer Chuck Chirozzi called me at home to alert me about the opening at WYTV channel 33 (ABC affiliate) in Youngstown. I applied, got an interview, and was offered the job later that week."
"Over the last Christmas break, I received a call from Dr. [David] Barner [associate professor of broadcast communications] and he told me about the opening at Youngstown television station WKBN channel 27 (CBS affiliate)." Garrett said. "Dr. Barner told me that a Westminster alumnus Greg Rhoton '93 had recommended Westminster as a place to look for candidates."
The students took different paths to their current positions.
When Garrett came to Westminster, he was a sociology/criminal justice major who quickly lost interest in that major.
"I had a math class with a broadcast communications major," Garrett said. "I liked what she told me about her major, so I changed majors again. This time I found what I liked. When I first declared this major, I took a sports practicum and worked with our director Amy Dalbon [graduated in Dec. 2004]. I knew then that I wanted to do what she was doing; working behind the scenes at sporting events."
Wolenski had known his career path since his high school days at Peters Township, where he worked on the high school television station.
"I liked working in television in high school and in college," Wolenski said. "I always knew this is where I wanted to be."
Both agree that students should take every opportunity to get experience.
"I learned in high school that you get whatever you put into it," Garrett said. "You must get involved in things not required by class and Westminster gives students many opportunities to gain experience needed in the workforce."
"My classes at Westminster gave me most of what I needed to know in my job, but Westminster also offers many other opportunities," Wolenski said. "You can do the minimum and still graduate, but if you want a job, you need to get involved and do what you can in the department."
"I truly believe that I got my job because Westminster gave me the skills I needed," Garrett said. "I was ready to do the work, all I had to learn was a little different terminology used at this station."
Garrett, a senior, is a son of David and Barb Garrett, New Wilmington, and a graduate of Wilmington Area High School.
Wolenski, a junior, is a son of M. Thomas Wolenski, Venetia, and Carol Oliver, Bridgeville. He is a graduate of Peters Township High School.
Contact Dr. David Barner, chair of the Department of Communication Studies, Theatre and Art at Westminster College, at (724) 946-7239 or e-mail barnerdl@westminster.edu for more information.
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