News Archive
Associate Professor to Speak at Faculty Forum
Dr. Timothy Sherwood, Westminster College associate professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry, will speak on "Moving Graveyards: Course, Textbook and Curriculum Reform" at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.
Students Present Research at Symposium
Westminster College students Keri Biedka and Brittany Bivens presented their research at the American Chemical Society Student Affiliation "In Miniature" Symposium 2009 April 20 at Duquesne University.
"Advantage: Westminster" Wins Bronze Medal in National Competition
"Advantage: Westminster" A Strategic Plan 2010-2020 won a bronze medal in the nation's largest educational advertising awards competition.
Senior to Present Lecture Recital Nov. 7
Alayna Carroll, a Westminster College individual interdisciplinary major, will present her senior lecture recital Sunday, Nov. 7, at 1 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel. The program is free and open to the public.
Notes from the Field Station: "A Guide for Summer's Glare" or "New Sunscreen Rules"
The beautiful sunshine of summer also carries with it some baggage that isn't so nice. Ultraviolet light radiation is a potential culprit that can turn good to bad: sunburn, wrinkles and, worst of all, skin cancer. Ultraviolet radiation is monitored and reported as the UV Index from the Travis Weather Station.
Art and Biology Professors to Share Cluster Course Experience at Faires Faculty Forum
Peggy Cox, Westminster College professor of art, and Dr. Ann Throckmorton, Westminster professor of biology, will present "A Cluster to Dye For" Wednesday, March 28, at 11:40 a.m. in McKelvey Campus Center's Sebastian Mueller Theater.
Westminster College to Host Global Gift Market Nov. 28
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College's Young Presbyterian Scholars Program (YPS) will sponsor its ninth annual Global Gift Market Wednesday, Nov. 28, from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. in the Witherspoon Maple Room of the McKelvey Campus Center. The event is open to the public.
Westminster College Celebrity Series to Present The Tenors October 9
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College Celebrity Series will present The Tenors Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
Westminster College Environmental Symposium Announces Award Winners
Westminster College students won numerous awards in December at the Student Symposium on the Environment. The event was hosted by Westminster Environmental Programs and co-sponsored by the Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition. Awards were sponsored by Stream Restoration, Inc.
Westminster Professor Discusses Cluster Courses at American Sociological Meeting
Dr. Kristin Park, associate professor of sociology at Westminster College, recently discussed cluster courses at the American Sociological Association annual meeting.
"At the meeting, 'Weaving the Tapestry: Teaching with Other Disciplines,' I discussed my experiences with Westminster's inquiry and cluster classes," Park said.
Inquiry is taken during a student's first year at Westminster College. This semester-long course is designed to confront and engage students, and is taken in addition to writing and oral communication to make skill and content instruction mutually reinforcing. Cluster courses are taken during the sophomore or junior years at Westminster, and consist of two linked courses taught by at least two faculty from different disciplines to the same group of students.
Park's journal article, "Stigma Management Among the Voluntarily Childless," will be reprinted in the fifth edition of Patricia and Peter Adler's reader, "Constructions of Deviance: Social Power, Context and Interaction," a widely adopted textbook in sociology of deviance classes.
Park, who has been with Westminster College since 1993, earned her undergraduate degree from Colgate University, and her master's and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
For more information, contact Park at (724) 946-7251 or e-mail kpark@westminster.edu
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