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Pesed, Westminster's 2,300-year-old mummy, will have her mysteries revealed with a CT-scan Tuesday, June 21, at 7 p.m. at College Fields MRI in Neshannock Township.
€œThe CT scan will provide details to help generate a rapid prototype of Pesed's skull,€? said Dr. Jonathan Elias, director of programs and exhibits at the Whitaler Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg. €œA rapid prototype is carefully edited CT-information in a software environment capable of producing a 3-D model of the mummy's skull for purposes of forensic reconstruction.€?
The forensic reconstruction will be performed by renowned forensic sculptor Frank Bender of Philadelphia.
€œMr. Bender's skill has been sought after by police departments nationwide,€? Elias said. €œHis portraits are developed so closely 'to the bone' that they have helped to solve many famous crimes.€?
The results of Pesed's first CT-scan in August 2001 revealed that among other things, she was 55-65 at the time of her death, had given birth to at least one child, had a degenerated condition of the lumbar vertebrae, and an amulet lodged in her armpit.
€œWhile Pesed is out of the display case, we will get hair samples, which will be analyzed and hopefully tell us something about Pesed's diet, which may have contributed to her osteoporosis,€? said Dr. Samuel Farmerie, curator of cultural artifacts at Westminster College.
€œWe hope to shed light on the magical plate tucked under her arm,€? Elias said. €œWe hope to reveal the script.€?
In 2001, Pesed traveled to Harrisburg to be part of €œEgypt: Untold Journeys,€? an exhibit at the Whitaker Center. While there she underwent several studies, including a CT-scan, x-rays, and radio-carbon dating, which revealed that Pesed's mummification took place between 300 and 220 B.C.
Pesed has called Westminster home since 1885, when she was donated to the College by The Rev. John Giffin, an 1872 Westminster graduate who was working as a missionary in Egypt. She was professionally restored by Jane Gardner of the Carnegie Museum thanks to the energy and fund-raising effort of Susan Grandy Graff, a 1985 Westminster graduate who tackled the project during her undergraduate years.
Elias and Farmerie played a major role in forming the Akhmin Mummy Studies Consortium, which is funding this imaging.
More information about Westminster's mummy is available at www.westminster.edu/about/mummy/mummy_overview.cfm.
The media is invited to view the transfer of Pesed to a Westminster van at 6 p.m. at the Mack Science Library located at the Hoyt Science Resources Center. She will be transferred by pallbearers: R. Thomas Williamson, president of Westminster College; Matt Hosie, a 1949 Westminster graduate and resident of New Wilmington; Dr. Clarence Harms, Westminster professor of biology emeritus; and Charles Schwahn, a friend of Farmerie from South Dakota. Media is also invited to view the imaging.
Contact Farmerie at (724) 946-7053 or e-mail farmersa@westminster.edu for more information.
"The Cotton Patch Gospel" will be performed by the Westminster College Chapel Drama group, Friday, April 7, at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
"The Cotton Patch Gospel" is an adaptation of Clarence Jordan's book of the same name. It grew out of Jordan's desire to communicate the gospel he loved with the people he grew up with in the cotton patches. The musical play recasts stories of Jesus and the letters of Paul and Peter into the language and culture of the mide-20th century south. The play is not a conventional musical, but it is abundant with music by the late Harry Chapin.
The play is free and open to the public, but there will be a free will offering to support Westminster College campus ministry programs.
Contact the Westminster College Chapel Office at (724) 946-7115 for more information.
Dr. Fritz Horn, professor of English emeritus at Westminster College, will present "Teaching: Making Student Evaluations Work for You" Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 11:30 a.m. in the McKelvey Campus Center.
More than 470 Westminster College students earned a listing on the Dean's List for the 2000 fall semester.
The Westminster College Board of Trustees has awarded promotions and tenure to five faculty members effective July 1.
Dr. Amy Camardese, Westminster assistant professor of education, will discuss the "Fulbright China Seminar" at Faculty Forum Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.
Dr. Charles Skinner, who recently retired from the State Department after 27 years as a foreign service officer, will speak at Westminster College Thursday, April 26, at 4 p.m. in room 131 of Patterson Hall.
Dr. David Goldberg, Westminster College assistant professor of philosophy, presented a paper at the sixth meeting of the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities held Jan. 11-14 in Honolulu.
Westminster College's Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and the Lawrence County Community Action Partnership will sponsor a poverty simulation Thursday, Oct. 9, in the Witherspoon Rooms of the McKelvey Campus Center.
There she flies over Old Main Tower! On the string below Old Glory (and temporarily replacing the blue flag of Mother Fair) is the Green Theta! On Earth Day, April 22, this unusual flag was unfurled on the mast for a few days and represents an original Earth Day symbol.
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