News Archive
Alumnus and Author to Speak Oct. 19 on Surviving Cancer and Climbing Mt. Everest
Sean Swarner, a 1997 Westminster College alumnus and author, will present "Keep Climbing" Sunday, Oct. 19, at 8:15 p.m. in Orr Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
Adjunct Music Faculty Selected for Inaugural PMEA Hall of Fame
Ed Groves, Westminster College adjunct music faculty, was one of seven inaugural inductees to the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association's (PMEA) Hall of Fame. The induction was held April 24 during the PMEA annual conference in Valley Forge.
Art Professor to Speak on Gallery Exhibit at Faculty Forum
Kathy Koop, Westminster College professor of art, will speak at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, March 24, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Music Professor was Guest Soloist with Youngstown Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Nancy Zipay DeSalvo, Westminster College associate professor of music, was guest soloist with the Youngstown (Ohio) Symphony Orchestra Oct. 24 at Powers Auditorium.
Student Received Award from Community Foundation
Westminster College first-year student John Jones recently received a scholarship through The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County (CFWC). The funds will be applied to his tuition for the 2011-2012 academic year.
College and Lawrence County Community Action Partnership Sponsored Annual Poverty Simulation
Westminster College's Drinko Center for Experiential Learning and the Lawrence County Community Action Partnership (LCCAP) sponsored the sixth annual poverty simulation March 22 in the Witherspoon Rooms of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Westminster College Students Participated in Programming Contest
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Two teams of Westminster College students participated in the 2012 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) East Central North America Programming Contest Nov. 2-3 at Youngstown State University.
Westminster College Assistant Professor's Composition Published
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. Daniel Perttu, Westminster College assistant professor of music theory and composition, recently had his composition, "Toccata for Piano Duo," published by Editions Musica Ferrum, who are based in Athens, Greece.
Graduate to Speak at Environmental Programs Seminar Series
Westminster College graduate, Cassandra L. Treshok '11, will return to her alma mater to present "Working on Environmental Sustainability in a Corporate Setting" Thurs., March 5 at 12:45 p.m. in Phillips Lecture Hall, located in the Hoyt Science Resource Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Two Westminster Physics Professors Presented Papers at Conference
Westminster College professors Dr. Craig Caylor, an assistant professor of physics, and Dr. Samuel Lightner, professor of physics, recently presented papers at the Western Pennsylvania section of the American Association of Physics Teachers Conference held at Edinboro.
Lightner's presentation,"New Materials from the Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP)," featured the new teaching chart, "The History and Fate of the Universe," and provided the participants with information about a workshop for high school teachers for using this chart in the classroom. He also talked about the CPEP's chart, "Fusion: Physics of a Fundamental Energy Source, The Standard Model of Fundamental Particles and Interactions, and Nuclear Science."
Caylor's presentation, "The Multiplicity of a Three-State System," compared the results obtained in a limited number of systems, such as the two-state systems, with a method that students can directly calculate the multiplicity of a three-state system.
Lightner, who has been with Westminster College since 1970, earned his undergraduate degree from Randolph-Macon College, and his master's and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
Caylor, who has been with Westminster College since 2001, earned his undergraduate degree from Kansas State University, and his master's and Ph.D. from Indiana University.
For more information, contact Lightner at (724) 946-7204 or e-mail lightner@westminster.edu or Caylor at (724) 946-7202 or e-mail caylorcl@westminster.edu.
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