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¾¨Ó㴫ý will welcome the class of 2013 with the traditional Opening Convocation Friday, Aug. 28, at 1:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
¾¨Ó㴫ý's Alpha Psi Omega theatre honor society will present its One-Act Festival Friday, April 9, with shows at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in the Berlin Lounge of the McKelvey Campus Center. The festival is open to the public.
¾¨Ó㴫ý's Office of Diversity Services and Peace Studies Program will host the sixth annual International Celebration Wednesday, Dec. 8, from 5-7:30 p.m. in the Berlin Student Lounge and Club Room of the McKelvey Campus Center.
¾¨Ó㴫ý senior molecular biology major Katie Sinagoga received an undergraduate research grant from ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
¾¨Ó㴫ý senior computer science major Timothy Matyas and Dr. David Shaffer, associate professor of computer science, participated in the Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot contest March 31-April 1 in Hartford, Conn.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Department of Music Concert Series opens Friday, Feb. 8, with a concert featuring the Jazz Ensemble and Faculty Jazz Quartet in the Berlin Lounge of the McKelvey Student Center. The program is free to the public. Both of these outstanding ensembles will present a program ranging from classic Jazz through the latest styles.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. James Perkins, ¾¨Ó㴫ý professor emeritus of English, co-edited a volume of letters written in the last years of the life of author Robert Penn Warren.
Paulette Stenzel, professor of international business law at Michigan State University, will speak on "Doing Business in Mexico" at ¾¨Ó㴫ý Tuesday, March 30, at 7 p.m. in Phillips Lecture Hall in Hoyt Science Resources Center.
Stenzel is also the director of the Michigan State University Honors College of Business in Mexico Program. She earned her undergraduate degree from Albion College and her J.D. from Wayne State Law School. In addition to her teaching duties at Michigan State, she teaches the "Honors Business Program" in Merida, Mexico during the summer.
The event, which is sponsored by the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Department of Economics and Business, is free and open to the public. For more information contact, Dr. Mark Hendrickson, adjunct professor and coordinator of this event at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, at (724) 946-7160.
Holiday tradition continues at ¾¨Ó㴫ý with the annual Christmas Vesper service Sunday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
The service, which annually attracts nearly 2,000 visitors, includes traditional Christmas music, sung by the audience and various ¾¨Ó㴫ý choirs.  The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Brass Ensemble, directed by Dr. R. Tad Greig, and College Organist Dr. Elizabeth Harrison will provide prelude music. Dr. Robin Lind will direct the Concert Choir, while Kris Harper will direct the Women's Choir. The Gospel Choir will perform under the direction of Gordon Austin, and the Handbell Choir is under the direction of Anne Bruening. The Rev. James R. Mohr II, college chaplain, will deliver the Christmas message.
The Christmas gifts displayed in Orr Lobby were purchased by members of the College Community for needy families and foster children in Lawrence County , an annual project coordinated by the Chapel staff led by Keturah Laney, chapel assistant. Campus luminaries, which provide a lighted path to the event, were purchased by the Residence Life staff.
The evening's offering is designated for the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Campus Chapter of Habitat for Humanity International. The chapter is attempting to raise $5,000 this year in an effort to build housing in our region and around the world. In the past 12 years, the ¾¨Ó㴫ý's chapter has raised over $129,000 to support the work of Habitat.
For more information, contact Mohr at (724) 946-7116 or e-mail mohrjr@westminster.edu.
Forty-three ¾¨Ó㴫ý students are studying in Australia, England, France, Spain, and Pittsburgh during the fall semester.
"Study abroad is the best opportunity our students have for learning about the larger world that's out there," said Dr. Jeffery Bersett, director of off-campus study and assistant professor of Spanish. "Going overseas shows them more than just new places. They return to ¾¨Ó㴫ý with new ways of looking at things, and with a new understanding of how everything fits together."
As part of their educational program, ¾¨Ó㴫ý students can spend as little as a month, or as much as a year, living and studying in a international domestic program. Students who study off-campus are able to earn not only credits towards graduation, but also credit towards their major or minor, towards fulfilling part of the Liberal Studies requirements.
"International study is a life-changing event in the life of a college student," said Dr. Jesse Mann, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college. "Only two percent of American college students study abroad during their college experience, and we're happy that ¾¨Ó㴫ý is significantly ahead of that average."
Contact Bersett at (724) 9467259 or e-mail bersetjt@westminster.edu or Mann at (724) 946-7123 or e-mail mannjt@westminster.edu for more information.
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