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Twenty-six ¾¨Ó㴫ý education majors recently organized and conducted a Family Math Night at Campbell (Ohio) Elementary School.
Dr. Michael Aleprete, ¾¨Ó㴫ý assistant professor of political science, presented a paper at the seventh annual convention of the Central and Eastern European International Studies Association (CEEISA) Sept. 2-4 at St. Petersburg State University in Russia.
Dr. Bethany Hicok, ¾¨Ó㴫ý associate professor of English, was selected from a national pool to participate in a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) summer seminar July 5-30 in São Paulo, Brazil.
¾¨Ó㴫ý will host Daniel Sepulveda, punter for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Thursday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.Ìý The program is free and open to the public.
¾¨Ó㴫ý political science faculty Dr. Michael Aleprete and Dr. James Rhoads will present "U.S. Foreign Policy: Structure of Elite Opinion" at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Three ¾¨Ó㴫ý teams participating in The Business Strategy Game placed in the Top 100 with one team scoring best performance worldwide for the week ending May 6.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Departments of Modern Languages and English, in conjunction with the Jake Erhardt International Film Series, will show the film Une Vie de chat (A Cat in Paris) Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Mueller Theater ofÌý the McKelvey Campus Center. The event is free to the public.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Twenty-four ¾¨Ó㴫ý undergraduate students met the requirements for graduation in December 2013:
Benjamin Abel, a senior music major from Pittsburgh, will give a recital Friday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
The program will include music from Mozart, Handel, Robert Schumann, Vaughan Williams, and more.Ìý Accompanying Abel: on the piano is Jeff Wachter, adjunct faculty member at ¾¨Ó㴫ý; on the trumpet is Cyndi Mancini, a sophomore music education major from McKees Rocks; and singing a duet is Darci Kuhlber, a senior music education major from Grove City.
While at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, Abel has performed the lead role of Bobby in the production of Crazy for You, a supporting role in Detective Story, and various other roles in the Music Department's opera workshops.
Abel is a son of Steven and Barbara Abel, Pittsburgh, and a graduate of Norwin High School.
The event is free and open to the public.Ìý For more information, contact the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Department of Music at (724) 946-7270.
¾¨Ó㴫ý will celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King with various activities Jan. 18-23.
ÌýTuesday, Jan. 18, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. birthday cake will be served in the Orchard Street Café.
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ÌýWednesday, Jan. 19, at 11:40 a.m. there is an hour of prayer in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
ÌýThursday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m. the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Gospel Choir will present a concert in Wallace Memorial Chapel.Ìý Sodexho Dining Service will provide an International Day Menu which includes: Canja Soup from Brazil; Colcannon Soup from Ireland; Ghanaian, a salad from South Africa; T'ibs We't, a fried beef stew and Yesinde Injera, a bread from Ethiopia; Bubble and Squeak from England; Frango ao Catupiry from Brazil; Schnitz und Knepp from Germany; and Beans Thoren from India.
ÌýFriday, Jan. 21, at 11:40 a.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel ¾¨Ó㴫ý will welcome speaker Ken Seamans, the current Wilmington Township Supervisor, one time Mercer County Commissioner, and former member of Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.Ìý Seamans was a policeman in the nation's capital during the 60s and 70s and a member of the first integrated police team in 1964.Ìý He also served on several security details to protect King.Ìý Seamans will discuss his police experience and the times he met Dr. King.
ÌýMonday, Jan. 24,Ìýat 7 p.m. J.T. Thomas, the first African-American football player at Florida State University, will speak in Wallace Memorial Chapel.Ìý Originally from Macon, Ga., Thomas excelled in football, basketball, and track at Lanier Central High Military School.Ìý In 1969, he accepted a full scholarship at Florida State, where he majored in business.Ìý After graduation he became the number one draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he was a member of the "Steel Curtain" defense, which won four Super Bowls during the 70s.
ÌýDuring his football career, he also worked as a sales representative and broker for Lincoln National Life, Prudential and Research Underwriter Property and Casualty Company.Ìý From 1976-78, Thomas was employed by the U.S. Department of Commerce in a program co-sponsored by the NFL to align college students with major corporations in the private sector for employment while in college and permanent employment upon graduation.
ÌýAfter his retirement from football, he opened Chin's Rice Bowl, an oriental-themed restaurant, and became a Burger King and then Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar franchisee.Ìý He is currently president of Three Rivers Barbeque, LLC, d/b/a Red Hot & Blue a Southern Grill & Bar restaurant.
ÌýThomas is a member of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Pittsburgh, where he served for 12 years as an organist and pianist for the Young Adult Choir.Ìý He is also a Board member of Christian Life Skills Inc. (mentoring program), the Afro-American Music Institute, Coalition for Christian Outreach, and coordinator of the Boyz to Men Mentoring Ministry at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
ÌýThe events are co-sponsored by the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Diversity Services Office and the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Chapel Office.Ìý For more information, contact Jeannette Hooks, director of diversity services, at (724) 946-7179 or e-mail hooksj@westminster.edu; or the Rev. James Mohr, college chaplain, at (724) 946-7116 or e-mail mohrjr@westminster.edu.
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