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¾¨Ó㴫ý will host International Peacemaker the Rev. Probe Augustin Mukendi Kabongo from the Democratic Republic of the Congo Oct. 12-16.
Ten ¾¨Ó㴫ý students and three faculty/staff participated in ¾¨Ó㴫ý Cares Day April 18.
A group of ¾¨Ó㴫ý students attended the Region II Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Jan. 11-15 at Towson University Center for the Arts in Maryland.
Dr. R. Tad Greig, ¾¨Ó㴫ý associate professor and director of bands, will present "Band, the Four-Letter Word!" at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 11:40 a.m. in Orr Auditorium.
Summer Zickefoose, ¾¨Ó㴫ý visiting assistant professor of art, exhibited her work and conducted a workshop for students at Elgin Community College in Chicago.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Dance Theatre will present its annual spring show Thursday-Saturday, March 21-23, in Orr Auditorium.Ìý The performance, which involves 40 students, is open to the public.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Symphony Orchestra will present its winter concert Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.Ìý The event is free and open to the public.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.Ìý --Ìý Two ¾¨Ó㴫ý senior chemistry majors, Jacklyn Gates and Emily Stull, recently presented their posters at the National American Chemical Society Meeting held in Anaheim, Cal.
Gates poster is titled "Comparison of Particle Size and Morphology of Lutetium Oxide Formed via Precipitation Stripping Versus Traditional Stripping Methods."Ìý Gates is a daughter of Scott and Constance Gates of Meadville, and a graduate of Meadville Area High School.
Stull's poster is titled "Analysis of Ephedra and Non-Ephedra based Herbal Supplements: Effects on the Medabolic Rate in Mice and the Quantification of Active Ingredients."Ìý Stull is a daughter of Duane and Nancy Stull of Scottdale, and a graduate of Southmoreland High School.
The students traveled with Dr. Helen Boylan, assistant professor of chemistry at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, who was an invited speaker at the meeting.Ìý Boylan presented an oral report in the Younger Chemists Committee session on career and development.Ìý Her talk was titled, "Teaching in the Small College Setting: Opportunities and Challenges in Academia."Ìý Boylan, who has been teaching at ¾¨Ó㴫ý since 2001, earned her undergraduate degree at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, and her Ph.D. from Duquesne University.
For more information, contact Boylan at (724) 946-6293 or e-mail boylanhm@westminster.edu.
Dr. Carolyn Cuff, professor of mathematics at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, recently presented a paper at the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) meeting held in Atlanta.Ìý
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"I presented the Nutritional Data of Crackers,' which presents interesting statistical aspects of data collected from the nutritional labels of cracker boxes," Cuff said.Ìý "The data set illustrates statistical concepts that instructors usually show using made up data."
Cuff just finished a term as chair of the Special Interest Group of the MAA in Statistics Education.Ìý The MAA is a national professional group of approximately 27,000 mathematicians focusing on undergraduate mathematics education.
Cuff, who has been with ¾¨Ó㴫ý since 1989, received her undergraduate degree from ¾¨Ó㴫ý, and master's and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University. Cuff's previous research, "How Do You Stack Up?" was published in the November issue of the Colleges and Mathematics Journal.
For more information, contact Cuff at (724) 946-7291 or e-mail ccuff@westminster.edu.
Shawn Reynolds, adjunct professor of oboe and English horn at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, will give an oboe recital Thursday, Nov. 13, at 3 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
The program includes Goossens' "Concerto for Oboe and Piano," Schwanterner's "Black Amemones," and three Silvestrini Etudes for unaccompanied oboe "Hotel des Roches noires a Trouville," "Sentier dans les bois," and "Le ballet espagnol." The program concludes with a Brazilian Couplet, "Danzon" and "Afro," accompanied by guest artist Tim Shade on the jazz trombone and euphonium.
In addition to his teaching duties at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, Reynolds coaches the student chamber ensembles and is a member of the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Faculty Woodwind Quintet. He earned his undergraduate degree from Youngstown State University and his master's from the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Reynolds is the associate director of bands in the Liberty Local Schools, and performs with the Warren Philharmonic Orchestra, the Greenville Symphony Orchestra, the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, and the W.D. Packard Band of Warren. He has also performed with the SORG opera and the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Hamilton and Lebanon Orchestras.
The event is free and open to the public. Contact the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Department of Music at (724) 946-7270 for more information.
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