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More than 310 students are expected to earn degrees Saturday, May 22, at ¾¨Ó㴫ý's 156th commencement ceremonies. A baccalaureate service will be held at 10:30 a.m. in Orr Auditorium with commencement at 2:30 p.m. on the Senior Terrace of Old Main.
Dr. Jeffrey Bersett, ¾¨Ó㴫ý associate professor of Spanish, will speak on his research in 20th-century parody and satire in Spanish theatre at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, March 2, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.
¾¨Ó㴫ý admissions staff will visit local high schools Nov. 8-16.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Seven ¾¨Ó㴫ý professors participated in the annual reading of the College Board's advanced placement (AP) exams this summer. The professors were a part of a larger group of college professors and teachers from across the nation that gathered to evaluate and score the free-response sections of the AP exams.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. David Goldberg, ¾¨Ó㴫ý associate professor of philosophy, and five students attended the MidSouth Philosophy Conference in mid-February at Rhoades College in Memphis, Tenn.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - ¾¨Ó㴫ý has selected Dr. Thomas H. Stein as vice president for enrollment and financial aid after a nationwide search to fill the position. Stein has served as interim vice president since January, replacing David Rhodes while the search was conducted.
¾¨Ó㴫ý Triptych, which includes David Tessmer, Susanna Reilly and Matthew McCright, will perform Wednesday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
"The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Triptych was founded in the fall of 2001," Reilly said. "The term 'triptych' refers to any work of art in three parts, such as a writing table in three parts or a picture or alter piece in three compartments. We chose that name to honor the College where the group met, and to indicate that the group is a trio."
McCright, a former adjunct faculty member and 1999 ¾¨Ó㴫ý graduate, plays the piano for the group. He will receive his doctorate in June from the University of Minnesota.Â
Reilly, adjunct faculty member, plays the cello for the group. She is a also an adjunct faculty member at Geneva, and has taught at Mercyhurst, as well.
Tessmer, adjunct faculty member, plays the flute for the group. He is currently a doctorate degree candidate at West Virginia University.
The group will perform Martinu's "Trio for the Flute, Cello, and Piano," Haydn's "Trip in G Major for Flute, Cello and Piano," and Dello Jio's "Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano."
The performance is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Department of Music at (724) 946-7270.
Dr. Camila Bari De Lopez, an associate professor of Spanish at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, recently presented a paper at an international conference held at the Universidad of Santiago de Chile.
"I presented a paper on Social Stratification and Legitimation of the Mestizo Ethnicity for Establishing Latin American Republics in Juan de la Rose: Memoirs of the Last Soldier of the Independence Movement by Nataniel Aguirre,'" Lopez said.
"For the presentation of my paper, I decided to offer a brief introduction on the methodology of finding true social information in a fictional work," Lopez said. "My explanation about layers of meaning and the steps I followed in successive readings to finally uncover the pragmatics of the novel beyond the fictional plot received a rewarding interest from the audience of mostly sociologists and historians. The use of metonymy as a way to convey a hidden meaning was also commented and connected to historical issues by this very receptive public."
Lopez, who has been with ¾¨Ó㴫ý since 1997, earned her undergraduate degree from the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo and her Ph.D. from the University at Albany.
For more information, contact Lopez at (724) 946-7258 or e-mail baridec@westminster.edu.
Dr. Timothy Cuff, assistant professor of history at ¾¨Ó㴫ý will discuss "The Hidden Cost of Economic Development: The Biological Standard of Living in Antebellum Pennsylvania" at Faculty Forum Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 11:45 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater located in the McKelvey Campus Center.
"I will describe my research on variations in human stature in early 19th century Pennsylvania, and its place in the field of historical anthropometrics, a subfield within economic history," Cuff said. "I will also discuss extensions of that work, some supported by a grant from the Economic History Association, which will investigate the biological standard of living of Pennsylvanians in the second half of the 19th century. I'll conclude by indicating how students have been and will be involved in carrying out these studies."
Faculty Forum, established in 1990, serves as a venue for the exchange of ideas and information among ¾¨Ó㴫ý faculty. Speakers present their research, teaching ideas, lectures, performances, special programs, and uses of technology to keep faculty informed about the work of colleagues from many disciplines.
Cuff, who has been with ¾¨Ó㴫ý since 2000, earned his undergraduate degree from ¾¨Ó㴫ý, and his master's from Bowling Green State University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.
Contact Cuff at (724) 946-6152 or e-mail cufft@westminster.edu for more information.
Two professional development seminars, Early Childhood Initiatives and School Law Update are offered to educators at ¾¨Ó㴫ý. Early Childhood Initiatives is offered Wednesday, Feb. 18, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at the McKelvey Campus Center Lakeview Room, and School Law Update is offered Thursday, March 11, from 8 a.m.-noon at the McKelvey Campus Center Lakeview Room.
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