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¾¨Ó㴫ý's Audio Visual Services hosted an electronics recycling drive Oct. 29 that collected over 11,000 pounds of expired or unused technology, making it the most successful of the five drives held and bringing the total collection to more than 32,000 pounds.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - James Anthony, ¾¨Ó㴫ý lecturer of mathematics, attended the Technologies in Education Conference May 16-18 at the College of St. Rose in Albany, N.Y.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa ? Dr. Russell Martin, ¾¨Ó㴫ý professor of history, spent a week in Moscow during March and was awarded a medal by the Head of the Russian Imperial House, Grand Duchess Maria of Russia.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Earth Week celebration will include activities through the end of April. All events listed are free and open to the community.
Twenty-seven ¾¨Ó㴫ý students were recently inducted into Kappa Delta Pi, an international education honor society.
Kappa Delta Pi membership is restricted to the top 20 percent of those student seeking teacher certification.Â
For more information, contact Dr. Linda Domanski, assistant professor of education and adviser of the group, at (724) 946-7182 or e-mail domanslp@westminster.edu.
Dr. Andrew Ade, assistant professor of English, and Dr. John Robertson, professor of biology, will join Kamis Ley, a recently returned volunteer, to discuss their experiences in the Peace Corps Thursday, March 3, at 7 p.m. in Phillips Lecture Hall located in the Hoyt Science Resources Center.
"As part of National Peace Corps Week, we want to invite the community to a free informal evening presentation on our Peace Corps experiences," Ade said. "Come and hear about working in underdeveloped countries that need you."
Ade, who served 1981-1983, was a teacher at a high school in the central savannah region of Kasai Occidental in Zaire, which today is the Democratic Republic of Congo. He also worked as an in-country Peace Corps teacher trainer. Ade has been with ¾¨Ó㴫ý since 2003. He earned his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University, and his master's and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Robertson, who served from 1982-1985, was a fish culture extension agent, helping farmers build, manage, and harvest fish ponds in the Kisii District of southwestern Kenya. Robertson has been with ¾¨Ó㴫ý since 2000. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts, his master's from the University of Rhode Island, and his Ph.D. from Arizona State University.
Ley, who served from 1999-2002, was a small animal husbandry volunteer in Coteaux, Haiti. She worked with the local veterinary agents in conjunction with both NGO ACLAM/World Concern and Heifer International. Among her projects was "A Ewe for You," a sheep project for students in the local Baptist school. She also worked with solar ovens and other general agricultural education.
"Ley recently completed her volunteer service and returned to her home in Mercer," Ade said. "She has agreed to join us with her own presentation and to answer questions on what's happening now in the Peace Corps."
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Ade at (724) 946-7349 or e-mail adeaw@westminster.edu.
Fourteen members of the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Residence Life staff, including 10 students, attended the Mid-Atlantic Association of Colleges & University Housing Officers conference at The Pennsylvania State University.
"This conference specifically targeted issues resident assistants and other student staff might face on the job," said Matthew Shaffer, assistant director of residence life at ¾¨Ó㴫ý. "Topics included programming, mediation, diversity, student conduct, and other related concerns. For the professional staff, there were a variety of round table discussions on topics such as housing concerns, Internet stalking, door locks, and hall governance."
Contact Shaffer at (724) 946-7458 or e-mail sheffemg@westminster.edu for more information.
Forty-two ¾¨Ó㴫ý students are included in the 2004 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
¾¨Ó㴫ý officially opened the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Historic Organ Program in Capple, Germany, this summer.
The District 5 Honors Band will perform a concert Saturday, Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. in Orr Auditorium located on the campus of ¾¨Ó㴫ý.
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