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Monica Hall, a 2010 ¾¨Ó㴫ý graduate, received one of 30 College Chemistry Awards from the Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP) at its May 24 meeting.
Seven ¾¨Ó㴫ý students and their adviser attended the annual MidSouth Philosophy Conference at the University of Memphis (Tenn.) March 4-6.
¾¨Ó㴫ý junior physics major Daniel Giles received an undergraduate research grant from ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Eight ¾¨Ó㴫ý faculty presented at the fourth Bridges International Faculty Workshop at Western Galilee College in Akko, Israel June 3-7. Seven different higher education institutions participated in this workshop focused on forging American-Israeli academic collaborations.Â
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. Kerri Cornell Duerr, assistant professor of biology, and three ¾¨Ó㴫ý senior biology students presented research at the 125th Wilson Ornithological Society annual meeting in Williamsburg, Va., March 7-10.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. Bethany Hicok, ¾¨Ó㴫ý associate professor of English, was recently published in The Cambridge Companion to Elizabeth Bishop.
Eight ¾¨Ó㴫ý students were recently inducted into Alpha Kappa Delta, an international sociology honor society.
James Fisher, former FBI agent, author of six nonfiction books, and professor of criminal justice at Edinboro University, spoke at the initiation ceremony on "The Lost Art of Criminal Investigation." He was involved in investigations that led to the arrest and conviction of a serial pedophile and to the pardoning of a falsely convicted 13-year-old boy. In his study The Fisher Report, he exposed bogus literary agents, book doctors and vanity publishers, which has helped inform hundreds of aspiring writers. He was also nominated twice for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allen Poe Award.
Alpha Kappa Delta, established at ¾¨Ó㴫ý for juniors or seniors who are majoring or minoring in sociology, requires members to have completed at least four sociology or social science courses, have an overall GPA of at least 3.25 and rank in the top 35 percent of their class.
For more information, contact Dr. Kristin Park, associate professor of sociology and adviser to the group, at (724) 946-7251 or e-mail kpark@westminster.edu.
The First National Bank will be the corporate sponsor of the New Wilmington Area Business Expo.
The third annual New Wilmington Area Business Expo will be held Saturday, March 19 at the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Memorial Field House from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nearly 100 businesses have signed up to participate in the event. Businesses wishing to participate should contact Anne Bruening (724-946-3300) for more information.
Last year's Business Expo featured booths from 105 area businesses and over 1,000 visitors packed the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Field House. This year the Business Expo will expand to the main and auxiliary gyms and the lobby to provide additional room for business booths and patrons.
"We hope that local businesses will take advantage of this great opportunity and participate," said event co-chair Betty Jones. "This type of event is a great way to introduce yourself and your business to potential customers and other businesses. We are excited about the quality of the door prizes that will be given away, and expect this year's Business Expo to showcase some of the great things available in our community."
Jones added that "home-based" businesses and food vendors are welcome to participate.
The event is organized by the New Wilmington Area Chamber of Commerce and is intended to provide local businesses with one-on-one contacts and marketing opportunities. Patrons of the event will have the opportunity to win one of many valuable door prizes being donated by participating businesses. Admission to the event is free.
All area businesses are invited to participate. A registration fee is required in addition to providing a door prize. Each participating business will be given space to display their products. New Wilmington Area Chamber members receive a discount off the registration fee.Â
Dr. Timothy Cuff, an assistant professor of history at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, recently presented his research at the Social Science History Association meeting in Portland, Ore.
Cuff, who also served as a moderator of two panels, presented "More Pieces for the Antebellum Puzzle: The Hidden Cost of Economic Development in the Early Nineteenth Century Pennsylvania." The paper is based on the results developed in conjunction with research published in Cuff's recent book, "The Hidden Cost of Economic Development: The Biological Standard of Living in Antebellum Pennsylvania."
"My research indicates that during the early decades of the 1800s, the biological well-being of Pennsylvania populations deteriorated slightly during this period of significant economic growth," Cuff said. "Somewhat surprising, but consistent with similar work on other countries undergoing the early stages of modern economic growth, individuals most distant from the regions experiencing the greatest economic development displayed the greatest average height.
"The paper also described the extensions of the current work which are under way using data on Pennsylvanians born in the second half of the 19th century. These data have been collected and digitized using grand support from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the Economic History Association," Cuff said.
Cuff, who has been with ¾¨Ó㴫ý since 2000, earned his undergraduate degree from ¾¨Ó㴫ý, his masters' from Bowling Green State University and University of Pittsburgh, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.
Contact Cuff at (724) 946-6152 or e-mail cufft@westminster.edu for more information
Dr. Charlene Klassen Endrizzi, associate professor of education at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, recently presented her research at the National Council of Teachers of English in San Francisco.
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