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Three ¾¨Ó㴫ý mathematics majors and their adviser attended the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) regional conference and exposition Oct. 19-21 in Atlantic City, N.J.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - ¾¨Ó㴫ý recently restructured the Psychology Preschool Lab.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. David Offner, assistant professor of mathematics, published "Packing the Hypercube" in Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory Vol. 34, No. 1, published January 2014.
More than 100 men, women, and children planted over 200 trees in the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Microforest to celebrate Arbor Day.
Dr. Clarence Harms, director of the Field Station and professor of biology Emeritus, organized the week-long event, and the local Kiwanis Club donated $400 to purchase trees planted this year.
"Many dirty hands were needed to help make this a successful project. It was a good way to celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day," Harms said. "We've had college clubs, cub scouts, New Wilmington first-graders, ¾¨Ó㴫ý pre-school children, and volunteers from various civic organizations planting trees native to this area."
Harms greeted the preschoolers with enthusiasm.
"You will have a good time today doing something worthwhile for yourself and the earth," Harms said. "This is a scientific study that has a personal element in it"¦you."
He guided them to the six-acre plot called the Microforest, where only trees native to this area such as sugar maples, hickories, oaks, tuliptrees, black walnuts, wild cherries, white pines and hemlocks are planted. The preschoolers were asked to write their names on two stakes that would be used to mark "their" trees, were given two seedlings, and guided to pre-dug holes.
Harms demonstrated how to properly plant the seedlings: one can of topsoil, one can peat moss, one more can top soil, mix the two together, place the seedling in the hole, and draw down the dirt to anchor the tree; and then water the tree with the special fertilized water. But the planting was not done yet.Â
"Put your stake near the tree, tell the tree you love it, and do the 'tree dance' (which he demonstrated) around the tree three times," Harms said. "You are part of history today. These are your trees, and I encourage you to visit you tree regularly to give it a hug and a lot of love."
"We started this project in 1991 when the first American elms resistant to Dutch elm disease were grown for the Microforest," Harms said. "With this year's planting, we will have over 500 trees planted since the project began. Our goal is to reconstruct this area into a forest that is reminiscent of the forest in Penn's Woods before deforestation in our area in the 18th and 19th centuries."
"Each individual tree is identified and cataloged in our record book," Harms continued. "Each person who planted a tree is listed, and we document the survival and growth of these trees for posterity. The planter actually "owns" the tree, but must leave the tree with us for our study."
For more information, contact Harms at (724) 946-8520 or e-mail harmsc@westminster.edu.
The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Celebrity Series presents Louise Mandrell in concert Saturday, March 19, at 8 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
"Louise Mandrell is one of the hottest tickets in entertainment," said Gene DeCaprio, director of the Celebrity Series. "Her talent, personality and boundless energy have won a legion of fans."
Mandrell will be accompanies by a dozen of the most talented singers and dancers in the business. She combines bluegrass traditions with pure country harmonies, while she incorporates Broadway perfect dance steps with an unsurpassed fluency on several musical instruments.
¾¨Ó㴫ý's Orr Auditorium has been recently remodeled to include air conditioning, stage elevator, new carpeting, and re-upholstered seats, along with stage lighting and shell improvements.
A limited number of seats are still available. For tickets, contact Connie McGinnis, assistant director of Celebrity Series, at (724) 946-7354 or e-mail mcginncl@westminster.edu.
The Rev. Jeannette Hooks, director of diversity services at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, recently took four ¾¨Ó㴫ý students to the Harambee Summit, which was sponsored by the Western Pennsylvania Diversity Consortium.
"The second annual Harambee Summit featured a variety of events," Hooks said. "The Harambee Summit is an education conference geared towards students of color and their allies that will allow them to address issues that are pertinent to their success at predominately white colleges and institutions."
Over 200 students from 13 surrounding colleges attended the summit. Workshop topics included leadership, political awareness, career strategies, African American Greek letter organizations, and many others.
"Harambee is a Swahili word that means let's pull together," Hooks said. "The event featured seven speakers from around the country, each offering a different perspective on issues of leadership and diversity. The summit also offered something that other conferences do not: homework. Students attending the conference were required to submit a two-to-four page essay on the conference theme, Unveiling the Mask to Freedom, as part of registration, and an award was given to the winning essay writers."
The Western Pennsylvania Diversity Consortium is a network of student affairs professionals at institutions of higher education. It serves as a tool to diminish the psychosocial, educational, and cultural isolation of student affairs professionals and students of color. The goals include: encouraging collaborative programming efforts among offices serving student of color in Western Pennsylvania; share expertise on methods of recruitment and retention of students of color in Western Pennsylvania; and assist with educating local communities in Western Pennsylvania on issues pertaining to diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice.
"Since its inception, the Western Pennsylvania Diversity Consortium has been comprised of institutions of higher education in Western Pennsylvania known for their academics and rich traditions," said Hooks, who was one of the founding members of the Consortium.
Founded in 2001, members include Clarion University, Lock Haven University, Penn State Shenango, Slippery Rock University, Thiel College, University of Pittsburgh-Titusville, and ¾¨Ó㴫ý. Since then, Allegheny College, Carlow College, Duquesne University, Geneva College, Grove City College, and Edinboro University have joined.
Hooks, who joined ¾¨Ó㴫ý in 2001, earned her undergraduate degree from Geneva College, and her master's from Duquesne University.
Contact Hooks at (724) 946-7179 or e-mail hooksj@westminster.edu for more information.
The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Celebrity Series presents Hal Holbrook in "Mark Twain Tonight" Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
Bachelor degrees were awarded to 284 students at ¾¨Ó㴫ý's 2000-2001 commencement service Saturday, May 19.
Dwight E. Copper, a library technical assistant at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, recently published his investigations of eight local cemetery and church records.
Three ¾¨Ó㴫ý students recently attended the 27 annual Mid-South Philosophy Conference held at the University of Memphis.
The students attending were Christopher Beaver, Kara Gerhart, and Ashley Williams, along with Dr. David Goldberg, visiting assistant professor of philosophy at ¾¨Ó㴫ý.
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