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The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Art Gallery features the art of the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Youth Program, "Urban Invention" through Dec. 9. The gallery is open Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., and Sunday, noon-9 p.m.
The Manchester Craftsmen's Guild is a multicultural arts education and performance organization located in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. For the past 27 years, the Guild has conducted classes in visual arts, with a focus on ceramic art and photography, as well as the performing arts with an emphasis on jazz. Approximately 80 percent of students who are part of the Arts Apprenticeship Training Program at the Guild go on to college.
Contact Peggy Cox, professor of art at ¾¨Ó㴫ý and director of the gallery, at (724) 946-7266 or e-mail pcox@westminster.edu for more information.
Pianist Matthew McCright, a 1999 graduate of ¾¨Ó㴫ý, will give a piano recital Monday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
Suzanne Prestien, instructor of English and public relations at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, had her essay, "Past Perfect: Mythology and Shoeless Joe," published.
Four ¾¨Ó㴫ý students recently received Sharonsteel Foundation scholarships. Local honorees are Casey Gadsby, Melanie Piddington, Matthew Snyder, and Sarah Wright.
¾¨Ó㴫ý will host a "Passport to Opportunity" program sponsored by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants Wednesday, March 26, from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in Russell Dining Hall.
High school students from Neshannock and Wilmington will join about 50 ¾¨Ó㴫ý students to hear presentations from Gary Dalessandro, certified public accountant and certified financial planner at Jazwinski Financial Services, and Scott McDowell, chief financial officer at Blair Strip Steel. High school students will first meet with the ¾¨Ó㴫ý students for a tour of campus and lunch.
The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Art Gallery features the works of Canfield, Ohio, artist Christopher Leeper through March 9.
Dr. Charisse Nixon, assistant professor of psychology at Penn State Erie-The Behrend College, will lecture on "Relational Aggression: What Do We Know, and Where Are We Going?" Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 5 p.m. in ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Phillips Lecture Hall of the Hoyt Science Resources Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Samuel Lightner, ¾¨Ó㴫ý professor and chair of the Department of Physics, attended the national meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) April 12-15 in St. Louis.
Dr. Sherri Pataki, ¾¨Ó㴫ý assistant professor of psychology and coordinator of ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Peace Studies program, will speak on "Peaceful Coexistence in Northern Ireland" at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.
A producer and camera crew from CBS News' 48 Hours investigative program shot footage in ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Chemistry Department in September.
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