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¾¨Ó㴫ý's Office of Diversity Services and Peace Studies Program will host the seventh annual all-campus International Festival Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 5-7:30 p.m. in the Berlin Student Lounge and Club Room of the McKelvey Campus Center.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Nine ¾¨Ó㴫ý students recently received scholarships through The Pittsburgh Foundation. All awards will be applied to the students' tuition for the 2012-2013 academic year.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - ¾¨Ó㴫ý Celebrity Series will present Jim Brickman's Yesterday Once More: A Musical Tribute to the Carpenters Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Preschool Lab celebrated the Week of the Young Child April 6-12 with a variety of activities to honor young children and those who make a difference in children's lives.
Fifteen students were awarded master of education degrees at ¾¨Ó㴫ý during commencement exercises Saturday, May 22.
They are as follows:
New Castle, PA
Ralph Blundo specialized in administration.
Ralph Ledbetter specialized in counselor education.
Anne Navarra specialized in counselor education.
Hermitage, PA
Diane Brest specialized in administration.
Ronald Horvath specialized in administration.
Clark, PA
Carol Eberhart specialized in history.
Ellwood City, PA
 Jennifer Hough specialized in counselor education.
Marisa Ialongo specialized in administration.
New Brighton, PA
 Joseph Allison specialized in education.
Cranberry Township, PA
 Catherine Kiggins specialized in education.
Beaver, PA
 Paul Pupi specialized in counselor education.
Hubbard, OH
 Christine Jackson specialized in counselor education.
Austintown, OH
 Bruce Montgomery specialized in administration.
Darra Tolle specialized in counselor education.
Youngstown, OH
 Michael Zoccali specialized in administration.
"Ben Vereen Sings Sammy Davis, Jr." concludes the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Celebrity Series Saturday, April 9, at 8 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
"International star Ben Vereen will present a night of his favorite Sammy Davis, Jr. songs, as well as hit songs from his own Broadway shows," said Gene DeCaprio, director of the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Celebrity Series. "Mr. Vereen's marvelous dancing and his 18-piece orchestra will also be part of the show. He was well-received in his last Celebrity Series appearance ten years ago."
Live audiences remain Vereen's first love. His exhilarating one-man show earned him the highest honors awarded by the American Guild of Artists: "Entertainer of the Year," "Rising Star," and "Song and Dance Star." But he is most famous for his role as Chicken George in the Emmy Award-winning mini-series "Roots." Vereen followed this performance with his own network special, "Ben Vereen: His Roots," which won seven Emmy Awards. He has also appearred in "The Jesse Owens Story," and the CBS mini-series, "Ellis Island," for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. On film, Vereen portrayed the quintessential entertainer in "All That Jazz."
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 ¾¨Ó㴫ý Christmas Vesper service will air live Sunday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. on the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Cable Network (Adelphia Cable channels 9, 10) and WWNW radio station 89.9 FM.
Video of the service will air Thursday, Dec. 15, and Friday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m.
The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Cable Network serves the New Wilmington and Adelphia Cable System with over 70,000 subscribers. Students manage the station and program approximately 23 hours per week during the regular school year. The programming includes a student-produced news, talk, music, and sports programs. A remote truck is used for live coverage of selected football and basketball games. WCN has been the producer of live satellite broadcasts of NAIA Division II Championship football from Omaha, Neb., and Portland, Ore. Prime Sports carried these broadcasts – reaching over two million homes in a three-state area surrounding Pittsburgh.
Contact Dr. David Barner, chair of the Department of Communication Studies, Theatre, and Art at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, at (724) 946-7239 or e-mail barnerdl@westminster.edu for more information.
Jonathan Smith was recently hired as web master at ¾¨Ó㴫ý.
Alpha Phi Omega, a ¾¨Ó㴫ý coed service fraternity, will hold a "Canoe-a-Thon" Sunday, May 6, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at Brittain Lake to benefit the Mercer County AIDS Task Force.
Five ¾¨Ó㴫ý students have earned "Best in Pennsylvania" in a business plan challenge hosted by the Pennsylvania Institute of Public Accounts (PICPA) in Philadelphia earlier this month.
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