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HERMITAGE — As the students held their smart phones’ flashlights up to the display case’s glass, the dark, swarming layer underneath was revealed to be hundreds of buzzing honeybees.

Several Westminster College honors students will publicly defend their capstone research projects this spring, marking the end of nearly two years of high-level academic exploration.

Westminster College students and faculty members from the School of Communication and Center for the Environment showcased their new interdisciplinary work at the 83rd Pennsylvania Communication Association (PCA) Annual Conference held at Slippery Rock University on Friday, Sept. 29. They presented “Westminster’s Green Team: Communication at the Intersection of Science, Sustainability, and Social Media,” delivered as part of the PCA’s salon session on “Rachel Carson...

Westminster College students involved in the Buzzfeed cluster course served as video volunteers for the Bags & Blessings 5K Run/Walk in Beaver County in September. Runners and walkers of the event—which was sponsored by Bags & Blessings, a non-profit charity established to help bring hope and love to those undergoing cancer treatments—shared with students their stories about why they were participating. The recorded interviews will be shared with Bags & Blessings for use ...

Meet Reid Sanderson ’25, one of 10 students selected for a 2023 Summer Research Fellowship. Reid is a junior broadcasting and sports communication major from Meadville, Pa. Working with his faculty mentor and School of Communication faculty member Bradley Weaver, Reid spent his summer months working as creator, producer and showrunner of the television program, “The Green Team.”   Outside of the classroom, Reid is active with the Agape Bible Study group.   Why did you...

Westminster College awarded diplomas to 217 students during the 169th commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 13, on the Weisel Senior Terrace of Old Main.  

The Westminster College Drinko Center for Undergraduate Research has awarded 10 fellowships for the seventh annual Summer Research Fellows program. 

Representatives from the Westminster Bee Company (WBC) recently participated in an Earth Week event at the home of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.  

Three professors from Westminster College recently presented at the 2023 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Conference in April, which was held at the international NAB Show in Las Vegas.  

Westminster College STEM students and faculty recently participated in the annual Pittcon national conference held on March 19-22, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center located in Philadelphia.