Westminster Press Releases

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• 11/18/2009: U of Utah Students Take Home the “Top Climber” Title at Westminster’s Intercollegiate Climbing Wall Competition
• 11/18/2009: Westminster’s Ethics Bowl Team Outwits Utah Teams to Take Home the Regional Championship
• 11/17/2009: Westminster Professor’s Analysis of Twilight Series Earns Inclusion into Best Sex Writing 2010
• 11/13/2009: Utah Students Compete for “Top Boulderer” Title at Westminster’s 2nd Annual Intercollegiate Climbing Competition
• 11/11/2009: Westminster Students look to Crystal Ball to Predict Olympic Quotas
• 11/6/2009: Westminster Students Recognized for Top Student-Founded Businesses in Utah
• 10/22/2009: Westminster Women’s Volleyball Team Involved in Vehicle Accident
• 10/6/2009: Westminster Alum takes a “Walk of a Lifetime” across the U.S.
• 9/30/2009: Westminster’s Lindsy Brickell Awarded Prestigious ASM Fellowship
• 9/21/2009: Westminster Education Professor Makes Waves with a New Play on Teaching
• 8/26/2009: Despite Economic Uncertainties Westminster Hails “Class of 2013” as Largest Freshmen Class in History
• 8/25/2009:  300+ Westminster Freshmen, Faculty & Staff to Help the Community During Annual “Helping Hands Day”
• 8/21/2009: Fourteen Westminster Students Make 2010 U.S. Freestyle Ski Team
• 8/21/2009: Westminster College Listed in Top Tier by USNews & World Report
• 8/17/2009: Westminster Named One of the Nation’s Top Military Friendly Schools
• 7/29/2009: Westminster College Announces B. W. Bastian Foundation Gift
• 7/28/2009: Westminster Makes The Princeton Review’s Guide: “Best 371 Colleges” in Nation for 2009
• 7/6/2009: Westminster Selected as one of 2009’s “Great Colleges to Work For” 
• 6/26/2009: Westminster Experiences Spike in Summer Session Enrollment
• 6/23/2009: Westminster College Announces Gift from Great Salt Lake Minerals
• 6/16/2009: Westminster Student-Athlete Gives Blood, Blogs & Tours DC During ‘09 Red Cross/NAIA Collegiate Leadership Program
• 6/12/2009: Westminster’s Brenna Ellis Retires From U.S. Ski Jumping Team
• 5/11/2009: Westminster’s Alumni Board Announces New Leadership and Members
• 5/7/2009: Robots, Airplanes and Brine Shrimp – Oh My!
• 5/6/2009: Westminster Announces 2009 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipients
• 5/4/2009: Westminster Announces Four Exciting New Academic Programs
• 5/1/2009: Westminster Expert Shares How to Pick the Right Summer Camp for Your Youth  
• 4/20/2009: Westminster Celebrates Earth Day with Campus Green Works
• 4/16/2009: Last Chance To Ski/Ride With Winter At Westminster
• 4/8/2009: Westminster Ski & Snowboard Team Athletes Named “Academic All-Americans”
• 4/7/2009: Westminster Hosts 8th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair
• 4/6/2009: Westminster Offers $17,000 Award to Top Transfer Students
• 4/6/2009: Westminster College Appoints New Trustees
• 3/30/2009: Westminster Students Launch Sudan Community Empowerment Project
• 3/25/2009: Westminster College Offers Students “Best Of” Experience
• 3/20/2009: Westminster Announces Support to Veterans Through Yellow Ribbon Program
• 3/12/2009: Westminster College Skiers Win USCSA National Championship
• 3/6/2009: Westminster Wins USCSA National Championship
• 3/3/2009: Westminster’s Inaugural Ski Team Qualifies for 2009 Nationals in 1st Year
• 3/2/2009: Westminster Presents “2009 Lectures in Entrepreneurship”
• 2/24/2009: Top Westminster Aviator Named Flight Instructor of the Year for SLC
• 2/18/2009: Westminster College Announces $1 Million Kresge Challenge Grant
• 2/27/2009: Westminster Named to Presidential Honor Roll For Community Service
• 2/12/2009: Utah Undergraduates Flock To Westminster For 2009 Utah Conference On Undergraduate Research
• 2/4/2009: Westminster Professor’s Album Nominated For Two Grammy Awards
• 1/30/2009: Westminster College Announces Opportunity Quest Business Plan Winners
• 1/28/2009: Westminster College, Chase Bank & West High School Partner To Promote Financial Literacy To Utah Youth
• 1/26/2009: Westminster Announces Newest Addition to Graduate Programs
• 1/26/2009: Fifteen Westminster Students Make 2009 U.S. Freestyle Ski Team
• 1/16/2009: Westminster Professor Achieves National Recognition As ‘Certified In Public Health’
• 1/15/2009: Westminster Professor’s Heart-Tugging Story Earns Invite To Inauguration
• 1/13/2009: Westminster College Celebrates Diversity With MLK Jr. Activities
• 1/7/2009: Westminster Student Receives Prestigious Scholarship to Study Abroad
• 12/16/2008: Westminster to Graduate First Class of Nurse Anesthetists
• 12/11/2008: Westminster College Announces Grant from E. L. Wiegand Foundation
• 12/3/2008: Westminster Ranked No. 7, Highest Ranking in School History
• 11/25/2008: Westminster College Announces Scholarships for Regional Science Fair Students
• 11/20/2008: Westminster’s Nick More is Utah’s Professor of the Year
• 11/17/2008: Interested In The Ultimate Study-Abroad Alternative?
• 11/13/2008: Westminster Hosts First-Ever Intercollegiate Climbing Wall Competition
• 11/12/2008: Westminster Announces 2008 McNair Scholars
• 11/3/2008: After 22 Years, New U.S. Citizen Finally Gets To Vote
• 10/23/2008: Westminster’s Cassie Webb Takes 2nd in Women’s Arenacross World Finals
• 10/20/2008: Westminster Students Use Creative Tactics to ‘Get Out the Vote’
• 10/17/2008: Westminster Women’s Volleyball Teams Up With ‘Swing For Life’ To Fight Breast Cancer
• 9/15/2008: Westminster College Announces 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
• 9/10/2008: Westminster Wins D.A. Davidson Student Investment Competition
• 9/9/2008: Hop On The Bus, Gus…And Get Yourself Free!
• 9/5/2008: Westminster Announces New Financial Aid Staff
• 8/27/2008: Westminster College Welcomes Class of 2012
• 8/26/2008: Governor Huntsman Announces Great Salt Lake Advisory Council
• 8/22/2008: Westminster College Moves Up In USNews Rankings
• 8/15/2008: Olympic Athlete to Teach Westminster’s New ESL Classes
• 8/14/2008: Westminster College Announces Gift from Rocky Mountain Power
• 8/13/2008: Westminster Announces New Director of Campus Patrol
• 7/28/2008: Westminster Makes The Princeton Review’s Guide: “Best 368 Colleges” in Nation for 2008
• 7/22/2008: Westminster College Announces B. W. Bastian Foundation Gift
• 7/17/2008: Westminster College Named One of “Utah’s Best Places to Work” 
• 7/11/2008: Westminster College Appoints New Trustees
• 7/8/2008: Westminster Chamber Singers Return From Pre-Olympic Festivities in Beijing
• 7/7/2008: Westminster College Announces New Staff Appointments
• 7/2/2008: Second Westminster College Aviator Earns Prestigious National Achievement
• 7/1/2008: Westminster Creates Position to Focus on Salt Lake and Sugar House Community Outreach
• 6/20/2008: Westminster Student Honored as Top Collegiate Journalist by UWIRE
• 6/19/2008: Westminster College Announces Gift from St. Mark’s Hospital
• 6/5/2008: Teens Learn About Money & Investing While Having Fun At 
  Westminster College’s Money 101 Camp
• 5/30/2008: Westminster College Breaks Ground on New Science Center
• 5/21/2008: Westminster Flight Instructor Earns Prestigious Aviation Achievement
• 5/16/2008: Westminster Breaks Ground On New Meldrum Science Center
• 5/16/2008: Westminster Recognized For Outreach to First Generation & Underserved Students
• 5/8/2008: Westminster College Announces Creation of the Great Salt Lake Institute
• 5/6/2008: Westminster Announces 2008 Commencement Speaker and 
                 Honorary Degree Recipients
• 5/5/2008: Westminster Summer Camps Give Youth a Chance to “Experience the West”
• 4/23/2008: Westminster Professor Combines Love of Mountaineering and the Environment in Latest Book, “Contact”
• 4/21/2008: Westminster Students “Go Bald”
• 4/17/2008: Give the Earth a Brake - Ride Bikes!
• 4/10/2008: Westminster College Announces Gift For Its New Science Center
• 4/9/2008: Westminster Students Selected For Prestigious National Scholarships
• 4/8/2008: Fourth Graders Share their Collaborative Great Salt Lake Experiments with Westminster
•  4/1/2008: Can 250 Million-Year-Old Salty Rocks Lead To Discovering Life On Mars?
• 3/27/2008: Westminster Student Wins Western Region Toyota Arenacross Championship
• 3/4/2008: Westminster College’s Professional Athletes Keep Blowing Away the Competition
•  3/4/2008: Westminster’s Ethics Bowl Team Places Tops in Nationals
• 2/22/2008: Westminster College Student Wins SBX World Cup in Japan 
• 2/22/2008: Westminster’s FNP Program Celebrates 100% Pass Rates 
• 2/19/2008: Westminster College Appoints Alvin Richer As Its Newest Trustee 
• 2/15/2008: Westminster Announces Deadline for McNair Scholars Applications 
• 2/11-2/22/2008: Westminster’s Diversity Council Presents Beyond Borders and Fronteras 
• 2/11/2008: Westminster College Receives Federal Award for Service
• 2/8/2008: Westminster Launches Ski and Snowboard Teams for Intercollegiate Competition 
• 2/7/2008: Westminster Professor Receives National Recognition as AAPA Distinguished Fellow
• 2/6/2008: Westminster Appoints New Global Studies Fellow
• 2/4/2008: World Renowned Social Entrepreneur Dr. Mimi Silbert to Speak at Westminster
• 1/28/2008: Winter at Westminster Stomps Into 4th Year
•  1/24/2008: The Time Has Come to See Whether 7th Graders Really Are Smarter Than College Honors Students
• 1/14/2008: Westminster College Announces Deadline for Exemplary Achievement Scholarship
• 12/17/2007: Westminster Announces Top 10 Opportunity Quest Finalists
• 12/10/2007: Westminster Flight Operations Has Moved!
• 11/05/2007: Student Engagement Higher at Westminster than National Average
• 10/11/2007: Westminster Appoints New Coordinator of National Fellowships and Undergraduate Research
• 10/10/2007: Calling All Women Pilots – Westminster Starts Local Ninety-Nines Chapter
• 10/10/2007: Westminster’s Flight Team Earns a Spot at Nationals
• 10/3/2007: Westminster Aviation Students Fly High at Regionals this Week
• 9/25/2007: Westminster College Announces 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
• 9/04/2007: Huck, Stomp, Thrash, Shred and Apply Now For Winter at Westminster 2008
• 8/17/2007: Westminster College Hails the Largest Freshman Class in its History
• 8/15/2007: Westminster College Announces Exemplary Achievement Award Recipients
• 8/10/2007: Westminster College Appoints New Counseling Staff
• 7/30/2007: Jan Saeed Appointed New Director of Spiritual Life at Westminster College
• 7/26/2007: Westminster College Announces New Assistant Director of Career Resource Center
• 7/25/2007: Westminster College Announces New Director of Student Health Services
• 6/5/2007: Westminster College Selects New Dean of the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business
• 6/2/2007: Westminster President and Board Vote to Remain Westminster College
• 5/29/2007: Westminster Initiates Nursing Exchange Program in Thailand
• 5/06/2007: Lacrosse Going to National Tournament
• 5/05/2007: Griffins Win RMLC Championship 
• 5/04/2007: LeBlanc Named Head Coach
• 4/18/2007: Students Respond to VTech Tragedy
• 4/13/2007: Westminster President Makes Historic Commitment to Climate Change
• 4/17/2007: Westminster College President Comments on Virginia Tech Tragedy
• 3/29/2007: Westminster’s Health, Wellness and Athletics Center Receives Award
• 3/26/2007: Westminster Student Ethics Team Surprises National Competitors
• 3/12/2007: Westminster College Hires New Dean of the School of Education
• 3/08/2007: Westminster Student Could Become First Utahn to Win Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics
• 2/26/2007: Accreditation of Westminster's New CRNA Program Awarded
• 2/23/2007: Westminster College Offers Special Summer Tuition Rates
• 2/22/2007:  Westminster College Students Raise Over $10,000 to Help Stop Violence Against Women
• 2/20/2007: Westminster President Michael Bassis to be Honored at NCCJ Awards Dinner
• 1/24/2007: Westminster Launches Two New Masters Degrees
• 1/18/2007: Westminster to Host 1,200 High School Theatre Students on Campus for Upcoming Festival
• 1/16/2007: Westminster College Names Marvin Seale New Director of Fitness, Wellness and Recreation
• 1/12/2007: Free Consulting Offered to Utah Organizations from Westminster Grad Students 
• 1/09/2007: Westminster President Named Chair of Utah Campus Compact
• 12/11/2006: Westminster's Board of Trustees Gets Three New Members
• 11/27/2006: Westminster Appoints Safia Keller as Director of Corporate Relations
• 11/13/2006: Westminster Among Elite Group of Colleges to Receive National Service Award
• 10/26/2006: Westminster College Makes The Canyons Resort the 'Official Resort of Winter at Westminster'
• 10/26/2006: Westminster Launches Sustainable Energy Challenge
• 10/23/2006: Westminster Appoints Gary Daynes to Lead the New Center for Civic Engagement
• 9/29/2006:Westminster College Appoints Kerry Case Environmental Center Coordinator
• 9/27/2006: Westminster College Announces New Director of Spiritual Life
• 9/26/2006: Westminster Names New Athletics Director
• 9/11/2006: Westminster Receives Award for Wind Power Purchase
• 8/23/2006:Westminster College Sees Dramatic Increase in Diversity of 2006 Freshman Class
• 8/21/2006-Westminster Makes Princeton Review “Best 361 Colleges” in Nation for 2007
• 8/18/2006-USNews Ranks Westminster as Top Tier, Great Value.
• 8/11/2006-Westminster Women’s Basketball Team Ranked #2 in Nation for Academics
• 8/03/2006-Westminster Offers Utah's First Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia Program
• 7/31/2006- 'Wheels at Westminster' Classic Motorcycle Event 
• 6/19/2006-Utah Fulbright Chapter Finds a Home at Westminster College
• 6/2/2006-The Westminster College 2006 Exemplary Achievement Award
• 5/30/2006-Westminster’s School of Education Becomes First School in Utah to be Accredited by TEAC
• 5/23/2006-Curtis Ryan Elected to Represent 350 Small Institutions in the Western Association of College Business Officers
• 5/19/2006-Westminster College and Utah Humanities Council Conclude Inaugural Ventures Course
• 5/17/2006-Heather Heinz Joins Westminster College as Admissions Counselor
• 5/17/2006-Kristen Campbell Joins Westminster College asTransfer Student Admissions Counselor
• 5/15/2006-Westminster College Announces the Appointment of Annalisa Steggell as Assistant to the President
• 5/4/2006-Westminster College Receives Important Archival Collection
• 5/1/2006-Thomas H. Eastwood Joins Westminster College Board of Trustees
• 5/1/2006-Bob Garda Joins Westminster College Board of Trustees
• 5/1/2006-Bing Fang Joins Westminster College Board of Trustees
• 4/19/2006-Westminster College Announces 2006 Commencement Speaker
• 3/31/2006-Chair of Westminster’s Board of Trustees Ginger Giovale Announces Retirement from the Board of Trustees
• 3/30/2006-Westminster College Career Center Director, Beverly Christy Becomes 2006 President Elect of of Sugarhouse Rotary Club
• 3/28/2006-Westminster College Ranked in The Princeton Review 'America’s Best Value Colleges: 2007'
• 3/23/2006-Westminster Hires University of Utah Coach to Start Up Men's Lacrosse Program
• 3/16/2006-Westminster College Hires Jane Campbell as Director of Annual Giving
• 2/06/2006-Two Westminster Students Will Compete at Torino Olympic Winter Games
• 1/23/2006- Largest Single Gift in College's History comes from John and Ginger Giovale
• 1/20/2006-Westminster College Appoints New Associate Dean of Business School
• 1/19/2006- Westminster College Institutes an All Women’s Soccer Club
• 1/13/2006-Westminster Selects New Athletics Director
• 1/05/06-National Conference of Community and Justice (NCCJ) Moves to Westminster
• 12/20/2005-Westminster College Volleyball Coach Norman Named “Coach of the Year”
• 12/20/2005-Westminster College Chapter of American Chemical Society Received Honorable Mention Award
• 10/04/2005-Westminster Appoints Aretha Minor as New Diversity Outreach Coordinator
• 9/29/2005-Westminster Appoints James R. Clark Interim Dean of the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business 
• 8/31/2005-Westminster College Freshman Class Grows by 15%
• 8/24/2005-Top Ranked Woman Nordic Jumper to Attend Westminster College
• 8/20/2005- Westminster College Named to Top Tier by USNews & World Report
• 8/10/2005- Westminster in Utah Elected to Associated New American Colleges
• 7/26/2005- Westminster Appoints Emily Lewis as New Assistant Director of Career Services
• 7/22/2005- Westminster College's Residential Village Becomes Team Village for
  Over 300 International Volleyball Players
• 7/22/2005- Westminster Appoints Michael Kraus New Director of Aviation Studies
• 6/24/2005- Westminster College Offers Undergraduate Degree in Arts Administration
• 5/09/2005- Utah's Westminster College to Become First School in Intermountain West to Offer Minor in Paleontology
• 5/04/2005- Westminster Flight Team Competes at Nationals - Wins
  Red Baron Sportsmanship Award
• 5/02/2005-Westminster College Receives Internet Advertising Award
• 4/26/2005-Westminster College to Host three-part series Philanthropy Symposium
• 4/11/2005-Former Governor Olene Walker to Address Graduates at Commencement Ceremony
• 3/10/2005- Westminster Partners with U.S. Ski Team and Snowboarding
• 2/19/2005- Westminster Announces New Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
• 1/28/2005- Westminster College Announces First "Vertical Degree" in "Winter at Westminster" Semester Away Program
• 1/07/2005- MPC Open House
• 1/05/2005- Westminster to Broadcast MIT Enterprise Forum Presentation
• 1/05/2005- Westminster to Hold Open House for Prospective Transfer Students
• 1/05/2005- Retirement Planning; It's Never too Early
• 10/21/2004- Westminster to Host Salt Lake County Mayoral Debate
• 9/1/2004- Westminster Faculty Wins Fulbright Scholar Award
• 8/20/2004- Westminster Achieves Decade of Distinction
• 8/17/2004- Westminster Appoints Jean Dyer Dean of Wesminster/St. Mark's School of Nursing.
• 8/03/2004- Westminster Announces New Program in Justice Studies
• 7/26/2004- Beatles Tribute Band "Helps" Westminster Student Scholarship Fund
• 7/15/2004- Westminster Appoints Two to New Posts
• 6/23/2004- Westminster Griffins Excel at Athletics AND Academics
• 6/18/2004- Westminster Hires Executive Director of Communications
• 5/18/2004- Westminster's Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory Honored with Merit Award
• 4/19/2004- James Levoy Sorenson to Address Westminster College Class of 2004
• 4/14/2004- Westminster Student Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
• 4/12/2004- Roger Ignatius, Director of Finance Program, to Present Workshop at International Conference in Macedonia
• 3/25/2004- Grantsmanship Center Training Comes to Salt Lake City
• 3/24/2004- Westminster College's Annual Silver Tea
• 3/23/2004- Novelist Wayne Johnson and Poet Karen Subach Present Reading and Book Signing
• 3/22/2004- Retired Gore Germany Leader to Speak For Executive Lecture Series
• 3/20/2004- Westminster's Spring Choral Concert: A Festival of Spirituals
• 3/19/2004- Filmmaker Presents "Searching for Angela Shelton" To Raise Awareness of Sexual Abuse
• 3/18/2004- Journalist and Photographer Present "The Baghdad Project: The Faces and Voices of Iraq"
• 3/16/2004- Poets Christopher Arigo and Anne Waldman to Read for Poetry Series
• 3/15/2004- Historian Howard Zinn to Speak at Westminster College
• 3/10/2004- Westminster College Hosts Its Annual Freshman Open House
• 3/9/2004- Renowned Philosopher to Discuss Evil for Westminster Lecture Series
• 3/8/2004- Neurobiologist and Climate Expert William Calvin to Speak at Westminster College
• 3/2/2004- Sculptor and Mathematician Helaman Ferguson To Present at Westminster College
• 3/1/2004- National Scholar in Environmental Studies to Speak on Environmental Change and Why It Matters
• 2/26/2004- National Diversity Expert Evelyn Hu-DeHart to Speak on Immigration in the Age of Globalization
• 2/26/2004- Westminster College Appoints New Vice President of Enrollment Management
• 2/20/2004- Westminster Students to Learn from O.C. Tanner CEO Kent Murdock as Executive-in-Residence
• 2/16/2004- U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Gluck to Read as Part of Poetry Series
• 1/30/2004- Westminster College Approves New Strategic Plan
• 1/7/2004- Westminster Hosts Distinguished Filmmakers Addressing Problems of International Child Sex Trade
• 11/21/2003- Westminster Professor Appointed to Help Create Minority Technology Leaders
• 11/5/2003- Westminster Appoints Director of McNair Scholars Program
• 10/27/2003- CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER Preparation Now Available in Salt Lake City
• 9/18/2003- Westminster College President Appoints Robert Seltzer as New Assistant
• 8/22/2003- Westminster College Better Value Than Ever According to U.S. News and World Report
• 8/1/2003- Westminster College Names New Chief Flight Instructor
• 7/30/2003- Westminster College Transforms into America's First Highway at Annual Fund Raiser
• 7/14/2003- Summer Challenge Camps Take Teens of the West into the Worlds of High-Tech Finance, Entrepreneurship and Aviation
• 6/18/2003- Westminster Receives Grant for Underrepresented Future Ph.D.s
• 6/17/2003- Westminster VP Stephen Baar to Return to Teaching
• 5/22/2003- Westminster Web Site Honored by Web Marketing Association
• 4/9/2003- Men's Basketball Ends Season With Student Athlete Honors
• 3/5/2003- Westminster College Welcomes New Board Members
• 2/5/2003- Westminster Wins Big in National Marketing Competition
• 1/9/2003- Westminster College Opens New Office of Gift Planning
• 9/13/2002- Westminster College Ranks in Top Ten A "Best Value" in the Western United States
• 9/9/2002- Nationally Distinguished Scholars and Leaders to Discuss the Future of Higher Education
• 4/9/2002- Students at Westminster College Rank their Educational Experience at the Top
• 4/4/2002- Westminster College Launches Graduate Programs in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship
• 1/17/2002- Students at Westminster College to Receive $1.2 Million from the George S. and Dolores Dore' Eccles Foundation Scholarship Program
• 12/11/2001- Westminster College Names Dr. Michael S. Bassis as 16th President
• 12/03/2001- Westminster College Recognized in Top Five Employers By Utah Business Magazine.
• 10/19/2001- Westminster Partners With Wayne Brown Institute to Give Students Hands On Experience With Start-Ups
• 10/10/2001- $400,000 NSF Grant to Benefit Students in Westminster College's Computer Science and Math Programs
• 10/4/2001- Who Made Money During Last Year's Turbulent Stock Market? Westminster College Students Did
• 7/17/2001- Westminster College Professor Receives Fulbright Award
• 7/3/2001- Kaplan/Newsweek Reports Westminster College a Utah Hidden Treasure