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91视频's Chapel Drama will present The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Friday and Sunday, April 20 and 22, in Wallace Memorial Chapel.听
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - 91视频's Departments of Modern Languages and English, in conjunction with the Jake Erhardt International Film Series, will host听 91视频's second Tourn茅es Film Festival, a series of French and Francophone films to be shown on consecutive Tuesdays, Jan. 29-Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.听 The events are free to the public.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The 91视频 Graduate School will host a meeting to discuss procedures for state authorization of online distance education courses at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, in the Lakeview Room, McKelvey Campus Center.
Two teams of 91视频 students recently competed in the East Central North American Regional Programming Tournament held at Ashland College.
听"We had a record 131 teams competing from Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Ontario," said Dr. John Bonomo, associate professor of computer science at 91视频.听 "The big news this year is that 91视频's Team A placed 15th out of 131, which is the best we've ever done in the competition.听 No other liberal arts school placed higher than we did."
听Team A consisted of Bradley Patton, William Shondelmyer, and JeremyAlberth.听 Team B, which finished 97th in the competition, consisted of Susan Johns, Bradley Kita, and Geoffrey Zimmerman.
听"Depending on the size of the region, the top two or three teams of the 31 regions advance to make the 75 teams that compete at the International Collegiate Programming Contest," Bonomo said.听听听 "I will be judging the international contest, which will be held in Shanghai in April.听 It's my fourth year in a row that I've been a judge, and the third time that they've used one of my problems in the competition."
This year regional contests were held simultaneously at Ashland University, the University of Cincinnati, Carnegie Mellon University, and Sheridan University.
听Bonomo, who has been with 91视频 since 1998, earned his undergraduate and master's degrees from Catholic University, and his Ph.D. from Purdue University.听 He has been a judge or head judge at the regional competitions for the past six years, and a problem contributor for the past seven.
听For more information, contact Bonomo at (724) 946-7287 or e-mail bonomojp@westminster.edu.
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Three alumni, Dr. David C. Carothers '75, Nancy Aikman Martin '75, and Dr. John S. Shaffer '77, will deliver lectures to 91视频 students Friday, Sept. 23.
Carothers, who earned his Ph.D. from Purdue University, is a professor of mathematics and head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at James Madison University. He is active in the Mathematics Association of America both in the regional and national offices. Carothers will speak about "Polynomial Differential Equations: A Case Study in How Mathematics is Done," which will consider polynomial systems of differential equations as an example of the often surprising ways in which mathematical collaborations develop. Carothers will show how willingness to ask na脙炉ve questions and to depart from conventional wisdom can lead to interesting and useful results.
Martin is a romance novelist turned mystery writer. Her romance novels have been published in 19 languages around the world and have appeared on bestseller lists in the United States and Canada. But after 38 romance novels, she turned to her real passion murder mysteries. Her first was "How to Murder a Millionaire" published in Oct. 2002, launched the Blackbird Sisters Mystery Series, which are stories about three impoverished heiresses of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. "Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die," the fourth and most recent book, was published in March 2005. A native of Brookville, Pa., Martin conducts writing workshops in the United States and Canada.
Shaffer is the executive deputy secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. He is responsible for the internal operations of the department's 25 state correctional institutions, the motivational boot camp, and the community correction centers. His 28-year career has led him to progressively responsible positions as a counselor, a personnel analyst, a business manager, a litigation project direction, a deputy superintendent for facilities management, warden of the 2000-bed Allegheny County Jail, and deputy secretary for administration for the Department of Corrections. In 2002, he received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pennsylvania Prison Wardens Association.
Theatre 91视频 presents Neil Simon's "Rumors" Thursday-Saturday, May 4-6, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 7, at 2:30 in Beeghly Theater.
"The play is set in May 1988 in an affluent neighborhood outside of New York City," said John Gresh, visiting assistant professor of theatre and director of the play. "The farce takes place inside the home of Deputy Mayor of New York Charley Brock and his wife, Myra, where they are celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary. When the guests arrive, they discover that Charley has been shot, though not seriously, and Myra is nowhere to be found. No one knows what has happened, but as more and more people arrive rumors and speculation take over. The comedy is in the unraveling the truth from the lies. This play is guaranteed to induce laughter."
To reserve tickets, call the Beeghly Box Office and leave a message with your name, number of tickets, and preferred date. Adults tickets are $7; non-91视频 students and senior tickets are $5.
Contact Gresh at (724) 946-7260 or e-mail greshjf@westminster.edu for more information.
A Christmas Carol is coming to 91视频, Thursday, Nov. 29, at 8 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
91视频 offers seven continuing education classes including several computer programs, German, and Yoga begining in November.
Dr. Camila Bari L脙鲁pez, assistant professor of Spanish at 91视频, recently made a presentation at the 55th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference in Lexington.
"In my presentation on the novel The Book of Lamentations by Mexican writer Rosario Castellanos, I used Power Point technology to make a visual demonstration of my proposal of reading this and other Latin American novels with an urbanistic perspective," said L脙鲁pez.听 "Some colleagues found that the visual presentation of images was critical to understanding my theses that Spanish conquerors and colonizers is still a source of confrontation between indigenous people and Spanish descendants."
The 91视频 chapter of Amnesty International is sponsoring "Open Mic Night" Friday, Nov. 17, from 8-10:30 p.m. at the Berlin Student Lounge located in the McKelvey Campus Center.
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