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Tina Keller, 91视频 education lecturer, and three colleagues presented "(Un)covering Bias and Pushing Boundaries in Children's Literature" at the international conference of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) in Tucson in November.
91视频 recently hosted an area high school computer programming contest.
听Competing in the contest were four teams from Blackhawk High School with coach Nancy Mahosky, two teams from Mohawk High School with coach Ruth Ann Voland, one team from Greenville High School with coach Jenn Thompson; and one team from Ellwood City High School with coach Jonica Walters.
听Dr. John Bonomo, associate professor of computer science at 91视频, designed and ran the contest.听 Bonomo, who was recently selected as a judge for the fourth time for the International Programming Contest scheduled in March 2005 in Shanghai,听 also had his problems accepted twice at this international competition.
听The competition included teams of three or four high school students, who worked for three hours on six computer programming problems.听 Judging, which was done electronically, was based on the time it took to complete the problem and the number of incorrect submissions.
听Blackhawk team one included: Don Lambert, Dan Seery, and Chris Seltzer.
听Blackhawk team two included: Joe Synowka, Jeremy Hupp, and Andrew Spahr.
听Blackhawk team three included Eric Saut, Kevin Shanahan, and Brad Vukich.
听Blackhawk team four included: Steve Livingston, Phillip Pucci, and Ben Dodsworth.
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听Mohawk team one included Sam Arent, Richard Crawford, Tyler King, and Tyler White
听Mohawk team two included Chris Carr, Sara Aull, Brittany Harry, and Rey Colon.
听Greenville team included Joel Grover and Nekody Lenkner.
听Ellwood City team included Robert Hollencamp, Adam DiFrischia, and Robert Gearhart.
听The Ellwood City team took first place; Blackhawk team three took second place; and Blackhawk team one took third place.
听For more information, contact Bonomo at (724) 946-7287 or e-mail bonomojp@westminster.edu.
Dr. David Goldberg, assistant professor of philosophy at 91视频, recently presented a paper at the International Association of the History of Religion (IAHR) in Tokyo, Japan.
听His paper, "Neuroanatomy and the Religious Experience: Scientific Demystificati0n of Religion?" dealt with a recent trend in which neuro-anatomy is used to examine religious mystical experiences.
听"In particular I was concerned with the methodology that is used by Andrew Newberg and Eugene D'Aquili expressed in their books, 'The Mystical Mind' and 'Why God Won't Go Away,'" Goldberg said.听 "In each they argue that there is a 'similarity in kind' between mystical experiences that can be substantiated with their neuro-anatomical model.听 My contention is that they blindly turn away from fundamental differences that surface within the hermeneutical dimension that must infect these experiences, and that within their own neuro-anatomical model we can find a ground for substantiating difference in kind between mystical experiences, in particular the ontogenetic plasticity of mind."
听Goldberg, who has been with 91视频 since 2002, earned his undergraduate degree and master's from Pennsylvania State University, and his Ph.D. from Duquesne University.
听Contact Goldberg at (724) 946-7153 or e-mail goldbedw@westminster.edu for more information.
The 91视频 Faculty Brass Quintet will perform in concert Tuesday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
"Along with a variety of quintet music, the quintet will perform two of the pinnacle, and most challenging, works written for this genre; Malcom Arnold's "Quintet" and the "Somete" composed by Eugene Bozza," said Dr. Tad Greig, director of bands at 91视频 and member of this group. "The quintet will also perform the classic "Scherzo" from John Cheetham and Authur Frackenpohl's "Quintet No. 5."
The quintet includes: Mark Antonich, tuba instructor and director of bands at Lowellville (OH) High School on the tuba; Robert Cole, horn, music technology, instrument repair instructor, on the horn; Andrew Erb, trumpet instructor, on the trumpet; Greig on the trombone; and Nicholas Oleako, director of bands at Poland (OH) High School, on the trumpet.
The concert is free and open to the public. Contact the 91视频 Department of Music at (724) 946-7270 for more information.
Three 91视频 Students have received the Sharonsteel Foundation Scholar Awards.
Mary Ellen Ulmer, music librarian at 91视频, was elected to a two-year term as president of the Pennsylvania Federation of Music Clubs (PFMC) at the 79th annual convention held in Monroeville.
91视频 offers Yoga and Pilates classes in two sessions, Oct. 16-Nov.17 and Nov. 27-Dec. 15.
The 91视频 Preschool will celebrate the
"Week of the Young Child," April 23-27, with speakers, readers, educators, and parties.
The January 2008 issue of Communications in Algebra includes "Centroids of Quadratic Jordan Superalgebras" written by Dr. Pamela Richardson, 91视频 assistant professor of mathematics.
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