Author: Berin Klawiter

Could the 2026 Winter Olympics be in Utah’s future? Westminster students, faculty react to the proposal

Officials in Utah and Colorado may bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, according to five anonymous sources as reported by the Associated Press — a proposal that has garnered mixed responses from the Westminster College community.Colin Hinton, the president of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation, said in an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune that it stands “ready, willing and able when the time ...

Westminster recognizes Day of the Dead

Westminster College students came together to honor their loved ones and have a conversation about cultural appropriation at a Day of the Dead Celebration and Conversation on Monday hosted by the Student Diversity and Inclusion Center and Spiritual Life Office.Day of the Dead, which started Tuesday and ends Thursday, is a Mexican holiday for which family and friends gather to pray for, remember an...

Cracks dividing climbing culture

Some students at Westminster College said Bishop’s Wall, located in the Health, Wellness and Athletics Center, can be an intimidating place to begin climbing.Newcomers said the wall is often full of better climbers and groups of people who already know each other. And when people aren't climbing, they’re situated on one bench facing the wall — watching whoever is climbing at the time.“My biggest f...

Non-traditional student describes struggles and advantages of being older than his peers

After years spent growing up in the woods of Homer, Alaska, Josh Strutz decided it was time to go to school.Strutz, now a 29-year-old senior nursing major at Westminster College, said he’s been mistaken for a teacher more than once. Though he had a late start entering college, he said he makes the most of it. Strutz said he initially felt out of place amongst so many younger students, but the avid...

Westminster’s Honors College welcomes largest first-year class

Westminster College’s newly-founded Honors College welcomed the largest incoming first-year class in its 30-year history — but members of Honors said that doesn't mean it will lose its quality and sense of community.When the nationally-recognized Honors program, which was founded in 1987, transitioned into a college this semester, it also grew 63 percent. The new 2017-2018 incoming first-year clas...

Outdoor Experience orientation may ease incoming students’ transition to college

Westminster College’s Outdoor Experience orientation may give first-year students the opportunity to make friends, overcome fears and get outside before classes start.It may also help retention. Statistics for 2015 from the Outdoor Program show 89 percent of students who attended Outdoor Experience orientation returned their second year, compared to the college average of 82 percent.“To go on a tr...