Author: Brittany Punjabi

An inside look at mental health on campus

To combat the growing issue of mental health among college students, Westminster has put programs in place to help Griffins stay mentally healthy, including the Counseling Center, Outdoor Recreation Program and group-fitness classes.About 30 percent of college students in 2011 reported feeling “so depressed that it was difficult to function,” according to the American College Health Association.Li...

Westminster community hopes to provide an inviting environment for LDS students

President Steve Morgan and Vice President of Enrollment Management John Baworowsky said they hope to increase enrollment by showcasing Westminster as an option for LDS students.To strategize how to attract more LDS students, Baworowsky said he plans plans to create a working group of staff that is LDS or is interested in helping bring more LDS students to Westminster. He said they’ll focus on attr...

The parliament and religious tolerance on Westminster’s campus

From Chicago to Cape Town, to Barcelona to Melbourne and, finally, to Salt Lake City. The Parliament of the World's Religions was here Oct.15–19, and Westminster students took part.The parliament started in 1893 in Chicago, and its next meeting took place in 1993. Since then, it’s taken place every five years. The purpose of the parliament is to gather people from all over the world to come togeth...

Meet Sandy Morgan — Westminster’s new first lady

Westminster alumna and Woman’s Board member Sandy Morgan is Westminster’s new first lady.According to Morgan, when she and her husband, Steve, found out he was going to become president of Westminster College, they both thought, “We can’t not do it. We both love the place.”Morgan has been involved in many aspects of Westminster, including being a Westminster graduate, but she said she never expect...

Welcome to the first-year student senators

Grayson Massey and Gabi Sanchez are the new senators representing the class of 2019’s first-year students.The vote was close, but they each took the election by almost 30 percent. Massey received 46 votes, which is 29 percent of all who voted, and Sanchez received 41 votes, which is 26 percent of all who voted.Sanchez and Massey both participated in student government in high school, and they said...

Norm Parrish to lead Westminster’s men’s basketball team

Norm Parrish has been named the new head coach for the Griffin men’s basketball team, after former coach Adam Hiatt stepped down in July.Coach Parrish has extensive experience managing college basketball. Most recently, he worked at the University of Hawaii as assistant coach. Previously, Parrish worked at the University of Utah as the director of operations after being the head basketball coach a...

Getting to know students around the pingpong table

Mark Ferne challenges students to Defeat the Dean in hopes of connecting with them over a game of pingpong.Ferne arrived at Westminster in January 2002 and was named the dean of students in June 2004. Around that same time, he started the Defeat the Dean challenge. Originally, Defeat the Dean consisted of students challenging Ferne to a game of racquetball. But as he kept developing tennis elbow, ...