Author: Brooklyn Covington
First-year Westminster students face their first round of college finals
“Overall, my first semester went well,” said Kiva Call-Feit, a first-year elementary education major, in an email. “My senior year of high school was completely online, so shifting to in-person classes took a bit of adjusting.” Call-Feit said her instructors were very understanding and helped her figure out time management throughout her first semester. Call-Feit said she was surprised by how soci...
Holiday Helper Drive represents Westminster’s place in the local community
“[The Holiday Helper Drive] is just a really easy way to give back, especially when we’re already always buying things,” said Mariah Trujillo, the Dumke Center for Civic Engagement community engagement team lead and junior environmental studies major. The Dumke Center for Civic Engagement is hosting a Holiday Helper Drive from Nov. 1 to Dec. 10, which aims for members of the Westminster Coll...
Supply chain disruptions impact Westminster community
“At [Shaw Student Center], we’ve seen disruptions with meat and produce due to production shortages or transportation issues,” said Tony DiRaddo, the general manager of Café Bon Appétit in the Shaw Center Dining Hall, in an email. “Supply chain disruptions are occurring across the nation in nearly every industry.” The 2021 global supply chain crisis has made items like paper, electronics and...
Westminster student broadens horizons through frequent travel
“I’ve been to 23 countries and 49 out of the 50 States,” said Cole Porterfield, an avid traveler and senior international business and management major. “I always try and have a bag packed,” Porterfield said. “I go on spontaneous road trips to Canyonlands and Grand Canyon, or I’ll go to New York with my friends.” Porterfield said he is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States and is al...
New Disability Justice program sparks conversation of inaccessibility on campus
Disability Justice is a new program under the Student Diversity Inclusion Center created by Westminster College students who noticed campus is inaccessible for disabled students. The program hopes to bring awareness to the inaccessibility on campus and inform community members about the plight of disabled students in spaces created primarily for able-bodied people. Quinn Winter is a junior communi...
Students discuss wearing masks in class
As classes move back to in person for the Fall semester, masks are required in all shared, indoor spaces on campus for all individuals (vaccinated or not) consistent with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations, according to Westminster’s new mask and vaccine requirements page. Westminster College requires everyone, including contractors and visitors, to follow its guidelines wh...
Students utilize free UTA premium transit pass for recreation
The Westminster College community has access to a free Utah Transport Authority premium transit pass to use on the UTA Bus, TRAX, Express Bus and Frontrunner, according to Westminster’s campus sustainability page. The Westminster ID, given to faculty, staff and current students at the beginning of their first year, serves as the pass. Current students, faculty, and staff can take advantage of thei...