Administration & Student Government
Incoming ASW student board shares their professional, personal goals for next year
The 2019-2020 ASW board was sworn in on April 15, and multiple members of the board sat down with The Forum to talk about their plans, hopes and goals for the upcoming year. All interviews were conduc...Read More
Communication professor appointed Interim Chief Diversity Officer
Associate Professor Dr. Tamara Stevenson, a current professor of communication, has been hired as Westminster College’s Interim Chief Diversity Officer. Stevenson will be the second person to ever hol...Read More
Westminster pushes initiative against excessive use of plastic straws
Bon Appétit, Westminster College’s primary food vendor, is fighting against the unnecessary use of single-use plastic, along with many other businesses in Utah and across the U.S., by removing plastic...Read More
Westminster College wants to know, do you #knowyourbias?
Ali Saleh is a senior international student who said his eye was caught by a table set up in Meldrum Science Center recently that said: “We Are Westminster.” Saleh said he was then approached by two p...Read More
Cuts to faculty, staff benefits hopes to balance college budget over next couple years
With fluctuating student enrollment numbers, Westminster College administration has decided to make budget cuts to restore balance, according to President Beth Dobkin. Budgets are continuously updated...Read More
Community confused regarding perceived ‘wet campus’ alcohol policy
Although liquor is legally allowed on campus and at authorized, college-sponsored events, the Westminster College community seems unclear whether this makes Westminster a ‘wet campus.’ In a survey con...Read More
Special election held to fill ASW chief justice position
Westminster College held an unexpected special election for chief justice on Jan. 31, said ASW officials. The student body received an email on Jan. 29 announcing the election to find a replacement fo...Read More
Chief diversity officer leaves college, lasting legacy
Westminster College’s first Associate Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Marco Barker is leaving the school after a little over two years. Barker is set to fill the vice chancellor for...Read More
College administration responds to hate speech signs posted on campus
Members of a white nationalist group placed a banner reading “End immigration!” at the University of Utah’s block U on Saturday, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. “Oh shit I didn’t know about that,”...Read More
Long commutes, low pay: secret lives of adjunct faculty
Paula Collmar, a Westminster College foreign language adjunct professor of 11 years, was on her way to teach her 8 a.m. French translation class at the University of Utah. Traffic was bad that morning...Read More