Athletics & Recreation
After 12 years, Westminster athletics gets new turf
New artificial turf was installed on Dumke field this summer to improve the health of student athletes and control the temperatures on the field, according to members of Westminster College’s athletic...Read More
Official NCAA Division II membership brings new opportunities for Westminster athletics
Westminster College’s completion of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) membership process will benefit the athletics program and college as a whole according to Shay Wyatt, director ...Read More
Westminster College student reflects on his experience at the Paralympic Games
Top athletes competed in the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea this past March — including at least one student from Westminster College. Andrew Haraghey, a senior public health...Read More
New semester-long class to offer students field experience in outdoor leadership
Starting next fall, the Outdoor Education and Leadership (OEL) Field Semester will give students an opportunity to obtain hands-on experience in the outdoor education profession. The OEL Field Semeste...Read More
Westminster snowboard team finishes season with unusual races
During the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association’s Collegiate National Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., Westminster College’s snowboard team raced in five events: Giant slalom, slalom, boardercross, r...Read More
Dry Utah winter impacted Westminster ski team’s training
The lack of snow this winter prevented the Westminster College ski team from preparing for its races, limiting the opportunities they had to run through the gates and the amount of times they could go...Read More
Westminster College athletes go pro despite NCAA Division II standing
NCAA Division I athletic programs have the largest athletic budget and the most enrollment of any university athletic programs, according to a recruiting fact sheet from the organization. However, tha...Read More
Former athletes watched Olympics with nostalgia — but didn’t dream of going back
Heather McPhie Watanabe is used to being awake at odd hours. With a newborn baby, her schedule depends heavily on her daughter’s needs. But over the past few weeks, when she was awake at those odd hou...Read More
Westminster students learn how to scuba dive in a land-locked desert state
With ski resorts and hiking trails less than an hour away from the campus, Westminster College attracts many students interested in outdoor recreation — but one unexpected activity the desert state of...Read More
Outdoor leadership student works to recover after injury to achieve academic, career goals
When Patrick Marrinan, a junior at Westminster College, dropped off a cliff while snowboarding at Brighton Resort in December 2016, he knew he had too much speed. As he flew past the drop-off and land...Read More