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Weekly News Briefing: ‘Green College’, Jewett expansion and a Spanish-speaking Shakespeare team
The Weekly Briefing gives a small look into the stories The Forum has covered in the past week. This week, we covered The Princeton Review’s ‘Green Schools’, expansion plans for the Jewett Center for ...Read More
Organizations on campus collaborate on Warm Winter Clothing Drive
The Dumke Center for Civic Engagement, Nursing Honors Society and ASW Events collaborated to form the 2019 Warm Winter Clothing Drive. Over the past years, each of these groups has hosted a clothing d...Read More
Westminster student creates first Spanish-speaking Shakespeare team in Utah
Everyone knows William Shakespeare for his iambic pentameter and forbidden love stories. However, many play-watchers and theater enthusiasts are only familiar with these works in the English language....Read More
Florence J. Gillmor Hall to break ground Spring semester
In 2017, Westminster College announced it would be expanding the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts with the Florence J. Gillmor Hall to better accommodate the number of students and programs that ...Read More
Being transgender in higher education
Lewis Figun Westbrook, a transgender student and forum staff member, talks to Kathy Lenth, a transgender professor, about both of their shared and different experiences being transgender individuals i...Read More
More than a number: Westminster ranked as ‘Green College’ by Princeton Review
Every year the Princeton Review releases a list of the top 50 Green Colleges as well as a report on sustainability information from 413 schools. Westminster College does not rank in the top 50 G...Read More
Students crowd outside faculty meeting to protest tuition increase
Over 120 students silently lined the outside walkways leading up to Gore School of Business Friday afternoon, where a scheduled faculty meeting would take place. Students held signs protesting h...Read More
Erika Lintvedt: the professional barista
Over a decade ago Erika Lintvedt, the manager of Griff’s Roost at Westminster College, began her love affair with coffee. From grinding espresso to making art with swirls of steaming milk, Lintvedt sa...Read More
ASW Senate passes multiple legislation, including support for the Equal Rights Amendment
ASW Senate gathered in the Health, Wellness and Activity Center (HWAC) Monday night for its fourth and final meeting of the Fall semester. Senate presented several pieces of legislation, includi...Read More
Virtual reality documentary ‘Traveling While Black’ creates immersive experience
Walking into a 50s-style diner and donning a video headset is not how the typical documentary begins. The scene within this particular headset opens in a dimly-lit theater with gentle piano musi...Read More