Westminster College is a four year liberal arts college located in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1852, it is affiliated with the Presbyterian church (USA). For other places called Wilmington, see Wilmington New Wilmington is a borough located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ...

Overview

Westminster is located in New Wilmington, PA, a relatively small town that is 50 miles north of Pittsburgh and 80 miles from Erie and Cleveland on a 300 acre campus. With an undergraduate enrollment of about 1,450, Westminster bills itself in television commercials as "one of the country's finest liberal arts colleges". It has been rated by U.S. News and World Report as one of America's Best Colleges, is on the Princeton Review's 351 Best Colleges list, and has been called a "character building college" by the Templeton Guide. City nickname: The Steel City Location in the state of Pennsylvania Founded 1758 Mayor Tom Murphy (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 151. ... Erie is the name of several places in the United States of America: Erie, Colorado Erie, Kansas Erie Township, Michigan Erie, Pennsylvania Erie County, New York There are also Lake Erie and the Erie Canal. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ... The Princeton Review (TPR) is a for-profit U.S. company that offers private instruction and tutoring for standardized achievement tests, in particular those offered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), such as the SAT, GRE, LSAT, GMAT, and MCAT. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in...

Westminster formed as a result of a meeting between the Ohio and Shenango Presbyteries who desired to create a college that endorsed the values of Christianity while at the same time focusing on the emotional, educational, and social development of their students. State nickname: The Buckeye State Other U.S. States Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Governor Bob Taft (R) Official languages None Area 116,096 km² (34th)  - Land 106,154 km²  - Water 10,044 km² (8. ...

Majors

Westminster offers the following majors (listed by their department):

Biology Dept.:Biology, Molecular biology

Chemistry Dept.:Chemistry, Biochemistry

Communication Studies, Theater, and Art Dept.:Broadcast communications, Fine art, Media art, Speech communication, Theater

Education Dept.:Elementary education

Economics and Business Dept.:Accounting, Business administration, Economics

English Dept.:English, Public relations

Math and Computer Science Dept.:Mathematics, Computer information systems, Computer science

Music Dept.:Music educaiton, Performance, Sacred music, Liberal arts

Physics Dept.:Physics

Political Sciecnce and Sociology Dept.:Political science, Sociology

Psychology Dept.:Psychology

Religion, History, Philosophy and Classics Dept.:Christian education, History, Latin, Philosophy, Religion

Athletics

The Westminster Titans compete in NCAA D-III athletics. Before moving to the NCAA, Westminster competed in the NAIA for several years. They are a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference. They compete in: The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... NAIA is an acronym (or an initialism) that can refer to the following: National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics in the United States. ... The Presidents Athletic Conference is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAAs Division III. Member teams are located in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. ...

• Baseball (men)
• Men/Women's Basketball
• Men/Women's Cross Country
• Football (men)
• Men/Women's Golf
• Men/Women's Soccer
• Men/Women's Swimming
• Men/Women's Tennis
• Men/Women's Track and Field
• Volleyball (women)
• Softball (women)

Notable Alumni

• Amber Brkich, winner of Survivor: All Stars.
• Andrew J. McKelvey, Chairman and CEO of Monster.com.
• R. C. Sproul, Theologian and founder of Ligonier Ministries
• Tim Kaiser, Producer, "Seinfeld" and "Will and Grace"

Amber Brkich (born August 11, 1978) is the winner of Survivor: All-Stars, and was a contestant on Survivor: The Australian Outback. ... Survivor: All-Stars is the eighth installment of the popular television reality show Survivor. ... Monster. ... R.C. Sproul Dr. Robert Charles Sproul (born 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American, Calvinist theologian and pastor. ... Tim Kaiser is/was a producer for Seinfield, Will and Grace, The Stones, Good Morning Miami and Boston Common. ... Seinfeld is a television sitcom, considered to be one of the most popular and influential of the 1990s in the U.S., to the point where it is often cited as epitomizing the self-obsessed and ironic culture of the decade. ... Main cast of Will and Grace. ...

External links

• Official website