Tips and Tricks for Studying in Spain
1) Bring tennis shoes. You will walk a lot. If you study abroad in Oviedo, you will live with a host family and won’t have a car to drive around everywhere. You will walk...
Category: Global
Transforming education in Africa: Joseph Munyambanza, ’15
At the invitation of President Bill Clinton, Joseph Munyambanza, Class of 2015, took part in the Clinton Global Initiative University in Phoenix on Saturday, March 22. Joseph spoke on transitional justice, how to rebuild affected communities...
Military Veterans Who Empower Communities to Visit Westminster College
Combing city streets at 2:30 a.m. to find and help homeless veterans, building community gardens, mentoring young people, constructing homes … The Mission Continues (TMC) organization gives military veterans returning to civilian life a...
Westminster Junior Named National Fellow for Commitment to Changing the World
One Westminster junior’s passionate advocacy for improving global healthcare has won her a Newman Civic Fellows Award. Sandra Nivyabandi from Bujumbura, Burundi, has been notified by the United States coalition of college and university...
Diversity Week at Westminster
Westminster is one of the most diverse colleges in the nation, and Diversity Week is an annual celebration of that diversity. Through a series of events centered on the theme “The Story Within” we...
Through the Eyes of a Refugee
The problems and emotional anguish of being a refugee will be brought home to Westminster students in a United Nations simulation game to be held Wednesday, April 2, on campus. During the 2-3 hour...
A Memory or a Bad Dream? A Student Reflects on His Childhood Escape from Iraq
Abdullah Al-Hadeethi ’14 was only 13 years old when his family escaped from a war-torn Iraq into Syria. In this stark tale of escape, Abdullah describes the feeling of never returning home, of missing...
MENA Conference
Westminster’s newly-established MENA (Middle East-North African) Conference has had a quick start this March. The event began with a documentary called “Son of the Clouds” on March 11, and multiple sessions, covering religion, balance...
Alum Felipe Cordero Publishes Article on Popular Political Blog
In the global debate on human rights, alum Felipe Cordero ‘09 now has a public voice. His article on human rights in Colombia and Mexico was recently published in the OpenGlobalRights segment of the...
Working Together to Bring Solar Study Lights to Students in Rwanda
The Bright Lights Campaign With “education” being the most proven poverty-fighter, Westminster students have partnered with Humanity for Children, the Fulton Rotary Club, a Rwanda Rotary Club and remote villages in Ngoma District in...
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