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Payton Beeler smiles in front of green foliage on a sunny day wearing a bright white shirt with a collar.

Amazing Alumna: Former Dual-Degree Engineering Student and Triple-Threat Athlete Named Linus Pauling Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Payton Beeler, Class of 2018, chose Westminster College because she wanted to do it all: play three varsity sports, double major in physics and chemistry, and be accepted into a prestigious graduate school for...

Wall Street Journal Columnist Jason Riley Discussed Thomas Sowell and Freedom of Speech in Third Annual Brauer Lecture

Wall Street Journal columnist and Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Jason Riley was enthusiastically received during the Third Annual Brauer Lecture at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17. Students, faculty, staff and area residents gathered...

Acclaimed Author and Social Scientist Delivers Inaugural Brauer Lecture Before Full Audience

Nationally acclaimed social scientist, bestselling author, and Harvard professor Dr. Arthur Brooks delivered Westminster’s inaugural Brauer Lecture at 10 a.m. on April 12, 2022, in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, part...

A Forest of Possibilities: Alumna is a Ph.D. Candidate After a Stint in a Japanese Forest

Rachel Becknell, ’08, found her purpose in a Japanese forest after majoring in international studies and Spanish at Westminster, and the experience forever changed her life. Today Becknell is a Ph.D. candidate in evolution,...