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Westminster Participates in the Great Utah Shake Out

Apr 20, 2018

Westminster College conducted an earthquake drill on April 19 in conjunction with the Great Utah Shake Out. The statewide exercise prepares organizations and families to survive and recover from an earthquake. During the college’s drill – campus received messages to drop, cover and hold on. Faculty, staff and students evacuated to designated areas then helped test the capability of the college’s Emergency Notification System to account for the campus community.

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Westminster Announces Örn B. Bodvarsson, Ph.D., as the Bill & Vieve Gore School of Business Dean

Apr 4, 2018

Westminster College is pleased to announce Örn B. Bodvarsson, Ph.D., as the new dean for the Bill & Vieve Gore School of Business (BVGSB). Bodvarsson comes to Westminster from California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) as the former special assistant to the provost and vice president for academic affairs.

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Christine M. Durham is Westminster's 2018 Commencement Speaker

Mar 30, 2018

Christine M. Durham served as chief justice and chair of the Utah Judicial Council and was the first woman on the Utah Supreme Court in 1982. She will address Westminster's Class of 2018 during the ceremony on May 12, 2018, at 9:45 a.m., at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah.​

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The Benefits of Role-Playing Games in Class

Mar 30, 2018

History comes alive in a role-playing game about the Crusades – inspiring students to dig deep into medieval politics. “Students were talking about all kinds of things that weren’t even in the game book. They went and found stuff that I had no idea about, and in some cases they found stuff that I knew about but never expected them to find.”

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