2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog - Westminster College

18 / Westminster College
Student Life
THE COLLEGE
Westminster offers the environment of a residential college where there is a close
relationship between students, faculty and staff members. Most classes are small,
most of the undergraduates live on campus, and many faculty live in the area. Faculty
members and administrators are readily available for individual conferences with
students. Westminster also views the undergraduate experience as a comprehensive
one in which the academic and extracurricular programs complement each other.
The complete development of students is the College’s aim.
Students may choose from a wide variety of activities, listed in the following section
in more detail. Separate groups, such as sororities and fraternities (both social
and honorary), residence halls, and special interest groups plan their own social
activities. Most College dances, films, coffeehouse entertainment, and live concerts
are sponsored by either the Campus Programming or the Club Room committees.
Activities
CELEBRITY SERIES
Special performing arts events, including Broadway musicals and popular
entertainers of national acclaim, are made available to the College community and
the broader regional community that the College serves through the Celebrity Series
program. All shows are staged in the newly renovated Orr Auditorium.
RELIGIOUS LIFE
Campus ministry at Westminster College exists to encourage meaningful and
contemporary expressions of faith. The ministry is carried on by a wide variety of
individuals from each of the campus constituencies: students, faculty members,
administrators and staff.
The chaplain’s staff are coordinators of the planning and implementing of events to
enhance the dialogue between faith and learning. Through a variety of on- and off-campus
events, members of the College community are offered frequent and varied opportunities
to work toward realizing the values of the church-related college experience.
Worship is both a personal and community experience at Westminster. Under the
direction of the College chaplain, two weekday Chapel services, Saturday night Catholic
Mass, and Sunday night community Vespers worship, held in Wallace Memorial Chapel,
are provided for the Christian community. A listing of off-campus worship opportunities
is available online at www.westminster.edu/spiritlife/chapel/localchurchlisting.cfm.
Annual retreats and off-campus volunteer opportunities are offered. Small groups are
encouraged as a way for students to grow in their faith.