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Westminster Welcomes Class of 2009
Three hundred ninety new students arrive for start of Collegeʼs 153rd year
Westminster College ushered in its newest class on August 26, welcoming
368 first-year students and 22 transfers.
The Class of 2009 enters with a solid academic background – an average
high school GPA of 3.41 in core classes and an average SAT score of 1074,
more than 50 points higher than the national average.
Westminsterʼs Fresh Start team, comprising 80 student volunteers, greeted
the newcomers and, with the aid of the Titan football team, helped to
move them into their residence halls. The Fresh Start team also guided
the first-year students through a four-day orientation program. Associate
professor of broadcast communications David Barner was the featured
speaker at the Collegeʼs official welcoming, Opening Convocation. Classes
for the 2005-2006 academic year began on August 30.
In their first full year of operation together, Westminsterʼs nominated
merit scholarships brought in nearly one-third of the first-year class. The
Young Presbyterian Scholarship and the Jerb Miller Scholarship programs
accounted for 118 new students. The College awarded 40 Young Presbyterian
Scholarships to outstanding Presbyterian students wishing to grow in
faith and leadership. Applicants must be active in a Presbyterian Church
congregation, hold a 3.5 GPA and be nominated by their pastor. The 2009
class of YPS scholars, who are each awarded $11,000 annually, had a combined
3.61 GPA and average SAT score of 1114.
The Jerb Miller Scholarships are $10,000-per-year awards created in
memory of the beloved professor of education who taught at Westminster
from 1968-92. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA and be nominated by a
Westminster alumnus in the education field. The 78 recipients of the Jerb
scholarships carried a GPA of 3.64 and had an average SAT score of 1091.
Westminster received nearly 17,000 inquiries and 1,400 applications for
a spot in the Class of 2009.
Above: Westminsterʼs
Fresh Start team and
members of the Titan
football squad helped
to make moving day a
little easier for firstyear
students and
their parents. Right:
The hardest part
of the day – saying
goodbye.
Westminster: The Next Generation
Fifteen members of Westminsterʼs incoming class are at least second-generation Titans. The legacy students, pictured left to
right, are: Front row – Shayna Marti, Annastacia McGill, Renee Powner, Rosie Hassell, Kathryn Molchan, Jessica Ringbloom;
Back row – Jordan Belosh, Billy McCallion, Ian Turner, Gary Hanssen, Jenn Byers, David Mills, Andrew Smith,
Kassie Gustafson, Rachael Conn.
Summer 2005 • Westminster College Magazine
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