In the News

Below is a list of articles featuring Westminster College which have appeared this year in the regional and national press.  For previous year's publicity, select the annual archives to the right. 
 

Student gets deportation reprieve (Marie Gonzalez ’09)
- Kansas City Star 6/23/06

Westminster student reprieved from deportation (Marie Gonzalez ’09)
- Columbia Missourian 6/23/06

Costa Rican is allowed to stay in US for another year (Marie Gonzalez ’09)
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 6/23/06

Gonzalez Deportation on Hold for Another Year (Marie Gonzalez ’09)
- Missourinet.com 6/22/06

Missouri student wins another deferment from deportation (Marie Gonzalez ’09)
- Belleville (IL) News-Democrat 6/22/06

Missouri student wins another deferment from deportation (Marie Gonzalez ’09)
- Contra Costa Times, CA 6/22/06

College administrator seriously injured in motorcycle crash (David Humphrey)
- Fulton Sun 6/22/06

Student seeking second deferment (Marie Gonzalez ’09)
- Columbia Missourian 6/20/06

Local student fighting deportation (Marie Gonzalez ’09)
- KBIA 6/20/06

Student who fought deportation last year wants more time in US (Marie Gonzalez ’09)
- Fort Worth (TX) Star Telegram 6/20/06

Student fighting deportation (Marie Gonzalez ’09)
- WHOI Washington, IL 6/20/06

Veteran fund-raiser fills key development post (Tracy Branson)
- WMU News - Kalamazoo,MI 6/2006

Night of honor (Scott Pingel ’00)
- OurSports Central - Marshfield, WI 6/20/06

On this date in The Sun: Yucaipa woman flies high at track meet
- San Bernardino (CA) Sun 6/20/06

Visits from old friends are as good as it gets
- Columbia Daily Tribune 6/19/06

Renovated Churchill Memorial Awaits Visitors to Fulton

- Missourinet 6/19/06

Crocker native Shelton named to Academic All-America collegiate ...
- Waynesville (MO) Daily Guide 6/9/06

Extra Points (Kelly Gates)
- Columbia Missourian 6/8/06

Blue Jays' Shelton chosen academic All-American again
- Fulton Sun 6/8/06

Cars, Cars and More Cars (Bill Backer ’43)

- KOMU 6/7/06

Westminster College hosts Summer Leadership Camps

Fulton Sun 5/31/06

Two NAIA Players receive National Honor

- CSTV 5/31/06

GUSD names 3 new leaders (Jared Ryan '01)

- Newszap Arizona 5/29/06

Solo Sky Dive Jump Starts Memorial Day Festivities

- Fulton Sun 5/28/06

Callaway commencements
- Fulton Sun 5/28/06

Westminster Conducts Basketball Camp

- Fulton Sun 5/25/06

Gonzalez Lobbies for DREAM Act in DC (Marie Gonzalez '09)

- Washington Times 5/24/06

Cranes Honored as Outstanding Alumni

(David ’90 & Amy (Rankin) ’91 Crane)

- Fulton Sun 5/24/06

Westminster Athletes of the Year

- Fulton Sun 5/24/06

AREA SCENE

- Columbia Daily Tribune 5/17/06

Blue Jay Baseball Players Earn SLIAC Honors

- Fulton Sun 5/17/06

More ‘best places’

- Kansas City Star 5/16/06

Westminster Alumnus Trucking Company Hauls Food for a Cause (Henry Niles ’74)

- KOMU 5/16/06

Green Estate Park ceremony opens new park, closes chapter in ...

- Mexico Ledger 5/12/06

Collins receives Westminster's Boyd Memorial Award

(Chris Collins ’06)

- Fulton Sun 5/12/06

- KMIZ 5/6/06

Baseball: Local youth earns honors (Kevin Pearre ’08)

- Jefferson City News Tribune 5/5/06

Lavrov refuses to be drawn on paper's Cheney-Churchill parallels

- RIA Novosti, Moscow, Russia 5/5/06

People In Business (Rick Daniel ’71)

- Springdale (AR) Morning News 5/1/06

Getting a jump on the mumps
- Fulton Sun 4/30/06

Immigration issues take center stage at Hickman forum
- Columbia Daily Tribune 4/28/06

County targets plan for flu pandemic
- Fulton Sun 4/28/06

Downtown Fulton says goodbye to an original
- Fulton Sun 4/23/06

During the Golden anniversary of the Interstate system,
- AAA Midwest Traveler May/June 2006

Federal appropriation benefits Westminster sciences

- Fulton Sun 4/20/06

Federal aid to equip college for science

- Columbia Daily Tribune 4/18/06

Westminster ranked among best value private colleges
- Jefferson City News Tribune 4/15/06

Leadership program introduces youth to opportunities in Callaway
- Fulton Sun 4/14/06

Boyce joins Independent staff (Sam Boyce ’83)
- Newport Independent - Newport,AR 4/14/06

More than borders (Marie Gonzalez ’09)

- Columbia Daily Tribune 4/14/06

Marie Gonzales among student ambassadors at Westminster
- Jefferson City News Tribune 4/13/06

Westminster prepares spring concert
- Jefferson City News Tribune 4/13/06

Westminster plans groundbreaking for new dining hall

- Fulton Sun 4/13/06

Jessieville's Alissa Oates earns full scholarship to Westminster
- Hot Springs (AR) Village Voice 4/12/06

Potosi Elks award three scholarships
- Park Hills Daily Journal 4/11/06

WC, WWU students break from norm, help hurricane victims

- Fulton Sun 4/9/06

Good riddance

- Fulton Sun 4/9/06

On the hunt for fun
- Fulton Sun 4/9/06

McCaskill taking her RV to rural Missouri in search of votes
- Contra Costa Times - CA 4/7/06

Westminster College high in value
- Jefferson City News Tribune 4/6/06

Legislation would penalize universities for letting in undocumented immigrants (Marie Gonzalez ’09)

- Columbia Missourian 4/4/06

Truman, Westminster high in national listing
- Columbia Daily Tribune 3/30/06

BYU, New College of Florida top buys
- United Press International 3/28/06

Westminster College in Top Ten of Best Value Colleges
- Missourinet 3/28/06

Westminster camp to raise money for Hornet Tower Fund
- Fulton Sun 3/26/06

Fraternity Promotes Alcohol Awareness

- KOMU 3/24/06

Rising Tide of Applications Lifts Fortunes of Christian Colleges
- Washington Post 3/24/06

Westminster frat issues safe drinking challenge
- Fulton Sun 3/24/06

Westminster names new women's volleyball coach
- Fulton Sun 3/23/06

First Amendment Players bid superintendent to comply with ...
- Fulton Sun 3/23/06

UA Vice Chancellor Publishes Second Fund Raising Book (Dave Gearhart ’74)
- University of Arkansas Daily Headlines 3/22/06

Westminster Forum on TV Saturday
- Fulton Sun 3/17/06

A telegram and a college speech defined the tone of the Cold War
- The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg,VA 3/16/06

Toohey seeks role representing ward (Brian Toohey '97)
- Columbia Daily Tribune 3/16/06

RANDOM PLAY
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3/15/06

Ham radio operators broadcast Churchill celebration to world

- Fulton Sun 3/12/06

Proud of Churchill (Josh Harlow ’07)

- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3/11/06

Get history, and a sandwich, at one mid-Missouri store (David '90 & Amy (Rankin) '91 Crane)

- KRCG Jefferson City 3/10/06

Winston Churchill becomes honorary Virginian
- Daily Press - Newport News,VA 3/9/06

Grease vs. Shakespeare: Fulton faces sex, drugs and school plays
- Kansas City Star 3/9/06

New iron curtain must not fall across East Asia
- Asahi Shimbun, Japan 3/8/06

Women who changed the course of history

- Moscow Times 3/7/06

1946: when the iron curtain was drawn
- Socialistworker.co.uk, UK 3/7/06

Churchill celebration recalls past, looks to future
- Fulton Sun 3/7/06

Remembering Winston Churchill
- OpEdNews 3/7/06

Churchillian values needed in leadership, Matthews says
- Fulton Sun 3/7/06

Visitors flock as museum revels in spotlight
- Fulton Sun 3/7/06

Dave Giffard was named an assistant coach with the men's soccer ...
- GoZips.com - Akron,OH 3/7/06

American Political Archive - Winston Churchill's "Sinews of Peace" Speech

- C-SPAN Radio

Spend you finest hour with a great Briton
- Cambridge Evening News - Cambridge,England,UK 3/6/06

ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY
- Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach,FL 3/6/06

The ten lessons of Winston Churchill - Chris Matthews' Keynote Speech
- MSNBC 3/6/06

The ten lessons of Winston Churchill
- Standard-Speaker, PA 3/6/06

Iron Curtain Speech Anniversary Marked at Westminster College

- Missourinet 3/5/06 (audio)

Churchill's daughter bridges gap between politician and younger generations
- Fulton Sun 3/5/06

Churchill speech a lesson for the present
- BBC News 3/5/06

Today in history
- Indianapolis Star 3/5/06

History highlights
- South Bend (IN) Tribune 3/5/06

Today in History
- Myrtle Beach (SC) Sun News 3/5/06

Blue Jays tennis team slips past Simpson
- Fulton Sun 3/5/06

Callaway charms travelers

- Columbia Daily Tribune 3/5/06

College draws on link to past

- Columbia Daily Tribune 3/4/06

Westminster Celebrates 60th Anniversary of Iron Curtain Speech

- Missourinet 3/4/06 (audio)

Churchill Visit Anniversary Impacts Residents

- KOMU, Columbia, MO 3/4/06

Students Learn History Firsthand

- KOMU, Columbia, MO 3/4/06

Winston Churchill Museum Opens

- KMIZ, Columbia, MO 3/4/06

Hundreds Gather To Honor Former Prime Minister Churchill
- KSDK, St. Louis, MO 3/4/06

A lingering legacy
- Columbia Missourian 3/4/06

Today in History - March 5
- Herald News Daily, ND 3/4/06

60 years ago
- Economic Times, India 3/4/06

‘Iron Curtain’ speech of 1946 raises a collection of memories
- Kansas City Star 3/4/06

Winston Churchill's visit through the eyes of ...

- Fulton Sun 3/3/06

Churchill anniversary events

- Fulton Sun 3/3/06

Where Winston spoke, a touch of weariness?

- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3/3/06

Exhibits on Churchill are interactive
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3/3/06

Westminster Students React to Churchill Museum's Reopening

- KOMU, Columbia, MO 3/3/06

Westminster Reopens Revamped Churchill Museum

- KOMU, Columbia, MO 3/3/06

Westminster celebrates 60th anniversary of Iron Curtain speech

- KRCG, Jefferson City, MO 3/3/06

In praise of ... Churchill's iron oratory
- Guardian Unlimited, UK 3/3/06

War hard to win with head in the sand

- Columbia Daily Tribune 3/3/06

Fulton marks 60th anniversary of Iron Curtain speech (audio)

- KWMU, St. Louis 3/2/06

Coverage from Callaway - Churchill Museum Reopens

- KOMU, Columbia, MO 3/1/06

Churchill dedication to roll without speech

- Columbia Daily Tribune 3/1/06

Sarah’s Stories - Scrabble Team Scrambles for W-I-N
- KOMU, Columbia, MO 2/27/06

Greeno sets marks at Westminster
- Jefferson City News Tribune 2/26/06

Cross an outstanding Missourian (Bill Cross ’55)
- Kansas City Star 2/22/06

Edwina Sandys Dates: February 22 through March 18, 2006
- R. Duane Reed Gallery

Area schools celebrate black history month
- Fulton Sun 2/16/06

- Fulton Sun 2/15/06

Westminster grad wins accolades for scientific research
(Tom Starzl ’47)

- Columbia Daily Tribune 2/14/06

In Small Town, 'Grease' Ignites a Culture War
- New York Times 2/11/06

Credits where credits are due
- Fulton Sun 2/3/06

Event Calendar
- Missouri Historical Society 2/1/06

Cultural Events
- KFUO-FM St. Louis 2/1/06

Winston Churchill Film Premiere
- Truman Presidential Museum & Library 1/31/06

"Day Break" Warren Kretch (audio - Pod Cast/MP3)
- KLIK-AM Jefferson City  1/24/06

Don't touch that cell ... if you're drunk, because you might regret it (Scott Crosby '01)
- Fort Wayne News-Sentinel 1/23/06

Westminster College"unveils" plans for 60th anniversary celebration of Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech; Anniversary to be highlighted by re-birth and re-dedication of Winston Churchill Memorial and Library.
- Highbeam.com 1/10/06

Churchill Museum Renovations Moving Forward (audio)

- Missourinet 1/14/06

Winter Trip Ideas
- Missouri Division of Tourism

Should you have any news to report, call us at (573) 592-5319, or e-mail the Office of College Relations!