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Not to brag, but...Money magazine named Westminster one of the “Best Colleges in America” and one of “Missouri’s Best Colleges” in 2018, singling out a number of strengths, including a higher graduation rate than the national average, a higher average salary for gradu-ates within three years, and a 46 percent chance of low-income graduates becoming upper middle class when compared to the national average of 19.6 percent.

Forbes magazine named Westminster a 2018 Top American College.

U.S. News and World Report consistently ranks Westminster a top liberal arts college in the nation.

The Princeton Review listed Westminster one of the “Best in the Midwest” for 2019 — the 14th straight year the college has received that ranking.

Westminster College is ranked by Payscale.com in the top 15 percent of four-year colleges and universities nationwide for graduate earning potential.

The college boasts a stellar and varied internship program, with student involvement increasing 11 percent in 2018. A variety of organizations participate in the internship program, including the U.S. National Parks Service, Wells Fargo, the Missouri House of Representatives, and the Missouri State Senate.

Smaller class sizes mean a student-teacher ratio of approximately 11:1, allowing for individual attention in classes taught by full-time instructors rather than teaching assistants.

The degree offerings at the small, liberal arts college are certainly not limited: the school boasts 34 majors, 42 minors, and 12 pre-professional programs.

The college offers numerous leadership and service opportunities through more than 50 clubs and organizations.

84 percent of Westminster students participate in community service activities.

Westminster College boasts 15 honorary societies, eight campus honors groups, five social fraternities, and three social sororities.

The college offers a unique accelerated Master’s Degree in Accounting Program through its partnership with the Washington University Olin School of Business.

Westminster offers a unique Dual Degree Engineering Program in partnership with three colleges that students have the freedom from which to choose: Washington University, Missouri S&T, and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

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• In 1945, President of Westminster College, Dr. Franc McCluer was on vacation when he decided to invite Winston Churchill to Westminster for the Green Lecture.

• Westminster alumnus, General Harry Vaughan was a military aide to President Harry S Truman, and helped get Churchill’s invitation to the President who added a postscript saying, “This is a wonderful college in my home state. Hope you can make it. I will introduce you.”

Breakthrough Wall Segment• Largest connecting piece of the Berlin Wall in the United States• The cut outs of the wall are actually standing in New York at Hyde Park• Created by Winston Churchill’s granddaughter, Edwina Sandys

Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury• Brought over piece by piece from London after it was partially burned down in The Great Fire and was bombed during WWII. • Used for a variety of events such as, honors society inductions and other ceremonies, poetry readings and choir concerts.• Our typical service time is Thursday at 11 a.m. These are non-denominational services and students are not required to attend them.

Champ Auditorium• Built in 1966, Champ seats 1,400• Commencement and convocation ceremonies• Hancock Symposium and Green Lecture • Undergraduate Scholars Forum

The Quad• Only freshmen (except for RAs)• Halls are co-ed, suites are single sex• 2 beds, 2 desks, 2 dressers and 2 wardrobes • Each person can bring a fridge, microwave is shared• The bathroom and hall are cleaned every day• 2 washers, 2 dryers, laundry included in student fee (no quarters)• Sloss lounge is a big area for freshmen to use. Couches, TV, kitchenette, etc.• Students enjoy hanging out in the quad when it is nice outside

Churchill Center for Global Engagement• Study Abroad offices• Traditional semester long and yearlong programs• Summer programs (Biology in Belize, Berlin, Guatemala, Vietnam, etc.)

1. Latshaw Plaza, Champ Auditorium and the Church of St. Mary the Virgin

2. Churchill Quadrangle with Student Foundation Showroom

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Latshaw Plaza, Champ Auditorium and the Church of St. Mary the Virgin

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Mueller (pronounced Miller) Student Center• Holds a variety of student activities • Funded my Kent '62 and Judith Mueller

Dining Hall• Freshmen have a 19-meal block• 3 meals Monday through Friday• 2 meals Saturday and Sunday• Our food service is run by a company called Fresh Ideas.• Home Zone, Westminster Grill, Pizza, Salad Bar, Fresh Fusion

Football & Soccer / Kent and Judith Mueller Stadium• Kent and Judith Mueller donated $4 million • Various student activities

Coulter Science Center (CSC)• 200-seat Schuessler Humphreys Amphitheater• Classrooms for math, biology, chemistry, environmental sciences, psychology, and physics• Science and cadaver lab• Professors offices/office hours

• 29,000 square foot facility, providing athletic, recreational, meeting, and social space• Houses Student, Residential, and Greek Life Offices

Johnson College Inn (JCI)• Meal plan works in JCI• Every freshman on the 19-meal plan gets $100 in Blue Jay Bucks • Campus Activities Board (CAB) events• Student mailboxes

Mabee Gym• Intramural activities • Workout and weight room, indoor jogging track, and Racquetball court• Students frequently hangout and play pickup games in the gym

3. Mueller Leadership Hall Student Center and Dining Hall

4. Westminster College Football & Soccer/ Blue Jay Field

5. W. Coulter Science Center

6. Hunter Activity Center

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W. Coulter Science Center Atrium

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Residential Life Office• Movie tickets are sold here• Residential Life questions (housing or meal plans)• Student Life fellow office• Student IDs are taken here Greek Life Office (upstairs in HAC across from the gym)• Sorority and Fraternity recruitment registration • We have 3 sororities and 6 fraternities on campus• Roughly 46% of the campus is affiliated with a Greek-letter organization Coordinator of Campus Life Office• Campus Activities Board advisor• Campus Activities Board is a student-led group that plans campus events• Students can also pick up parking tags out of this office

• Office of the President• The school owns a house for the president that is a few blocks off campus• Following a small parade around downtown Fulton, Churchill and Truman arrived at

Washington West House. This is where Baxter Brown Watson, student of Westminster snapped a picture of the two leaders; Truman raising his hat and Churchill with his cigar about to give his famous “V” (victory) sign. When Mrs. McCluer greeted them at the door, where Churchill asked, “May I bring this stogie in here?” Mrs. McCluer served a luncheon before the speech, which featured a Callaway County ham. Churchill later said, “The pig has reached its highest point of evolution in this ham!” He later requested that several hams be sent to him.

• After the lecture, Churchill and Truman returned to Washington West where a reception took place for Westminster “gold-star” families, who were relatives of former students who lost their lives in WWII. Churchill and Truman personally met with all of the relatives.

• Churchill’s Sinews of Peace Speech (famously nicknamed the Iron Curtain Speech) given on March 5, 1946 in this gymnasium.

• Westminster actually had to build the gym because there was not a large enough space on campus to fit the crowds expected for Churchill’s visit.

• The lecture started in the afternoon at 3:30 pm. The gym seated 2,800 people. There were an additional 900 seats in Swope Chapel.

• It’s estimated that 25,000 came to Fulton.

7. Washington West

8. Historic Gymnasium

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Mueller Leadership Hall and Dining Hall

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• This is where Churchill declared, “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.” This was the first time that the upcom-ing Cold War was acknowledged.

• Historical Landmark• Where collegiate games are played

• Main administrative building, built in 1911 and renovated in 1973-74

Westminster Hall• Academic Affairs Office• Business Office• Registrar's Office• Wellness Center● Tomnitz Family Learning Opportunities Center (LOC)• Nurse Practitioner on campus Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.• Visits to Nurse Practitioner included in student fee

The Columns• On April 19, 1964, Truman returned to Fulton to break ground on the Churchill

Memorial. Though the church would actually be on the corner of Westminster Avenue and 7th Street, they broke ground in front of The Columns.

• Remains of the original Westminster Hall that was destroyed by a fire in 1909 • Columns Ceremony coming in as a freshman and leaving as a senior• Symbolizes entering the Westminster community, and then after four years,

exiting the school prepared with knowledge and experience

• Oldest building on campus, formerly the Hall of Science, built in 1901 • Upper level English and foreign language classes, as well as sociology, anthropology and classics

9. Westminster Hall and The Columns

10. Newnham Hall

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• The Davidson Leadership Plaza stands to commemorate Westminster’s first 150 years of delivering outstanding education and serves as a catalyst for the next 150 years. • The plaza is named for President Emeritus Robert L. D. Davidson, (1955-1973), who was instrumental in bringing the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library to Westminster College, the Plaza was built with a generous contribution from an alumnus.

Fraternities and Sororities• Greek traditions date back to 1868• 5 fraternities and 3 sororities• Approximately 50% of the campus is Greek• All fraternities live in Greek houses• Sororities do not have houses, but all three have floors in the triangle- which are specifically for each sorority as well as their own lounge • Culture is different than that at big schools. At Westminster everyone is friends with everyone and are involved in many campus activities and organizations. • Philanthropy

The Hill• Favorite spot of students to hangout outside (study, hammocks, Frisbee golf, etc.)• Rock the Hill

Library• Hazel Wing, 2 computer labs Mac and PC• Printing Budget: $40 a semester - roughly $0.08 per page • 3 levels of library that vary on loudness • MOBIUS - book sharing • Tutoring Center• Library open until midnight during the weekdays and Hazel is 24-hours a day

Student Success Center• Office of Career Development• Guidance on resumes and cover letters • Mock interviews• Internships• 96% of graduates are placed into a graduate program or the workforce 6 months after graduation

• Completes your tour of Westminster!• Financial Aid Questions & Answers

11. Davidson Leadership Plaza

12. Reeves Library and Hazel Wing

13. Admissions Office - Champ

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Westminster offers a distinctive alumni networking experience in which graduates often are employed by alums or assisted in job placement by alums after graduation.

96 percent of Westminster graduates are employed or in a post-graduate program within six months of graduating.

Sir Winston Churchill, Former Prime Minster of the United Kingdom

Mikhail Gorbachev, Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Edwina Sandys, Artist, Creator of Westminster’s Berlin Wall Breakthrough sculpture, and Granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill

Lech Walesa, Former Polish Politician, and Trade-Union Activist

Margaret Thatcher, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator

Jeh Johnson, Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security

Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, and Vice Presidents George H.W. Bush, and Hubert Humphrey

World figures regularly speak at Westminster College because of its renowned reputation.This prestigious list includes the following:

With a focus on leadership development, alumni dedicated to seeing students and young graduates succeed, and a liberal arts curriculum designed to develop critical thinking and life-long learning, Westminster College students easily find success and fulfillment after graduation.

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Dr. Paul OrschelnVice President of Enrollment ServicesPaul.Orscheln@WCMO.edu

Aimee BristowAssociate Vice President of Enrollment Management and Financial AidAimee.Bristow@WCMO.edu

Kristina Bright Executive Director of MarketingKristina.Bright@WCMO.edu

Kara LanteigneEnrollment CoordinatorKara.Lanteigne@WCMO.edu

Teresa WhiteStudent Financial Planning CoordinatorTeresa.White@WCMO.edu

Sandra CoffmanLoan CoordinatorSandra.Coffman@WCMO.edu

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