Westminster University announced its new president, Dr. Sylvia Torti, the current president of a northeastern liberal arts college and a former dean of the University of Utah Honors College. Sylvia Torti announced as Westminster’s 20th president, who will replace current President Beth Dobkin this summer. Photo from Westminster’s press release. Torti will replace current Westminster President Beth Dobkin this summer and will be inaugurated this fall. Westminster announced T

Pictured above is Converse Hall, a staple of the Westminster University campus. Westminster University housed the Olympic security teams for the 2002 games. Photo credit: KSL TV For those who have been in Salt Lake City the last few months, it is hard not to notice the fact that the 2034 Winter Olympics will be upon us in eight years. Signs at the airport, parades downtown, and numerous Instagram posts are reminders that Salt Lake City will be hosting one of the biggest spor

Students often pass by the organic garden hidden behind the bicycle workshop and the orchard tucked between Giovale Library and Emigration Creek, not knowing that behind those places is a purpose. Denise Živković is the Growing Spaces program manager at Westminster University, who heads the organic garden, orchard, greenhouse and Skaggs garden boxes. These spaces were developed nearly a decade ago to be opportunities for community, learning and growing fresh food to eat. Ži