[ { "excerpt": "In a shaded, wooded area with temperatures climbing into the low 90s, young researchers meticulously scrape away layers of sediment using specialized trowels, brushes and screens.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-10-20", "subtitle": "Archeology Class In a shaded, wooded area with temperatures climbing into the low 90s, young researchers meticulously scrape away lay...", "title": "Students Dig New Archeology Class", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-dig-new-archeology-class.html", "image": "\/files\/Archeology2Header.jpg.webp", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "An energetic crowd of more than 100 gathered for the Oct. 1 public kickoff of the Sacred Stories Project, a five-year initiative, that aims to create spaces for young adults in their 20s to share and celebrate stories of faith, vocation and identity. Guests gathered outdoors at Westmont Downtown | Keith Center to connect over charcuterie and view featured artwork by young alumnus Diego Castañeda ’26.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-10-15", "subtitle": "An energetic crowd of more than 100 gathered for the Oct. 1 public kickoff of the Sacred Stories Project, a five-year President Gayle D. Be...", "title": "Crowd Celebrates Kickoff of Sacred Stories", "link": "\/westmont-news\/crowd-celebrates-kickoff-sacred-stories.html", "image": "\/files\/Sacred%20Stories%20Crowd.jpg.webp", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Tucked between mountain peaks and the Pacific Ocean, Westmont College secures a prominent place selected among the nation’s 40 most beautiful campuses in a new report from U.S. News & World Report. The publication that annually releases a top 40 list, ranks Westmont as No. 5 and praises the college’s historic buildings, serene gardens and picturesque coastal backdrop.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-10-15", "subtitle": "Tucked between mountain peaks and the Pacific Ocean, Westmont College secures a prominent place selected among the nation’s 40 most beautiful campu...", "title": "Westmont Among Nation’s Most Beautiful Campuses", "link": "\/westmont-news\/us-news-ranks-westmont-among-nations-most-beautiful-campuses.html", "image": "\/files\/Kerrwood-From-Formal-Gardens.jpg.webp", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Saturn, a first-quarter moon and the distant Owl Cluster take center stage during Westmont’s free monthly public viewing on Friday, Oct. 16, starting at 7 p.m. at the Westmont Observatory.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-10-13", "subtitle": "Saturn, a first-quarter moon and the distant Owl Cluster take center stage during Westmont’s free monthly public viewing on Friday, Oct. 16, starti...", "title": "Stargazing Feature Highlights Saturn, Moon and Owl Cluster", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stargazing-feature-highlights-saturn-moon-and-owl-cluster.html", "image": "\/files\/BlueObservatory.jpg.webp", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "What kind of education prepares graduates not just for a first job, but for a lifetime of meaningful leadership? A compelling new book, “Leadership and the Liberal Arts: An Education to Last a Lifetime,” edited by Westmont President Gayle D. Beebe, makes the case for the enduring power of the Christian liberal arts.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-10-13", "subtitle": "What kind of education prepares graduates not just for a first job, but for a lifetime of meaningful leadership? A compelling new book, “Leadership...", "title": "New Book Examines ‘Leadership and the Liberal Arts’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-book-examines-leadership-and-liberal-arts.html", "image": "\/files\/leadership-liberal-arts-book-cover-header.jpg.webp", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont welcomes alums, families and friends back to campus for a weekend packed with community celebrations, class reunions, academic showcases and traditions during Homecoming Oct. 16-18. Highlights of the weekend include the 15th annual Westmont Classic Golf Tournament raising funds for student scholarships, dynamic talks led by alums, student research displays, and the annual Alumni Awards Celebration Brunch honoring distinguished graduates. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-10-06", "subtitle": "Westmont welcomes alums, families and friends back to campus for a weekend packed with community celebrations, Westmont Homecoming 2026...", "title": "Homecoming Welcomes Alums Back to Campus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/homecoming-weekend-welcomes-alumni-back-campus.html", "image": "\/files\/Homecoming-25-Wide.jpg.webp", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College has received a $457,745 grant to expand its efforts to integrate intellectual, moral and spiritual formation directly into classroom instruction and campus culture. Administered through the Educating Character Initiative, a project of the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University, which aims to catalyze a national movement placing virtue and character at the center of higher education. The 2026 Educating Character Initiative Institutional Impact Grants support 44 projects directly impacting 49 institutions nationwide. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-10-06", "subtitle": "Westmont College has received a $457,745 grant to expand its efforts to integrate intellectual, moral and spiritual formation directly into classro...", "title": "National Grant Aims to Deepen Student Character Development", "link": "\/westmont-news\/national-grant-aims-deepen-student-character-development.html", "image": "\/files\/SPiritual-Formation-Chapel.jpg.webp", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Summer training gave the Westmont women’s swimming program a profound new purpose this year. Head coach Jill Lin, her nearly five-year-old son, Caden, and 10 swimmers, including three recent graduates, traveled to Northern Thailand for a historic outreach trip July 30-Aug. 16.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-10-01", "subtitle": "Elephants in Thailand Summer training gave the Westmont women’s swimming program a profound new purpose this year. Head coach Jill Lin...", "title": "Warriors Teach Life-Saving Skills in Thailand", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-teach-life-saving-skills-thailand.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/Swimmers%20in%20Pool.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Encounter Virginia Woolf, a lonely puppet, a curious opossum and two worms who fall in love all in a single evening as the Westmont College Theatre Arts Department stages an eccentric, fast-paced slate of short-form storytelling. Performances of “The Future is Short,” set in a variety of site-specific locations in and around Porter Theatre, take place Oct. 16-18 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. Organizers strongly recommend advance reservations due to the intimate staging, which limits seating. Tickets cost $20 for general admission and $12 for students and seniors.", "author": "", "publish-date": "2026-10-01", "subtitle": "Encounter Virginia Woolf, a lonely puppet, a curious opossum and two worms who fall in love all in a single evening as the Westmont College Theatre...", "title": "Theater Offers Short Plays with Big Energy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theater-offers-short-plays-big-energy.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/Future-is-ShortHeader.jpg.webp", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Clinical psychologist Andrea Gurney leads a Westmont Downtown Lecture, “Invisible in Plain Sight: Reclaiming Love and Connection in an Age of AI,” on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 5:30 p.m. at Westmont Downtown | Keith Center, 29 W. Anapamu St. The free lecture addresses how modern technology affects human relationships in an era defined by constant digital access. No tickets or reservations are required; seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-09-29", "subtitle": "Andrea Gurney Clinical psychologist Andrea Gurney leads a Westmont Downtown Lecture, “Invisible in Plain Sight: Reclaiming Love and Co...", "title": "Talk Explores Reclaiming Connection in Digital Age", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-reclaiming-connection-digital-age.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/Gurney-Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Engineering professors Dan Jensen and Kristin L. Wood lead an interactive Westmont Downtown lecture, “Having Fun with Everyday AI and Robotics: Life Implications,” on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 5:30 p.m. at Westmont Downtown | Keith Center, 29 W. Anapamu St. The event offers a hands-on exploration of artificial intelligence and robotics. Attendees should bring a smartphone or smart device to participate. The talk remains free and open to the public, with limited seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-09-24", "subtitle": "Engineering professors Dan Jensen and Kristin L. Wood lead an interactive Westmont Downtown lecture, “Having Fun with Everyday AI a...", "title": "Talk Explores Fun, Practical Uses of AI, Robotics", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-fun-practical-uses-ai-robotics.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/glwingiPad.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College continues its rise among the nation’s premier institutions, climbing six spots to No. 109 (tied) among National Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2027 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. For more than two decades, Westmont has maintained its standing as the No. 1 Christian liberal arts college in California and the Western U.S. while remaining one of the top two nationally ranked members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-09-21", "subtitle": "Westmont College continues its rise among the nation’s premier institutions, climbing six spots to No. 109 (tied) among National Liberal Arts Colle...", "title": "College Soars in Latest National Rankings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-soars-latest-national-rankings.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Rankings-Header-27.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Inside Montecito Covenant Church Gym, the energy is undeniable, even during just the third practice in program history. Thick mats cover the floor as student-athletes refine precision passes, practice jump sequences and coordinate intricate tosses. For Westmont, this gathering is far more than a routine training session, it represents the unfolding of a historic new chapter in Warrior athletics. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-09-21", "subtitle": "Watch a television news story about the STUNT team on News Channel 3-12. Inside Montecito Covenant Church Gym, the energy is undeniable, even durin...", "title": "Inaugural STUNT Team Takes Flight", "link": "\/westmont-news\/inaugural-stunt-team-takes-flight.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Stunt-PracticeHeader.jpg.webp", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nearly 200 people attended the Sept. 3 opening reception of “Haptic Knowing,” a new exhibition at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art showcasing five artists whose work explores touch not merely as a physical action, but as a form of inquiry and a way of thinking, learning and understanding the world. Students, faculty and staff gathered at the opening while wearing festive painted garments of high-density fibers by artist Lea Feinstein. The exhibition runs through Nov. 7.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-09-15", "subtitle": "Nearly 200 people attended the Sept. 3 opening reception of “Haptic Knowing,” a new exhibition at the Westmont Art professors Chris Rupp, L...", "title": "Opening Exhibit Crowd Embraces ‘Haptic Knowing’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/opening-exhibit-crowd-embraces-haptic-knowing.html", "image": "\/files\/Haptic%20Knowing%20Opening.jpg.webp", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Theatre Arts unleashes “Momentum! A Musical Revue,” an exhilarating showcase celebrating the courage to leap into the unknown, chase ambitious dreams and embrace life’s unexpected turns. Directed by Samantha Eve, Westmont instructor of theater arts and artistic director of Out of the Box Theatre Company, the show features dynamic performances that highlight the choices shaping human character. Performances run Friday, Sept. 18, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 19, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 20, at 2 p.m.; all in Porter Theater. Tickets are available at westmont.edu\/boxoffice for $20 general admission and $12 for students, seniors and veterans.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-09-14", "subtitle": "Westmont Theatre Arts unleashes “Momentum! A Musical Revue,” an exhilarating showcase celebrating the courage to leap into the unkn...", "title": "Theater’s ‘Momentum!’ Explores Life’s Pivotal Choices", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theaters-momentum-explores-lifes-pivotal-choices.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Momentum-Rehearsal-Header.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont invites the community to explore the cosmos during a free public stargazing event Friday, Sept. 18, starting at 7 p.m. and lasting several hours. Held in conjunction with NASA’s International Observe the Moon Night, the evening unleashes the power of Westmont’s Keck Telescope alongside high-powered instruments from the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit to bring deep space into sharp focus.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-09-14", "subtitle": "Westmont invites the community to explore the cosmos during a free public stargazing event Friday, Sept. 18, starting at 7 p.m. and lasting several...", "title": "Stargazing Event Unlocks Wonders of Night Sky", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stargazing-event-unlocks-wonders-night-sky.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Westmont%20Observatory%20Sunset.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "When Ethan Ish ’29 arrived at Westmont as a first-year student, he saw a wealth of possibilities in the engineering department, but he wanted a direct, immediate way to engage with his passion for aerospace. Guided by a desire to build professional connections, he turned to the internet to find opportunities. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-09-14", "subtitle": "When Ethan Ish ’29 arrived at Westmont as a first-year student, he saw a wealth of possibilities in the engineering department, but he wanted a dir...", "title": "Sophomore Builds Runway for Aerospace Engineers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sophomore-builds-runway-aerospace-engineers.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Ethan-Ish-Header.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Driven by the belief that collective collaboration far outweighs individual effort, nearly 20 theater professionals from across the country gathered at Westmont College on August 13–14 to launch the Association of Christian Theatre Schools (ACTS). Funded by a grant from the Lilly Network, the new initiative helps faith-based drama faculty grow spiritually, artistically and vocationally together.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-09-04", "subtitle": "Driven by the belief that collective collaboration far outweighs individual effort, nearly 20 theater professionals from across the country gathere...", "title": "Colleges Launch National Christian Theater Network", "link": "\/westmont-news\/colleges-launch-national-christian-theater-network.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Denu-Speaks-to-ACTS.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art presents “Haptic Knowing,” a new exhibition showcasing five artists whose work explores touch as a way of thinking, learning, and understanding the world.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-09-01", "subtitle": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art presents “Haptic Knowing,” a new exhibition showcasing five artists whose work explores touch as a way of th...", "title": "‘Haptic Knowing’ Explores Art of Touch", "link": "\/westmont-news\/haptic-knowing-explores-art-touch.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/header.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Five tenure-track professors, including a returning alumnus and an international design expert, join the Westmont faculty this fall, bringing a shared commitment to integrating faith with academic excellence. The new tenure-track appointments include Stephen Owusu (economics and business), Gregg Ten Elshof ’92 (philosophy), Demetrius Tucker (English), Jarrett Walbolt (kinesiology) and Kristen Wood (engineering). ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-09-01", "subtitle": "Five tenure-track professors, including a returning alumnus and an international design expert, join the Westmont faculty this fall, bringing a sha...", "title": "New Faculty Bring Faith, Excellence to Classroom", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-faculty-bring-faith-excellence-classroom.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/New-Fac-Header.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s first nursing cohort to graduate during the summer term honored 19 new registered nurses at a traditional pinning ceremony Aug. 20 at Montecito Covenant Church. The Westmont Downtown | Grotenhuis Nursing Program has quickly expanded to include three cohorts studying each year.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-08-25", "subtitle": "Westmont’s first nursing cohort to graduate during the summer term honored 19 new registered nurses at a traditional pinning ceremony Aug. 20 at Mo...", "title": "Nursing Grads Inspire at Summer Pinning", "link": "\/westmont-news\/nursing-grads-inspire-summer-pinning.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Nursing-Header.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Observatory opens to the public for a near total lunar eclipse on Thursday, Aug. 27, beginning at 8:30 p.m. with the max eclipse set to happen at 9:12 p.m. Members of the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit will also attend with telescopes to share. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-08-25", "subtitle": "The Westmont Observatory opens to the public for a near total lunar eclipse on Thursday, Aug. 27, beginning at 8:30 p.m. with the max eclipse set t...", "title": "Observatory Opens for Partial Lunar Eclipse", "link": "\/westmont-news\/observatory-opens-partial-lunar-eclipse.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Eclipse-Header.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "A multi-year initiative launched at Westmont College grew into a vibrant climate advocacy network across Christian higher education. Faith.Climate.Action., a program funded jointly by Westmont and The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, concluded its three-year run following a national retreat this summer on the college’s leafy Santa Barbara campus.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-08-20", "subtitle": "A multi-year initiative launched at Westmont College grew into a vibrant climate advocacy network across Christian higher education. Faith.Climate....", "title": "Empowering Christian Colleges to Lead Climate Action", "link": "\/westmont-news\/empowering-christian-colleges-lead-climate-action.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/2026-FCA-Retreat-Header.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "High school students from across the country converged on Westmont this summer to measure the speed of light, characterize electroplated copper through an electron microscope, and contemplate how faith, philosophy and history shape scientific discovery.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-08-17", "subtitle": "High school students from across the country converged on Westmont this summer to measure the speed of light, characterize electroplated copper thr...", "title": "Teens Inspired at Science by the Sea Camp", "link": "\/westmont-news\/teens-inspired-science-sea-camp.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/science-by-the-sea-header.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "The Martin Institute and the Dallas Willard Research Center at Westmont have given Grace Hamman’s “Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues and Vices for a Whole and Holy Life” (Zondervan, 2025) the Dallas Willard Book Award for 2026.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-06-30", "subtitle": "The Martin Institute and the Dallas Willard Research Center at Westmont have given Grace Hamman’s “Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues and Vices for...", "title": "‘Ask of Old Paths’ Wins Willard Book Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ask-old-paths-wins-willard-book-award.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Grace-Hamman-Web.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont honored a number of employees for their outstanding contributions at the May 14 Faculty and Staff Appreciation Brunch, an annual ceremony that recognizes individual work anniversaries and accomplishments. President Gayle D. Beebe and members of the college’s executive team selected the recipients from a peer-nominated pool. An endowment set up by the late Bruce and Adaline Bare fund the faculty awards; he was longtime college trustee. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-06-02", "subtitle": "Westmont honored a number of employees for their outstanding contributions at the May 14 Faculty and Staff Appreciation Brunch, an annual ceremony...", "title": "College Honors Employees, Retiring Biology Professor", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-honors-employees-retiring-biology-professor.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/HR%20Awardee.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "About 200 art enthusiasts flowed through the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art and the surrounding umbrella-covered patio for the opening of the Tri-County juried exhibition, “Altered Realities,” on May 22. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-05-28", "subtitle": "About 200 art enthusiasts flowed through the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art and the surrounding umbrella-covered patio for the opening of the T...", "title": "Local Artists Lauded for Beauty Amid Chaos", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-artists-lauded-beauty-amid-chaos.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Altered-Realities-Entry.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont host its 12th annual LEAD Where You Stand conference, “Leadership, Human Flourishing and Artificial Intelligence,” from June 4-5 at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. The premier leadership event brings together a distinguished lineup of global thought leaders, bestselling authors and researchers to equip executives, educators and organizational leaders with the tools to navigate a rapidly changing technological and cultural landscape. Tickets, which are available until May 29, cost $595 per person are available at westmont.edu\/lead. Discounted Santa Barbara-area accommodations are also available. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-05-21", "subtitle": "Westmont host its 12th annual LEAD Where You Stand conference, “Leadership, Human Flourishing and Artificial Intelligence,” from June 4-5 at the Hi...", "title": "Event Tackles Intersection of Ethics, AI, Human Flourishing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/event-tackles-intersection-ethics-ai-human-flourishing.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/BeebeBrooksHEADER.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont highlights the talent of regional artists in the 2026 Tri-County Juried Exhibition, “Altered Realities,” from May 21-June 20 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-05-19", "subtitle": "Westmont highlights the talent of regional artists in the 2026 Tri-County Juried Exhibition, “Altered Realities,” from May 21-June 20 in the Westmo...", "title": "Local Artists Featured in ‘Altered Realities’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-artists-featured-altered-realities.html", "image": "\/files\/Haloed-Giants.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont honored some of its graduating seniors in front of the community, parents and guests on April 17 at the annual Academic Awards Celebration in Murchison Gym.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-05-18", "subtitle": "Westmont honored some of its graduating seniors in front of the community, parents and guests on April 17 at the annual Academic Awards Celebration...", "title": "Celebrating Outstanding 2026 Grads", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebrating-outstanding-2026-grads.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Academic-Awards-Presentation-WIde.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Twenty-two members of the seventh cohort of the Westmont Downtown | Grotenhuis Nursing program were pinned at a special ceremony to honor their accomplishments on May 7 at Montecito Covenant Church. The group included the college’s first nursing fast track graduate, who earned two bachelor’s degrees in just four and a half years.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-05-18", "subtitle": "Twenty-two members of the seventh cohort of the Westmont Downtown | Grotenhuis Nursing program were pinned at a special ceremony to honor their acc...", "title": "Nursing Pinning Honors 22 Graduates", "link": "\/westmont-news\/nursing-pinning-honors-22-graduates.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Nursing%20Group%20Cohort%207.jpg.jpeg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Led by bagpipes under a blanket of traditional May weather’s fog, 356 Westmont graduates made their Last March from Kerrwood Hall to Thorrington Field, where they enthusiastically walked across the stage to get their diplomas at Commencement on May 9. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-05-12", "subtitle": "Led by bagpipes under a blanket of traditional May weather’s fog, 356 Westmont graduates made their Last March from Kerrwood Hall to Thorrington Fi...", "title": "Graduates of Character, Courage Urged to Global Service", "link": "\/westmont-news\/graduates-character-courage-urged-global-service.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/MortarBoardToss26Header.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "The Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) and Westmont College excitedly announce a $2.4 million award to launch a new residency program providing tuition funds for students seeking a teaching credential and position in California public schools. Each student will receive a $33,000 stipend for tuition at Westmont and other living expenses, providing a yearlong, classroom-based pathway to the teaching profession.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-05-12", "subtitle": "The Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) and Westmont College excitedly announce a $2.4 million award to launch a new residency program pr...", "title": "SBUSD, Westmont Announce $2.4M Grant for Future Teachers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sbusd-westmont-announce-24m-grant-future-teachers.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/SBUSD-Header.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Women’s Leadership Council, dedicated to educating, enriching and empowering women, held its annual luncheon with keynote speaker Anja Manuel, co-founder and principal, Rice, Hadley, Gates and Manuel, LLC and an author, former diplomat, speaker and sought-after adviser to Fortune 50 and Silicon Valley CEOs. Several hundred supporters attended the event on April 24 at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-05-06", "subtitle": "The Westmont Women’s Leadership Council, dedicated to educating, enriching and empowering women, held its annual luncheon with keynote speaker Anja...", "title": "Women’s Council Empowers the Next Generation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/womens-council-empowers-next-generation.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/WLCHeader.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Henrietta Holsman Fore, a recognized leader in business, corporate boards, the U.S. government, the United Nations and nonprofit organizations, speaks at Westmont Commencement on Saturday, May 9, at 9:30 a.m. at Westmont’s Thorrington Field. President Gayle D. Beebe presents Westmont Medals to William and Nancy Kimsey, who have made contributions to international accounting, the greater Santa Barbara area, and to generously supporting Westmont.\n\n", "author": "", "publish-date": "2026-05-05", "subtitle": "Henrietta Holsman Fore, a recognized leader in business, corporate boards, the U.S. government, the United Nations and nonprofit organizations, spe...", "title": "Graduation Features Former USAID Director", "link": "\/westmont-news\/graduation-features-former-usaid-director.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Commencement-2025Wide.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Eighteen Westmont students traveled to New York earlier this month with Katherine Bryant, assistant professor of political science, to participate in the National Model United Nations conference as part of their International Organizations and Law course. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-04-17", "subtitle": "Eighteen Westmont students traveled to New York earlier this month with Katherine Bryant, assistant professor of political science, to participate...", "title": "Students Earn Honors at Model UN", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-earn-top-honors-national-model-un.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/UNFlags.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Family, friends and art lovers all packed into the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art to celebrate the 14 graduating art majors who presented their capstone projects in “Reencounter” on April 9. The exhibition, featuring a class of artists ready to make their mark on the world, will remain open through May 9.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-04-14", "subtitle": "Family, friends and art lovers all packed into the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art to celebrate the 14 graduating art majors who presented their...", "title": "‘Reencounter’ Offers Tapestry of Talent", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reencounter-offers-tapestry-talent.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/ReencounterGroupHeader.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Juniors Avala Elwood of Carpinteria and Isaiah Conway of Spring Valley won David K. Winter Servant Leadership Awards for their selflessness and humility as effective leaders. Angela D’Amour ’01, dean of students, presented the 26th annual awards to the students on April 10 at chapel in Murchison Gym.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-04-13", "subtitle": "Juniors Avala Elwood of Carpinteria and Isaiah Conway of Spring Valley won David K. Winter Servant Leadership Awards for their selflessness and hum...", "title": "Students Embody the Spirit of Servant Leadership", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-embody-spirit-servant-leadership.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/DKW-Awardees.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "A 60-year soccer tradition is getting a new look this spring while benefiting a globally recognized local charity.\n\n", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-04-13", "subtitle": "A 60-year soccer tradition is getting a new look this spring while benefiting a globally recognized local charity. Men's soccer tours the D...", "title": "Crosstown Soccer Rivals, Greater Purpose", "link": "\/westmont-news\/crosstown-soccer-rivals-greater-purpose.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Soccer-at-DRI.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Observatory opens to the public Friday, April 17, at 8 p.m. for a night of stargazing that will feature views of Jupiter and the star pair Mizar and Alcor. The event is expected to last several hours.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-04-13", "subtitle": "The Westmont Observatory opens to the public Friday, April 17, at 8 p.m. for a night of stargazing that will feature views of Jupiter and the star...", "title": "Observatory Features Jupiter and Double Stars", "link": "\/westmont-news\/observatory-features-jupiter-and-double-stars.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/SunsetObservatory.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "More than 40 students will present posters and explain their research at the 30th annual student research symposium Thursday, April 16, from 3-4:30 p.m. in Winter Hall. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-04-13", "subtitle": "More than 40 students will present posters and explain their research at the 30th annual student research symposium Thursday, April 16, from 3-4:30...", "title": "30 Years of Discovery: Celebrating Student Research", "link": "\/westmont-news\/30-years-discovery-celebrating-student-research.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/2025SpringResearchSymposium-wide.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Fourteen graduating art majors will present their capstone projects in an exhibition that reencounters their cultural identity, family history and patterns, and art historical traditions from April 9-May 9 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. There will be a free, public opening reception for “Reencounter” on Thursday, April 9, from 4-6 p.m. in the museum. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-04-07", "subtitle": "Fourteen graduating art majors will present their capstone projects in an exhibition that reencounters their cultural identity, family history and...", "title": "Art Grads ‘Reencounter’ the Self", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-grads-reencounter-self.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Rencounter-Header.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "As the academic year draws to a close, the Westmont music department is set to showcase a global repertoire in a series of final concerts and recitals. The season’s highlights include two major choral performances that celebrate Latin American traditions and serve as a formal send-off for the college’s upcoming international tour.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-04-07", "subtitle": "As the academic year draws to a close, the Westmont music department is set to showcase a global repertoire in a series of final concerts and recit...", "title": "Choirs Showcases Global Sounds", "link": "\/westmont-news\/choirs-showcases-global-sounds.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/ChoirHeader.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Kim Denu, Westmont provost and dean of faculty, serves as the keynote speaker for the annual Santa Barbara Family YMCA Good Friday Breakfast, “Keeping Hope Alive,” on April 3 beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Tickets, which cost $70 each, may be purchased at ciymca.org.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-03-31", "subtitle": "Kim Denu, Westmont provost and dean of faculty, serves as the keynote speaker for the annual Santa Barbara Family YMCA Good Friday Breakfast, “Keep...", "title": "Provost to Offer Hope at Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/provost-offer-hope-breakfast.html", "image": "\/files\/Reserrected-Jesus-Prayer-Chapel-Header.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "It was a night full of laughs and surprises March 28 at the Santa Barbara Bowl as Westmont celebrated its 65th year of Spring Sing, where students from each residence hall produce musical skits to compete for prizes and bragging rights. Spring Sing, the longest running Westmont tradition, involves hundreds of students who use song, dance and faculty\/staff appearances to tell a comedic story about this year’s theme, “That’s Classic!”", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-03-30", "subtitle": "It was a night full of laughs and surprises March 28 at the Santa Barbara Bowl as Westmont celebrated its 65th year of Spring Sing, where students...", "title": "GLC's 'Top Gun' Takes Gold", "link": "\/westmont-news\/glcs-top-gun-takes-gold.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/TopGunSpringSingHeader.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Women’s Leadership Luncheon, an inspiring community event dedicated to educating, enriching and empowering women, features keynote speaker Anja Manuel, renowned author, former diplomat and trusted advisor to Fortune 50 companies, on Friday, April 24, from 12–1:30 p.m., with check-in beginning at 11:30 a.m., at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Purchase tickets, which cost $200 per person, at westmont.edu\/leadership-luncheon.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-03-27", "subtitle": "The Westmont Women’s Leadership Luncheon, an inspiring community event dedicated to educating, enriching and empowering women, features keynote spe...", "title": "Women’s Luncheon to Inspire and Empower", "link": "\/westmont-news\/womens-luncheon-inspire-and-empower.html", "image": "\/files\/WomensLeadershipLuncheonWide.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont Downtown Lecture will explore AI's real-world implications on Thursday, April 23, at 5:30 p.m. at Westmont Downtown | Keith Center, 29 W. Anapamu St. The talk, “AI and Our Shared Future: Opportunities, Challenges and What’s at Stake,\" features Mike Ryu, Westmont assistant professor of mathematics and computer science, and Reed Sheard, Westmont vice president of advancement and chief information officer. The free lecture offers insights on thoughtfully engaging with technological changes while creating new opportunities. No tickets or reservations required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-03-26", "subtitle": "A Westmont Downtown Lecture will explore AI's real-world implications on Thursday, April 23, at 5:30 p.m. at Westmont Downtown | Keith Center, 29 W...", "title": "Talk Explores Changes, Opportunities with AI", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-changes-opportunities-ai.html", "image": "\/files\/AI-Background.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Members and supporters of the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art experienced California’s Owens Valley and the Sierra Nevada on a unique trip Feb. 27-28 with stops at Manzanar National Historic Site, the Paiute Shoshone Cultural Center and nearby ancient petroglyphs. The group followed in the footsteps of Ansel Adams, visiting locations important to him, including Lone Pine and Manzanar, where he photographed Japanese Americans incarcerated there and the community they formed within the desolate landscape.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-03-17", "subtitle": "Members and supporters of the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art experienced California’s Owens Valley and the Sierra Nevada on a unique trip Feb....", "title": "From Manzanar to Petroglyphs — A Journey Through History", "link": "\/westmont-news\/manzanar-petroglyphs-journey-through-history.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Owens-group-Header.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "About 120 junior high and 40 high school students enjoyed a special matinee performance of “Little Women” by the Westmont Theater Arts Department on March 5 in Porter Theatre. The event, made possible through a grant from the Towbes Fund for the Performing Arts, brought students from La Colina, Santa Barbara and La Cumbre Junior Highs as well as Santa Barbara High to a live performance, many for the first time. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-03-17", "subtitle": "About 120 junior high and 40 high school students enjoyed a special matinee performance of “Little Women” by the Westmont Theater Arts Department o...", "title": "Curtains Open for Local Teens", "link": "\/westmont-news\/curtains-open-local-teens.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/QA-TheaterHeader.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Violinist Nathan Schafer of Highland won the Westmont Music Department’s 14th annual Guild Scholarship Competition and was awarded the $15,000 annual Guild Scholarship on March 7 in Deane Chapel.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-03-13", "subtitle": "Violinist Nathan Schafer of Highland won the Westmont Music Department’s 14th annual Guild Scholarship Competition and was awarded the $15,000 annu...", "title": "Highland Violinist Takes Top Guild Prize", "link": "\/westmont-news\/highland-violinist-takes-top-guild-prize.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Guild-group-picHeader.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Student filmmakers from around the world are invited to submit their work for the fourth annual Montecito Student Film Festival, taking place Saturday, Nov. 14, at Westmont College in Montecito. The festival’s call for entries opened March 1, and submissions will be accepted through midnight on June 1.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-03-12", "subtitle": "Student filmmakers from around the world are invited to submit their work for the fourth annual Montecito Student Film Festival, taking place Satur...", "title": "Film Festival Opens Call for Entries", "link": "\/westmont-news\/film-festival-opens-call-entries.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/ChaseOliveraFilmFestivalWinnerHeader.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "World-renowned journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Bret Stephens emphasized the importance of global stability for economic prosperity, criticized the decline in civics education and stressed the irreplaceable value of a liberal arts education at the 21st annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on Feb. 27.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-03-09", "subtitle": "World-renowned journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Bret Stephens emphasized the importance of global stability for econo...", "title": "Pulitzer Prize Winner Examines Antisemitism, Foreign Policy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pulitzer-prize-winner-examines-antisemitism-foreign-policy.html", "image": "\/files\/Presidents%20Breakfast%20Gayle%2021.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Martin Institute and Dallas Willard Research Center have announced the finalists of their annual book award. The winner of the Dallas Willard Book Award, which was created in 2015 to highlight the intellectual legacy of Willard, will be announced in May or June. Willard was a best-selling author and beloved philosophy professor at USC. The award recognizes original work that furthers his views of reality, knowledge and Christian spiritual formation.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-02-26", "subtitle": "Westmont’s Martin Institute and Dallas Willard Research Center have announced the finalists of their annual book award. The winner of the Dallas Wi...", "title": "Dallas Willard Book Award Finalists", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dallas-willard-book-award-finalists.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/DallasWillardCommencement2.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Observatory opens to the public for a rare lunar eclipse in the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 3. This will be the last total eclipse that will be visible in Santa Barbara for at least the next three years. The observatory will open at 3 a.m. and will remain available until about 5 a.m. when the moon dips below the horizon. March's full moon, named a worm moon, will slowly turn into a blood moon, as the Earth's shadow completely covers the moon, filtering sunlight through our atmosphere and turning the lunar surface deep red or coppery brown. ", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-02-26", "subtitle": "The Westmont Observatory opens to the public for a rare lunar eclipse in the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 3. This will be the last total e...", "title": "Telescope Aims for Rare Blood Worm Moon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/telescope-aims-rare-blood-worm-moon.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/MoonHeader3.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Alumni Office launched its first Alumni Day of Service for alumni, students and staff with more than 50 volunteers serving on Feb. 7 across five different sites.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-02-26", "subtitle": "The Westmont Alumni Office launched its first Alumni Day of Service for alumni, students and staff with more than 50 volunteers serving on Feb. 7 a...", "title": "Alums Give Back Through Day of Service", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alums-give-back-through-day-service.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/DOS-26-Bucket-Brigade--VB-TeamHeader.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont ecologist Laura Drake Schultheis shares her research about plant flammability and defensible spaces in the face of climate change in a Westmont Downtown Lecture on Wednesday, March 11, at 5:30 p.m. at Westmont Downtown | Keith Center, 29 W. Anapamu St. The talk, “Rooted in Resilience: Adaptive Planting Strategies in Wildland-Urban Interfaces,” is free and open to the public. Parking for the lecture is available at either Santa Barbara City Parking Lots 4 or 5. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.\n\n", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-02-26", "subtitle": "Westmont ecologist Laura Drake Schultheis shares her research about plant flammability and defensible spaces in the face of climate change in a Wes...", "title": "Ecologist Shares Climate-Smart Planting Strategies", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ecologist-shares-climate-smart-planting-strategies.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Schultheis-Botanic-Garden-Header.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Dennis Doordan, an architectural and design historian, analyzes Los Angeles architecture through photographs Ansel Adams took on assignment there in the 1940s in a free public lecture titled “Looking at Ansel Adams Looking at LA” on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 4 p.m. at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. No RSVP is necessary for the lecture, which will last an hour. Light refreshments will be served.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-02-18", "subtitle": "Here is a link to a YouTube recording of the video.  Dennis Doordan, an architectural and design historian, analyzes Los Angeles ar...", "title": "Ansel Adams' Lens into LA Architecture", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ansel-adams-lens-la-architecture.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/VonsBakeryHeader.jpg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Mercury and Saturn are expected to make an appearance at this month’s free stargazing event Friday, Feb. 20, beginning at 6:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-02-17", "subtitle": "Mercury and Saturn are expected to make an appearance at this month’s free stargazing event Friday, Feb. 20, beginning at 6:30 p.m. and lasting sev...", "title": "Celestial Showcase Includes Jupiter’s Red Spot", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celestial-showcase-includes-jupiters-red-spot.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/observatory-wide_0.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Madeline Fanton remembers the first chapter book she read as a child: “Little Women.” Now, the visiting professor of theater arts directs Westmont’s production of the novel by Louisa May Alcott, adapted by Kate Hamill, on Feb. 27-28 and March 6-7 at 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 28 and March 7-8 at 2 p.m., all in Porter Theatre. Tickets, which cost $20 for general admission; $12 for students, seniors and veterans, may be purchased at westmont.edu\/boxoffice. For more information, please contact the box office at (805) 565-7040.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-02-13", "subtitle": "Madeline Fanton remembers the first chapter book she read as a child: “Little Women.” Now, the visiting professor of theater arts directs Westmont’...", "title": "‘Little  Women’ Showcases Timeless Themes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/little-women-showcases-timeless-themes.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/MadelineFanton25.jpg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont senior Ashley Clark, an English and theater arts double major from Henderson, Nevada, participated in the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s competitive five-month filmmaking program. During that time, she wrote a screenplay, “Deus Ex Machina.” The festival paired her with UC Santa Barbara international student Can Basoglu, who directed the short film that premieres during the festival Saturday, Feb. 14, at 2 p.m. at Santa Barbara’s historic Arlington Theatre.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-02-12", "subtitle": "Westmont senior Ashley Clark, an English and theater arts double major from Henderson, Nevada, participated in the Santa Barbara International Film...", "title": "Student’s Film Premieres at SBIFF", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-film-premieres-sbiff.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/ArlingtonTheatreHeader.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "More than 60 exceptional mathletes from seven Southern California high schools matched wits in the 37th annual Westmont College Mathematics Field Day at the Montecito campus. The event included a variety of activities, including group problem-solving, individual math presentations, called Chalk Talks, hands-on construction of 3-D models, and the popular and sometimes stressful College Bowl with Jeopardy-like buzzers.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-02-12", "subtitle": "More than 60 exceptional mathletes from seven Southern California high schools matched wits in the 37th annual Westmont College Mathematics Field D...", "title": "Math All-Stars Visit for Annual Field Day", "link": "\/westmont-news\/math-all-stars-visit-annual-field-day.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/Math-Field-Day-26-DarlingHeader.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "William Morris, a faith-based climate activist, shared his journey of growing up near an oil refinery in Torrance to his current work in environmental justice. The lecture was the first of a new series about careers in environmental studies hosted by Sustainable Westmont and stemming from the college’s new environmental studies major.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-02-10", "subtitle": "William Morris, a faith-based climate activist, shared his journey of growing up near an oil refinery in Torrance to his current w...", "title": "Environmentalist Shares Career Journey", "link": "\/westmont-news\/environmentalist-shares-career-journey.html", "image": "\/files\/william-morrisHeader.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Jeff Raymond shares snapshots of personal stories and lessons learned from nearly four decades in college athletics in a new book, “Lessons Learned While Running in Circles.”", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-02-05", "subtitle": "Jeff Raymond shares snapshots of personal stories and lessons learned from nearly four decades in college athletics in a new book, “Lessons Learned...", "title": "Running in Circles: Raymond Shares Life Lessons", "link": "\/westmont-news\/running-circles-raymond-shares-life-lessons.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/JeffRaymond-Long.jpg.jpeg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Wendy Eley Jackson, assistant professor of English and film studies at Westmont, recently joined the board of directors for the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara. She was instrumental in bringing Leah Weber King, the widow of Dexter Scott King, to serve as keynote speaker for MLKSB’s 19th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day program Jan. 19 at the Arlington Theatre. The main program begins at 11 a.m., following the annual Unity March up State Street.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-01-16", "subtitle": "Wendy Eley Jackson, assistant professor of English and film studies at Westmont, recently joined the board of directors for the Martin Luther King...", "title": "Professor Keeps King’s Dreams Alive", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professor-keeps-kings-dreams-alive.html", "image": "\/files\/WendyJacksonHeader.jpg", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Observatory will highlight several celestial objects, including Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, the Pleiades, Jupiter and Orion's nebula at its monthly stargazing event Friday, Jan. 16, beginning about 6 p.m. and lasting several hours.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-01-15", "subtitle": "The Westmont Observatory will highlight several celestial objects, including Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, the Pleiades, Jupiter and Orion's nebula at i...", "title": "Stargazing with Saturn, Neptune, Uranus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stargazing-saturn-neptune-uranus.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/TC_1591_0.jpg.webp", "category": "westmont news" }, { "excerpt": "Emerging artist and Westmont alumna Chelsea Roberts ’18, who delicately illustrates wildlife and flora with a gentle, compassionate reverence, opens a solo exhibition, “Habitual Curiosity,” in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art’s downstairs gallery through June 20.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-01-14", "subtitle": "Emerging artist and Westmont alumna Chelsea Roberts ’18, who delicately illustrates wildlife and flora with a gentle, compassionate reverence, open...", "title": "Alumna Artist Offers “Habitual Curiosity”", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumna-artist-offers-habitual-curiosity.html", "image": "\/westmont-news\/California-Sunshine-Header.jpg.webp", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art offers a groundbreaking exhibition that reveals a little‑known chapter of America’s most celebrated photographer in “Beyond the Wilderness: Ansel Adams in 1940s Los Angeles,” from Jan. 15-March 28. The museum hosts a free, public, opening reception for the exhibition on Thursday, Jan. 15, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-01-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Museum Offers ‘Adams 1940S Los Angeles’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-offers-adams-1940s-los-angeles.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Lockheed-Plant-in-Burbank-From-AfarHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Get ready for a morning of inspiration and stimulating insights at the 21st annual Westmont President’s Breakfast, featuring world-renowned journalist and Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times columnist Bret Stephens. The annual early morning event will transform the Grand Ballroom into a vibrant epicenter of ideas and conversation on Friday, Feb. 27, from 7–9 a.m. at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-01-07", "subtitle": "Get ready for a morning of inspiration and stimulating insights at the 21st annual Westmont President’s Breakfast, featuring worl...", "title": "Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Takes the Stage at President’s Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pulitzer-prize-winning-journalist-takes-stage-presidents-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/PBHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Opera Orchestra and more than a dozen cast members will sing, dance and swashbuckle their way through “Pirates of Penzance,” a hilarious story of adventure, danger and romance on Friday, Jan. 23, and Sunday, Jan. 25, both at 7 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Tickets, which cost $20 for general admission and $15 for students and seniors, may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2026-01-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Anchors Aweigh for ‘Pirate’ Laughter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/anchors-aweigh-pirate-laughter.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/EllsworthTrial-by-JuryHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont celebrated the accomplishments of 25 new graduates of the Westmont Downtown | Grotenhuis Nursing program at a pinning ceremony Dec. 18 before a standing-room only crowd at Montecito Covenant Church. This is the sixth cohort to graduate from the 16-month accelerated bachelor of science in nursing program, housed at 26 W. Anapamu.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-12-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Graduates 25 New Nurses", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-graduates-25-new-nurses.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/NursingCohort6.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Christine Seibert, Westmont’s new assistant director of environmental studies, brings a rare blend of scientific training, deep Christian conviction and a contagious enthusiasm for helping communities care for God’s creation.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-12-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Seibert Leads College into a Greener Future", "link": "\/westmont-news\/seibert-leads-college-greener-future.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Christine-Seibert-Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope zooms in on the rings of Saturn on Friday, Dec. 19, beginning about 6 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. In case of cloudy weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the observatory website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-12-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Stargazing Features Christmas Tree Cluster", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stargazing-features-christmas-tree-cluster.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ObservatoryPinkSunset.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s inaugural cohort of theological leadership students celebrated their graduation during a special dinner Dec. 4 in Hieronymus Lounge. This was the final event for the eight students who each shared a personal story about the impact of the program before they received their certificate in theological leadership.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-12-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "First Theological Leadership Cohort Marks Graduation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/first-theological-leadership-cohort-marks-graduation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/GradKerwood-by-KylerHanson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded a nearly $5 million grant to Westmont for the college’s Sacred Stories Project, which will uncover, share and celebrate the vocational journeys of Christian young adults.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-12-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sacred Stories Project to Amplify Christian Vocational Narratives", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sacred-stories-project-amplify-christian-vocational-narratives.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Compelling-Conversation-Goodie.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The nation’s fastest-growing female sport comes to Westmont in fall 2026. Since its NCAA Division II debut as an emerging sport in 2023, STUNT has blended the athleticism of cheer, dance and gymnastics into a high-impact competition celebrating teamwork, precision and power.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-12-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Stunt Program Announced", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-stunt-program-announced.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Westmont-StuntHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont engineering’s fifth annual remote-control (RC) car showdown was packed with crashes, flips, stalls, missed turns—and, for the first time, a three‑car championship race. When then dust finally settled, the team of Ben Mandani and Isaac Silva, who launched their car, named NESI, more than five feet off a ramp to win a one-jump playoff, hoisted championship trophies Dec. 5 on Kerrwood Lawn.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-12-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Engineers Ride Crash Course to Victory", "link": "\/westmont-news\/engineers-ride-crash-course-victory.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Car-Race-ReactionHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Local artists Dane Goodman and Dug Uyesaka will speak about their works in the current exhibition on Monday, Dec. 15, from 4-5 p.m. in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. The event, which includes refreshments, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-12-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Museum Hosts Event with Local Artists", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-hosts-event-local-artists.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Dug-Uyesaka-Between-Planes.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s junior engineering students are revved up to battle it out in a three-part competition that includes racing around cones and distance jumping off a ramp on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 1:15 p.m. in front of Kerrwood Hall. Students use the 500-piece remote-control (RC) car they’ve made as part of their Machine Design class.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-12-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Revved Up for RC Car Showdown", "link": "\/westmont-news\/revved-rc-car-showdown.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RC-Car-Race-24Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Thanksgiving is more than a holiday marked by turkey, pumpkin pie, and family gatherings—it is a reminder that gratitude begins the moment we recognize we are not owed anything, yet we have been given everything. In my Moral and Spiritual Psychology class at CS Lewis, I invite students to practice gratitude not as a fleeting habit but as a way of being, encouraging them to keep a weekly gratitude journal that thanks God for five things each week.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2025-11-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Finding Thanksgiving in Everyday Grace", "link": "\/westmont-news\/finding-thanksgiving-everyday-grace.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BradOnBike.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont celebrates Advent with “Let There be Light!” a festive gathering, treats and ceremonial lighting and an opportunity to take photos with Santa on Tuesday, Dec. 2, from 4:30-6 p.m. on Kerrwood Lawn. The family-friendly event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-11-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Advent Celebration Features Kerrwood Lighting, Santa", "link": "\/westmont-news\/advent-celebration-features-kerrwood-lighting-santa.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/LetThereBeLight.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Amanda Sparkman, Westmont professor of biology and director of environmental studies, has released the third volume in the “California Wild Neighbors” series, “Neighbors with Fur: A Family Guide to California Backyard Mammals,” with illustrations by Westmont professors, staff, students, alums, children and others in the community. “I hope it offers something for readers of every age who feel a new or renewed sense of connection with their wild neighbors,” she says.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-11-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Biologist Offers Community‑Illustrated Field Guide", "link": "\/westmont-news\/biologist-offers-community-illustrated-field-guide.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BooksHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 21st annual Westmont Christmas Festival offers an unforgettable celebration of Advent with the college’s orchestra and choirs creating a magical atmosphere at the Granada Theatre Santa Barbara. Tickets, which cost $30 each, are selling quickly for both performances on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m. Purchase tickets at westmont.edu\/christmas-festival or by phone at (805) 899-2222.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-11-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Holiday Concert Unites Classics, Carols, Scripture", "link": "\/westmont-news\/holiday-concert-unites-classics-carols-scripture.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Christmas24header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alastair Su, Westmont assistant professor of history, speaks about “Tariff Nation: Examining the Rise, Fall, and Return of America’s Most Contentious Tax” on Monday, Dec. 8, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St., in downtown Santa Barbara. The Westmont Downtown Lecture is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations required. Free parking is available on the streets surrounding CAW or in nearby city parking lots. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-11-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines America’s Long Affair with Tariffs", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-americas-long-affair-tariffs.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/TariffTalkTanker.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 70 art lovers braved the wet weather for the opening of “Between Planes: Exploring Sculpture Through Print” on Nov. 13 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. The unique show examines prints made by sculptors, offering a glimpse into artistic thought process of an artist prior to creating a sculpture.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-11-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Calder Mobile Draws Crowd to Exhibition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/calder-mobile-draws-crowd-exhibition.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/AlexCalderThe-Smile-and-the-EyeHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The spirit of “lucecitas” — glimmers of light — shone brightly on the Westmont campus as nearly 200 enthusiastic students and their families gathered for the powerful fourth annual event, Affording Your College Dream on Nov. 1. In a vibrant, Spanish-language event brimming with energy and hope, Westmont, in partnership with the Santa Barbara Unified School District’s Program for Effective Access to College (PEAC) and REACH (Resilience, Education, Adventure, Community and Health), equipped Santa Barbara’s aspiring students with the vital tools and confidence needed to turn their college aspirations into reality. The partners initiated this effort four years ago with the dream and vision to impact local families.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-11-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Event Ignites College Dreams Students", "link": "\/westmont-news\/event-ignites-college-dreams-students.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/PEAC-Students-Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art explores artistic vision across two-dimensional and three-dimensional media in “Between Planes: Exploring Sculpture Through Print” from Nov. 13-Dec. 20. There will be a free, public opening reception on Thursday, Nov. 13, from 4-6 p.m. at the museum.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-11-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exploring 'Sculpture Through Print'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-explores-sculpture-through-print.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Gilhooly-PrintHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In its third year, the Montecito Student Film Festival will showcase a diverse selection drawn from nearly 900 submissions submitted by local, national and international student filmmakers on Saturday, Nov. 15, at Porter Theatre and surrounding venues on campus. Audiences will enjoy creative stories, meaningful documentaries and exciting visual storytelling techniques, and roundtable discussions featuring leading professionals in the film industry. The festival is free and runs from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. A full schedule can be found at westmont.edu\/boxoffice.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-11-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Film Festival Lights Up Montecito", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-shine-film-fest.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Porter-Theatre-Outside.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In its third year, the Montecito Student Film Festival will showcase a diverse selection drawn from nearly 900 submissions submitted by local, national and international student filmmakers on Saturday, Nov. 15, at Porter Theatre and surrounding venues on campus. Audiences will enjoy creative stories, meaningful documentaries and exciting visual storytelling techniques, and roundtable discussions featuring leading professionals in the film industry. The festival is free and runs from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. A full schedule can be found at westmont.edu\/boxoffice.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-11-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Film Festival Lights Up Montecito", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-film-festival-lights-montecito.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Porter-Theatre-Outside.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Since six blocks of State Street closed in spring 2020, e‑bike usage has risen steadily, and the resulting increase in accidents has alarmed residents and local politicians. The Westmont Center for Dialogue and Deliberation decided to tackle this thorny issue at a community roundtable event with more than 50 people Oct. 23 at the Community Environmental Center's Environmental Hub downtown.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-11-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Santa Barbara Grapples With E‑Bike Surge", "link": "\/westmont-news\/santa-barbara-grapples-e-bike-surge.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/WCDD-WideHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont celebrated 50 years of women’s athletics during Homecoming weekend, drawing what may have been the largest gathering of athletic alumnae and current student-athletes in college history. The weekend’s sport-specific events culminated in a dinner honoring women’s athletics trailblazers and legacy builders, attended by about 200 guests and 125 current female student-athletes Oct. 18 at Montecito Covenant Church.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2025-10-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Honoring Women’s Athletics Trailblazers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/honoring-womens-athletics-trailblazers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Kirsten%20Moore%20Addresses%20Crowd.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont dedicated a new stained glass window during an intimate service inside the Nancy Voskuyl Prayer Chapel on Oct. 16.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-10-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Window for Prayer Chapel", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-window-prayer-chapel.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/PrayerChapelJesus.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 30 student researchers presented 20 different projects at the annual Celebration of Summer Research on Oct. 16 in Winter Hall. Many of the students worked as paid, full-time research assistants, collaborating with professors on cutting-edge projects that sometimes extend into the school year.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Shine in Season of Research", "link": "\/faculty-research\/students-shine-season-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Summer-Research-Celebration-Wide.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope zooms in on the rings of Saturn on Friday, Oct. 17, beginning about 7 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. Westmont hosts a stargazing event the third Friday of each month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring telescopes to share.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-10-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fall Into the Stars", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fall-stars.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/timelapseobservatory.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Center for Dialogue and Deliberation takes on the hot button issue of e-bikes at its next conversation on Thursday, Oct. 23, at the Community Environmental Council’s (CEC) Environmental Hub, 1219 State Street. The event, “E-Bikes: Balancing Freedom, Safety, and the Spirit of Santa Barbara: A Community Conversation,” is free and open to the public though reservations are required at tinyurl.com\/ebiketalk or by emailing WCDD@westmont.edu.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-10-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pedaling Toward Common Ground", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pedaling-toward-common-ground.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Wide.GroupHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 30 student researchers present 20 different projects at the annual Celebration of Summer Research on Oct. 16, 3-4:30 p.m. in the Winter Hall Third Floor Atrium. The Office of the Provost sponsors the event, which is free and open to the public. Many of the students worked as paid, full-time research assistants, collaborating with professors on cutting-edge projects that sometimes extend into the school year.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-10-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Present Bold Research", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-present-bold-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Research24GayleHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "See Sophocles’ ancient and disturbing tragedy “Antigone” with fresh language and new life in a poetic and thrilling production, “Antigonick,” from Oct. 24-Nov. 1 at Westmont’s Porter Theatre.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-10-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Greek Tragedy Offers Raw Emotion", "link": "\/westmont-news\/greek-tragedy-offers-raw-emotion.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/AntigonickPosterTight.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alums return to campus Oct. 17-19 for Homecoming and a weekend of events, including the annual Alumni Awards Celebration Brunch and Westmont Golf Classic. Find the full schedule of events at westmont.edu\/homecoming.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-09-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumni Return for Homecoming Festivities", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumni-return-homecoming-festivities.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Homecoming24Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ben Carlson, assistant professor of physics at Westmont, explores the scientific foundations of today’s most pressing energy and climate issues in a Westmont Downtown Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St., in downtown Santa Barbara. The talk, “Energy and Climate Through the Lens of Basic Science,” is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations required. Free parking is available on the streets surrounding CAW or in nearby city parking lots. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-09-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Energy and Climate from the Ground Up", "link": "\/westmont-news\/energy-and-climate-ground.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Solar.Panels.Westmont.Downtown.Lecture.Ben.Carlson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College continues to be recognized as the top Christian liberal arts college in the West, according to top national rankings. U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges lists Westmont as one of the top 10 Christian liberal arts colleges in California. Overall, Westmont continues to be one of the top two nationally ranked members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-09-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Shines in Latest Rankings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-shines-latest-rankings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ClubLawnHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont art professor has the toast-worthy talent the California Avocado Festival judges wanted. They unveiled Scott Anderson’s playful illustration — an avocado sunbathing on the beach — at the Carpinteria Farmers Market. Available now, limited-edition posters and T-shirts featuring his design will also be sold at the 39th annual celebration, Peace, Love & Guacamole, Oct. 3-5.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-09-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pit Perfect Avo Fest Artwork", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pit-perfect-avo-fest-artwork.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Avocado-Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The ringed gas giant Saturn comes into focus at Westmont’s stargazing event on Friday, Sept. 19, beginning at sunset and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. The solar system’s Hula-Hoop champion will start low in the evening sky, but will be visible later in the evening after 8 p.m.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-09-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing Features Celestial Lord of the Rings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-features-celestial-lord-rings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/PurpleObservatory.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alumna Kailie Grinder ’16, who earned a doctorate in intercultural studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, has returned to campus as Westmont’s intercultural programs (ICP) interim director.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-09-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumna Leads ICP with Heart", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumna-leads-icp-heart.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ICP-2025-Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s engineering program has earned full ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accreditation following an extensive three-year process that involved reviewing facilities, faculty, students and funding. Only two other Christian colleges in California have received this accreditation, retroactive to October 2022. The significant designation boosts engineering alums.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-09-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Accreditation Affirms Excellence in Engineering", "link": "\/westmont-news\/accreditation-affirms-excellence-engineering.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Dan-Jensen-Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont welcomes eight new tenure-track professors this fall: James Davidson (sociology), David Emanuel (religious studies), Kyle Hansen ’19 (mathematics), Sally Hawkins (education), Raymond Kim (economics), Smaranda Lawrie (psychology), Nicole Marsh ’17 (biology) and Claudia Molina (Spanish).", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-09-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Faculty Join the Community", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-faculty-join-community.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Faculty-hEADER25.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "New York Times columnist David Brooks, citing rising mental health issues, social distrust and loneliness, examined the moral decline in America and suggested that Christian colleges can contribute to the “re-moralization” of American life. He delivered the keynote talk, “How Christian Colleges Can Fix What Ails America,” at the 11th annual LEAD Where Your Stand conference June 5 in Westmont’s Global Leadership Center.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-09-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Brooks Praises Ethos of Christian Colleges", "link": "\/westmont-news\/brooks-praises-ethos-christian-colleges.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Brooks24.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s talented art faculty, who inspire students to envision exciting, real-world possibilities for their own creative paths, offer an impressive range of works from their innovative careers in “Lines of Inquiry: Westmont Art Faculty Exhibition Fall 2025” from Sept. 4-Nov. 1 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-09-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Faculty Explore ‘Lines of Inquiry’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-faculty-explore-lines-inquiry.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RyanEthingtonWaveCrestInBlue.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 400 first-year, transfer and nursing students arrive at Westmont for Orientation and Warrior Welcome on Aug. 27-31. Off campus, 38 students begin the Westmont Downtown | Grotenhuis Nursing program, joining two other cohorts of students enrolled in the accelerated 16-month Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-08-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Greets High-Achieving, Multicultural Incoming Class", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-greets-high-achieving-multicultural-incoming-class.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/OR24_569.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s expanding role in local college-prep programs has led to a noticeable increase in local student enrollment over the last three to five years. This momentum was clearly on display at two recent events hosted by the Santa Barbara Unified School District’s Program for Effective Access to College (PEAC) and the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara where more than 50 Westmont students - including both current students and incoming freshmen.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-08-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Partnerships with SB Scholarships Abound", "link": "\/westmont-news\/partnerships-sb-scholarships-abound.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Westmont%20Scholarship%20Receipients.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A notable new arrival now graces Westmont’s campus: “Maternity,” a nearly 2,000-pound bronze sculpture by renowned South American artist Fernando Botero. The Santa Barbara Museum of Art has loaned the work to Westmont from the collection of the late Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-08-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Botero Sculpture Delivered to Campus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/botero-sculpture-delivered-campus.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Botero-Maternity-Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nearly 50 students participated in the 29th annual Student Research Symposium presenting their scholarly research in April. The 34 projects spanned the humanities, social sciences and natural and behavioral sciences. Topics included sports anxiety and athlete burnout, stress in spiny lizards, analysis of a reusable launch vehicle, and the ortho-arylation of aryl carbonates.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-08-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Where Curiosity Meets Discovery", "link": "\/faculty-research\/where-curiosity-meets-discovery.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Research-Wide-25.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont scientists join thousands of researchers worldwide honored with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, awarded to the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, a particle physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, as well as several related experiments.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-08-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Physicist Among Winners of Prestigious Award", "link": "\/faculty-research\/physicist-among-winners-prestigious-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Berit%20Lunstad%20Ben%20Carlson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont student and professor have won the Hatfield Prize, which will allow them to conduct research this semester through interviewing churches, nonprofits and government agencies who are preventing and addressing homelessness in Santa Barbara. Kate Robinson, a sophomore political science major, has received $5,000 and Katherine Bryant, assistant professor of political science, has received $1,500 for their project that will culminate in a policy report published by the Center for Public Justice in September.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-08-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Researchers Win Prize to Examine Homelessness", "link": "\/faculty-research\/researchers-win-prize-examine-homelessness.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Hatfield-CapitolHeaderWeb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont biology class is celebrating the growing success of an oak woodland restoration project in the barranca along the westside of Westmont’s campus. Nearly all of the 60 coast live oaks that were planted along the dry Westmont Creek in November 2023 are surviving and many have grown more than three feet tall.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-08-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Growing Oaks Offer Wildfire Resilience", "link": "\/faculty-research\/growing-oaks-offer-wildfire-resilience.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RR5_7396.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Female nurses who believe God intervenes to cure ill people are less likely to experience depressive symptoms, according to findings published in Mental Health, Religion & Culture. The study, which uses interviews from nearly 4,000 American Indian and South Asian women as well as white, female nurses, asked respondents who believe in God to choose from two statements: “I believe that God intervenes to cure people who are sick by performing miracles or other special types of physical healing” or “I believe that God provides companionship, strength and comfort, but does not typically intervene to perform a miracle.”", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-08-14", "subtitle": "Female nurses who believe God intervenes to cure ill people are less likely to experience depressive symptoms, according to findi...", "title": "Belief in Miracles May Ease Nurses' Depressive Symptoms", "link": "\/faculty-research\/belief-miracles-may-ease-nurses-depressive-symptoms.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Nurse-with-Patient.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont scientists join thousands of researchers worldwide honored with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, awarded to the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, a particle physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, as well as several related experiments.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-08-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Physicist Among Winners of Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/physicist-among-winners-prestigious-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Berit%20Lunstad%20Ben%20Carlson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This month’s stargazing event will feature several star clusters, including M18, the Black Swan Cluster in Sagittarius, on Friday, Aug. 15, beginning about 8:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory, home of the powerful Keck Telescope. The college hosts a free, public viewing of the stars on the third Friday of every month at sunset and lasting several hours.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-08-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celestial Clusters in the Cosmos", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celestial-clusters-cosmos.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Westmont%20Observatory%20Purple.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is finishing renovations at the Keith Center, 29 West Anapamu, which will eventually house several programs, including the expansion of Westmont Downtown | Grotenhuis Nursing and other post-secondary allied health programs, as well as other post-secondary programs that meet the growing needs of the dynamic community.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-08-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Innovative Programs Grow Downtown", "link": "\/westmont-news\/innovative-programs-grow-downtown.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MK4_9468%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Higher education must enhance student experiences and foster meaningful relationships if it’s to meet the challenge of rapidly advancing AI. That was the message at Westmont’s Impact Conference, which brought higher education technology leaders to campus July 24-25. They stressed that technology should serve, not supplant, the social networks and values at the heart of learning and opportunity.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-07-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Preparing for AI’s Impact on Higher Ed", "link": "\/westmont-news\/preparing-ais-impact-higher-ed.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ImapctStudentsBanner.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont celebrated service anniversaries and recognized its Employees of the Year at the annual Staff and Faculty Appreciation Brunch in May at Murchison Gym. This years Employees of the Year were Charles Ryu, Christen Foell '01 and Aaron Sizer '01.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-07-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Honors Faculty, Staff", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-honors-faculty-staff.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ChristenFoellGayleBeebeAaronSizer.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Martin Institute and the Dallas Willard Research Center (MIDWRC) at Westmont College have chosen Tyler J. VanderWeele’s “A Theology of Health: Wholeness and Human Flourishing” (University of Notre Dame Press) for the 2025 Book Award.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-07-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘Theology of Health’ Wins Book Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theology-health-wins-dallas-willard-book-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/25-CT-Ad-8x10Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont opens its observatory and powerful Keck Telescope for this month’s free public stargazing event Friday, July 18, beginning at 8:30 p.m. and lasting several hours. This month will be another chance to see Mizar, the middle star in the Big Dipper’s handle, and Alcor, the two stars that are actually six. “As we move through summer and into fall, these two will be harder and harder to see as they move below the horizon in the evenings, so come out and take a look if you haven't seen them yet,” says Jennifer Gee, assistant professor of physics and director of the Westmont Observatory.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-07-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Community Gathers for Celestial Showcase", "link": "\/westmont-news\/community-gathers-celestial-showcase.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ObservatoryPinkSunset.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Stu Cleek, who has more than 35 years of experience in Christian higher education, has been named vice president for student life at Westmont.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-07-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Cleek Named New Vice President", "link": "\/westmont-news\/cleek-named-new-vice-president.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/StuCleekHorizontal.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This May, CATLab embarked on its annual trip to San Francisco, bringing along twenty-two students for an unforgettable deep dive into the heart of California’s tech industry.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2025-06-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The Bigger Picture: CATLab in San Francisco", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/bigger-picture-catlab-san-francisco.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/SF25168.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nearly 50 students participated in the 29th annual Student Research Symposium presenting their scholarly research in April. The 34 projects spanned the humanities, social sciences and natural and behavioral sciences. Topics included sports anxiety and athlete burnout, stress in spiny lizards, analysis of a reusable launch vehicle, and the ortho-arylation of aryl carbonates.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-06-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Where Curiosity Meets Discovery", "link": "\/westmont-news\/where-curiosity-meets-discovery.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Research-Wide-25.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A standing-room only crowd attended the Westmont Department of Education’s 21st annual Celebration of Teaching to honor the 13 graduates and their cooperating teachers April 25 in Westmont’s Founders Room. The student teacher presentations were interspersed with heartwarming slideshows, videos and talks by professors Andrew Mullen and Carolyn Mitten.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-06-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celebrating New Teachers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebrating-new-teachers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Graduating-Teachers-25Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A large, enthusiastic crowd celebrated the 15 recent graduates of the Westmont Downtown | Grotenhuis Nursing program at a pinning ceremony on May 1 at Montecito Covenant Church.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-06-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pinning Celebrates Nurses, Liberal Arts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pinning-celebrates-nurses-liberal-arts.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Nursing-Group-Pinning.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Each May in downtown Santa Barbara, the glass doors to the CATLab office swing open to welcome a new cohort of student innovators.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2025-05-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A New Season of Innovation, Learning, and Purpose", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/new-season-innovation-learning-and-purpose.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CATLab%202025.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Led by bagpipes under overcast skies, about 340 graduates made their Last March from Kerrwood Hall down to Thorrington Field where they walked across the stage to receive their diplomas on May 3.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-05-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grads Urged to Pursue a Meaningful Life", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grads-urged-pursue-meaningful-life.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Mortarboard%20Toss%202025.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Led by bagpipes under overcast skies, about 340 graduates made their Last March from Kerrwood Hall down to Thorrington Field where they walked across the stage to receive their diplomas on May 3.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-05-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grads Urged to Pursue a Meaningful Life", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grads-urged-use-cell-phones-good.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Mortarboard%20Toss%202025.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 340 graduates will participate in Commencement on Saturday, May 3, at 9:30 a.m. on Thorrington Field with 162 earning honors. More than 70 Golden Warriors, who graduated in 1975, will march in the procession to celebrate their 50th reunion. Fifteen nursing graduates, representing the fifth cohort of the Westmont Downtown | Grotenhuis Nursing program, will participate in the event two days after their pinning ceremony on Thursday, May 1, at 4 p.m. in Montecito Covenant Church. Commencement will be closed to the general public and livestreamed at westmont.edu\/commencement.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-04-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Beloved Professor to Speak at Commencement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/beloved-professor-speak-commencement.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Commencement-24.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s annual Academic Awards Celebration honored some of the college's graduating seniors in front of the Westmont community, parents and guests on April 9 in Murchison Gym. 'Celebrating excellence is a good thing,' President Gayle D. Beebe said. 'It reminds us of the joy of achievement and the opportunity we have to excel and fulfill the full range of the gifts and abilities that God has given each one of us.'", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-04-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celebrating Outstanding 2025 Grads", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebrating-outstanding-2025-grads.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Academic-Convocation-Celebration.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "It was a picture-perfect evening at the Santa Barbara Bowl for Westmont’s 64th annual Spring Sing, “Picture This,” on March 29. Off Campus earned bragging rights as the sweepstakes winner of the musical skit competition between students from each residence hall. Their skit, “Champagne Problems,” was a Montecito whodunit mystery based on the classic board game Clue with the task of “turning Westmont into its best most bougie self.”", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-03-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Picture-Perfect Spring Sing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/picture-perfect-spring-sing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ChampagneWinner.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "(above: Tucker Howard’s “Red” is part of his “Visual Reverb” collection)", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-03-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Graduating Art Majors Offer ‘Twelvefold’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/graduating-art-majors-offer-twelvefold.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Tucker%20Howard,%20_Orange_.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In the last two summers, Westmont has hosted more than 100 evangelical students, professors and nationally recognized experts for conferences about Christian climate advocacy. The Faith.Climate.Action. Workshop, funded by the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, now provides nearly $40,000 in grants to support sustainability initiatives for eight members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-03-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Offering Grants for Climate Projects", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-offers-grants-climate-projects.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Westmont%20Garden%20Climate%20Workshop.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will zoom in on Jupiter and its Galilean moons on Friday, March 21, beginning at 7:30 p.m. and lasting several hours. The Westmont Observatory is open to the public every third Friday of the month and held in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit whose members bring their own telescopes to share with the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-03-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Stargazers to Catch Martian Views", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stargazers-catch-martian-views.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/TC_1591.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Observatory opens for the viewing of a rare lunar event beginning Thursday, March 13, at 10 p.m. and lasting until Friday, March 14, at 1 a.m. The powerful Keck Telescope will zoom in on a total lunar eclipse, which will be visible throughout North American and in some locations in South American. The last total lunar eclipse in the U.S. was November 2022.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-03-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Observatory Opens for Total Lunar Eclipse", "link": "\/westmont-news\/observatory-opens-total-lunar-eclipse-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/03-Crescent-MoonDetail_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Condoleezza Rice, the 66th U.S. secretary of state, shared insight into the Russia-Ukraine war as well as China and other international hot spots, while sprinkling wisdom about democracy, education and her childhood in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, at the Westmont President’s Breakfast on Feb. 28. More than 700 early-morning attendees enjoyed the sold-out event, now in its 20th year at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-03-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Rice Shares Global Vision of Democracy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/rice-shares-global-vision-democracy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/PB25%20Wide.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s famed theater arts professor John Blondell, who will retire after 37 years at the college, directs “The Wind in the Willows” Friday, Feb. 21, at 8:30 p.m.; Feb. 22, 28 and March 1 at 7 p.m.; and March 1-2 at 2 p.m.; all in Porter Theatre. Purchase tickets, which cost $20 for general admission and $12 for students and seniors, at westmont.edu\/box-office.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-02-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘Wind in the Willows’ is Final Curtain for Blondell", "link": "\/westmont-news\/wind-willows-final-curtain-blondell.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/blondell-header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For the second installment of our CATLab Alumni Profiles, we spoke with Jonathan Lee ’21, a member of CATLab in 2019, about his current career in the software industry. He shared his experiences as well as his advice for students about to graduate and launch their own careers in the technology and software fields.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2025-02-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumni Profiles: Jonathan Lee", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/alumni-profiles-jonathan-lee.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MK4_8113A(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has launched a new major in worship leadership designed for students pursuing careers as pastoral musicians with an emphasis on the contemporary worship styles more prevalent today.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-02-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Offers Worship Leadership Major", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-offers-worship-leadership-major.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ChapelMLKBand.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s 36th annual Mathematics Field Day features about 100 students from eight regional high schools in a friendly competition Saturday, Feb. 8, at 1 p.m. in Winter Hall.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-02-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Teen Mathletes Battle at Fun Field Day", "link": "\/westmont-news\/teen-mathletes-battle-fun-field-day.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Math%20Field%20Day.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont student and professor have won the Hatfield Prize, which will allow them to conduct research this semester through interviewing churches, nonprofits and government agencies who are preventing and addressing homelessness in Santa Barbara. Kate Robinson, a sophomore political science major, has received $5,000 and Katherine Bryant, assistant professor of political science, has received $1,500 for their project that will culminate in a policy report published by the Center for Public Justice in September.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-01-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Researchers Win Prize to Examine Homelessness", "link": "\/westmont-news\/researchers-win-prize-examine-homelessness.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Hatfield-CapitolHeaderWeb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Artist Ethan Turpin and scientist Naomi Tague explore their combined work for “WILDLAND” in a free, public lecture, “Beyond Data Visualization: Art-Science Collaboration with Ethan Turpin and Naomi Tague” on Thursday, Jan. 30, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. No RSVPs are needed; and light refreshments will be served.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-01-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Art, Science of ‘WILDLAND’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-art-science-wildland.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Tague%20TreeWater.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The eighth annual Westmont Women’s Leadership Council Luncheon reached new heights with a goal of encouraging and empowering female students with scholarships and networking connections to help them thrive in their future careers. The event, which featured Henrietta Holsman Fore, a Santa Barbara native who served as executive director of UNICEF and USAID administrator, has grown so popular, organizers moved it to the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort to accommodate additional supporters.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-01-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lifelong Champions for Women Gather, Celebrate", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lifelong-champions-women-gather-celebrate.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/womens-luncheon-wide.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont biology class is celebrating the growing success of an oak woodland restoration project in the barranca along the westside of Westmont’s campus. Nearly all of the 60 coast live oaks that were planted along the dry Westmont Creek in November 2023 are surviving and many have grown more than three feet tall.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-01-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Growing Oaks Offer Wildfire Resilience", "link": "\/westmont-news\/growing-oaks-offer-wildfire-resilience.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RR5_7396.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Here at CATLab, we’re so proud of our graduates! Many of the students who came through CATLab during their time at Westmont have leveraged the skills they learned in the program into exciting roles in the technology and software industries. We recently sat down with Alexa Gatiss ’23, who participated in CATLab in 2021 and 2022, to hear more about her current work and her advice for future CATLab students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2025-01-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumni Profiles: Alexa Gatiss", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/alumni-profiles-alexa-gatiss.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/sftrip-92-copy.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The fourth cohort of Westmont Downtown| Grotenhuis Nursing graduates were celebrated at a pinning ceremony in front of friends and family Dec. 12 at Montecito Covenant Church.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2025-01-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Nursing Grads Implored to Offer Work to God", "link": "\/westmont-news\/nursing-grads-implored-offer-work-god.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/NursingGrads2024.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s final monthly stargazing event of 2024 features two gas giants, Orion, the Owl Cluster and the Andromeda galaxy on Friday, Dec. 20, at 6:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. Along with the college’s powerful Keck Telescope, members of the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit bring their telescopes to share with the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-12-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Star Party Features Saturn, Jupiter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/star-party-features-saturn-jupiter.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Observatory%20Sunset.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont honored alumnus Tine Hardeman ’55 prior to the women’s basketball game against Azusa Pacific University on Dec. 14 in Murchison Gym. Hardeman died on Dec. 2 at age 92.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-12-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Honors Tine Hardeman", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-honors-tine-hardeman.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BasketballTeam1953-54-Resized.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s 12 junior engineering students battled in a three-part competition for their Machine Design course that included racing and jumping the 500-piece remote-control (RC) car they made in front of Kerrwood Hall on Dec. 5.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-12-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Women Engineers Rule Racing Day", "link": "\/faculty-research\/women-engineers-rule-racing-day.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/GraceAinsley.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 170 high school students and their families attended Affording Your College Dream, a community event that explores the best ways low-income students can fund a college education. The annual event, hosted by Westmont in partnership with several county education initiatives, including Resilience, Education, Adventure, Community and Health (REACH), Program for Effective Access to College (PEAC), Mission Scholars, the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, and Santa Barbara Unified School District.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-11-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Helping Students Achieve Their College Dream", "link": "\/westmont-news\/helping-students-achieve-their-college-dream.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Affording-Your-College-Dream-Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont students Josef Bingener ’25 and Ethan Camp ’27 have participated in a novel nuclear physics experiment with Professor Robert Haring-Kaye. They traveled to Florida State University (FSU) to study the structural properties of an exotic isotope of gallium (72Ga) that survives for only a few hours before decaying to a different isotope.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-11-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Researchers Explore Exotic Isotopes", "link": "\/faculty-research\/researchers-explore-exotic-isotopes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/FSU-expt-group-pictureweb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ryan Magnuson and Nice Teta Hirwa reflect on the challenges they faced while creating new AI tools for Westmont's admissions department.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2024-11-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Creating a Strong AI Foundation", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/creating-strong-ai-foundation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/0E5A0150(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Daniel Jensen will be officially installed as the James R. and Eleanor S. Allder professor of science and technology in a formal, public ceremony Friday, Nov. 8, at 10:30 a.m. in Murchison Gym. Jensen has directed Westmont’s burgeoning engineering program since it began in fall 2021.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Jensen Lands in New Science Chair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/jensen-lands-new-science-chair.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DanJensenOutside.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In this blog, Rosario Montane discusses her conversation with Dr. Holly Beers about imago dei and young tech professionals.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2024-11-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Reflection of God: Technology and Imago Dei", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/reflection-god-technology-and-imago-dei.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/SFDay2-64.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Garrett Buchanan and Narindra Rafidimalala explain the different projects that the Business Analyst CATLab team undertook during 2024 to improve Westmont's underlying processes and data.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2024-10-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Committed to Excellence Behind the Scenes", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/committed-excellence-behind-scenes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/SFDay2-83.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 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Researchers found there was no change in the emotional well-being of non-regular attendees.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-10-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Study Finds Immediate Benefit to Churchgoers", "link": "\/faculty-research\/study-finds-immediate-benefit-churchgoers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/PrayerChapelService.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For two decades, Siegwart 'Zig' Reichwald, Adams professor of music and worship at Westmont, immersed himself in the sacred music of German composer and performer Felix Mendelssohn. But when he studied the works the composer wrote for the Berlin Cathedral in 1843- 44, he was struck by how much they differed from the rest of Mendelssohn’s musical creations.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-10-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Examining Mendelssohn, Protestant Music", "link": "\/faculty-research\/examining-mendelssohn-protestant-music.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Reich-Book.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In this blog, Curtis Barnhart and David Oyebade explain how they used AI to monitor Westmont's energy usage and give more information to the community.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2024-10-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Answering New Questions Through AI", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/answering-new-questions-through-ai.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/SFDay1-48.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope takes aim at Saturn and a supermoon at this month’s free public stargazing event on Friday, Oct. 18, beginning about 7 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. The college hosts a monthly star party on the third Friday of each month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-10-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Get Spaced Out at Monthly Star Party", "link": "\/westmont-news\/get-spaced-out-monthly-star-party.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/observatory%20dome.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "On the morning of March 27, 1989, Westmont students Lisa Bebout, Patty (Hallock) Crosby, Megan (Harter) Adams, Alan Voorman and Garth Weedman drove in Voorman’s bright yellow Toyota Corolla from their camp in Ensenada, Mexico, to a nearby village. As members of the Potter’s Clay Construction Team, they were renovating a dilapidated house there. But an oncoming car suddenly jumped the divider and landed on top of Voorman’s vehicle. Fellow students in two cars behind them screeched to a halt and piled out to rescue their friends as ambulances rushed to the scene.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-10-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Rocks of Remembrance", "link": "\/westmont-news\/rocks-remembrance.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MeganHarterAdams.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In this blog, Connor Rogstad and Ella McMillan explain their summer work on the CATLab AI Team and the commitment that it takes to begin a years-long technology project.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2024-10-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Looking Long-Term with Westmont.ai", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/looking-long-term-westmontai.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/GroupPhotos22.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In this blog, CATLab Creative Team member Rosario Montane highlights how we can use curiosity to explore how ethics and AI interact.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2024-09-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Asking the Right Questions About AI", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/asking-right-questions-about-ai.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/0E5A0084%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont President Gayle D. Beebe will be a delegate at the Fourth Lausanne Congress for World Evangelization on Sept. 22-28 in Incheon, South Korea. He has served as a college president for more than 25 years (18 at Westmont) and received his invitation through the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities. Beebe joins about 5,000 delegates from around the world, including thousands more attending virtually, making it the largest representation since the movement began in 1974.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-09-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Beebe to Join Global Church in Korea", "link": "\/westmont-news\/beebe-join-global-church-korea.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/GayleDBeebe24Horiz.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s alums return to campus for Homecoming 2024 with an abundance of family-friendly events Oct. 4-6. Please visit westmont.edu\/homecoming for the full schedule, prices and ticket information.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-09-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors Return: Homecoming Honors Alumni", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-return-homecoming-honors-alumni.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/HC19_095.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "2024 CATLab Creative Team Member Julia Lottes reflects on how she expresses her authentic identity in both art and business.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2024-09-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Authenticity in Art and Business", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/authenticity-art-and-business.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Impact105.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jesse Covington, whose research explores the interrelation of religion and government, takes a step away from the current electoral matchup to look at enduring challenges Christians face in a context like the United States. He discusses “Hopeful Realism: Faith-Based Principles for Pluralist Democracy” at a Westmont Downtown Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St., in downtown Santa Barbara. The talk is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations required. Free parking is available on the streets surrounding CAW or in nearby city parking lots. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-09-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Offers ‘Faith-Based Principles for Pluralist Democracy’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-offers-faith-based-principles-pluralist-democracy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CL12_0032.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Six new professors on tenure track or with multiyear contracts joined the Westmont faculty this fall. Jonathan Diaz (English), Kevin McGuire (economics and business), Sara Morrisset (history) and Jada L. Willis (kinesiology) step into tenure-track positions. Stephanie Cowell ’04 (chemistry), Laura Drake Schultheis ’06 (biology) and Mike Ryu (computer science) all previously taught at Westmont and return on tenure track or with multiyear contracts.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-09-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Faculty Bring Innovation, Expertise", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-faculty-bring-innovation-expertise.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/New-Faculty-Header-2024.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For eight years, a unique Westmont program has given high school students space to explore the ways that faith, education and work can be united in a life of significance. Trailhead: Seeking God’s Call wrapped up three weeklong sessions this summer with 55 students who lived on campus, ate in the Dining Commons and worshiped with new friends.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-09-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Trailhead Opens Path for Teens to Explore Their Faith", "link": "\/westmont-news\/trailhead-opens-path-teens-explore-their-faith.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RoundtableDocter.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Regular weekend attendance to a religious service creates an immediate increase in positive emotions as well as a decrease in negative ones, according to a new study of U.S. adults. Researchers found there was no change in the emotional well-being of non-regular attendees.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-09-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Study Finds Immediate Benefit to Churchgoers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/study-finds-immediate-benefit-churchgoers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/PrayerChapelService.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In this blog, CATLab Director of Engineering Mike Ryu reflects on the 2024 CATLab summer and authenticity online.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2024-09-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Is LinkedIn a 'Role Playing Game'?", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/linkedin-role-playing-game.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/VIP%20Dinner87.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alumnus Casey Underwood ’14 has returned to his alma mater to exhibit his diverse talents as an outdoor wildlife artist in “Fins and Feathers: The Art of Casey Underwood” from Aug. 29-Dec. 21 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art’s downstairs gallery. A free, public opening reception will be Thursday, Aug. 29, 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-08-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alum Shares Wildlife Art in ‘Fins, Feathers’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alum-shares-wildlife-art-fins-feathers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Gaucho-Trout_-Print---Casey-UnderwoodWeb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s monthly stargazing event features a triangle asterism, a globular cluster and a waxing moon on Friday, August 16, from 8-10:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. Along with the college’s powerful Keck Telescope, members of the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit bring their telescopes to share with the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-08-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Stargazers to Enjoy Summer Viewing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stargazers-enjoy-summer-viewing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/AstronomyClassKeck.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Iyree Jarrett ’22 is the only student to have appeared on the cover of the Westmont magazine twice. She was featured as a student-athlete who best exemplified leadership and as the star guard for the National Championship winning women’s basketball team.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-07-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Jarrett to Lead ICP", "link": "\/westmont-news\/jarrett-lead-icp.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/IyreeCoverShot.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The growing concern about personal information and privacy in the digital age has led a company based in Santa Barbara to develop products protecting consumers. MOS Equipment, founded by Westmont alumnus Ryan Judy ’08, manufactures Mission Darkness faraday bags, tents and lockers that block radio waves, including cell phone signals.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-07-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Local Company Stops Hacking, Tracking", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-company-stops-hacking-tracking.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RyanJudy.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Golf Classic, a charity golf tournament started in 2008 to raise funds for student scholarships, returns Friday, Oct. 4, at the Glen Annie Golf Club, 405 Glen Annie Road in Goleta. Registration is $200 per golfer and includes: 18 holes of golf with cart; tri tip BBQ dinner, on-course games, raffles and awards. Additional dinner guests are $50 each. To register, or for more information, please visit westmont.edu\/golf-classic.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-07-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Golf Classic Supports Student Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/golf-classic-supports-student-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Glen-Annie-Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s annual Impact Conference, co-sponsored by Salesforce, explores opportunities and dangers using artificial intelligence tools in education Thursday, July 25, and Friday, July 26, in the Global Leadership Center. Tickets to the two-day event cost $100 with breakfast and lunch provided both days. To register or get more information, please visit westmont.edu\/impact.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-07-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Impact Conference Explores AI, Education", "link": "\/westmont-news\/impact-conference-explores-ai-education.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Group%20Photos2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Roy Lee, Santa Barbara County 1st District supervisor-elect and Carpinteria councilman, will spend the six months before he’s sworn into office listening to his constituents. He and his chief of staff, Wade Cowper, met for breakfast with Westmont’s executive team, including President Gayle D. Beebe, before touring the 111-acre campus by golf cart on June 12.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-06-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Supervisor-Elect Tours Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/supervisor-elect-tours-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RoyLeeHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus and local resident Tim Beccue ’18 has returned to campus as a fellow of the Music Academy of the West. Each summer since 2016, Westmont has housed 140 exceptional young classical musicians for the academy, which provides live events through Aug. 3. Visit musicacademy.org for a full calendar of concerts.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-06-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Cellist Returns to Perform at MAW", "link": "\/westmont-news\/cellist-returns-perform-maw.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Tim-Beccue-Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont hosted 450 attendees for the North American Coalition for Christian Admissions Professionals (NACCAP) Conference June 3-5.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-06-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Hosts Admissions Conference", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-hosts-admissions-conference.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/188A8314.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumna Ella Jennings ’23, education and outreach coordinator at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, shares her paintings of luminous interiors in an exhibition, “Abide With Me,” at the Fireside Gallery at Trinity Lutheran Evangelical Church, 909 N. 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Interestingly, the three secondary teachers previously earned bachelor’s degrees in music at Westmont. The annual gathering also thanks cooperating teachers from Adams, Canalino, Carpinteria Family, Cleveland and Vieja Valley Elementary Schools, Santa Barbara Junior High School and San Marcos High School.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-06-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Teachers Shape Young Minds", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-teachers-shape-young-minds.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/StudentTeachers24.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont honored a number of employees for their outstanding contributions at the May 9 Faculty and Staff Appreciation Brunch, an annual ceremony that recognizes individual work anniversaries and accomplishments. President Gayle D. Beebe and members of the college’s executive team selected the recipients from a peer-nominated pool. An endowment set up by the late Bruce and Adaline Bare funds the awards; he was a longtime college trustee. Westmont Human Resources hosted the brunch.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-05-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Honors Its Employees of the Year", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-honors-its-employees-year.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/AwardsBrunchMurchisonGym.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mitchell Thomas, professor of theater arts, won a coveted Indy Award for Directing for his role in staging “Godspell.” The May 20 event was the first time the Santa Barbra Independent has hosted the awards since the pandemic.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-05-28", "subtitle": "Mitchell Thomas, professor of theater arts, won a coveted Indy Award for Directing for his role in staging “Godspell.” The May 20...", "title": "‘Godspell’ Director Earns Praise", "link": "\/westmont-news\/godspell-director-earns-praise.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/GS_825.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The updated event schedule adds classroom visits, student panels, and guided sessions focused on financial aid, belonging, and the first-year experience.", "author": "", "publish-date": "2024-05-04", "subtitle": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris tempor vulputate sapien sed dictum. Praesent quis pharetra risus. In libero l...", "title": "Admissions Team Announces Expanded Spring Preview Weekend", "link": "\/pre-go-live-resources\/_showcase\/cat_lab\/article-2.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-2.jpg", "category": "Admissions" }, { "excerpt": "Students presented their findings from research projects that spanned topics from running on slanted surfaces, the effects of music on heart rate, subliminal advertising, and racial identity in study-abroad programs at the Spring Student Research Symposium on April 18 in the Winter Hall Atrium.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-05-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students ‘Reach Beyond Boundaries’", "link": "\/faculty-research\/students-reach-beyond-boundaries.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ResearchWinterAtrium.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra and the Westmont College Choir join forces May 5-11 for the college’s first combined tour. Traveling from Los Angeles to Northern California, about 120 students will perform scenes from “Elijah” by Felix Mendelssohn as well as other pieces.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-04-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "On the Road with the Choir, Orchestra", "link": "\/westmont-news\/road-choir-orchestra.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_900\/public\/LinOrchestraconducts_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont juniors, Rachael Todd of Nipomo and Levi Wicks of Huntington Beach, won David K. Winter Servant Leadership Awards for showing selflessness and humility as effective leaders. Angela D’Amour, dean of student engagement, introduced the 24th annual awardees on April 10 in Westmont chapel.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-04-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Honored for Selfless Leadership", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-honored-selfless-leadership.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/AR7_8855.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Over a 60-hour period before finals, the Weller Organ in Deane Chapel, controlled by professor Steve Hodson, will be playing “ORGAN2\/ASLSP (As Slow As Possible)” by John Cage (1912-1992). This 1987 work, explores how slowly a piece of music might unfold. Westmont’s performance will begin at 8 a.m. on April 26 (with a rest) and end at 8 p.m. on April 28.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-04-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Longest Musical Performance in College History", "link": "\/westmont-news\/longest-musical-performance-college-history.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/PipeOrgan.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The results are in and the awards handed out at the second annual Montecito Student Film Festival on March 23 at Westmont’s Porter Theatre. About 150 people attended the festival throughout the day to watch 41 films, pared down from the more than 500 that were submitted.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-04-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Curtain Call for Student Film Festival", "link": "\/westmont-news\/curtain-call-student-film-festival.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC07369.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Malcolm Foley, special adviser to the president for equity and campus engagement at Baylor University, argues that race and racism are fundamentally not issues of pride but of greed in a lecture Wednesday, April 3, from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Global Leadership Center.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-03-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Racism, Anti-Greed Gospel", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-racism-anti-greed-gospel.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Malcolm%20Foley.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This spring, several of Westmont’s athletic facilities have seen dramatic upgrades to accompany the Warriors’ move to National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II in hopes of attracting exceptional student-athletes who will thrive with a rigorous Christian liberal arts education. The Westmont community and supporters have stepped up to provide vital resources for the challenge.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-03-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Donors Equip Warriors for NCAA DII Success", "link": "\/westmont-news\/donors-equip-warriors-ncaa-dii-success.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RR5_1440.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont voice instructors will join forces in a recital, 'A Song Celebration,' on Saturday, March 23, at 4 p.m. in Deane Chapel on Westmont’s lower campus. The performance is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-03-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Vocal Recital Offers High Notes, Drama", "link": "\/westmont-news\/vocal-recital-offers-high-notes-drama.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/NeilDiMaggioNicholeDechaine.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Richard Haass, who worked at the White House, State Department and Pentagon under four different presidents, offered a civics lesson on global diplomacy while bringing clarity to international conflicts at the sold-out 19th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast March 1 at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Despite the Israel-Hamas war, the Russia-Ukraine war, contentious China-U.S. relations and the climate crisis, the veteran diplomat admitted that what keeps him up at night is domestic politics.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-03-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Haass Promotes Civic Duties, Global Diplomacy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/haass-promotes-civic-duties-global-diplomacy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Haass%20Speaks%20at%20Breakfast.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Adam Goodworth, a professor in the departments of engineering and kinesiology, and alumnus Maury Hayashida '95 examine balance and mobility and how they’re affected by aging in a talk Thursday, March 21, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden Street, in downtown Santa Barbara. The Westmont Downtown Lecture, “Aging and Mobility: Fundamentals and Frontiers,” is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are required. Free parking is available on the streets surrounding CAW or in nearby city parking lots. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-02-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Balance, Mobility, Aging", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-balance-mobility-aging.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CL21_0515.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Music Department offers its orchestra concerto concert, featuring the winners of its concerto\/aria competition, Nathan Carlin, Karla Munoz, Tasha Loh and Leah Nieman, on Friday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. at the college’s Page Hall and on Sunday, Feb. 25, at 3 p.m. in Hahn Hall at the Music Academy. Both performances are free and open to the public. For more information, please visit westmont.edu\/music.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-02-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Musicians Shine in Orchestra Concerto", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-musicians-shine-orchestra-concerto.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Carlin%20SOlos.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "One of the best American beach volleyball players will speak in Westmont chapel on Friday, Feb. 16, at 10:30 a.m. in Murchison Gym. Alumnus Avery Drost ’07 led the Association of Volleyball Players (AVP) with 350 digs and was second with 551 kills last season. He coaches boys volleyball at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach while serving as a youth director at New City Church in El Segundo.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-02-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Beach Volleyball Star to Preach", "link": "\/westmont-news\/beach-volleyball-star-preach.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/AveryDrostCourtesyNorcecaVolleyball.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "If the weather cooperates, and that has been a big if this winter, the Milky Way’s open clusters will be the focus of the monthly stargazing event on Friday, Feb. 16, beginning after 6 p.m. and lasting for several hours. The observatory, home of the powerful Keck Telescope, is open to the public every third Friday of the month and held in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit (SBAU) whose members bring their own telescopes to share with the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-02-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing Features Celestial Smiley Face", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-features-celestial-smiley-face.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Observatory-Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s John Blondell, a longtime professor of theater arts, puts his own contemporary, site-specific spin on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” as part of a mini-festival about the famous tragedy Thursday, Feb. 29, at 7 p.m.; Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.; and Sunday, March 3, at 7 p.m. in and around the Community Arts Workshop (CAW), 631 Garden Street, in downtown Santa Barbara. Purchase tickets to “The Capulet Black-and-White Ball,” which cost $20 for general admission and $12 for students and seniors, at westmont.edu\/boxoffice. Black-and-white attire is required; comfortable shoes are recommended.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-02-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Audience Thrust Into ‘The Capulets’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/audience-thrust-capulets.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CapuletRehearsalHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "(Updated Feb. 5 at 2 p.m.) After assessing the rain storm impacts on the campus and the community as a whole, Westmont will resume in-person work and classes tomorrow, Tuesday, February 6. Please continue to monitor your email for additional updates related to this weather event, and note that while Westmont will resume normal operations, additional rains are forecasted through Wednesday, so please plan accordingly and travel safely.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-02-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Weathers Strong Storm", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-weathers-strong-storm.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/SC_2800.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jennifer Ito, Westmont assistant professor of physics, explores the history of the cosmological model in a free, public talk Wednesday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. in the Simmons Center at the Global Leadership Center. The Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi Lecture, “Physics, Philosophy, and Faith: An Exploration into the History of the Universe,” will include a response from Robert Haring-Kaye, professor of physics, and James Taylor, professor of philosophy.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-01-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores the 'History of the Universe'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-history-universe.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/JenItoJacobNelsonMichaelLew.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Hopi Katsina dolls, carved and colorfully decorated wooden figures, are more than just beautiful works of art: They represent Katsinam spirits believed to bring blessings of good health, growth and fertility. A unique exhibition, celebrating the resurgence of a traditional carving method, features dozens of the Katsina (or “Kachina” to non-Hopi people) dolls and is open through May 4 in the lower level of the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. The exhibition draws from local collectors, including local artists Wesley and Donna Anderegg, and includes work by four carvers, whose pieces are available for purchase.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-01-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibit Highlights Traditional Hopi Katsina Dolls", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibit-highlights-traditional-hopi-katsina-dolls.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Katsina.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Wendy Eley Jackson draws on three decades of experience in film and television in her talk, “The Transformative Power of Storytelling” for a Westmont Downtown Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden Street, in downtown Santa Barbara. The event is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are required. Free parking is available on the streets surrounding CAW or in nearby city parking lots. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-01-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Filmmaker Shares Power of Storytelling", "link": "\/westmont-news\/filmmaker-shares-power-storytelling.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/D1X_2681.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“I was surprised at the sheer size of the math world,” said first-year student Isaiah Conway, reflecting on his trip with fellow students and faculty to the world’s largest mathematics conference Jan. 3-6 in San Francisco. Ten students and three faculty members were among nearly 6,000 other mathematicians at annual Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), hosted by the American Mathematical Society.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-01-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Participate at World’s Largest Math Meeting", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-participate-worlds-largest-math-meeting.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MathConventionGrou%5B.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A double feature operatic performance opens the curtains on the Westmont music department’s spring concert season with productions of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Telephone” and Douglas Moore’s “Gallantry” Jan. 19 and 21 at 7 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Purchase tickets, which cost $20 general admission and $15 for students and seniors, online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-01-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Opera Double Bill Features ‘Telephone,’ ‘Gallantry’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/opera-double-bill-features-telephone-gallantry.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CarlinOpera.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“I was surprised at the sheer size of the math world,” said first-year student Isaiah Conway, reflecting on his trip with fellow students and faculty to the world’s largest mathematics conference Jan. 3-6 in San Francisco. Ten students and three faculty members were among nearly 6,000 other mathematicians at annual Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), hosted by the American Mathematical Society.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-01-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Attend Massive Math Meeting", "link": "\/faculty-research\/students-attend-massive-math-meeting.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MathConventionGrou%5B.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Richard Haass, a veteran diplomat, respected scholar of international relations and president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, speaks at the 19th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on Friday, March 1, from 7-9 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. The event has sold out.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-01-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Veteran Diplomat Haass Speaks at Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/veteran-diplomat-haass-speaks-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/HaassHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This month’s Stargazing at the Westmont Observatory features Jupiter and its four Galilean moons as well as M42, the Orion Nebula, on Friday, Jan. 19, beginning after 6 p.m. and lasting for several hours. The observatory, home of the powerful Keck Telescope, is open to the public every third Friday of the month and held in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit (SBAU) whose members bring their own telescopes to share with the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-01-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing Focuses on Jupiter, Orion Nebula", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-focuses-jupiter-orion-nebula.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/orion-nebula.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree’s entire collection of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, which includes 11 paintings, 12 lithographs and a drawing, goes on display Jan. 11-March 23 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public opening reception for the exhibition, “Camille Corot to Orthodox Icons: Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree’s Gifts to the Collection” will be Thursday, Jan. 11, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2024-01-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Corot Exhibit Honors Ridley-Tree", "link": "\/westmont-news\/corot-exhibit-honors-ridley-tree.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CorotHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For two decades, Siegwart ‘Zig’ Reichwald, Westmont’s Adams professor of music and worship, engrossed himself in the sacred music of German composer and performer Felix Mendelssohn. But when he came to his works written for the Berlin Cathedral in 1843-44, he was struck by how unusual they were compared to the rest of Mendelssohn’s musical creations.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-12-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Examining Mendelssohn, Protestant Music", "link": "\/westmont-news\/examining-mendelssohn-protestant-music.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ZigTie.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Crews have begun a $2 million renovation project to Westmont’s Dining Commons with the majority of the work being funded by Bon Appetit, the college’s food service provider since August 2022.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-12-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "DC to Get a Remodel", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dc-get-remodel.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/New-Patio.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont celebrated the accomplishments of 18 new graduates of the Westmont Downtown | Grotenhuis Nursing program at a pinning ceremony Dec. 14 at Montecito Covenant Church. This is the second cohort to graduate from the 16-month accelerated bachelor of science in nursing program, housed at 26 W. Anapamu.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-12-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Nursing Graduates Get Pinned", "link": "\/westmont-news\/nursing-graduates-get-pinned.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/NursingGraduates23.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont students presented their research at a joint meeting of the Nuclear Physics Divisions of the American and Japanese Physics Societies Nov. 26-Dec. 1 on the Big Island of Hawaii. Natalie Fogg '24 and Reese Toepfer '26 joined Robert Haring-Kaye, Westmont professor of physics and department chair of physics and engineering, at the event that featured more than 100 undergraduates from both nations. Both students received funding from the competitive Conference Experience for Undergraduates program of the National Science Foundation that fully supported their conference registration, lodging and travel costs.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-12-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Reveal Physics Findings in Hawaii", "link": "\/faculty-research\/students-reveal-physics-findings-hawaii.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Natalie-HK-Reese-DNP-2023web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont students presented their research at a joint meeting of the Nuclear Physics Divisions of the American and Japanese Physics Societies Nov. 26-Dec. 1 on the Big Island of Hawaii. Natalie Fogg '24 and Reese Toepfer '26 joined Robert Haring-Kaye, Westmont professor of physics and department chair of physics and engineering, at the event that featured more than 100 undergraduates from both nations. Both students received funding from the competitive Conference Experience for Undergraduates program of the National Science Foundation that fully supported their conference registration, lodging and travel costs.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-12-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Reveal Physics Findings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-reveal-physics-findings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Natalie-HK-Reese-DNP-2023web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont junior Analee Josselyn '25, a history and economics and business double major, and Conrad Morgan '23, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies, are attending the U.N. Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-12-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Bringing Back Climate Conference Lessons", "link": "\/westmont-news\/bringing-back-climate-conference-lessons.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DubaiHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Bundle up and head to the Westmont Observatory, which opens to the public for its free, monthly Stargazing event Friday, Dec. 15, beginning at sunset and lasting several hours. Saturn and many other celestial delights will be targeted by Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope and the other scopes owned by members of the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members set up around the observatory.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-12-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Winter Stargazing at the ‘Mont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/winter-stargazing-mont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RC_0134.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Overcoming obstacles was the challenge of the day as the Westmont Engineering Department hosted its third annual remote control car competition Dec. 7 in front of Kerrwood Hall.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-12-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Engineering Students Go for Speed", "link": "\/westmont-news\/engineering-students-go-speed.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Engineeringrace23.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "With the arrival of Advent, Paul Willis, professor emeritus of English and former Santa Barbara poet laureate, has co-edited an anthology of readings “A Radiant Birth: Advent Readings for a Bright Season.” Madeleine L'Engle, Marilyn McEntyre, Eugene Peterson, Tania Runyan, Luci Shaw, Jeanne Murray Walker, Walter Wangerin, Lauren Winner and Philip Yancey contribute to the book, which provides daily readings for the four weeks of Advent and two weeks of Christmas.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-12-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Book Radiates Advent", "link": "\/westmont-news\/book-radiates-advent.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Willis-Paul_15-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The program matches students with alumni for one-on-one mentoring, job-shadowing introductions, and practical advice on internships, graduate school, and early career transitions.", "author": "Miguel Hernandez", "publish-date": "2023-12-11", "subtitle": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris tempor vulputate sapien sed dictum. Praesent quis pharetra risus. In libero l...", "title": "Alumni Mentorship Network Connects Graduates with Current Students", "link": "\/pre-go-live-resources\/_showcase\/cat_lab\/article-3.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-3.jpg", "category": "Featured" }, { "excerpt": "Overcoming obstacles was the challenge of the day as the Westmont Engineering Department hosted its third annual remote control car competition Dec. 7 in front of Kerrwood Hall.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-12-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Engineering Students Go for Speed", "link": "\/faculty-research\/engineering-students-go-speed.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Engineeringrace23.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is on the board! Monopoly: The Santa Barbara Edition includes a space featuring the Montecito campus in the light purple section where Virginia Avenue sits in the classic game. The only college featured on the board, Westmont appears between two iconic locations: the Santa Barbara Harbor and the Santa Barbara Airport. The square features a Brad Elliott photo highlighting the college’s iconic Italian fountain, a replica of one dating from the 19th century that graced the Dwight Murphy estate, which Westmont purchased in 1945. The board also includes Montecito’s famed Butterfly Beach, a favorite destination for Westmont students.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-12-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Mr. Monopoly Goes Straight to Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mr-monopoly-goes-straight-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MonopolyStudentsHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A study of older U.S. South Asians examines relationships between religious service attendance (temple, mosque, etc.), anxiety and feelings of emotional neglect by fellow congregation members. The research finds that among U.S. South Asians, those who attend religious services more often are also more likely to experience higher levels of anxiety. Further, much of this relationship can be attributed to feelings of being ignored or neglected by other members of the congregation.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-11-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Study Examines Anxiety, Emotional Neglect from Fellow Congregation Members", "link": "\/westmont-news\/study-examines-anxiety-emotional-neglect-fellow-congregation-members.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/pexels-🇮🇳amol-nandiwadekar-1707402.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A study of older U.S. South Asians examines relationships between religious service attendance (temple, mosque, etc.), anxiety and feelings of emotional neglect by fellow congregation members. The research finds that among U.S. South Asians, those who attend religious services more often are also more likely to experience higher levels of anxiety. Further, much of this relationship can be attributed to feelings of being ignored or neglected by other members of the congregation.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-11-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Study Examines Anxiety, Emotional Neglect from Fellow Congregation Members", "link": "\/faculty-research\/study-examines-anxiety-emotional-neglect-fellow-congregation-members.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/pexels-🇮🇳amol-nandiwadekar-1707402.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Festival Theatre reimagines the life of Saint Clare of Assisi as if she spoke like a Beverly Hills teenager in Chiara Atik’s “Poor Clare” on Dec. 7-9 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Tickets, which cost $20 for general admission and $12 for students and seniors, may be purchased at westmont.edu\/boxoffice. For more information, please contact the box office at (805) 565-7040.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-11-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘Poor Clare’ Offers Theater for the Soul", "link": "\/westmont-news\/poor-clare-offers-theater-soul.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Madeline%20Fanton.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded Westmont College a $1.25 million grant to create a unique program exploring the meaning and value of in-person Christian preaching. At a time when much communication takes place online, remotely and impersonally, the Incarnational Preaching Project will invite active and aspiring preachers to investigate the value of preaching live to a church community. Westmont’s Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts expects to launch the program in spring 2025.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-11-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Program Explores Meaning of Preaching", "link": "\/westmont-news\/program-explores-meaning-preaching.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/womanpreaching.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) voted to approve accreditation for Westmont’s Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) program. Westmont had to clearly demonstrate that its nursing program, which launched in January 2022, met all four of the CCNE standards: mission and governance, institutional commitment and resources, curriculum and teaching-learning practices, and assessment and achievement of program outcomes. This accreditation is retroactive which means that our first cohort of eight nursing students, who graduated this past May, earned their degree from a CCNE-accredited program.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-11-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Nursing Program Earns Final Accreditation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/nursing-program-earns-final-accreditation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BR6_8393_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For Giving Tuesday, a generous donor has pledged $50,000 to double the impact of gifts made to the Westmont Fund between Nov. 21-28 until midnight or until the pledge amount runs out.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-11-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Donations Doubled for Giving Tuesday", "link": "\/westmont-news\/donations-doubled-giving-tuesday.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/GT-turtleweb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Women’s Leadership Council Luncheon features Natalie Taylor, certified financial planner and behavioral financial advisor, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, 12-2 p.m. in the Global Leadership Center. A limited number of tickets, which cost $100 per person, may be purchased online. For more information or to learn about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Toni Ramos at tramos@westmont.edu or call (805) 565-6050.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-11-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Luncheon Empowers Future Women Leaders", "link": "\/westmont-news\/luncheon-empowers-future-women-leaders.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/WL_20_014.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "An ecological restoration project near the Westmont campus has begun with students, faculty and staff planting about 45 native coast live oaks. This first phase focuses on an area where Montecito Fire removed many dead and dying eucalyptus trees last summer.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-11-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Project Promotes Fire Resilience, Biodiversity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/project-promotes-fire-resilience-biodiversity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Tree-Planting.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s transition to the NCAA Division II requires more than just stellar athletes, dedicated coaches, beautiful facilities, and robust programs. It also needs technology! Over the last year, the athletics department has partnered with CATLab and the CRM department to develop the technological infrastructure needed to make this huge transition.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2023-11-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Discover the Technology Powering Westmont’s Move to DII", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/discover-technology-powering-westmonts-move-dii.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/basic_page\/public\/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-13%20at%206.53.01%20AM.png", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont celebrates Advent with “Let There be Light!” a festive gathering, tree lighting, hot cocoa and opportunity to take photos with Santa on Wednesday, Nov. 29, from 5-7 p.m. on Kerrwood Lawn. The family-friendly event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-11-14", "subtitle": "Westmont celebrates Advent with “Let There be Light!” a festive gathering, tree lighting, hot cocoa and opportunity to take photo...", "title": "Celebrate Advent at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebrate-advent-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Kerrwood_Christmas.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art’s most popular exhibition and fundraiser returns to Montecito on Nov. 30- Dec. 15 offering viewers an opportunity to see and bid on more than 675, small 5-inch-square works by regional, national and international artists. The museum hosts a free, public opening reception on Thursday, Nov. 30, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-11-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Museum Goes Big with 675 Small Works", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-museum-goes-big-675-small-works.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/2010-5x5.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Longtime Westmont trustee Gary Harris died Oct. 27 from a heart attack. He was 87.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-10-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Trustee Emeritus Gary Harris Dies", "link": "\/westmont-news\/trustee-emeritus-gary-harris-dies.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Harris,-Gary-Web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Violinist Philip Ficsor, who served on Westmont’s music faculty from 2006-13, returns to college for a recital with American Double, a violin-piano duo consisting of Ficsor and pianist Constantine Finehouse, on Sunday, Nov. 5, at 3 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The concert, featuring American masterworks for violin and piano by John Corigliano and Daniel Gee ’13, Westmont director of choral activities, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-10-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "American Double Returns to Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/american-double-returns-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Const%20and%20Phil%20Westmon.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 19th annual Westmont Christmas Festival, which marks the beginning of the holiday season for many in Santa Barbara, combines orchestra and choirs at the Granada Theatre, the central coast’s premier performing arts venue in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara, on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m. Tickets, which cost $22 each, go on sale Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 5 p.m. at westmont.edu\/christmas-festival. For additional ticket information or to purchase tickets by phone, please contact the Granada box office at (805) 899-2222.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-10-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Festival Offers ‘Fullness of Joy’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-festival-offers-fullness-joy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BR6_6170%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A large crowd that included students, faculty, trustees and industry professionals on the college’s engineering board gathered to dedicate Westmont’s new Fletcher Jones Foundation Center for Engineering at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 20. Engineering students hosted an open house in their new digs, highlighting their research and explaining the uses of the machinery.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-10-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grand Opening for a New Engineering Edition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grand-opening-new-engineering-edition.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ED__154.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s science professors have obtained a new tool for their teaching and research. The biology, chemistry, engineering and physics departments will all use the Hitachi scanning electron microscope (SEM), housed in Winter Hall. Its focused beam of electrons interacts with atoms in the sample to produce an image.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-10-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Microscope Offers Inspiration at the Atomic Scale", "link": "\/westmont-news\/microscope-offers-inspiration-atomic-scale.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Ian%20LowryMicroscope.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s science professors have obtained a new tool for their teaching and research. The biology, chemistry, engineering and physics departments will all use the Hitachi scanning electron microscope (SEM), housed in Winter Hall. Its focused beam of electrons interacts with atoms in the sample to produce an image.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-10-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Microscope Aids Researchers at the Atomic Scale", "link": "\/faculty-research\/microscope-aids-researchers-atomic-scale.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Ian%20LowryMicroscope.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont senior Katie Knapp presents a paper about the thoughts and practices of the Cappadocian Fathers at the Great Lakes Theology Conference on Nov. 2-3 in Holland, Michigan. The religious studies and environmental studies double major from Soquel has been working on the major honors project about patristic creation care ethics with professors Helen Rhee, Marianne Robins and Cynthia Toms.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-10-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exploring Creation Care, Cappadocian Fathers", "link": "\/faculty-research\/exploring-creation-care-cappadocian-fathers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Cappadocian%20Fathers.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“What Should We Do About State Street?” The Westmont Center for Dialogue and Deliberation (WCDD) hosts a conversation on this pressing issue and invites Santa Barbara residents to share their ideas for shaping and co-creating this special public space. When you RSVP to the free, public event held Thursday, Oct. 26, from 6:45 p.m.-8:45 p.m., you’ll receive information about the location and parking information because space is limited. If you have questions, please email wcdd@westmont.edu.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Event Examines Solutions to State Street", "link": "\/westmont-news\/event-examines-solutions-state-street.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/StateStreetFarmersMarket.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "On the heels of Saturday’s annual solar eclipse, the Westmont Observatory opens to the public with the two gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn, making an appearance in the night sky Friday, Oct. 20, beginning at sunset and lasting several hours. This month’s free stargazing event features the college’s powerful Keck Telescope, a computer-controlled 24-inch reflector, and other telescopes from members of the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-10-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gas Giants Headline Star Party", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gas-giants-headline-star-party.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/IMG_9047b_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Katherine Bryant, assistant professor of political science, will speak about “The Changing Geopolitical Landscape and the Role of Foreign Aid” at a Westmont Downtown Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden Street, in downtown Santa Barbara.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-10-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Recent Conflicts, Foreign Aid​", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-recent-conflicts-foreign-aid.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Bryant,-Katherine-Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s alumni returned to campus for Homecoming 2023 and to honor four stellar individuals at the annual Alumni Awards Celebration Brunch.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-10-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Return of the Warriors: Honoring Alumni", "link": "\/westmont-news\/return-warriors-honoring-alumni.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RR5_5633As.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra will perform one of Tchaikovsky’s most well-known compositions at the Fall Orchestra Concert on Friday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Page Hall; and Sunday, Oct. 22, at 3 p.m. in Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West. The concerts are free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040 or email music@westmont.edu.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-10-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Performs Tchaikovsky’s 'Romeo and Juliet'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-performs-tchaikovskys-romeo-and-juliet.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/LinOrchestra.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has become an Emerging Hispanic Serving Institution with more than 23% of students identifying as Latino or Hispanic. The designation is a result of local partnerships, improved outreach efforts and the addition of several key college employees.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-10-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont: An Emerging Hispanic Serving Institution", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-emerging-hispanic-serving-institution.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/PeacStudentsStepRepeat.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Siegwart ‘Zig’ Reichwald was officially installed as Adams professor of music and worship at Westmont in a day that featured the college choir, orchestra and chapel band performing music from the Psalms, Felix Mendelssohn and rock band U2.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-10-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Zig Installed in Musical Chair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/zig-installed-musical-chair.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ZigChair.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dave LeMieux ’93, new director of worship for Montecito Covenant Church, performs a two-part multimedia event, 'Moses – Truth to Power,' on Wednesday, Oct. 18, and Friday, Oct. 20, at 10:30 a.m. at Westmont chapel in Murchison Gym.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-10-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumnus Brings ‘Moses’ to Montecito", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumnus-brings-moses-montecito.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CH16_051.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jennifer Ito, Westmont assistant professor of physics, explores exciting new developments in astrophysics in a Westmont Downtown Lecture, “Asteroids and Exoplanets: How Scientists Are Exploring Our Universe,” on Thursday, Oct. 12, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden Street, in downtown Santa Barbara.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-09-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Asteroids, Exoplanets", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-asteroids-exoplanets.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/pexels-alex-andrews-3805983Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont presents “Godspell,” one of the most popular musicals of all time, on Oct. 12-15 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. Music and theater students join together to stage a production for the first time since 2019. Tickets, which cost $20 for general admission and $12 for students and seniors, are available online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-09-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Day by Day: Music, Theater Combine in ‘Godspell’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/day-day-music-theater-combine-godspell.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Godspell-Poster-Banner.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The parents of a Westmont alumna and a current student joined the Westmont Board of Trustees in May. Mary Barbour, whose daughter, Anna, graduated from Westmont in 2022, and Marcus ‘Goodie’ Goodloe, whose daughter Hannah is currently a senior and will graduate in spring 2024, look forward to supporting the college’s mission on the board, which oversees the operations of the college.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-09-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Parents of Alum, Student Join Board of Trustees", "link": "\/westmont-news\/parents-alum-student-join-board-trustees.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/GoodloeBarbour.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont jumped 16 spots in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Colleges national liberal arts rankings — the college’s largest rise since 2010. For the 19th straight year, Westmont, ranked at No. 107 (tied), is the number one Christian liberal arts college in the Western U.S. and remains one of the top 10 liberal arts colleges in California. Westmont is one of the top two national liberal arts colleges in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-09-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Soars in Latest Rankings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-soars-latest-rankings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RC_0119.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For the first time in more than a decade, undergraduate students assisted with research at the Simons Array, a set of three telescopes in the Atacama Desert in Chile at an elevation of about 17,000 feet. Westmont students Michael Lew and Jacob Nelson joined Jen Ito, assistant professor of physics, at the site, an expansion of the original POLARBEAR (POLARization of the Background Radiation) experiment that UC Berkeley pioneered to study the cosmic microwave background (CMB).", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-09-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Physics Students Work at Chilean Telescopes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/physics-students-work-chilean-telescopes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/JacobNelsonMichaelLew.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In a public ceremony replete with orchestral and choral music, Siegwart ‘Zig’ Reichwald will be installed as the Adams professor of music and worship Friday, Sept. 29, at 10:30 a.m. in Murchison Gym. The formal ceremony serves as a prelude to a day of public events that include a keynote address and chamber concert.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-09-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Day of Musical Events to Celebrate ‘Zig’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/day-musical-events-celebrate-zig.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ZigConductingWeb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For the first time in more than a decade, undergraduate students assisted with research at the Simons Array, a set of three telescopes in the Atacama Desert in Chile at an elevation of about 17,000 feet. Westmont students Michael Lew and Jacob Nelson joined Jen Ito, assistant professor of physics, at the site, an expansion of the original POLARBEAR (POLARization of the Background Radiation) experiment that UC Berkeley pioneered to study the cosmic microwave background (CMB).", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-09-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chilean Telescopes Look into the Past", "link": "\/faculty-research\/chilean-telescopes-look-past.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/JacobNelsonMichaelLew.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont music faculty take the stage for the Fall Faculty Recital on Friday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The performance is free and open to the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-09-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Faculty Perform Fall Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-faculty-perform-fall-recital-1.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/3K6A8021%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Andrew Whitehead, one of the foremost scholars of Christian nationalism in the United States, speaks about his new book, “American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church,” on Thursday, Sept. 14, from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Global Leadership Center at Westmont. The lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-09-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Christian Nationalism, the Gospel", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-christian-nationalism-gospel.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Andrew-Whitehead%20Church.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This year's exhibition highlights how student artists are using personal history, landscape, and archival material to examine identity and belonging.", "author": "Ember Wade", "publish-date": "2023-09-02", "subtitle": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris tempor vulputate sapien sed dictum. Praesent quis pharetra risus. 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Sam Cole (economics and business), Linghui Han (economics and business), Paul Mena (communication studies) and Anna Jordan ’07 (English) each bring a deep Christian faith and a desire to challenge students to think deeply while learning broadly.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-08-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talented New Professors Join Faculty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talented-new-professors-join-faculty-1.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/New-Faculty-23.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Fascinated by technology and well-acquainted with adversity, Charles Ryu knows a thing or two about resilience. Born in North Korea, Charles escaped the country, not once, but twice. After his first attempt, Charles was placed in an internment camp, which he escaped again—eventually reaching the United States while still a minor. Despite not knowing English or having attended school since age 11, Charles graduated high school and eventually received a full scholarship to attend a coding bootcamp.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2023-08-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Charles Ryu: Lifting Others Up Through Coding", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/charles-ryu-lifting-others-through-coding.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/basic_page\/public\/IMG_0940.png", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont engineering students returned to Quito, Ecuador, in May to share their love of science, technology, engineering and math with children in an after-school program. The seven engineering students, Jonny Reitinger, Jonah Swanson, Jacob Bailey, Maria Judy, Elijah Cicileo, Becca Hudson and Tasha Loh, designed and built STEM educational materials to share with the children. They were joined by Dan Jensen, director of Westmont engineering, and a Compassion International representative.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-08-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Bring Joy of STEM to Ecuador", "link": "\/faculty-research\/students-bring-joy-stem-ecuador.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Ecuador-STEM.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 400 first year and transfer students arrive on campus for the newly named Warrior Welcome Aug. 24-27 and the first day of classes for the fall semester on Monday, Aug. 28. On Wednesday, Aug. 23, about 150 first-generation and international students and their family members will take part in First Connections, a pre-orientation welcome program designed for those students who are the first to go to college from their family. This early on-boarding welcome program emphasizes the various elements involved in a new cultural experience and the interpersonal connections vital to thriving in the college environment.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-08-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The Warriors Are Coming", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-are-coming.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Bagpipes-2019-Orientation.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont biologist Amanda Sparkman ’03 and her research collaborators have won a $2 million, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to continue investigating the evolution of dwarfism in Channel Islands National Park reptiles.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-08-16", "subtitle": "Westmont biologist Amanda Sparkman ’03 and her research collaborators have won a $2 million, four-year grant from the National Sc...", "title": "Large Grant Funds Study of Reptile Dwarfism", "link": "\/faculty-research\/large-grant-funds-study-reptile-dwarfism.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/2Y1A0536-Edit%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont's annual Impact Conference brings together leading thinkers in education and technology to discuss the development of better data systems for colleges and universities. Co-hosted by Salesforce and Westmont’s Center for Applied Technology (CATLab), the free event takes place on campus Thursday, Aug. 10, from 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. To register or get more information, please visit westmont.edu\/impact.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-08-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Education, Technology Join at Impact Conference", "link": "\/westmont-news\/education-technology-join-impact-conference.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/impact%20conference%202022.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont engineering students returned to Quito, Ecuador, in May to share their love of science, technology, engineering and math with children in an after-school program. The seven engineering students, Jonny Reitinger, Jonah Swanson, Jacob Bailey, Maria Judy, Elijah Cicileo, Becca Hudson and Tasha Loh, designed and built STEM educational materials to share with the children. They were joined by Dan Jensen, director of Westmont engineering, and a Compassion International representative.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-08-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Bring Joy of STEM to Ecuador", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-bring-joy-stem-ecuador.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Ecuador-STEM.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Members of our CATLab team have a wide range of passions outside of their work with technology. In keeping with Westmont’s liberal arts tradition, CATLab prioritizes encouraging students to be well-rounded and providing space for reflection and art. Read on to hear from a CATLab student and staff member about how making music affects their lives.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2023-08-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sustaining Innovation by Staying Connected to Emotion", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/sustaining-innovation-staying-connected-emotion.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/M18_0369.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "All eight graduates of Westmont’s inaugural Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) cohort have successfully passed the National Council for Licensure Exam-RN (NCLEX-RN) and begun careers as nurses. Half of these nurses serve in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. They completed the program in May 2023.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-07-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "ABSN Hits 100% Success Rates", "link": "\/westmont-news\/absn-hits-100-success-rates.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BR6_5393.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Celebrated Santa Barbara artist Linda Ekstrom offers a wide range of poetic, imaginative and spiritual works of transformed fabric, paper, books and gloves in an exhibition Aug. 31-Nov. 11 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free opening reception Thursday, Aug. 31 from 4-6 p.m. at the museum, honors “Straddling Circumference…The Art of Linda Ekstrom,” which features both recent work and a retrospective. The museum plans additional events.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-07-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibit Straddles the Intellectual, Spiritual", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibit-straddles-intellectual-spiritual.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Tangled-2005-(Version-2).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "As of today, July 13, Westmont launches into a new era of athletic competition to play in the NCAA Division II PacWest Conference this fall. The NCAA formally notified the college that it is approved to move on to the second year of provisional status, which allows them to compete in the PacWest Conference beginning this coming year.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-07-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors Begin New Era of Competition in PacWest Conference", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-begin-new-era-competition-pacwest-conference.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/230602_Champs.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Organizers designed the week to create low-barrier moments for connection, with activities that bring together students, faculty, staff, and local partners.", "author": "Ellie Russell", "publish-date": "2023-07-08", "subtitle": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris tempor vulputate sapien sed dictum. Praesent quis pharetra risus. In libero l...", "title": "Student Leadership Group Plans Week of Community-Building Events", "link": "\/pre-go-live-resources\/_showcase\/cat_lab\/article-5.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-5.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This summer, Westmont violinist Sophia Chan ’25 performs at the Aspen Music Festival and School (June 29-August 20), one of the top classical music festivals in the United States that features more than 600 classical music students from around the world.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-06-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Violinist, Chemistry Major to Perform in Aspen", "link": "\/westmont-news\/violinist-chemistry-major-perform-aspen.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Sophia%20Chan%20Performing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont biologist Amanda Sparkman ’03 and her research collaborators have won a $2 million, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to continue investigating the evolution of dwarfism in Channel Islands National Park reptiles.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-06-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Large Grant Funds Study of Reptile Dwarfism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/large-grant-funds-study-reptile-dwarfism.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/2Y1A0536-Edit%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "By Zak Landrum; Adapted from 2022 CATLab Magazine", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2023-06-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Blazes a Trail in Education", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/westmont-blazes-trail-education.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_8336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A record three Westmont graduates have earned prestigious Fulbright Scholarships this year to teach and conduct research around the world. Ebun Kalejaiye ’23 will teach English in Spain, Cody LeFebre ’22 will teach English in Colombia and Valerie Swisher ’22 will study personal experiences and perceptions of mental health care in Hungary.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-06-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grads Earn Prestigious Fulbright Scholarships", "link": "\/faculty-research\/grads-earn-prestigious-fulbright-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DeadSeaStudyAbroad.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A record three Westmont graduates have earned prestigious Fulbright Scholarships this year to teach and conduct research around the world. Ebun Kalejaiye ’23 will teach English in Spain, Cody LeFebre ’22 will teach English in Colombia and Valerie Swisher ’22 will study personal experiences and perceptions of mental health care in Hungary.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-06-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grants Guide Graduates in Growing Globally", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grants-guide-graduates-growing-globally.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DeadSeaStudyAbroad.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "by Kelly Vivanco '24", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2023-06-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Free Speech and the Hospitable Campus", "link": "\/faculty-research\/free-speech-and-hospitable-campus.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Dialog-and-Diliberation.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "During his post-doctoral work at the University of Pittsburgh, physics professor Ben Carlson mentored both under-graduate and graduate students. When they asked to work with him in the summer, he looked for suitable projects. “After two summers, I learned what was appropriate and helpful for students,” he says. “Two of my students at Pitt were offered ATLAS papers, which is significant because people in the collaboration — especially undergraduates — don’t necessarily get credit. My students did enough, so their names appear with the collaborators. I enjoyed mentoring them and have continued to work with student researchers at Westmont.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2023-06-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Up Close and Personal: Professors Go Beyond Teaching to Mentor and Encourage Students", "link": "\/faculty-research\/close-and-personal-professor-goes-beyond-teaching-mentor-and-encourage-students.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/R62_9024.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Rae Dunn, a popular Bay Area artist and juror of this year’s annual Tri-County Juried Exhibition, handed out cash awards to local artists on May 18 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. “Mixed Up,” celebrates the multitude of talented artists in our local region.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-06-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Event Honors ‘Mixed Up’ Artists", "link": "\/westmont-news\/event-honors-mixed-artists.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Ralph-CornersWeb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ryley Oroku, Westmont’s warm-spirited Business Process Analyst and API Programmer, embodies the CATLab core value of Commitment. Ryley has worked with Westmont’s technology for the last seven years. As a member of the first-ever CATLab and a 2020 Westmont alumnus, Ryley gained development operations skills which he uses today as he accomplishes vital data conversion for the college’s major student information system replacement project. Thanks to his time at CATLab, Ryley is able to give back to the community that he cares about as an essential member of Westmont’s IT team.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2023-05-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ryley Oroku: Using Passion and Talent to Benefit Others", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/ryley-oroku-using-passion-and-talent-benefit-others.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/beachwalk-45.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Academy for Young Artists (WAYA), a unique two-week summer music program for talented music students ages 12-18, has grown to include esteemed teaching artists from the Santa Barbara Symphony along with Westmont music faculty Aug. 7-11, 14-19 on Westmont’s all-Steinway campus. Registration, which costs $1,200, is open through June 1 for students interested in improving their instrumental technique and musical artistry through lessons, workshops and chamber music. Generous merit-based and need-based scholarships are available.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-05-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Symphony Teaching Artists Join Teen Academy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/symphony-teaching-artists-join-teen-academy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DanielGeeConducting22.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A stellar lineup of internationally renowned speakers, authors, CEOs, visionaries and luminaries descend on Westmont’s ninth annual LEAD Where You Stand Conference May 31-June 2 at the college's Global Leadership Center. The Santa Barbara event has quickly gained momentum in attracting powerhouse speakers and participants who share inspiring and empowering leadership principles and best practices for any sphere or line of work and service.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-05-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Trailblazing Leaders, David Brooks Speak at 9th Annual Lead Conference", "link": "\/westmont-news\/trailblazing-leaders-david-brooks-speak-9th-annual-lead-conference.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/23%20LWYS%20Email%20Header_Rev1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art highlights the exceptional talent of local artists in its annual Tri-County Juried Exhibition, “Mixed Up,” May 18-June 17. The public is invited to a free, opening reception on Thursday, May 18, from 4-6 p.m. Award winners will be announced at 5:15 p.m.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-05-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Famed Ceramist Juries ‘Mixed Up’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/famed-ceramist-juries-mixed.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Dixon,%20David%20-%20Peaceful%20Stroll.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Under scattered skies two days after a rare May rainstorm, the 332 graduates of the Westmont College Class of 2023 marched to Thorrington Field on May 6 led by bagpipe fanfare. The celebration, which featured the inaugural graduating classes in both engineering and nursing, included speeches full of colorful imagery from the class verse, “Let your roots grow down into Him” (Colossians 2:7).", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-05-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grads Urged to Sink Their Roots", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grads-urged-sink-their-roots.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/R62_8360.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Following Commencement 2023, the Westmont College Choir and Chamber Singers embark on a nine-day tour to Tokyo, Japan — the first international choir tour since the COVID-19 pandemic. Led by Daniel Gee ’13, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities, the choirs’ itinerary includes joint concerts with Japanese collegiate ensembles, including those from Waseda University and the Tokyo College of Music, as well as performances at Tokyo Union Church, Tokyo Christian University and the Christian Academy of Japan.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2023-05-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Choir Travels to Tokyo for an International Tour", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-choir-travels-tokyo-international-tour.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/M22_0185.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Each year before Commencement, Westmont’s annual Academic Awards Celebration reminds us of the joy of accomplishment and the opportunity we have to excel and fulfil the full range of gifts and abilities God has given us.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-05-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celebrating the Outstanding Graduates of 2023", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebrating-outstanding-graduates-2023.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Academic-Convocation-First-Seniors.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont kicked off its new Young Adult Leadership Lab (YALL), which supports the spiritual lives of young adults in their 20s, with 100 local clergy members and lay leaders at a day-long seminar held on campus. Steve Argue, applied research strategist for the Fuller Youth Institute and associate professor of youth, family and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary, headlined the event earlier this year in the Global Leadership Center.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-05-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Program Aims to Energize Young Adult Ministry", "link": "\/westmont-news\/program-aims-energize-young-adult-ministry.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/AR7_3824.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College, which develops Christian ministers and leaders capable of serving in every sphere of society, hosts a one-day Pastors Conference dedicated to encouraging, refreshing and supporting pastors. The event features President Gayle D. Beebe and Provost Kim Battle-Walters Denu from Westmont as well as musician Steve Bell and poet Malcolm Guite, who will speak Tuesday, May 30, at First Presbyterian Church, 21 East Constance Avenue, in Santa Barbara.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-04-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Soul Care Offered at Pastors Conference", "link": "\/westmont-news\/soul-care-offered-pastors-conference.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_900\/public\/gayle_beebe_columns.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Click Here to Watch the Commencement Livestream", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-04-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Beloved Professor to Speak at Commencement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/beloved-professor-speaks-commencement.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CM_0236.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont students won David K. Winter Servant Leadership Awards for showing vision, courage, humility, integrity and competence as leaders. Angela D’Amour, dean of student engagement, introduced the 23rd annual awardees, junior Joy Sturges from Redding and sophomore David Shiang from West Hills, on April 14 in Westmont chapel.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-04-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Win Servant Leadership Awards", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-win-servant-leadership-awards.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/AWARD-1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Janell Balmaceda uses a pitchfork to spread mulch over the walkways that weave between the garden rows below Thorrington Field. Student intern Peter Schramm ’25 hammers together pieces from several wooden pallets to create new compost bins. This spring, the Westmont garden is flourishing again, thanks in large part to Balmaceda, Westmont’s new sustainability coordinator and garden manager. A team of student volunteers began planting vegetables in March, which the Dining Commons served at the end of the semester. After some repairs, the chicken coop houses egg-laying hens.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-04-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Sustainability Coordinator Grounded in Faith and Science", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-sustainability-coordinator-grounded-faith-and-science.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Janell%20Balmaceda%20Kneeling.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont alums have received prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation. Braden Chaffin ’23 and Chisondi Warioba ’21 have been chosen for the program whose purpose “is to ensure the quality, vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States.” The five-year fellowship provides three years of financial support that includes an annual stipend of $37,000.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-04-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alums Win National Research Fellowships", "link": "\/faculty-research\/alums-win-national-research-fellowships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CL22_0269.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 40 Westmont students will present their findings on 29 posters at the 2023 Spring Student Research Symposium on April 20 from 3:30-5 p.m. around the Winter Hall third floor atrium. There will also be four students reading selections of their original works of fiction and poetry as part of their English capstone project.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-04-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Symposium Offers Glimpse of Student Research", "link": "\/westmont-news\/symposium-offers-glimpse-student-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/JG-RS-21.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Steve L. Porter, the new senior research fellow and executive director of Westmont’s Martin Institute for Christianity and Culture, offers his inaugural lecture Friday, April 28, at 3:30 p.m. in the Global Leadership Center. The talk, “Knowing Christ Today: The Shape of Christian Spiritual Formation in the Academy and Church for the Sake of the World,' is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-04-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Christian Spiritual Formation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-christian-spiritual-formation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/unnamed%20(93).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont alums have received prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation. Braden Chaffin ’23 and Chisondi Warioba ’21 have been chosen for the program whose purpose “is to ensure the quality, vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States.” The five-year fellowship provides three years of financial support that includes an annual stipend of $37,000.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-04-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alums Win National Research Fellowships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alums-win-national-research-fellowships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CL22_0269.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Music Department is ending the spring semester with a flurry of concerts, nearly all are free and in Deane Chapel on lower campus, unless noted otherwise.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-04-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Abloom in April", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-abloom-april.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/M22_0079.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont officially installed its new provost as the community celebrated the life, faith and career of Kimberly Battle-Walters Denu. Her accomplished career spans nearly three decades of teaching, preaching, mentoring, and executive leadership.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-04-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celebration Praises New Provost Kim Denu", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebration-praises-new-provost-kim-denu.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/KimAndStudents.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont will give the inaugural Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree Spirit of Santa Barbara Award to David and Anna Grotenhuis at the annual Women’s Leadership Luncheon on Friday, April 21, at 11:30 a.m. in the Global Leadership Center. The award recognizes people who exemplify the life and spirit of Lady Ridley-Tree. Her generosity made a profound impact on Westmont College and touched the lives of many people and organizations throughout the Santa Barbara community.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-04-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Mentorship is Key at Women’s Leadership Luncheon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mentorship-key-womens-leadership-luncheon.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Womens-LuncheonTamikaCatchings_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Six senior art majors will present their capstone art projects ranging from paintings to prints, photography to a sculptural installation April 6-May 6 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public opening reception for “a space of her own” is Thursday, April 6, from 4-6 p.m. at the museum.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-04-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Museum Offers ‘A Space of Her Own’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-museum-offers-space-her-own.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Callie%20Guthrie.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The curtain may have closed on the inaugural Montecito Student Film Festival, but there is still a buzz about the spectacular young filmmaking talent in our community. For about five hours, cinephiles filled Westmont’s Porter Theatre to screen 20 student films on March 25.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-03-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Festival Awards Student Filmmakers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/festival-awards-student-filmmakers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MSFFQA.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont launches a new program to cultivate wisdom in Christian leaders and offers a post-baccalaureate Certificate in Theological Leadership. The initiative begins January 2024 with an inaugural cohort of 25 students. It’s designed for ministry professionals, laypeople eager to grow spiritually, and recent college graduates considering seminary. For more information, please visit westmont.edu\/theo-leadership.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-03-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Offering a New Certificate in Theological Leadership", "link": "\/westmont-news\/offering-new-certificate-theological-leadership.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BR6_1253.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Music Department awarded large scholarships to instrumentalists and singers as part of its annual guild competitions, attracting stellar young musical talent to the region. Aaron Wu, a cellist from Glendale, won the 11th annual Instrumental Guild Competition Feb. 25 and will receive more than $10,000 in annual music scholarships (more than $40,000 for four years). Each finalist will receive $10,000 in annual music scholarships. Camden Wright, a baritone singer from Castle Rock, Colorado, won the fourth annual Vocal Guild Competition on March 4 and will receive up to $10,000 in annual music scholarships, and each finalist will receive $6,500 annually to study at Westmont.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-03-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musical Talent Shines at Guild Competitions", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musical-talent-shines-guild-competitions.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MusicGuildHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Rebecca McNamara, Westmont assistant professor of English, speaks about care and compassion for those struggling with suicide or affected by the trauma of suicide in late medieval England in a Westmont Downtown Lecture on Thursday, April 13, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Workshop (CAW), 631 Garden Street, in downtown Santa Barbara. “Care in Times of Crisis: Suicide and Emotions in Medieval England” is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are required. Ample free parking is available. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-03-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Medieval Suicide and Care", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-medieval-suicide-and-care.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/McNamara,%20Rebecca_2017_2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer-Prize winning historian and bestselling author, drew parallels between the United States’ response to aid Britain in the early years of World War II and the U.S.’s partnership with Ukraine in its war with Russia at the 18th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast March 10.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-03-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Goodwin Offers Historic Perspective on Ukraine", "link": "\/westmont-news\/goodwin-offers-historic-perspective-ukraine.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/R62_6746.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Malcolm Foley, pastor and religious historian at Baylor University, where he directs Black Church Studies at Truett Seminary, examines how Black Christians resisted and advocated against racialized lynching in a free, public lecture, 'On Love and Lynching: Racial Violence and Its Black Christian Opponents,' Thursday, March 23, from 3:30- 5 p.m. in the Page Multi-Purpose Room.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-03-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Examine Faith, Racial Violence", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examine-faith-racial-violence.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Malcolm%20Foley.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont launches the inaugural Montecito Student Film Festival to showcase the impressive work of undergraduate students from California colleges and universities with screenings throughout the day March 25 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Porter Theatre. A jury of industry professionals and special guests will judge and award the top prizes while audiences will be polled regularly to determine the winner of the Audience Award. Tickets, which cost $20 for an all-day pass or $5 per block (there will be 4 blocks), may purchased at westmont.edu\/boxoffice The event is free for Westmont students and faculty.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-03-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Montecito Home to Inaugural Student Film Fest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/montecito-home-inaugural-student-film-fest.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Westmont-Montecito-Student-Film.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 21st annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts explores how a liberal arts education can prepare us for the future, March 2-4 at the Global Leadership Center. “Educating for the Unknown: Liberal Arts in the Age of Climate Change,” sponsored by the Gaede Institute, attracts teachers, administrators, and students from around the country.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-02-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Conference Examines Liberal Arts, Climate Change", "link": "\/westmont-news\/conference-examines-liberal-arts-climate-change.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/SBHarbor.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "G. James Daichendt, art critic, curator, art historian and dean of the colleges at Point Loma University, examines how street art is changing the art world and how we engage art in a free, public lecture, “Street Art Now” on Thursday, February 23, from 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-02-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores ‘Street Art Now’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-street-art-now.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/GATSDoorDecal.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "La Cañada High School ran circles around the competition in Westmont’s 34th annual Mathematics Field Day on Feb. 11 in Winter Hall. About 100 regional high school students matched math wits in the event on the eve of Super Bowl, but it was La Cañada that was the Overall Winner for 9-10th grade and 11-12th grade.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-02-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Hosts Competition of Mathletes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-hosts-competition-mathletes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Finals.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kimberly Battle-Walters Denu will be officially installed as provost and dean of the faculty at Westmont on Friday, March 31, from 10:30-11:20 a.m. in Murchison Gym. The event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP here.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-02-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Denu to be Installed as Provost, Dean", "link": "\/westmont-news\/denu-be-installed-provost-dean.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Kim%20Denu%20Inauguration%20Invite.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This month’s Stargazing at the Westmont Observatory features a diverse celestial menu of planets, Messier objects, open clusters and double stars on Friday, February 17, beginning about 6 p.m. and lasting for several hours. The observatory, home of the powerful Keck Telescope, is open to the public every third Friday of the month and held in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit (SBAU) whose members bring their own telescopes to share with the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-02-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Stargazing Features Great Nebula", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stargazing-features-great-nebula.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ObservatoryOpen.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 100 high school students will compete at Westmont’s 34th annual Mathematics Field Day on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 1-5:15 p.m. in Winter Hall. Team and individual awards will be handed out at a banquet, featuring Erik Lucero, site lead of Google Quantum AI in Santa Barbara, from 5:30–6:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Global Leadership Center.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-02-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Teens to Match Wits in Math Contest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/teens-match-wits-math-contest.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MathContest22.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra performs at several locations as part of a Presidents day weekend tour February 16-18. These concerts are open to the public and free. The orchestra The orchestra will perform “Amazing Grace,” Bizet's “Carmen Suite” and Franck's Symphony in D minor on Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. in San Marcos High School (4750 Hollister Ave., Santa Barbara); Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. in Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church (1825 Alamo Pintado Rd., Solvang); and Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. in Calvary Baptist Church (3355 Constellation Rd., Lompoc). The orchestra concludes its tour Sunday, February 26, at 1:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Page Multi-Purpose Room.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-02-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Tour Features French Romantics", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-tour-features-french-romantics.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/WestmontOrchestra2022.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont hosts an information session for its accelerated bachelor of science in nursing (ABSN) program on Wednesday, February 15, from 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. at Westmont Downtown | Grotenhuis Nursing, 26 West Anapamu Street. The open house will be an opportunity for prospective students to meet faculty, admissions and financial aid representatives and tour the downtown campus that houses the nursing program. Please RSVP for the nursing information session or contact us at nursing@westmont.edu to set up an individual visit that fits your schedule!", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-02-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Hosts Nursing Open House", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-hosts-nursing-open-house.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/unnamed%20(88).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A study of chronically ill U.S. adults suggests that people who experience greater degrees of suffering also experience greater degrees of religious uncertainty and struggle. The research, which examines the link between the depth of suffering and feelings of religious turmoil, including doubt, abandonment and uncertainty regarding God’s love and power, also suggests the more religious the individual, the more acute the struggle.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-02-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Study Examines Suffering, Feelings of Religious Doubt, Abandonment", "link": "\/westmont-news\/study-examines-suffering-feelings-religious-doubt-abandonment.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Chronic-Suffering.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont music professor participates in a community conversation about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Paul Mori, whose grandparents and parents were all incarcerated under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066, will speak on a panel with two internment camp survivors, Roke Fukamura and Hideko Malis, on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 2 p.m. in the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Faulkner Gallery.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-01-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Mori to Share about Japanese Internment Camps", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mori-share-about-japanese-internment-camps.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/GilaRiverInterment.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Click Here to Watch", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-01-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Bringing SB’s Flying A To The Stage", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-bringing-sbs-flying-stage.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BlondellPeerGynt11.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Santa Barbra International Film Festival was a small local event when Sean Pratt began working for it two decades ago. Pratt, SBIFF managing director and Westmont adjunct professor, Roger Durling, SBIFF executive director, and their team have grown the festival from one featuring adventure-sport and nature films into one of the top 10 in the country.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-01-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pratt Takes Leading Role in Filmmaking", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pratt-takes-leading-role-filmmaking.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/R62_6406.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Festival Theatre brings Santa Barbara’s treasured cinematic history to the stage in a world premiere. “Diamond to Dust: a Flying A Fantasy,” directed by Westmont’s John Blondell and written by local actor, educator and playwright Michael Bernard, explores the silent film industry and its historical significance. Westmont’s Porter Theatre hosts performances February 24-25, March 2-4 at 7:30 p.m.; and March 4 at 2 p.m. Tickets, which cost $15 for general admission, and $10 for students and seniors, will be available at westmont.edu\/boxoffice.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-01-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theater Premieres Historic “Flying ‘A’ Fantasy”", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theater-premieres-historic-flying-fantasy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/_Little%20Glass_%20stage%20on%20left.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Brandon Rickabaugh, known for his work at the intersection of metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and Christian spiritual formation, speaks about “Mechanizing Ourselves to Death: The Human Soul and Cultural Disillusionment,” on Monday, January 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. The lecture, sponsored by the Martin Institute and Dallas Willard Research Center, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-01-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines the Soul, Cultural Disillusionment", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-soul-cultural-disillusionment.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Brandon%20with%20model_med%20res.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Doris Kearns Goodwin, world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, speaks at the 18th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on Friday, March 10, from 7-9 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Tickets cost $125 per person and are on sale now at westmont.edu\/breakfast. Seating is limited, and tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-01-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Goodwin Returns to Speak at Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/goodwin-returns-speak-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/PB15_1056.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont performs an ambitious operatic double bill of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Trial by Jury” and Rossini’s “The Silken Ladder” Friday, January 27, and Sunday, January 29; both at 7 p.m. in Center Stage Theater. To purchase tickets, which cost $20 for general admission, $15 for seniors or military members, please visit the Center Stage box office at centerstagetheater.org. For more information, please contact the Westmont Music Department at (805) 565-6040 or music@westmont.edu.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-01-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Spring Opera Offers Double Bill of Humor", "link": "\/westmont-news\/spring-opera-offers-double-bill-humor.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/OP20_0393.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont professor’s work about media, digital technology and the church resulted in an invitation to speak at the Vatican and meet with Pope Francis on November 11. Sociologist Felicia Wu Song, lectured about “The Good News in a Digital Age: A Call to the Contemplative” at a plenary assembly of the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication. Later, she was invited to join members of the dicastery to hear Pope Francis speak about the importance of inclusive and truthful communication to a small group in the Apostolic Palace's Clementine Hall. Following the talk, she greeted the Pope with a handshake and personal introduction.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-01-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professor Speaks at Vatican, Meets Pope", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professor-speaks-vatican-meets-pope.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Wu%20Song%20Pope%20Francis.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "By the time Nicklas runs into Westmont’s Human Performance Lab, he’s already exhausted. The middle-aged man is breathing heavily and sweating profusely as Timothy Van Haitsma, associate professor of kinesiology, and senior Damien Ureste place electrodes on his body and insert a plastic tube into his mouth.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2023-01-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Putting Mental Training to the Test", "link": "\/faculty-research\/putting-mental-training-test.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CL22_003%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art features two artists whose work responds to climate change. The exhibition, “Entangled: Responding to Environmental Crisis,” runs from January 12-March 25, 2023, and highlights the artwork of Madeleine Tonzi, a New Mexico painter, muralist and printmaker, and GATS (Graffiti Against the System), a well-known Bay Area artist who draws on the urban environment as a source of inspiration. An opening reception on January 12 from 4-6 p.m. at the museum is free and open to the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-12-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘Entangled’ Exhibit Explores Environment", "link": "\/westmont-news\/entangled-exhibit-explores-environment.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/TonziGATS.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will zoom in on a several celestial objects Friday, December 16, from 6-10 p.m. at the Westmont Observatory. Westmont hosts the monthly viewings, held on the third Friday of the month, in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit whose members bring their own telescopes. Visitors are asked to enter the Westmont campus through the main, upper entrance, since the kiosk at the Colds Spring Entrance will be unmanned.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-12-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "December Skies Offer Starry Viewing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/december-skies-offer-starry-viewing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MK4_7507.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s junior engineering students were revved up for the annual remote control car competition on Dec. 8 in front of Kerrwood Hall. The students spent the last 10 weeks working in teams to assemble hundreds of parts to create their race cars, which count for 5 percent of their overall grade in the Machine Design course.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-12-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The Need for Speed: Engineers Put Creations to the Test", "link": "\/faculty-research\/need-speed-engineers-put-creations-test.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RCCHampheader_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s junior engineering students were revved up for the annual remote control car competition on Dec. 8 in front of Kerrwood Hall. The students spent the last 10 weeks working in teams to assemble hundreds of parts to create their race cars, which count for 5 percent of their overall grade in the Machine Design course.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-12-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The Need for Speed: Engineers Put Creations to the Test", "link": "\/westmont-news\/need-speed-engineers-put-creations-test.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RCCHampheader_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Inspired by Giving Tuesday, a new donor has stepped up to double every gift made Wednesday through Friday, November 30 at 5 pm PST to the Westmont Fund, up to a total of $50,000.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2022-11-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Fund Donations Tripled on Giving Tuesday", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-matching-gift-doubles-westmont-fund-donations-through-friday.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont celebrates the life of its founder Ruth Kerr on National Mason Jar Day on November 30. Following the death of her husband Alexander, Ruth became president of the Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company in 1930. Kerr became one of most recognizable American mason jar brands.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-11-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont’s History in a Mason Jar", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmonts-history-mason-jar.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/kerrjarFB.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont kicks off the season of Advent with a festive, family-friendly ceremony, 'Let There be Light!' on Wednesday, November 30, from 5-7 p.m. on Kerrwood Lawn.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-11-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Kerrwood Christmas: 'Let There be Light!'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/kerrwood-christmas-let-there-be-light.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/unnamed%20(76).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is equipping evangelical students from across the nation who care deeply about the environment to lead their communities in answering God’s call to steward creation wisely. The college will be hosting 'Faith. Climate. Action: A Workshop on Christian Climate Advocacy' attracting about 40 students and faculty from the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), and 10 InterVarsity student leaders to campus June 25-July 2, 2023. For more information, please visit westmont.edu\/faith­and-climate or email the organizers at faithclimateaction@westmont.edu.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-11-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Workshop Inspires Christians to Climate Action", "link": "\/westmont-news\/workshop-inspires-christians-climate-action.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Botanic%20Garden%20Research.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Eben Drost, will perform classic jazz pieces and more contemporary compositions on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 8 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-11-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Jazz Ensemble Gets Swinging", "link": "\/westmont-news\/jazz-ensemble-gets-swinging.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BR6_9074_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A large, enthusiastic crowd in Westmont’s Global Leadership Center welcomed Clayborne Carson, the world-renowned and acclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. scholar and director of the King Papers Project. He spoke about “The Lives and Shared Legacy of Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King Jr.,” as part of a Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership luncheon November 4.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-11-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Mosher Talk Examines MLK’s Shared Legacy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mosher-talk-examines-mlks-shared-legacy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/StandingTightNewsHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Hunter’s 2017 research on umpire consistency continues to garner national attention. Hunter, Westmont professor of mathematics, devised a metric for consistency of home plate umpires that others have relied on to grade Major League Baseball umpires.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Strike Zone Metric Makes the Grade", "link": "\/faculty-research\/strike-zone-metric-makes-grade.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/StrikeZoneHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Hunter’s 2017 research on umpire consistency continues to garner national attention. Hunter, Westmont professor of mathematics, devised a metric for consistency of home plate umpires that others have relied on to grade Major League Baseball umpires.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-11-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Strike Zone Metric Makes the Grade", "link": "\/westmont-news\/strike-zone-metric-makes-grade.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/StrikeZoneHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art shares the deep trove of art collected by the late Barry Berkus, an architect, urban planner, watercolor artist and author, in “A Bold and Unconventional Collector: Highlights from the Barry Berkus Family Collection,” which will be on display from Nov. 17- Dec. 12. The public is invited to a free, opening reception Thursday, Nov. 17, from 4- 6 p.m. at the museum.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-10-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Bold, Beautiful: Exhibition Shares Highlights of Berkus Art Collection", "link": "\/westmont-news\/bold-beautiful-exhibition-shares-highlights-berkus-art-collection.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Walker_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sandra Richter, Westmont's Robert H. Gundry professor of biblical studies, speaks about “Down to Earth: A Biblical Perspective on Environmentalism” Thursday, Nov. 3, at 5:30 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Community Arts Workshop (CAW), 631 Garden Street. The Westmont Downtown Lecture is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are required. Free parking is available on the streets surrounding CAW or in nearby city parking lots. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-10-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Offer a Biblical View on Environmentalism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-offers-biblical-view-environmentalism.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RichterClassroomHero.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 18th annual Westmont Christmas Festival, “The Prince of Peace,” returns to Santa Barbara’s famed Granada Theatre Saturday, December 3, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, December 4, at 3 p.m. Tickets, which cost $22 each, are on sale at westmont.edu\/festival. For ticket information or to purchase tickets by phone, please contact the Granada box office at (805) 899-2222.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-10-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘The Prince of Peace’ to Usher In Holy Season", "link": "\/westmont-news\/prince-peace-usher-holy-season.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ChristmasFestivalHeader2022.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "On the heels of two consecutive record-breaking fundraising years, Westmont has launched its largest fundraising campaign ever, Forward in Faithfulness. Through generous gifts from alumni, parents, foundations and friends of the college, including the two largest gifts in the history of the college, the campaign has raised more than $197.1 million of the $250 million goal.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-10-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Moving Forward in Faithfulness", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-moving-forward-faithfulness.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/GalaHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont dedicated its new accelerated bachelor of science in nursing (ABSN) program, naming it Westmont Downtown | Grotenhuis Nursing on Oct. 14 at 26 West Anapamu Street. David Grotenhuis, an alumnus of the college, and his wife Anna were inspired to give generously to the program by Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree, who died earlier this month.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-10-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Program is Dedicated to Educating Nurses", "link": "\/westmont-news\/program-dedicated-educating-nurses.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Westmont-Nursing-GroupHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Clayborne Carson, the world-renowned and acclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. scholar and director of the King Papers Project, speaks at Westmont’s Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership luncheon on Friday, Nov. 4, from 12-1:30 p.m. in the Simmons Center of Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. Carson will present “The Lives and Shared Legacy of Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King Jr.” A limited number of tickets, which cost $50 per person, are available for purchase at westmont.edu\/mosher-event. For more information, please call (805) 565-7251 or email specialevents@westmont.edu.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-10-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "World-Renowned Scholar Gives Insight into MLK’s Legacy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/world-renowned-scholar-gives-insight-mlks-legacy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Clayborne-CarsonHero.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont community mourns the passing of Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree, whose generosity made a profound impact on the college and touched the lives of many people and organizations in the Santa Barbara community. She personified what it means to be a true philanthropist.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-10-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Honoring Ridley-Tree, Her Incredible Generosity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/honoring-ridley-tree-her-incredible-generosity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RidleyTreeBeebes.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Click Here to Watch", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-09-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Mental Side of Sports", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-mental-side-sports.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CL22_022.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Wendy Eley Jackson brings more than a quarter century of experience in film and television to Westmont as the theater department’s new artist\/scholar-in-residence for justice, reconciliation and diversity. Jackson, a native of Atlanta, is teaching Documentary Filmmaking, Screenwriting, and Creative Writing this semester for the theater and English departments.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-09-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sharing a Wealth of Writing, Film Knowledge", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sharing-wealth-writing-film-knowledge.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/WendyJacksonPorterTheatre.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Steve L. Porter, a longtime professor of spiritual formation, theology and philosophy, is the new senior research fellow and executive director of Westmont’s Martin Institute for Christianity and Culture.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-09-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Porter to Direct The Martin Institute", "link": "\/westmont-news\/porter-direct-martin-institute.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BR6_7724.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Five new accomplished, tenure-track professors have joined the Westmont faculty this fall. Isaac Gomez (kinesiology), Jennifer Ito (physics), Ruth Lin (music), Siegwart “Zig” Reichwald (music) and Guang Song (computer science) each bring a deep Christian faith and a love for teaching to Westmont.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-09-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talented New Professors Join Faculty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talented-new-professors-join-faculty-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/NewFaculty2022Together.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "New national rankings and economic indicators establish Westmont as one of the top Christian liberal arts colleges in the U.S. once again. Westmont, in its 85th anniversary year, improved its overall score and rose in five other ranking categories to remain in the top tier of the 2023 U.S. News and World Report’s National Liberal Arts College rankings for the 18th straight year. Westmont, ranked at No. 124, is one of only two national liberal arts colleges in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and remains one of the top 10 liberal arts colleges in California.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-09-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Ranks Among Premier Colleges", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-ranks-among-premier-colleges.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RockView.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont professor has received a prestigious fellowship to serve at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI). The Lady Davis Fellowship Trust selected Ronald See, professor of psychology and neuroscience, as the Marie and Matthew Heller visiting professor in medicine at the Institute of Medical Research. HUJI is the premier academic institution in Israel and is well recognized as a leading center of biomedical research.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-08-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ronald See Earns Top Fellowship in Israel", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ronald-see-earns-top-fellowship-israel.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/D1X_4142.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Martin Institute for Christianity and Culture and the Dallas Willard Research Center (MIDWC) at Westmont have chosen “Relational Spirituality: A Psychological-Theological Paradigm for Transformation” by Todd W. Hall as the winner of their annual book award. Hall will accept the award in person before speaking in chapel on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 10:30 a.m. in Murchison Gym.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-08-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘Relational Spirituality’ Wins Dallas Willard Book Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/relational-spirituality-wins-dallas-willard-book-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ToddHallBookAwardCover.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont professor has received a prestigious fellowship to serve at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI). The Lady Davis Fellowship Trust selected Ronald See, professor of psychology and neuroscience, as the Marie and Matthew Heller visiting professor in medicine at the Institute of Medical Research. HUJI is the premier academic institution in Israel and is well recognized as a leading center of biomedical research.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-08-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ronald See Wins Top Fellowship in Israel", "link": "\/faculty-research\/ronald-see-wins-top-fellowship-israel.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RonaldSeeResearch.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 320 first-year students and a record-setting 70 transfers begin arriving at Westmont for Orientation (Aug. 25-28) and the start of the fall semester (Aug. 29).", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-08-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Inspirational New Students Arrive on Campus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/inspirational-new-students-arrive-campus.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/OR21_0584.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Adam Belt explores the point where art, science and spirituality converge in an exhibition, “Adam Belt: Wish You Were Here,” Sept. 1 – Nov. 5 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public opening reception takes place Thursday, Sept. 1, from 4-6 p.m. in the museum.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-08-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art, Science, Spirituality Collide In Exhibit", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-science-spirituality-collide-exhibition.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Belt---CameoCOVER.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont professor and recent graduate won the Carl B. Allendoerfer Award from the Mathematical Association of America, the world’s largest community of mathematicians, students, and enthusiasts. David J. Hunter, professor of mathematics, and Chisondi Warioba ’21, born in Tanzania and a triple major in chemistry, physics and biology, were honored for their paper, “Segregation Surfaces,” which uses mathematics, open source software and data to reveal trends and patterns of segregation in U.S. cities.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-08-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professor, Alum Win Top Mathematics Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professor-alum-win-top-mathematics-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CL19_0190.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont professor and recent graduate won the Carl B. Allendoerfer Award from the Mathematical Association of America, the world’s largest community of mathematicians, students, and enthusiasts. David J. Hunter, professor of mathematics, and Chisondi Warioba ’21, born in Tanzania and a triple major in chemistry, physics and biology, were honored for their paper, “Segregation Surfaces,” which uses mathematics, open source software and data to reveal trends and patterns of segregation in U.S. cities.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-08-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professor, Alum Win Top Math Research Award", "link": "\/faculty-research\/professor-alum-win-top-math-research-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CL19_0190.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This month’s public viewing of the stars will focus on several exotic Messier objects as the summer Milky Way stretches across the sky from the northeast to the southwest. The free viewing on Friday, Aug. 19, begins at sunset and lasts several hours at the Westmont Observatory. Face coverings are required at the event, which is run with the help of volunteers from the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit (SBAU).", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-08-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summer Triangle Shines from Milky Way", "link": "\/westmont-news\/summer-triangle-shines-milky-way.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ring-nebula-fullNASAjpg.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Center for Applied Technology (CATLab) joins forces with Salesforce to host the Impact Conference on Thursday, Aug. 11, in the Global Leadership Center on campus. Keynote speakers include Peter Coffee, vice president for strategic research at Salesforce, and Lupita Knittel, president of 7Mindsets, an education technology company. To register for the free conference, or for more information, please visit westmont.edu\/impact.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-07-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Higher Ed, Salesforce Collaborate at Impact Conference", "link": "\/westmont-news\/higher-ed-salesforce-collaborate-impact-conference.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Impact%20Conference%20110.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont researcher has won a grant to further his search for evidence of the presence of mysterious dark matter. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $200,000 grant to Ben Carlson, Westmont assistant professor of physics, to continue his work on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, a particle physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-07-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grant Expands Search for Dark Matter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grant-expands-search-dark-matter.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CERN%20Images.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont researcher has won a grant to further his search for evidence of the presence of mysterious dark matter. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $200,000 grant to Ben Carlson, Westmont assistant professor of physics, to continue his work on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, a particle physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-07-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Expanding the Search for Dark Matter", "link": "\/faculty-research\/expanding-search-dark-matter.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/20210-138%20LHC%2003.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "It’s globular cluster season at the Westmont Observatory with this month’s viewing focusing on two conglomerations containing hundreds of thousands of stars. The free, public viewing of the stars is Friday, July 15, beginning at 7 p.m. and lasting several hours. Face coverings will be required at the event. Westmont hosts viewings on the third Friday of every month in concert with members of the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit (SBAU), who bring their own telescopes to share with the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-07-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Observatory Hosts Friday Star Party", "link": "\/westmont-news\/observatory-hosts-friday-star-party.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/M13Final_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A tight-knit cohort of five Westmont student teachers shared inspirational stories about their experiences in the classroom at an emotional Celebration of Teaching April 28 on campus. Linda Ngo, Sam Cordes, Hannah Boelter, Simon Janzen and Shae Caragher, who all earned California Preliminary Credentials, spoke at the event, held for the first time since 2019.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-07-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Teachers Make the Grade", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-teachers-make-grade.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/edhead.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont senior Chloe White earned the Etienne Gros Prize for Academic Excellence in Literature this summer after graduating from the French Honors program at the Institute for American Universities (IAU) in Southern France.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-07-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Senior Earns Praise from French University", "link": "\/westmont-news\/senior-earns-praise-french-university.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/2022-SP-Ceremony---White,-ChloeNews.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Wilt, Westmont professor emeritus of history, died June 23 at the age of 93. He is survived by his wife, Doris, and their four children: Tom, Marilyn ’74, Janet ’76 and Daniel ’84. A memorial service will be held at Shoreline Community Church, 935 San Andres Street, Santa Barbara, on Saturday, July 16, at 10 a.m. He has requested donations to Westmont instead of flowers.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-06-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Remembering Professor Emeritus Paul Wilt", "link": "\/westmont-news\/remembering-professor-emeritus-paul-wilt.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Paul-Wilt-in-Regalia-1990Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "If you walk anywhere near the “Rep Room” at CATLab, you’ll hear them. Whether it's the clattering of keyboards, the buzzing of landlines, or raucous cheering as another student chooses Westmont, CATLab’s brand new Admissions Development Representatives (ADRs) bring an effervescent approach to revolutionizing college admissions.", "author": "Simeon Michelson", "publish-date": "2022-06-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Building Relationships in a Virtual Age", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/building-relationships-virtual-age.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ADR%20Picnic.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Brad Elliott, Westmont's long-time campus photographer, father of three and grandfather to four, offers this advice for fathers on Father's Day:", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-06-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fatherly Advice from Photographer Brad Elliott", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fatherly-advice-brad-elliott.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/IMG_4879.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Work by four enormously influential Southern California artists and art professors, Ken Jewesson, Ciel Bergman, Irma Cavat and Florence “FiFi” Russell, will appear in three exhibitions July 7 - Aug. 6 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art with a free, public opening reception at the museum on Thursday, July 7, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-06-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibitions Laud Influential SoCal Artists", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibitions-laud-influential-socal-artists.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/IMG_0400.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“My experience with summer research changed my life,” says John Corbett ’22. “I discovered that I love chemical re- search and want to pursue it in graduate school.” He worked with chemistry professor Brandon Haines and spent hours coding on a supercomputer that uses an equation to measure the energy of organic products. He has developed a passion for using chemical research to build more durable and cheaper medical diagnostic tools, like MRI machines, for low-income communities. As an intern at the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission, he regularly witnesses this need.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-06-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summer Program Awakens a Passion for Research", "link": "\/faculty-research\/summer-program-awakens-passion-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Summer%20Research-65.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s engineering program welcomed more than a dozen impressive professional engineers to campus for two days of meetings and feedback on the young program. The Westmont Engineering Advisory Board explored ideas about the department’s curriculum, design projects, accreditation and funding.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-06-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Engineering Builds Out Its Program", "link": "\/faculty-research\/engineering-builds-out-its-program.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Westmont%20Engineering.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John’s account of Jesus and the woman at the well has long inspired Caryn Reeder, professor of New Testament and co-coordinator of gender studies at Westmont. “Because of her words and testimony, people in her village believed", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-06-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Taking a Deeper Look into the Woman at the Well", "link": "\/faculty-research\/taking-deeper-look-woman-well.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CarynReederTeaching.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "At CATLab, we are committed to thinking deeply. In the words of Dr. Reed Sheard, Westmont’s CIO and Vice President for College Advancement, we believe that 'our values should give rise to actionable principles.” Therefore, our commitment to learning is more than nominal—we seek to be an active extension of Westmont’s liberal arts education. In our last article we shared how our values practically shape our marketing. Here, we will focus on how we live out our commitment to education.", "author": "Simeon Michelson", "publish-date": "2022-06-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Take Time Off to Move Ideas Forward", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/take-time-move-ideas-forward.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/F9D007D8-A2B1-4315-B1FC-67205564570E_1_201_a.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus Ramon Gupta '94, a corporate attorney with an active practice in Santa Barbara, has joined the Westmont Board of Trustees. A partner with Mullen & Henzell LLP, Business & Real Estate Group since 1999, Gupta has taught business law at his alma mater since 2014. He will begin a three-year term at his first meeting in October.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-06-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Attorney Serves Alma Mater as Trustee", "link": "\/westmont-news\/attorney-serves-alma-mater-trustee.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/GuptaHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont graduates and Augustinian Scholars, John Corbett ’22 and Kyle Mayl ’21, have won Fulbright Scholarships to teach English outside the United States. Corbett will serve in the Czech Republic while Mayl will be in Spain.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-06-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Strong Family Ties for Fulbright Scholars", "link": "\/westmont-news\/strong-family-ties-fulbright-scholars.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CorbettMayl.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "CATLab exists to enhance relationships within and outside the Westmont community through the innovative use of technology. To learn about how we're doing that this Summer click here.", "author": "Simeon Michelson", "publish-date": "2022-05-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "4 Steps to Create Marketing that Surprises", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/4-steps-create-marketing-surprises.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/lizardsmouth-3.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nearly 40 local high school students enrolled in an AP physics course visited Westmont May 16 for a hands-on exploration into how the universe behaves. The event, “Understanding Physics from Galaxies to Particles,” was led by Ben Carlson, Westmont assistant professor of physics.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-05-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Weird Science: Teens Explore Physics", "link": "\/westmont-news\/weird-science-teens-explore-physics.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BR6_8069.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara resident Nadya Brown won Best of Show at the opening reception of the annual Tri-County juried exhibition, “Uncanny,” at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum. Brown, who was born and raised in England, won the $1,000 prize for her vibrant, dream-like painting “Kafka and the Snowglobe.”", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-05-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Artists Awarded at Exhibition Opening", "link": "\/westmont-news\/artists-awarded-exhibition-opening.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/TC22_0077.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "CATLab, Westmont’s Center for Applied Technology, is a student-driven response to the technological challenges of higher education. We are a group of developers, designers, relationship builders, artists, and thinkers from Westmont College who design creative solutions to real problems. Want to know what problems we’ll be solving this Summer? Read on to find out.", "author": "Simeon Michelson", "publish-date": "2022-05-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Five Summers Along: CATLab Balances Developing, Data, Sales, and Marketing", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/five-summers-along-catlab-balances-developing-data-sales-and-marketing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/drupalsizing2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "((Due to mostly cloudy skies, tonight's public viewing has been canceled))", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-05-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Double Stars to Dazzle Stargazers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/double-stars-dazzle-stargazers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/observatory-wide.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has named its new ABSN Nursing program the Westmont Downtown | Grotenhuis Nursing program in honor of David and Anna Grotenhuis, who, along with Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree, have given generously and played a leading role in partnering with Cottage Hospital to see this dream become a reality.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-05-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Recognizes Generous Donors: Dave and Anna Grotenhuis, Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree", "link": "\/westmont-news\/recognizing-our-generous-donors-david-and-anna-grotenhuis-lady-leslie-ridley-tree.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/westmont-downtown_2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s two new faculty members bring international expertise to the engineering department. Tenure-track professors Douglas Hector Fontes, a Brazilian national, and Johan Jair Estrada López, a Mexican national, joined the faculty in the spring.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-05-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Faculty Engineer High-Tech Research", "link": "\/faculty-research\/new-faculty-engineer-high-tech-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DouglasFont-JohanLópez.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "I approach development through the lens of global health. It’s personal for me. Twelve years ago, I was living in Uganda when I became pregnant with my first son. About six months into the pregnancy, I woke up with a swollen body, stabbing pains in my abdomen and a searing headache. At the local clinic, I was diagnosed with preeclampsia, the number-one killer of mothers and children worldwide, responsible for eight percent of all maternal and neonatal deaths. My husband was travelling for work, and I had no opportunity to obtain the life-saving medications or blood transfusions I needed. So I reached out for help and started thinking about every resource and network available to me. I called my sister in Maryland, who is a doctor. I called my parents and asked them to get me a plane ticket so I could get to a city and get stabilized. Fortunately, my networks and resources came through, and I got treatment. My son was born weighing just four pounds. We needed those life-saving resources. We both had a long recovery — but we recovered. The medical resources I received, my ability to make choices about what I did with these resources and the connections I made all helped to save our lives. I recovered fully and was blessed to give birth to two more children.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-05-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Using Research to Create Healthy Communities", "link": "\/faculty-research\/using-research-create-healthy-communities.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/HC17_0083.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lexy Gillette ’22 had planned to attend a large research university after graduating from high school in Bend, Oregon. But she discovered an old, dusty Westmont piggy bank in her room that her uncle, Marcus Gillette ’05, had given her and decided to visit the college. “I got out of the car and something felt right, and I absolutely loved it,” she says.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-05-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Back to Oxford with a Passion for Research", "link": "\/faculty-research\/back-oxford-passion-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BR6_1259_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Commencement speaker Michael Shasberger, between stints of conducting the Westmont Orchestra, told the 2022 graduates they’d attain their greatest happiness when they discovered how to give away what they valued most. Coincidentally, President Gayle D. Beebe introduced Shasberger with news that the Michael Shasberger Student Scholarship Fund for Music.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-05-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celebrating the Class of 2022", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebrating-class-2022.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/D1X_9188.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This Mother’s Day, we celebrate Cynthia Toms, professor of global studies and kinesiology, whose personal experience helped solidify her deep desire to improve global development by keeping people healthy and giving them hope.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-05-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Mother’s Day with a Focus on Global Maternal Health", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mothers-day-focus-global-maternal-health.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/TomsSmedley2019.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Each year, the Westmont community celebrates the many ways that God has gifted our students academically by announcing and honoring the Outstanding Graduate Awards in each department during the Academic Awards Convocation prior to Commencement. The following are the Outstanding Graduates of 2022.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-05-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celebrating the Outstanding Graduates of 2022", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebrating-outstanding-graduates-2022.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Commencement-Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The abundance of accomplished artists from the Tri-County area is on full display at the annual juried exhibition in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. Westmont alumnus and hyperrealist painter Robin Eley ’01 juried the show, “Uncanny,” which is available May 19-June 18. A free, public, opening reception for the exhibition is Thursday, May 19, from 4-6 p.m. at the museum. More information is available at westmont.edu\/museum\/juriedshow2022.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-05-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Nothing ‘Uncanny’ about Talented Local Artists", "link": "\/westmont-news\/nothing-uncanny-about-talented-local-artists.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Sharon%20Schock%20-%20Empty%20Street%201.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Michael Shasberger, who retires as the inaugural Adams professor of music and worship, delivers the address at Commencement Saturday, May 7, at 9 a.m. on Westmont’s Thorrington Field. Westmont President Gayle D. Beebe presents Westmont Medals to Steven A. and Denice D. Fellows for their tireless service and dedicated leadership in improving the delivery of healthcare. The ceremony, which is closed to the general public, will be livestreamed at westmont.edu\/commencement.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-04-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Retiring Shasberger to Address Grads", "link": "\/westmont-news\/retiring-shasberger-address-grads.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Commencement21Web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Graduating political science major and Westmont College Student Association (WSCA) President Hannah Grierson argued her way to the top of the Westmont Debate Tournament and earned $500 on April 23 in the Global Leadership Center. She argued against the topic of the United States implementing a universal basic income. Sophomore Eden Lawson, who recently won the David K. Winter Servant Leadership Award, came in second place, taking home $250.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-04-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grierson Wins the Great Debate", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grierson-wins-great-debate.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DebateWinners.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "James E. Taylor and Jennifer Moe Taylor, husband and wife, have teamed up to co-author a new book, “Soul Pilgrimage: Knowing God in Everyday Life” (Cascade Books). The volume takes readers on a sacred pilgrimage to deepen their relationship with God.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-04-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Taylors Guide Readers on a 'Soul Pilgrimage'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/taylors-guide-readers-soul-pilgrimage.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/JamesJenniferTaylorSoulPilgrimage.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont students won David K. Winter Servant Leadership Awards for showing vision, courage, humility, integrity and competence as leaders. Angela D’Amour, dean of student engagement, introduced the 22nd annual awardees, Ebun Kalejaiye ’23 of Rancho Palos Verdes and Eden Lawson ’24 of Redlands, on April 1 in chapel.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-04-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Top Students Earn Leadership Awards", "link": "\/westmont-news\/top-students-earn-leadership-awards.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DKW-Award-Winners-2022.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A rising full moon will greet visitors to the Westmont Observatory at the free, monthly public viewing of the stars on Friday, April 15, beginning at 7 p.m. and lasting several hours. Face coverings will be required at the event.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-04-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Full Moon Rises at Westmont Observatory", "link": "\/westmont-news\/full-moon-rises-westmont-observatory.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/IMG_9076.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Michael Shasberger, Westmont’s Adams professor for music and worship, shares stories of musical exploration and perseverance during a pandemic at a free public lecture, “Making Music in the Age of COVID: Challenges, Opportunities, Risks and Meaning,” on Wednesday, April 20, at 5:30 p.m. in the outdoor patio of Westmont’s newest downtown Santa Barbara building, 29 W. Anapamu. Parking for the lecture is available at Santa Barbara City Parking Lots 4 and 5. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-04-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Downtown Talk Explores Music in COVID", "link": "\/westmont-news\/downtown-talk-explores-music-covid.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/shascovid.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Keynote speakers David Brooks, Erin Meyer, Gayle D. Beebe, Marcus “Goodie” Goodloe, Shaylyn Romney Garrett and Robert Putnam share insights on effective and purposeful leadership at the 2022 Lead Where You Stand Conference June 1-3 at Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. Tickets to the three-day event, which cost $499, may be purchased at westmont.edu\/lead. Those who buy four seats, get one free.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-04-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Brooks Headlines In-Person Leadership Conference", "link": "\/westmont-news\/brooks-headlines-person-leadership-conference.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/22%20LWYS%20Header_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Fringe Festival returns with a four-day, student-led celebration of the arts April 21- 24, beginning at 7 p.m. in and around Porter Theater. About 80 students are acting, designing, directing or writing plays and poetry for the performance extravaganza themed “Unfamiliar Waters.” A four-day, all-access general admission pass costs $20; $15 for seniors\/students. A one-day pass is $10 with no student\/senior discount. Tickets may be purchased at westmont.edu\/boxoffice.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-04-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fringe Returns to ‘Unfamiliar Waters’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fringe-returns-unfamiliar-waters.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Fringe__22_Poster_Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The next time you drive to campus, you’ll discover beauti­ful new kiosks featuring sandstone, greenery and vine-covered trellises. Westmont has widened each entrance and designed the kiosks to better protect the campus.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-04-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "An Elegant Entrance Welcomes You to Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/elegant-entrance-welcomes-you-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/KioskFistBump.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Fifteen graduating Westmont art majors make their presence felt in an exhibition April 7- May 7 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public opening reception for “Presence” is Thursday, April 7, from 4-6 p.m. at the museum.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-04-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Graduating Art Majors Offer a Powerful ‘Presence’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/graduating-art-majors-offer-powerful-presence.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Alyssa_Mae_Tumlos_Odyssey.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 61st annual Westmont’s Spring Sing, a student-performed variety show and competition between residence halls, was back and in person at the Santa Barbara Bowl April 1. It is the longest running tradition on campus and involves more students than any other college event.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-04-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Spring Sing Bounces Back at the Bowl", "link": "\/westmont-news\/spring-sing-bounces-back-bowl.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/SpringSingGLC.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Center for First-generation Student Success has welcomed Westmont and 52 other new institutions into First-gen Forward, a program that recognizes colleges and universities committed to helping first-generation students thrive. An initiative of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and the Suder Foundation, the center encourages members to engage in scholarly discussion, share information, participate in networking, and consult on program development.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-03-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Moving First-generation Students Forward", "link": "\/westmont-news\/moving-first-generation-students-forward.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/first-gen-studentsNEWS.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kya Mangrum, assistant professor of English, has won a $9,900 Graves Award in Humanities research grant. A 2021 Westmont Teacher of the Year, Mangrum is conducting research for a new book exploring how Americans remembered and wrote about slavery and the Civil War in the first five decades (1865-1915) following Emancipation and the end of the war.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-03-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Mangrum Wins Prestigious Research Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mangrum-wins-prestigious-research-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Mangrum,%20Kyal_2018_5%20(2).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "After a 10-year process, the American Chemical Society (ACS) Committee on Professional Training voted in January 2022 to include Westmont College on the list of institutions approved by ACS. Effective immediately, the society will certify the degrees of Westmont graduates who complete the requirements of the college’s Professional Track for Chemistry.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-03-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chemistry Department Earns ACS Approval", "link": "\/faculty-research\/chemistry-department-earns-acs-approval.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CL21_0247.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kya Mangrum, assistant professor of English, has won a $9,900 Graves Award in Humanities research grant. A 2021 Westmont Teacher of the Year, Mangrum is conducting research for a new book exploring how Americans remembered and wrote about slavery and the Civil War in the first five decades (1865-1915) following Emancipation and the end of the war.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-03-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Mangrum Wins Prestigious Research Award", "link": "\/faculty-research\/mangrum-wins-prestigious-research-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Mangrum,%20Kyal_2018_5%20(2).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "After a 10-year process, the American Chemical Society (ACS) Committee on Professional Training voted in January 2022 to include Westmont College on the list of institutions approved by ACS. Effective immediately, the society will certify the degrees of Westmont graduates who complete the requirements of the college’s Professional Track for Chemistry.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-03-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chemistry Department Earns ACS Approval", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chemistry-department-earns-acs-approval.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CL21_0247.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Award-winning scholar and teacher Samuel L. Perry examines the type of white Christian nationalism displayed at the U.S. Capitol attack in a free, public lecture Monday, April 4, from 7-8:30 p.m. at Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. The talk, 'A House Dividing: Why White Christian Nationalism is Everyone’s Problem,' will use data from national surveys and experiments to show that white Christian nationalism is more mainstream than many realize.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-03-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines White, Christian Nationalism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-white-christian-nationalism.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/capitolcross%20image.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Observatory opens to the public Friday, March 18, beginning at 7 p.m. and lasting several hours. Face coverings will be required at the event. Due to the pandemic, this is the first time in two years the observatory has been open to the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-03-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Observatory Reopens for Public Viewing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/observatory-reopens-public-viewing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Observatory_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Music Department handed out tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships to musicians and singers as part of its annual guild competitions. Corrie Bascom, a violinist from Minnesota, won the 10th annual Instrumental Guild Competition Feb. 26 and Hailey Somphone, a soprano from Fullerton, won the Vocal Guild Competition on March 5. Each will receive up to $10,000 in annual music scholarships funds (up to $40,000 for four years) to study at Westmont.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-03-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Department Top Scholarships to Guild Winners", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-department-awards-top-scholarships-guild-winners.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Guild-'22-Group.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Bestselling author Michael Lewis shared insight into his blockbuster books such as “Moneyball,” “The Undoing Project” and “The Fifth Risk,” at the 17th annual President’s Breakfast March 4 at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-03-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Author Michael Lewis Shares Insight to His Bestsellers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/author-michael-lewis-shares-insight-his-bestsellers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BR6_0149.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Religious believers who embrace accountability to God (or another transcendent guide for life) experience higher levels of three of the four variables of psychological well-being – mattering to others, dignity and meaning in their lives, though not happiness – according to a study from researchers with Baylor University, Westmont College and Hope College.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2022-02-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "National Study Examines Link Between Accountability to God, Psychological Well-being", "link": "\/westmont-news\/national-study-examines-link-between-accountability-god-psychological-well-being.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/SunriseOvercastWestmontHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Religious believers who embrace accountability to God (or another transcendent guide for life) experience higher levels of three of the four variables of psychological well-being – mattering to others, dignity and meaning in their lives, though not happiness – according to a study from researchers with Baylor University, Westmont College and Hope College.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2022-02-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "National Study Examines Link Between Accountability to God, Psychological Well-Being", "link": "\/faculty-research\/national-study-examines-link-between-accountability-god-psychological-well-being.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/SunriseOvercastWestmontHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Music Department holds its 10th annual Instrumental Guild Competition with six finalists performing for college scholarships on Saturday, February 26, at 7 p.m. in Deane Chapel. Each year the department invites prospective students with the most exceptional auditions to compete for the prestigious Guild Scholarships. The event is free and open to the public. Proof of vaccination or a negative test result within 72 hours of the performance is required.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-02-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musicians Perform in Guild Competition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musicians-perform-guild-competition.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Guild-group-'20Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Festival Theatre and John Blondell, Westmont’s award-winning director and professor of theater arts, stage “The Miser, or the School for Lies,” Moliere’s funny, highly theatrical on-the-verge-of-the-absurd comedy Feb. 25-26, March 3-5 at 7:30 p.m., and March 5 at 2 p.m., all in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. Tickets are $10 for students and seniors, $15 for adults, and may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice. The theater will require evidence of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of show date for all patrons who are not current students, faculty or staff. All patrons will be required to wear masks at all times when inside campus buildings. The performers, taking part in approved county-mandated vaccination and testing protocols, will be unmasked for the performance. For more information, please contact (805) 565-7040.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-02-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "More Money, Love: Theater Stages ‘The Miser’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/more-money-love-theater-stages-miser.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/miserposterheader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s 33rd annual Mathematics Field Day, featuring seven Southern California high schools, is Saturday, Feb. 12 from 1-5:15 p.m. in Winter Hall. The awards banquet begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Global Leadership Center. The event, co-directed by Westmont mathematics professors Anna Aboud and Russell Howell, features student teams from Cate, Dos Pueblos, La Cañada, Oaks Christian, Providence, San Marcos and Santa Barbara.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-02-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "High Schoolers Compete at Math Field Day", "link": "\/westmont-news\/high-schoolers-compete-math-field-day.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/math%20field%20day.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont announces the appointment of Kimberly Battle-Walters Denu as the college’s new provost beginning August 1, 2022.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-02-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Names New Provost", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-names-new-provost.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Kimberly-Battle-Walters-DenuHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Randall VanderMey, Westmont professor of English, says that after four decades of resisting photography, he now uses this art form to write and share poetry with a completely new audience. He describes his approach at a Westmont Downtown Lecture, “Photography and Poetry: Against My Will,” on Thursday, Feb. 17, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden Street, in downtown Santa Barbara.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-02-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Explore Photography, Poetry", "link": "\/westmont-news\/downtown-talk-explore-photography-poetry.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/VenderMeyArt.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont senior Lexy Gillette, a double major in physics and chemistry, will attend the University of Oxford in the fall after earning the prestigious John and Daria Barry Foundation Scholarship. The award, given to about 10 students a year from select institutions, covers tuition, fees and living expenses, also provides a stipend and research and travel allowances for at least two years. Lexy, who will pursue a doctorate in inorganic chemistry, is one of the first few recipients in the natural sciences.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-02-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Senior Wins Top Oxford Scholarship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/senior-wins-top-oxford-scholarship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BR6_1259.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont women’s polo team, fresh off a 15-1 victory over cross-town rival UC Santa Barbara, rides into United States Polo Association Regionals on Friday, February 25, in Los Osos. The Warriors will face Stanford, who they beat earlier this season, Cal Poly, UC Davis, USC, UCSB, Oregon State, Montana State and Idaho State.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-01-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Women’s Polo Rides into Regionals", "link": "\/westmont-news\/womens-polo-rides-regionals.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/WomensPoloTeam2022.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sandra Richter, Robert H. Gundry professor of biblical studies, serves on the New International Version (NIV) Committee for Bible Translation (CBT). Few women have joined the prestigious team translating the top-selling English- language Bible.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-01-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Richter Joins Top Bible Translation Team", "link": "\/faculty-research\/richter-joins-top-bible-translation-team.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RichterClassroom.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Michael Lewis, bestselling author of blockbuster books such as “Moneyball” and “The Blind Side,” speaks with Westmont president Gayle D. Beebe at the 17th annual President’s Breakfast Friday, March 4, 2022, from 7 a.m.- 9 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Tickets cost $125 each and go on sale Friday, Feb. 4, at 9 a.m. at westmont.edu\/breakfast.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-01-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Author Michael Lewis Headlines Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/author-michael-lewis-headlines-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MLewisheader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont presents Aaron Copland’s great 20th century American opera “The Tender Land” January 28 and 30 at 7 p.m. at Center Stage Theatre in Paseo Nuevo. Purchase tickets, which cost $15 for general admission, $10 for seniors or military, at the Center Stage box office at centerstagetheater.org. Please visit the Center Stage website to view the latest COVID-19 requirements.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-01-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celebrating a Classic American Opera", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebrating-classic-american-opera.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_900\/public\/M21_0652%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A national study examines the link between perceived relationship with God and mental health from a sample of more than 1,600 Americans. The research suggests that religious believers who relate to God in an uncertain or anxious manner are more likely to experience symptoms of psychological distress, including anxiety, paranoia, obsession and compulsion.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-01-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Study Examines Attachment to God, Psychological Distress", "link": "\/faculty-research\/study-examines-attachment-god-psychological-distress.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BR6_8650.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A national study examines the link between perceived relationship with God and mental health from a sample of more than 1,600 Americans. The research suggests that religious believers who relate to God in an uncertain or anxious manner are more likely to experience symptoms of psychological distress, including anxiety, paranoia, obsession and compulsion.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-01-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Study Examines Attachment to God, Psychological Distress", "link": "\/westmont-news\/study-examines-attachment-god-psychological-distress.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BR6_8650.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College has received $20,000 toward scholarships for four students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) from Edison International, the public utility parent company of Southern California Edison. The company has awarded this grant to Westmont every year since 2013.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-01-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Edison Contributes to STEM Education", "link": "\/westmont-news\/edison-contributes-stem-education.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BotanicGardenResearch.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara artist Marie Schoeff explores a profound yet unpretentious relationship with nature and spirituality in a new exhibition at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art from Jan. 13-March 26. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, there will not be an opening reception for “Marie Schoeff: Amplifying the Between.' Schoeff’s imagery, rooted in drawing, explores the ethereal, a transcendent space in a spiritual realm. Her strong sense of physical place creates a unique attachment to lines of latitude and longitude where one spends significant time. She studied art on both the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts, and has lived and worked in Santa Barbara for nearly four decades. “Marie relies on attentive study of the actual world,” says Judy L. Larson, R. Anthony Askew professor of art history and museum director. “Her artistic processes create an amplification of commonplace experiences that transport the viewer between earthly and intangible realms.”", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2022-01-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Exhibition is ‘Amplifying the Between’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-exhibition-amplifying-between.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Schoeff%20New%20CondenseLarge.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Elizabeth Gardner, Westmont assistant professor of communication studies, won a Top Paper award in the Public Address Division at the National Communication Association Conference in November at Seattle. The paper, “Child Workers Redefining a Bolivian Childhood in the Código Niña, Niño y Adolescente,” describes strategies the young speakers used to campaign for their rights.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-12-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gardner Wins Award for Child Worker Research", "link": "\/faculty-research\/gardner-wins-award-child-worker-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BolivianChildProtest.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Jazz Ensemble highlights the work of Chick Corea, who died earlier this year, in a concert Wednesday, Dec. 8, at 8 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The performance is free and open to the public. As per the county requirement for all indoor events, masks will be required. Any outside guests will be asked to present either proof of vaccination or a negative test result from the past 72 hours. For more information, please call (805) 565-­6040.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-12-07", "subtitle": "The Westmont Jazz Ensemble highlights the work of Chick Corea, who died earlier this year, in a concert Wednesday, Dec. 8, at 8 p...", "title": "Getting Jazzy with Chick Corea", "link": "\/westmont-news\/getting-jazzy-chick-corea.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/snare.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Marianne D’Emidio-Caston, who served the local education community for more than three decades, received the Westmont Education Department’s 2021-22 Excellence in Education Award.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-12-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Santa Barbara Educator Earns Gold Star", "link": "\/westmont-news\/santa-barbara-educator-earns-gold-star.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BR6_8521.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A steady string of awards continues to paint an impressive career for Scott Anderson, Westmont professor of art. A jury has chosen his illustration commissioned by the Westmont College Festival Theatre, for the 64th annual exhibition of the New York Society of Illustrators, one of the most prestigious and competitive shows in the field of professional illustration.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-12-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Illustrator Chalks Up Another Milestone", "link": "\/faculty-research\/illustrator-chalks-another-milestone.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Anderson,%20Scott_19_6%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Engineering is so hard you have to have fun,” said Dan Jensen, director of Westmont engineering, as small, remote control cars zipped along the road in front of Kerrwood Hall. On Dec. 6, students in Jensen’s Machine Design course raced their foot-long RC cars on a short, figure-eight racetrack as part of their coursework.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-12-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Small Cars Offer Big Lessons for Budding Engineers", "link": "\/faculty-research\/small-cars-offer-big-lessons-engineers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Engineering%20Students.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The rubber meets the road for Westmont’s engineering students who, as part of their coursework, will race foot-long remote control cars on a short, oval racetrack in front of Kerrwood Hall on Monday, Dec. 6, from 11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. The students have created the cars from kits with hundreds of parts for their Machine Design course with Dan Jensen, director of the engineering program.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-12-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The Fast and Hilarious", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fast-and-hilarious-students-put-rc-cars-test.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/BR6_9483.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 17th annual Westmont Christmas Festival appears for the first time at Santa Barbara’s famed Granada Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 5, at 3 p.m. Tickets, which cost $20 each, go on sale Tuesday, Nov. 23, at 5 p.m. at westmont.edu\/festival.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-11-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Festival Makes Its Granada Premiere", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-festival-makes-its-granada-premiere.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/M21_0969.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Festival Theatre offers uplifting songs of joy and love in “You Will Be Found: Hope Songs” Nov. 19-20 at 7:30 p.m. in Porter Theatre. “We all could use a little hope right now,” says Mitchell Thomas, director of the event. Tickets to the all-ages fundraiser, which cost $15 for general admission, $10 for students, may be purchased at westmont.edu\/boxoffice. All proceeds will equally fund the annual spring Fringe Festival and CALM, a Santa Barbara County non-profit that prevents and treats childhood trauma.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-11-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theater Turns to Uplifting ‘Hope Songs’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theater-turns-uplifting-hope-songs.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/HopeHeader.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The second installment of NEXUS: Readings by Black and Indigenous Playwrights features “The Thanksgiving Play” by Larissa FastHorse with excerpts from Suzan Lori-Parks’ “365 Days\/365 Plays” on Saturday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. The event, which will include a post-reading discussion, is free and open to the public. Guests will be required to show proof of vaccine or a recent negative COVID-19 test and wear a mask while indoors on campus. Please RSVP here.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "NEXUS Stages Comedic ‘Thanksgiving Play’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/nexus-stages-comedic-thanksgiving-play.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Johnny%20Jones%20Front.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Elizabeth Gardner, Westmont assistant professor of communication studies, examines a protest by children and adolescents in South America on Thursday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. The Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi Lecture, “Child Workers Redefining a Bolivian Childhood in the Código Niña, Niño y Adolescente,” is free and open to the public. The talk describes strategies the young speakers used to campaign for their rights.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Bolivian Child Workers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-bolivian-child-workers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/M73H2BMN7QQQE24B52WRHPKQ6Q.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, which moved from the confines of the Reynold’s Gallery to its current home in the Adams Center for the Visual arts more than a decade ago, reveals the enormity of its holdings in “Academic, Barbizon, and Impressionist Artists: Highlights from the Permanent Collection” from Nov. 11- Dec. 18 in the museum. A free, public opening reception will be held Thursday, Nov. 11, from 4-6 p.m. at the museum.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-10-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Museum Opens a Trove from Its Collection", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-opens-trove-its-collection.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Berthe%20Morisot%20Little%20Girl%20Hanging%20a%20Cage%20in%20a%20Tree%20Oil%20on%20Canvas%201890%20Anonymous%20Loan.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s annual Fall Choral Festival, featuring about 125 students from five California high school choirs, returns for a live performance Friday, Oct. 29, at 6 p.m. in Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West. The concert is free and open to the public. Due to Covid-19 we are asking all guests RSVP here in advance here.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-10-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fall Choral Festival to Harmonize on Friday", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fall-choral-festival-harmonize-friday.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MK4_2582.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "It is difficult to imagine life without our personal devices. Today’s digital technologies are designed to captivate our attention and encroach on our boundaries, shaping how we relate to time and space, to ourselves and others, even to God.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-10-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Book Offers Respite from ‘Restless Devices’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/book-offers-respite-restless-devices.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Song%20Classroom.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "It is difficult to imagine life without our personal devices. Today’s digital technologies are designed to captivate our attention and encroach on our boundaries, shaping how we relate to time and space, to ourselves and others, even to God.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-10-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Book Offers Respite from ‘Restless Devices’", "link": "\/faculty-research\/book-offers-respite-restless-devices.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Song%20Classroom.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Festival Theatre returns for the first time since March 2020 to stage a new play, “Kitty Hawk or Kill Devil,” which explores what it means to live in proximity to greatness, October 22-23, 28- 29, 30 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, October 30 at 2 p.m., all in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. Tickets, which cost $15 general admission and $10 for students, are available online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice. The play contains passionate language by Ohioans about Ohio. Suitable for ages 13 and up.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-10-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘Kitty Hawk’ Ushers a Return to Live Theater", "link": "\/westmont-news\/kitty-hawk-ushers-return-live-theater.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/kittyhawk-banner.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Orchestra returns to the stage for live, in-person performances of the Fall Orchestra Concert on Friday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 24, at 3 p.m. in Hahn Hall at Music Academy of the West. Tickets, which cost $10 for general admission (students are free), may be purchased at westmont.edu\/music or at the door. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040 or email music@westmont.edu.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-10-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Returns Live for ‘Four Seasons’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-returns-live-four-seasons.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MK4_4070.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Latinx Student Union (LSU) club has been using social media and in-person meetings to bring attention to National Hispanic American Heritage Month, celebrating the cultures of various Hispanic and Latin countries.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-10-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Club Celebrates Hispanic Heritage", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-club-celebrates-hispanic-heritage.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Gardens.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Geoffrey Moore, a bestselling author, speaker and adviser, whose work focuses on the market dynamics caused by disruptive innovation, speaks at a Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership luncheon on Friday, Nov. 5, from 12-1:30 p.m. in the Simmons Center of Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. A limited amount of in-person tickets, which cost $100 per person, are available for purchase at westmont.edu\/mosher-event. An on-demand, password-protected livestream of the event will be made available for $25. For more information, please call (805) 565-7251 or email at specialevents@westmont.edu.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-10-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Crossing the Chasm' Author to Speak at Luncheon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/crossing-chasm-author-speak-luncheon.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_900\/public\/alnu-square-1536.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Beloved local educator Michelle Hughes has co-edited a new book that offers ways to reframe obstacles to teaching as opportunities for personal and professional growth. “Joyful Resilience as Educational Practice: Turning Challenges into Opportunities,” a collaborative effort with Hughes’ colleague and friend, Ken Badley, is available for pre-order through Routledge. A 20 percent discount is available if you enter the code FLY21 at checkout.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-10-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Book Offers Inspiration to Teachers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/book-offers-inspiration-teachers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Hughes-Students.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Beloved local educator Michelle Hughes has co-edited a new book that offers ways to reframe obstacles to teaching as opportunities for personal and professional growth. “Joyful Resilience as Educational Practice: Turning Challenges into Opportunities,” a collaborative effort with Hughes’ colleague and friend, Ken Badley, is available for pre-order through Routledge. A 20 percent discount is available if you enter the code FLY21 at checkout.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-10-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Book Offers Inspiration to Teachers", "link": "\/faculty-research\/book-offers-inspiration-teachers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Hughes-Students.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 30 Westmont students presented their findings on 21 posters at the 2021 Celebration of Summer Research on Sept. 24 around the Winter Hall third floor atrium.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-10-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Shine at Summer Research Event", "link": "\/faculty-research\/students-shine-summer-research-event.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Research-3.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 30 Westmont students presented their findings on 21 posters at the 2021 Celebration of Summer Research on Sept. 24 around the Winter Hall third floor atrium.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-09-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Shine at Summer Research Event", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-shine-summer-research-event.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Research-3.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Graduates of the Westmont class of 2020 will finally be able to walk across the stage on Carr Field to get their diplomas during Commencement. It’s not easy to turn back the hands of time, but Westmont will be welcoming back to campus more than 180 Westmont graduates (of the 298 who are eligible) from the class of 2020 for the traditional, formal Commencement they missed due to the pandemic. These resilient graduates will celebrate with all the regalia, bagpipes, the Westmont Orchestra and robed faculty under a giant tent on Carr Field on Saturday, Oct. 16, at 9 a.m. The event is not open to the public. Each member of the class of 2020 will be given one parking pass and allowed to bring four guests. The campus will close to the public on Saturday from 6 a.m. to noon for the long-anticipated ceremony.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-09-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Finally, Class of 2020 to Celebrate with an In-Person Graduation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/finally-class-2020-celebrate-person-graduation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/C19_0872.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dr. Rob Hughes ’04 has wanted to direct student health services at Westmont since he worked in the Health Center as a student. Now, more than two decades later, he accepted this position following Dr. David Hernandez’s retirement at the end of spring.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-09-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alum Returns as Doctor of Health Center", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alum-returns-doctor-health-center.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DrRobertHughes.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ronald See, a researcher at the forefront of creating experimental models of drug relapse and addiction, speaks at a free, public lecture, “Lost in the Weeds? A Neuroscience Perspective on Cannabis,” on Thursday, Oct. 7, at 5:30 p.m. in the outdoor patio of Westmont’s newest downtown Santa Barbara building, 29 W. Anapamu. Parking for the lecture is available at either Santa Barbara City Parking Lots 4 or 5. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-09-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Examine Cannabis Benefits, Harms", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examine-cannabis-benefits-harms.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MK4_4704.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Read about the natural bond between dogs and artists in a new book, “Santa Barbara Artists and Their Dogs,” and see portraits of them in an exhibition through Dec. 18 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art’s downstairs gallery. The Art Council of the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art created the book, which will be available for purchase for $32.33 (including tax) Sept. 24-25 from 12-8 p.m. and Sept. 26 from 12-4 p.m. at REH GraySpace Art Gallery, 219 Gray Ave., in Santa Barbara.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-09-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Book Unleashes SB Artists, Their Dogs", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-book-unleashes-sb-artists-their-dogs.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Hank%20Pitcher%201.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "With great appreciation, Westmont announces two major gifts totaling more than $15 million, the two largest cash gifts in college history.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-09-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Celebrates Two Gifts Worth More Than $15M", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-celebrates-two-gifts-worth-more-15m.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/New%20Westmont%20Building.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Festival Theater launches the first of three staged readings that explore diversity, fairness and social justice Saturday, September 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Porter Theatre. The series of readings, named, NEXUS: Readings from Black Playwrights, will include a post-reading discussion, and is free and open to the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-09-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Bringing Stories of Diversity to the Stage", "link": "\/westmont-news\/bringing-stories-diversity-equity-stage.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Johnny%20Jones%20Front.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Festival Theater launches the first of three staged readings that explore diversity, fairness and social justice Saturday, September 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Porter Theatre. The series of readings, named, NEXUS: Readings from Black Playwrights, will include a post-reading discussion, and is free and open to the public.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-09-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Bringing Stories of Diversity to the Stage", "link": "\/westmont-news\/bringing-stories-diversity-stage.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Johnny%20Jones%20Front.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Recent college and university annual rankings continue to affirm Westmont as one of the top Christian liberal arts colleges in the nation.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-09-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Ranked Among the Nation’s Best", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-ranked-among-nations-best.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Airial-View.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four new tenure-track professors have joined Westmont’s faculty this fall: Ben Carlson (physics), Dan Jensen (engineering), Gewnhi Park (psychology) and Alastair Su (history).", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-09-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Accomplished New Professors Join Faculty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/accomplished-new-professors-join-faculty.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/New-Faculty-News-Header.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum focuses its attention on the college’s talented art faculty in “Sight & Insight: Westmont College Studio Art Faculty Exhibition” Sept. 2- Oct 30. The public is invited to a free, opening reception on Thursday, Sept. 2, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-08-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Museum Focuses on Faculty in ‘Sight, Insight’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-focuses-faculty-sight-insight.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Huff---All-the-light-we-almost-seeHeadcer_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont co-hosts Santa Barbara Sending mission conference featuring 20 speakers exploring topics related to medicine, business, education, women, refugees and more Sept. 15-18 at Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. Tickets, which cost $50 for general admissions and $10 for students, may be purchased at sbsending.com.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-08-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "SB Sending Features 20 Christian Speakers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sb-sending-features-20-christian-speakers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ANNOUNCEMENT%20CARD%20SBS%20CONFERENCE.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 410 new students, who include 58 new transfers, begin their journey at Westmont Thursday, Aug. 26, moving into residence halls and enjoying several days of welcoming activities during Orientation.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-08-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talented New Students Welcomed In Person", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talented-new-students-welcomed-person.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Orientation-2019.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“I rarely drink coffee,” says Tiffany Gong ’23, a behavioral neuroscience student at Westmont, who is the subject and the researcher examining the impact of acute caffeine on cortisol and melatonin levels.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-08-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exploring The Balance Between Hormones, Caffeine", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exploring-balance-between-hormones-caffeine-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MK4_4718.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Carol Velas, who has served as a registered nurse for 35 years, will direct Westmont’s Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) program, which begins in January 2022 pending approval by the California Board of Registered Nursing. The former senior manager for state licensing and accreditation at Chamberlain University in Chicago, Velas helped design Westmont’s nursing program, serving as a consultant for the initial feasibility study.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-08-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Velas to Direct New Nursing Program", "link": "\/westmont-news\/velas-direct-new-nursing-program.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MK4_6976.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "If the CATLab’s job is to build software solutions for the college, why do we have both a development team and a creative team? Well, if the end product was everything, Westmont might have chosen to buy a premade solution or hire a team of industry experts. What makes the CATLab unique is not so much what we’re building, but how we’re building it—inviting students to gain incredible real-world experience while having a direct impact on the way their school runs. It’s the job of the creative team to capture that story. Looking back over the last three summers, here are three of the biggest benefits we’ve seen from our investment in creativity", "author": "Laura Joy Clarke", "publish-date": "2021-08-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The Understory: Why Invest in Creativity", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/understory-why-invest-creativity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_3390%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art invites visitors to explore the diverse expressions and meanings of abstract art through the exhibition, “Towards a 21st Century Abstraction,” on display from July 8-August 14. Artists and visitors are welcome Monday through Friday between 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Before coming to campus, guests must fill out a health questionnaire found at westmont.edu\/visitor-information. The show inspires viewers to consider the future of abstract art and ask questions such as: Is abstraction dead? Is it die-able? Does abstract art need to be defended at this point, or simply re-averred? And in either case, by whom?", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-08-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibit Explores Contemporary Abstract Art", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibit-explores-contemporary-abstract-art.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/TC_2944%202.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In a new book of poetry, Paul J. Willis takes his readers on a path through California’s coastal redwoods and giant sequoias in the Sierra, weaving in adolescent practical jokes and sharing unexpected epiphanies. Slant Books published the latest book by the Westmont professor of English and former Santa Barbara poet laureate.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-08-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Willis’ Poetry Offers ‘Somewhere to Follow’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/willis-poetry-offers-somewhere-follow.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/TC_1113.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Lilly Graduate Fellows Program has selected Westmont alumna Olivia Stowell ’19 as one of 10 Lilly Graduate Fellows nationwide. The prestigious fellowship supports outstanding students who want to explore the connections within Christianity, higher education, and the vocation of the teacher-scholar as they pursue graduate degrees in humanities and the arts. Stowell, who earned a Master of Arts from Villanova, enters the doctoral program in Communication and Media at the University of Michigan this fall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-08-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumna Earns Prestigious Lilly Fellowship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumna-earns-prestigious-lilly-fellowship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MK4_5886-768x512.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "When people think of technology, oftentimes they worry that it takes away an aspect of personal connection. When used well, however, technology can actually facilitate bringing different people together. Here at the CATLab, we're about designing systems that create opportunities for in-person connection. One specific example is our partnership with the Gaede Institute this summer. For both Gaede and the CATLab, I manage email marketing and communications. In many ways, the Gaede Institute has been on the bookends of my college career. I’ve had the privilege of being on two completely different ends of the Gaede Institute: from participant to intern.", "author": "Kenna Brase", "publish-date": "2021-08-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Working with the Gaede Institute from Both Sides", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/working-gaede-institute-both-sides.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_8398.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "One of the few West Coast biologists specifically studying deep-water corals, Professor Beth Horvath did some virtual deep-sea diving with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) from 2008-10.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-08-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Biology Professor Advises NOAA on West Coast Corals", "link": "\/faculty-research\/biology-professor-advises-noaa-west-coast-corals.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Horvath-Ad.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Researchers from Westmont and the University of Bath sent shock waves through the world when they released their findings about the energy cost of sitting versus standing. They discovered that standing naturally at a desk burns only slightly more calories than sitting naturally.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-08-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Standing at Your Desk Burns Few Additional Calories", "link": "\/faculty-research\/standing-your-desk-burns-few-additional-calories.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/AfmanResearchClass.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Premature infants face an increased risk for cerebral palsy (CP), and detecting the condition early can lead to better treatment and outcomes. Don Patterson, professor of computer science, has patented a limb-motion monitor that may identify pre-term babies most likely to be diagnosed with CP. He is collaborating with a team of scientists from UC Irvine, Children’s Hospital of Orange County and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Long Beach to demonstrate that it works on a larger scale. A grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) enables them to extend the technique by using depth-cameras (similar to Apple’s FaceID) and to pursue FDA approval for the device.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-08-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Detecting Infants with Greater Risk for Cerebral Palsy", "link": "\/faculty-research\/detecting-infants-greater-risk-cerebral-palsy.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Professor Enrico Manlapig and his students in Westmont’s Applied Management Science (AMS) course offer their expertise in analytic decision-making to the local community. Last fall, they acted as the Westmont Decision Lab and assisted the Santa Barbara Zoo in making some decisions about its future.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-08-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Decision Lab Helps Zoo Plan for the Future", "link": "\/faculty-research\/westmont-decision-lab-helps-zoo-plan-future.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ZooResearch.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont student won a national science research award and six students presented their research to a regional section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). Westmont senior Samuel Muthiah, a mathematics and English double major from Altadena, Calif., won a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Award. His program, “Algebraic Methods of Computational Biology,” is at Texas A&M University. Muthiah, a full-tuition Monroe Scholar, is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Tau Delta Honor Societies.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-08-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Math Students Offer Summer Research", "link": "\/faculty-research\/math-students-offer-summer-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/HunterAndDonelson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Art | Tech Nights represent an opportunity for CATLab students to network and connect with professionals from across the field of higher employment. Featuring keynote addresses from a speaker in the art field and a speaker in the tech field, the Art | Tech Nights also serve as a connection point between the CATLab, Westmont, and the Santa Barbara community at large. These events, organized solely by CATLab students for the local community, are a testament to the professionalism and excellence that our workforce strives for.", "author": "Luke Spicer", "publish-date": "2021-08-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art|Tech Nights offer words of wisdom and exciting opportunities for Westmont.", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/arttech-nights-offer-words-wisdom-and-exciting-opportunities-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_2068.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Over the last few weeks, the CATLab has hosted many wonderful speakers who have offered some great insights. While there’s no way that everything we’ve learned could fit into a single blog post, we thought we’d highlight a few key lessons applicable to people both in and outside the tech world. It was especially cool to realize that many of them shared some of the CATLab’s core values—in particular, curiosity and authenticity.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2021-08-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Highlights from Tech Talks", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/highlights-tech-talks.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_8626.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Soul Care in African American Practice” by Barbara L. Peacock (InterVarsity Press, 2020) has won the annual book award from the Martin Institute for Christianity and Culture and the Dallas Willard Research Center (MIDWC) at Westmont College. She will speak in chapel on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 10:30 a.m.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-07-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘Soul Care’ Earns Willard Center Book Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/soul-care-earns-willard-center-book-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/headshot%20barbara%20peacockFramed.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“I rarely drink coffee,” says Tiffany Gong ’23, a behavioral neuroscience student at Westmont, who is the subject and the researcher examining the impact of acute caffeine on cortisol and melatonin levels.", "author": "Scott Craig", "publish-date": "2021-07-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exploring The Balance Between Hormones, Caffeine", "link": "\/faculty-research\/exploring-balance-between-hormones-caffeine.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MK4_4718.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The CATLab is proud to launch a new and improved iteration of the digital Student and Staff Directory. The project, headed by CATLab student developer Josh Fitzgerald, will overhaul an outdated and clunky user interface into a sleek and modern program that efficiently navigates students and staff wherever they need to go. Notable new features include a more robust filter system, the ability for students to dictate privacy settings, and a redesigned interface.", "author": "Luke Spicer", "publish-date": "2021-07-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student and Staff Directory Feature", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/student-and-staff-directory-feature-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_0229%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Though his humility prevents him from taking the credit he deserves, Joel Banez’s work as the Director of College Software is an integral part of the innovation of Westmont as it navigates a 21st-century world. After more than a decade of experience working with Westmont’s digital infrastructure, Joel’s consistent passion for improving the college’s user experience results in crucial institutional innovation. With his mind always looking to the exciting possibilities of the future, Joel’s impact on Westmont is sure to grow as the college expands into a new decade.", "author": "Luke Spicer", "publish-date": "2021-07-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "CATLab Roots: Joel Banez", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/catlab-roots-joel-banez-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_0423.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "When we hear “programmer,” many of us picture the stereotypical image of someone hunched over a computer, typing code on a dark screen; but what comes to mind when we hear “form builder”? Probably the term draws something of a blank. So just what do the four members of the CATLab Forms Team do? In listening to the reflections and advice from our Forms Team, we found that underneath their descriptions of their day-to-day activities were a lot of insights that apply to life just as well as they apply to web design.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2021-07-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Life Lessons from Form Building", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/life-lessons-form-building.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_3424.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "So much of our lives—and especially our work!—is spent in front of the computer. It can be easy to get caught up in tasks or to let the fact that we can work from anywhere make us feel obligated to work from everywhere. To counteract the tendency to get caught up in work or technology, a few of our CATLab members shared how they stay grounded.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2021-06-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "How We Stay Grounded", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/how-we-stay-grounded.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_4804%20(2).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“I just feel like Westmont is a family,” Dawn Gendron says with a smile, “I love the students.”", "author": "Luke Spicer", "publish-date": "2021-06-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "CATLab Roots: Dawn Gendron", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/catlab-roots-dawn-gendron-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_8404_2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A new high-tech tool is helping Westmont researchers understand human neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease. Yi-Fan Lu, assistant professor of biology, has used the new microelectrode array to detect and record the response of neurons to genetic mutation or toxins.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-06-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Using Cutting-Edge Technology to Understand Neurological Disorders", "link": "\/faculty-research\/using-cutting-edge-technology-understand-neurological-disorders.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/D1X_1212.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kerrwood Lawn in the late 1960s", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-06-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont's Beloved Pickle Tree to Be Removed", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmonts-beloved-pickle-tree-be-removed.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/unnamed-36.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Amid a global pandemic and dire nursing shortage, Westmont’s proposed Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) arrives just in time to meet a great need not only in the Santa Barbara community but in California. The program, run in partnership with Cottage Health, received unanimous approval for its feasibility study from the California Board of Registered Nursing’s (BRN) Education Licensing Committee (ELC) in April and awaits further approvals. The program launches in spring 2022 pending approval from BRN. Students have already expressed interest in joining the first cohort of 24 students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-06-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Shot in the Arm Against a Shortage of Nurses", "link": "\/westmont-news\/shot-arm-against-shortage-nurses.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MK4_8494.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Senzo Zola Sokhela, a 19-year-old freshman from South Africa, has made a name for himself despite his short time on campus. After Sokhela won two individual national championships at the NAIA Outdoor National Championships May 28, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named him the 2021 NAIA Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year, the first time a Warrior has earned this distinction.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-06-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sokhela is NAIA Track Athlete of the Year", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sokhela-naia-track-athlete-year.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ZolaSokhelaTight.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College and Young Life Southwestern Division have awarded full scholarships to Arath Gomez of Santa Barbara, Destiny Mitchell of Victorville and Serena Nohmeh of Reseda. Young Life Urban Leadership Scholarships cover the cost of tuition, room and board for each student to attend Westmont for four years. This joint effort encourages students who have benefited from Young Life to remain in leadership in the ministry throughout their college years and beyond.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-06-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Stellar Young Life Students Earn Full Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stellar-young-life-students-earn-full-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Arath%20Gomez.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Even the tallest tree in the largest forest begins life as a humble sapling, poking up defiantly through the dirt. Roots secure its foundation below the surface of the earth and, over decades, transform the seedling into a giant.", "author": "Luke Spicer", "publish-date": "2021-06-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "CATLab Roots: Kim Shifley", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/catlab-roots-kim-shifley.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CTC_DSC8992%20(1)%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“No class in the history of Westmont College has endured so much to make it to this day,” said President Gayle D. Beebe as he welcomed the 306 members of the class of 2021 and their families on May 8 to a special, socially distanced Commencement service on Thorrington Field. “Four years ago, you arrived on a beautiful August afternoon, ready to move in, anticipating all that lay ahead, not thinking of the long and arduous journey that would bring you to this moment. Today, we celebrate all that you’ve achieved, all that you’ve learned—your academic, emotional, social, but also spiritual and enduring achievements—that will live on in your life long after today and will prepare you for all that lies ahead.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-05-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Commencement Honors Resilient Class of 2021", "link": "\/westmont-news\/commencement-honors-resilient-class-2021.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/C21_0704.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Each year, the Westmont community celebrates the many ways that God has gifted our students academically by announcing and honoring the Outstanding Graduate Awards in each department during the Academic Awards Convocation prior to Commencement. This year, the ceremony was pre-recorded and is available for viewing here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/Rb-kaApMhec.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-05-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celebrating the Outstanding Graduates of 2021", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebrating-outstanding-graduates-2021.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/C21_0665.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Last week, we explored how myTrailhead training has enabled our team to get up and running faster than ever. Now it’s time to take a peek behind the scenes and look at how we built our own content within this customizable platform.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2021-05-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "6 Tips for Implementing myTrailhead", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/6-tips-implementing-mytrailhead.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/IMG_6129%20%282%29.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "One of the unique features of our program this summer is the way we’ve adopted myTrailhead, Salesforce’s customizable training platform. Through myTrailhead, we’ve been able to create a standard onboarding process that’s easy for new developers to follow. By the team’s fourth day of work, our new developers already felt like they’d been able to take the training wheels off and start pushing towards real progress.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2021-05-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "How We Launched Our Team in Record Time with myTrailhead", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/how-we-launched-our-team-record-time-mytrailhead.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/IMG_6030%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The CATLab is back! After a year of hard work and quiet preparation, we’re thrilled to announce our big project, our new team, and the theme for the summer.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2021-05-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The CATLab Blazes New Trails for Summer 2021", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/catlab-blazes-new-trails-summer-2021-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_5982-3.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The creative works of 31 local artists will be front and center in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art’s new show, “At The Edges: Tri-County Juried Exhibition,” on display from May 20- June 19. Though there will not be an opening reception for the show, artists and visitors are welcome Monday through Friday between 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., while the exhibition is open. Before coming to campus, guests will be required to fill out a health questionnaire, which can be found at westmont.edu\/visitor-information. The exhibition will be available for online viewing at westmont.edu\/juriedshow.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-05-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibit Spotlights Area Artists ‘At the Edges’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibit-spotlights-area-artists-edges.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/art-museum2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "https:\/\/keyt.com\/news\/education\/2021\/05\/07\/westmont-college-preparing-for-in-person-graduation-saturday\/", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-05-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Regional News Media Coverage of Commencement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/regional-news-media-coverage-commencement.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/unnamed-19.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 306 members of Westmont College’s class of 2021 rank among the most determined and resilient college graduates in our nation’s history.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-05-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Graduates Among Nation's Most Resilient", "link": "\/westmont-news\/graduates-among-nations-most-resilient.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/C21_0069.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Theater Arts Department, in collaboration with the newly created film studies program, presents a virtual premiere of “A Winter’s Tale (Interrupted)” on Friday, April 30, at 7 p.m. The play, which does contain mature content, is free to stream at westmont.edu\/watchtheater.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-04-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theater Offers COVID Inspired 'Winter's Tale'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theater-offers-covid-inspired-winters-tale.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/scene%2017.00_00_26_02.Still001%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Thirteen graduating art majors offer their capstone art projects, which include oil paintings, drawings, collages, digital illustrations, sculptural installations, prints, photographs, videos and stop-motion animation from April 8- May 8 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. See “Untold: Westmont Graduate Exhibition 2021” online at westmont.edu\/museum\/untold. Find information at westmont.edu\/museum about making an appointment to see the exhibit in person.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-04-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Graduates Offer ‘Untold’ Exhibition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-graduates-offer-untold-exhibition.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CA_593.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Keynote speakers David Brooks, Erin Meyer, Gayle D. Beebe, Marcus “Goodie” Goodloe and Lisa DeBoer share insights on effective and purposeful leadership at the 2021 Lead Where You Stand Virtual Conference, which will be available for streaming on June 18 for $99 at westmont.edu\/lead.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-04-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Brooks Back for Virtual Leadership Conference", "link": "\/westmont-news\/brooks-back-virtual-leadership-conference.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/IM7_4721%20(1)%20(1)_0.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 25th Annual Westmont College Student Research Symposium, celebrating more than three dozen research projects by 50 students and their professors, is moving outdoors on Thursday, April 22, from 3:30-5 p.m. The event is not open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-04-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Researchers Go Outside for Symposium", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-researchers-go-outside-symposium.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/unnamed-15.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s student musicians will spring into action this month, performing in seven different virtual concerts, available for free streaming beginning at 7 p.m. at westmont.edu\/virtual-concert-series.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-04-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "April Provides a Shower of Virtual Concerts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/april-provides-shower-virtual-concerts.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/M20_0013.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Music Department held its ninth annual Instrumental Guild Competition with six finalists performing virtually for college scholarships. A virtual concert of the competition became available March 5 with violinist Sophia Chan of Loma Linda receiving up to $10,000 in annual music scholarships funds (up to $40,000 for four years) to study at Westmont. The other finalists received additional music scholarships.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-03-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Loma Linda Violinist Wins Guild Competition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/loma-linda-violinist-wins-guild-competition.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/M20_0484.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-03-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Crisis Leadership Event Attracts Large Audience", "link": "\/westmont-news\/crisis-leadership-event-attracts-large-audience.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Nancy%20Koehn.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Dallas Willard Center for Spiritual Formation will give its 2020 Book Award to Angela Carpenter, assistant professor of religion at Hope College in Michigan, on Wednesday, March 10, at 3:30 p.m. via Zoom at westmont.edu\/lectures. Carpenter will lecture about “Dependent Creatures: How Human Evolution Can Help Us Understand God’s Grace” followed by questions from Mark Nelson, Westmont’s Monroe professor of philosophy and director of the Dallas Willard Research Center.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-02-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Willard Center Gives Book, Research Awards", "link": "\/westmont-news\/willard-center-gives-book-research-awards.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/feat_moon2048x15361-505x378.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Watch an engaging video of “The Elixir of Love,” a two-act opera by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti, on Friday, February 19, at 7 p.m. at westmont.edu\/music. After months of socially distant rehearsals and three days of challenging but safe videotaping, the Westmont Music Department presents its latest opera. Alumna Christina (Farris) Jensen ’09 returned to Santa Barbara to serve as stage director for the production during the pandemic.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-02-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Department Offers an ‘Elixir of Love’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-department-offers-elixir-love.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/unnamed-7.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Climate change and the threat it poses to humans has been well publicized. But we hear less about its effects on the multitude of other species on the planet. Amanda Sparkman, chair of the Westmont Biology Department, explores “A Snake in the Spring Rain: How Biodiversity is Responding to a Changing Climate” on Thursday, February 18, at 5:30 p.m. The Westmont Downtown Lecture will occur live via Zoom. Please visit westmont.edu\/lectures for the Zoom link.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-02-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Climate Change, Biodiversity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-climate-change-biodiversity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/garter-snakeRT-505x284.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A celebrated Harvard historian and bestselling author, Nancy Koehn will discuss courageous and principled leadership at the 16th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on Friday, March 5, at 8 a.m. Tickets to the virtual event, which cost $35, go on sale February 12 at westmont.edu\/breakfast.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-02-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Historian Nancy Koehn to Speak at Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/historian-nancy-koehn-speak-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Nancy%20Koehn.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A national study examines the link between religious experiences and depression by following more than 12,000 American adolescents from their teens into middle adulthood. The research indicates that attending religious services staves off depression, but it also ties life-changing spiritual experiences and a belief in divine leading and angelic protection to an increased risk for depression, especially in men.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-02-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Study Examines Religious Experiences, Depression", "link": "\/westmont-news\/study-examines-religious-experiences-depression.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MK4_7591_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont pioneers a new certificate program that trains people to use statistical data in studying complex human behavior and addressing global challenges. The Certificate in Social Impact Analytics (SIA) targets college graduates with non-technical backgrounds interested in developing statistical and analytical skills so they can assess the social impacts of programs, interventions and policies.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-02-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont to Offer Certificate in Social Impact Analytics", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-offer-certificate-social-impact-analytics.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/URB_0007.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Theater Arts Department has established a new initiative expanding its focus on diversity, justice, global engagement and intercultural competency. Beginning in fall 2021, as part of the Justice and Global Engagement in the Theatre Arts Initiative, John Blondell, award-winning director and Westmont professor of theater arts, will become the new global ambassador in the performing arts. The initiative also establishes a new artist\/scholar-in-residence for diversity, equity and inclusion in theater arts.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-01-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Theater Expands Globally", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-theater-expands-globally.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/blondellDido-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art highlights works donated to or purchased for to the museum. “Selections from the Permanent Collection of Contemporary Art” will run from January 14-March 27, 2021. The exhibition will be available online at westmont.edu\/museum\/contemporarycollection.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-01-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Museum Exhibits Contemporary Collection", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-exhibits-contemporary-collection.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/SC_1192_0.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has launched a national search for a provost to oversee the college’s educational program. The search committee, chaired by President Gayle D. Beebe, is seeking a chief academic officer who will ensure a vibrant partnership between the college’s curricular and co-curricular programs.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2021-01-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Seeks New Provost", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-seeks-new-provost.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MK4_4455%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has purchased a four-story building in downtown Santa Barbara where it will launch a new nursing program in partnership with Cottage Health. The new nursing program will address the critical shortage of skilled nurses in Santa Barbara and throughout the region.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-12-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Downtown to House Nursing School", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-downtown-house-nursing-school.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/121720-Westmont-Building-downtown-sb-1-JM_2400_1600_80_s_c1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ninety-two percent of Westmont graduates from the class of 2020 have found a job or are attending graduate school (or planning to attend) despite a national economy sickened by the coronavirus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-12-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Recent Grads Overcome Job Uncertainty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/recent-grads-overcome-job-uncertainty.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Finally.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 16th annual Westmont Christmas Festival, “Ris’n with Healing in His Wings,” presents a special online event this year due to the pandemic. The Westmont Music Department, led by Michael Shasberger, Adams professor of music and worship, has creatively recorded the 100 members of the Westmont Orchestra and College Choir, Chamber Singers and Choral Union throughout campus. The virtual concert, which retells the Christmas story by weaving narration with music, will be posted online Friday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m. at westmont.edu\/festival and will continue to be available throughout the month of December.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-11-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Fest Launches ‘Healing in His Wings’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-fest-launches-healing-his-wings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/unnamed_16.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Rick Pointer, professor emeritus of history at Westmont, has written a biography of Papunhank, a little-known Munsee reformer and Moravian leader. The work illuminates the turbulent middle decades of the 18th-century during which Papunhank doggedly maintained an unwavering love of peace. “Pacifist Prophet: Papunhank and the Quest for Peace in Early America” (University of Nebraska Press) gives voice to an important element of 18th-century American Indian thought and intellectual tradition.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-11-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Perspective on Peaceful American Indians", "link": "\/westmont-news\/perspective-peaceful-american-indians.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CL13_0151.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A national study following more than 12,000 people from adolescence to adulthood showed that positive and caring relationships in the teenage years make a lasting impact on mental health. Warm relationships with parents, friends and teachers are highly effective safeguards against depressive symptoms later in life, as is educational achievement. Teenage romantic relationships, pregnancy and multiple sex partners pose modest risks, while alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use reveal mixed associations.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-11-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Teen Bonds Ward Off Adult Depression", "link": "\/westmont-news\/teen-bonds-ward-adult-depression.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/OR18_0773.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s talented student musicians and composers will be in the spotlight at the Student Composer's Concert on Friday, Nov. 13, beginning at 7 p.m. westmont.edu\/virtual-concert-series.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-11-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Composers to Shine", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-composers-shine.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Piano.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art celebrates its 10th anniversary with a fundraising exhibition, “5x5: Celebrating Ten Years,” which features about 450, five-inch-square works of art from Dec. 3-18. The art will be available for purchase through an online auction at westmont.edu\/museum\/5x5 that ends Friday, Dec. 18, at 5 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-11-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Museum Exhibits, Sells 450 5X5 Art Pieces", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-exhibits-sells-450-5x5-art-pieces.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/art-museum2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont men’s basketball team tips off its 2020-21 season against the University of Saint Katherine from San Marcos, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Murchison Gym. Though fans will not be allowed in the gym due to the pandemic, the game will be live-streamed and available on Roku, Apple TV, Android TV and Amazon Fire TV.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-11-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors Tip Off Men's Hoops Season", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-tip-mens-hoops-season.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/D1X_7754.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Forest Foundation, which has supported the arts and education in California and Illinois since 1963, is donating several sculptures and more than three dozen pedestals and sculptural stands to the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. Museum officials are working with Brander Vineyard to create a long-term sculpture exhibition at the Santa Ynez winery.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-11-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Gifts to Find New Home in Santa Ynez", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-gifts-find-new-home-santa-ynez.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/SC_0889.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Eben Drost directs the Westmont Jazz Ensemble", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Concert Offers Toe Tapping Jazz Standards", "link": "\/westmont-news\/concert-offers-toe-tapping-jazz-standards.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/unnamed_15.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Enrico Manlapig, associate professor of economics and business, explores “Decision Analysis and the Common Good” in a live webinar on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 5:30 p.m. at vimeo.com\/474003951. The Westmont Downtown Lecture is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation, which helps build connections between Westmont and the greater Santa Barbara community.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-10-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Making Good Choices with Decision Analysis", "link": "\/westmont-news\/making-good-choices-decision-analysis.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MK4_9683.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Members of the Westmont College Choir and Choral Union, wearing masks and singing outside, offer a Fall Choral Celebration on Friday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. at westmont.edu\/virtual-concert-series.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-10-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Masked Singers Offer ‘Choral Celebration’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/masked-singers-offer-choral-celebration.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/College%20Choir.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College has received a grant of $1 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Westmont Center for Thriving Communities.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-10-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "$1M Grant Aids Work with Area Churches", "link": "\/westmont-news\/1m-grant-aids-work-area-churches.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/SB18_233.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Acclaimed author Jon Meacham addresses “The Architecture of Endurance: Building a Republic that Stands the Test of Time” on Friday, Nov. 6, from 12-1:30 p.m. in a special virtual event from Westmont. The live broadcast opens with remarks by Westmont President Gayle D. Beebe and includes a question-and-answer session with Meacham, presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize winner. The talk is free and open to the public thanks to the gracious support of Westmont’s Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership. Watch the event at westmont.edu\/mosher-events. Meacham’s presentation will only be available as a live broadcast.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-10-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hosts Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hosts-pulitzer-prize-winning-historian.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Mosher-Event-Carousel-1600x800.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College website, which has undergone a five-year overhaul, won the Web Marketing Association’s 2020 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Best Faith-Based Website. A select group of independent judges from around the world selected Westmont’s website for setting the standard of excellence in website development.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont’s New Website Wins Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmonts-new-website-wins-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Screen%20Shot%202020-10-06%20at%202.04.59%20PM%20copy.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra, masked up, socially distant and with bell covers over their instruments, will perform “An Orchestral Sampler” on Friday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. The event, which is being recorded live outdoors, will be available for free viewing at vimeo.com\/showcase\/westmontmusic.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-10-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Concert Offers ‘an Orchestral Sampler’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/concert-offers-orchestral-sampler.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/orchestra%202021.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Very few Westmont students have tested positive for the coronavirus since returning to campus in mid-September, and faculty and staff are finding innovative ways for students to thrive while staying safe.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-10-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Bucks National Virus Trends", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-bucks-national-virus-trends.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CL20_0222.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dr. Eric Nelson, director of Counseling and Psychological Services, will share lessons from the pandemic’s unique impact on emotional health in a free, online lecture, “Stress, Loss and Uncertainty Amidst COVID-19: Cultivating a Mindset to Endure Prolonged Global Distress,” on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 5:30 p.m. at vimeo.com\/showcase\/7555348.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-10-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores ‘Mindset to Endure’ COVID-19", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-mindset-endure-covid-19.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/TC_2095.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "An interdisciplinary panel of Westmont faculty, including Yi-Fan Lu (biology), Tom Knecht (political science), and Meredith Whitnah (sociology), with moderator Kya Mangrum (English) will explore “What Is Race and Racism?' on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. Off-campus attendees can register at https:\/\/bit.ly\/33IGuQE to be sent the link to the Zoom event.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-10-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professors to Examine Race, Racism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professors-examine-race-racism.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/oakTelescope-768x522.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four stellar new professors join the Westmont faculty this fall: Katherine Bryant (political science), alumnus Daniel Gee (music), Robert Haring-Kaye (physics) and Blake Victor Kent (sociology).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-10-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Notable Professors Join Westmont Faculty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/notable-professors-join-westmont-faculty-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/SC_0103.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Soprano Megan (Silberstein) Billings will perform as part of the music department’s Alumni Spotlight on Friday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m. Listen to the free concert at vimeo.com\/showcase\/westmontmusic. Billings, a 2014 Westmont graduate, will sing recognizable tunes from Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, as well as productions of “Bridges of Madison County” and “Frozen.” Billings, who earned a Master of Music in Opera Performance from Oklahoma City University, has performed professionally in “La Traviata” and “Tosca” with Painted Sky Opera.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-10-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Friday Night Concert Features Singing Alumna", "link": "\/westmont-news\/friday-night-concert-features-singing-alumna.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/SC_0889.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jana Mayfield Mullen, who began teaching in Westmont’s history and religious studies departments in 2001, is the new director of Voskuyl Library. She joined the library staff in 2013 and served as co-director for the past year.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-10-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Familiar Face Takes Over as Library Director", "link": "\/westmont-news\/familiar-face-takes-over-library-director.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/TC_0303.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Senior Zack Moreau, pictured in 2019, worked with Dr. Allan Nishimura over the summer.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-09-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Researchers Persevere Over Summer", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-researchers-persevere-over-summer.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CL19_0167.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four Westmont professors from different disciplines examine how the new coronavirus has forced us to adapt our daily lives in unexpected ways in a talk, “Plagues, Pandemics and Perseverance,” on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 10 a.m. The pre-recorded presentation, sponsored by Westmont’s Voskuyl Library, features Marilyn McEntyre (humanities), Paul Willis (English), Helen Rhee (religious studies) and Lisa DeBoer (art) and are available online at youtube.com\/westmontTV.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-09-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Offers Four Historic Pandemic Views", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-offers-four-historic-pandemic-views.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/D1X_8066_1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Music Department continues its popular Friday Concert Series with its first Alumni Spotlight recital, featuring alumna Sarah Shasberger Pfister ’12 and the Carnevale String Quartet from Bulgaria on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. Listen to the free recital at vimeo.com\/showcase\/westmontmusic.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-09-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumna Provides Music from Bulgaria", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumna-provides-music-bulgaria.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/MK4_4872.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s class of 2024 is the most academically talented in the college’s history. It’s also among the most diverse with 39 percent of the 375 new and transfer students identifying as Hispanic, Asian American, African American, Hawaiian Pacific Islander, Native American, and\/or multiracial. Twelve percent are the first in their family to attend college. The average SAT score skyrocketed 40 points to 1260 with a middle range of 1140-1380. The average GPA jumped significantly from 3.88 to 3.98.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-09-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Welcomes Top Students to Campus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-welcomes-top-students-campus.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/SL19_0188-(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Music Department launches its Friday Concert Series with a virtual performance featuring Andrea (flute) and Neil Di Maggio (piano) on Friday, Sept. 4, at 7 p.m. Listen to the free recital at vimeo.com\/showcase\/westmontmusic.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-09-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Friday Concert Series Kicks Off Virtually", "link": "\/westmont-news\/friday-concert-series-kicks-virtually.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/M18_0369.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art offers a unique history lesson, blending prints from 16th to 18th century Old Masters with a few modern and contemporary works in its latest online exhibition available through Nov. 7. “Making a Fine Impression: Prints from the Faith and Dewayne Perry Collection” includes more than a dozen videos of Westmont experts describing a particular piece in the exhibition, which can be viewed at westmont.edu\/museum\/fine-impression.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-09-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Prints of Old Masters Leave an Impression", "link": "\/westmont-news\/prints-old-masters-leave-impression.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/TC_2938.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont welcomes its new students to a virtual Orientation Aug. 27-29 to learn about the educational program and meet faculty, staff and fellow students. The college has postponed repopulating until the COVID-19 case rate in Santa Barbara County drops below the state-mandated threshold. Classes will begin remotely Aug. 31, with Westmont planning to bring students back to campus Sept. 25-27 and resume classes in person and indoors Sept. 28 pending county and state approval.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-08-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Welcomed Via Virtual Orientation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-welcomed-virtual-orientation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RC_0916.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "After 15 weeks of coding and creating, blogging and bug-fixing, we’ve finally come to the end of the summer. Looking back at our successes, we’re struck by not only the concrete things we’ve accomplished but also the lessons we’ve learned. Through our work this summer, we’ve come to see the importance of knowing who our work is for, sharing our stories, and having a team mindset. In short, we do our best when we’re focused on helping others.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-08-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "3 Things We Created and Learned in Summer 2020", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/3-things-we-created-and-learned-summer-2020.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_7122.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Twelve Westmont art graduates, unable to exhibit their artwork at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum on campus in May due to COVID-19, are displaying their senior projects virtually. “Adjacent: Westmont Graduate Exhibition 2020” is available in-person at the museum only to the artists and their families by prior appointment. Everyone else can see the exhibition, including a virtual tour, online at westmont.edu\/museum\/adjacent.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-08-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Grads Install Virtual Exhibit ‘Adjacent’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-grads-install-virtual-exhibit-adjacent.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Screen%20Shot%202021-09-10%20at%202.22.42%20PM.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "We’ve reached the last official week of the CATLab this summer, but the work goes on. Many of our interns are continuing into the school year, and even for those of us finishing this week, we know that this summer is, in many ways, just the beginning. As we reflect on what we’ve learned and accomplished this summer, we asked our director, Zak, to share his thoughts on leading a team through this tumultuous time. In “both technical and thematic challenges,” in both coding and conversations, Zak sees himself as the facilitator rather than the focus, staying out of the spotlight and empowering others to take center stage.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-08-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The Work of Authentic Inclusion: Reflections from Our Director", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/work-authentic-inclusion-reflections-our-director.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/_DSC7268.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Here at the CATLab, one of our deep-rooted goals is to join and facilitate conversations on the intersection between technological innovation and higher education. That’s why we host the Enabling Impact Conference every year (keep an eye out for more conference details in the coming months)! Not only can we be inspired by others’ ideas and successes; sometimes we can, in turn, inspire others. Last week, we got to see the direct result of this inspiration as we met the students part of UCSB’s new set of IT internships—a new program modeled after our work at the CATLab.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-08-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sharing Inspiration: Meeting UCSB’s IT Interns", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/sharing-inspiration-meeting-ucsbs-it-interns.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Image%20from%20iOS%20(2).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "As we near the end of the summer and as schools and cities weigh the pros and cons of reopening in the fall, we’re coming to realize that one of the hardest things about this pandemic is not the travel restrictions or the social distancing but the ongoing uncertainty in which we find ourselves. Even as we cope with unprecedented challenges, we realize that even our best-laid plans might have to change in a moment. So what do you do when you feel like the whole world is unsettled? We interviewed three members of the Westmont community to learn how they have been dealing with the ever-changing circumstances.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-07-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Moving Forward in the Midst of Uncertainty", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/moving-forward-midst-uncertainty.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_6935_2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "How do you prepare yourself to enter an industry that’s constantly evolving? Although job titles and programming syntax might change, there are still several steps you can take to become a compelling candidate and ace your application when looking for a job in tech.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-07-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "How to Get Hired in Tech", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/how-get-hired-tech.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_4657.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Music can bring people together across borders, religions and even time. Paul Willis, professor of English at Westmont, explores this idea in his newly published young-adult novel, “All in a Garden Green” (Slant Books, 2020). His experience teaching at Hengrave Hall in England (the home of the Westmont-in-England semester for 20 years) inspired him to depart from his usual nature writing and pen a story set in the old English manor house. In the novel, 13-year-old Erica Pickins walks through a door on a family visit to Hengrave Hall and finds herself mistaken for the elder daughter of the house—in the year 1578! The household expects Queen Elizabeth I for a special visit, and the musically talented Erica becomes a key part of desperate attempts by the Catholic family to entertain the Protestant queen.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-07-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Willis Pens New Book, ‘All in a Garden Green’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/willis-pens-new-book-all-garden-green.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/07\/Willis-Paul_15-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont men’s basketball team, under the direction of new head coach Landon Boucher, plans to begin practicing in mid-September for the winter season. The Warriors return 10 players from last year’s team, which earned a No. 2 seed in the NAIA National Tournament before it was canceled due to COVID-19. “As excited as I am for this upcoming season, I truly believe our players are even more enthusiastic for it to begin,” Boucher says.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-07-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Boucher at Helm of Highly Touted Warriors Team", "link": "\/westmont-news\/boucher-helm-highly-touted-warriors-team.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/07\/BoucherMask-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The benefits of an internship are multifaceted—not just a line on your resume! Among other advantages they provide, internships give you the opportunity to test-drive a career, build a network, and prove your skill to a company. We’ve already shared that 65% employers want students with more than one internship; but how do you tell what makes an internship valuable? Whether you’re a student weighing options or a business wondering how best to set up appealing positions, here are a few hallmarks of great internships.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-07-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "What to Look For in an Internship", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/what-look-internship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/61C1C646-12E8-4070-B5F5-4FCCA186A210-A2BF042C-30E2-42AA-8FA9-606A32B23D6D.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Six new trustees have joined the Westmont Board of Trustees, and four of them graduated from the institution, including Jordan Jackson, Todd Mattson and Karen Robilio. They will attend their first meeting in October and will serve three-year terms.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-07-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumni to Add Experience as New Trustees", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumni-add-experience-new-trustees.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/07\/Jordan-Jackson-2017-505x631.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "It’s common knowledge that internships are an important step on the path of professional development—but did you know that, according to recent studies, 65% of employers expect college grads to have at least two internships? That’s just one reason that our team members are encouraged to find part-time internships in addition to their work at the CATLab. In addition to bolstering your portfolio, pursuing multiple internships can broaden your experience, strengthen your marketability, and deepen your understanding.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-07-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "3 Benefits of Multiple Internships", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/3-benefits-multiple-internships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_6767.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "After months of working remotely, we may be getting used to engaging with our jobs, schools, and social lives through our computers—but are we using these powerful machines to their full capacity? 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In its philosophy of education, Westmont writes that it works to shape students into “certain kinds of people, not mere repositories of information or mere possessors of professional skills.” In an article exploring the connection between computer science and the liberal arts, Henry M. Walker and Charles Kelemen write that “a liberal arts education is to be an education for life, not some short-term vocational preparation.”", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-07-01", "subtitle": "One of the defining characteristics of Westmont College—and, by extension, the CATLab—is a commitment to the liberal arts. 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A few weeks ago, we looked at how to get a team started in a remote environment. Once you’ve got a team up and running, how do you make sure people can collaborate effectively in spite of the distance? Earlier this week, we looked at what our developers are actually building. Now it’s time to examine the process that has made our progress possible.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-06-25", "subtitle": "Among the unique challenges that this year has presented, something we have all been navigating is how to stay connected even tho...", "title": "How to Create a Culture of Collaboration", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/how-create-culture-collaboration.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/image_0.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Since the CATLab is a dynamic program that brings together talent from across disciplines and departments, it’s not always clear to people outside the program what our developers are actually building. This summer, our goal is to make it possible for high school students to apply to Westmont through a custom application process. We’re improving both sides of the process—externally, improving the user experience for high schoolers; and internally, improving the way for admissions counselors and officers to process those applications.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-06-23", "subtitle": "Since the CATLab is a dynamic program that brings together talent from across disciplines and departments, it’s not always clear...", "title": "How We're Reimagining Admissions", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/how-were-reimagining-admissions.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/_DSC7235-3.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "My father—Joseph Linden Sargent—passed away almost twelve years ago, yet there’s still hardly a Father’s Day that goes by when I don’t remind myself to call him. That thought usually hits me about dusk, or when I look at one of his watercolors on our walls. He died on his anniversary, nearly two years after my mother’s passing. Fifty-seven years earlier, in a small, private wedding, my mother had marched to the altar down a narrow stairwell in my father’s childhood home. Dad loved telling us about growing up in Long Beach: the earthquake that left many in tents, the roller coaster at the Pike, the Brethren church at “Fifth and Cherry” where he and Mom met. He wanted his three boys to love the beach as much as he did, so we spent many evenings building sand forts at Huntington and climbing over rocks to wait for sunsets at Laguna. The magic hour, in our family, was always twilight.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-06-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Remembering My Father: Provost Mark Sargent", "link": "\/westmont-news\/remembering-my-father-provost-mark-sargent.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/06\/Dad-and-Mom2-505x441.jpeg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Our work this summer is inseparable from the unique historical moment in which we find ourselves. At the CATLab, we’ve been exploring these issues both as a team and individually, and we think it’s important to share some of those stories.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-06-17", "subtitle": "Our work this summer is inseparable from the unique historical moment in which we find ourselves. At the CATLab, we’ve been explo...", "title": "Our Journeys Toward Justice, Part 2: Learning to Listen", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/our-journeys-toward-justice-part-2-learning-listen.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Untitled-2.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Even as we code and write and do art, we have to acknowledge that we don’t do these things in isolation: the CATLab is a program embedded in a certain time and place. More than that, we are all humans whose embodiedness and particularity matter—no one gets to be a human being in the abstract. In the last few weeks, we’ve been sobered by the fact that this is a dark and difficult time. We’ve interrupted our normal projects and processes to take the time to reflect on how to move forward. As our director Zak said:", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-06-16", "subtitle": "Even as we code and write and do art, we have to acknowledge that we don’t do these things in isolation: the CATLab is a program...", "title": "Our Journeys Toward Justice, Part 1: Getting Our Bearings", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/our-journeys-toward-justice-part-1-getting-our-bearings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Untitled-3.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In the past few days, the CATLab has been taking time to listen, learn, grieve, and take action regarding the tragic realities of racial injustice thrown into sharp relief by the killing of George Floyd and too many others. This devastation has forced us to take a hard look at the brokenness in our world and in ourselves. We at the CATLab want to lament, and we want to stand with our Black brothers and sisters, who have experienced racial injustice and systemic oppression for generations. We want to pause our normal content through June 11 to honor and amplify the many voices that have been suppressed.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-06-04", "subtitle": "In the past few days, the CATLab has been taking time to listen, learn, grieve, and take action regarding the tragic realities of...", "title": "A Lament and Response", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/lament-and-response.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/IMG_0652.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Here at the CATLab, our theme for this summer is tenacity. As we strive to remain authentic, curious, and committed, we know that we need to meet the circumstances of Summer 2020 with a special sense of determination. What are some ways we can build that determination and tenacity? Some of our teammates shared their reflections.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-05-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Building Tenacity in the Time of Covid", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/building-tenacity-time-covid.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CTC_DSC7326.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In the past few months, we’ve all had to make adjustments to the way we live and work. But as we head out of crisis mode and into summer, we need to figure out how to move beyond maintenance and into innovation. But launching a team remotely is a fundamentally different challenge from shifting to remote work during an emergency. As business and systems analyst Kim Shifley observed,", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-05-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "4 keys to Successfully Launching a Team Remotely", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/4-keys-successfully-launching-team-remotely.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/255A0208%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont welcomes Tim Loomer, who joins the staff July 1 as director of research, planning and implementation and assistant to the president for board relations. For the past two years, he has served as interim head of school at Providence.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-05-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Loomer to Direct Research and Planning", "link": "\/westmont-news\/loomer-direct-research-and-planning.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/05\/Loomer-Tim-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Our team this summer includes some familiar faces, but also some new ones! Sophia, Talia, and John are just three members of our team, but they reveal some important qualities of what it takes to be a successful student developer.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2020-05-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "3 Characteristics of Successful Student Developers", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/3-characteristics-successful-student-developers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CTC_DSC2014.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s ethnic studies minor, which enables students to examine the cultural, historical, political and social dimensions of a variety of racial and ethnic groups, has been revitalized. During the past academic year, several professors reviewed the former curriculum and developed a new portfolio of courses to be launched in fall 2020. A new introductory seminar will be part of the revised program.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-05-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Revitalizes Its Ethnic Studies Minor", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-revitalizes-its-ethnic-studies-minor.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/05\/libraryaerial-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John Moore, the Warriors' longest tenured and all-time winningest men’s basketball head coach, is ending his coaching career after 27 years at the helm of the storied program. Moore will continue to serve as an associate professor of kinesiology and associate athletic director.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-05-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Moore Ends Coaching Career on Top", "link": "\/westmont-news\/moore-ends-coaching-career-top.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/05\/johnmooregsacchamps2013-505x583.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s popular annual juried art exhibition, forced to go virtual during the pandemic, features 48 works by Tri-County artists May 14 - June 20 at westmont.edu\/time-memory. Christopher Miles, professor at the School of Art at CSU Long Beach, juried the show, “Time and Memory,” which received 221 entries from 95 artists in Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-05-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Online Art Exhibit Delves into ‘Time, Memory’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/online-art-exhibit-delves-time-memory.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/05\/SharonSchockTheLightBetween-505x380.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "'Treat others with kindness so they have the energy to be kind as well.'", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-05-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'A Tribute to My Mother' by Gayle D. Beebe", "link": "\/westmont-news\/tribute-my-mother-gayle-d-beebe.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/05\/Beebe-Mom-3.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Montecito community members joined with Westmont to serve the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, which has distributed 2.25 million pounds of food during the COVID-19 response. Residents dropped off 151 bags of food at the rear parking lot of Montecito Bank and Trust on Coast Village Road on May 9 or asked that donated food be picked up from their homes. In exchange, donors received wrapped rolls of toilet paper. People also made monetary gifts online at foodbanksbc.org.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-05-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Coordinates Montecito Food Drive", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-coordinates-montecito-food-drive.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/05\/SBCFoodBank_Logo-Horizontal_COLOR-2019-cropped-505x202.png", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont graduating senior Sarah Hooker, a music composition major, has provided her original composition for Psalm 121, which Brad Elliott, campus photographer, has paired with a slideshow of Westmont and Santa Barbara in spring.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-04-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Graduating Senior Hopes to Keep Making Music", "link": "\/westmont-news\/graduating-senior-hopes-keep-making-music.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/04\/SarahHooker-505x574.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This spring, Mitch Vance begins his first two-year term as chair of the Westmont College Board of Trustees. He succeeds Peter Thorrington, who has served as chair since 2014. A board member since 2013, Vance previously chaired the Westmont Board of Advisors and served on the Westmont Foundation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-04-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Announces New Board Chair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-announces-new-board-chair.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/04\/VanceMitch-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The NAIA named Westmont basketball players Iyree Jarrett and Abram Carrasco to the All-American First Team, and John Moore as Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-03-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors Win National Hoops Honors", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-win-national-hoops-honors.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/03\/MooreNetHead-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College will donate 1,000 N95 masks to Santa Barbara Cottage Health’s front-line heroes combating the spread of COVID-19 in our community. Westmont has historically kept a supply of protective masks on campus for its students, faculty and staff to protect them from smoke during wildfires. With the risk of fire low right now and few students on campus for the spring semester due to the coronavirus, Westmont’s Executive Team decided to help supply masks for medical personnel.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-03-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Donates Protective Masks to Cottage", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-donates-protective-masks-cottage.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/03\/Wesmtont-Entrance-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Women's basketball team closed out the season ranked No. 1 in the nation after winning its fifth straight Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament Championship on March 7. The No. 7 Westmont men won the GSAC Regular Season Championship.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-03-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Women's Hoops Finish Season Ranked No. 1", "link": "\/westmont-news\/womens-hoops-finish-season-ranked-no-1.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/03\/HoopsTeamsMed-505x304.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Richard Pointer, Westmont professor of history, uncovers the peacemaking traditions of Native American communities in a lecture, “Peace-loving Indians? Recovering A Missing Piece of American History,” on Tuesday, March 3, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Kerrwood Hall. The Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi Lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-03-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture Examines Peaceful Native Americans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-examines-peaceful-native-americans.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/03\/RickPointer-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont men’s and women’s basketball teams won GSAC Regular Season Championships and will host GSAC Tournaments at Murchison Gym as No. 1 seeds. The men, ranked No. 6 in the NAIA, finished the regular season two games ahead of No. 20 The Master’s and No. 16 Menlo. The women, ranked No. 3 in the NAIA, upset No. 2 The Master’s 56-44 on February 22 and finished the regular season one game ahead of the Mustangs. The men’s and women’s GSAC Tournaments March 5-7 in Murchison Gym.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-03-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors Win GSAC Hoops Championships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-win-gsac-hoops-championships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/03\/HoopsNets-505x319.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont men’s golf team won second place out of eight teams at the inaugural Westmont Invitational held at Sandpiper Golf Club February 24-25. Freshman Lorne Fishburn of Corrales, New Mexico, shot the best score of the third round and finished tied for second among individual golfers. Trevor White claimed fourth place at the tournament, just four strokes behind the leader. Freshman Kat Bevill of Crystal Lake, Illinois, finished with the lowest score for the Westmont women’s team.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-02-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors Finish February on Winning Streaks", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-finish-february-winning-streaks.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/02\/DrewThompsonSamanthaMacDonald-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Online registration has opened for Westmont’s popular youth summer sports camps (for children ages 5-13), which begin June 8, at westmont.edu\/summercamps. Early-bird pricing is through April 15 at $200 for a half-day camp and $230 for a full-day camp (no code required). After April 15, prices will increase to $240 for a half-day camp and $270 for a full-day camp. Contact the Athletics office with any questions at summercamps@westmont.edu or by calling (805) 565-6110. Fees include a T-shirt, photo and awards. The full-day camps run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Half-day camps operate from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with extended care available until 3 p.m. for an additional cost.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-02-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Early Registration Opens for 2020 Summer Camps", "link": "\/westmont-news\/early-registration-opens-2020-summer-camps.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/02\/GirlsCheer-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Keynote speakers David Brooks, Erin Meyer, Geoffrey Moore and Gayle D. Beebe share insights on effective and purposeful leadership at the 2020 Lead Where You Stand Conference June 3-5 at Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. Tickets to the affordable and transformative three-day conference cost $399 until March 30; $449 after, and may be purchased online at www.westmont.edu\/lead. Guests may stay in comfortable rooms on Westmont’s beautiful campus. The Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership, the Brittingham Family Foundation and the Montecito Institute sponsor the event.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-02-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Brooks Returns to 2020 Lead Where You Stand", "link": "\/westmont-news\/brooks-returns-2020-lead-where-you-stand.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/unnamed-29.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The eighth annual Westmont Instrumentalist Guild Competition features eight musicians vying for Westmont music scholarships on Saturday, February 29, at 7 p.m. in Deane Chapel on the lower Westmont campus. Prospective Westmont student instrumentalists Sean Tran (piano), Daniel Macy (violin), Katie Peel (French horn) Natasha Loh (bassoon), Emma Wu (piano) and Evan Zhou (violin) will perform. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-02-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musicians Compete for Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musicians-compete-scholarships-1.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/02\/SarahDuff-505x418.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont men’s and women’s golf teams host their first intercollegiate golf tournament, the Westmont Invitational, on February 23-24 at Sandpiper Golf Club in Goleta.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-02-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors Season Swings to Santa Barbara", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-season-swings-santa-barbara.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/02\/sandpiper-505x302.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont music professors have brought back the popular Select House Concert Series, performing four chamber concerts on Saturdays, March 21, April 25, May 30 and June 20; all at 3 p.m. in homes to be announced once tickets have been purchased. Individual concert tickets, which go on sale beginning March 1 at westmont.edu\/music, cost $50 each or $160 for a four-concert package. All proceeds support scholarships for Westmont music students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-02-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Faculty to Perform House Concerts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-faculty-perform-house-concerts.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/02\/CelloTight-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Still Dreaming: Race, Ethnicity and Liberal Arts Education,” the 19th annual Gaede Institute Conversation on the Liberal Arts, gathers a national audience to explore how the liberal arts can promote more inclusive teaching, scholarship and institutional practices Feb. 27-29 at Westmont. The plenary sessions are free and open to the public. See the schedule at westmont.edu\/institute\/conversations or call (805) 565-6124.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-02-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Conversation Examines Liberal Arts, Race", "link": "\/westmont-news\/conversation-examines-liberal-arts-race.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/02\/WinterCarrField-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s music and theater arts departments present two, one-act Italian operas offering performers and audience members a chance to enjoy two different stories with varying musical styles. Gioachino Rossini’s “The Marriage Contract” and Giaocomo Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi' will be performed together February 28, March 1 and 3 at 7 p.m. at the New Vic Theater in Downtown Santa Barbara. Tickets, which cost $20 for general admission\/$15 for students and seniors, may be purchased at newvictheater.com.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-02-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music, Theater Double Our Opera Pleasure", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-theater-double-our-opera-pleasure.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/02\/OperaPillow-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Legendary women’s basketball star Tamika Catchings, who spoke at the fifth annual Westmont Women’s Leadership Luncheon on Jan. 28, shared the four motivating principles that have shaped her career: purpose, drive, life and legacy. She admitted to setting aside her prepared remarks so she could talk about life and legacy following the Jan. 26 death of her childhood friend, Kobe Bryant.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-02-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "WNBA Legend Inspires at Leadership Luncheon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/wnba-legend-inspires-leadership-luncheon.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/02\/WWLL-Hoops-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Music, Theater, and Art Departments join forces for the love of the arts to offer the first Valentine’s Arts Soiree, “A Fairy Tale,” on Valentine’s Day, February 14, beginning at 5 p.m. at Westmont’s Porter Theater. The magical evening includes delicious catered food, a silent auction and a romantic concert by the Westmont Orchestra. A limited number of tickets, which cost $100 per person, may be purchased at westmont.edu\/valentines. For group tickets or sponsorship opportunities, please call (805) 565-6040. Concert-only tickets will be available for $10 at the door beginning at 6:45 p.m. at Page Multipurpose Room.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-02-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music, Theater, Art for Valentine’s Dinner", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-theater-art-valentines-dinner.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/02\/ViolinsLeft-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont women’s swimming team competes in its first Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference Championships February 12-15 at East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park. The Warriors have already qualified for three individual and five relay events at the NAIA National Championships March 4-7 in Knoxville, Tennessee.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-02-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Inaugural Swim Team Strokes to Finals", "link": "\/westmont-news\/inaugural-swim-team-strokes-finals.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/02\/SunsetSwimming-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Dallas Willard Research Center for Spiritual Formation at Westmont honored Gary W. Moon, professor of psychology and spirituality at Richmont Graduate University in Atlanta and senior fellow and director of the Martin Institute's center Conversatio Divina, as co-winner of its annual book award for his biography “Becoming Dallas Willard” during Westmont chapel Jan. 22 in Murchison Gym.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-01-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘Becoming Dallas Willard’ Earns Book Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/becoming-dallas-willard-earns-book-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/01\/moonNelson-505x458.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jim Taylor, philosophy professor at Westmont, discusses the importance of listening and respect in his lecture, “Character Matters: Civility in Uncivil Times,” on Thursday, February 13, at 5:30 p.m. in the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street. The Westmont Downtown lecture is free, and limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-01-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Examine ‘Civility in Uncivil Times’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examine-civility-uncivil-times.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/01\/Taylor-Jim-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont men’s and women’s basketball teams, who are both in first place in the Golden State Athletic Conference and ranked fourth nationally, host Arizona Christian University (ACU) on Thursday, January 30, and Ottawa University of Arizona (OUAZ) on Saturday, February 1.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-01-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors Keep Shooting for National Title", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-keep-shooting-national-title.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/01\/Carrasco-505x423.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont hosted Raising Our Light: An Evening of Remembrance, Connection and Hope on January 9, which marked the two-year anniversary of the debris flows in Montecito. About 500 members of the community attended the moving remembrance featuring a moment of silence, flameless candles and live music.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-01-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hosts ‘Raising Our Light’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hosts-raising-our-light.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/01\/ROLBeebe-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art features the works of 60 different artists with a wide range of artistic styles from minimalism to realism, pop to op, narrative to symbolism in “Contemporary Masters: Works on Paper from the Collection of the Art Museum of South Texas” from January 30-March 21, 2020. A free, public opening reception is Thursday, January 30, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-01-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Exhibit Features South Texas Drawings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-exhibit-features-south-texas-drawings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/01\/Jimenez-Mustang-505x656.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont continues to expand its programs and increase working partnerships between students and businesses and nonprofits in downtown Santa Barbara. Directors from the five centers housed on two floors of the Hutton Parker Foundation building will present short talks about their work at a Celebration of Westmont Downtown on Friday, January 24, from 5-7 p.m. at 26. W. Anapamu Street. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-01-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Celebrates Downtown Centers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-celebrates-downtown-centers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/01\/CatLabstudents2-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Guest artist Nita June Davanzo directs “Love and Information,” a kaleidoscopic play exploring contemporary issues about knowledge, technology and communication, and our capacity for love, on January 30- February 2 in Westmont’s Black Box Theatre at Porter Hall. All four 7:30 p.m. shows are sold out, however, seats are now available for two newly added matinees Jan. 1-2 at 2 p.m. Tickets, which cost $10 for students and seniors, $15 for adults, may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice. The play does contain mature content. For more information, please contact (805) 565-7040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-01-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘Love, Information’ Offers Theatrical Exploration", "link": "\/westmont-news\/love-information-offers-theatrical-exploration.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/01\/Love-Information-Final-505x781.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jim Slevcove, a longtime Westmont trustee, died January 10, 2020, at the age of 89. “We extend our prayers and sympathy to Manya, his wife of more than 60 years, their children Juliann, Sara and Joe, and their families,” says President Gayle D. Beebe. “Jim served as a board member from January 1985 to May 2012, when he became a trustee emeritus. He was a generous, warm-hearted and loving person committed to Christian ministry and to his family. We deeply appreciate his many years of faithful service to Westmont.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-01-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Mourns the Death of Longtime Trustee", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-mourns-death-longtime-trustee.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/01\/Slevcove_James_2004_1_300J-505x762.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Providence School and Westmont College have launched a dual-credit course for Providence seniors, “Research Seminar: Educational Exploration in the Liberal Arts.” All the high school seniors will take this innovative two-credit course that provides college-level experience in research, writing and presentation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-01-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Providence, Westmont Create Innovative Course", "link": "\/westmont-news\/providence-westmont-create-innovative-course.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/01\/VoskuylLibraryStudents-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "One of the world’s most important thinkers, Daniel Kahneman has made a profound impact on many fields, including economics, medicine and politics. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 for his influential work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making and behavioral economics. His groundbreaking book, “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” is an international bestseller.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-01-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Daniel Kahneman to Speak at Westmont Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/daniel-kahneman-speak-westmont-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/01\/Daniel-Kahneman-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The fifth annual Westmont Women’s Leadership Luncheon, equipping and inspiring the next generation of female leaders, features Tamika Catchings, humanitarian, businesswoman, entrepreneur, athlete and leader, on Tuesday, January 28, at 11:30 a.m. at the Four Seasons Biltmore Santa Barbara. Tickets to the event, which cost $100 per person, may be purchased at westmont.edu\/wlc20.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-01-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Inspiring the Next Generation of Female Leaders", "link": "\/westmont-news\/inspiring-next-generation-female-leaders.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/01\/tamikaCatchingsRed-505x759.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s talented music faculty will perform the Spring Faculty Recital on Friday, January 24, at 7 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Westmont Music Department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-01-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Faculty to Shine at Spring Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-faculty-shine-spring-recital.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/01\/cello-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "On January 4, Westmont swimmer Allison Gonzalez, the only senior on the Warrior’s inaugural team, earned the Chris Knorr Leadership Award, recognizing her commitment and leadership. The award and swim meet are named after a former California Lutheran swimmer who died of brain cancer in 2013 before he graduated.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2020-01-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warrior Honored at Swim Meet", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warrior-honored-swim-meet.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2020\/01\/Allison-Gonzalez-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mark L. Sargent, provost and dean of the faculty at Westmont since 2012, has been elected to a four-year term on the National Board of the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts. The program, founded in 1991, strengthens the quality and shapes the character of church-related institutions of learning. It focuses on offering postdoctoral teaching fellowships, supporting young adults considering church-related careers, and collaborating with church-related colleges that sponsor activities and publications.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-12-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Provost Joins Lilly Fellows Board", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-provost-joins-lilly-fellows-board.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/12\/SargentMarkHeadshot-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "No. 11 Westmont men’s basketball, which has started the season with 12 straight victories, hosts the 44th Annual Tom Byron Classic featuring No. 2 The Master’s University, the University of Calgary in Alberta, and Park University of Arizona, in its first academic year of athletics with hopes for NAIA membership in 2020-21.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-12-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Undefeated Warriors Host Tom Byron Classic", "link": "\/westmont-news\/undefeated-warriors-host-tom-byron-classic.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/12\/JustinBessardHP-505x387.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Andrea Gurney, Westmont professor of psychology, explores how pastors, teachers and parents can best support adolescents as they discover God’s place for them at the fourth annual Conversation on Youth and Vocation Friday, January 10, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. The event, sponsored by Westmont’s Trailhead program, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-12-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Guiding Teen Faith, Career", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-guiding-teen-faith-career.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/12\/GurneyHeadshotCropped-505x668.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "William (Bill) Boyd III, chief of campus safety at Westmont, served for more than 20 years with the Scott County Sheriff's Department in Iowa before joining the college’s staff in November 2016. His extensive law enforcement background helped Westmont respond effectively to the Thomas Fire in December 2017 and the Santa Barbara Mudslide, January 9, 2018.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-12-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Campus Safety Welcomes New Chief", "link": "\/westmont-news\/campus-safety-welcomes-new-chief.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/12\/BoydHeadshot-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Cierra Denning, a senior theater major from Parker, Colorado, directs “Everyman,” a 15th century allegorical play about morality on Dec. 7-8 at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. The play is free and open to the public. “Everyman,” written by an unknown author in Middle English during the Tudor Period and translated by Mark J. Castello, examines the ways of entering heaven through the merit of good works and deeds in one’s life.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-12-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Everyman' Play Explores Death, Judgement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/everyman-play-explores-death-judgement.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/12\/CierraDenning-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont volleyball made history during a remarkable run through the NAIA National Championship Tournament that ended with a heartbreaking loss in the nationally televised championship game. Westmont volleyball was the most successful fall sport as women's and men's soccer teams dropped matches in the National Tournament.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Volleyball Earns National Runner-Up Title", "link": "\/westmont-news\/volleyball-earns-national-runner-title.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/11\/Cassidy-Rea-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 18th annual Westmont Pickle Tree Lighting, a unique Christmas season tradition that attracts hundreds of alumni and community members, is Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 5 p.m. on Kerrwood Lawn. This event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘Pickle Tree’ Lighting Features Santa", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pickle-tree-lighting-features-santa.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/11\/xmas-tree-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Maya Davis, a sophomore from Ontario, Calif., was always interested in joining the military, even when she enrolled at Westmont. So, when representatives of UC Santa Barbara’s ROTC Program were on campus, she knew the time was right.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Veterans Day: A Day to Give Extra Thank Yous", "link": "\/westmont-news\/veterans-day-day-give-extra-thank-yous.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/11\/D1X_4367-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont celebrates the success of first-generation college students, faculty, and staff on First-Generation Celebration Day, Friday, Nov. 8. Of the 461 first-year and transfer students who arrived at Westmont in August 2019, 20 percent identified as the first in their family to attend college.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celebrating First-Gen College Students", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebrating-first-gen-college-students.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/11\/Rivelle-Jauregui-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont hosts its 15th annual Christmas Festival, retelling the Christmas story by weaving narration with music from the Westmont Orchestra, College Choir, Chamber Singers and Choral Union on Friday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 14, at 2 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 15, at 3 p.m., all at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Tickets cost $15 each and go on sale Thursday, Nov. 7, at westmont.edu\/christmasfestival. The performance, which typically sells out quickly, has become a holiday tradition for many area families.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Festival Tickets to Go on Sale", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-festival-tickets-go-sale-2.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/11\/Christmas-Contact-325x595.gif", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This year, Westmont students can get involved on campus through more than 40 different clubs, which cultivate the willingness and ability of students to lead and learn in all areas of life. The Campus Life Office oversees the clubs, which allow students to grow in venues beyond the classroom, collaborate effectively, be good stewards of their gifts, create a worthwhile vision, and lead with integrity.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Clubs Create Community Connections", "link": "\/westmont-news\/clubs-create-community-connections.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/11\/KerrwoodLaynBBQ-325x217.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Photographs by Brad Elliott of locations and objects used in worship will be featured in the Reynolds Gallery holiday exhibit, “The Art of Devotion” from Nov. 11 through Jan. 18, 2003.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Photographs Capture the 'Art of Devotion'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/photographs-capture-art-devotion.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Precious in His Sight,” a service of healing and racial reconciliation open to the greater Santa Barbara community, will be 7 p.m. Jan. 27 at Page Hall on the upper Westmont campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Precious in His Sight: A Ronciliation Service", "link": "\/westmont-news\/precious-his-sight-ronciliation-service.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont officials are aware of the devastating fires that are ravaging Southern California. So far, the conditions in Santa Barbara County have been such that there is no imminent danger of fires near the college. However, we are in frequent contact with local fire officials, and we would activate our preparedness plan if a fire threat approaches the campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Emergency Response Statement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/emergency-response-statement.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mozart's “Requiem” and Vivaldi's sparkling “Magnificat” will highlight Westmont's Third Annual Masterworks Concert, 8 p.m. Feb. 7 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State St. in Santa Barbara. Admission, by donation, is $10 for general audience and $7 for students and seniors.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Masterworks Concert to Feature ‘Requiem’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/masterworks-concert-feature-requiem.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The John Stauffer Charitable Trust, based in Pasadena, has awarded Westmont $400,000 to purchase much-needed chemistry equipment that will enhance students’ ability to do first-rate research.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Stauffer Trust Awards Westmont $400,000 for Chemistry Equipment", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stauffer-trust-awards-westmont-400000-chemistry-equipment.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Local artist Rafael Parea de la Cabada will oversee “Revelation in Genesis,” a semester-long project involving Westmont students next fall. A $15,000 grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship will fund the project. Parea will oversee three groups of students who will create three works of art to be displayed on campus: one in Page residence hall, one for the space used for chapel and one on the Voskuyl Library lawn. The works are intended to express the Christ-centered character of living, learning and worshipping at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Renewal Grant Links Art and Worship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/renewal-grant-links-art-and-worship.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "English Professor Paul Willis' 24-page chapbook, “The Deep and Secret Color of Ice,” was selected as the winner in an annual national competition sponsored by Small Poetry Press in Concord, Calif.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Poetry Collection Wins National Contest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/poetry-collection-wins-national-contest.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/WC_2545.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Andrew Walls, the second scholar participating in Westmont’s World Christianity and Global Encounters of the 21st Century lecture series, will discuss “Conversion and Proselytism in a Multifaith, Multiethnic World” 7 p.m. Jan. 29 at First Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Missionaries and Multiculturism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/missionaries-and-multiculturism.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont and the Santa Barbara Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse have received the first installment of a nearly $1.2 million bequest from the estate of Virginia Perle, which will be split evenly between the recipients.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "$1.2 Million Given to Westmont, Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse", "link": "\/westmont-news\/12-million-given-westmont-council-alcoholism-and-drug-abuse.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Photographs and Artifacts: A Southwestern Chronicle,” featuring works by Raymond Reid and Henry and Mary Weaver, opens Jan. 27 in Reynolds Gallery.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reynolds to Feature Native American Exhibit", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reynolds-feature-native-american-exhibit.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sophocles’ “Antigone,” the classic dramatic text of a young woman struggling against the law, will be told through music and dance in the Westmont Theatre department’s presentation 8 p.m. Oct. 24, 25 and 31 and Nov. and 2 in Porter Theatre.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Antigone' Takes the Stage at Porter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/antigone-takes-stage-porter.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four exceptional high school seniors have been offered full-tuition scholarships to Westmont after they successfully competed against 26 others during the college’s recent Scholars Day.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Four Students Offered Full-Tuition Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/four-students-offered-full-tuition-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Award-winning pianist Sam Rotman, who earned two degrees from Juilliard, will present a free recital at 8 p.m. Jan. 13 in Porter Theatre on the Westmont campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pianist Rotman to Perform at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pianist-rotman-perform-westmont.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Educating for Justice: Liberal Education and the Development of Just Members of Society,” is the focus of Westmont’s third annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts, Jan. 31 through Feb. 1.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Liberal Arts Institute", "link": "\/westmont-news\/liberal-arts-institute.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John Nava, the painter who designed the tapestries in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, will discuss the cathedral tapestries 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15 in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "L.A. Cathedral Tapestry Designer to Speak at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/la-cathedral-tapestry-designer-speak-westmont.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“The Mariner,” an original piece of visual theatre inspired by Homer’s great epic poem “The Odyssey” will be presented by the Westmont College Repertory Theatre 8 p.m. Feb. 21, 27 and 28 in Porter Theatre. There will be matinee performances at 2 p.m. Feb. 22 and March 1. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 for general audience.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘The Mariner’ Explores Associations of Home", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mariner-explores-associations-home.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has named Westmont as a winner of the 2002 Circle of Excellence in Educational Fund-Raising Award, which honors superior fund-raising programs across the country. The award comes as Westmont’s capital campaign, which raised more than $56 million, is coming to a close.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Honored for Fund-Raising", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-honored-fund-raising.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Twelve students received David K. Winter Character through Servant Leadership Awards during a special ceremony April 18, 2002.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "David K. Winter Honors Servant Leaders", "link": "\/westmont-news\/david-k-winter-honors-servant-leaders.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A series of works created in the aftermath of Sept. 11 and titled “Freedom” by Art Professor John Carlander will be exhibited May 17 through July 27 at Westmont's Reynolds Gallery.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-02", "subtitle": "May 15, 2002 A series of works created in the aftermath of Sept. 11 and titled “Freedom” by Art Professor John Carlander will be...", "title": "Response to 9-11 'Freedom' Series Comes to Reynolds Gallery", "link": "\/westmont-news\/response-9-11-freedom-series-comes-reynolds-gallery.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont President Stan Gaede has a new book out: “An Incomplete Guide to the Rest of Your Life: On the Road to Meaning, Purpose & Happiness,” published by InterVarsity Press.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont President's New Book: “An Incomplete Guide to Life...”", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-presidents-new-book-incomplete-guide-life.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dr. Stephen W. Hosea, medical director of the infection control department at Cottage Hospital, will speak on “Facing the Fear: What You Need to Know About Bioterrorism” 7 p.m. April 4 at Victoria Hall, 33 W. Victoria St. in downtown Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Facing the Fear: A Look at Bioterrorism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/facing-fear-look-bioterrorism.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three generations will gather for Commencement at 10 a.m. May 4 on Carr Field to celebrate the latest recipient in the family of a Westmont degree.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Three Generations to Celebrate Graduation; MacDougall to Receive Westmont Medal", "link": "\/westmont-news\/three-generations-celebrate-graduation-macdougall-receive-westmont-medal.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ten National Merit Scholars are among Westmont’s incoming class this fall, representing – for the third year in a row – the strongest class academically in college history. First-year students will arrive on campus Aug. 21 for orientation, and classes begin Aug. 26.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Incoming Class Strongest in College History", "link": "\/westmont-news\/incoming-class-strongest-college-history.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "An updated campus master plan for Westmont College is under consideration by Santa Barbara County planning officials, who have determined that the plan will not cause significant environmental impacts that cannot be mitigated.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "County Considers Westmont Master Plan", "link": "\/westmont-news\/county-considers-westmont-master-plan.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student musicians and composers show off their talents at free concerts this month in Westmont’s Deane Chapel on lower campus. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-10-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Fills the Montecito Air in November", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-fills-montecito-air-november.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Logan-Hodgson-768x512.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Meredith Whitnah, Westmont assistant professor of sociology, speaks about “Making Sense of the #MeToo Moment: An Institutional and Cultural Perspective” on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 5:30 p.m. in the Santa Barbara University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The Westmont Downtown Lecture is free and open to the public. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-10-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Downtown Talk Examines #MeToo Moment", "link": "\/westmont-news\/downtown-talk-examines-metoo-moment.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/WMG_6361-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student musicians and composers show off their talents at free concerts this month in Westmont’s Deane Chapel on lower campus. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-10-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Fills the Montecito Air in November", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-fills-montecito-air-november-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/10\/Westmont-Chamber-Singers-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 15th annual Westmont Fall Choral Festival combines voices of more than 300 high school students from 12 different schools on Friday, Nov. 1, at 4:45 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St., and 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Both performances are free, no admission required. For more information please call, (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-10-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Hundreds of Voices Join for Choral Fest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/hundreds-voices-join-choral-fest.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/10\/Choir20192020Med-505x273.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Winds, featuring performances by the Westmont winds, Westmont Chamber Brass and Westmont String Orchestra, host a fall concert on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. in Deane Chapel on Westmont’s lower campus. Admission is free. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-10-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chamber Orchestra Performs Fall Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chamber-orchestra-performs-fall-concert.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/10\/SimonIG-505x505.gif", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The opioid epidemic sweeping the country affects virtually every American, directly or indirectly, often in deeply personal ways. The Westmont Initiative for Public Dialogue and Deliberation (WIPDD) hosts a community conversation on the topic Thursday, Oct. 24, from 7-9 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Community members may register to participate on a first-come, first-served basis by email at wipdd@westmont.edu. Registrants are asked to arrive at 6:45 p.m. Free parking is available onsite.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-10-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Initiative Tackles the Opioid Epidemic", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-initiative-tackles-opioid-epidemic.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/10\/WIPDD-Wide-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 30 Westmont students who worked on 17 research projects last summer will explain their findings on Friday, Oct. 11, from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Winter Hall Atrium. The Celebration of Summer Research, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-10-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Explain Summer Research Projects", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-explain-summer-research-projects.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/10\/KyleResearch-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Charles Duhigg, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter and bestselling author, speaks at the Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership luncheon on Friday, Nov. 1, at noon in Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. Tickets to the event, “Charles Duhigg: The Science of Productivity,” may be purchased at $100 per person at westmont.edu\/mosher-events. For more information please call (805) 565-7251 or email specialevents@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-10-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Duhigg to Examine ‘Science of Productivity’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/duhigg-examine-science-productivity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/10\/duhigg_charles-505x631.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont celebrates Homecoming 2019 with a full slate of on-campus events October 11-12. The two-day event features a wide variety of events for alumni, including class reunions and a reception with President Gayle and Pam Beebe for classes ending in 4 and 9. Alumni of all years are invited to a faculty reception at the Celebration of Summer Research, a tour of Westmont’s bountiful garden, an evening at the observatory stargazing with Professor Ken Kihlstrom, an insightful presentation by Professor Andrea Gurney and much more. See the full schedule on the Homecoming website at westmont.edu\/homecoming.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-10-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumni Return for Homecoming Weekend", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumni-return-homecoming-weekend-1.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/10\/FacePaint-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont President Gayle D. Beebe and first lady Pam Beebe were recognized Sept. 28 at Spring Arbor University (SAU) in Michigan at the dedication of a new plaza on their campus named in their honor. Beebe Plaza recognizes and celebrates his seven-year tenure as SAU president (2000-2007), citing his “innovative and entrepreneurial leadership coupled with a servant’s heart.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-10-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont President Honored with Beebe Plaza", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-president-honored-beebe-plaza.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/10\/GaylePamBeebePlaza-505x465.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mitchell Thomas, Westmont theater arts professor and award-winning director, stages “The Government Inspector,” adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the original by Nikolai Gogol, on Oct. 18-19, 24-26, all at 7:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. General admission is $15; and $10 for seniors and students. Purchase tickets at westmont.edu\/boxoffice. For more information, please call (805) 565-7040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-09-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theater Stages Satirical ‘Government Inspector’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theater-stages-satirical-government-inspector.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/09\/Government-Inspector-Poster-505x781.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Recent rankings of U.S. colleges and universities affirm Westmont as one of the top Christian colleges in the nation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-09-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Earns Top College Rankings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-earns-top-college-rankings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/09\/WinterCloud-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont welcomed six new accomplished professors passionate about teaching and the college’s Christian liberal arts community: Anna Aboud (mathematics), Stephanie Cowell ’04 (chemistry), Barbara DeVivo (economics and business), Adam Goodworth (kinesiology), Carolyn Mitten (education), and Bruce Wydick (Westmont in San Francisco).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-09-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talented New Professors Join Faculty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talented-new-professors-join-faculty.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/09\/Aboud-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont will hold a public dedication ceremony for the Stan Anderson Golf Complex Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 3:30 p.m. on Westmont’s lower campus. President Gayle D. Beebe, Kirsten Moore, associate athletic director and head women’s basketball coach, and Tom Knecht, head golf coach and professor of political science, will speak at this event. Please RSVP by emailing specialevents@westmont.edu or by calling (805) 565-7251.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-09-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Dedicates Short-Game Golf Facility", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-dedicates-short-game-golf-facility.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/08\/GolfTeamsCombined-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The National Association of Schools of Music has approved a Bachelor of Music in performance at Westmont for orchestral instruments, piano and voice beginning in fall 2019.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-08-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Major Approval is Music to College’s Ears", "link": "\/westmont-news\/major-approval-music-colleges-ears.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/08\/shasRight-505x404.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Earlier this month, the CATLab had the privilege of hosting the third annual Enabling Impact conference at Westmont College. This conference focused on Salesforce, artificial intelligence, and future technologies for higher education. Our speakers and attendees came from a wide range of companies, non-profits, and schools from around Southern California. The event’s intimate size made for focused discussions and quality connections. Most importantly, the conference provided a space for conversation, inspiring people to continue to seek innovation.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2019-08-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Enabling Impact 2019 Recap", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/enabling-impact-2019-recap.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CTC_DSC1159.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The largest and most diverse groups of new students in Westmont history arrives for Orientation Thursday, Aug. 22. More than 39 percent of the 461 first-year and transfer students identify as Hispanic, Asian American, African American, Hawaiian Pacific Islander, Native American, and\/or multiracial. Twenty percent of new students are the first in their family to attend college. Twenty-two international, missionary or third-culture students arrive from El Salvador, Spain, Swaziland, the United Kingdom, Japan, Rwanda and France. “Graduates today need to gain a global perspective and international exposure to keep up to respond to the growing demands of our globally-interconnected workplaces,” says Irene Neller, vice president for enrollment, marketing and communication. “The incoming students reflect our commitment to shape effective and compassionate global citizens who lead lives of significance.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-08-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Class of 2023: The Largest and Most Diverse", "link": "\/westmont-news\/class-2023-largest-and-most-diverse.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/08\/Entrance-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Last week, the CATLab had the privilege of hosting Westmont College’s first-ever Be A Multiplier coding day! The all-day event gave kids from junior high to high school the chance to learn the basics of programming in Salesforce. All the kids who came had a blast, and we certainly did, too!", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2019-08-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "BAM 2019 Recap", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/bam-2019-recap.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CTC_DSC1086.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Back in the beginning of June, the CATLab had the privilege of attending Westmont’s annual Lead Where You Stand conference. Starting on Thursday this week, we get the chance to give back to the community as we co-host the Enabling Impact conference with Salesforce.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2019-08-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "LWYS: Why You Should Come to a Conference at Westmont", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/lwys-why-you-should-come-conference-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CTC_DSC7555.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Since we’re just one week away from Be A Multiplier (BAM), our coding day for junior high and high schoolers, we asked one of our developers, James, to share some thoughts on why empowering others is so crucial to the CATLab’s mission.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2019-07-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Be A Multiplier: James's Story", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/be-multiplier-jamess-story.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/DSC_0053.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art has organized a touring retrospective exhibition of Don Reitz, one of the most experimental and ingenious ceramic artists of the last century. “Spontaneous Response: The Innovative Ceramics of Don Reitz” opens Aug. 29 and runs through Nov. 9 with a reception Thursday, Aug. 29, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-07-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Museum Features Renowned Ceramic Artist", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-features-renowned-ceramic-artist.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/07\/Lidded-Jar-Don-Reitz-Collection-505x333.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 40 area musicians have enrolled in the fifth annual Westmont Academy for Young Artists (WAYA), an intensive two-week program for local musicians ages 12-18, from Aug. 5-17 at Westmont. Tuition costs $1100 ($650 for half session) with merit-based scholarships available to talented applicants who audition.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-07-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Teen Academy Raises Tone of Local music", "link": "\/westmont-news\/teen-academy-raises-tone-local-music.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/07\/WAYAYouthAcademy-505x310.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "We asked our friend, Amber Nozzi, to share how the student developers last summer transformed her job.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-07-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Creating Solutions: How the CATLab Changed Gift Processing at Westmont", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/creating-solutions-how-catlab-changed-gift-processing-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/video_thumbnails\/6gbooSxEz6w.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "We had a great time in San Francisco last week. Early on Thursday morning, we started our drive up from Santa Barbara. After a breakfast stop at Chick-fil-A, we visited Egnyte, a cloud storage and file sharing company whose software we use at Westmont. That afternoon, we headed into San Francisco proper, where we got to tour Cisco Meraki. We spent the night at the Clunie House, the Victorian mansion that provides housing for students on the Westmont in San Francisco program. On Friday, we spent the morning at the Salesforce Tower, where we got to go all the way up to the Ohana Floor. From there, we walked a few blocks to the Samsung NEXT office and spent a couple hours talking to a few of its employees. During our brief stay in the city, we got to eat great snacks, visit incredible buildings, and meet eminent professionals. Check out our video, and then read our highlights from the trip!", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2019-07-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Highlights from San Francisco", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/highlights-san-francisco.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CTC_DSC9601.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Here at the CATLab, one of our core values is authenticity. Every job involves challenges, but this summer we’ve taken those challenges head-on, learning how to rise to the occasion, how to recover resiliently, and how to use those experiences to deepen our bonds with each other. We thought we’d share a few stories of what authenticity has looked like for us.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2019-07-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Challenge, Resilience, and Community: 3 Stories of Authenticity", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/challenge-resilience-and-community-3-stories-authenticity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CTC_DSC8304.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The CATLab seeks not only to solve Westmont’s most pressing problems, but to solve them in a way that distinctly embodies Westmont’s values. As a program, the CATLab is a microcosm of the Westmont community, built on the same foundation—Christian, liberal arts, undergraduate, residential, and global.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2019-07-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Deeper Thinking, Wider Impact at the CATLab", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/deeper-thinking-wider-impact-catlab.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/RebeccaReflecting.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art is showing off its newest treasures this summer in “The Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collections,” through early August. The museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and closed weekends and college holidays during the summer. For more information, please visit westmont.edu\/museum or contact the museum at (805) 565-6162.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-07-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Surprise Summer Exhibit Features New Gifts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/surprise-summer-exhibit-features-new-gifts.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/07\/Mami-Wata-505x601.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Salesforce, like many major platforms with individual purposes, employs a native programming language uniquely tailored it its needs. Apex—Salesforce’s language—is similar to Java, while also possessing a number of custom features specifically for the Salesforce environment. The Apex Developer Guide calls Apex a 'strongly typed, object-oriented programming language that allows developers to execute flow and transaction control statements on the Lightning platform server in conjunction with calls to the Lightning Platform​ API.” While that description may seem intimidating, it’s not as scary as it seems—let’s take a quick tour of Apex fundamentals.", "author": "Emily Peterson", "publish-date": "2019-06-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Apex: A Crash Course", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/apex-crash-course.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/IMG_6697.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "It’s 6:30am on a Monday morning and you’re woken up by the sound of your alarm ringing. You’re tired and groggy, but you reach for your phone to turn off its alarm and notice a text from your friend that was sent to you late last night. You respond, then take a trip over to Instagram and like the posts of your friends, check your email, and respond to the messages your coworkers sent over the weekend. You check the time again and you’ve already spent 20 minutes on your phone since you’ve woken up.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-06-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Rethinking Habit: Intentional Practices as Embodied Humans in a Digital World", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/rethinking-habit-intentional-practices-embodied-humans-digital-world.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CTC_DSC8325.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Fifteen high-achieving Westmont students, working closely with college staff this summer at Westmont Downtown (26 W. Anapamu St.), are solving some of the most daunting challenges confronting the college’s admissions, advancement and information technology departments. Through this unique initiative of the Center for Applied Technology known as CATLab, students code, post, write, network and serve. This summer, CATLab is overhauling the admissions data system, allowing more personalized relations with prospective students and integrating admissions with advancement services.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-06-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "CATLab Students Collaborate to Innovate", "link": "\/westmont-news\/catlab-students-collaborate-innovate.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/06\/catlab.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Willis, Westmont professor of English, won the 2018 Indies Bronze, Essays and was an Indies Finalist for Autobiography and Memoir by Foreword Reviews for his collection of essays “To Build a Trail: Essays on Curiosity, Love & Wonder” (WordFarm, 2018).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-06-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Willis’ Essay Book Earns National Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/willis-essay-book-earns-national-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/06\/paulwillistobuildatrail.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Twenty-four Westmont students, recent graduates and professors will join the West Coast Symphony Orchestra for a free Fourth of July concert “The Dream of America” at 5 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Courthouse Sunken Gardens. For more information, please visit cieloperformingarts.org.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-06-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Bolster 4th of July Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-bolster-4th-july-concert.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/06\/SB17_210-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Across the globe, 37 Westmont students are spending their summer experiencing and engaging with contemporary challenges and opportunities as part of the Emmaus Road program. Five separate student-led teams are serving in Spain, Uganda, Thailand and Malaysia, Southeast Asia and Peru. Participants met regularly throughout the spring semester to prepare for the trips. Emmaus Road continues the Westmont tradition of sending students overseas for service and learning.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-06-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Emmaus Road Reaches Out Globally", "link": "\/westmont-news\/emmaus-road-reaches-out-globally.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/06\/D1X_7372-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Seventeen high school students are taking part in the first session of Westmont’s unique program Trailhead: Seeking God’s Call, which allows students to explore how faith can guide their future as they seek to make a difference in the world.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-06-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Trailhead Teens Explore Their Faith, Futures", "link": "\/westmont-news\/trailhead-teens-explore-their-faith-futures.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/06\/MG_7427-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Many of the fundamental concepts of computer science are used regardless of skill level. For beginning programmers especially, however, building a solid foundation on which to grow is highly important. Here are eight tips to help develop as a beginning programmer.", "author": "Emily Peterson", "publish-date": "2019-06-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "8 Tips for Beginning Programmers", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/8-tips-beginning-programmers.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Back in the 90s before Salesforce’s founding, not-yet-CEO Marc Benioff rented a beach house in Hawaii and immersed himself in the culture there. Ever since, the concept of ‘ohana has been integral to life as part of the Salesforce family. Based in the traditional Hawaiian idea that “families—blood-related, adopted, or intentional—are bound together, and that family members are responsible for one another”1, Ohana means to Salesforce that employees, partners, and customers alike “collaborate, take care of one another, have fun together, and work to leave the world a better place”1.", "author": "Emily Peterson", "publish-date": "2019-06-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ohana: The Salesforce Family", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/ohana-salesforce-family.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/_DSC7738.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Each year, the Westmont community celebrates the many ways that God has gifted our students academically by announcing and honoring the Outstanding Graduate Awards in each department during are announced and honored during the Academic Awards Convocation prior to Commencement. The following are the Outstanding Graduates of 2019.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-06-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celebrating the Outstanding Graduates of 2019", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebrating-outstanding-graduates-2019.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/06\/SS19_157-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "As higher education undergoes a shift from the traditional to the technological, institutions must adapt as they look forward at emerging technologies. Here at Westmont, the CATLab is an incubator for imaginative, valuable ideas that inspire technological evolution. Yet the CATLab’s formation was only possible due to Westmont CIO Reed Sheard.", "author": "Emily Peterson", "publish-date": "2019-06-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Feature Profile: Reed Sheard", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/feature-profile-reed-sheard.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CTCDSC_1382.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A common (if somewhat short sighted) belief in the business world is that sending your team to a conference takes away precious hours from office work, costing the employer time and money. Yet on the contrary to this misconception, everyone benefits from conferences: attendees come home with an expanded business network; renewed energy; and tangible, viable ideas to help innovation flourish in the workplace. As the CATLab team looks forward tomorrow to attending Lead Where You Stand, a world-class leadership conference at Westmont College featuring David Brooks, Erin Meyers and John Meacham, the benefits seem all too tangible. So why take your team to a conference? Here are three great reasons.", "author": "Emily Peterson", "publish-date": "2019-06-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Three Reasons to Take Your Team to Conferences", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/three-reasons-take-your-team-conferences.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/coffee-break-1177540_960_720.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "When many people think of computer programming, the stereotypical movie hacker comes to mind—a hunched figure alone in a dark room, typing furiously at a bright screen filled with incomprehensible lines of jargon. Contrary to popular belief, however, STEM careers, including software development, are often highly team-oriented. A team of developers, not unlike a sports team, is comprised of individuals in different roles working towards a common goal, such as the completion of a project or the launch of an app. Every person accomplishes a different purpose, but those purposes find meaning only as parts of the whole. If collaboration is so important, how can we encourage it among programming teams, or even teams in general? We've thought of a few ways.", "author": "Emily Peterson", "publish-date": "2019-05-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Four Ways to Encourage Collaboration in the Workplace", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/four-ways-encourage-collaboration-workplace.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CTC_DSC7291.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art kicked off its yearly exhibition featuring Tri-County artists by handing out $3,000 in cash awards to winners at the opening reception May 16. Roxanne Sexauer, UC Long Beach professor of art, juried the exhibition, “Body and Soul: Annual Tri-County Juried Exhibition,” selecting paintings, prints, collages, sculptures, watercolors and photographs from a pool of more than 360 submissions. The exhibition will remain open to the public through June 22.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-05-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Awards Local Artists", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-awards-local-artists.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/05\/D1X_6412-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The mission of the Center for Applied Technology is to transform the way technology shapes the Westmont experience. We seek to accomplish this goal not only by building software for the school, but also by being conscious of how we use technology—and social media in particular—both professionally and personally.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2019-05-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "In Tension with Intention: The Divide Between Humanity and Technology", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/tension-intention-divide-between-humanity-and-technology.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CTC_DSC7372.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Training forms a crucial part of every job, especially here at the CATLab. With students cycling in and out every few months, it’s important for training to be effective and efficient. Efficiency doesn’t mean, however, that training has to be dull. On the contrary, training provides a great opportunity to lay the groundwork for the rest of the project—and the better the training, the better the project as a whole. Here are a few ideas for making training more engaging.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2019-05-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "5 Ways to Make Training Engaging", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/5-ways-make-training-engaging.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/basic_page\/public\/DSC_0196_0.jpeg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This summer at the CATLab, a high-performing team of Westmont students and staff are crafting solutions for tech problems in Westmont’s admissions department through a cutting-edge platform called Salesforce. By building creative, efficient components in Salesforce, the CATLab aims to integrate Westmont’s separate advancement and admissions instances into one unified customer relationship management system, or CRM. The summer is well underway, and the CATLab has begun to push out improvements to the production instance of Salesforce.", "author": "Emily Peterson", "publish-date": "2019-05-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "What is Salesforce?", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/what-salesforce.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/ORG__DSC7274.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont honored a number of employees for their outstanding contributions at the May 9 Faculty and Staff Appreciation Brunch, an annual ceremony that recognizes individual work anniversaries and accomplishments. President Gayle D. Beebe and members of the college’s executive team selected the recipients from a peer-nominated pool. An endowment set up by the late Bruce and Adaline Bare fund the awards; he was longtime college trustee. The brunch is hosted by Westmont Human Resources.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-05-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Employees of the Year Honored at Brunch", "link": "\/westmont-news\/employees-year-honored-brunch.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/05\/ZacLandrumNancyEverest-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kaylee, Dante, and Kimberlee were some of the first students to work in Salesforce development for Westmont. Their work over the past months—and especially last summer—laid the groundwork for the CATLab today.", "author": "Laura Phillips", "publish-date": "2019-05-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Interview with Pioneering Programmers", "link": "\/about\/institutes-and-centers\/center-applied-technology\/catlab\/blog\/interview-pioneering-programmers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/Kaylee%20Dante%20Kimberlee%20(1).jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Click to Watch the Commencement Photo Slideshow", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-05-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grads Urged to Choose Paths of Love, Friendship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grads-urged-choose-paths-love-friendship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/05\/D1X_4779-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Roxanne Sexauer, professor of art at UC Long Beach, juries Westmont’s annual exhibition featuring Tri-County artists May 16-June 22 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public opening reception for “Body and Soul: Annual Tri-County Juried Exhibition” on Thursday, May 16, from 4-6 p.m. The Westmont Art Council will hand out $3,000 in awards to the artists at the reception.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-05-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Area Artists Flourish in ‘Body and Soul’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/area-artists-flourish-body-and-soul.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/05\/maria_rendon_1ARTI178TSESS-505x631.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Choir and Chamber Singers perform in Santa Barbara before they embark on their first tour of the East Coast. The singers will perform a wide variety of music, including works by Ola Gjeilo, Eric Whitacre Randall Thompson and Carly Simon at the Spring Choral Tour Concert Friday, April 26, at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church. Tickets, which cost $10 for general admission (students are free), may be purchased at the door or at westmont.edu\/music. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040 or email music@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-04-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Choir Sings in SB before Touring East Coast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/choir-sings-sb-touring-east-coast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/04\/M18_0312-1-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Professional surfer Shaun Tomson’s work to equip Westmont students with tools to overcome challenges will be unveiled in a piece of artwork created by Westmont alumnus Jacob Grant '18 on Tuesday, April 23, at 12:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Kerr Student Center. The artwork stems from a February workshop, “Write the Code for Your Life?” where Tomson shared stories of life, loss, surfing and success. He challenged the 80 students to write 12 simple statements, beginning with “I will” and followed by aspirations for their future.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-04-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Surfer Shaun Tomson Unveils Students’ ‘Life Code’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/surfer-shaun-tomson-unveils-students-life-code.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/04\/I_Will_PartialReveal_LowRes-1-505x338.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 23rd annual Westmont College Student Research Symposium celebrates the noteworthy accomplishments of a record 57 Westmont students who worked on 44 research projects on Wednesday, April 17, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the Winter Hall Atrium. The event highlights noteworthy work by students from the humanities, social sciences and the natural and behavioral sciences and is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-04-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Record 57 Students Offer Research Results", "link": "\/westmont-news\/record-57-students-offer-research-results.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/04\/D1X_1961-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Walter Hansen, a Westmont Trustee since 2002 and professor emeritus of New Testament at Fuller Seminary, speaks at Westmont Commencement on Saturday, May 4, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Russell Carr Field at Westmont. President Gayle D. Beebe presents Westmont Medals to Rev. Dr. Katherine Wiebe and Lindsay and Laurie Parton.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-04-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Scholar and Writer to Speak at Commencement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/scholar-and-writer-speak-commencement.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/04\/C18_1065-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumna Megan Alexander ’02, a correspondent with Inside Edition, presented “A Seat at the Table: Why Women Must Pursue Careers of Influence” at the fourth annual Westmont’s Women’s Leadership Luncheon March 29 at the Four Seasons Biltmore. Spearheaded by Kirsten Moore, the women’s head basketball coach and director of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at Westmont, the event seeks to encourage and inspire young women and recruit business owners, entrepreneurs and community leaders as mentors for Westmont students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-04-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Leading Women Inspire Future Leaders", "link": "\/westmont-news\/leading-women-inspire-future-leaders.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/04\/IMG_2012-1-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont mourns the loss of W. Pendleton (Pen) Tudor, one of the three founders of Adweek, who died March 12, 2019, in Montecito, Calif. He was 89 years old. He served for years on Westmont’s Board of Advisors and provided valuable insight and support to the college.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-04-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Remembering Pen Tudor", "link": "\/westmont-news\/remembering-pen-tudor.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/04\/DSC_1838-505x775.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra spotlights three of its talented students as concerto soloists in the Orchestra Concerto Concert on April 12 at 7 p.m. at Santa Barbara Community Church, and April 14 at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. Tickets, which cost $10 for general admission (students are free), may be purchased at the door. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040 or email music@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-04-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Offers U.S. Premiere of ‘Sunrise’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-offers-us-premiere-sunrise.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/04\/OrchestraSoloists-505x253.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 100 students will be participating in more than three dozen pieces at the annual Westmont Fringe Festival, “The Cosmos,” April 11-14 in and around Westmont’s Porter Theatre and at the Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden Street. Festival passes ($15 general admission, $10 students\/seniors) or daily tickets ($10 general admission, $7 student\/seniors) are available online at www.westmont.edu\/boxoffice. For more information, please call (805) 565-7040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-04-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theater’s Fringe Fest Soars to 'the Cosmos'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theaters-fringe-fest-soars-cosmos.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/04\/IMG_3732-505x781.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Eight graduating art majors will offer their capstone art projects, which span oil painting, photography, serigraphy, sculpture, assemblages and digital painting from April 4-May 4 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public opening reception for “OPEN\/CLOSE: Westmont Graduate Exhibition” is Thursday, April 4 from 4-6 p.m. at the museum.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-03-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘OPEN\/CLOSE’ Marks Apex of Senior’s Art", "link": "\/westmont-news\/openclose-marks-apex-seniors-art.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/03\/Image1_MadelineKilpatrick-505x508.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Professor Enrico Manlapig and his students in Westmont’s Applied Management Science (AMS) course offer their expertise in analytic decision-making to the local community. Last fall, they acted as the Westmont Decision Lab and assisted the Santa Barbara Zoo in making decisions about its future.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-03-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Decision Lab Helps Zoo Plan for the Future", "link": "\/westmont-news\/decision-lab-helps-zoo-plan-future.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/03\/MK4_0002-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Relationships are complicated. Andrea Gurney, Westmont professor of psychology and a practicing clinical psychologist, has written a book born out of a desire to help create and maintain healthy, intimate connections that honor and glorify God. “Reimagining Your Love Story: Biblical and Psychological Practices for Healthy Relationships,” which will be released March 26, will be available at several book-signing events through the local region.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-03-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Book ‘Reimagines Your Love Story’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-book-reimagines-your-love-story.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/03\/AndreaGurneySitting-505x505.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "One of the most highly regarded choral groups in the United Kingdom performs in Santa Barbara as part of a unique local partnership. The Choir of New College Oxford, first established in 1379, will perform Wednesday, April 10, at 7 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State Street. Tickets, which cost $20 for general admission, $10 for students, may be purchased online (westmont.edu\/oxfordconcert) or at the door (pending availability). The concert, which features a pipe organ from 1965, will last 90 minutes with a brief intermission. The event is sponsored by Westmont, Trinity Episcopal Church, Community Arts Music Association and The American Guild of Organists.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-03-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Choir of New College Oxford Sings in SB", "link": "\/westmont-news\/choir-new-college-oxford-sings-sb.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/03\/NewOxfordChoir-505x296.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alister Chapman, professor of history at Westmont, examines how the issue of immigration has caused an immense amount of division worldwide in a talk Thursday, March 28, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street. The Westmont Downtown lecture, “How Immigration Became the Dominant Political Issue of Our World,” is free and open to the public. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-03-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Downtown Talk Explores Immigration Issue", "link": "\/westmont-news\/downtown-talk-explores-immigration-issue.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/03\/MK4_4044-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 230 Westmont students will spend spring break, March 9-16, volunteering for various service projects in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Salt Lake City and Mexico. About 170 students will travel from Westmont to Ensenada on March 8 for Potter’s Clay, one of Westmont’s longest-running traditions now in its 42nd year. Participants on the student-led service trip will build homes, cut hair, prepare meals, lead prayer and worship as well as provide medical and dental care for Ensenada-area residents.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-03-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Experiencing New Cultures on Spring Break", "link": "\/westmont-news\/experiencing-new-cultures-spring-break.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/03\/pc_katiewright-19_26507139152_o-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Bradford, director of the Westmont Office of Career Development and Calling, wanted to honor Ruth Kerr, Westmont’s founder, in a way that demonstrated how one life can make an impact on thousands, even after death. He commissioned Westmont alumnus Jacob Grant ’18 to create an artistic piece and what he received caught him by great surprise. Grant designed “Great Was Her Faithfulness,” a piece inspired by Kerr’s legacy and vision, which shaped the lives of so many people. The large mosaic, which hangs in the lobby of the Kerr Student Center, incorporates many small photos of Westmont students throughout the years into an image of Kerr. “The idea of merging the two evolved into a mosaic that literally represents how our Westmont experience as students points back to Mrs. Kerr’s original work and vision,” Grant says. “We wanted to display the many generations of students who have come, graduated and gone on to serve around the world because of her legacy.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-03-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Artwork Honors Kerr: ‘Great Was Her Faithfulness’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/artwork-honors-kerr-great-was-her-faithfulness.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/03\/Ruth-Kerr-Mosaic-505x751.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "No. 10 Westmont women's basketball (24-7) won the Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament March 2, defeating No. 5 The Master's (26-6) 60-50. The Warriors have won the GSAC Tourney four years in a row, the first time that’s happened in GSAC history.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-03-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Women's Hoops Make It a Fantastic Four", "link": "\/westmont-news\/womens-hoops-make-it-fantastic-four.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/03\/womensbasketballteamphoto19-505x350.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Peggy Noonan’s quick, humorous wit and gracious reflections on encounters with world leaders kept an early-morning crowd engaged and appreciative. The 2019 President’s Breakfast speaker told the sold-out audience that working for Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush changed her life for the better. Noonan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Wall Street Journal and former presidential speechwriter, identified important lessons each of the last six U.S. presidents could have learned from his predecessor.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-02-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Learning Lessons from Past Presidents", "link": "\/westmont-news\/learning-lessons-past-presidents.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/03\/PB19_224-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In its seventh year, Westmont has expanded the Music Guild Scholarship program to include two competitions, one for vocalists and one for instrumentalists. In total, 12 high school singers and musicians will compete for Westmont music scholarships. The Vocal Guild Competition, which features Abigail Bradshaw of Naperville, Illinois; Chris Cassriel of Santa Barbara; Andrew Genge of Orcutt; Caleb Marll of Spokane, Washington; Elizabeth Simmons of Phoenix; and Lily Warren of Littleton, Colorado, is Sunday, Feb. 24, at 3 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel on lower campus. The Instrumentalist Guild Competition features violinist Sam Chung of Cypress, California; pianist Nathanael Nims of Colorado Springs; violinist Alyssa Stegall from Salinas; oboist Carissa Corrigan from Gilbert, Arizona; violist Sarah Soza, from Covina; and violist Alison Thomas of Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, March 2, at 7 p.m. in Dean Chapel. Both events are free and open to the public. The winner of each competition, who will be announced immediately following the event, will receive up to $10,000 in annual music scholarships funds (up to $40,000 over four years) to study at Westmont. All other finalists will receive additional music scholarships.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-02-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Guild Awards Scholarships to Singers, Musicians", "link": "\/westmont-news\/guild-awards-scholarships-singers-musicians.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/02\/GuildWinners2018-505x308.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has opened registration to its annual youth summer sports camps, one of the longest running and most successful camps in the Santa Barbara region. Various sports camps for ages 5-13 begin June 10 and run weekly through July 26. Early bird registration by April 1 costs $200 for a half-day camp; $240 for a full-day camp (basketball and baseball) at westmont.edu\/summercamps.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-02-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Registration Opens for Summer Sports Camps", "link": "\/westmont-news\/registration-opens-summer-sports-camps.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/02\/QF1A5229-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“The Magic Flute” unites the creative powers of Westmont’s music and theater arts departments in an exciting new production of Mozart’s comic opera. Performances take place March 1, 3 and 5 at 7 p.m. at the New Vic Theater. Purchase tickets, which cost $20 for general admission and $15 for students and seniors, at newvictheater.com", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-02-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Stages Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-stages-mozarts-magic-flute.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/02\/MK4_0152-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A large moon will dominate this month’s free, public viewing at the Westmont Observatory Friday, Feb. 15, beginning at 7 p.m. and lasting several hours. Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will turn toward the top of the sky and away from the blazing moon. “We will have the constellations of Auriga, the charioteer, and Taurus, the bull,” says Tom Whittemore, Westmont physics instructor. “Auriga lies in the winter Milky Way with three stunning open clusters. The beautiful Pleiades sits on the back of the bull. We may even be able to see these stars pushing their way through the Merope Nebula. But, again, we are at the mercy of the moon’s light.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-02-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing Features Lunar Craters", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-features-lunar-craters.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/02\/IM7_6979-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alumnus Stan Anderson ’62 has donated the funds for putting and chipping greens with artificial turf and a small meeting\/storage facility for the new men’s and women’s golf teams. Westmont has submitted plans for the Stan Anderson Golf Complex to the Santa Barbara County Planning Department. The practice area will lie west of Deane Field.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-02-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumnus Pitches in for New Golf Complex", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumnus-pitches-new-golf-complex.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/02\/putting-green-505x351.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Before embarking on a spring tour, the Westmont Orchestra hosts a romantic Valentine’s dinner fundraiser on Thursday, Feb. 14, at Santa Barbara Community Church, 1002 Cieneguitas Road. Tickets to the concert and dinner, which begins at 6 p.m., cost $30 each or $50 for two, $25 each for seniors or $40 for two, and may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/music. Tickets to only the concert, which begins at 7 p.m., cost $10. Members of the Westmont College Choir will serve the tables. A live silent auction, prepared by the students, will be held throughout the evening.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-02-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Hosts Dinner before Spring Tour", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-hosts-dinner-spring-tour.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/02\/Orchestra18-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "With attention focused on the Super Bowl this Sunday, area high school mathematics students look forward to the real competition the following weekend. A record 12 California high schools will compete in the 31st annual High School Mathematics Contest at Westmont on Saturday, Feb. 9. The competition begins at 1 p.m. with the College Bowl Prelims, Chalk Talk Prelims, and Team Exam. The Chalk Talk Final and College Bowl Finals for grades 9-10 and grades 11-12 are from 4-5:15 p.m. at the Darling Foundation Lecture Hall in Winter Hall, room 210. An awards banquet features KEYT-TV meteorologist Alan Rose, who will discuss computer models in weather forecasting, begins at 5:30 p.m. in Founders Room near the Dining Commons.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-01-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Teens Compete in Mathematics Super Bowl", "link": "\/westmont-news\/teens-compete-mathematics-super-bowl.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/01\/WMG_8377-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus Kenny Chism ’17, who oversees a variety of on-campus environmental projects, has become the first, fulltime sustainability coordinator at Westmont. In this pilot role, Chism will manage Westmont’s organic gardens and oversee Dining Commons-related sustainability projects (food waste, composting, local purchasing, etc.) through a partnership with Sodexo, which is contracted by Westmont’s dining services. He will also direct a variety of on-campus sustainability projects (recycling, awareness\/action campaigns, energy management, etc.).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-01-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alum Promotes Creation Care on Campus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alum-promotes-creation-care-campus.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/01\/G__0014-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Amanda Sparkman, associate professor of biology at Westmont, explores the wide variety of California reptiles and threats to their survival in a lecture, “Imperiled Reptiles: Diversity and Conservation of California Turtles, Lizards and Snakes,” on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont's Kerrwood Hall. The talk, part of the Sustainability Speaker Series, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-01-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sparkman Offers California Reptile Talk", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sparkman-offers-california-reptile-talk.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/01\/snakesparkmanwriting-505x308.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has created a new minor in environmental studies, adding programs that help students explore some of the most pressing global issues. Professors have spent several years cultivating and developing the new innovative program that began this spring.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-01-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Environmental Studies Presses into Global Issues", "link": "\/westmont-news\/environmental-studies-presses-global-issues.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/01\/GardenSun-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Katherine Hayhoe, a prominent atmospheric scientist, professor of political science and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, speaks at Westmont Thursday, Jan. 24, at 1:15 p.m. in the Westmont Global Leadership Center. The Pascal Society Lecture, “Mitigate, Adapt or Suffer: Connecting Global Change to Local Impacts,” is free and open to the public. Following the lecture, the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art will offer a guided tour of the current exhibition, “Watershed: Contemporary Landscape Photography,” which begins about 3 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-01-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Hayhoe Connects Global Change, Local Impacts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/hayhoe-connects-global-change-local-impacts.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/01\/hayhoe_katharine_logcabin-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Peggy Noonan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at the Wall Street Journal and a renowned speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, will speak at the 14th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on Friday, Feb. 22, from 7-9 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Tickets to the President's Breakfast have sold out.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2019-01-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Columnist Peggy Noonan to Speak at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/columnist-peggy-noonan-speak-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2019\/01\/noonan_peggy-505x666.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art explores the increasingly fraught relationship between humankind and the environment with a number of events to coincide with the exhibition “Watershed: Contemporary Landscape Photography” Jan. 10- March 23, 2019, in the museum. An opening reception on Thursday, Jan. 10, from 4-6 p.m. is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-12-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Photo Exhibit Exposes ‘Watershed’ Moment", "link": "\/westmont-news\/photo-exhibit-exposes-watershed-moment.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/12\/Image-4-Robinson-505x404.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Observatory, home of the powerful Keck Telescope, opens its dome toward the skies for a free, public viewing on Friday, Dec. 21, beginning about 6:30 p.m. and lasting several hours. The observatory is available to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-12-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Star Party Features Christmas Tree Cluster", "link": "\/westmont-news\/star-party-features-christmas-tree-cluster.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/oakTelescope-768x522.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Observatory, home of the powerful Keck Telescope, opens its dome toward the skies for a free, public viewing on Friday, Dec. 21, beginning about 6:30 p.m. and lasting several hours. The observatory is available to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-12-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Star Party Features Christmas Tree Cluster", "link": "\/westmont-news\/star-party-features-christmas-tree-cluster-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/12\/oakTelescope-505x343.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont celebrated Voskuyl Library’s 50th birthday Dec. 3 with historic photos, trivia contest and speeches by President Gayle D. Beebe, Provost Mark Sargent and library staff.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-12-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont’s Library Turns 50", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmonts-library-turns-50-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/12\/Voskuyl-Library-from-field-1968-300J-505x368.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The works of Westmont art faculty are being showcased at one of Santa Barbara’s premiere art galleries Dec. 6- Jan. 20. An opening reception for “Mentors and Makers: The Artists of Westmont College” is Thursday from 5-8 p.m. at Sullivan Goss, at 11 East Anapamu Street.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-12-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Faculty Featured in Downtown Exhibition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-faculty-featured-downtown-exhibition-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/12\/7fffb416a12cca2b381ae8650ae5ecaf-505x324.jpeg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 30 talented members of the Westmont Art Council will exhibit and sell their artwork at “Creative Hands: Highlights from the Westmont Art Council” Nov. 29- Dec. 22 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum. An opening reception and holiday art sale is Thursday, Nov. 29, from 4-6 p.m. at the museum.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-11-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibition, Sale the Work of ‘Creative Hands’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibition-sale-work-creative-hands.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/11\/Beth-Schmohr-Its-The-Dance-30_x30_-505x505.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont will offer a Bachelor of Science in engineering with a concentration in mechanical engineering beginning in fall 2019, blending a mix of courses in engineering, physics, mathematics and chemistry and grounding the program in the college’s liberal arts tradition. The new major continues Westmont’s tradition of cultivating innovation, collaboration, problem-solving and moral discernment in graduates.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-11-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Adds Four-Year Engineering Major", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-adds-four-year-engineering-major.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/11\/iStock-157478972-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s 17th annual Pickle Tree Lighting, a unique tradition that attracts hundreds of alumni and members of the college community, is Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 5 p.m. on Kerrwood Lawn. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-11-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pickle Tree Lighting Features Choirs, Santa", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pickle-tree-lighting-features-choirs-santa.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/11\/pickle-tree-unedited-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont theater majors Merckx Dascomb and Nina Fox explore the challenges of early adulthood and the desire to reconcile with one’s former self in their original documentary-theater production, “Peace Pipe,” on Monday, Nov. 26, at 9 p.m. and Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., all in Westmont’s Porter Hall Black-Box Theater. The senior project, which contains mature content, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-11-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theater Majors to Offer ‘Peace Pipe’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theater-majors-offer-peace-pipe.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/11\/Nina_Merckx-photo-505x673.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has received a $1 million grant to help establish Frontiers, offering opportunities for retreat, mentoring, intellectual and social engagement, and spiritual discernment to pastors just starting out in ministry or undergoing significant professional changes.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-11-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "$1M Grant Helps Westmont Support Pastors", "link": "\/westmont-news\/1m-grant-helps-westmont-support-pastors.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/11\/FrontiersCross-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student musicians and composers show off their talents at free concerts this month in Westmont’s Deane Chapel on lower campus. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-11-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Musicians Perform in November", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-musicians-perform-november.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/11\/M18_0726-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont continues to innovate and respond to students’ interests by adding new programs and more choices that fit well with the liberal arts and prepare graduates for a variety of careers. Music students focused on performing can earn a Bachelor of Music once the National Association of Schools of Music approves the program. Two new minors, film studies and writing, will allow students to expand their studies and develop the digital, visual and communication skills required in the workplace.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-11-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Offers Music, Film, Writing Programs", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-offers-music-film-writing-programs.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/11\/ViolinMusic-505x350.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont hosts its 14th annual Christmas Festival, retelling the Christmas story by weaving narration with music from the Westmont Orchestra, College Choir, Chamber Singers and Choral Union on Friday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 1, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m., all at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Tickets for this year’s event, “Gloria in Excelsis Deo: The Song of the Angels,” cost $15 each and go on sale Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. at westmont.edu\/christmasfestival. Tickets are sold online only.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-11-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Fest Features ‘Song of Angels’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-fest-features-song-angels.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/11\/XmasFishEye-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Daniel Kahneman, the self-described godfather of behavioral economics, discussed his research about the mind, intuition and reason at a November 2 Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership luncheon in Westmont’s Global Leadership Center.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-11-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Kahneman Examines the Mind at Luncheon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/kahneman-examines-mind-luncheon.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/11\/MK4_4947-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is excited to begin its first women’s swimming team in fall 2019 with its newly hired head coach, Jill Jones Lin.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-10-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Women’s Swim Coach Dives In", "link": "\/westmont-news\/womens-swim-coach-dives.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/10\/D1X_3249-1-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "President’s Ministry Grants, a new Westmont award, benefit the children of parents or stepparents who minister full time for churches and Christian organizations. The grant represents a four-year commitment to cover any unmet need remaining after adding up academic scholarships, need-based grants and need-based loans. Incoming first-year students who have submitted applications to Westmont can apply for this need-based grant by filling out a form and completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at fafsa.gov.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-10-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Launches New Ministry Grant", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-launches-new-ministry-grant.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/10\/CH15_0141-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont professors seek to encourage dialogue on difficult issues in the local community. Deborah Dunn, professor of communication studies, and Rachel Winslow, director of the Westmont Center for Social Entrepreneurship and assistant professor of history, have created the Westmont Initiative for Public Dialogue and Deliberation to encourage citizens to participate in our democracy and work together to solve “wicked problems.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-10-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Program Promotes Public Dialogue", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-program-promotes-public-dialogue.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/10\/DunnWinslow-505x356.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Following a 10-month hiatus, the Keck Telescope will be back up and running Friday, Oct. 19, at the public viewing of the stars, beginning about 6:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. The college spent more than $34,000 to have officials from DFM Engineering in Colorado repair the powerful telescope, a 24-inch F\/8 Cassegrain reflecting instrument with Ritchey-Chretien optics.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-10-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Powerful Keck Telescope Back in Action", "link": "\/westmont-news\/powerful-keck-telescope-back-action.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/10\/MoonBig-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s annual Fall Choral Festival, featuring more than 300 high school singers in ensembles from 12 area high schools, join voices with the Westmont Choir, Choral Union and Chamber Singers on Friday, Oct. 26, at 4:45 p.m. at the Music Academy of the West and 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Half of the high school choirs will perform at 4:45 p.m. and the remaining half will perform at 7 p.m. prior to the Westmont College Choir’s opening concert of the season. Both performances are free and open to the public, although seating is limited. For more information, please call (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-10-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Choral Fest Combines High School Voices", "link": "\/westmont-news\/choral-fest-combines-high-school-voices.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/10\/WestmontCollegeChoir18-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Beth Horvath, Westmont associate professor of biology, examines the significant roles gorgonian corals (sea fans) play in the healthy biodiversity of deep-water habitats, such as the Santa Barbara Channel, in a lecture Thursday, Nov. 8, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street. The Westmont Downtown lecture, “Gorgonian Corals: Sentinels of Deep-Sea Habitat Changes Along the West Coast,” is free and open to the public. This lecture is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-10-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Covers Deep-Sea Explorations: Sea Fans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-covers-deep-sea-explorations-sea-fans.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/10\/HorvathTidePool2-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jason Eldred, adjunct professor of history at Westmont and vice president of the family management company operating the Storage Place, has joined the Westmont Foundation Board of Directors, which helps build connections between Westmont and the greater Santa Barbara community.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-10-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Adjunct Professor Joins Foundation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/adjunct-professor-joins-foundation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/10\/Eldred-505x684.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alumna Shauna Niequist ’98, Alumna of the Year at Homecoming, spoke in chapel Oct. 12 about the three greatest things Westmont gave her: friends, vocation and a deeper faith.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-10-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumna Thankful for Friends, Deep Faith", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumna-thankful-friends-deep-faith.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/10\/NiequistChapel1-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Chamber Singers and history professor Rick Pointer are featured in the Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library’s celebration of its music manuscript collection and early California history on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 5:30 p.m. in Serra Hall, 2200 Garden Street. Tickets to the event, which includes light refreshments, cost $15 for SBMAL members and students, $20 for general public, and may be purchased online at sbmal.org, by calling (805) 682-4713 ext. 152, or at the door. All donations and proceeds go to SBMAL, which collects and conserves historical material for the study of Franciscan Missions and Native Peoples of the Americas.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-10-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professors Celebrate Mission Archives Library", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professors-celebrate-mission-archives-library.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/10\/mission-archives.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Theatre Arts brings a contemporary energy and sense of humor to its staging of “Pride and Prejudice” on Oct. 19-20, 25, 27 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 28 at 2 p.m., all in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. Tickets to the play, which is based on the novel by Jane Austen and adapted by Kate Hamill in 2017, cost $15 for general admission, $10 for seniors and students, and may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-10-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theater Stages Playful ‘Pride and Prejudice’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theater-stages-playful-pride-and-prejudice.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/10\/DenningMcElrath-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Fall Orchestra Concert, “The Dream of America,” explores the theme of the American experience in powerful and hopeful ways Friday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 21, at 3 p.m., both at La Cumbre Junior High School. Tickets, which cost $10 for general admission (students are free), may be purchased at westmont.edu\/music or at the door. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040 or email music@westmont.edu. Proceeds from the concert benefit Immigrant Hope, the Anti-Defamation League, La Cumbre Junior High School and Westmont Music Scholarships.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-10-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Explores ‘Dream of America’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-explores-dream-america.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/10\/Orchestra2017-505x317.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Felicia Song, Westmont professor of sociology, examines our reliance on social media and its industrializing tendencies in a lecture Thursday, Oct. 11, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street. The Westmont Downtown lecture, “The Industrialization of You and Me: How Social Media Makes Relationship a Business,” is free and open to the public. This lecture is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-09-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Impacts of Social Media", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-impacts-social-media.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/09\/FeliciaSong-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Don Patterson, Westmont professor of computer science, explained cryptojacking step by step in a recent article in the The Wall Street Journal. Cryptojacking, taking over the processing power of hijacked computers and using it to earn cryptocurrency, is becoming a favorite among cybercriminals.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-09-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Patterson Explains Cryptojacking in WSJ", "link": "\/westmont-news\/patterson-explains-cryptojacking-wsj.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/09\/CL16_0174-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and bestselling author “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” speaks at a luncheon Friday, Nov. 2, at noon in Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. Tickets to the event, which is sponsored by the Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership, cost $100 per person and may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/mosher-events.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-09-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Think Fast, Slow with Daniel Kahneman", "link": "\/westmont-news\/think-fast-slow-daniel-kahneman.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/09\/KahnemanBook-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont will honor Howard Kootstra ’76, CEO and founder of Golden Empire Mortgage, and Shauna Niequist ’98, New York Times best-selling author, as Alumnus and Alumna of the Year during Homecoming 2018, Oct. 12-14. Dave Dettoni ’88, director of operations for Sudan Relief Fund, will receive the Global Service Award, and Alana Woodin ’10, educator at Orange Cove High School, has earned the Young Alumni Award. The college will present the awards at the All-Alumni Brunch on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 10 a.m. on Magnolia Lawn next to Westmont’s Voskuyl Library. Tickets, which cost $30 each, must be purchased online by Friday, Oct. 5. General admission to Homecoming costs $10 per adult and can be purchased online at westmont.edu\/homecoming.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-09-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Homecoming Lauds Kootstra, Niequist", "link": "\/westmont-news\/homecoming-lauds-kootstra-niequist.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/09\/homecoming17-505x388.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Steve Jones, winner of eight PGA Tour events, including the 1996 U.S. Open, spoke as the special guest Sept. 4 at the home of a Westmont alumnus and friend of the college. The event, which followed a round of golf with Jones at the Valley Club, benefited Westmont’s new men’s and women’s golf teams that will launch in fall 2019.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-09-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "U.S Open Champ Tees Off for New Teams", "link": "\/westmont-news\/us-open-champ-tees-new-teams.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/09\/SteveJonesGayleBeebe-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont researchers are using a new high-tech tool to understand human neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease. As part of a summer research project, Yi-Fan Lu, Westmont assistant professor of biology, and senior Heidi Pullmann used the new microelectrode array, purchased through the Westmont Provost’s Office, to detect and record the response of neurons to genetic mutation or toxins. Westmont’s academic program gives students opportunities to work directly with faculty on research and scholarly projects.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-09-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summer Research Aims to Help End Alzheimer’s", "link": "\/westmont-news\/summer-research-aims-help-end-alzheimers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/09\/D1X_1212-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s talented music faculty hosts a free performance Friday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. The Fall Faculty Recital, featuring 15 different faculty members, includes pieces by Max Bruch, Frédéric Chopin, Ottorino Respighi, Noro Morales, Victor Ewald and W.C. Handy.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-09-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Faculty to Shine at Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/faculty-shine-recital.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/09\/piano-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The recently released 2019 rankings of U.S. colleges and universities confirm Westmont as one of the top Christian colleges in the nation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-09-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Ranks Among Top National Colleges", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-ranks-among-top-national-colleges.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/09\/EntranceJacaranda-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three new accomplished tenure-track professors have joined the Westmont faculty: Kya Mangrum (English), Brandon Haines (chemistry) and Yi-Fan Lu (biology).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-08-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New, Talented Professors Join Faculty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-talented-professors-join-faculty.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/08\/MK4_0288-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The highly visual and unconventional Lit Moon Theatre Company, led by Westmont Professor John Blondell, offers four sets of local performances at various venues, including a world premiere of Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll House” paired with a rock ‘n’ roll inspired “Julius Caesar.” “A Doll House” will be performed Aug. 24-25, 30, and Sept. 1 at 7:30 p.m.; and Sept. 2 at 4 p.m., all at the Center Stage Theater. “Julius Caesar” takes to the stage Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 1 at 2 p.m. at Center Stage Theater. Tickets cost $23 general admission; $18 for students, seniors and children. For more information, please visit centerstage.org or call (805) 963-0408.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-08-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theater Stages Ibsen, Shakespeare", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theater-stages-ibsen-shakespeare.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/08\/DollsHouse_072-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont class of 2022, which arrives for Orientation Thursday, Aug. 23, is among the most diverse in college history. Around 420 first-year and transfer students represent eight countries and 31 states, and 37 percent of them identify as Hispanic, Asian American, African American, Hawaiian Pacific Islander, Native American, and\/or mixed-race. Nearly 18 percent identify as the first in their family to attend college.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-08-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Diverse Class of 2022 Arrives for Orientation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/diverse-class-2022-arrives-orientation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/08\/OR17_0084-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Beloved Santa Barbara artist Tony Askew, Westmont professor emeritus, offers a retrospective of new and old creations in an exhibition Aug. 30-Nov. 7 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public opening exhibition for “Looking Back\/Going Forward: R. Anthony Askew” is Thursday, Aug. 30, from 4-6 p.m. at the museum.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-08-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Retrospective Honors SB Artist Askew", "link": "\/westmont-news\/retrospective-honors-sb-artist-askew.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/08\/BlueBeyond-Abiquiu-505x361.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has chosen “An Unhurried Life” by Alan Fadling as a book to read this summer and throughout the upcoming school year. The author will speak in chapel Friday, Sept. 28, and share major themes from the book with students. Recent studies at Penn State and Boston University document the growing mental health crisis on college campuses, with more than half of the students visiting campus health clinics listing anxiety as a concern. Westmont seeks to equip students with resources to deal with anxiety and isolation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-08-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Explores Work, Rest in ‘An Unhurried Life’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-explores-work-rest-unhurried-life.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/07\/unhurried-edee-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s new Center for American Democracy will help students understand the unique ideas, ideals, institutions and practices of democracy in the United States. The center begins launching programs in fall 2018 thanks to a generous gift from an anonymous couple with new ties to the college.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-07-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Center to Examine U.S. Democracy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-center-examine-us-democracy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/07\/covkne-505x253.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A philanthropic family from Tacoma, Washington, has given Westmont $575,000 as seed money to launch women’s swimming and men’s and women’s golf beginning in the 2019-2020 academic year. The Tom and Meg Names Family Foundation awarded a $500,000 grant to the swimming program, and the Names Family Foundation has donated $75,000 toward the creation of men’s and women’s golf.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-07-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grants Launch New Sports at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grants-launch-new-sports-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/07\/NamesCommencement-505x447.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Michael Stefanic, who holds three Westmont baseball records, has signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels. The Warrior with the most career hits (275) and career runs (157) has reported to the Angels Arizona Rookie League team in Tempe. His 50 doubles set a new career Warrior record, and his career .363 batting average ranks as the fifth best at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-07-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumnus Stefanic Signs with Angels", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumnus-stefanic-signs-angels.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/07\/StefanicSigning-505x505.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Are you looking for a good book to read? You’ve still got time for unassigned summer reading. Westmont professors share what they’re reading why they can’t put their books down. Classes begin August 27 for fall semester.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-07-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Hot Summer Reads", "link": "\/westmont-news\/hot-summer-reads.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/07\/img_0619-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont will offer women’s swimming and men’s and women’s golf beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year, bolstering an already successful collegiate athletic program. The college earned sixth place in the 2018 NAIA Learfield Directors Cup final standings, the best finish in its 80-year history. The cup measures overall success by awarding points to each sport that wins a championship and plays in the national tournament. Westmont has finished in the top 10 four times.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-07-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Goggles, Golf Clubs Coming to Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/goggles-golf-clubs-coming-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/07\/westmont-swimmer-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s fourth annual Lead Where You Stand Conference, June 6-8, 2018, helped executives and executive teams strengthen their leadership skills through three days of engaging, inspiring and practical sessions at the new Global Leadership Center. David Brooks, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Lynda Weinman and President Gayle D. Beebe delivered keynote talks on the theme “Transformational Leadership in the 21st Century: Pursuing the Greater Good in Challenging Times.” Nine Westmont professors or administrators and three alumni addressed a range of topics in shorter presentations. The Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership and the Brittingham Family Foundation sponsored the conference.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-07-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Effective, Purposeful Leadership for Executives", "link": "\/westmont-news\/effective-purposeful-leadership-executives.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/07\/MK4_9620-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dave Odell, Westmont athletic director, conquered the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run, a race few could imagine doing or completing.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-07-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Superhero AD Conquers another 100-Miler", "link": "\/westmont-news\/superhero-ad-conquers-another-100-miler.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/07\/odell-westernstatesfb-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The following is from Westmont Provost Mark Sargent.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-07-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Illumination on the Fourth of July", "link": "\/westmont-news\/illumination-fourth-july.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/07\/2017-07-04-505x505.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing has given full accreditation to the Westmont College Department of Education. The site visit team report says through interviews with stakeholders and school partners, it is clear that the local school community benefits from graduates of Westmont’s education department. “Employers consistently spoke of their desire to hire Westmont program completers because of their commitment to the ‘whole child,” the report says. “District employed supervisors stated in interviews that they preferred to host Westmont candidates for student teaching because it positively impacted their own instructional design and practices, as well as promoted growth in their P-12 students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-06-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Education Department Earns Accreditation, Praise", "link": "\/westmont-news\/education-department-earns-accreditation-praise.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/06\/foursome-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The following is a Father's Day reflection by Westmont President Gayle D. Beebe about his father, Richard Beebe.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-06-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Father's Day: President Beebe Reflects on His Dad", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fathers-day-president-beebe-reflects-his-dad.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/06\/GayleDadBeforeLeavingforWestmont-505x497.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The powerful Keck Telescope remains under repair, but the public viewing of the stars will continue Friday, June 15, beginning at 7:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. Smaller telescopes will be provided by Westmont and members of the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-06-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Keck Telescope to Miss Friday Star Party", "link": "\/westmont-news\/keck-telescope-miss-friday-star-party.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/06\/TC_2492-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two recent Westmont graduates have received prestigious Fulbright Scholarships to teach overseas for nearly a year, and another young alumna has earned a foreign affairs fellowship. Hugh Grant-Chapman ’18, a political science graduate, will teach in Taiwan, while biology graduate Alexa Mogck ’18 will work in Malaysia. Both are part of programs that place grantees in schools overseas to supplement local English language instruction and to provide a native speaker in classrooms. Alumna Sophia Meulenberg ’15, who earned a degree in political science and won the Faculty Scholarship Award for the highest cumulative GPA, is one of 30 selected as a Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-05-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Young Alums Earn Fulbrights, Fellowship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/young-alums-earn-fulbrights-fellowship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/05\/PB18_0276-505x548.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus (Charles) Eben Drost ’11 will serve as director of music and worship at Westmont beginning July 2. Drost, who graduates from Fuller Seminary in June with a Master of Arts in theology, has accepted a one-year position at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-05-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alum to Direct Westmont Music, Worship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alum-direct-westmont-music-worship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/05\/DrostV-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Seventeen Westmont students will study in Singapore for two months as part of Westmont’s new Mayterm in Singapore. “It’s a remarkably fascinating time to be studying international trade and finance and going to Asia in the middle of a looming trade war,” says Paul Bradford, adjunct professor of economics and business, who will teach classes with President Gayle D. Beebe.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-05-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Takes Int'l Trade to Singapore", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-takes-intl-trade-singapore.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/05\/IMG_0291a-1-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College and Young Life Southwestern Division have launched an exciting new partnership to award full scholarships to two future Young Life leaders to attend Westmont each year. The awards cover the cost of tuition, room and board. This joint effort cultivates thoughtful scholars, grateful servants, and faithful leaders who have benefited from Young Life and will remain in leadership in the ministry throughout their college years and beyond. Young Life recommends the recipients, and Westmont is delighted to offer the scholarships to make their education possible.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-05-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont, Young Life Offer Full Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-young-life-offer-full-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/05\/IMG_7026-505x284.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Art", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-05-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont's Outstanding Graduates of 2018", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmonts-outstanding-graduates-2018.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/05\/SS18_0011-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The powerful Keck Telescope continues to under repair and non-functioning, but the public viewing of the stars will continue Friday, May 18, beginning at 7:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. Smaller telescopes will be provided by Westmont and members of the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-05-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Keck Telescope Goes Dark at Public Viewing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/keck-telescope-goes-dark-public-viewing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/05\/TC_2107-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four years ago, Westmont College was a lofty, far-off dream. I loved Westmont from the first day I set foot on it and hoped that somehow I could come to this school and be a part of the wonderful Christian community. However, I knew that without significant sacrifices I could not come, no matter how much I liked it.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-05-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "My Mom’s Strength: By Rianne Banuelos", "link": "\/westmont-news\/my-moms-strength-rianne-banuelos.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/05\/IMG_0602-1-1-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 328 students received diplomas at Westmont Commencement on May 5, but none with more courage than Connor McManigal, who was seriously injured, but survived the Jan. 9 mudslide in Montecito.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-05-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Commencement Honors Courageous Class of 2018", "link": "\/westmont-news\/commencement-honors-courageous-class-2018.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/05\/bagpipes-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Golfers and disc golfers will have a unique opportunity to play together in the 10th annual Will’s Tourney on Monday, May 14, at 11:30 a.m. at the Glen Annie Golf Club. A buffet dinner, raffle and awards presentation will follow the tournament at 5:15 p.m. All proceeds from the event benefit the William Wiersma Endowment Scholarship Fund at Westmont. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. To register or for more information, please go to willstourney.com or contact Mary Pat Whitney, director of public and college advancement events, at (805) 565-7251. Green fees are $150, $115 for recent graduates (’09-’17) and $75 for current students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-05-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Disc\/Stick Golf Tourney Celebrates 10th Year", "link": "\/westmont-news\/discstick-golf-tourney-celebrates-10th-year.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/05\/DiscGolfers-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has received $2 million toward a Center for Student Success from an anonymous donor with close ties to the college. A presidential initiative establishes the new center, which will coordinate all facets of the college experience to supercharge student success on campus and after graduation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-05-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "$2M Gift Supercharges Student Success", "link": "\/westmont-news\/2m-gift-supercharges-student-success.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/05\/SL17_0029-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student musician Tim Beccue ’18 (cello) won first place ($5,000) in the instrumental honors April 29 at the Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation (PASF) finals. Westmont student pianist Zelin Luan received honorable mention.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-04-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Cellist Beccue Earns Top PASF Honors", "link": "\/westmont-news\/cellist-beccue-earns-top-pasf-honors.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/04\/TimBeccue-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Look for the spring 2018 Westmont magazine, which has been printed and is being mailed out in the coming days. Our magazine cover and feature story “Stronger Together” reflect the campaign of the same name for recovery efforts by Santa Barbara and Montecito after the devastating debris flow in January. In April, NBC’s “Dateline” segment “No Way Out” also highlighted Stronger Together. “Courage and Kindness” captures the characteristics of our staff, faculty and students who served on the frontlines of recovery in the days and weeks immediately following the twin disasters of fire and flood. The people on the cover embody Westmont’s response in the face of suffering and need.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-04-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Magazine to Arrive in Mailboxes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-magazine-arrive-mailboxes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/04\/MagazineCover-505x617.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra performs its final concert of the academic year, celebrating the music of Ireland and Britain on Friday, April 27, at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. Tickets, which cost $10 for general admission (students are free), may be purchased at the door. For more information at the Spring Orchestra Concert, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040 or email music@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-04-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Concert Highlights Music of Ireland, UK", "link": "\/westmont-news\/concert-highlights-music-ireland-uk.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/04\/M17_0687-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus Kenny Chism ’17, sustainability and marketing coordinator for Westmont dining services by Sodexo, focuses on protecting the environmental health of Westmont and the planet. “It is of paramount importance for me,” he says. “I hope to reflect that in every aspect of my life, through how I eat, which stores and markets I support, how I get around, and how I engage those around me.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-04-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Young Alum Focused on Environmentalism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/young-alum-focused-environmentalism.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/04\/G__0033-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Tom Nguyen, Westmont trustee and managing director of U.S. sales for China International Capital Corp. (CICC), speaks at Westmont Commencement on Saturday, May 5, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Russell Carr Field at Westmont. President Gayle D. Beebe presents the Westmont Medal to Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown and the KEYT NewsChannel 3 team for their exceptional work and courage during the Thomas Fire and Montecito mudslides.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-04-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Commencement Honors Sheriff, KEYT-TV", "link": "\/westmont-news\/commencement-honors-sheriff-keyt-tv.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/04\/mortarboard17-505x366.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student musicians and composers present a multitude of concerts this month, all of which are free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-04-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Fills the Air at April Concerts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-fills-air-april-concerts.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/04\/JohnButler-505x621.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The annual Westmont Fringe Festival, featuring 11 original student plays being performed in 10 different venues at two different sites, including the downtown Alhecama Theatre and around Westmont’s Porter Theatre, is Thursday, April 19, from 7:20-10:30 p.m.; Friday, April 20, from 7-11:15 p.m. (9:30-11:15 p.m. downtown); Saturday, April 21, 2-4 p.m., with Phoenix Night, which includes art, poetry and music, starting at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, April 22, from 6:30-11:15 p.m. (9:30-11:15 p.m. downtown). Festival passes ($15 general admission, $10 students\/seniors) or daily tickets ($10 general admission, $7 student\/seniors) are available online at www.westmont.edu\/boxoffice. For more information, please call (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-04-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fringe Takes Over Westmont, Downtown", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fringe-takes-over-westmont-downtown.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/04\/FringeHub-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Carmel Saad, Westmont associate professor of psychology, examines implicit bias, the unconscious prejudices that are absorbed in childhood and persist into adulthood, in a lecture Thursday, April 12, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street. The Westmont Downtown lecture, “Hidden Prejudices: How Implicit Bias Affects Our Work and Relationships,” is free and open to the public. This lecture is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-04-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Downtown Talk Explores Hidden Prejudices", "link": "\/westmont-news\/downtown-talk-explores-hidden-prejudices.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/04\/12-Saad-Carmel-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For Westmont’s 75th Anniversary Homecoming Celebration, Robert H. Gundry, scholar in residence at Westmont, spoke in chapel about the college’s motto: Christus Primatum Tenens. He translated the Latin phrase: Christ holds first place. “First in rank. First in time. And now, first in resurrection,” he said. “This is the third way Christ holds first place.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-03-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Easter: This is the Way Christ Holds First Place", "link": "\/westmont-news\/easter-way-christ-holds-first-place.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/03\/GundryMotto-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Greg Spencer, Westmont professor of communication studies, hopes that his new book, “Reframing the Soul: How Words Transform Our Faith,” will help members of the local community as they remember the challenging events of this past winter.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-03-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Book Offers Help in ‘Reframing the Soul’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/book-offers-help-reframing-soul.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/03\/Spencer-Greg_17-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Choir and Orchestra will host its Masterworks Concert tour performing Handel’s Messiah (parts 2 and 3) beginning in Santa Barbara on Friday, April 6, at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St. Admission is $10, students are free. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-03-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "test post - email newsletter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/test-post-email-newsletter.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Fourteen graduating art majors will offer their capstone art projects, which span painting, drawing, printmaking, fiber sculpture, digital prints, welding, assemblage and a charcoal animation from April 5-May 5 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public opening reception for “Degrees of Separation: Westmont Graduate Exhibition” is Thursday, April 5 from 4-6 p.m. at the museum.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-03-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Senior Art Explores ‘Degrees of Separation’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/senior-art-explores-degrees-separation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/03\/Nicole-Nicodemus_oil-painting-505x673.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sandra Richter, who began teaching at Westmont in the fall, will be formally installed as the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont on Monday, April 16, during a full-regalia ceremony at 10:30 a.m. in Murchison Gym.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-03-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Richter to be Installed as Endowed Chair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/richter-be-installed-endowed-chair.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/03\/richterbooks-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Choir and Orchestra will host its Masterworks Concert tour performing Handel’s Messiah (parts 2 and 3) beginning in Santa Barbara on Friday, April 6, at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St. Admission is $10, students are free. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-03-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra, Choir Host ‘Messiah’ Tour", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-choir-host-messiah-tour.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/03\/orchestra-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont will activate its Shelter Activated for Flood Emergencies (SAFE) plan beginning Tuesday evening, March 20. Classes and activities will continue as planned through noon on Tuesday. We have designated responders and trained emergency response members of our community available and scheduled to be on site through Thursday and as needed, as well as medical personnel and their support staff.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-03-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Info from March 19 Call with President Beebe", "link": "\/westmont-news\/info-march-19-call-president-beebe.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/12\/SC_0524-sm-325x217.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Winds will host their spring concert Sunday, April 22, at 7 p.m. in Deane Chapel on Westmont’s lower campus. Admission is free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-03-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chamber Orchestra Hosts Spring Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chamber-orchestra-hosts-spring-concert.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/03\/Maya-Rouillard-505x667.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Fletcher Jones Foundation has awarded a $750,000 grant to Westmont for the second phase of renovation of Whittier Science Building, including classroom, laboratory and storage spaces. The next phase of work will take place during the summer, so Whittier will be completely renovated by fall 2018. In 2014, the Fletcher Jones Foundation awarded a $750,000 grant for the first phase of improvements inside Whittier, which opened in 1985.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-03-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grant to Complete Science Renovations", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grant-complete-science-renovations.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/03\/goggles-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has commissioned a new play that explores friendship and the laundry list of things to do as the end of the world nears. “End to Avoid Damage,” written by Diane Exavier, Westmont theatee arts department scholar-in-residence, will be performed in Porter Hall Black-Box Theatre at Westmont on Sunday, March 25, and Monday, March 26, both at 7:30 p.m. All performances are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-03-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theatre Opens ‘End to Avoid Damage’ Play", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theatre-opens-end-avoid-damage-play.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/03\/KarlyKunze-505x686.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont seeks to integrate faith and learning in all its programs, and the campus pastor plays a crucial role in carrying out this mission and cultivating the spiritual development of students. President Gayle D. Beebe and Vice President for Student Life Edee Schulze co-chair a search committee interviewing candidates to replace Campus Pastor Ben Patterson, who announced his retirement in September 2017. The committee, which includes faculty, staff and a student, is interviewing candidates who understand the role of a campus pastor at a liberal arts college, can engage well with students, faculty and staff, will reflect and support Westmont’s Statement of Faith and Community Life Statement, can engage theologically with faculty, and will build relationships with the church community.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-03-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Campus Pastor Plays a Key Role at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/campus-pastor-plays-key-role-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/03\/ChapelPrayer-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Violinist Bryan Kaleta, a senior at Canyon Crest Academy in San Diego, earned top honors at the sixth annual Music Guild Competition March 3, where seven high school seniors competed for Westmont music scholarships. He received the $10,000 Music Guild scholarship (up to $40,000 over four years) plus awards for private music instruction and chamber music. Three of the other six finalists, Hannah Duff, Michael Kong and Isaac Siebelink, are Augustinian Scholars who had already been offered 85 percent of tuition. Their Music Guild Scholarships would satisfy the remaining 15 percent of their tuition. The remaining three finalists, Hana Kodaka, Anna Terveen and Sarah Chan, all received a $10,000 Westmont Music Scholarship in addition to other special considerations.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-03-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Violinist Awarded Guild Scholarship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/violinist-awarded-guild-scholarship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/03\/BryanKaleta-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "March marks National Women's History Month and we celebrate the life of Westmont's founder, Ruth Kerr. Kerr conceived the vision for the college, and served as a trustee and the college’s chief benefactor for 30 years.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-03-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ruth Kerr: A Woman Ahead of Her Time", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ruth-kerr-woman-ahead-her-time.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/02\/Kerr-2-505x631.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Brett Gracely ’90, a water resource engineer with Matrix Design Group, assessed the potential for flooding on Westmont’s campus and reassured emergency officials that expected rainfall will not severely impact campus. Campus officials consulted with Gracely and county officials carefully considering all options before deciding to implement Westmont’s SAFE plan (Shelter Activated for Flood Emergencies). During the rainstorm, students are not required to leave campus despite the county's mandatory evacuation order because it has been deemed a safe place.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-03-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Flood Risk is Minimal at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/flood-risk-minimal-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/03\/creek-measurement-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Seven high school seniors will compete for Westmont music scholarships at the sixth annual Music Guild Competition on Saturday, March 3, at 7 p.m. at Westmont’s Deane Chapel on lower campus. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-02-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musicians Perform for Guild Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musicians-perform-guild-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/02\/GuildFinalists2017-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts hosts the 17th annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts, “Knowledge in Crisis: Liberal Learning in a ‘Post-Truth’ Age,” March 22-24 at Westmont. Top scholars, administrators, students and practitioners consider how the tools of a liberal arts education can help us navigate the changing landscape of knowledge. Speakers include William Deresiewicz, Lynn Hunt, Martín Carcasson, and Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-02-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Examining Liberal Arts in a Post-Truth Age", "link": "\/westmont-news\/examining-liberal-arts-post-truth-age.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/02\/deresiewicz_william-505x204.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont music and theatre arts departments combine creative talents to produce “Die Fledermaus (The Bat),” an operetta composed by Johann Strauss, on March 2 and 4 at 7 p.m. in downtown Santa Barbara’s New Vic Theatre. Tickets cost $17 for general admission, $12 for students and seniors, and may be purchased at newvictheater.com. For more information, please call (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-02-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Operetta Features Waltzes and Romance", "link": "\/westmont-news\/operetta-features-waltzes-and-romance.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/02\/fledermausposter-505x774.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jeremy J. Siegel, the Russell E. Palmer professor of finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, speaks about “Factors Impacting Returns on Stocks and Bonds” at the Eaton Center Lecture Series on Friday, March 2, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Westmont Global Leadership Center. Tickets to the event, which includes a reception, dinner and lecture, cost $75 per person and may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/a\/siegel.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-02-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Siegel Speaks at Economics, Business Event", "link": "\/westmont-news\/siegel-speaks-economics-business-event.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/02\/JJS-Website-505x707.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The computer that runs Westmont’s Keck Telescope has been experiencing intermittent problems and may be unavailable for the public viewing Friday, Feb. 16. Members of the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit will bring their own telescopes to the observatory for public use beginning about 7:30 p.m. and lasting several hours.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-02-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Keck Telescope Suffers Computer Problem", "link": "\/westmont-news\/keck-telescope-suffers-computer-problem.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/02\/Observatory-Fisheye-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts hosts the second annual Conversation on Youth and Vocation on Monday, Feb. 26, from 9-10:15 a.m. with speaker Steven Argue of the Fuller Youth Institute at Fuller Seminary. Drop-ins to the plenary address are welcome; to participate in all of this free, half-day conference, including meals, please inquire with Addie Smith at libarts@westmont.edu or (805) 565-6230.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-02-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gaede Holds 2nd Conference on Vocation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gaede-holds-2nd-conference-vocation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/02\/StevenArgue-505x481.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Gen. Michael Hayden, an expert on domestic and foreign affairs and a retired director of the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency, offered his personal lens to view our complex and dangerous world at the 13th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on Feb. 9 at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort. The sold-out crowd of about 625 guests included dozens of local emergency and government officials who received thanks from President Gayle D. Beebe and a standing ovation following a brief video of Professor Tom Walters’ experience evacuating from the Montecito mudslide.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-02-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gen. Hayden Examines Tumultuous Year, Future", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gen-hayden-examines-tumultuous-year-future.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/02\/MK4_4900-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The third annual Advancing Women in Leadership Conference, March 5 at Azusa Pacific University, celebrates Women’s History Month. The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) sponsors the one-day national event, “Lead with PURPOSE,” which addresses the need to encourage and increase female leadership in higher education on school boards, in executive positions and in the classroom.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-02-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Sponsors National Women’s Leadership Event", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-sponsors-national-womens-leadership-event.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/02\/eblast_presentations-505x233.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dozens of Westmont students, faculty and staff, part of the Student Community Response Team (SCRT), supervised children’s activities at Cold Spring School, and cleaned up debris at Montecito Union School, the Montecito YMCA, several homes and Casa de Maria over the weekend Feb. 3-4. The student-led group was created in the wake of the deadly Jan. 9 mudslides.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-02-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Volunteers Help Dig Out Montecito", "link": "\/westmont-news\/volunteers-help-dig-out-montecito.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/02\/CasadeMariaCross-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Seven high schools from around Southern California will compete in the 30th annual High School Mathematics Contest at Westmont on Saturday, Feb. 3, from 1-6:30 p.m. in Winter Hall. The competition starts at 1 p.m. with the College Bowl Prelims, Chalk Talk Prelims, and Team Exam, and will conclude with an awards ceremony in Founders Room.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-02-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Take on Annual Math Contest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-take-annual-math-contest.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/02\/WMG_8524-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Yulya Dukhovny, Westmont artist-in-residence, performs her style of visual theater that features paper animation performed in a vertical 2D scenic space on Feb. 9-10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Porter Hall Black-Box Theatre. Tickets to “Into the Rice Fields,” written and performed by Dukhovny, cost $10 for general admission, $5 for students and seniors and may be purchased at westmont.edu\/ricefields. For more information, please call (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-02-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Toy Theater Ventures ‘Into Rice Fields’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/toy-theater-ventures-rice-fields.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/02\/ricefields2-505x366.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra will perform an American-themed program at the Orchestra Concerto Concert on Friday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. in Hahn Hall, at the Music Academy of the West and Sunday, Feb. 11, at 3 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara. Tickets, which cost $10 for general admission (students are free), may be purchased at the door. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040 or email music@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Concerto Focuses on American Repertoire", "link": "\/westmont-news\/concerto-focuses-american-repertoire.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/01\/tim-beccue-505x673.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jane Wilson, associate professor of education, will share her research and identify key practices of gratitude to help people flourish on Thursday, Feb. 22, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The Westmont Downtown lecture, sponsored by the Westmont Foundation, is free and open to the public. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores the Power of Gratitude", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-power-gratitude.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/01\/jane-wilson-505x505.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Keynote speakers Doris Kearns Goodwin, David Brooks, Lynda Weinman and President Gayle D. Beebe share insights on effective and purposeful leadership in government, non-profit and for-profit sectors at the 2018 Lead Where You Stand Conference, June 6-8, at Westmont’s new Global Leadership Center. The three-day event, “Transformational Leadership in the 21st Century: Pursuing the Greater Good in Challenging Times,” is sponsored by the Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership and the Brittingham Family Foundation. Westmont will announce additional speakers in the next few months. Tickets to the conference, which includes materials, parking and meals, cost $399 until March 1 ($449 after) and may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/lead. Students may purchase tickets for $199. Conference guests may also book single, air-conditioned rooms with extra-long twin beds and a private bathroom.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont to Host Leadership Conference", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-host-leadership-conference.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/01\/DorisBreakfastVertTight-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont neighbors Fima and Jere Lifshitz, who have collected African art for 40 years, exhibit many of their pieces Feb. 8 through March 24 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. An opening reception for “Africa through Its Sculpture: Highlights from the Lifshitz Collection” will be Thursday, Feb. 8, from 4-6 p.m. at the museum.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibit Explores Diversity of African Art", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibit-explores-diversity-african-art.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/01\/Sierra-Leone-Temne-artists-505x924.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Dallas Willard Center for Spiritual Formation honored James K. A. Smith, professor of philosophy at Calvin College, with its annual book award for “You are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit” during chapel Jan. 26 in Murchison Gym. Smith, the Gary and Henrietta Byker professor in applied reformed theology and worldview, has written more than 20 books bridging topics between the academy, society and the church.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Author Wins Dallas Willard Center Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/author-wins-dallas-willard-center-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/01\/IM7_2586-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s talented music faculty members perform at the Spring Faculty Recital on Friday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The performance is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Faculty Performs at Spring Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-faculty-performs-spring-recital.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/01\/MusicFac-505x664.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Chandra Mallampalli, Westmont professor of history, will be formally installed as the new Fletcher Jones Foundation professor in the social sciences on Monday, Feb. 5, during a full-regalia ceremony at 10:30 a.m. in Murchison Gym. “Chandra has become a significant scholar in the study of religion in India, and we are delighted to honor him at this ceremony,” says Provost Mark Sargent.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Mallampalli Installed in Endowed Chair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mallampalli-installed-endowed-chair.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/01\/MK4_1241-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Christian nonfiction author Andrea Lucado, daughter of bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado, discusses the twists and turns of a life of faith on Thursday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m., in Westmont’s Adams Center 216. The talk, part of the Westmont Reading Series, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Author Lucado Explores Life of Faith", "link": "\/westmont-news\/author-lucado-explores-life-faith.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/01\/about-img-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont music faculty members Han Soo Kim (violin) and Neil Di Maggio (piano) perform works by Mozart and Schubert at a violin and piano recital Friday, Jan. 26, at 6:30 p.m. in Wood Glen Hall (full recital); Saturday, Jan. 27, at 3 p.m. in Faulkner Gallery at the downtown Santa Barbara Public Library (participating in a group recital); Friday Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. at Westmont’s Deane Chapel (participating in Faculty Recital); and Saturday, Feb. 3, at 3 p.m. in Trinity Episcopal Church (full recital). All performances are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Faculty to Perform Violin, Piano Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/faculty-perform-violin-piano-recital.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/09\/han-soo-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Willis, professor of English at Westmont and former poet laureate of Santa Barbara, hosts the 12th annual community poetry reading to honor the life and work of William Stafford (1914-1993) on Saturday, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. at the First Crossing Day Use Area in Los Padres National Forest, across from the Los Prietos Boys Camp, 3900 Paradise Road. This is the former site of the Los Prietos Civilian Public Service Camp, where Stafford served as a conscientious objector during World War II.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Annual Reading to Honor Poet Stafford", "link": "\/westmont-news\/annual-reading-honor-poet-stafford.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/01\/Library_Lamont_Poet_William_Stafford_-_Large-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Hundreds of Westmont students returned to campus Jan. 16 after being evacuated following the deadly Montecito mudslides to resume the spring semester. Before classes began the following day, the community gathered in the gym for a time of music, prayer and inspiration.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Hope to Serve Local Community", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-hope-serve-local-community.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/01\/springreturn-505x323.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s athletic director bravely rescued a friend who was trapped in her vehicle, caught in the deadly mudslides that struck Montecito early Jan. 9. Dave Odell received a frantic cell phone call from Kathi King, who had escaped her swamped car and climbed a tree to temporary safety. Watch the KEYT NewsChannel 3 story.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professor, AD Brave Montecito Mudslides", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professor-ad-brave-montecito-mudslides.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/01\/waltersInsta-325x325.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "How is Westmont?", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Montecito Flood Q&A", "link": "\/westmont-news\/montecito-flood-qa.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/12\/SC_0524-sm.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont began spring semester as scheduled on Jan. 8, while preparing campus for rain late that afternoon and the following day. The college was not in Santa Barbara County’s evacuation zone that included many areas below the Thomas Fire burn scar, but public safety officers kept a 24-hour watch for flooding.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Honors Heroes at Gratitude Chapel", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-honors-heroes-gratitude-chapel.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/01\/gratiutde2-505x465.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Small works of art from several hundred artists from around the country will be auctioned during “5X5: Celebrating Westmont College’s 80th Anniversary” at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. The online auction will begin Thursday, Jan. 11, at westmontmuseum.org and last until Jan. 26 at 5 p.m. However, due to the destruction in the local community from mudslides, an opening reception will be delayed until Thursday, Jan. 18, from 4-6 p.m. The opening reception, which includes coffee and cake, is free and open to the public. All proceeds from the event, which generally brings in about $20,000, will go towards the museum.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Museum Delays Reception for 5x5 Exhibit", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-delays-reception-5x5-exhibit.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/01\/D1X_3599-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Make a new beginning in a new year. January continues our season for admitting new Westmont Warriors for fall 2018. Hundreds of hopeful high school students have been receiving their Westmont admittance packages. You still have time to apply to meet our next priority deadline of February 15. Apply Now!", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2018-01-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "#WestmontSaidYES Apply Now", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmontsaidyes-apply-now.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2018\/01\/FullSizeRender-2-325x318.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Gen. Michael Hayden, an expert on cybersecurity and a retired director of the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency, will speak at the 13th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on Friday, Feb. 9, from 7-9 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort. Tickets cost $125 per person and go on sale Friday, Jan. 12, at 9 a.m. on the Westmont website. Seating is limited, and tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-12-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gen. Hayden to Speak at Westmont Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gen-hayden-speak-westmont-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/12\/Michael_Hayden_CIA_official_portrait-505x621.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont vice presidents and several other college employees retrieved and loaded up more than 550 packages from the Westmont Post Office ahead of a mandatory evacuation due to the massive Thomas Fire. Some of the packages included important medications and a particulate mask. When the college evacuated Dec. 10, Joanne Gish, assistant director of the college store and mailing services, and Ty Kim, mailing services coordinator, got assistance from Doug Jones, vice president for finance, and Chris Call, vice president for administration, research, planning and implementation, to safely transport the mail off campus. Ron Smith, sports information director, and his wife, Leslie, textbook manager, and several student workers moved all the mail to Jones’ car for transport to Call’s garage.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-12-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Neither Rain, nor Thomas Fire: Westmont Mail Delivers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/neither-rain-nor-thomas-fire-westmont-mail-delivers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/12\/CallJones-505x537.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Information Regarding Access to Residence Halls after the Thomas Fire", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-12-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Important Information from Student Life", "link": "\/westmont-news\/important-information-student-life.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/12\/campus-dec21-505x284.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Members of the Westmont Fire Brigade, created following the 2008 Tea Fire, have remained on campus in case the Thomas Fire reaches the college. The Westmont volunteers, most of whom work at the college’s Physical Plant, will not be involved in battling structural fires but may be activated to extinguish spot fires on campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-12-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fire Brigade Activated for Thomas Fire", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fire-brigade-activated-thomas-fire.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/12\/D1X_2552-1-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Q & A Update About Access to Campus, December 11, 9 a.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-12-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Thomas Fire Q&A", "link": "\/westmont-news\/thomas-fire-qa.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/12\/SC_0524-sm.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dear Members of the Westmont Community,", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-12-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Thomas Fire Letter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/thomas-fire-letter.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "President Gayle D. Beebe announced at an open forum on Dec. 7 that Westmont has canceled classes through Friday due to poor air quality in Santa Barbara stemming from the Thomas Fire in Ventura County. The college expects final exams to take place as scheduled beginning Tuesday, Dec. 12. Professors may decide to reschedule their Friday, Dec. 8, classes for Monday, Dec. 11. If so, they will directly notify the students in their classes. The campus will remain open, and staff will continue to work and services will remain available to students. Faculty and staff whose homes are threatened by the fire and in an evacuation zone may leave to pack and be with their family after they notify their supervisors. Staff members with questions can contact Human Resources.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-12-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Cancels Classes Due to Thomas Fire", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-cancels-classes-due-thomas-fire.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/12\/D1X_2415-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara resident Denice Fellows has joined the Westmont Foundation Board of Directors, which helps build connections between Westmont and the greater Santa Barbara community.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-12-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Welcomes New Board Member", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-welcomes-new-board-member.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/12\/D1X_8433-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Renowned entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki explored leadership and innovation at a sold-out luncheon Nov. 3 in Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. Kawasaki’s speech, part of the Mosher Center’s series on Moral and Ethical Leadership in American Society, offered practical ways to influence and persuade people and change their minds in a moral and ethical way.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-11-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Kawasaki Offers Leadership Tips, Apple Insight", "link": "\/westmont-news\/kawasaki-offers-leadership-tips-apple-insight.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/11\/Kawasaki-Head-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Weekend performances of “On the Edge,” Westmont’s Fall Dance Concert, have been canceled. A free, one-time only showing has been tentatively rescheduled to Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. in Porter Theatre. If you have already purchased a ticket for the weekend and would like a refund, please email bwhitcomb@westmont.edu..", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-11-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dance Concert Canceled this Weekend", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dance-concert-canceled-weekend.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/11\/dancebrown-505x221.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Greg Spencer, Westmont professor of communication studies, is the Western States Communication Association (WSCA) Communication and Instruction Interest Group’s 2018 Master Teacher. Spencer will speak on the Master Teacher panel in Santa Clara on Saturday, Feb. 16, from 1-2:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-11-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Greg Spencer Named WSCA Master Teacher", "link": "\/westmont-news\/greg-spencer-named-wsca-master-teacher.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/11\/Spencer-Greg_17-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont trustee Walter Hansen and Bruce Herman, Lothlorien distinguished professor in fine arts at Gordon College, presented President Gayle D. Beebe and his wife, Pam, with a commissioned portrait of Saint Augustine on Oct. 27 in Westmont chapel. The gift honors the couple’s 10 years of service at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-11-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Augustinian Painting Unveiled for Beebes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/augustinian-painting-unveiled-beebes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/11\/GaylePamPainting-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont ushers in the Christmas season with the 16th annual Pickle Tree Lighting on Tuesday, Nov. 28, at 5 p.m. at Kerrwood Lawn. Following holiday music and the Pickle Address, a mystery tree lighter will throw down the massive switch that lights the 150-foot redwood tree, affectionately known as the Pickle Tree. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-11-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont To Light Beloved Pickle Tree", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-light-beloved-pickle-tree.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/11\/Pickle-Tree-16-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont hosts its 13th annual Christmas Festival, retelling the Christmas story by weaving narration with music from the Westmont Orchestra, College Choir and Choral Union on Friday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 2, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m., all at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Tickets for this year’s event, “Covenant of Love,” cost $15 each and go on sale Nov. 10 at 5 p.m. at westmont.edu\/christmasfestival. Tickets are available online only for purchase. We are no longer taking ticket reservations on the phone.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-11-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Annual Christmas Fest To Spread Love", "link": "\/westmont-news\/annual-christmas-fest-spread-love.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/11\/xmas16-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four Westmont professors will explore the freedoms and limits of the First Amendment in a lecture Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m.in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The panel discussion, “‘You Offend Me, So Shut Up:’ Rethinking Free Speech in a Polarized Age,” features Jesse Covington, associate professor of political science, Chandra Mallampalli, Fletcher Jones Foundation professor in social science (history), Sandra Richter, Robert H. Gundry professor in biblical studies, and Jeff Schloss, director of the Center of Faith, Ethics and Life Sciences and T.B. Walker professor in the natural and behavioral sciences. The Westmont Forum, a series of discussions on important issues, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-10-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines State of Public Discourse", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-state-public-discourse.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/10\/Covington-Jesse_15-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student musicians and composers show off their talents at four free concerts this month, all of which are at Deane Chapel, located on Westmont’s lower campus. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-10-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Offers November Concerts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-offers-november-concerts.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/10\/NinaFox-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensembles will present their fall concert Sunday, Oct. 29, at 3 p.m. in Deane Chapel, on Westmont’s lower campus. Admission is free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-10-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chamber Orchestra, Winds Offer Fall Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chamber-orchestra-winds-offer-fall-concert.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/10\/brass-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Irene E. Neller will serve as vice president for enrollment, marketing and college communications at Westmont beginning December 1. She will manage admissions, strategic marketing, branding, communications, creative production, public relations and social media programs.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-10-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hires New Enrollment VP", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hires-new-enrollment-vp.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/10\/Irene-1-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jeff Schloss, who directs the Center of Faith, Ethics and Life Sciences and is T.B. Walker professor in the natural and behavioral sciences at Westmont, will explore the science of belief in a lecture, “New Discoveries in Science and Religion: Are We Built to Flourish with Faith?” on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The Westmont Downtown lecture, sponsored by the Westmont Foundation, is free and open to the public. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Schloss Talk to Examine Science of Belief", "link": "\/westmont-news\/schloss-talk-examine-science-belief.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/10\/JeffSchloss-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Observatory, which opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month, will be available Friday, Oct. 20, beginning at 7 p.m. and lasting several hours. The viewing occurs in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for public use.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-10-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Observatory Opens for Public Viewing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/observatory-opens-public-viewing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/10\/PinkBlossomObservatory-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Renowned critics, academics and Guatemalan art historians will be featured at a day-long symposium exploring Guatemalan visual art production from the 1960s to the present day on Friday, Oct. 20, at Westmont’s Porter Theatre. The event, hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara and Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, is the culmination of the exhibition “Guatemala from 33,000 km: Contemporary Art, 1960 - Present.” Tickets, which cost $25 for the general public or $15 for students and members of MCASB or the Westmont Art Council, may be purchased online.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-10-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Symposium Features Top Art Historians", "link": "\/westmont-news\/symposium-features-top-art-historians.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/10\/Guatemalan-Exhibit-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 400 people gathered at Westmont’s Global Leadership Center (GLC) to officially dedicate the central building and two surrounding residence halls on Oct. 13. The college, which celebrated its 80th year at Homecoming festivities during the weekend, developed the idea for the building about seven years ago following a 25-city listening tour led by President Gayle D. Beebe.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-10-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Dedicates Leadership Center", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-dedicates-leadership-center.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/10\/D1X_2027-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This year’s annual Fall Choral Festival, featuring 12 ensembles from 11 high schools and the Westmont Choir, Choral Union and Chamber Singers, is Friday, Oct. 27, at 4:45 p.m. and 7 p.m., both at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Half of the choirs will perform at 4:45 p.m. and the remaining half will perform prior to Westmont ensembles at 7 p.m. Both performances are free and open to the public, although seating is limited. For more information, please call (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-10-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Young Voices in Harmony at Choral Fest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/young-voices-harmony-choral-fest.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/10\/Choir1718-505x353.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra Fall Concert features musical celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation and solo performances by two Westmont piano students on Friday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. at Santa Barbara Community Church, 1002 Cieneguitas Rd., and Sunday, Oct. 22, at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Tickets, which cost $10 for general admission (students are free), may be purchased at the door. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040 or email music@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-10-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Concert Honors Reformation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-concert-honors-reformation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/10\/Orchestra-17-505x357.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus David Batstone ’80, a former Silicon Valley venture capitalist whose current work engages human rights activism around the globe, will give a lecture about “Charity is Dead: Reinventing Compassion and World Change” on Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 7p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Westmont in San Francisco and Global Studies Lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Cynthia Toms, Westmont kinesiology and global studies professor, at (805) 565-6025.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-10-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Batstone to Explore Why ‘Charity is Dead’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/batstone-explore-why-charity-dead.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/10\/BatstoneDavidbyLouise-Andersen2-505x353.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "President Gayle D. Beebe and the Westmont Board of Trustees officially dedicate the new Global Leadership Center (GLC) on Friday, Oct. 13, at 3 p.m. The free, public ribbon-cutting ceremony will feature several speeches, the Westmont College Choir and conclude with a tour of the new 45,000-square-foot facility.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-10-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College to Dedicate Leadership Center", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-dedicate-leadership-center.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/10\/Aerial-GLC-505x284.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui,” a satire examining the nature of power and the tools of fear, corruption and oppression, premieres Saturday, Oct. 21, and Sunday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 26, and Saturday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m. and Friday, Oct. 27, at 9 p.m., all at Westmont’s Porter Theatre. General admission is $12; $7 for students, children and seniors. Tickets may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice. The performance is intended for junior high students or older due to adult themes.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-10-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theater Stages Play Of Corruption, Power", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theater-stages-play-corruption-power.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/10\/Arturo-Ui-Posters-with-Stamp-505x774.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Niv Ashkenazi, world-renowned violinist, will perform on Friday, Oct. 13, at 3 p.m. in a masterclass at the music department rehearsal room followed by a performance at 5 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-09-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Renowned Violinist Performs Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/renowned-violinist-performs-recital.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/09\/Niv-505x760.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sarah Jirek, Westmont associate professor of sociology, compares the rate of campus sexual assault to religious service attendance in different U.S. states in a talk Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m.in Hieronymus Lounge at Kerrwood Hall. The Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi Lecture, “The Relationship Between Campus Sexual Assault Rates and Religiosity: Differences in Prevalence or Reporting?” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-09-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Sexual Assault, Religiosity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-sexual-assault-religiosity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/09\/Jirek-SarahA-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Martin Asher, professor of economics and business, will speak about the interplay between fiscal and monetary policy in 2017 and beyond on Thursday, Oct. 12, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The Westmont Downtown lecture, sponsored by the Westmont Foundation, is free and open to the public. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-09-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Downtown Talk on Future U.S. Economy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/downtown-talk-future-us-economy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/09\/AsherMartin-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Guy Kawasaki, renowned entrepreneur, will speak about “The Art of Innovation” at a luncheon Friday, Nov. 3, starting at noon in the Global Leadership Center. Tickets to the luncheon, part of the Mosher Foundation’s series on Moral and Ethical Leadership in American Society, cost $75 per person and may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/kawasaki.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-09-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Kawasaki to Speak at Leadership Luncheon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/kawasaki-speak-leadership-luncheon.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/09\/Guy_Kawasaki_001-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Several Westmont professors will explore learning for wisdom in a panel discussion Thursday, Oct. 5, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Kerrwood Hall. The Provost’s Lecture focuses on “Learning for Wisdom: Christian Education & the Good Life,” a new book by James E. Taylor, Westmont professor of philosophy. The talk is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Taylor at (805) 565- 6157.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-09-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Panel to Discuss Learning for Wisdom", "link": "\/westmont-news\/panel-discuss-learning-wisdom.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/09\/Taylor-Jim_17-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont celebrates its 80th anniversary by hosting a variety of events at Homecoming 2017, Oct. 13-Oct. 15, including Westmont’s 80th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 5:30 p.m. at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort, 633 E Cabrillo Boulevard in Santa Barbara. The special festivities begin in the outside rotunda and move inside the grand ballroom for dinner and a program to recognize 80 alumni honorees. The Young Alumni and Student Dance follows at 9:30 p.m. Tickets to the anniversary celebration, which are separate from Homecoming, cost $50 per person and must be purchased in advance. Registration at westmont.edu\/alumni ends Oct. 6. Tickets are expected to sell out.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-09-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Celebrates 80th at Homecoming", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-celebrates-80th-homecoming.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/09\/hc2012_10in-325x169.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Teddy Macker, Santa Barbara writer and poet, reads from his collection “This World” and other recent works in a poetry reading, Thursday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Kerrwood Hall. The event, part of the Westmont Reading Series, is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Paul Willis, Westmont professor of English, at (805) 565-7174.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-09-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Poetry Reading Features Teddy Macker", "link": "\/westmont-news\/poetry-reading-features-teddy-macker.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/09\/Macker-505x505.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In a world that is increasingly under surveillance and digital control, Donald Patterson, professor of computer science, answers the question, “Should We Hide from Big Data?” in a lecture on Thursday, April 13, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051. The free, public lecture, sponsored by the Westmont Foundation, is part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Probes Big Data, Surveillance", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-probes-big-data-surveillance.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/D1X_4105-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Michael Gonella, Santa Barbara City College professor of environmental horticulture, examines permaculture as a solution to ecosystem and human health issues in his lecture, “Permaculture Design: Rebuilding a Sustainable Relationship with the Land,” Tuesday, April 11, at 3:30 p.m. at Founders Room in the Westmont Kerr Student Center. The Sustainability Speaker Series lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (805) 565-6082.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "SBCC Professor Explores Sustainability", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sbcc-professor-explores-sustainability.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/Gonella__7-7-2016.jpg-505x379.png", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The National Institutes of Health, the primary agency of the U.S. government responsible for biomedical and health-related research, has awarded Steve Julio, Westmont associate professor of biology, and his collaborators at the University of North Carolina a $1.6 million grant over five years. The grant will be used to explore a bacterial regulatory control system that was discovered at Westmont several years ago. Julio and his collaborators will be trying to decipher how the regulatory system controls bacterial virulence, with the practical goal of identifying new therapeutic targets for whooping cough.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Steve Julio Co-Recipient of Major NIH Grant", "link": "\/westmont-news\/steve-julio-co-recipient-major-nih-grant.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/JulioResearch-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "New York Times columnist David Brooks speaks at Westmont’s third annual Lead Where You Stand Conference, which takes place May 31-June 2. Tickets to the three-day event include all materials and meals and cost $499. Purchase them online at westmont.edu\/lead.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Leadership Conference Features Brooks", "link": "\/westmont-news\/leadership-conference-features-brooks.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/PB16_0307-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Author David Garrison examines a trend of Muslims becoming Christians in his lecture about his most recent book, “A Wind in the House of Islam: How God Is Drawing Muslims around the World to Faith in Jesus Christ,” Thursday, April 6, at 3:30 p.m.in Darling Foundation Lecture Hall at Westmont’s Winter Hall, room 210. The World Christianity and Adams Mission Fund Lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Muslim Conversion, Christianity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-muslim-conversion-christianity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/Garrison.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Spring Sing, a student-performed variety show and competition between residence halls, celebrates its 56th anniversary on Saturday, April 1, at 6:30 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Tickets, which are $25 for general admission and $11 for children 12 and under, can be purchased through AXS.com or at the bowl box office.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Spring Sing to Celebrate 56th at SB Bowl", "link": "\/westmont-news\/spring-sing-celebrate-56th-sb-bowl.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/SS16_1375-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Fourteen graduating art majors will offer the capstone art projects, which span painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, performance and video, April 6-May 6 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public opening reception for “As of Yet Unknown” is Thursday, April 6, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Seniors Show ‘As of Yet Unknown’ Art", "link": "\/westmont-news\/seniors-show-yet-unknown-art.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/Jenna2-505x619.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The month of April features several free concerts with select ensembles of Westmont students and faculty. For more information, please call the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Spring Concerts Bloom this April", "link": "\/westmont-news\/spring-concerts-bloom-april.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/ErinLeahySinging-505x435.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Scott Shalkowski, senior lecturer at the University of Leeds, delves into a cluster of topics at the intersection of epistemology of religion and philosophical apologetics in a lecture, “No Cheating Allowed!” on Wednesday, April 5, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Westmont Philosophy Department Lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Philosophy Talk Has ‘No Cheating Allowed!’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/philosophy-talk-has-no-cheating-allowed.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/shalkowski.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“You Can’t Keep Living This Way,” a comedy that examines everyday joy and disparity through a quirky lens, premieres Friday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 25, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. all at Westmont’s Porter Theatre. The play is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Altman to Premier a Play of Anxiety, Joy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/altman-premier-play-anxiety-joy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/YCKLTW-Banner-505x284.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Choral Masterworks Concert, featuring selections by Georg Philipp Telemann, Thomas Linley Jr. and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is Sunday, March 26, at 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 305 East Anapamu Street. Admission is $10, students are free. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Masterworks Includes Mozart Vespers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/masterworks-includes-mozart-vespers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/M16_1060-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams open play in the 2017 NAIA Division I National Championship on March 16.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors Launch into March Madness", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-launch-march-madness.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/menshoops-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 262 Westmont students will spend spring break, March 11-18, volunteering for various service projects in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Salt Lake City, Mexico and Haiti. About 216 students traveled from Westmont to Ensenada on March 10 for Potter’s Clay, a student-led service trip that is celebrating its 40th anniversary, making it one of Westmont’s longest-running traditions. With the help of 30 professionals traveling alongside the students, volunteers will build homes, cut hair, prepare meals, lead prayer and worship as well as provide medical and dental care for Ensenada residents.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Spend Spring Break Serving Globally", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-spend-spring-break-serving-globally.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/DSC-0072-copy-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Observatory, which opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month, will focus on several open clusters that will be at the zenith Friday, March 17, beginning at 7 p.m. and lasting several hours.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Stargazers to Glimpse Open Clusters", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stargazers-glimpse-open-clusters.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/TC_3506-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont students will find it easier to complete a minor in computer science thanks to a new program beginning next year. Open to students from all majors, the minor requires five computer science classes. Students take one course in each of three consecutive Mayterms (five weeks of study in May) and two other computer science classes during their regular schedule.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Computer Minor, Major Opportunity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/computer-minor-major-opportunity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/HunterClass-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Violinist Anna Stenzel of Illinois earned top honors at the fifth annual Music Guild Competition March 4, where six high school seniors competed for Westmont music scholarships. Stenzel won the Guild Scholarship, receiving $10,000 in annual music scholarship funds (up to $40,000 over four years) to study at Westmont, in addition to her initial violin scholarship award and Presidential Academic Scholarship. The other finalists, violinists Jenna Walters of Knoxville and Christina Dubell of Orange County; violist Cameron Audras of Oak Park; cellist Logan Hodson of Sierra Madre and vocalist Elaina Crenshaw of Ventura, each received $10,000 in total music scholarship as well as a Ruth Kerr Memorial Scholarship, two Presidential Scholarships and two Augustinian Scholarships.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Illinois Violinist Wins Guild Scholarship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/illinois-violinist-wins-guild-scholarship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/Stenzel-505x410.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "General Stan McChrystal addressed more than 700 people at Westmont’s 12th annual President’s Breakfast in the Fess Parker Grand Ballroom on March 3. Later that morning, he fielded questions from four Westmont students during convocation on campus, speaking to about a thousand people. At both events, he discussed challenges presented by the rapid pace of technology, globalization and our increasingly complex society.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "McChrystal Examines Technology, Teamwork", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mcchrystal-examines-technology-teamwork.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/McChrystalTight-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John Blondell, Westmont professor of theater arts, directs a Lit Moon Theatre production of William Shakespeare’s “Richard III,” presenting the king’s Machiavellian rise to power and short reign, on March 9-11 at 7:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Hall Black-Box Theatre. Tickets, which cost $20 for general admission and $15 for students and seniors, may be purchased at westmont.edu\/boxoffice. The theater seats an intimate audience of 50, so advance purchase is requested.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Blondell Stages ‘Richard III’ in Black Box", "link": "\/westmont-news\/blondell-stages-richard-iii-black-box.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/Richard-III-copy-505x780.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Arnold Sikkema, Trinity Western University professor of physics, explores the interaction between science and faith in a lecture, “Quantum Physics and Christianity,” Friday, March 10, at 3:30 p.m. in Darling Foundation Lecture Hall at Westmont’s Winter Hall, room 210. The Science and Faith Club Lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Quantum Physics, Christianity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-quantum-physics-christianity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/ArnoldSikkemas-505x505.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Cheri Larsen Hoeckley, Westmont professor of English, examines the crossover between migration of people, literature and gender issues in a talk, “Redundant Women and Expatriates: Victorian Women Writers Abroad and the Language of Global Sojourning,” Tuesday, March 21, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Gender Studies Lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-03-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Literature, Gender, Immigration", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-literature-gender-immigration.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/03\/Larsen-Hoeckley-Cheri_15-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Six high school seniors will compete for Westmont music scholarships at the fifth annual Music Guild Competition on Saturday, March 4, at 7 p.m. at Westmont’s Deane Chapel on lower campus. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-02-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Top Musicians to Compete for Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/top-musicians-compete-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/02\/WMG_4623-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alan ‘Spirit Hawk’ Salazar, a Native American storyteller and educator, shares his unique perspective in a talk, “Chumash Traditions: Storytelling and a Maritime Legacy,” on Tuesday, March 7, at 3:30 p.m. in Founders Room. The lecture, part of Westmont’s Sustainability Speaker Series, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-02-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture to Explore Chumash Traditions", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-explore-chumash-traditions.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/02\/AlanSalazar-Heidi-Laughton-505x508.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lisa DeBoer, Westmont professor of art history, examines various church worship practices in a talk, “Becoming the Body of Christ, or Not,” Monday, March 6, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi Lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-02-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Explore Church Worship Practices", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explore-church-worship-practices.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/12\/deboer-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts examines ways a liberal arts education might encourage sustainability and ecological efforts at its 16th annual conference March 23-25. Plenary sessions of the Conversation on the Liberal Arts, “Liberal Arts for a Fragile Planet” are free and open to the public. Registration, which includes all meals Friday dinner through Saturday lunch, as well as shuttle service between select hotels and the Westmont campus, costs $250 for general admission or $100 for students (graduate or undergraduate). To register or for more information, please visit westmont.edu\/institute or call (805)565-6124.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-02-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Event Explores Liberal Arts, Fragile Planet", "link": "\/westmont-news\/event-explores-liberal-arts-fragile-planet.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/02\/LA16_0059-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra, after a tour to our nation’s capital, performs music by Richard Wagner and Rimsky Korsakoff at the Spring Orchestra Concert Friday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. in Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West and Sunday, Feb. 26, at 3 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church. Tickets, which cost $10 for general admission (students are free), may be purchased at the door. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040 or email music@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-02-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Features Wagner, Korsakoff", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-features-wagner-korsakoff.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/02\/orchestra-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Festival Theatre offers “Blood Wedding,” a tragedy written by Federico García Lorca, one of Spain’s most revered and controversial dramatists, Feb. 24-25 and March 2-4, at 7:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. General admission is $12; $7 for students, children and seniors. Tickets may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-02-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theater Offers Passionate ‘Blood Wedding’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theater-offers-passionate-blood-wedding.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/02\/Blood-Wedding-poster-promo-version-505x774.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jay Ruskey, owner of Good Land Organics, a 42-acre farm in Goleta that specializes in exotic sub-tropical crops, examines organic growing practices and groundbreaking work growing coffee in California on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 3:30 p.m. at Founders Room in the Westmont Kerr Student Center. The Sustainability Speaker Series lecture, “Organic Growing Practices and California Coffee,” is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (805) 565-6082.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-02-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Explore Organic Growing, Coffee", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explore-organic-growing-coffee.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/02\/JayRuskey-by-Michelle-Nunes-505x559.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Doug McKenna, CEO and executive director of the Center of Organizational Leadership, Oceanside Institute, speaks about “The Four Disciplines of Effective Leaders” at a luncheon Friday, Feb. 17, from noon-2 p.m. in Page Hall at Westmont. Tickets to the event, part of the Mosher Center lecture series, Moral and Ethical Leadership in American Society, cost $25 and may be purchased online at: westmont.edu\/leadershipseries. For more information, please contact special events at (805) 565-6024 or specialevents@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-02-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Luncheon to Train Effective Leaders", "link": "\/westmont-news\/luncheon-train-effective-leaders.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/02\/LC15_0027-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sara Zarr, an award-winning young adult novelist, will read selections of her work Thursday, Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The event, part of the Westmont Reading Series, is free and open to the public. A selection of her books will be available for sale and signing.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-02-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Award-Winning YA Novelist to Read", "link": "\/westmont-news\/award-winning-ya-novelist-read.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/02\/sarazarr-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Eight high schools from the greater Southern California area will compete in the 29th annual High School Mathematics Contest at Westmont on Saturday, Feb 4, from 1-6:30p.m. in Westmont’s Winter Hall. The contest begins at 1p.m. with the Chalk Talk Derby, a five question written exam and the annual College Bowl competition complete with buzzers, modeled after the 1960’s TV show, College Bowl.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-02-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Get Primed for Annual Math Contest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-get-primed-annual-math-contest.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/02\/WMG_8371-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The spring 2017 Westmont Faculty Recital features works by women composers Friday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Dean Chapel on lower campus. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Westmont Music Department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-02-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Women Composers Shine at Faculty Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/women-composers-shine-faculty-recital.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/02\/Han-Soo-Kim-Playing-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Several Westmont faculty and staff members will explore issues about immigration and migration in a free panel discussion, “Redefining Borders: From Political to the Personal,” on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-01-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Redefines Borders, Human Experience", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-redefines-borders-human-experience.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/01\/borderhoeckleysroberston-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Artists Andrea Bowers and Marcos Ramirez ERRE explore issues related to borders, immigration, coexistence and social justice in an exhibition, “So Close and So Far,” Jan. 26-March 25 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. An opening reception with the two artists on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 4-6 p.m. is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-01-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibition Examines Borders, Immigration", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibition-examines-borders-immigration.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/01\/DSC01283-505x550.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s music and theater departments collaborate to perform “A Movable Musical Feast,” featuring instrumental and vocal music of the 17th century, in three locations over three days: Thursday, Feb. 2, at 5:30 p.m. at Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Friday, Feb. 3, 7 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church; and Saturday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. In each location, the performance will unfold in various venues. All performances are free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-01-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music, Theater to Deliver a Baroque Feast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-theater-deliver-baroque-feast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/01\/Dido-Left-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Charles Duhigg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter, discussed how we form habits and develop mental routines at a Jan. 20 luncheon at the Coral Casino at Four Seasons Resort the Biltmore Santa Barbara. His talk, “The Habitual Pursuit of Excellence,” focused on teaching better leadership skills. About 160 people attended the Mosher Foundation event with Duhigg, who has authored bestselling books “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life” and “Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-01-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Duhigg Explores Habit, Leadership at Luncheon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/duhigg-explores-habit-leadership-luncheon.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/01\/IMG_1077-1-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Roy Goble ’81, president of Pathlight International, explores the tension between living in an age of great wealth and great poverty in a lecture about his book, “Junkyard Wisdom: Resisting the Whisper of Wealth in a World of Broken Parts,” Thursday, Jan. 26, at 3:30 p.m. in Winter Hall room 212. The Global Studies Lecture, co-sponsored by the Global Studies Fellows and the Goble Center for Global Learning, is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (805) 565-6082.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-01-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Faith, Wealth and Poverty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-faith-wealth-and-poverty.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/01\/Gobles-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra celebrates President’s Day by performing at the fourth annual 2017 Capital Orchestra Festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. They join at least two other accomplished symphony orchestras selected for the Monday, Feb. 20, event at the historic venue. For tickets or more information, please visit capitalorchestrafestival.org.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-01-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra to Play at the Kennedy Center", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-play-kennedy-center.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/01\/iStock_963612_LARGE-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Depending on the weather, the Westmont Observatory, which opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month, may be available Friday, Jan. 20, beginning at 6:30 p.m. and lasting several hours. However, rain showers are expected that evening, which would force the cancellation of the viewing. The viewing at Westmont occurs in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for public use.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-01-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Clouds May Dampen Friday’s Star Party", "link": "\/westmont-news\/clouds-may-dampen-fridays-star-party.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/01\/TC_2423-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "James Rogers, founder and CEO of Apeel Sciences, lectures about “Recycling Nature’s Intelligent Design” Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 3:30 p.m. at Founders Room in the Westmont Kerr Student Center. The talk, part of Westmont’s Sustainability Speaker Series, is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (805) 565-6082.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-01-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Sustainable Agriculture", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-sustainable-agriculture.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/01\/JamesRogers-505x333.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Willis, professor of English at Westmont, will read from his new book of poetry, “Getting to Gardisky Lake” (Stephen F. Austin State University Press), Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 4 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. Students from Willis’ first-year honors seminar in literature will also share their original poems. The reading is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2017-01-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Willis Reads Poetry from ‘Gardisky Lake’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/willis-reads-poetry-gardisky-lake.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2017\/01\/Willis-Paul_15A-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "General Stan McChrystal, a bestselling author, a popular college teacher and one of the most revered military officers of his generation, will speak at the 12th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on Friday, March 3, from 7-9 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Fess Parker: A Doubletree Resort by Hilton. Tickets cost $125 per person and go on sale Friday, Feb. 3, at 9 a.m. on the Westmont website. Seating is limited, and tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-12-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "McChrystal Speaks at Westmont Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mcchrystal-speaks-westmont-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/12\/McChrystal-Stanley-1-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont men’s basketball program commemorates 75 years of excellence by hosting a weekend of events, including a dinner celebration at the Fess Parker: A Doubletree Resort by Hilton on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 at 6 p.m. Dinner tickets, which include free admission to Saturday’s basketball game, are $75 per person, $140 per couple, and $650 per table of ten. To purchase tickets, please visit the online registration page.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-12-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Men’s Basketball to Celebrate 75 Years", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mens-basketball-celebrate-75-years.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/12\/mbb09fisheye-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts presented Lisa DeBoer, professor of art history at Westmont, the 2016 Arlin G. Meyer Prize in Non-Fiction for her book, 'The Visual Arts and the Worshiping Church,' at its 26th annual National Conference on Oct. 14 at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. DeBoer’s book explores a neglected but crucial element of the 'art and worship' conversation: the sociological elements of our churches and our art world. Much of her early work on the project was destroyed in the 2008 Tea Fire.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-12-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "DeBoer Earns National Prize for Book", "link": "\/westmont-news\/deboer-earns-national-prize-book.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/12\/deboer-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Charles Duhigg, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter and bestselling author speaks about “The Habitual Pursuit of Excellence” Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, at noon in the Coral Casino at Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara. Tickets to the luncheon, part of the Mosher Foundation’s series on Moral and Ethical Leadership in American Society, cost $100 each and may be purchased online only at westmont.edu\/leadershipseries.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-11-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Duhigg to Speak at Leadership Luncheon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/duhigg-speak-leadership-luncheon.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/11\/Duhigg_Charles.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sophomore Haley Parzonko scored two minutes and four seconds into overtime Nov. 19, sending the No. 10 Westmont Women’s soccer team to Alabama to continue its title quest in the NAIA Women’s Soccer National Tournament. The Warriors eliminated Carroll College of Montana 2-1 at Thorrington Field. Five-foot-10 Renee Gonsalves soared high above the Saint’s defenders to head the Warriors first goal off a corner kick by Parzonko.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-11-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Women Keep National Title Hopes Alive", "link": "\/westmont-news\/women-keep-national-title-hopes-alive.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/11\/WS16_2433-e1479841331278-505x475.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont ushers in the Christmas season with the15th annual Pickle Tree Lighting at Kerrwood Lawn on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 5 p.m. Following holiday music and the Pickle Address, a mystery tree lighter will throw down the massive switch that lights the 150-foot redwood tree, affectionately known as the Pickle Tree. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-11-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alums Flock to Westmont for Tree Lighting", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alums-flock-westmont-tree-lighting.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/11\/xmaskids-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Fall Dance Concert features choreography from students, faculty and alumni on Friday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., all in Porter Theatre. Tickets to “Connecting…” cost $10 for general admission; $7 for students, seniors or children, and may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice or by calling (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-11-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dancers ‘Connecting...’ with Concertgoers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dancers-connecting-concertgoers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/11\/KyndalVogt15-505x374.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jack Sinclair, chief merchandising officer of 99 Cents Only Stores, has joined the Westmont Board of Trustees. Sinclair, whose daughter Kirsty is a junior at Westmont, is a native of Glasgow, Scotland, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Strathclyde. The 32-member board of trustees oversees the operations of the college.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-11-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "99 Cents Only CMO Joins Trustees", "link": "\/westmont-news\/99-cents-only-cmo-joins-trustees.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/11\/Jack-Sinclair-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "No. 10 Westmont women’s soccer (15-3-2) hosts Carroll College (Mont.) in the opening round of the 2016 NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championship on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 1 p.m. on Thorrington Field. Westmont faculty\/staff and their families will get in for free along with Westmont students. General admission is $8, students from other schools are $3, and anyone under the age of 14 is free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-11-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors to Battle in National Tournaments", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-battle-national-tournaments.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/11\/wsocteam-505x275.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont presents its 12th annual Christmas Festival, retelling the Christmas story by weaving narration with music from the Westmont Orchestra, College Choir and Choral Union, Dec. 2-3 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 4, at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Tickets to this year’s performance, “Fear Not for I am with You,” cost $15 apiece and can only be purchased online beginning Thursday, Nov. 10, at 5 p.m. at westmont.edu\/christmasfestival. Please call (805) 565-7140 for more information.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-11-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Festival Spreads Hope, Peace", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-festival-spreads-hope-peace.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/11\/xmasfisheye-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara celebrates the remarkable life and work of Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of his death by hosting a series of performances, including three plays, by an international coalition of theaters and arts organizations Nov. 17-20.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-11-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The Bard’s Complete Walk Arrives in SB", "link": "\/westmont-news\/bards-complete-walk-arrives-sb.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/11\/MK4_0604-copy-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student musicians and composers show off their talents at six free concerts this month. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Musicians to Shine in November", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-musicians-shine-november-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/11\/acunaziliotto-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John Blondell and Mitchell Thomas, Westmont theater arts professors, reflect on the lasting legacy of William Shakespeare while previewing “Shakespeare@400,” a citywide celebration of Shakespeare, in a talk Thursday, Nov. 10, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street. The Westmont Downtown Lecture, “Celebrating Shakespeare@400 in Santa Barbara,” is free and open to the public. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-10-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Offers a Peek of ‘Shakespeare@400’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-offers-peek-shakespeare400.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/10\/ThomasBlondell-505x303.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nicholas Vujicic, born without arms and legs, speaks in chapel on Friday, Oct. 28, at 10:30 a.m. in Westmont’s Murchison Gym. The 45-minute chapel service is free and open to the public; seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-10-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Life Without Limbs Founder in Chapel", "link": "\/westmont-news\/life-without-limbs-founder-chapel.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/10\/Nicholas-Vujicic-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Fall Choral Festival, combining the voices of about 400 students from 14 high schools, is Friday, Oct. 28, at 4:45 p.m. and 7 p.m., both at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Half of the choirs will perform at 4:45 p.m. and the remaining half will perform prior to Westmont ensembles at 7 p.m. Both performances are free and open to the public, although seating is limited. For more information, please call (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-10-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Choral Festival to Hit the Right Notes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/choral-festival-hit-right-notes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/10\/WestmontChoirX-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will take advantage of a late rising waning moon to zoom in on several distant globular clusters at this month’s free public viewing of the stars Friday, Oct. 21, beginning about 7:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-10-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Star Party to Feature Wild Duck Cluster", "link": "\/westmont-news\/star-party-feature-wild-duck-cluster.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/10\/Cloudy-Observatory-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter professor emeritus of philosophical theology at Yale University, examines what accounts for hardening of the heart in a talk, “Empathy and Anger in the Struggle Against Injustice,” on Monday, Oct. 17, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Erasmus Society Lecture, sponsored by the Westmont Philosophy Department, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-10-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Wolterstorff Explores Empathy, Anger", "link": "\/westmont-news\/wolterstorff-explores-empathy-anger.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/10\/Nicholas_Wolterstorff-505x714.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra opens its 11th season celebrating the 400th anniversary of the deaths of literary greats William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in its fall concert Friday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Page Hall and Sunday, Oct. 23, at 3 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church. Tickets, which cost $10 for general admission (students are free), may be purchased at the door. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040 or email music@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-10-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Honors Shakespeare, Cervantes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-honors-shakespeare-cervantes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/10\/Orchestra1617-505x314.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kathi King, director of outreach and education for the Santa Barbara Environmental Council, explains how energy, transportation and food systems affect climate change in a lecture, “How to Reduce your Carbon Footprint TODAY,” Friday, Oct. 14, at 3:30 p.m. in Founders Room below Westmont’s Kerr Student Center. The talk, part of the Sustainability Speaker Series, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-10-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Reducing Carbon Footprint", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-reducing-carbon-footprint.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/10\/kathi-king-2015-505x505.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In an upcoming talk in the Erasmus lecture series, Dr. Kya Mangrum of the University of Utah will examine how American abolitionists have used rhetorical and visual strategies to further their cause. Her lecture, “American Slavery as It Is? Word, Image, and the Desire for the Crime Scene Photograph in U.S. Anti-Slavery Literature, 1830-1839,” is free and open to the public. It will be held on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. For more information, please contact organizer Sarah Skripsky, associate professor of English, at (805) 565-6122.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-10-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Bourne’s ‘Picture of Slavery’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-bournes-picture-slavery.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/10\/s200_kya.mangrum.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum opens the fall season with a diverse collection of art objects and images by third generation Japanese-American Dug Uyesaka Oct. 20- Jan. 14 in the museum. A free, opening reception for “Dug Uyesaka: Long Story Short” is Thursday, Oct. 20, from 4-6 p.m. in the museum.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-10-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibit Features Uyesaka’s ‘Long Story Short’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibit-features-uyesakas-long-story-short.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/08\/UyesakaUntitledPhotoPolymer-505x342.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont will honor the late William S. “Bill” Klug ’98 and Angie Hill ’90 as Alumnus and Alumna of the Year during Homecoming 2016 Oct. 14-16. Jeff Dykstra ’92, co-founder and CEO of Partners in Food Solutions, will receive the Global Service Award, and Matt Blickendorf ’08, an emergency physician in Indianapolis, has earned the Young Alumni Award. The college will present the awards at the All-Alumni Brunch on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 10 a.m. on Magnolia Lawn next to Westmont’s Voskuyl Library. Tickets cost $30 each and must be purchased online by Monday, Oct. 10.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-10-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Homecoming to Honor Outstanding Alumni", "link": "\/westmont-news\/homecoming-honor-outstanding-alumni.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/10\/Homecoming11Magnolia-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Thomas Knecht, associate professor of political science at Westmont, reflects on the unprecedented surprises of the 2016 race for the White House in a talk on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street. The Westmont Downtown Lecture, “Breaking All the Rules: Making Sense of the 2016 Presidential Election,” is free and open to the public. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-10-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Knecht Dissects Clinton, Trump Campaigns", "link": "\/westmont-news\/knecht-dissects-clinton-trump-campaigns.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/10\/2H5F1558-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College Festival Theatre presents one of Shakespeare’s most loved and popular plays “As You Like It” on Oct. 14-15 and Oct. 20-22 at 7:30 p.m. in Porter Theatre. General admission is $12; $7 for students, children and seniors. Tickets may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Offers the Bard’s ‘As You Like It’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-offers-bards-you-it.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/blondellDido-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "PayScale has released its 2016-2017 College Salary Report, which lists Westmont graduates’ salary potential in four distinct categories: No. 16 among national liberal arts colleges, No. 14 among all California colleges, No. 17 nationally for business majors and No. 74 for all U.S. universities and colleges.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Alumni Earn Top Salaries", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-alumni-earn-top-salaries.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/SC_0400-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A small fire inside a storage closet at Westmont’s Page Hall forced the evacuation of about 200 students this evening around 5:40 p.m until 10 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Small Fire Injures One, Displaces 200", "link": "\/westmont-news\/small-fire-injures-one-displaces-200.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/D1X_9128-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 30 student researchers who worked on 13 projects during the summer with professors in the fields of biology, chemistry, kinesiology, mathematics and psychology will explain their findings on Friday, Sept. 30, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the Winter Hall Rotunda. The Celebration of Summer Research, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Research Symposium Offers Live Lab Demos", "link": "\/westmont-news\/research-symposium-offers-live-lab-demos.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/Danielle-CostaTylerSalinasSarahMcGoughTimVanHaitsmaJaeFerrin-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Pianist Constantine Finehouse, artist-in-residence at Westmont, performs works by Frédéric Chopin and Clara and Robert Schumann on Friday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The piano recital is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Westmont Music Department at (805) 565-6400.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Finehouse to Perform Piano Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/finehouse-perform-piano-recital.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/Con092a-505x760.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Şuhnaz Yilmaz, visiting professor at UCLA with appointments at the Luskin Schools of Public Affairs and Innovation, examines the complicated relationship between the United States and Turkey in a talk Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 3:15 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. “Challenges to Turkish-American Relations in a Turbulent Middle East,” co-sponsored by the Westmont provost’s office, global education, and the departments of political science and history, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Explore U.S.-Turkey Relations", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explore-us-turkey-relations.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/Yilmaz-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jon Huckins, co-founding director of the Global Immersion Project, explores the importance of cultivating everyday peacemakers through immersion in global conflict on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The lecture, “Global Peacemaking as Discipleship: Lessons from Welcoming the Stranger,” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Global Peacemakers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-global-peacemakers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/Jon-Huckins-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Reel Talk series explores the difficult issues associated with immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. in Adams Center room 216. Following the film, “Who Is Dayani Cristal?” there will be a panel discussion with five Westmont faculty and staff members who took part in a U.S. Border Immersion Faculty Seminar in May. The screening and discussion are free and open to the public. For more information about Reel Talk, please contact Aaron Sizer, assistant director of the Gaede Institute, which sponsors Reel Talk, at (805) 565-6124. For information about the Border Immersion Faculty Seminar, please contact professor Cynthia Toms, who organized and led the trip to Arizona and Mexico, at (805) 565-6025.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Film, Talk to Expose Border Challenges", "link": "\/westmont-news\/film-talk-expose-border-challenges.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/Who-Is-Dayani-Cristal-505x305.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont remains in the top 100 best liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report for the eighth straight year. “America’s Best Colleges, 2017 Edition” lists Westmont as tied for No. 99 out of the nation’s liberal arts colleges.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont in Top 100 for 8th Straight Year", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-top-100-8th-straight-year.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/entrancehoriz-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Saturn and Mars, hanging low on the southern sky, will be the focus of this month’s free public viewing of the stars Friday, Sept. 16, beginning about 7:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. Despite a full moon, Westmont’s Keck Telescope, a 24-inch F\/8 Cassegrain reflecting instrument with Ritchey-Chretien optics, will zoom in on Mars and Saturn, which will be about 30 degrees above the horizon.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Mars, Saturn, Full Moon at Public Viewing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mars-saturn-full-moon-public-viewing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/ObservatoryStairs-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Derek Muller, associate professor of law at Pepperdine University, examines the historical and legal perspective of electoral law in a Constitution Day lecture Monday, Sept. 19, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. “From Adams v. Jefferson to Trump v. Clinton: Elections and the Framers’ Constitution,” funded by the John Templeton Foundation through a grant from the Institute for Humane Studies, is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact organizer Jesse Covington, Westmont associate professor of political science, at (805) 565-6784. Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by 39 men on Sept. 17, 1787, recognizing all naturalized or native-born citizens of the U.S.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Electoral Law, Constitution", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-electoral-law-constitution.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/Derek-Muller-505x433.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Amanda Sparkman, assistant professor of biology, Sameer Yadav, assistant professor of religious studies, and Meredith Whitnah, assistant professor of sociology, examine the ways gender might be defined in their respective disciplines on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. “What is Gender?” co-sponsored by the gender studies program and the Westmont Feminist Society, is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact organizer Caryn Reeder, associate professor of religious studies, at (805) 565-7047.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Panel Talk to Explore ‘What is Gender?’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/panel-talk-explore-what-gender.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/Whitnah-Meredith_15-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College Festival Theatre launches the first of three staged readings by international playwrights to explore diverse global issues on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. in Porter Theatre. “Nocturnal,” written by Juan Mayorga and directed by Mitchell Thomas, Westmont professor of theater, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Staged Reading Explores Immigration", "link": "\/westmont-news\/staged-reading-explores-immigration.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/ThomasGoodDay-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The fall 2016 Westmont Faculty Recital, featuring the Stravinsky Trio and the four-member Sonos Winds, is Friday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Faculty Recital Features Sonos Winds", "link": "\/westmont-news\/faculty-recital-features-sonos-winds.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/WMG_6896-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alister Chapman, a British expat who serves as professor of history at Westmont, offers his European perspectives on how immigration has changed the continent Monday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi Lecture, “Immigration: The Best Thing for Britain Since Sliced Bread?” is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact organizer Ray Rosentrater, professor of mathematics, at (805) 565-6185.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chapman Explores Immigration in Britain", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chapman-explores-immigration-britain.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/chapman-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Congressman Frank Wolf, a Republican who represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives for 34 years, and Ambassador Tony P. Hall, a Democrat who represented Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives for more than 20 years and served as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.’s Agencies for Food and Agriculture, discuss the importance of Christians standing up for religious freedom and human rights around the world on Thursday, Sept. 15, at noon in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The Political Science Lecture, “Friendship Across the Aisle: Bipartisanship in Pursuit of Justice, Human Rights and Religious Freedom,” is co-sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, and is free and open to the public. For more information, contact organizer Jesse Covington, associate professor of political science, at (805) 565-6784.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Congressmen Examine Bipartisanship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/congressmen-examine-bipartisanship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/wolfhall-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Cronshaw, president of the Santa Barbara Beekeepers Association, explores the critical ecological importance of bees in agriculture at a lecture Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Founders Dining Room.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-09-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Comb ‘Sustainable Beekeeping’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-comb-sustainable-beekeeping.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/09\/paul-cronshaw-1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Larry Crandell, a founder of the Friends of Westmont and the college’s first Westmont Medal recipient, has died. He was 93.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-08-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Founder of Westmont Foundation Dies at 93", "link": "\/westmont-news\/founder-westmont-foundation-dies-93.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/08\/WestmontFoundation1995-505x361.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Sherman, professor of psychological and brain sciences at UC Santa Barbara, explores how self-affirmation, the act of reflecting upon core values, can reduce prejudicial behaviors and mitigate their effect Friday, Sept. 9, at 3:30 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The Natural and Behavioral Sciences Lecture, “Threats and Affirmations: The Interplay of Self and Social Identity,” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-08-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Self-Affirmation, Prejudice", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-self-affirmation-prejudice.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/08\/sherman-d-505x673.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four distinguished tenure-track professors join Westmont’s faculty this fall: Elizabeth Gardner (communication studies), Carmen McCain (English), Jonathan Mitchell (physics) and Serah Shani (anthropology).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-08-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Notable Professors Join Westmont Faculty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/notable-professors-join-westmont-faculty.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/08\/Gardner-Elizabeth-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John Blondell, Westmont theater arts professor, celebrates the 25th anniversary of Santa Barbara-based Lit Moon Theatre Company by presenting Tennessee Williams’ American masterpiece “The Glass Menagerie” Sept. 2-3 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 4 at 4 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. Tickets, which cost $20 general admission and $15 for students, seniors and children, are available online.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-08-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lit Moon Turns 25 with ‘Glass Menagerie’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lit-moon-turns-25-glass-menagerie.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/08\/GlassChrisWagstaffePaige-TautzVictoriaFinlaysonStanHoffman-505x550.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus Dave Tell ’98, associate professor of communication studies at the University of Kansas, explores the emergence of commemorations for the life of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American teenager who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955. “The Emmett Till Memory Project,” sponsored by the Erasmus Society Lectureship endowment, is free and open to the public Thursday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. at Westmont’s Adams Center for the Visual Arts, Room 216.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-08-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Examine Civil Rights Tragedy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examine-civil-rights-tragedy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/08\/TellDave-ku-edu.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Orientation begins Thursday, Aug. 25, for 348 first-year students and 54 new transfer students representing 17 countries outside of the United States. The first day of classes for all Westmont students is Monday, Aug. 29.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-08-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Diverse Class of 2020 Arrives at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/diverse-class-2020-arrives-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/08\/FirstWalk-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 1,400 firefighters continue to make significant progress containing the Rey Fire, which is burning north and east, away from Santa Barbara and Westmont on the backside of the Santa Ynez Mountain Range. The backcountry fire poses no danger to any structures, but the visible smoke will drop ash along the Santa Barbara coast for the next few days, and it has triggered an Air Quality Watch throughout the county. As of Aug. 23, firefighters have contained the fire along the southern and western flanks. The college continues to be thankful for outstanding efforts by the firefighters and to pray for them.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-08-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "No Threat to Westmont from Rey Fire", "link": "\/westmont-news\/no-threat-westmont-rey-fire.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/08\/maprey-505x311.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont raised $500,000 of matching funds to complete a challenge grant from the John Stauffer Charitable Trust, endowing the chemistry department’s summer research program. Income from the $1 million endowment will provide a fellowship stipend each year for eight to 10 students to work with chemistry faculty members doing full-time research during the summer. Since 2012, more than 40 individuals and more than a dozen foundations and corporations contributed to match the Stauffer Charitable Trust's grant and build the endowment.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-08-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Donors Fund $1M Chemistry Research Grant", "link": "\/westmont-news\/donors-fund-1m-chemistry-research-grant.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/08\/PatrickBurreeChem-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mars and Saturn will be the star attractions at a free, public viewing of the stars on Friday, Aug. 19, beginning at 8 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. Despite a near-full moon, Westmont’s Keck Telescope, one of the most powerful on California’s Central Coast, will zoom in on the planets, which will appear close together low in the southwest sky.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-08-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summertime Stargazing at the 'Mont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/summertime-stargazing-mont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/08\/SunObservatory-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Bradford, who directs the Career Development and Calling office, sees his work like that of his old Craftsman toolbox. He says there are some tools in the box that he hasn’t used in years and others he uses with great regularity. Some tools are designed for one specific task, while others can be used in a broad array of circumstances.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-07-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Bradford Joins Career Development Office", "link": "\/westmont-news\/bradford-joins-career-development-office.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/07\/Paul-Bradford-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Inspired by the opening exhibition at downtown Los Angeles’ new Hauser Wirth & Schimmel art complex, The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art unveils a surprise exhibition, “Women Sculptors,” before the museum’s official fall opening. “Women Sculptors,” which includes selections from the museum’s permanent collection, features a wide variety of sculpture and prints by 16 prominent 20th century and contemporary female sculptors. The exhibition will remain up through Saturday, Oct. 1, during weekdays 10-11:30 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. (closed 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for lunch), and closed on Saturdays and Sundays. For more information, please call the museum at (805) 565-6162.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-07-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Spontaneous Show Offers ‘Women Sculptors’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/spontaneous-show-offers-women-sculptors.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/07\/AlisonSaarInheritance-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four Westmont students are abuzz about the business project they hope will empower women and children in the developing world through sustainable beekeeping. Beecause Uganda, created by Jakob Colombo, Charlotte Cheek, Mikaela Harn and Timmy Rizk, won the Westmont’s 27th business plan competition. This annual event encourages entries that could solve some of the deepest problems encountered by disadvantaged families in poverty-stricken areas.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-07-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student’s Business Plan is the Bee’s Knees", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-business-plan-bees-knees.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/07\/JakobColomboTimmy-RizkCharlotte-CheekMikaelaHarn-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Mad & a Goat,” a two-woman play by Westmont alumna Diana Lynn Small ‘09, makes its New York City premiere July 22-30 at Brooklyn Yard. Small, who received an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at UT Austin, wrote and directs “Mad & a Goat.” Westmont alumnae Heather Ostberg Johnson ‘10 and Paige Tautz ‘14 perform in the play, which features original music composed by alumnus James Hapke ‘09.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-07-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumna’s Play to Make NYC Premiere", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumnas-play-make-nyc-premiere.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/07\/DianaLynnSmall1015-505x378.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has awarded four-year Augustinian Scholarships to 30 students who arrive on campus for Orientation Thursday, Aug. 25. The Augustinian Scholars, who earn $140,000 toward tuition over four years, are the first to benefit from annual scholarships funded by an extraordinary gift from a generous donor. The college has also offered full-tuition Monroe Awards to three of the Augustinian students, Alyssa Beccue of Westlake Village, Emily Mata of Carbondale, Colo., and George Mathen of Cupertino.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-06-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Students Earn Large Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-students-earn-large-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/06\/GroupPhoto_2-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sixteen high school basketball teams compete in the 43rd annual High School Summer Varsity Basketball Tournament that kicks off Friday, June 24, at noon with games being played continuously through 11 p.m. The action continues on Saturday, June 25, from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 26, all in Westmont’s Murchison Gym. Tickets, which cost $10 for the day, $5 for kids and seniors, and $15 for the three-day tournament, may be purchased at the door. Kids under 12 are free with paid adult admission.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-06-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Hoops Tourneys Features 32 High Schools", "link": "\/westmont-news\/hoops-tourneys-features-32-high-schools.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/06\/SLAM-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jupiter and Mars will be the focus of this month’s free public viewing of the stars Friday, June 17, beginning about 8:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. Despite a near-full moon, Westmont’s Keck Telescope, a 24-inch F\/8 Cassegrain reflecting instrument with Ritchey-Chretien optics, will zoom in on Jupiter, which will be about 40 degrees above the horizon.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-06-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Public Viewing Features Jupiter, Mars", "link": "\/westmont-news\/public-viewing-features-jupiter-mars.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/06\/CarrObservatory-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont kicks off its annual youth summer sports camps Monday, June 20, beginning with Sports Skills, which helps develop the motor skills of co-ed campers from ages 5-10, and girls’ soccer. In the following five weeks, an array of sports camps including archery\/badminton, track and field, cheer, soccer, tennis and basketball will be attended by more than a thousand youngsters. Parents can register their children for half-day camps, which cost $250, or full-day camps that are $275 at www.westmont.edu\/athletics\/summer-camps. Extended care is available until 3 p.m. for half-day camps and until 4:30 p.m. for full-day camps.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-06-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Popular Youth Summer Camps Return", "link": "\/westmont-news\/popular-youth-summer-camps-return.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/06\/summersoccer-505x375.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Approximately 25 high school seniors and incoming first-year students from six different states will experience life at Westmont early while earning college credits from June 20 – July 8. In its sixth year, the Westmont Summer Scholars program allows high school seniors and recent high school graduates to take three weeks of intensive classes while living on campus in a residence hall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-06-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summer Students Get a Jump on College", "link": "\/westmont-news\/summer-students-get-jump-college.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/06\/CarmelSaadSS-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus Keaton Hudson ’14 won the Lorry Hubbard Best in Show prize for his instant film piece, “Room,” in the annual Tri-County Juried Exhibition at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-06-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alums Earn Top Awards at ‘Joie de Vivre’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alums-earn-top-awards-joie-de-vivre.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/06\/KatieCurryConversations-505x456.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dave Wolf", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-06-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "La Copa America Centenario By The Numbers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/la-copa-america-centenario-numbers.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "President Gayle D. Beebe expressed the shock and sorrow of the Westmont community at learning about the shooting death of alumnus William Klug at UCLA today. “We’re deeply saddened by this tragic news and send our condolences to his wife, Mary Elise, also a Westmont graduate, and their family,” Beebe says.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-06-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Mourns the Loss of Alum William Klug", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-mourns-loss-alum-william-klug.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/06\/PastedGraphic-1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus Nick Andersen ‘13, who earned a Master of Divinity from Duke University this year, has received a prestigious Lilly Graduate Fellowship. The Lilly Graduate Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts provides $3,000 a year, while Andersen pursues a doctorate in religious studies at Brown University, focusing on political theory, American religious thought, and Christian theology.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-06-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumnus Earns Prestigious Fellowship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumnus-earns-prestigious-fellowship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/06\/WMG_3357-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jeff Azain, Westmont men’s basketball assistant coach, will be inducted into the Santa Barbara Basketball Court of Champions along with 11 others Sunday, June 5, at 6 p.m. at the Cabrillo Arts Pavillion, 1118 E. Cabrillo Blvd. Tickets, which cost $60 for general admission, $30 for kids under 12 and $75 at the door, may be purchased at www.santabarbarabasketball.com. Jamaal Wilkes, NBA Hall of Famer, will also be in attendance, signing his new book, “Memoirs of the Original Smooth as Silk.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-05-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Azain to Join SB Court of Champions", "link": "\/westmont-news\/azain-join-sb-court-champions.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/05\/AzainCoaching13-505x531.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Santa Barbara Independent awarded recent Westmont graduate Christine Nathanson ’16 for acting and directing at the annual Indy Theatre Awards presentation May 23. Also, alumna Paige Tautz ’14 won an award for her performance in “Mad and a Goat,” which was written by alumna Diana Lynn Small ’09.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-05-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumnae Earn Indy Theatre Awards", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumnae-earn-indy-theatre-awards.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/05\/DidoRed-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jupiter, Mars and the moon will be on the celestial menu at the public viewing of the stars on Friday, May 20, beginning at 7:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-05-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing Features Jupiter, Mars, Moon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-features-jupiter-mars-moon.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/05\/MK4_3396-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Under cloudy skies, 299 bright Westmont seniors celebrated their graduation May 7 at a lush Carr Field. About 5,000 family members and friends witnessed the pageantry as the college honored its top graduates and professors. Of the 299 students, 105 of them graduated with honors.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-05-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Commencement Honors Class of 2016", "link": "\/westmont-news\/commencement-honors-class-2016.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/05\/D1X_8654-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership, established by a gift from the Mosher Foundation, is part of Westmont’s new Global Leadership Center. Ed Birch, president and CEO of the Mosher Foundation, and his wife, Sue Birch, education program specialist with the foundation, helped develop the Mosher Center, which offers national conversations on the critical need for moral and ethical leadership, regional executive education and undergraduate leadership development.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-05-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Mosher Center to Develop Ethical Leaders", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mosher-center-develop-ethical-leaders.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/05\/WMG_2124-505x631.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jennifer Frias, associate curator of the Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside ARTSblock, juries Westmont’s annual exhibition featuring Tri-County artists May 19-June 18 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-05-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibition Features Local Artists", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibition-features-local-artists.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/05\/marilyn_mcrae_8173-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont launched construction of its new $30 million Global Leadership Center at a groundbreaking ceremony May 5. Earlier in the day, the college announced completion of its campaign, Strength for Today, to fund initiatives and facilities advancing leadership, affordability and innovation. Originally set at $75 million, the campaign raised more than $153 million.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-05-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ground Broken on Global Leadership Center", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ground-broken-global-leadership-center.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/05\/Beebe-Groundbreaking-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont joyfully announces completion of Strength for Today, a comprehensive drive that funds initiatives and facilities advancing leadership, affordability and innovation. Originally set at $75 million, the campaign has raised more than $153 million. President Gayle D. Beebe led the drive, the largest in college history. As he begins his 10th year at Westmont, Beebe has achieved significant success in fundraising, strategic planning, building a strong board and effective executive team, creating new off-campus study opportunities and establishing innovative programs that expand Westmont’s reach and influence.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-05-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Completes $153 Million Campaign", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-completes-153-million-campaign.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/05\/Beebe14-505x609.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "With a leadership gift from Roy and D’Aun Goble, Westmont has created the Goble Center for Global Learning as part of the new Global Leadership Center, which includes two residential buildings, the Leadership Center and five programmatic initiatives.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-05-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Goble Center Expands Global Learning", "link": "\/westmont-news\/goble-center-expands-global-learning.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/05\/WST_UNIT_PRIMARY_GC_RGB-505x112.png", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Eaton Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation teaches capital and social entrepreneurship to equip students to start businesses and organizations and make a difference in the world. Trustee Emeritus David Eaton and his wife, Carol Eaton, provided the leadership gift for the initiative, part of Westmont’s new Center for Global Leadership.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-05-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Eaton Center to Equip Business Students", "link": "\/westmont-news\/eaton-center-equip-business-students.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/05\/WMG_1997-325x488.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 22nd annual Golden Eagle Awards Dinner April 12 honored a dozen Westmont scholar-athletes who have exceled athletically and in the classroom while being a faithful follower of Christ. This year’s winners were Alberto Gastaldo, men’s track and field, Melissa McCormick, women’s track and field, Tommy Nightingale, men’s tennis, Sydney Striff, women’s volleyball, Nathan Evans, men’s cross country, Alisa Johnson, women’s cross country, Haley Strandness, women’s tennis, Michael Rishwain, baseball, Stefan Inouye, men’s basketball, Carly Richardson, women’s soccer, Nate Ruble, men’s soccer, Lauren McCoy, women’s basketball. Kirsten Moore, head women’s basketball coach, was master of ceremonies. President Gayle D. Beebe offered closing remarks.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-05-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Athletics Honors Golden Eagle Winners", "link": "\/westmont-news\/athletics-honors-golden-eagle-winners.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/05\/WMG_5501-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont breaks ground on new facilities for the college’s Global Leadership Center on Thursday, May 5, at 3:30 p.m. at the construction site, east of Van Kampen Hall. The ceremony is open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-05-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont to Break Ground on New Facilities", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-break-ground-new-facilities.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/05\/Westmont-Birds-eye-505x230.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Choir tours the Pacific Northwest May 8-19 with California performances in Shafter, Davis, Redding and Grass Valley; Oregon performances in Klamath Falls and Salem; Washington performances in Seattle, Anacortes and Lakewood; and Vancouver British Columbia.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-04-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Choir Tours Pacific Northwest, Vancouver", "link": "\/westmont-news\/choir-tours-pacific-northwest-vancouver.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/04\/Choir-2016-505x346.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 20th annual Westmont College Student Research Symposium celebrates a record 41 research projects by a record 60 students on Thursday, April 21, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the Winter Hall Atrium.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-04-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Record Number of Students Offer research", "link": "\/westmont-news\/record-number-students-offer-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/04\/Kirk-Fetters-Research-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Henry “Fritz” Schaefer III, one of the most distinguished physical scientists in the world, speaks at Westmont’s Commencement Saturday, May 7, at 9:30 a.m. on Carr Field. President Gayle D. Beebe presents the Westmont Medal to David and Anna Grotenhuis, in honor of their generosity and support of Westmont’s students and service to the Santa Barbara community.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-04-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Top Scientist to Speak at Commencement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/top-scientist-speak-commencement.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/04\/GradsTight-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont seniors, Aria Hamann and Jarrett Catlin, both Monroe Scholars, have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships to conduct research and teach English outside the U.S. next year.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-04-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Earn Fulbright Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-earn-fulbright-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/04\/HamannPosed-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra’s annual Concerto Concert, which highlights student soloists, is Thursday, April 28, at 7 p.m. in Page Multipurpose Room at Westmont and Friday, April 29, at 7 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church. General admission is $10; all students are free. Tickets can be purchased at the door or reserved by calling (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-04-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Concert Features Top Soloists", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-concert-features-top-soloists.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/04\/AaronWilk-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 2016 Lead Where You Stand Conference features a dynamic, one-day event Thursday, June 2, focusing on leadership and the millennial generation. Held at Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara, the conference begins at noon, includes four talks and two meals, and ends at 8 p.m. The cost is $149 per person (westmont.edu\/lead).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-04-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Conference Focuses on Millennials", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-conference-focuses-millennials.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/04\/MegJay-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two outstanding Westmont students earned the David K. Winter Servant Leadership Awards at Academic Commencement April 11. Sophomore Kennedy Mahdavi from Pleasanton and junior Tommy Nightingale of Rancho Cucamonga received the 16th annual award named in honor of Westmont’s longest serving president. Both recipients receive $1,000 toward next year’s school expenses.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-04-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Earn David K. Winter Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-earn-david-k-winter-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/04\/TommyNightingale-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jupiter and several impact craters on the moon will be the focus of this month’s free public viewing of the stars with Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope on Friday, April 15, beginning at 7:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-04-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing Zooms in on Lunar Craters, Jupiter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-zooms-lunar-craters-jupiter.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/04\/SC_196-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "April offers a diverse variety of concerts both on and off campus, all free and open to the public, except the Orchestra Concerto Concerts. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-04-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Musicians, Composers Bloom in April", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-musicians-composers-bloom-april.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/04\/JayReal-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 80 Westmont students will take part in 33 different pieces of theater, dance, film and performance art at the Westmont Fringe Festival on April 14-17; Thursday, Friday and Sunday starting at 7 p.m., Saturday starting at 3 p.m., all beginning at Porter Theatre. Festival passes ($15 general admission, $10 students\/seniors) or daily tickets ($10 general admission, $7 student\/seniors) are available online at www.westmont.edu\/boxoffice. For more information, please call (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-03-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fringe Supports Courageous Creativity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fringe-supports-courageous-creativity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/03\/BethanyBacaFringe13-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara residents Marshall Miller and Jennifer Markham have joined the Westmont Foundation, which cultivates ties between Westmont and the community.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-03-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Two Join Westmont Foundation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/two-join-westmont-foundation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/03\/JennierMarkham-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Thanks to a major gift, Westmont has established the Linda and Bill Hughes Center for Neuroscience and Leadership as part of the college’s new Institute for Global Learning and Leadership.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-03-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Opens Neuroscience, Leadership Center", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-opens-neuroscience-leadership-center.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/03\/WMG_1472-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Seventeen graduating art majors will display their capstone art projects April 7-May 7 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public reception opens “Primed: Westmont Senior Art Exhibition 2016” on Thursday, April 7, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-03-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Majors are ‘Primed’ for Final Show", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-majors-are-primed-final-show.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/03\/Primed_Vinal_VistaPrint_FRONT-505x326.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two religious studies professors will reflect on domestic violence and wars of conquest in the Bible and in the contemporary Middle East in a lecture, “Violence in the Holy Land Then and Now,” on Thursday, April 7, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The Westmont Downtown lecture, sponsored by the Westmont Foundation, is free and open to the public. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-03-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Downtown Talk Examines Holy Land Wars", "link": "\/westmont-news\/downtown-talk-examines-holy-land-wars.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/03\/FiskReeder2-505x316.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Men’s Polo Team beat Stanford 19-3 on March 20 at the Central Coast Polo Club in San Luis Obispo to earn the 2016 USPA Western Regional Intercollegiate Championship. The team now gallops into the USPA National Intercollegiate Championship at the University of Connecticut April 4-10. The Warriors won national titles in 2013 and 2014. The team, comprised of Hank Uretz, Tony Uretz and Michael Esparza, is coached by John Westley, owner of the Santa Barbara Polo School. Men’s polo teams from the University of Virginia, Cornell and Texas A&M have also qualified for nationals.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-03-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Men's Polo Rides High to Nationals", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-mens-polo-rides-high-nationals.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/03\/John-WestleyHank-UretzTony-UretzMichael-EsparzaWEB-505x579.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Cheri Larsen Hoeckley, professor of English at Westmont, examines the expectation of marriage through George Eliot’s novel “Middlemarch” in a lecture, “Marriage Law Reform, Singleness, and Middlemarch” on Tuesday, March 29, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Gender Studies Lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-03-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Marriage, ‘Middlemarch’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-marriage-middlemarch.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/03\/Larsen-Hoeckley-Cheri_15-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jupiter returns to the night sky for stargazers at this month’s free public viewing of the stars with Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope on Friday, March 18, beginning at 7:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-03-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Jupiter Jumps into Viewing of March Sky", "link": "\/westmont-news\/jupiter-jumps-viewing-march-sky.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/03\/Green-Observatory-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Martin Asher, former director of Research and Scholars Programs at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has joined the Westmont Economics and Business Department as professor of economics. He taught the honors sections of both microeconomics and macroeconomics at Wharton, earning the William G. Whitney Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching six times. He has also taught at Villanova University and Swarthmore College.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-03-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Martin Asher Joins Economics Department", "link": "\/westmont-news\/martin-asher-joins-economics-department.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/03\/asher-martin-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Cole, a biochemist at UC Berkeley for 36 years and a Westmont trustee for 12, died March 13. He was 91. A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 2, at 2 p.m. at the Free Methodist Church of Santa Barbara, 1435 Cliff Drive.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-03-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Trustee Emeritus David Cole Dies at 91", "link": "\/westmont-news\/trustee-emeritus-david-cole-dies-91.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/03\/IMG_1938-1-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lauren Winner, assistant professor of Christian spirituality at Duke Divinity School, delivers a lecture, “Beyond the Calm Waters: Some Musings on Women and Christian Higher Education,” on Wednesday, March 9, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The lecture, sponsored by the Lilly Endowment NetVUE grant, is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (805) 565-6239.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-03-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Women, Christian Higher Ed", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-women-christian-higher-ed.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/03\/laurenwinner-505x608.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Cellist William Ellzey of Culver City earned top honors at the fourth annual Music Guild Competition, where six high school seniors competed for Westmont music scholarships March 5. Ellzey won the Guild Scholarship, receiving up to $10,000 in annual music scholarship funds (up to $40,000 over four years) to study at Westmont. Significant music scholarships were given to the other contestants: flutist Marissa Condie of Santa Barbara, cellist Marlena Gonzalez of Los Angeles, soprano Nyajima Tut of Minneapolis, pianist Christina Yang of Diamond Bar and oboist Bethany Yew of San Marino.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-03-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Culver City Cellist Wins Music Competition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/culver-city-cellist-wins-music-competition.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/03\/EllzeyWinner-505x684.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Despite the crush of daily life and the human culture we live in, there are moments in life that pierce through that. These moments form the basis for why David Brooks, New York Times columnist, wrote the best-selling book “The Road to Character.” Brooks explored the journey to a deeper inner life, explaining why selflessness leads to greater happiness, before a sold-out audience of more than 700 people at the 11th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on March 4.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-03-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Brooks Examines Transcendent Happiness", "link": "\/westmont-news\/brooks-examines-transcendent-happiness.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/03\/IMG_3100-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jeff Schloss, who directs the Center of Faith, Ethics and Life Sciences and is T.B. Walker professor in the natural and behavioral sciences at Westmont, speaks at the Channel Islands YMCA’s 39th annual Good Friday Breakfast on Friday, March 25, at 7 a.m. at the Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort. Tickets to the breakfast cost $50. To purchase tickets, visit www.ciymca.org\/good-friday-breakfast or call (805) 687-7720 ext. 267.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-03-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Schloss Headlines Good Friday Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/schloss-headlines-good-friday-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/03\/Schloss-Jeff-12-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Six high school seniors will compete for Westmont music scholarships at the fourth annual Music Guild Competition on Saturday, March 5, at 7 p.m. at Westmont’s Deane Chapel on lower campus. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-02-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musicians to Compete for Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musicians-compete-scholarships-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/02\/MusicGuild15-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Linda Hughes, Addie Levy professor of literature at Texas Christian University, examines representations of women and neo-Victorianism from illustrated poems in periodicals in a lecture, “Prefiguring Future Pasts: Imagined Histories in Victorian Poetic-Graphic Texts, 1860-1910,” on Monday, March 7, at 3:30 p.m. in Darling Foundation Lecture Hall, room 210. The Erasmus Society Lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Aaron Sizer at (805) 565-6124.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-02-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Victorian Images, Gender", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-victorian-images-gender.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/02\/LindaHughes-505x629.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont music department provides a range of musical performances in the month of March, all free, unless otherwise noted. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-02-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musical March Includes Masterworks", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musical-march-includes-masterworks.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/02\/orchestraTri-505x606.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Senior Christine Nathanson, star of Westmont’s production of “Euripides’ Electra” in 2014, directs “Tar and Feather” in Porter Theatre on March 4 at 8 p.m. and March 5 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. The performances, which are free and open to the public, contain mature content.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-02-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Audiences Get ‘Tar and Feather’ Treatment", "link": "\/westmont-news\/audiences-get-tar-and-feather-treatment.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/02\/FullSizeRender-11-505x759.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Bonjour de France!” a family day celebrating French culture, includes fun activities, crafts, food, music and performances Saturday, March 5, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in and around the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. The festival, which is free and open to all ages, will have food and items in the French Flea Market for sale. Parking on campus is free, with overflow parking available at Montecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold Springs Road.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-02-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Family Day Celebrates French Culture", "link": "\/westmont-news\/family-day-celebrates-french-culture.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/02\/FF14_0047-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Focusing on leadership, affordability and innovation, Westmont has launched its largest fundraising campaign ever, Strength for Today. Thanks to momentum at the college and broad support from supporters, the campaign has raised more than 90 percent of the $140 million goal.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-02-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Launches 'Strength for Today'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-launches-strength-today.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/02\/Westmont-Interior-View01a-PS-1-505x284.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont musicians and composers offer a variety of events this week, all free and in Deane Chapel on Westmont’s lower campus. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-02-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hosts Week of Classical Music", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hosts-week-classical-music.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/02\/10317668_694921395449_2117830850629418563_o-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Laurie Monahan, associate professor of history of art and architecture at UC Santa Barbara, discusses landscape in French 19th-century art in a lecture Tuesday, March 1, at 12 p.m. in Founders Room at Westmont. The talk, “Moving through the Landscape: Sites and Sights in French 19th-century Art,” is free and open to the public. Bring a brown-bag lunch, or come at 11:45 a.m. to purchase lunch for $10 in the Dining Commons.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-02-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lunchtime Talk Explores French Art", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lunchtime-talk-explores-french-art.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/02\/monahan2015_pic-505x629.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Golfers and disc golfers will have a unique opportunity to play together in the eighth annual Will’s Tourney on Monday, Feb. 22, at 11:30 a.m. at the Glen Annie Golf Club. A buffet dinner, raffle for a night’s stay at the Biltmore and dinner for two, and awards presentation will follow the tournament at 5:15 p.m. All proceeds from the event benefit the William Wiersma Endowment Scholarship Fund at Westmont. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. To register or for more information, please go to willstourney.com or contact Mary Pat Whitney, administrative assistant to the vice president for advancement, at (805) 565-6050. Green fees are $150, $115 for recent graduates (’07-’15) and $75 for current students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-02-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Disc, Stick Golfers Tee Off for Charity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/disc-stick-golfers-tee-charity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/02\/AtkinsonDisc15-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sonos Montecito, Wind Quintet in Residence at Westmont, performs a free, public recital Saturday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. Sonos Montecito, comprised of Westmont’s applied music faculty, features Andrea Di Maggio (flute), Trey Farrell (oboe), Joanne Kim (clarinet), Andy Radford (bassoon) and Steven Gross (French horn).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-02-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sonos Montecito to Perform Free Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sonos-montecito-perform-free-recital.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/02\/WMG_6896-1-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra celebrates the life of William Shakespeare (1582-1616) on the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death at its Spring Orchestra Concert on Friday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. in Hahn Hall at Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Road, and Sunday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. General admission is $10, and students are free. To purchase tickets or for more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-02-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Spring Orchestra Concert Honors the Bard", "link": "\/westmont-news\/spring-orchestra-concert-honors-bard.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/02\/ShasbergerDeaneChapel-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 100 semi-finalists begin arriving at Westmont Friday, Feb. 5, for the first Augustinian Scholarship competition that will award scholarships worth at least $35,000 per year to 30 applicants. Twenty-six students receive a $140,000 four-year scholarship, and four will receive the full-tuition Monroe Award each year beginning this fall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-02-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Arrive for Scholarship Competition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-arrive-scholarship-competition.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/02\/BridgeWalk-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Cynthia Toms, director of the office of global education, dissects the debate about the value and impact of young people engaging in international volunteer service in a lecture Monday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi Lecture, “Ethical International Volunteerism and Service: Moral Responsibility or More Harm than Good?” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-02-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Probes Global Service Impact, Value", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-probes-global-service-impact-value.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/02\/Toms-Cynthia-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Orchestra performs at several Northern California cities Feb. 12-15 as part of its annual spring tour. The Orchestra Tour to Yosemite includes performances in San Luis Obispo, Sacramento, Nevada City and Oakhurst. Admission is free to all performances, although a goodwill offering will be taken.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-02-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra to Tour Northern California", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-tour-northern-california.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/02\/Orchestra1516-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Brooks, New York Times columnist and author of the best-selling book “The Road to Character,” will speak at the sold-out 11th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast Friday, March 4, at 7 a.m. at the Fess Parker: A Doubletree Resort by Hilton.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-01-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Brooks to Speak at Sold-Out Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/brooks-speak-sold-out-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/01\/DavidBrooks-photo_Josh-Haner-The-New-York-Times_300ppi-505x640.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Greg Spencer, professor of communication studies at Westmont, reflects on his own book, “Awakening the Quieter Virtues,” and David Brooks’ book, “The Road to Character,” in a talk on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street. The Westmont Downtown Lecture, “Wading with Brooks in Virtuous Waters,” is free and open to the public. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-01-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk ‘Wades with Brooks in Virtuous Waters’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-wades-brooks-virtuous-waters.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/01\/SpencerGreg-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Tucker, professor emeritus of art history at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, addresses Claude Monet’s influence on French 19th century art in a lecture Monday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theater. The talk, “Art from Art, Art from Life: Reflections on Monet’s Modernism,” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-01-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Talk to Reflect on Monet’s Influence", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-talk-reflect-monets-influence.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/01\/Maggie-MossTucker-Paul-Tucker-and-Christine-Emmons-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John Blondell, Westmont professor of theater arts, and the cast of “The Dido Project” offer a Gender Studies Lecture Demonstration on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. in Porter Theatre. The talk, “Laid in Earth\/Consumed by Fire: Female and Male Bodies in Two Stories about Dido” takes its title from the final moments of the two dramatic plays being performed at Westmont: “Dido and Aeneas” and “Dido, Queen of Carthage.” The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-01-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Blondell Talk to Examine Dido Stories", "link": "\/westmont-news\/blondell-talk-examine-dido-stories.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/01\/laservaBlondell-505x429.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts explores how higher education prepares students to make social change at its 15th annual conference Feb. 4-6. The public is welcome to plenary sessions of the Conversation on the Liberal Arts, “From Inquiry to Impact: Social Transformation through Liberal Learning.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-01-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talks Examine Liberal Arts, Social Change", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talks-examine-liberal-arts-social-change.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/01\/gaede152-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sarah Jirek, assistant professor of sociology at Westmont since 2014, examines trauma survivors and their ability to reconstruct their life stories in a Gender Studies Lecture on Monday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont College. The talk, “Narrative Reconstruction and Post-Traumatic Growth among Trauma Survivors: The Importance of Gender and Cultural Narratives,” is free and open to the public. The Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts and the Westmont Department of Sociology and Anthropology co-sponsor the event.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-01-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Trauma Survivors’ Growth", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-trauma-survivors-growth.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/01\/Jirek-SarahA-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jack Rakove, Pulitzer Prize-winning political author and professor at Stanford University, will speak about “Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, Adams and Madison: The Moral Vision of America’s Founding” on Friday, Feb. 5, to a sold-out audience at the Biltmore Santa Barbara. The sold-out luncheon is part of the Mosher Foundation’s series on Moral and Ethical Leadership in American Society: westmont.edu\/leadershipseries.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-01-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Luncheon Features Pulitzer Prize Winner", "link": "\/westmont-news\/luncheon-features-pulitzer-prize-winner.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/01\/JackRakove-1-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Denis Alexander, emeritus director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion and Fellow at the University of Cambridge, lectures about the biosciences and how they relate to Christian faith in two separate talks. The Pascal Society Lecture, “Whatever Happened to Adam and Eve?” is on Thursday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. He examines the emerging field of behavioral genetics in a lecture, “Are We Slaves of Our Genes?” on Friday, Jan. 22, at 3:30 p.m., both in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210). Both talks are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-01-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Researcher to Examine Biosciences, Faith", "link": "\/westmont-news\/researcher-examine-biosciences-faith.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/01\/Denis-Alexander-1-505x661.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s music and theater departments collaborate to stage two rarely seen classics in an ambitious, one-of-a-kind, dramatic operatic event Jan. 28-30 and Feb. 4-6 at Westmont’s Porter Theatre. Westmont will pair “Dido and Aeneas” (1688), composed by Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate, with Christopher Marlowe’s “Dido, Queen of Carthage” (published 1594).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-01-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Stages Rare Classic Opera Duet", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-stages-rare-classic-opera-duet.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/01\/Dido-Project-Poster-header-type-505x774.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Observatory, which opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month, will zoom in on the crescent moon Friday, Jan. 15, beginning at 6:30 p.m. and lasting several hours. The free viewing occurs in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for public use. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website at www.westmont.edu to see if the viewing has been cancelled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-01-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing Turns Toward the Crescent Moon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-turns-toward-crescent-moon.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2016\/01\/keck02-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three Westmont students have presented their research about the availability and quality of food in the West Side of Santa Barbara to more than two dozen community members of the Westside Impact Group and Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. Kaitlynn Durham, Hailey Harper and Carly Richardson, students in Food Systems and Global Health, a course taught by Cynthia Toms, director of global education, visited pantry distribution sites and areas where community members congregated. The findings, the second of a two-year study, were the culmination of a community-based research project between Toms’ Food Systems class and the Foodbank of SBC. Last year, three Westmont students participated in a similar community research project examining food access within the West Side and comparing grocery stores. “We recognize that the students’ research is just a starting point for community collaboration,” Toms says. “We hope future Westmont students will conduct further research to help local organizations better address food and resource access on the West Side.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2016-01-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Research West Side Food Quality", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-research-west-side-food-quality.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/12\/WMG_3639-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) has recognized Westmont alumnus Joel Daniel Phillips ’11 for his submission to the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, the most prestigious portrait competition in the United States. Phillip’s portrait, “Eugene #4,” a 6-foot-tall charcoal and graphite on paper, is one of seven chosen to win a prize at the opening awards March 10, 2016. More than 2,500 artists submitted portraits for the triennial, juried exhibition, which awards $25,000 to the first-prize winner as well as a commission to create a portrait of a living individual for the museum’s permanent collection.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-12-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumnus Wins Prestigious National Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumnus-wins-prestigious-national-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/12\/phillips11-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has received a grant of $590,400 to establish Trailhead: Seeking God’s Call, a high school youth theology institute. Part of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s High School Youth Theology Institutes initiative, Trailhead seeks to encourage young people to explore theological traditions, ask questions about the moral dimensions of contemporary issues and examine how their faith calls them to lives of service.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-12-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Earns Grant for Youth Theology", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-earns-grant-youth-theology.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/12\/SuS15_0114-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art showcases work by some of the most recognized names in the annals of art history Jan. 14-March 19. “Barbizon, Realism, and Impressionism in France” features more than two dozen works from the Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree collection. An opening reception, Thursday, Jan. 14, from 4-6 p.m., is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-12-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibit Celebrates 19th Century French Culture", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibit-celebrates-19th-century-french-culture.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/12\/Morisot-EDITED-1-505x377.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Board of Trustees has welcomed three new members: Dave Gehring, advisor for Guardian News and Media; Tom Nguyen, managing director of U.S. sales for China International Capital Corp. (CICC); and Jim Richardson, senior management consultant and director for Alexandria Real Estate Equities. The 31-member board oversees the operations of the college.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-12-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Three Join Westmont Board of Trustees", "link": "\/westmont-news\/three-join-westmont-board-trustees.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/12\/D1X_6249-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John Blondell, Westmont professor of theater arts, uses six actors to portray 20 characters in Dickens’ Christmas classic, “Humbug! A (Lit Moon) Christmas Carol,” Friday and Saturday, Dec. 18-19, at 7:30 p.m. in Westmont College’s Porter Theatre. Blondell’s Lit Moon Theatre Company first produced the show in 2007. Tickets are $10 for adults, students and seniors. Children (aged 6 to 12) are free with each adult ticket purchased; additional children’s tickets are $5. Tickets may be purchased at (805) 565-7140 or at westmont.edu\/boxoffice.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-12-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Blondell Showcases ‘Humbug!’ at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/blondell-showcases-humbug-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/12\/Humbug_01-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Given the current political landscape, David Gergen offered a voice of optimism as he spoke to 170 people about his experiences as former adviser to four U.S. presidents on Nov. 20 at the Coral Casino. The luncheon was part of the Mosher Foundation’s series on Moral and Ethical Leadership in American Society.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-11-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gergen Examines Reagan, Leadership", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gergen-examines-reagan-leadership.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/11\/Gergen-Podium-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont kicks off the Christmas season with the 14th annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Kerrwood Lawn on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 5 p.m. Following caroling and the annual Pickle Address, a mystery tree lighter will throw down the massive switch that lights a 150-foot redwood tree, affectionately known for the past 10 years as the Pickle Tree. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-11-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hosts Tree Lighting, Santa", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hosts-tree-lighting-santa.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/11\/PickleTree15-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 11th annual Westmont Christmas Festival, a popular family tradition in Santa Barbara, features early and contemporary holiday music Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. all at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. The Saturday evening concert has already sold out. Purchase tickets to this year’s performance, “I Will Give You as a Light to the Nations,” for $15 apiece online only at westmont.edu\/christmasfestival. Please call (805) 565-7140 for more information.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-11-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Fest ‘Gives Light to the Nations’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-fest-gives-light-nations.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/11\/XmasFestChoir-505x251.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Tracy McKenzie, professor of history at Wheaton College, examines how Americans remember their national heritage on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Kerrwood Hall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-11-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores First Thanksgiving Lessons", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-first-thanksgiving-lessons.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/11\/Tracy-McKenzie-505x440.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Tickets to the 11th annual Westmont Christmas Festival go on sale Thursday, Nov. 12, at 5 p.m. This year’s performance, 'I Will Give you as a Light to the Nations,' will be Dec. 4-5 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. all at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Tickets, which cost $15 apiece, can only be purchased online at westmont.edu\/christmasfestival.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-11-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Festival Tickets Go on Sale", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-festival-tickets-go-sale-1.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/11\/ChristmasFestBalcony-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student musicians and composers present diverse concerts this month, all free and in Deane Chapel on Westmont’s lower campus. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-11-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Campus Comes Alive with Music this Month", "link": "\/westmont-news\/campus-comes-alive-music-month.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/11\/IssacKayTimBeccueKatrinaWhitmanSierraFarrar-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robin R. Wang, professor of philosophy and director of Asian Pacific studies at Loyola Marymount University, explains the complex and subtle history of the concept of yinyang on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Erasmus Society Lecture, “Yinyang: The Way of Ways,” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-11-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Explain Chinese Yinyang Concept", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explain-chinese-yinyang-concept.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/11\/Robin-R.-Wang.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Fall Dance Concert, “Just Dance!” featuring more than 20 student dancers and choreography by faculty members Susan Alexander and Christina Sanchez, is Friday, Dec. 11, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 12, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., all in Porter Theatre. Tickets, which cost $10 for general admission; $7 for students, seniors or children, may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice or by calling (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-11-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "More than 20 ‘Just Dance!’ at Fall Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/more-20-just-dance-fall-concert.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/11\/5dancers-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Gergen, former adviser to four U.S. presidents, will speak about “Eyewitness to Power: Moral and Ethical Leadership in the American Presidency” on Friday, Nov. 20, at noon in the Coral Casino at Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara. Tickets to the luncheon, part of the Mosher Foundation’s series on Moral and Ethical Leadership in American Society, cost $100 each and may be purchased online only at westmont.edu\/leadershipseries. Ticket packages for the entire series are also available.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-11-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gergen Continues Leadership Series", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gergen-continues-leadership-series.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/11\/DavidGergen2-505x707.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont students will perform many of the funniest, most moving and memorable songs of the musical theater canon Friday, Nov. 13, at 9 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Tickets to “Some Enchanted Evening: Westmont Sings Broadway,” which cost $15 for general admission, $10 for students, seniors and children, may be purchased at www.westmont.edu\/boxoffice. The proceeds from this fundraiser will support student participation in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. For more information, please call (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-11-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Theater Sings Broadway Hits", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-theater-sings-broadway-hits.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/11\/Some-Enchanted-Evening-final-poster-high-quality-505x780.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robert A. Emmons, the world’s leading scientific expert on gratitude, examines the science and spirituality of gratitude in a lecture Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Provost’s Lecture, “Gratitude: The Heart of the Gospel and the Heart of Well-Being,” is free and open to the public. Please email Mariah Velasquez to reserve a seat at mvelasquez@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-11-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Probes Spirituality of Gratitude", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-probes-spirituality-gratitude.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/11\/Robert-Emmons-505x707.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont senior Connor Bush directs and stars in a new play, “Secondhand,” on Friday, Nov. 6, and Saturday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. both nights in Westmont’s Black Box Theatre. The 40-minute production is free and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theater, Art Collide in 'Secondhand'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theater-art-collide-secondhand.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/11\/EricksonBushHammerSecondhand-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "(Friday Update 9 a.m.) Thanks to the incredible efforts of firefighters and air crews yesterday, the situation with the Gibraltar Fire continues to be stable. All classes and activities at Westmont, including Preview Days, will proceed as usual.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gibraltar Fire Advisory (9 a.m. Update)", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gibraltar-fire-advisory-9-am-update.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/D1X_7490-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Stephen Prothero, professor of religion at Boston University, examines culture wars within the context of a centuries-long struggle of right versus left and religious versus secular in a lecture “Why Liberals Win the Culture Wars,” Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 3:30 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210). The World Christianity and Adams Mission Lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explains ‘Why Liberals Win Culture Wars’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explains-why-liberals-win-culture-wars.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/StephenProthero-505x759.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Several notable scholars will explore the history and legacy of Junipero Serra, the primary founder of the California missions, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The panel discussion, “New Thoughts on Junipero Serra and His Legacy for California,” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Panel Examines Serra's California Legacy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/panel-examines-serras-california-legacy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/Serra-Statue-505x865.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Allison Heiduk, Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year, will be the keynote speaker at the third annual Let’s Talk Teaching Conference on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 9 a.m. at Westmont’s Page Multipurpose Room. Heiduk, a third-grade teacher at Vieja Valley Elementary School in the Hope School District, will speak to about 75 Santa Barbara County high school students interested in the teaching profession.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Heiduk Headlines Teaching Conference", "link": "\/westmont-news\/heiduk-headlines-teaching-conference.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/Allison-Heiduk-505x736.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Beginning in fall 2016, Westmont will award scholarships covering $140,000 for four years of study to 30 applicants each year. An extraordinary gift from a generous donor will fund the new Augustinian Scholarship and Honors Program. By 2019, 120 Augustinian Scholars will benefit each year from significant financial assistance and challenging coursework.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Scholarship Makes Westmont More Affordable", "link": "\/westmont-news\/scholarship-makes-westmont-more-affordable.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/chapel-trees-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Scott Anderson, associate professor of art at Westmont, reveals the collective impact of illustration on our culture in a talk Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street. The Westmont Downtown Lecture, “The Art All Around Us: Illustration and Visual Culture in America,” is free and open to the public. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Highlight Impact of Illustration", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-highlight-impact-illustration.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/anderson_scott_hires-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Fall Choral Festival, combining the voices of more than 450 students from 13 local high schools, is Friday, Oct. 30, at 4:45 p.m. and 7 p.m., both in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Half of the choirs will perform at 4:45 p.m. and the remaining half will perform prior to Westmont ensembles at 7 p.m. Both performances are free and open to the public, although seating is limited. For more information, please call (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "SoCal Choirs Join voices in Choral Fest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/socal-choirs-join-voices-choral-fest.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/College-Choir-201516-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Gary Young, lecturer in creative writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will read his poetry Thursday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Adams Center for the Visual Arts, room 216. The Westmont Reading Series event, supported in part by Poets & Writers through grants from the James Irvine Foundation and the Hearst Foundations, is free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Poetry Reading Features Gary Young", "link": "\/westmont-news\/poetry-reading-features-gary-young.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/Gary-Young-Photo-by-Jim-MacKenzie-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art shows off some of the amazing art it has acquired in the past five years in “Saar, Serra, Surls and More: Thirty New Acquisitions in Contemporary Art” Oct. 29-Dec. 19. An opening reception on Thursday, Oct. 29, from 4-6 p.m. is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Museum Shows Off New Contemporary Art", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-shows-new-contemporary-art.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/Alison-Saar-Coup-de-Grace-2012-505x387.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kraig Beyerlein, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame, explores congregation-based support for humanitarian aid in the desert and other models of activism in a lecture on Monday, Oct. 26, at 3:30 p.m. at Hieronymus Lounge in Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Office of Global Education Lecture, “Flooding the Desert: Faith-Based Mobilizing to Save Lives along the Arizona-Sonora Border,” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Examine Church-Based Activism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examine-church-based-activism.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/Beyerlein_Kraig_new.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Brian L. Johnson, president of Tuskegee University, delves into religious thought by one of the most significant African American thinkers on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Provost’s Lecture, “The Role of Higher Education in the Religious Transformation of W.E.B. Du Bois and Implications for the 21st-Century Academy,” is free and open to the public. “I had the good fortune of knowing Brian as a young scholar,” says Mark Sargent, Westmont provost, “and have watched his career soar since then. As a new president, Dr. Johnson has a profound opportunity to shape the future of historically black colleges and universities.” Johnson has a long record of distinguished service in higher education with interests in faith, philanthropy, literature and the African American experience. He has written and edited seven scholarly books, including “W.E.B. Du Bois: Toward Agnosticism” and “Du Bois on Reform: Periodical-Based Leadership for African Americans.” He earned a doctorate in American literature from the University of South Carolina at Columbia and a master’s degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “I also look forward to conversations with Dr. Johnson about how Christian colleges and historically black colleges and universities might collaborate and learn from one another, and I know Dr. Johnson will bring considerable enthusiasm to his discussions with us,” Sargent says.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Tuskegee President Examines Du Bois, Faith", "link": "\/westmont-news\/tuskegee-president-examines-du-bois-faith.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/Brian_Johnson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "What makes us wealthy? “True Wealth,” a free talk sponsored by the Westmont Foundation Monday, Nov. 9, at 5:30 p.m. at the New Vic in Santa Barbara, seeks to address this question. Do we define wealth by the size of our bank account, or do we also include our emotional, physical and spiritual state of mind? Shelene Bryan suggests ways to redefine wealth to help us appreciate and pursue characteristics beyond money that contribute to a rich and fulfilling life.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Free Talk to Explore ‘True Wealth’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/free-talk-explore-true-wealth.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/Shelene-279-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Meredith Whitnah, assistant professor of sociology, examines how faith-based NGOs in South Africa that had resisted apartheid have addressed gender-based violence in a lecture Monday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge at Kerrwood Hall. The Gender Studies Lecture, “Faith and the Fragility of Justice: Religious Responses to Gender-Based Violence in South Africa,” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Probes Faith, Gender-Based Violence", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-probes-faith-gender-based-violence.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/Whitnah-Meredith-15-5-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Several globular clusters will be visible at a free public viewing of the stars Friday, Oct. 16, beginning at 6:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565­-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing of Stars Features Caroline’s Rose", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-stars-features-carolines-rose.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/RedFogObservatory-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra celebrates its 10th anniversary season performing brilliantly colorful music by Antonin Dvorak, Alexander Glazunov and Aaron Copland. The Fall Orchestra Concert, which includes a piece by alumnus Daniel Gee, adjunct instructor in theory and composition at Westmont, is Friday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Page Multipurpose Room, and Sunday, Oct. 25, at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. Tickets, which cost $10 for general admission (students are free), may be purchased at the door. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040 or email music@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Shasberger, Orchestra Celebrate 10 Years", "link": "\/westmont-news\/shasberger-orchestra-celebrate-10-years.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/Orchestra1516-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumna Diana Lynn Small ’09, who graduated from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin in 2015, has written two plays being produced Oct. 16-24 at Westmont. “Good Day,” directed by Mitchell Thomas, Westmont associate professor of theater, is Oct. 16-24 at 7 p.m. in Porter Theatre. “Mad & a Goat,” featuring alumnae Heather Johnson ’10 and Paige Tautz ’14, is Oct. 22-24 at 9 p.m. in Black Box Theatre at Westmont. Tickets, which cost $12 general admission and $7 for students, seniors and children, are available online. Both plays contain mature content.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alum Stages Two New Plays at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alum-stages-two-new-plays-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/Good-Day-RGB-505x781.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mark Sargent, Westmont provost, and Cynthia Toms, director of global education, will dissect the challenging issues of our food economy and the lives of farmworkers after a screening of the film “Food Chains” on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Adams Center for the Visual Arts, room 216. This Reel Talk film screening and discussion, sponsored by the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reel Talk Explores Complex ‘Food Chains’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reel-talk-explores-complex-food-chains.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/FoodChainsTheatricalPoster-e1409496194559-505x746.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The first clue that this is no ordinary crowd of sulky teenagers comes when the instructor asks those who’ve invested in the market to raise their hands. Most hands go up. As a financial planner explains the benefits of investing, one boy interrupts. “What do you suggest investing in right now?” asks Liam Whitfield, 18, a senior at a private Seattle high school, with swooping bangs and a shaggy sweater. The speaker, from a local investment firm, suggests a standard mix of 60 percent stocks and 40 percent bonds. Whitfield looks disappointed. He already owns shares of Apple, Facebook, and Starbucks. “I was kind of looking for an actual stock tip,” he says. ...", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "How the Superwealthy Plan to Make Sure Their Kids Stay Superwealthy: Passing on a fortune isn’t as easy as it seems.", "link": "\/westmont-news\/how-superwealthy-plan-make-sure-their-kids-stay-superwealthy-passing-fortune-isnt.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A new scholarship will provide two full-ride scholarships each year for two South African students to attend Westmont. Beginning in fall 2016, two black, male graduates of Michaelhouse, a Christian boarding school for boys in KwaZulu-Natal, will receive these awards. In the scholarship’s fourth year and each subsequent year, eight Michaelhouse Scholarship students will study at Westmont. A related program will offer full scholarships to graduate school in South Africa for each Michaelhouse Scholar who graduates from Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-10-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Scholarship Helps South African Students", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-scholarship-helps-south-african-students.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/10\/KerrwoodHall-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont will host 140 fellows from the Music Academy of the West in residence during the academy’s eight-week summer music festivals beginning in summer 2016. The academy fellows will reside in Clark and Armington Halls at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-09-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Welcomes MAW Fellows as Residents", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-welcomes-maw-fellows-residents.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/09\/MAWSigning-505x390.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont will honor chemistry professor Nivaldo Tro ’85 as Alumnus of the Year during Homecoming 2015 Oct. 2-4. Tro, who has taught at Westmont since 1990, was born and raised in Culver City, Calif., after his parents emigrated from Havana, Cuba, in 1959. The Westmont alumnus earned a doctorate in chemistry from Stanford for researching optical techniques to study the adsorption and desorption of molecules in an ultra-high vacuum. He conducted postdoctoral research on ultrafast reaction dynamics in solution at the University of California, Berkeley.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-09-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Homecoming to Honor Niva Tro", "link": "\/westmont-news\/homecoming-honor-niva-tro.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/09\/Nivaldo-Tro-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Heather Keaney, associate professor of history at Westmont, applies her training in medieval history to examine the contemporary Middle East in a lecture, “Tyrants, Terrorists and Tropes in Islamic History,” Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi Lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-09-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Probe Islamic History of Rebellion", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-probe-islamic-history-rebellion.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/09\/12-Keaney-Heather-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Observatory will host an informal gathering to view the lunar eclipse on Sunday, Sept. 27, beginning at 6:30 p.m. However, the blood moon will be too low in the evening sky to use Westmont’s telescopes.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-09-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing Features Rare Supermoon Eclipse", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-features-rare-supermoon-eclipse.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/09\/lunar_eclipse_lrg-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Franciscan Friar Junípero Serra, joined by a Native American companion, walked from San Diego to Mexico City for an unannounced visit with Viceroy Antonio Maria Bucareli y Ursúa in 1773. Another friar had told him of a soldier who had raped two native women. Father Serra, nearly 60, was so outraged he decided he was going to do something about it, according to archeologist Ruben Mendoza. ... Gregory Orfalea, author of “Journey to the Sun: Junípero Serra’s Dream and the Founding of California” and writer-in-residence at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, said Father Serra cannot be accused of genocide. more", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-09-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘Always forward, never back’: The canonization of Fray Junípero Serra", "link": "\/westmont-news\/always-forward-never-back-canonization-fray-junipero-serra.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jill Felber, professor of flute at UC Santa Barbara, offers a flute masterclass, featuring performances by the advanced private students of Andrea Di Maggio (Westmont) and Dr. Linda Holland (SBCC), Saturday, Sept. 26, at 2 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. The Masterclass is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the Westmont Music Department at (805)565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-09-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Jill Felber Offers Flute Masterclass", "link": "\/westmont-news\/jill-felber-offers-flute-masterclass.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/09\/Jill-Felber-505x505.png", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Caryn Reeder, associate professor of New Testament at Westmont, examines modern wartime rape and biblical stories of captive women in a talk Monday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The lecture, part of the Gender Studies Series, “From Boko Haram to Biblical Israel: Deuteronomy 21:10-14 and Wartime Rape,” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-09-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Views Biblical, Modern Wartime Rape", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-views-biblical-modern-wartime-rape.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/09\/Reeder-Caryn-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Andrea Gurney, associate professor of psychology at Westmont, examines early relational experiences and their importance to human development in a talk Thursday, Oct. 8, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street. The Westmont Downtown Lecture, “Wired for Love: The Importance of Early Attachment,” is free and open to the public. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-09-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Power of Early Attachment", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-power-early-attachment.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/09\/Gurney-Andrea-13-MK4_9746-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Well-known local artists Dane Goodman and Keith Puccinelli will talk about their artwork at a lecture Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 6:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. The talk, co-sponsored by the Westmont Art Department and the Gaede Institute for Liberal Arts, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-09-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Goodman, Puccinelli Examine Their Art", "link": "\/westmont-news\/goodman-puccinelli-examine-their-art.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/09\/Puccinelli-Goodman-Pajamas-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Pianist Constantine Finehouse, a scholar-in-residence at Westmont, performs music by Alexander Scriabin, Chopin, Mozart and Beethoven on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The recital is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Westmont Music Department at (805) 565-6400.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-09-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pianist Finehouse to Perform Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pianist-finehouse-perform-recital-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/09\/Finehouse-Constantine-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dr. Jessica Evert, executive director of Child Family Health International (CFHI), examines the complexities of achieving global health equity in a lecture, “Global Health: Tensions, Trends, and Truths” on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 2 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210). The Office of Global Education Lecture, co-sponsored by the Westmont department of kinesiology, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-09-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Explore Global Education, Health", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explore-global-education-health.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/09\/Evert.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Music Department jumps into a new season with a free faculty recital featuring original music on Friday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. in Deane Chapel. For more information about the Fall Faculty Recital, please contact Michelle Starrh at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-09-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Faculty Recital Features Original Works", "link": "\/westmont-news\/faculty-recital-features-original-works.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/09\/Hodson-Steve-14-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont jumped three spots and is ranked in the top 100 best liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report for the seventh straight year. “America’s Best Colleges, 2016 Edition” lists Westmont as tied for No. 93 out of the nation’s 245 liberal arts colleges.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-09-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Earns Top-100 U.S. News Ranking", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-earns-top-100-us-news-ranking.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/09\/circle-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four new talented professors joined the Westmont faculty this fall. Donald Patterson (computer science), Ronald See (psychology), Amanda Silberstein (chemistry) and Sameer Yadav (religious studies) arrived in August and have begun teaching.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-09-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Four Top Scholars Join Westmont Faculty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/four-top-scholars-join-westmont-faculty.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/09\/Patterson-Donald-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The theater season begins in dramatic style Sept. 3-6 when Westmont hosts a mini festival featuring several Westmont professors and alumni performing work developed by Lit Moon Theatre Company artists in a variety of indoor locations around campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-09-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hosts Lit Moon Mini Festival", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hosts-lit-moon-mini-festival.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/09\/Lit-Moon-Cherry-Orchard-5-credit-David-Bazemore-505x488.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art will offer several dynamic and diverse exhibitions in the 2015-16 season, including shows featuring Santa Barbara artists such as Dane Goodman, Keith Puccinelli, 19th-century French artists including Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Berthe Morisot, Henri Matisse; and contemporary artists Alison Saar, Richard Serra and James Surls. A family day on March 5, 2016, celebrates French culture.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-08-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Museum Opens Exciting Season", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-museum-opens-exciting-season.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/08\/Sisley-A.-Les-Sablons-EDITED.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three new college rankings list Westmont among the top schools in the nation. For the third straight year, Forbes Magazine has ranked Westmont in the top 100 colleges and universities in its survey, Grateful Grads: Top Return-on-Investment. Westmont, listed No. 64, is one of only three Christian colleges nationally and just one of nine schools in California. Last year Forbes ranked Westmont No. 74.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-08-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Tops New College Rankings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-tops-new-college-rankings-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/08\/VoskuylSunsetVert-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Orientation begins for 339 first-year students and 52 new transfer students Thursday, Aug. 27. The first day of classes for all Westmont students is Monday, Aug. 31. The new students represent four countries and 31 states. Thirty students come from Santa Barbara County and 12 are international, missionary or third-culture students. More than a third (119) of the incoming class is North American ethnic minorities. The class is 43 percent male and 57 percent female. The top five majors are biology, economics and business, kinesiology, psychology and communication studies.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-08-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Welcoming New Students, Class of 2019", "link": "\/westmont-news\/welcoming-new-students-class-2019.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/08\/First-Walk-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A first-quarter moon and a pulsating variable star will be featured at this month’s free public viewing Friday, Aug. 21, beginning at 8 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. The moon will be about seven days old and there should be a number of craters to examine on its surface. The pulsating variable star, Chi Cygni, changes in brightness every 13.4 months. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-08-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing Zooms in on Moon, Pulsating Star", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-zooms-moon-pulsating-star.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/08\/BlueObservatory-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art features well-known local artists Dane Goodman and Keith Puccinelli in its season-opening exhibition Sept. 2-Oct. 17. The museum will host a reception for “tug: Dane Goodman and Keith Puccinelli,” featuring the artists, Wednesday, Sept. 2, from 4:30-7 p.m. The artists will give a lecture about their work on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 6:30 p.m. in Westmont's Porter Theatre. All events are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-08-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Goodman, Puccinelli’s ‘Tug’ Opens Art Season", "link": "\/westmont-news\/goodman-puccinellis-tug-opens-art-season.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/08\/tug_boatimage-505x627.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The memorial service for Westmont President Emeritus David K. Winter, who died Aug. 15, 2015, at the age of 84, will occur Saturday, Aug. 29, at 10 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church on the corner of State and Constance Streets in Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-08-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "David Winter Service Set for Aug. 29", "link": "\/westmont-news\/david-winter-service-set-aug-29.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/08\/winter-505x770.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Click here to view David Winter's memorial service.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-08-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Mourns David Winter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-mourns-david-winter.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/08\/IMG_7179-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The husband-and-wife teaching team Chris Hoeckley and Cheri Larsen Hoeckley travel this month to co-direct Westmont in Northern Europe (WNE), a semester-abroad program they launched last year to explore conflict and peacemaking. Westmont in Northern Europe is different from Westmont’s Europe Semester, which began in 1969.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-08-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont in Northern Europe Breaks Walls", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-northern-europe-breaks-walls.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/08\/IMG_5544-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 30 new Westmont students will take in part in one of three pre-Orientation adventure programs, including two new programs that include canoeing in Colorado and exploring the Channel Islands. More than a dozen students will trek through the Eastern Sierra as part of Inoculum, a unique trip for incoming students to earn academic and physical education credit.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-08-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Students Head into Great Outdoors", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-students-head-great-outdoors-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/08\/Inoculum-Barney-505x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The new Westmont Academy for Young Artists (WAYA), an intensive 10-day program for young musicians, offers two faculty concerts on Aug. 13 and 20 at 3:30 p.m. and two student concerts Aug. 14 and 21 at 3:30 p.m., all in Deane Chapel. The performances are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-08-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Launches New Music Academy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-launches-new-music-academy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/08\/HanKim-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The sports information directors in the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) selected Westmont’s Ron Smith as the 2015 Sports Information Director of the Year at their annual meeting late in the spring. The group established the award in 2014.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-08-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont SID Wins Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-sid-wins-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/08\/Smith-Ron-D1X_1064-325x488.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont ranks as No. 10 on Forbes’ 2015 list of the 50 most entrepreneurial colleges in the nation. The magazine evaluated the country’s most entrepreneurial schools based on entrepreneurial ratios: the total number of alumni and students who have identified themselves as founders and business owners on LinkedIn divided by the school’s student body (undergraduate and graduate combined). This year they separated research universities and smaller colleges.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-08-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont in Top 10 of Entrepreneurial Colleges", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-top-10-entrepreneurial-colleges.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/08\/WMG_8070-325x217.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Montecito Planning Commission (MPC) unanimously approved Westmont College’s designs for a new residential facility and determined that the design is consistent with the college's Master Plan on July 15.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-07-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Planning Commission OKs Leadership Center", "link": "\/westmont-news\/planning-commission-oks-leadership-center.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/04\/RH-Core-PRINT-505x284.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nicholas Swider, a member of the Westmont cross country and track and field teams won the sixth annual Westmonster July 17, edging out three-time champion Ricky Ho by three seconds. Jihanna Allard of Norwich, England, was the top female finisher followed by Desa Marie Mandarino of Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-07-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warrior Nic Swider Tames the Westmonster", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warrior-nic-swider-tames-westmonster.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/07\/TF15_4731-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Saturn will be the star of the show at this month’s free public viewing on Friday, July 17, beginning at 8 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. The gas giant will reach its highest point in the sky about 9 p.m. when the Cassini Division, the dark gap between the A and B rings, should be visible. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-07-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing to Zoom in on Rings of Saturn", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-zoom-rings-saturn.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/07\/observatory-july-505x353.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "One hundred Special Olympics athletes arrive July 21 for a four-day visit to Santa Barbara, one of 100 Host Towns in California, before competing in the 2015 Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles July 25–August 2. The largest sporting event in Southern California since the 1984 Olympics, the 25-sport competition includes 7,000 athletes and 3,000 coaches from 177 countries.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-07-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Special Olympics Athletes Arrive in SB July 21-24", "link": "\/westmont-news\/special-olympics-athletes-arrive-sb-july-21-24.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/07\/Olympics-Announcement-505x383.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The sixth annual Westmonster, dubbed Santa Barbara’s toughest 5K race, returns to the scenic Westmont campus Friday, July 17, at 6:15 p.m. The race is a family-friendly event and is open to everyone. An early registration fee of $35 is available through June 30, after which the registration fee increases to $40. High school and Westmont students may participate for $25. Children (up to 14 can take part in the 5K race for $20. Same-day registration at the track begins at 5 p.m., but participants are encouraged to register online at http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/westmonster.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-07-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Racers Seek to Tame the Westmonster 5K", "link": "\/westmont-news\/racers-seek-tame-westmonster-5k.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/07\/BobbyOliveraWestmonster-505x341.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont summer sports camps, a more than 25-year tradition in Montecito, began June 22 with sports skills camp, developing motor skills of co-ed campers from ages 5-10. Basketball camp, which also began this week, has been around nearly 40 years at Westmont. John Moore, men’s head basketball coach, recalls being an incoming senior at Westmont when then Head Basketball Coach Chet Kammerer asked him and his sister to help with the first basketball camp at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-06-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Youth Summer Sports Camps Underway", "link": "\/westmont-news\/youth-summer-sports-camps-underway.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/06\/Moore-with-Daughters-07-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Twenty high school seniors and incoming first-year Westmont students will begin experiencing college life at Westmont June 22-July 10 while earning college credits. In its fifth year, the Westmont Summer Scholars program allows high school seniors and recent high school graduates to take three weeks of intensive classes while living on campus in a residence hall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-06-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Unique Program Offers Taste of College", "link": "\/westmont-news\/unique-program-offers-taste-college.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/06\/AllisonJudy-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jupiter, Venus and a small crescent moon come into alignment this month, but it may be views of Saturn that steal the show at a free public viewing of the stars Friday, June 19, beginning at 8 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. Jupiter and Venus and the moon form a skewed triangle that will be easily visible after sunset in the western sky. “It will be a real treat for the naked eye, but not one that will fit into the field of view of Westmont’s telescopes,” says Thomas Whittemore, Westmont physics instructor.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-06-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "3 Planets, a Crescent Moon at Star Party", "link": "\/westmont-news\/3-planets-crescent-moon-star-party.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/06\/DomeTeaGarden-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College and Pepperdine University today announced an agreement to offer a new program in shared space in downtown Santa Barbara. Beginning in fall 2015, Westmont Downtown, a new center in the Hutton Parker Foundation Building in Santa Barbara, will host a Santa Barbara-based, two-year, part-time MBA program through the nationally ranked Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management. Westmont Downtown also offers Westmont programs and classes in social entrepreneurship, capital entrepreneurship, and leadership and management as well as internships with local businesses and organizations.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-06-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont, Pepperdine Launch New Partnership", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-pepperdine-launch-new-partnership.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/03\/30536680cf854a03bd6c0829fb3f9b7d-505x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two military veterans, who received financial assistance through the Ahmanson Veteran Scholarship Initiative (AVSI), have completed their first semesters at Westmont. Juniors Patrick Burree, 26, and Bradley Mora, 32, had very different military experiences, but both have appreciated Westmont’s rigorous academics rooted in Christ.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-05-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Veterans Find Aid, Faith at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/veterans-find-aid-faith-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/05\/BurreePatrick-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Bestselling author Ronald C. White shares insights into Abraham Lincoln at a sold-out luncheon and lecture, “The Moral and Ethical Leadership of Abraham Lincoln,” on Friday, May 29, at noon in Westmont’s Page Multipurpose Room. The event is part of the Moral and Ethical Leadership in the American Presidency Series, sponsored by the Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-05-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Luncheon, Talk Examine Leadership of Lincoln", "link": "\/westmont-news\/luncheon-talk-examine-leadership-lincoln.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/05\/6a00d8341ef07d53ef010535fafa22970c-800wi-505x761.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Athletes from seven local elementary schools competed in track-and-field events May 14 at the Westmont track. More than 250 students from Roosevelt, McKinley, Adams, Cleveland, Franklin, Monroe and Washington Elementary schools battled for local bragging rights, competing in about a dozen events. The annual Track and Field City Championships began two years ago under the leadership of Westmont alumna and Adams Elementary School principal Amy (Bergenske) Alzina and Westmont head track-and-field coach Russell Smelley.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-05-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Washington Shines as SB Track Champs", "link": "\/westmont-news\/washington-shines-sb-track-champs.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/05\/RussellSmelleyStartingLine-505x342.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Katie Curry of Goleta won Best in Show, earning the $1,000 James A. McIntyre Memorial cash prize at the opening reception of “VITAL: Tri-County Juried Exhibition” May 21 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. Beverly Decker of Summerland won the 1st Art Council Award of $500 and Bill Dewey of Santa Barbara won 2nd Honorable Mention for $250. Other awardees included Santa Barbarans Valori Fussell and Ines Labunski Roberts.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-05-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Local Artists Featured in ‘Vital’ Exhibition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-artists-featured-vital-exhibition.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/05\/dewey_bill_3621-505x377.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Saturn, the ringed gas giant, will be one of the celestial targets of this month’s free public viewing of the stars Friday, May 15, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Westmont Observatory. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-05-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Saturn to Shine at Westmont Star Party", "link": "\/westmont-news\/saturn-shine-westmont-star-party.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/05\/timelapseobservatory-505x294.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont hosts a 5K run\/walk to benefit Save the Mothers, an organization working to improve the lives of women in Uganda, on Saturday, May 16, at 9 a.m. Registration, which costs $15 for students; $25 for adults (free kids fun run), begins at the Westmont track at 8:30 a.m. Registration is also available online at walkformothersday.com. The event is co-sponsored by the Westmont Activities Council, Westmont Track and Field, and the Westmont Office of Global Education.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-05-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Event Benefits Ugandan Mothers, Children", "link": "\/westmont-news\/event-benefits-ugandan-mothers-children.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/05\/sunnytrack-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Commencement speaker David Brooks demonstrated his talent as a humorist while offering the class of 2015 advice about commitment, love and taking chances in their careers May 9 at Westmont. Brooks’ opening, witty monologue shone a ray of sunshine on an otherwise overcast day. Several thousand family and friends of the remained bundled up through much of the ceremony, which celebrated the graduation of 310 students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-05-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Grads Urged to Make Commitments", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-grads-urged-make-commitments.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/05\/Golden-Warriors-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 21st annual Golden Eagle Awards Dinner April 14 honored a dozen Westmont scholar-athletes who have exceled athletically and in the classroom while being a faithful follower of Christ. This year’s winners were Evan Kramer, men’s cross country, Heidi Nichols, women’s cross country, Daniel Johnsen, men’s soccer, Ciena Colburn, women’s volleyball, Christian Hatchett, men’s track and field, Elysia Hodges Mitchell, women’s track and field, Stefan Inouye, men’s basketball, Russell Harmening, baseball, Lauren Stratman, women’s tennis, Joshua Barnard, men’s tennis, Christine Adams, women’s soccer, and Karlie Storkson, women’s basketball. Kirsten Moore, head women’s basketball coach, was master of ceremonies. President Gayle D. Beebe offered closing remarks.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-05-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student-Athletes Shine at Awards Dinner", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-athletes-shine-awards-dinner.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/05\/EvanKramer-505x309.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Trustee Challenge, which began with a matching gift of $100,000 by the Westmont Board of Trustees, has raised $467,000 to support student scholarships. After one week, alumni, parents and friends had exceeded the initial challenge, so the board offered an additional $100,000 matching gift. By the end of the two-week challenge, every goal has been exceeded.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-05-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Trustees Challenge Earns $467-K for Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/trustees-challenge-earns-467-k-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/05\/trustee-challenge-325x148.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Numerous friends, an anonymous donor and widower Matt Neal have established the Kenon Neal Endowed Scholarship at Westmont. Kenon (Ramsey) Neal ’88 died July 16, 2014, after experiencing a number of health challenges in her life, including five bouts of cancer that she battled for 27 years. The scholarship will assist students who have overcome challenges such as cancer, receive an academic merit scholarship and have a financial need.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-04-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Scholarship to Honor Life of Kenon Neal", "link": "\/westmont-news\/scholarship-honor-life-kenon-neal.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/04\/Neal-Kenon-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra performs twice in Santa Barbara and twice in the Los Angeles-area before traveling to Italy May 12-23. The Spring Orchestra Concert, which features pieces by Verdi, Vivaldi and Puccini, is Thursday, April 30, at 7 p.m. in Page Multipurpose Room at Westmont and Friday, May 1, at 7 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara. Tickets cost $10; students are free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-04-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Performs in SB, LA before Italy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-performs-sb-la-italy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/04\/Orchestra-1415-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Montecito Board of Architectural Review has completed the conceptual phase of its analysis of Westmont College’s designs for a new residential facility. The Montecito Planning Commission is expected to review the proposal, which is included in the college’s Master Plan, in July.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-04-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "MBAR Praises Westmont Leadership Center Plans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mbar-praises-westmont-leadership-center-plans.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/04\/RH-Core-PRINT-505x284.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Forty-four Westmont students and an alumnus will display 30 research projects Wednesday, April 22, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in Winter Hall. The 19th annual Westmont College Student Research Symposium celebrates the noteworthy accomplishments of students and their work from the divisions of the humanities, social sciences and the natural and behavioral sciences.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-04-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Event to Highlight Student Research", "link": "\/westmont-news\/event-highlight-student-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/04\/CoryBurnsHarrison-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Brooks, columnist for the New York Times and political analyst on “PBS NewsHour,” will speak at Westmont’s Commencement ceremony, Saturday, May 9, at 9:30 a.m. on Carr Field. President Gayle D. Beebe presents the Westmont Medal in honor of all the local organizations that serve our community by assisting individuals and families facing enormous financial and personal challenges every day of their lives. Rolf Geyling, president of the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission, will be recognized for his strategic and effective leadership of the Rescue Mission and will accept the award.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-04-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Columnist Brooks Speaks at Commencement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/columnist-brooks-speaks-commencement.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/04\/mortarboards-2014-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 100-day countdown to the start of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games begins April 16. The largest sporting event in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympics, the 25-sport competition takes place July 25 through Aug. 2, 2015, with 7,000 athletes and 3,000 coaches from 177 countries.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-04-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "SB Marks 100 Days to Special Olympics Games", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sb-marks-100-days-special-olympics-games.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/04\/Special-Olympics-Announcement-505x342.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, is the subject of this month’s free public viewing of the stars Friday, April 17, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Westmont Observatory. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-04-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Jupiter Remains in Focus for Viewing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/jupiter-remains-focus-viewing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/09\/ObservatorySpottedClouds-505x382.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Bethany Hamilton, whose autobiography, “Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board,” inspired the 2011 film “Soul Surfer,” spoke to more than 1,200 people in a special chapel service April 10 in Westmont’s Murchison Gym.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-04-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Soul Surfer' Inspires at Westmont Chapel", "link": "\/westmont-news\/soul-surfer-inspires-westmont-chapel.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/04\/HamiltonTalk-505x565.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Abraham Lincoln. Peter Drucker. Bill Gates. These iconic leaders continue to make a profound and pivotal impact on American thought and culture.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-04-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Conference Focuses on Moral Leadership", "link": "\/westmont-news\/conference-focuses-moral-leadership.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/04\/lwys-logo-505x220.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Helen Frowe, Wallenberg Academy research fellow at Stockholm University, reflects on ethical warfare and killing in a lecture, “Are We Required to Turn the Trolley?” on Tuesday, April 14, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The talk, co-sponsored by the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts and the Westmont Department of Philosophy, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-04-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Just Killing, Trolley Problem", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-just-killing-trolley-problem.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/04\/FroweHelen2014_FotoMagnusBergstrom_portratt_510-505x327.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Thirteen graduating art majors will display their capstone art projects April 9-May 9 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public reception opens “Maker’s Dozen: Westmont Senior Art Exhibition 2015” on Thursday, April 9, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-04-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Senior Art Show Features a ‘Maker’s Dozen’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/senior-art-show-features-makers-dozen.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/04\/SeniorShow14-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Renowned Russian pianist Vassily Primakov, who recently released a new, two-CD album, “Chopin: 51 Mazurkas,” performs Saturday, April 25, at 3 p.m. in First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St. Tickets cost $25 for general admission; $20 seniors; $10 student and group (eight or more); and may be purchased at the door or by calling (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-04-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hosts Famed Pianist Primakov", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hosts-famed-pianist-primakov-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/04\/VPphoto-505x607.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A record number of students have collaborated to produce 28 different pieces of original theater, dance, performance art and film in Westmont’s largest Fringe Festival April 16-17, 19 at 7 p.m. and April 18 at 3 p.m., all beginning at Porter Theatre. Festival passes ($15 general admission, $10 students\/seniors) or daily tickets ($10 general admission, $7 student\/seniors) are available online at www.westmont.edu\/boxoffice. For more information, please call (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-04-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Presents Theater on the Fringe", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-presents-theater-fringe.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/04\/TwiggBushFringe14-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "​Renowned Russian pianist Vassily Primakov, who recently released a new, two-CD album, “Chopin: 51 Mazurkas,” performs Saturday, April 25, at 3 p.m. in First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St. Tickets cost $25 for general admission; $20 seniors; $10 student and group (eight or more); and may be purchased at the door or by calling (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-04-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hosts Famed Pianist Primakov", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hosts-famed-pianist-primakov.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Downtown, a new, semester-long academic program focusing on capital and social entrepreneurship, opens May 1 in downtown Santa Barbara on the third floor of 26 W. Anapamu Street in the Hutton Parker Foundation Building above the Fund of Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-03-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Opens Downtown Program", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-opens-downtown-program.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/03\/BeebeIflandTeaching-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Choir tours Central California April 10-12 with performances in San Luis Obispo, Chowchilla, Visalia and Santa Barbara. The choir of 60 student singers will perform a selected repertoire from their entire concert season, especially works by emerging American composers.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-03-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Choir Tours San Joaquin Valley", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-choir-tours-san-joaquin-valley.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/03\/Choir-Singing-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Steve Julio, associate professor of biology at Westmont, examines current research aimed at improving the whooping cough vaccine, in a free, public lecture on Thursday, April 9, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first­served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-03-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Probe Whooping Cough Research", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-probe-whooping-cough-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/03\/Julio-Steve-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Office of Admission has offered four-year, full-tuition scholarships to four top high school seniors. The new Monroe Scholars are Noel Hilst of Bainbridge Island, Wash., Bethany Le of Carlsbad, Léal Makaroff of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Olivia Stowell of Fort Collins, Colo. They earned a combined average honors GPA of 4.5 and an average SAT score of 1530 (out of 1600).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-03-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Four Top Scholars Earn Full Tuition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/four-top-scholars-earn-full-tuition.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/03\/Monroe_15-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont men’s polo team defeated Stanford University 18-10 on March 22 at the Central Coast Polo Club in San Luis Obispo to capture the USPA Intercollegiate Western Regionals. The victory earns the Warriors a spot at the U.S. Polo Association National Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, however due to a lack of funding and experience, the team will not be competing at the University of Connecticut to defend its back-to-back national titles April 6-12. “They deserve to go and they worked very hard to beat Stanford,” says Coach John Westley. “It’s not all about winning and I would have loved to given the boys an opportunity to travel and get the experience.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-03-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Polo Wins the West", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-polo-wins-west.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/03\/Westmont-Polo-2015-Champs-John-Westleys-SBPoloSchool-505x439.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Bethany Hamilton, whose autobiography, “Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board,” inspired the 2011 film “Soul Surfer,” speaks Friday, April 10, at 5:45 p.m. in Westmont’s Murchison Gym. Westmont hosts Night of Champions, sponsored by the Santa Barbara Fellowship of Christian Athletes (SBFCA), which includes special guest Britt Merrick. Tickets to the event are $20 for adults, $10 for students, and can be purchased at santabarbarafca.org\/noc.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-03-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Bethany Hamilton to Speak at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/bethany-hamilton-speak-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/03\/BHwalkingwithSurfboard-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The ringed, gas giant Juniper will be the star attraction at this month’s free public viewing on Friday, March 20, beginning at 7:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-­6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-03-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Stargazers to View Jupiter Ascending", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stargazers-view-jupiter-ascending.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/11\/Observatory-Fisheye-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "James Ault, award-winning documentary filmmaker, author and sociologist, screens his most recent film and discusses Christianity’s explosive growth in Africa followed by Q&A on Thursday, March 26, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Winter Hall, room 106. “African Christianity Rising: Stories from Ghana,” sponsored by the World Christianity and Global Encounters of the 21st Century Lecture Series and the Adams Mission fund, is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Charles Farhadian, Westmont professor of religious studies, at (805) 565-7094.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-03-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Filmmaker Explores Christianity, Ghana", "link": "\/westmont-news\/filmmaker-explores-christianity-ghana.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/03\/jim-beach-crop2ed-505x405.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont CIO Reed Sheard has been named a Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader for 2015. He accepts this award in March with other top IT professionals from the business, education, government, service, technology and non-profit sectors.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-03-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont CIO Wins IT Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-cio-wins-it-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/03\/SheardHoriz-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Violinist Jonathan Wong of Carlsbad earned top honors at the third annual Music Guild Competition March 7, where six high school seniors competed for Westmont music scholarships. Wong won the Guild Scholarship, receiving up to $10,000 in annual music scholarships funds (up to $40,000 over four years) to study at Westmont. Significant music scholarships were given to the other contestants: violinists Mirah Ray of San Anselmo and Sierra Farrar of Denver; pianists Merckx Dascomb of Santa Ynez and Kennedy Hahn of Beaverton, Ore.; and vocalist Kathryn Ogata of Santa Ana.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-03-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Carlsbad Violinist Wins Scholarship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/carlsbad-violinist-wins-scholarship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/03\/JonathanWong-505x759.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Doris Kearns Goodwin, world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, spoke about “Leadership Lessons from American Presidents” to more than 700 people at the 10th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on March 6 in the Grand Ballroom of Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-03-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Goodwin Examines Leadership Lessons", "link": "\/westmont-news\/goodwin-examines-leadership-lessons.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/03\/DorisBreakfastVertTight-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jodi Magness, a renowned archaeologist and Kenan distinguished professor in early Judaism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, examines the validity of claims that Jesus’ burial has been found in Jerusalem during a lecture on Thursday, March 12, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. The lecture, “Ossuaries and the Burials of Jesus and James,” is part of an ongoing, joint lecture series with UC Santa Barbara and Westmont on the New Testament and early Christianity. It is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Helen Rhee, associate professor of religious studies, at (805) 565-6834.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-03-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Investigate the Validity of Jesus' Tomb", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-investigate-validity-jesus-tomb.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/03\/Magness-photo-by-George-Duffield-J3D-US-LP-325x217.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sonos Montecito, a wind quintet in residence at Westmont, performs a free, public recital Friday, March 13, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. The quintet, comprised of Westmont’s applied music faculty, will play works by Georges Bizet, Paul Hindemith and Madeleine Dring (with accompanist Neil Di Maggio).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-03-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sonos Montecito Quintet Offers Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sonos-montecito-quintet-offers-recital.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/03\/Sonos-Montecito-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Six high school seniors will compete for Westmont music scholarships at the third annual Music Guild Competition on Saturday, March 7, at 7 p.m. at Westmont’s Deane Chapel on lower campus. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-03-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musicians to Compete for Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musicians-compete-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/03\/Ray-Mirah-IMG_1170-505x379.png", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Choral Masterworks Concert features two great works of the classic period, one from the mind of a 13-year-old genius and the other the crowning work of an old master, on Friday, March 6, at 7 p.m. in First United Methodist Church, 305 East Anapamu St. Tickets, which can be purchased at the door, cost $10 general admission, all students are free. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-02-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Choral Concert Features Mozart, Haydn", "link": "\/westmont-news\/choral-concert-features-mozart-haydn.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/02\/Choir-Photo-Edited-505x300.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Brett Foster, a former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, recipient of a PEN American writing grant and winner of the Willis Barnstone Translation Prize, reads his poetry as part of the Westmont Reading Series Thursday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The reading is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Professor Randall VanderMey at (805) 565-7145.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-02-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Poet Brett Foster to Read Works", "link": "\/westmont-news\/poet-brett-foster-read-works.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/02\/Foster-Brett-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Felicia Song, Westmont associate professor of sociology, discusses women who seek to reconstruct their social identities online in a lecture, “More than a Mommy Blogger: Renegotiating Identity in Motherhood and Social Media,” on Tuesday, March 3, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The talk, organized by Westmont’s chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, is free and open to the public. For more information, please call Professor Paul Delaney at (805) 565­6079.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-02-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Explore Mommy Bloggers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explore-mommy-bloggers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/02\/Felicia-Wu-Song-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nineteen student actors and the same creative team behind the national award-winning 2013 production of “The Pirates of Penzance,” stages “The Insect Comedy or The World We Live In” Feb. 27 and March 6 at 8:30 p.m., Feb. 28 and March 5 at 8 p.m., and March 7 at 2 p.m., all in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. Tickets are $10 for students, seniors and children, $15 for adults, and can be purchased online at www.westmont.edu\/boxoffice. For more information, please call (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-02-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Insect Comedy' Crawls onto SB Stage", "link": "\/westmont-news\/insect-comedy-crawls-sb-stage.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/02\/15-Insect-Comedy-600x927-505x563.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The gas giant Jupiter will be the star attraction at this month’s free public viewing on Friday, Feb. 20, beginning at 6:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-02-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Jupiter Jumps into View this Month", "link": "\/westmont-news\/jupiter-jumps-view-month.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/02\/spotfallfish-505x326-1424214964.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts hosts its 14th annual conference focusing on how a liberal arts education contributes to contemporary society Feb. 26­-28. The public is welcome to plenary sessions of “Liberal Arts and the Social Good.” A complete schedule is available online at westmont.edu\/institute. For more information, please call (805) 565­-6124.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-02-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talks to Focus on Liberal Arts, Social Good", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talks-focus-liberal-arts-social-good.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/02\/LibArtsConf-505x328.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra performs works by Leonard Bernstein, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini and Franz Liszt at the Concerto Concert on Friday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Page Multipurpose Room and Sunday, Feb. 22, at 3 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. General admission is $10 and students are free. Tickets may be purchased at the door. For more information, please call (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-02-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra, Singers to Perform Concerto", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-singers-perform-concerto.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/02\/Emmalee-Wetzel-best-505x842.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont professors Tom Knecht and Rachel Winslow explore presidential leadership in a free, public lecture on Thursday, Feb. 19, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-­come, first­-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-­6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-02-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Panel to Examine Presidential Leadership", "link": "\/westmont-news\/panel-examine-presidential-leadership.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/02\/KnechtWinslow-505x341.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Provost’s Office and the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts co-­host two free, public lectures Feb. 9 and 11 at Westmont, featuring Elaine Ecklund, Herbert S. Autry professor of sociology at Rice University, and David McNaughton, professor of philosophy at Florida State University.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-02-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talks Examine Faith and Science, Humility", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talks-examine-faith-and-science-humility.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/02\/Elaine-Ecklund-325x488.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Education Department honored two Westmont alumni by giving the Excellence in Education award to their innovative, student-­run non­profit organization, Kids Helping Kids (KHK), at a lunchtime gathering Feb. 3 at Westmont. Alumni Jamie DeVries ’95 and Jillian Wilber ’13, who teach AP economics at San Marcos High School (SMHS) and advise KHK, brought nine of their students to the ceremony.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-02-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Honors Kids Helping Kids", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-honors-kids-helping-kids.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/02\/WMG_4555-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two new college rankings list Westmont among the top schools in the nation. Business Insider names it one of the 50 Most Underrated Colleges in America, and Princeton Review recognizes Westmont among Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Best-­Value Colleges, “the best overall bargains based on cost and financial aid among the most academically outstanding colleges in the nation.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-02-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Tops New College Rankings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-tops-new-college-rankings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/02\/Fountain-Sun-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont features 21 Rembrandt etchings in an exhibition, “Rembrandt and the Jews: The Berger Print Collection,” Feb. 12-March 28 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, 955 La Paz Rd., Santa Barbara. The exhibition is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (805) 565-6162. The show also includes a drawing by Pieter Lastman, Rembrandt’s teacher, and an etched “Self-Portrait with Plumed Cap and Lowered Sabre” from 1634. The public is invited to a free, public reception on Feb. 12 from 4-6 p.m. with valet parking and light refreshments.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-02-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibition Highlights Rembrandt, Jews", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibition-highlights-rembrandt-jews.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/02\/Triumph-of-Mordecai-1-505x410.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Lim, associate professor of the history of Christianity at Vanderbilt Divinity School, examines the global movement and commitment by evangelical Christians to stop the spread of human trafficking Thursday, Feb. 5, at 3:30 p.m. in Founders Room in the Westmont Kerr Student Center. The Erasmus Society Lecture, “Calvin, Calcutta, and Corinth: Trinity, Trafficking, and Transformation of Theologia,” is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Helen Rhee, associate professor of religious studies, at (805) 565­-6834.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-01-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Probes Christian Efforts to End Slavery", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-probes-christian-efforts-end-slavery.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/01\/Lim-headshot.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont graduating seniors Brynn Mitchell, Elaine Pazaski and James Wong present a fresh, fierce homage to the central characters of Anton Chekhov’s classic, “The Seagull,” in “The Nina Variations” by Stephen Dietz on Friday, Feb. 6, and Saturday, Feb. 7, at 8 p.m. in Porter Theatre. The play, directed by Mitchell with scenography by Wong and starring Pazaski as Nina, is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact (805) 565-7040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-01-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Play Explores 'Variations' of Chekhov's 'Seagull'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/play-explores-variations-chekhovs-seagull.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/01\/nina-poster-image-325x502.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Doris Kearns Goodwin, world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, will speak about “Leadership Lessons from American Presidents” at the 10th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on Friday, March 6, from 7-9 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort. Tickets cost $125 per person and go on sale Friday, Feb. 6, at 9 a.m. on the Westmont website. Seating is limited, and tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Goodwin has written six critically acclaimed and New York Times best-selling books, including her most recent, “The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism.” The Bully Pulpit is a dynamic history of the tumultuous first decade of the Progressive era. Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks Studios has acquired the film rights to the book. Spielberg and Goodwin worked together on Lincoln, based in part on Goodwin’s award-winning Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, which illuminates Lincoln’s political genius. Goodwin won the Pulitzer Prize in history for “No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II,” and she has written best-sellers “Wait Till Next Year, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream” and “The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys,” adapted into an award-winning, five-part TV miniseries. The Westmont Foundation and local businesses sponsor the President’s Breakfast to promote discussion of significant issues in the community. This year’s lead sponsor is Union Bank. Gold sponsors include Axia Holdings, Chronicle Family Offices, Davies, Hub International, La Arcada, Carl and Jo Lindros, Lindsay and Laurie Parton, Matt Construction, Santa Barbara Capital and V3 Corporation. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Steve Baker, Westmont associate vice president for advancement, at (805) 565-7156. Past Westmont President’s Breakfast speakers include: Muhammad Yunus, microcredit pioneer; retired Gen. Colin Powell; Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state; Robert Gates, former secretary of defense, Walter Isaacson, president of the Aspen Institute and former chairman and CEO of CNN; Thomas Friedman, author of “Hot, Flat, and Crowded” and “The World is Flat”; and American historian and bestselling author David McCullough, who has twice won the Pulitzer Prize. The Mosher Foundation’s series on Moral and Ethical Leadership in the American Presidency continues with Ron White, author of eight books including “A. Lincoln: A Biography,” at Westmont on May 26.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-01-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Kearns Goodwin to Speak at Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/kearns-goodwin-speak-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/01\/Goodwin_DorisKearns_ORIGINAL-325x488.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Theater and Music Departments, which won three national awards for the 2013 co-production of “Pirates of Penzance,” combine forces for “An Evening of One-Act Opera Classics” on Jan. 30-31 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 1 at 3 p.m., all in Porter Theatre. Tickets, which cost $15 general admission and $10 students\/seniors\/children, can be purchased by calling (805) 565-­7140 or online at www.westmont.edu\/boxoffice.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-01-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music, Theater Offer Opera Classics", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-theater-offer-opera-classics.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/01\/Christine-Nathanson-e1421969860825-505x847.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Bob Woodward, the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, examined “Presidential Leadership and the Price of Politics” for 300 people on Jan. 16 in the Coral Casino at the Four Seasons Santa Barbara Biltmore. The legendary journalist, who has worked for the Washington Post since 1971, said it is not enough for a president to simply provide moral and ethical leadership.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-01-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Presidential Lessons from Watergate Reporter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/presidential-lessons-watergate-reporter.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/01\/Woodward-Vertical-505x758.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Golfers and disc golfers will have a unique opportunity to play together in the seventh annual Will’s Tourney on Monday, Feb. 2, at 11:30 a.m. at the Glen Annie Golf Club. A buffet dinner, raffle and awards presentation will follow the tournament at 5:15 p.m. All proceeds from the event benefit the William Wiersma Endowment Scholarship Fund at Westmont. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. To register or for more information, please go to willstourney.com or contact Karen Sloan, Westmont special events manager, at (805) 565­-6069. Green fees are $150, $115 for recent graduates ('06-'12) and $75 for current students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-01-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Stick, Disc Golfers Take Aim at Tourney", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stick-disc-golfers-take-aim-tourney.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/01\/Wiersma2014disc-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Comet Lovejoy will tantalize stargazers at this month’s free public viewing of the stars with Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope on Friday, Jan. 16, beginning at 6:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565­-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2015-01-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Observatory to Zoom in on Comet Lovejoy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/observatory-zoom-comet-lovejoy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2015\/01\/NASA-MSFC-Jacobs-Technology-ESSSA-Aaron-Kingery-505x307.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Fletcher Jones Foundation has awarded a $750,000 grant to Westmont toward the renovation of the college’s biology and chemistry labs. The grant will improve classroom and lab spaces inside Whittier Science Building, which opened in 1985.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-12-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grant to Fund Science Building Remodel", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grant-fund-science-building-remodel.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/12\/Microscope-505x337.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two parents of Westmont graduates and an alumna have joined the 29-member Westmont Board of Trustees, which oversees the operations of the college. Mike Allen of Dallas, Helga Houston ’83 of Columbus, Ohio, and D. Verne Sharma of Pasadena, Calif., began serving in October.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-12-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Trustees Join Westmont Board", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-trustees-join-westmont-board.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/12\/Mike-Allen-505x645.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Observatory is closed this evening due to poor visibility. Please check back next month for another free, public viewing on Friday, Jan. 16.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-12-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing Canceled Due to Overcast Skies", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-canceled-due-overcast-skies.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/12\/WideObservatoryFall-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four academic departments welcomed new tenure-track professors this fall. The five professors are Timothy VanHaitsma (kinesiology), Sarah Jirek (sociology), Enrico Manlapig (economics and business), Meagan Stirling (art) and Meredith Whitnah (sociology).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-12-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Four Academic Departments Welcome New Tenure-Track Professors", "link": "\/westmont-news\/four-academic-departments-welcome-new-tenure-track-professors.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Office of Alumni and Parent Relations hosts a unique venture to the Bajío region of Mexico for alumni and parents June 27-July 6. The trip, led by Mary Docter, Westmont professor of modern languages, includes stops at several UNESCO World Heritage Sites where Westmont in Mexico students live and learn.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-12-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumni, Parents to Visit Querétaro, Mexico", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumni-parents-visit-queretaro-mexico.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/12\/Streets-505x378.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Bob Woodward, legendary investigative reporter and nonfiction author, speaks about “Presidential Leadership and the Price of Politics” on Friday, Jan. 16, at noon in the Coral Casino at the Four Seasons Santa Barbara Biltmore. Tickets to the luncheon, part of the Mosher Foundation’s series on Moral and Ethical Leadership in the American Presidency, cost $100 each and may be purchased online only at westmont.edu\/leadershipseries\/.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-12-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Leadership Talk Features Bob Woodward", "link": "\/westmont-news\/leadership-talk-features-bob-woodward.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/12\/Woodward_Bob_PROMOPIC_300-505x706.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Fall Dance Concert, “Unfolding,' which features choreography by students and faculty members Susan Alexander, Christina Sanchez and Brooklyn Hughes Melton, is Friday, Dec. 12, at 8 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 13, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., all in Porter Theatre. General admission is $10; $7 for students, seniors and children. Tickets may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice or by calling (805) 565-­7140. Alexander says the concert seeks to be entertaining and inspirational. “Life unfolds, choreography unfolds, events unfold and stories unfold,” she says. “ A student’s life unfolds over four years, and many things happen along the way to influence the direction the student will take after graduating. ‘Unfolding’ could be a metaphor or it could be interpreted more literally.” “Beneath the Surface,” a piece choreographed by Alexander, is inspired by the idea of folding and unfolding body parts. “Some of the movement comes from the dancers working with these images and creating their own choreography as part of the dance,” she says. In other dances on the program, choreographers have used the image of unfolding in different ways. “Speed Bump,” a second piece choreographed by Alexander, uses the images of dealing with traffic patterns and navigating an obstacle course, also metaphors for what we confront going through life. The program includes a piece choreographed by Sanchez for her jazz technique class. The dance concert includes a solo inspired by classical ballet, choreographed and performed by senior Prudence Gordon, and a hip-hop number, choreographed by Jackie Rose for NSTEP, Westmont’s hip-hop group. In addition, student choreographers Annie Koeller, Rose, and Miranda Wittrock will present group works they have created with subjects profoundly personal and uplifting. “As these dance performances unfold, the audience will be surprised, moved and delighted,” Alexander says.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-12-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dance Concert ‘Unfolding’ at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dance-concert-unfolding-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/12\/Prudence-Gordon-1-505x631.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, hosts the West Coast premiere exhibition of internationally famous sculptor Chakaia Booker Dec. 11-Jan. 31. A free, public opening reception with Booker is Thursday, Dec. 11, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-11-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hosts California Premier of Tire Sculptor", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hosts-california-premier-tire-sculptor.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/11\/Chakaia_Booker-505x511.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The No. 4 Westmont women’s soccer team (16-3), which beat Ottawa (Kan.) 5-0 on Nov. 22, advances to the second round of the single-elimination NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championship Dec. 1–6. The Warriors travel to Orange Beach, Ala., to continue tournament play against 15 other teams. On Dec. 2, Westmont battles No. 13 Martin Methodist (13-5-1), a team the Warriors beat 2-0 in the second round of last year’s tournament.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-11-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors' Championship Dreams Roll to Alabama", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-championship-dreams-roll-alabama.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/11\/GSAC-Tourney-Champs1-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont women’s cross country team finished eighth out of 38 teams at the NAIA National Championship Nov. 22 in Lawrence, Kansas, its seventh best finish in program history and best placing since 1998.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-11-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Women's Cross Country Leaves Mark at Nationals", "link": "\/westmont-news\/womens-cross-country-leaves-mark-nationals.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/11\/CrossCountryWomen-505x323.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont kicks off the Christmas season with the 13th annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Kerrwood Lawn on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 5 p.m. Following caroling and the annual Pickle Address, a mystery tree lighter will throw down the massive switch that lights a 150-foot redwood tree, affectionately known as the Pickle Tree. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-11-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont to Light Up the Pickle Tree", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-light-pickle-tree.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/11\/TreeLighting13-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Christmas Festival, one of the most popular holiday events in Santa Barbara, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with performances Dec. 5-6 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 6-7 at 3 p.m. all at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Tickets to “Behold I am Making All Things New,” which cost $15 apiece, can be purchased online at www.westmont.edu\/christmasfestival. Please call (805) 565-7140 for more information. Funds raised from the Dec. 6 matinee support the Westmont Orchestra’s tour to Italy in spring 2015. The Saturday night performance has sold out.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-11-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Fest Celebrates 10 Years in SB", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-fest-celebrates-10-years-sb.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/11\/Christmas-Fest-2013-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This month’s public viewing of the stars will feature astronomical glimpses of a heart, owl and a Christmas tree on Friday, Nov. 21, beginning after 6:30 p.m. and lasting for several hours at the Westmont Observatory. The free event is held every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-11-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing Features Celestial Heart, Owl", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-features-celestial-heart-owl.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/11\/Observatory-Fisheye-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student musicians and composers show off their talents at five free concerts this month, all in Deane Chapel on Westmont’s lower campus. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-11-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musicians Star in November Concerts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musicians-star-november-concerts.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/11\/Luke-Mizuki-505x397.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David and Anna Grotenhuis have planned a gift from their estate to Westmont College that will endow approximately 12 full-tuition scholarships focused on attracting culturally and ethnically diverse students and rewarding those with extraordinary musical accomplishment.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-11-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grotenhuis Estate Gift Will Fund 12 Scholarships Each Year at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grotenhuis-estate-gift-will-fund-12-scholarships-each-year-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/11\/DavidAnnaGrotenhuisPR-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Tickets to the 10th annual Westmont Christmas Festival go on sale Thursday, Nov. 13, at 5 p.m. This year’s performance, “Behold I am Making All Things New,” will be Dec. 5-6 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 6-7 at 3 p.m. all at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Tickets, which cost $15 apiece, can be purchased online at www.westmont.edu\/christmasfestival. Please call (805) 565-7140 for more information.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-11-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Festival Tickets Go On Sale", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-festival-tickets-go-sale-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/11\/HanSooKimChristmas-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Music Drama Workshop offers a variety of songs from Broadway to opera Sunday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The Musical Revue, which will last about an hour, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-11-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musical Revue Offers Popular Opera Songs", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musical-revue-offers-popular-opera-songs.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/11\/TaveraRight-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Judith Gundry ’78, research scholar and associate professor of New Testament at Yale Divinity School, examines the teachings of Saint Paul to determine the significance of gender and the role of the sexes in a talk Thursday, Nov. 20, from 3:30-­5 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The Gender Studies Lecture, “Holy in Body and Spirit: The Lordship of Christ and Gender Roles in the Pauline Epistles,” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-11-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumna Examines Pauline Epistles, Gender", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumna-examines-pauline-epistles-gender.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/11\/J_Gundry.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "After more than a year of planning and preparing, Westmont welcomed a beehive to its campus in October. A member of the Santa Barbara Beekeepers Association and Westmont senior Daniel Erickson placed the top bar beehive in a remote area below the track to minimize risk to the bees and Westmont community.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Campus Abuzz Over Beekeepers Club, Hive", "link": "\/westmont-news\/campus-abuzz-over-beekeepers-club-hive.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/11\/EricksonHive-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John Blondell, professor of theater arts at Westmont and director of Lit Moon Theatre Company, shares his experiences of staging classic works for contemporary audiences on Thursday, Nov. 13, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051. The free, public lecture, 'Shakespeare Around the World,' is part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter, which is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-10-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Blondell Circles Globe with Shakespeare", "link": "\/westmont-news\/blondell-circles-globe-shakespeare.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/10\/IMG_6834A-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The contemporary play 'Almost, Maine' takes a joyful and poignant look at love on the stage of Westmont’s Porter Theatre Nov. 14-­15, 20­-22 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. General admission is $15; $10 for students and seniors. Tickets may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice or by calling (805) 565-­7140. The play, which contains adult themes, is appropriate for ages 12 and up.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-10-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Thomas Examines Love in 'Almost, Maine'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/thomas-examines-love-almost-maine.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/10\/AlmostMaine.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Fall Choral Festival, combining the voices of more than 330 students from 10 area high schools, is Friday, Nov. 7, at 4:45 p.m. in First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St., and 7 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Half of the choirs will perform at 4:45 p.m. and the remaining half will perform prior to the Westmont ensembles at 7 p.m. Both performances are free and open to the public, although seating is limited. For more information, please call (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-10-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Teen Singers Join Voices at Choral Fest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/teen-singers-join-voices-choral-fest.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/10\/Choir-Photo-Edited.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Fall Orchestra Concert will present a diverse musical sampling by such composers as John Williams, Scott Joplin and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. in the Page Multipurpose Room at Westmont and Sunday, Nov. 2, at 3 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church. General admission to each performance is $10; students are free. To purchase tickets or obtain more information, please call (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-10-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra to Feature Schubert, Korsakov", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-feature-schubert-korsakov.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/10\/Orchestra-1415.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Holly Beers, assistant professor of religious studies, examines the ways the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles appropriate Isaiah’s servant imagery to characterize Jesus and the disciples on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. in Founders Dining Room, inside the Kerr Student Center at Westmont. The Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi Lecture, “Participating in God’s Mission: The Servant and the Conclusions of Acts and Isaiah,” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-10-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Explore 'The Servant' in Luke-Acts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explore-servant-luke-acts.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/10\/MK4_1052.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont officially installs Edee Schulze as vice president for student life at a special convocation ceremony Friday, Oct. 24, at 10:30 a.m. in Murchison Gym. Speakers will include President Gayle D. Beebe, Stu Cleek, associate dean for residence life; Brad Lau, vice president for student life at George Fox University; Carol Houston, Westmont trustee and senior pastor at Bethel Unspeakable Joy Church in Los Angeles; and Patty Martin, vice-chair of the Board of Trustees and chair of the Student Life Committee.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-10-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Schulze to be Installed as Student Life VP", "link": "\/westmont-news\/schulze-be-installed-student-life-vp.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/10\/Edee-Hug-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Steven Lee ’13, who earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology with honors, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant to conduct biology research in Korea.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alum Earns Fulbright to Study Stem Cells", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alum-earns-fulbright-study-stem-cells.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/10\/Steven-Lee-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Observatory opens for a partial solar eclipse on Thursday, Oct. 23, from 2:15-5 p.m. At its peak, the moon will cover more than 30 percent of the sun at 3:30 p.m. The viewing is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Observatory Opens for Partial Solar Eclipse", "link": "\/westmont-news\/observatory-opens-partial-solar-eclipse.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/10\/NASA-Solar-Dynamics-Observatory-505x482.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Taylor Jashinsky ’14 will serve as a communications liaison for the next two years in Southern Asia with World Concern, a Christian non-profit committed to developing sustainable communities in poverty stricken areas around the world.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-10-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Young Alumna to Serve World Concern in Burma", "link": "\/westmont-news\/young-alumna-serve-world-concern-burma.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/10\/madagascar1-of-2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Edee Schulze, vice president for student life at Westmont, examines how small inequities can create a negative learning experience for female college students on Thursday, Oct. 16, from 3:30-5 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The Gender Studies Lecture, “Gender Dynamics at Two Christian Liberal Arts Institutions,” is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Helen Rhee, associate professor of religious studies, at (805) 565-6834.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-10-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Inspects Gender, Learning Experiences", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-inspects-gender-learning-experiences.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/10\/EdeeSchulze1-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jessie van Eerden, a distinguished fiction writer and essayist, will read from her recently published novel “Glorybound” and other new works on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Westmont Reading Series, which is co-sponsored by the Westmont English Department and the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-10-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Glorybound' Author to Read Her Works", "link": "\/westmont-news\/glorybound-author-read-her-works.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/10\/van-Eerden-Book-Launch-photo-dvg.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jon Meacham, presidential historian, examined the political lives of two of the United States’ greatest presidents at a sold-out, outdoor luncheon with 280 people on Oct. 10 at the Fess Parker – A Doubletree Resort by Hilton. The talk, “The Moral and Ethical Leadership of Jefferson and Jackson,” launched Westmont’s year-long series on Moral and Ethical Leadership in the American Presidency, which is sponsored by the Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-10-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Leadership Talk Explored Jefferson, Jackson", "link": "\/westmont-news\/leadership-talk-explored-jefferson-jackson.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/10\/Meacham-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Observatory, which opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month, will be available Friday, Oct. 17, beginning at 7:30 p.m. and lasting several hours. The viewing occurs in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for public use.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-10-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Observatory Opens for Friday Public Viewing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/observatory-opens-friday-public-viewing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/10\/Lunar-Eclipse-NASA-505x336.png", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont will honor California State Assembly Member Kristin Olsen ’96 as Alumna of the Year during Homecoming 2014 Oct. 17-19. Olsen, who takes over as the next Assembly Republican leader in November, joins Young Alumnus Award winner Daniel Zia ’06 and Global Service Award winners Byron ’82 and Lisa Repko ’84 Borden at the All-Alumni Brunch celebration on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 10-11:30 a.m. on Magnolia Lawn. For more information, please contact the alumni office at (805) 565-6056 or alumni@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-10-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumni Return for Homecoming Weekend", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumni-return-homecoming-weekend-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/10\/balloonhat-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jon Meacham, presidential historian, Pulitzer Prize-winner and contributing editor at Time magazine, speaks about “The Moral and Ethical Leadership of Jefferson and Jackson” on Friday, Oct. 10, at 12 p.m. at the Fess Parker—A Doubletree Resort by Hilton. The luncheon, part of the Mosher Foundation’s series on Moral and Ethical Leadership in the American Presidency, has sold out and tickets are no longer available.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-09-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Meacham Launches New Leadership Series", "link": "\/westmont-news\/meacham-launches-new-leadership-series.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/09\/Meacham-3.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robert Gundry, Westmont’s scholar-in-residence, will present a lecture that contends the Gospel of Matthew differs significantly from the other Gospels in its portrayal of Peter. The lecture will be held on Monday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Provost’s Lecture is free and open to the public. The talk is co-sponsored by the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts and the Westmont Office of the Provost.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-09-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gundry to Examine Matthew's Portrayal of Peter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gundry-examine-matthews-portrayal-peter.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/09\/Gundry-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The salaries of Westmont graduates fared well in two 2014 rankings that used data collected from the website PayScale. The Washington Post listed Westmont as No. 15 in the nation for colleges and universities with the greatest salary growth between average starting and average mid-career salaries. A Forbes magazine story identified Westmont as No. 23 among the national liberal arts colleges whose graduates earn the highest salaries.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-09-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Grads Earn More in the Long Run", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-grads-earn-more-long-run.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/09\/mortarboards-2014-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A triangle of constellations that holds some of the finest open clusters in the night sky will be the starring attraction of this month’s public viewing at the Westmont Observatory on Friday, Sept. 19, beginning after 7:30 p.m. and lasting several hours. The free event is held every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-09-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Star Viewing Zooms in on Summer Triangle", "link": "\/westmont-news\/star-viewing-zooms-summer-triangle.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/09\/ObservatorySpottedClouds-505x382.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, examines the past and future of American evangelical scholarship in a lecture, “The Challenges for Christian Learning: Looking Back, Looking Ahead,” on Wednesday, Sept. 24, from 4-5:30 p.m., in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. This Erasmus Society Lecture, co-sponsored by the Westmont History Department and the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-09-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Mark Noll to Examine Christian Learning", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mark-noll-examine-christian-learning.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/09\/Mark-Noll-505x649.jpeg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "What can we learn from the leadership of American presidents? Westmont will explore that question in the coming year through the Moral and Ethical Leadership in the American Presidency series, sponsored by the Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-09-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Launches Leadership Series", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-launches-leadership-series.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/09\/Oval_Office_during_Carter_administration_-_NARA_-_173592-325x220.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Eight area artists who are gaining prominence will show their art in a new exhibition, “ArtWatch 2014: Young Careers – SB to Greater LA,” Sept. 25–Nov. 22 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. An artists’ reception on Thursday, Sept. 25, from 4-6 p.m. at the museum, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-09-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibit Puts the Focus on Artists from SB to LA", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibit-puts-focus-artists-sb-la.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/09\/tsuno_agglomerate_horticulture_300dpi24071-1-505x413.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For the sixth straight year, the U.S. News & World Report ranked Westmont in the top 100 best liberal arts colleges. “America’s Best Colleges, 2015 Edition” lists Westmont as 96th out of the nation’s 236 liberal arts colleges.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-09-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hits Top 100 in U.S. News Ranking", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hits-top-100-us-news-ranking.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/09\/fall-DC-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "President Gayle D. Beebe announced Saturday that Jane Hideko Higa, former vice president for student life and dean of students, died Friday evening, Sept. 5, of ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. She was 63. Jane retired a year ago after 24 years at Westmont, the longest serving vice president in college history. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Sept. 13, at 10:30 a.m., at Santa Barbara Community Church, 1002 Cieneguitas Road, Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-09-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Former Westmont VP Jane Hideko Higa Dies", "link": "\/westmont-news\/former-westmont-vp-jane-hideko-higa-dies.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/09\/2H5F8376_crop-505x837.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Music Department embarks on a new season with a cello master class and faculty recital on Friday, Sept. 12, in Deane Chapel. The master class begins at 4:40 p.m. and the Fall Faculty Recital begins at 7 p.m. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Nancy Gilbert at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-09-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Season Opens with Faculty Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-season-opens-faculty-recital.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/09\/Kim-Han-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Twenty student researchers, who have worked over the summer with their professors in the fields of art, biology, chemistry, physics and psychology, will present their findings on Thursday, Sept. 11, from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Winter Hall Rotunda and Darling Lecture Hall. The Summer Research Celebration, co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts, is free and open to the public; please RSVP to Barb Kennedy at bkennedy@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-08-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Researchers Offer Summer Findings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-researchers-offer-summer-findings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/08\/AnnekaRienstra15-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Azar Ajaj, president of Nazareth Evangelical Theological Seminary, explores how Christians should react to the unrest in the Middle East in a lecture, “Beauty for Ashes: The Mission of the Church in Israel\/Palestine,” Tuesday, Sept. 9, from 7-8:30 p.m. at Hieronymus Lounge in Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-08-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Holy Land Unrest, Christians", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-holy-land-unrest-christians.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/08\/Ajaj.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Orientation begins Thursday, Aug. 28, for the 379 first-year students representing the class of 2018, and classes start Monday, Sept. 1. The incoming class, which includes two National Merit Scholars, represents 29 states and eight foreign countries.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-08-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Westmont Students Arrive for Orientation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-westmont-students-arrive-orientation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/08\/Oteam13moving-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Several recent Westmont graduates return to Porter Theater to stage a new production of Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard,” under the direction of John Blondell, Westmont professor of theater arts, Sept. 4-6, all at 7 p.m. Tickets to the Lit Moon Theatre production are $20 general admission, and $15 for students and seniors. To purchase, visit www.westmont.edu\/boxoffice or call 565-7040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-08-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Blondell Picks Alums for 'Cherry Orchard'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/blondell-picks-alums-cherry-orchard.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/08\/Cherry-Orchard-Posterx-505x543.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Fifteen new Westmont students are traveling to the Eastern Sierra (Aug. 14-26) for a unique, 12-day backcountry adventure that submerses students in the wilderness while they earn academic and physical education credit. Inoculum, created by alumnus Dave Willis ’74, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. One of its goals is helping participants get to know students they can trust. By sharing experiences in the mountains, participants will develop relationships with people they can rely on during the toughest first few weeks of school.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-08-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Unique Westmont Wilderness Trek Turns 40", "link": "\/westmont-news\/unique-westmont-wilderness-trek-turns-40.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/08\/IMG_0266-505x378.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art celebrates its fifth anniversary with a fundraising exhibition, “5x5: Celebrating Five Years,” from Aug. 28-Sept.11. The exhibition features more than 300 small-scale pieces of art that will be available for purchase through an online auction (www.westmontmuseum.org\/5X5) that ends Thursday, Sept. 11, at 5 p.m. An artists’ reception with live music on Tuesday, Sept. 2, from 4-6 p.m., is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-08-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Museum Goes Big with 300 Small Works", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-goes-big-300-small-works.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/08\/5x_0059-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "An international collaboration of sports scientists, including researchers from Westmont College, have developed new nutritional practices that could help NBA players prepare for the upcoming season.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-08-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Researchers Lay Up Diet Tips for Cagers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/researchers-lay-diet-tips-cagers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/08\/GreggAfmanJamesBetts-505x404.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont will house 100 Special Olympics athletes competing in the games next summer as part of the Host Town program. At a press conference on Kerrwood Lawn July 30, officials from the Special Olympics announced Santa Barbara as one of 100 Host Towns in California. The international athletes will stay at Westmont July 21-24, 2015, use the college’s facilities for training, and visit various locations throughout Santa Barbara to learn about the city’s culture.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-08-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont to Host Special Olympics Athletes in 2015", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-host-special-olympics-athletes-2015.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/08\/WMG_1458-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alumnus Jonathan Hicks ’04 returns to Westmont as the theater department technical director and lighting designer in the fall. Hicks, who taught at Huntington University in Indiana, will oversee set construction, lighting design and other technical aspects of the department. He will also teach two courses each year.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-07-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alum Returns as Theater Tech Director", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alum-returns-theater-tech-director.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/07\/JonathanHicksFrankenstein-505x651.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A memorial service will be held for Kenon (Ramsey) Neal ’88 on Monday, July 28, at 2 p.m. at Santa Barbara Community Church, 1002 Cieneguitas Rd. Neal, who died July 16 after battling cancer for 27 years, made numerous contributions to Westmont over the years.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-07-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Memorial Monday for Alumna Kenon Neal", "link": "\/westmont-news\/memorial-monday-alumna-kenon-neal.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/07\/Neal-Kenon-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alumnus Anthony Waldrop ’11, who spearheaded the effort creating two new Westmont gardens spanning 13,000 square feet, will begin a master’s program this fall at the University of Maryland. Waldrop, who worked for Sodexo, which provides dining services to Westmont’s Dining Commons, has been accepted to the Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology program.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-07-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Farmer Waldrop Pursues Master's Degree", "link": "\/westmont-news\/farmer-waldrop-pursues-masters-degree.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/07\/Waldrop-and-Natasha-Tsaconas-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Dry ’14, former Westmont College Student Association (WCSA) president, earned a fellowship from the John Jay Institute and will study over the fall in Philadelphia. The highly competitive Fellows Program, which accepts just 12 students a term, is a post-undergraduate educational and professional experience for men and women aspiring to public positions in public society and the church.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-07-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Grad Earns Fellowship in Philadelphia", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-grad-earns-fellowship-philadelphia.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/07\/DavidDry-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art is showing off its recent acquisitions, including a painting by Benvenuto Tisi. The unannounced exhibition features works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pablo Picasso and Mary Cassatt. The museum is not keeping regular hours during the summer, so please call (805) 565-6162 to make sure it is open.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-07-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Museum Acquires Tisi Nativity Painting", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-acquires-tisi-nativity-painting.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/07\/Tisi-Opened-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 30 high school students completed three weeks of intensive classes with professors Carmel Saad and Christian Hoeckley as part of Westmont Summer Scholars. In its fourth year, the program offers students an opportunity to experience a Christian liberal arts education at Westmont before they start college.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-07-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summer Scholars Get a Jump on College", "link": "\/westmont-news\/summer-scholars-get-jump-college-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/07\/HoeckleySummerScholars-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Becky Collier shattered several Westmont and personal records while becoming the first track-and-field athlete to represent Westmont at the USA Junior National Track & Field Championships in Sacramento June 25-26.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-06-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Collier Breaks Records at USA Junior Nationals", "link": "\/westmont-news\/collier-breaks-records-usa-junior-nationals.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/06\/Collier-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Riley Hall, who is expected to graduate from Westmont this summer with a double major in philosophy and mathematics, is a 2014 Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellow. The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation awarded Hall a $30,000 stipend to complete an intensive master’s program at Valparaiso University. The special education will prepare him to teach math in Indiana’s urban and rural public schools.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-06-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Alumnus Earns Teaching Fellowship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-alumnus-earns-teaching-fellowship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/06\/Hall-Riley-505x435.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "President Gayle D. Beebe has returned from his historic meeting with Pope Francis inspired and motivated. “I have a renewed sense of the necessity and importance of my work at Westmont and with the broader Christian community and the opportunity to carry it out with so many wonderful people,” he says.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-06-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Beebe Returns from Inspiring Papal Visit", "link": "\/westmont-news\/beebe-returns-inspiring-papal-visit.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/06\/Beebe14-505x609.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "President Gayle D. Beebe has returned from his historic meeting with Pope Francis inspired and motivated. “I have a renewed sense of the necessity and importance of my work at Westmont and with the broader Christian community and the opportunity to carry it out with so many wonderful people,” he says.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-06-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Beebe Returns from Inspiring Papal Vist", "link": "\/westmont-news\/beebe-returns-inspiring-papal-vist.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont retains the coveted Golden State Athletic Conference All-Sports Award, narrowly beating Concordia by 0.02 points. The conference honors the school with the highest average finish in the conference standings in all its sponsored sports. Last year, Westmont won the award for the first time in two decades.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-06-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors Win Back-to-Back All-Sports Awards", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-win-back-back-all-sports-awards.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/06\/menstrack-505x416.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara residents Dan Aldrich and Nathan Sigler have joined the Westmont Foundation Board of Directors, which cultivates ties between Westmont and the community.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-06-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Aldrich, Sigler Join Westmont Foundation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/aldrich-sigler-join-westmont-foundation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/06\/Aldrich-Sigler-505x384.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont summer sports camps, a more than 25 year tradition, begin Monday, June 16, with Sports Skills, developing motor skills of co-ed campers from ages 5-10. For the next six weeks, about 700 youngsters will develop in a sport in a safe and fun environment on the idyllic campus. Parents can register their children for half-day camps, which cost $230, or full-day camps that are $260 at http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/athletics\/2014-summer-camps\/.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-06-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sports Skills to Start Summer Camps", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sports-skills-start-summer-camps.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/06\/SC13_0511-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "President Gayle Beebe shares the thoughts and prayers of the Westmont community regarding the June 5 shooting at Seattle Pacific University. “The shocking news of another shooting, this one at a fellow Christian College Consortium member, has distressed and saddened us. As this comes so soon after the tragic deaths in Isla Vista, we can hardly bear it. Pam and I extend our sympathy, prayers and support to President Martin and the entire Seattle Pacific community. We especially think of the victims and their families and send our condolences and prayers. For all of us who serve at Christian colleges and universities around the country, this tragedy brings home the urgency of our work to prepare the next generation of leaders to be agents of grace and love.'", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-06-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Prayers and Sympathy for Seattle Pacific University", "link": "\/westmont-news\/prayers-and-sympathy-seattle-pacific-university.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/06\/spu-logo.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont President Gayle D. Beebe and 14 North American Protestant leaders will meet privately with Pope Francis on Thursday, June 5, at the Vatican. Beebe, representing Christian higher education in the ecumenical conversation, will be joined by politicians, theologians and pastors. Beebe will be the only college president in the group.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-06-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Beebe Visits the Vatican, Meets with Pope", "link": "\/westmont-news\/beebe-visits-vatican-meets-pope.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/06\/PopeFrancis-505x335.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont President Gayle D. Beebe expressed condolences today to the families of the victims of the May 23 attacks and to members of the UC Santa Barbara and Isla Vista communities.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-05-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Condolences on Isla Vista Tragedy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/condolences-isla-vista-tragedy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/05\/sunset-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has adopted an updated seal and a new unified identity system to better communicate its mission and character and increase recognition of the college. The new graphic elements will create greater consistency across all materials.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-05-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Revises Seal, Unifies Identity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-revises-seal-unifies-identity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/05\/WST_FORMAL_RGB-505x490.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Santa Barbara Independent honored six people associated with Westmont at its annual theater awards May 19 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. The 2014 Indy Theater Awards, celebrating the work of the entire Santa Barbara theater community, gave two awards to Westmont’s production of “Pirates of Penzance,” which has won three national awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-05-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont, Alums Earn 6 Theater Awards", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-alums-earn-6-theater-awards.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/05\/indyawards2014-505x348.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Seven Westmont kinesiology majors will conduct international research focusing on exercise science in June at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. The students on the Kinesiology Europe Mayterm program, led by Gregg Afman, professor of kinesiology, will assist the ongoing research of James Betts, senior lecturer in nutrition, metabolism and statistics at the University of Bath.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-05-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students to Research Sports Science in Bath", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-research-sports-science-bath.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/AfmanResearchClass.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 200 fourth-to-sixth grade school children enjoyed a hot day at Westmont College May 15, competing in the Santa Barbara Elementary School Track and Field City Championships. The athletes from Washington, Adams, Cleveland, McKinley and Monroe Elementary schools battled temperatures in the mid-80s while competing in a dozen track-and-field events including long jump, high jump, softball toss and various races.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-05-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hosts Elementary School Track Championships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hosts-elementary-school-track-championships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/05\/image5-325x243.jpeg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nine graduating members of the Westmont baseball team, who missed Baccaleaureate and Commencement while winning four straight games and capturing the Golden State Athletic Conference tournament, received a different kind of walk-off celebration May 7. “Pomp and Circumstance” played in the background as the players, wearing their graduation caps and gowns, received diplomas in front of more than 400 loudly cheering faculty and staff at an annual appreciation lunch in Murchison Gym.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-05-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celebrating On and Off the Diamond", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebrating-and-diamond.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/05\/Baseball-Grads-2014-505x353.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Kerrwood Hall has a large crack on the side facing the President’s Patio and may not be safe.” “The roads from Westmont to 101 are blocked—a large tree has fallen near Cold Spring School and power lines are down on Coast Village Road.” These and many other radio messages were heard during Westmont’s “ReadyDay 2014: Amazing Quake,” a competitive exercise May 13 to teach about 80 faculty and staff critical skills needed in an emergency. Officials from Santa Barbara County, the city of Santa Barbara and other colleges observed the operation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-05-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Survives ‘Amazing Quake’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-survives-amazing-quake.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/05\/photo6-505x378.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will zoom in on the planet Mars during a free, public viewing Friday, May 16, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-05-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Public Viewing to Be a Mission to Mars", "link": "\/westmont-news\/public-viewing-be-mission-mars.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/05\/lights-505x351.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This summer, 70 Westmont students in 15 teams will serve in 13 countries, including China, Nepal, Japan, Uganda, Turkey, Israel, Indonesia, Guatemala, Bolivia, Madagascar, the Philippines, Taiwan and South Korea. The student-led, staff-directed Emmaus Road program is in its 16th year, sponsoring activities that serve to increase awareness of global concerns, broadening the worldview of students and promoting the value of diversity.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-05-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Spend Summer Serving Globally", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-spend-summer-serving-globally.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/05\/Philippines-Team-2014-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-05-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Commencement Honors Top Grads, Professors", "link": "\/westmont-news\/commencement-honors-top-grads-professors.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/05\/mortarboards-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Meg Cranston, an internationally recognized artist, juries an art exhibition featuring 42 pieces by 29 Tri-County artists May 15-June 21 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public opening reception for “Made You Look: Westmont Annual Tri-County Juried Exhibition” is Thursday, May 15, from 4-6 p.m. The winner of the James A. McIntyre Memorial First Place Art Award, a cash prize of $1,000 donated by the McIntyre family, will be announced at the reception. A cash award, donated by the Westmont Art Council, will also be given to an honorable mention winner.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-05-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Local Artists to Turn Heads in 'Made You Look'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-artists-turn-heads-made-you-look.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/05\/KeatonHudsonSea-Billows-Roll-505x334.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ten outstanding Westmont student leaders earned $1,000 toward school expenses as part of the 14th annual David K. Winter Servant Leadership Awards on April 25. Each spring, the Westmont Student Life Office honors students who show exemplary leadership through service at Westmont and in the community.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-04-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Awarded for Community Service", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-awarded-community-service.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/04\/IMG_93661-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A record 50 students displayed their results from 35 research projects in Winter Hall on April 15. The 18th annual Westmont College Student Research Symposium celebrates the noteworthy accomplishments of students and their work from the divisions of the humanities, social sciences and the natural and behavioral sciences.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-04-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Symposium Celebrates Student Research", "link": "\/westmont-news\/symposium-celebrates-student-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/04\/AleahBond-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A friendly competition between Westmont residence halls has resulted in the savings of more than 227,000 gallons of water since students returned from spring break, March 17. The Westmont Campus Life and Student Life offices announced Armington Hall won the Every Drop Counts contest on April 25. A celebration party will be held Monday, April 28, at 8:30 p.m. in Armington.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-04-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Dorms Battle in Water-Saving Wars", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-dorms-battle-water-saving-wars.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/04\/4-24-2014_image_gal-505x284.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Choir and Chamber Singers will tour Southern California May 4-6, singing a diverse repertoire of classic and contemporary sacred and secular music, folk songs, spirituals and vocal jazz before traveling to Russia and Lithuania.The musicians had originally planned on touring Ukraine, but changed plans in March following Russia’s military intervention there. “At first the cancellation of the Ukraine portion of the trip was disappointing, but Lithuania is just as foreign to most of us and therefore just as exciting,” says junior Jake Elliott, choir president. “The scariest thing about the change was the absence of hosts for a group of 60 people in addition to having places to sing.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-04-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Choir, Chamber Singers to Tour SoCal, Russia", "link": "\/westmont-news\/choir-chamber-singers-tour-socal-russia.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/04\/ChamberSingers20141-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For the second straight year, Forbes Magazine has ranked Westmont in the top 100 colleges and universities in its survey, “The 100 Top ROI Colleges 2014: The Grateful Grads Index.” Westmont, No. 81, is one of three Christian colleges in the list and just one of eight schools in California, including Claremont McKenna, Stanford, California Institute of Technology, Pomona, Mills, USC and Occidental.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-04-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Tops Forbes' Best ROI Colleges", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-tops-forbes-best-roi-colleges.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/04\/science-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Edee Schulze, who has served as Bethel University’s vice president of student life for six years, is Westmont’s new vice president of student life. President Gayle D. Beebe made the announcement in an all-campus email April 22 as students returned from Easter vacation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-04-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Schulze Named Westmont VP of Student Life", "link": "\/westmont-news\/schulze-named-westmont-vp-student-life.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/04\/7184079421_8b2a22ae5e_b-505x759.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Pastor Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., and author of the book, “The Purpose-Driven Life,” will speak at Westmont’s Commencement ceremony, Saturday, May 3, at 10 a.m. on Carr Field. President Gayle D. Beebe will give the Westmont medal to long-time Montecito neighbor Annette Simmons and her late husband, Harold, who died Dec. 28, 2013.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-04-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warren to Speak to Record Number of Grads", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warren-speak-record-number-grads.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/04\/commencement-2013-505x317.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sonos Montecito, a new wind quintet in residence at Westmont, performs a free, public concert Saturday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. The quintet, comprised of Westmont’s applied music faculty, will play works by Carl Nielsen, Jacques Ibert and Eric Ewazen.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-04-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sonos Montecito to Perform April Concerts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sonos-montecito-perform-april-concerts.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/04\/M13_1087-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sarah Schnitker, assistant professor of psychology at the Thrive Center for Human Development at Fuller Theological Seminary, examines character strength development and the formation of virtues on Thursday, April 17, from 3:30-5 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The talk, “Character Strength Development in Adolescents: How Does Religion Affect the Formation of Virtues and the Efficacy of Interventions?” is sponsored by the Westmont Provost’s Office. The lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-04-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Probe Character Development, Faith", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-probe-character-development-faith.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/04\/Schnitkerbig.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Men's Polo team has repeated as national champions, beating the University of Virginia, 16-13 on April 12 at ERG Arena at Brookshire, Texas. The Warriors beat Colorado State University in the U.S. Polo Association National Intercollegiate Championship last year for the college's first polo title. Westmont made it to the championship game this year after beating Cornell University April 10.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-04-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Polo Repeats as National Champions", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-polo-repeats-national-champions.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/04\/DSC_2129-505x403.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Michael Shasberger, Westmont’s Adams professor of music and worship, conducts the Westmont Orchestra during the Concerto Concert on Thursday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Hahn Hall at Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Road, and Friday, April 25, at 8 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. General admission is $10 and students are free. To purchase tickets or for more information, please call (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-04-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Finale Includes 'Lord of the Rings'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-finale-includes-lord-rings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/04\/Orchestra2014-505x365.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The National Champion Westmont Men’s Polo Team will have a final tuneup Saturday, April 5, playing against Westmont alumni at 11 a.m. at the Santa Barbara Polo Club. The Warriors will defend their title in the U.S. Polo Association National Intercollegiate Championship against Cornell University on Thursday, April 10, at 9 a.m. (PDT) at ERG Arena at Brookshire, Texas. If Westmont wins, it will advance to the championship game Saturday, April 12, at 9 a.m. (PDT) against either the University of Virginia or Southern Methodist University.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-04-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Polo Prepares to Repeat as National Champs", "link": "\/westmont-news\/polo-prepares-repeat-national-champs.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/04\/Polo-2014-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sixteen graduating art majors present their capstone projects while paying homage to the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art on April 3-May 3. The public is invited to a free, opening reception Thursday, April 3, from 4-6 p.m. at the museum. The senior exhibition, “34°26'59.33”N, 119°39'43.29”W,” reflects the longitude and latitude coordinates of the museum that officially opened when they were first-year students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-04-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Senior Art Show Offers a Sense of Location", "link": "\/westmont-news\/senior-art-show-offers-sense-location.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/04\/Westmont-Senior-Show-2014-revision-e1396457379265-505x505.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ten Westmont students will simulate a U.S. Supreme Court trial hinging on the First Amendment Thursday, April 3, from 7-8 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-04-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Law Class to Debate Supreme Court Case", "link": "\/westmont-news\/law-class-debate-supreme-court-case.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/16_9_900w\/public\/CL12_0046.JPG", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years will be the focus of a free, public viewing on Monday, April 14, from 10:30 p.m. until 2 a.m. on Tuesday, April 15, at the Westmont Observatory. The special viewing occurs in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for public use.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Observatory Opens for Total Lunar Eclipse", "link": "\/westmont-news\/observatory-opens-total-lunar-eclipse.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/lunar-eclipse-wp-6-505x401.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nearly 50 Westmont students have created or will be performing in a record-setting 24 pieces during the Westmont Fringe Festival April 10-11 and 13 at 7 p.m. and April 12 at 3 p.m. beginning at Porter Theatre and moving throughout campus. General admission is $10; $7 for students, seniors and children. Purchase tickets online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice or by calling (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fringe to Feature Record 24 Performances", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fringe-feature-record-24-performances.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/ChrisWagstaffePaigeTautz--325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Music Department comes alive this spring with several concerts during the first few weeks of April, beginning with the Men’s and Women’s Chorale and New Sounds on Friday, April 4, at 8 p.m. in Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State Street. All performances are free unless otherwise listed. For more information, please call (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "April Comes Alive with the Sound of Music", "link": "\/westmont-news\/april-comes-alive-sound-music.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/percussionist-Tim-MacDonald--505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Actor and former professional football player Trestin George joins a discussion following the screening of “Fruitvale Station” on Thursday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Page Multipurpose Room. The Reel Talk event, sponsored by the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts and the Office of Campus Life at Westmont, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Actor to Join 'Fruitvale Station' Screening", "link": "\/westmont-news\/actor-join-fruitvale-station-screening.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/FruitvaleStation-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Russell Howell, Kathleen Smith professor of mathematics at Westmont, explores the power and success of mathematical algorithms in a free, public lecture Thursday, April 3, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051. The talk, “From Main Street to Wall Street: The Amazing Effectiveness of Mathematical Algorithms,” is part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter, which is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Howell Examines the Success of Algorithms", "link": "\/westmont-news\/howell-examines-success-algorithms.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/Howell-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mark D. Nanos, a Reform Jew who has lectured at the University of Kansas since 2005, probes the identity of the Apostle Paul in a lecture, “Paul’s Relationship to Jews and Judaism in First-Century Context: Revisiting the Translation of Romans 11,” Monday, March 24, at 6 p.m. in Founders Room at Westmont. The lecture, sponsored by the Westmont Religious Studies Department, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Paul, His Relationship to Jews", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-paul-his-relationship-jews.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/nanos-325x325.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jupiter and the Great Orion Nebula will be the featured attractions of this month’s free public viewing of the stars with Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope on Friday, March 21, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Powerful Keck Telescope Zooms in on Jupiter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/powerful-keck-telescope-zooms-jupiter.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/Observatory-505x631.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s production of “The Pirates of Penzance” won three national awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts recognized outstanding work from eight regional festivals held Jan. 7-March 1 across the United States.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Pirates' Lands National Accolades", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pirates-lands-national-accolades.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/BlondellPlatinum2-505x415.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont senior Ben Offringa stars and directs in Jason Robert Brown’s “The Last Five Years,” a story of a couple’s rocky, five-year relationship, March 21-23 at 8 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Tickets to the performance, which is a fundraiser for the Westmont Choir’s Lithuania tour in May, cost $14; $7 for students and seniors.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Offringa Directs, Acts in 'Last Five Years'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/offringa-directs-acts-last-five-years.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/OffringaSingsinPirates-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art hosts Family Day: American Folk Art Festival on Saturday, March 22, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in and around the museum and Adams Center at Westmont. The festival is a day of free activities, crafts, music, dance, storytelling, food, and more, all celebrating the vibrant culture of America. The family festival is free and open to all families and all ages. There will be a small charge for food. It will feature innovative artisans from the Central Coast and Southern California offering their creations for sale.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hosts Free Family Folk Festival", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hosts-free-family-folk-festival.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/HC13_0849_9x6-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Randall Balmer, a prize-winning historian and Emmy Award nominee, explores the turbulent religious context of Jimmy Carter's presidency on Monday, March 17, at 3:30 p.m. at Westmont's Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall. The Erasmus Society Lecture, 'His Own Received Him Not: Jimmy Carter, the Religious Right, and the Eclipse of Progressive Evangelicalism,' is free and open to the public. The Westmont Department of History and the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts sponsor the talk.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Faith, Politics and Jimmy Carter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-faith-politics-and-jimmy-carter.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/Randall-Balmer2-325x489.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 225 Westmont students and local volunteers have traveled to Mexico as part of Potter’s Clay helping the under-served in Ensenada during spring break, March 7-14. A student-organized service trip that started in 1977, Potter’s Clay is one of Westmont’s longest-running traditions. About 30 students will also serve with Urban Initiative in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Francisco for Spring Break in the City.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Spend Spring Break Serving Others", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-spend-spring-break-serving-others.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/construction-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "At the Westmont President’s Breakfast Feb. 28, Muhammad Yunus told inspiring stories about using microcredit to end poverty, captivating a packed room at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree by Hilton Resort. Known as the banker to the poor and the father of microfinance, Yunus believes that credit is basic human right.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Yunus Inspires at President’s Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/yunus-inspires-presidents-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/PB14_0315-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Cellist Timothy Beccue of Westlake Village won Westmont’s Music Guild Competition on March 1, earning $10,000 in annual music scholarship funds (up to $40,000 over four years) to study at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westlake Village Cellist Wins Scholarship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westlake-village-cellist-wins-scholarship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/TimothyBeccue-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is responding to the California drought by continuing to conserve water and by making additional cutbacks in consumption. “We’re committed to maintaining a sustainable campus and conserving resources such as water and power while complying with all county ordinances and expectations,” says President Gayle D. Beebe.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Cuts Water Usage During Drought", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-cuts-water-usage-during-drought.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/TC_1167-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Warren Rogers, professor of physics at Westmont, explores how modern physics views the cosmos in a lecture Tuesday, March 4, from 7–8:30 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Lecture, “Unity and Diversity in the Cosmos: Astrophysics and the Origin of the Stuff from which We Are Made,” is free and open to the public. Refreshments and informal discussion will follow the talk.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-03-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Rogers Explores the Diversity of the Cosmos", "link": "\/westmont-news\/rogers-explores-diversity-cosmos.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/03\/RogersWarren-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Six high school seniors will be competing for Westmont music scholarships at the annual Music Guild Competition on Saturday, March 1, at 7 p.m. at Westmont’s Deane Chapel. The performances are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-02-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Teens to Compete for Music Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/teens-compete-music-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/02\/music-guild-competition-2013-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont hosts a panel discussion about wildfire as part of Westmont Reads Thursday, March 6, from 2-3 p.m. in Voskuyl Library. This year, the annual program focuses on the book “The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America” by Timothy Egan. The program includes a series of events, including book discussions and featured speakers at UC Santa Barbara and at public libraries in Santa Barbara and Montecito.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-02-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Reads Focuses on 'The Big Burn'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-reads-focuses-big-burn.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/02\/TeaFire_0027-505x335.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Stargazers might enjoy views of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot at this month’s public viewing at the Westmont Observatory on Friday, Feb. 21, beginning after 6:30 p.m. and lasting several hours. The free event is held every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-02-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Telescope to Zoom in on Great Red Spot", "link": "\/westmont-news\/telescope-zoom-great-red-spot.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/02\/ObservatoryTrack-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sophomore Michael Deiana and junior Corrie Farbstein won top honors at the 17th annual Tournament of Expressions on Feb. 5. Deiana, a psychology major from Phoenix, debated against junior Katie Landis about whether the United States should ban the use of fossil fuels. Organizers didn’t reveal the topic until moments before the debate, emphasizing mental agility, critical thinking and public speaking skills.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-02-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Speech, Debate Tourney Takes Center Stage", "link": "\/westmont-news\/speech-debate-tourney-takes-center-stage.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/02\/DebateFinalists2014-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s production of “The Pirates of Penzance,” which will be performed for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, returns to Porter Theatre Feb. 22-23 at 7 p.m. General admission is $15; $10 for students and seniors. A $25 special benefit ticket entitles the buyer to the play and a dessert reception with the cast, following each encore performance. Tickets may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice or by calling (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-02-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lauded 'Pirates' Makes a Return Voyage", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lauded-pirates-makes-return-voyage.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/02\/Pirates-Petals-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Rick Ifland, director of the Eaton Program for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Westmont, explores the challenges and effectiveness of microfinance both in the developed and developing worlds at a free, public lecture Thursday, Feb. 13, at 5:30 p.m. in the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. Tickets are not needed; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-02-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Rick Ifland Examines Microfinance, Yunus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/rick-ifland-examines-microfinance-yunus.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/02\/Ifland-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra performs Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Russian Easter Overture” as part of its Spring Orchestra Concert Friday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. in Page Multipurpose Room at Westmont and Sunday, Feb. 23, at 3 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Tickets to the concerts, which may be purchased at the door, are $10 general admission; students are free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-02-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra to Play Rimsky-Korsakov Overture", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-play-rimsky-korsakov-overture.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/02\/HanSooKimXmas-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art features a unique collection of folk art from all over the United States, showcasing the artists’ spiritual conviction Feb. 20-March 29. The exhibition, “Walking in the Spirit: American Visionary Artists,” opens with a free, public reception on Thursday, Feb. 20, from 4-6 p.m. at the museum.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-02-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Museum to Go 'Walking in the Spirit'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-museum-go-walking-spirit.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/02\/Finster-Angels-505x370.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In conjunction with “Electra,” the Westmont Theatre Arts Department hosts the first Westmont Dialogue on Theatre Ancient and Modern on Saturday, Feb. 8, from 1-8 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Tickets cost $15 and do not include dinner. Please RSVP by Feb. 5 to Beth Whitcomb at bwhitcomb@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-02-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Conference Digs into Ancient, Modern Theater", "link": "\/westmont-news\/conference-digs-ancient-modern-theater.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/02\/Electra-scream-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Orchestra performs at several Southern California cities on its way to San Diego Feb. 15-18. This year’s annual spring tour includes stops in Yucaipa, Spring Valley, San Diego and Westminster. Admission is free to all performances, although a goodwill offering will be taken.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-02-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Tour Winds Through SoCal", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-tour-winds-through-socal.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/02\/Orchestra2014-505x365.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Deborah Haarsma, president of BioLogos, explores astronomy, cosmology and connections to evolution and other sciences in a lecture Friday, Feb. 7, at 3:30 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The Pascal Society Lecture, “God and the Multiverse,” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-02-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture to Probe 'God and the Multiverse'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-probe-god-and-multiverse.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/02\/Deborah-Haarsma-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Chryss Yost, Santa Barbara poet laureate, reads from her collection of work Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 4 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The reading, part of the Westmont Reading Series that began last spring with novelist Ron Hansen, is free and open to the public. The event is supported by Poets & Writers Inc. through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-01-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "SB Poet Laureate to Read at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sb-poet-laureate-read-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/01\/Yost_1-325x455.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About a hundred students and teachers from 10 Southern California high schools come to Westmont for a battle of math brains. The 27th annual High School Mathematics Contest is Saturday, Feb. 8, from 1-5 p.m. in Winter Hall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-01-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "27th Annual Math Contest Goes Cubicle", "link": "\/westmont-news\/27th-annual-math-contest-goes-cubicle.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/01\/LaCanadaMath-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lara Buchak, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, will speak about faith in a lecture at Westmont. Buchak explores “What is Faith?” Wednesday, Jan. 29, from 3:30-5 p.m. in Hieronymus. The Erasmus Society Lecture Series is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Annie Borden at (805) 565-6239.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-01-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Erasmus Lectures to Examine Mystery, Faith", "link": "\/westmont-news\/erasmus-lectures-examine-mystery-faith.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/01\/Buchak-325x433.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sophomore Christine Nathanson of Chula Vista stars in “Electra,” a masterpiece of dramatic literature, on Friday, Jan. 31, and Feb. 1, 6-8, all at 8 p.m. at an outdoor location northeast of Westmont’s Van Kampen Hall. Sophocles wrote the ancient tragedy, and acclaimed young British playwright Nick Payne has developed a new contemporary version of the text. General admission is $15; $10 for students and seniors. Tickets may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice or by calling (805) 565-7140. The play, which contains adult themes, runs 90 minutes without an intermission. Wooden benches provide seating; feel free to bring your own seat cushion for comfort.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-01-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theater Moves Outside for New 'Electra'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theater-moves-outside-new-electra.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/01\/Electra-Poster-Image-325x550.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Willis, professor of English at Westmont and former poet laureate of Santa Barbara, hosts a poetry reading to honor the life and work of William Stafford (1914-1993) on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 2 p.m. at the First Crossing Day Use Area in Los Padres National Forest, across from the Los Prietos Boys Camp, 3900 Paradise Road. This is the former site of the Los Prietos Civilian Public Service Camp, where Stafford served as a conscientious objector during World War II.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-01-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Annual Poetry Reading Honors Stafford", "link": "\/westmont-news\/annual-poetry-reading-honors-stafford.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/01\/Library_Lamont_Poet_William_Stafford_-_Large-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Remarks Delivered at Homecoming 2013 by President Gayle D. Beebe, Ph.D.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-01-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Embracing Global Challenges and Opportunities", "link": "\/westmont-news\/embracing-global-challenges-and-opportunities.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A powerful new online tool now connects Westmont alumni around the world. Westmont Connect enables alumni to locate each other for personal and professional reasons, giving them access to jobs, mentors, special interests and opportunities.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-01-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Networking Site Connects Alumni", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-networking-site-connects-alumni.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/01\/Westmont-Connect-RGB.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In the Season of College Rankings, Westmont Continues to Earn National Recognition for the Quality of its Academic Program", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-01-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Harvest of High Rankings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/harvest-high-rankings.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "New First-Year and Transfer Students Bring Impressive Academic Credentials and Digital Savvy to Campus", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-01-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "More Millennials Arrive at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/more-millennials-arrive-westmont.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Music Drama Workshop stages “La Canterina,” a comic opera by Joseph Haydn on Jan. 30-31 at Center Stage Theater in Downtown Santa Barbara at 8 p.m. Tickets are $13.50 each and can be purchased at the theater box office or online at http:\/\/www.centerstagetheater.org\/. Proceeds will go toward the Westmont choir's tour to Russia and Ukraine.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-01-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Workshop Offers Comic Opera by Haydn", "link": "\/westmont-news\/workshop-offers-comic-opera-haydn.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/01\/Megan-Silbersteinx-325x453.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Visual Arts, Music and Theater Programs Produced Lively and Meaningful Events for the Westmont Community This Fall", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-01-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Feast of Fall Arts Events", "link": "\/westmont-news\/feast-fall-arts-events.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The gas giant Jupiter will be the star performer at this month’s public viewing at the Westmont Observatory on Friday, Jan. 17, beginning after 6:30 p.m. and lasting several hours. The free event is held every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-01-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Observatory Welcomes Jupiter in January", "link": "\/westmont-news\/observatory-welcomes-jupiter-january.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/01\/DecemberObservatory-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Muhammad Yunus, a pioneer in using microcredit to end poverty, will speak at the ninth annual Westmont President’s Breakfast Friday, Feb. 28, from 7-9 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort. Yunus is the first person since Martin Luther King Jr. to achieve the trifecta of the Nobel Peace Prize, the U.S. Presidential Medal and the U.S. Congressional Medal. Tickets cost $125 per person and go on sale Friday, Jan. 31, at the Westmont website. Seating is limited, and tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2014-01-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Yunus to Speak at President's Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/yunus-speak-presidents-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2014\/01\/IMG_4770-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont welcomed four new professors in the fall who have brought a passion for teaching and an appreciation of the college’s community. Nathan Huff (art), Han Soo Kim (music), Sharon Tang-Quan (English) and Felicia Wu Song (sociology) have finished their first semester teaching at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-12-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Faculty Bring a Love of Teaching", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-faculty-bring-love-teaching.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/12\/Nathan-Huff-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival has chosen Westmont’s production of “The Pirates of Penzance” to be performed at the regional festival Feb. 12-15 at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. Westmont’s is one of seven productions, out of nearly 50 participating shows, to be considered for the National Festival, April 14-19 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The regional festival is the highest honor, outside the national festival, that a college or university program can attain.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-12-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont's 'Pirates' Earns Top Accolades", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmonts-pirates-earns-top-accolades.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/12\/Pirates-505x503.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A plan to end malnourishment in Haiti took top honors at the 24th annual Westmont Business Plan Competition Dec. 10. The business proposal, Watermark, focuses on using natural, locally grown resources to provide vital nutrients to the people in underdeveloped and rural countries. The plan was created and presented by students Jake Allbaugh, Taylor Bartlett, Tommy Knapp and Gregg Sanchez.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-12-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Plan Uses Trees to Grow Out of Poverty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/plan-uses-trees-grow-out-poverty.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/12\/TaylorBartlettTommy-KnappGreggSanchezJakeAllbaugh-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kim Kihlstrom, Westmont professor of computer science, died Dec. 12 at home following a long battle with cancer. She was 56. A memorial service will be held at Montecito Covenant Church Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 2:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-12-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Popular Computer Science Professor Dies", "link": "\/westmont-news\/popular-computer-science-professor-dies.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/12\/img_6277-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope opens for a monthly viewing of the stars, Friday, Dec. 20. The free event is held every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit and begins after 6:30 p.m. and lasts several hours. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-12-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Telescope Zooms in on December Skies", "link": "\/westmont-news\/telescope-zooms-december-skies.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/12\/TC_0031-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "An inspiring run for a national title came up one game short for the Westmont women’s soccer team. The No. 2 Warriors (17-2-5) stumbled against No. 4 Concordia (Ore.) 1-0 in the 2013 NAIA National Championship on Dec. 7 in Orange Beach, Ala.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-12-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors’ Title Hopes Dashed in Finals", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-title-hopes-dashed-finals.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/12\/SophieFuller3-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The ninth annual Westmont Christmas Festival, “Prepare the Way,” features music spanning 600 years celebrating Advent and Christmas Dec. 6-8 at First Presbyterian Church. Tickets, which are $25 each and support the Westmont Choir’s tour to Russia in spring 2014, are still available for the special benefit performance on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m. Tickets can only be purchased online at: westmont.edu\/christmasfestival. For more information, please contact the Westmont Music Department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-12-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Tickets Available for Saturday Christmas Fest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/tickets-available-saturday-christmas-fest.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/12\/Xmas-Vert-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont kicks off the Christmas season with the 12th annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Kerrwood Lawn, Wednesday, Dec. 4. The lights on the 150-foot redwood tree, affectionately known as the Pickle Tree, will glow at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-11-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Lights Tree, Sings in the Season", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-lights-tree-sings-season.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/11\/tree-lighting-alumni-505x580.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 24th annual Westmont Business Plan Competition attempts to solve some of the deepest problems encountered by disadvantaged families in poverty-stricken areas on Tuesday, Dec. 10, from 3:15-6:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Kerrwood Hall. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-11-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Entrepreneurs Present Poverty-Ending Plans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/entrepreneurs-present-poverty-ending-plans.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/11\/Filipp-Kozachuk1-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art shows works from 29 artists from 1980-2000 in an exhibition, “Impulse and Connoisseurship: Selections from the Forde Collection,” Dec. 3-Feb. 1. There will be a free, public opening reception on Tuesday, Dec. 3, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-11-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Museum Exhibits Impressive Art Collection", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-exhibits-impressive-art-collection.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/11\/StockholderMade-of3Elements--505x659.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont women’s volleyball and soccer teams will host games in the opening round of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Championship. The No. 17 Westmont women’s cross country team competes in the NAIA National Championships in Lawrence, Kansas.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-11-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lady Warriors Open National Tourneys at Home", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lady-warriors-open-national-tourneys-home.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/11\/Sydney-Striff-505x404.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont hosts two performances of Shakespeare’s early history play, “Henry VI,” on the same day, in the same space, directed by the same director in two different languages. “Henry VI, Part 3 Times 2,” featuring the Lit Moon Theatre Company and the Bitola National Theatre, is Sunday, Nov. 17, at 2 and 7 p.m. respectively; both in Porter Theatre. General admission tickets to Lit Moon’s production are $15; $10 for students and seniors. Tickets for the Bitola National Theatre production are free, though reservations are recommended. Tickets can be reserved online at westmont.edu\/tickets and picked up at the door.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-11-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Blondell Directs Two Unique Productions of 'Henry VI'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/blondell-directs-two-unique-productions-henry-vi.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/11\/Lit-Moon-Henry-VI-Treated-325x267.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will aim for the Double Double star system during a free, public viewing Friday, Nov. 15, beginning at about 7:30 p.m. and lasting several hours. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-11-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing to Feature Celestial Double Double", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-feature-celestial-double-double.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/11\/TC_1591-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Tickets to the ninth annual Westmont Christmas Festival go on sale Thursday, Nov. 14, at 5 p.m. This year’s performance, “Prepare the Way,” will be held Dec. 6-7 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 8 at 3 p.m., all at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-11-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Festival Tickets to Go on Sale", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-festival-tickets-go-sale.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/11\/Christmas-Festival-Graphic-325x455.jpeg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Charles Farhadian, Westmont professor of world religions and Christian mission, reflects on the movement of various major religions and the ways they have profoundly transformed the world in a free, public lecture Thursday, Nov. 14, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051. The talk, “World Religions in a Global Community,” is part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter, which is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-11-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Downtown Talk Explores 'World Religions'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/downtown-talk-explores-world-religions.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/11\/Farhadian_Charlie-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s fall dance concert, “Eyes Wide Open,” breaks from tradition to explore Porter Theatre’s black-box space Nov 21-23 at 8 p.m. Tickets, $10 for general admission; $7 for students, seniors and children, may be purchased at westmont.edu\/boxoffice or by calling (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-11-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dance Concert to Leave 'Eyes Wide Open'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dance-concert-leave-eyes-wide-open.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/11\/Dance12-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Willis, professor of English at Westmont, will be reading from his new book of poetry, “Say This Prayer into the Past” (Cascade Books, 2013), Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. in Granada Books, 1224 State Street; and Thursday, Nov. 21, at 4 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. Both events are free and open to the public. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-11-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Willis Offers Reflective Poems of Comfort", "link": "\/westmont-news\/willis-offers-reflective-poems-comfort.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/11\/Willis-Paul-2012-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student composers, vocalists and instrumentalists perform in several concerts this November. All performances are free and open to the public. For more information, please call the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Musicians Showcase Talents in November", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-musicians-showcase-talents-november.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/11\/PaulMoreWindEnsemble-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The No. 3 Westmont women’s soccer team captured a first-round bye and a semi-final match at home in the upcoming Golden State Athletic Conference Championship. The Warriors (14-0-3, 8-0-2 GSAC) open the tournament at Thorrington Field on Friday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m. against either Biola, Vanguard, San Diego Christian or the Master’s. The Warriors secured the number-two seed in the tournament by beating No. 10 Vanguard (14-3, 7-3) 1-0 on Nov. 2.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors Secure Playoff Plans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-secure-playoff-plans.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/11\/KelseySteck2-505x687.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 40 area high school students interested in a teaching career will attend a workshop, “Let’s Talk Teaching,” Thursday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Westmont’s Page Hall. The event is sponsored by the Westmont Education Department, Westmont Admissions and Partners in Education. For more information, please contact Michelle Hughes, assistant professor of education, mhughes@westmont.edu or 565-6257.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-11-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Workshop to Inspire Prospective Teachers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/workshop-inspire-prospective-teachers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/11\/MichelleHughes-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is the first Christian liberal arts college in the country to have a fully-equipped Wacom Cintiq lab, giving art students access to professional-level equipment. The 22 Cintiq 22HDs, graphics tablets that allow users to draw directly on the LCD display surfaces, will be used in Westmont’s digital painting, design and graphic design courses.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-10-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Classes Receive a High-Tech Upgrade", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-classes-receive-high-tech-upgrade.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/10\/BrianaStanley-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Several Westmont music faculty members and the first in-residence wind quintet at Westmont will perform a Santa Barbara Music Club concert Saturday, Nov. 2, at 3 p.m. at the Faulkner Gallery in the downtown Santa Barbara Public Library. The performance is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-10-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "SB Music Club Features Westmont Faculty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sb-music-club-features-westmont-faculty.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/10\/Mori-Paul-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 570 students from 15 California high schools join the Westmont College Choir at the ninth annual Westmont Fall Choral Festival on Friday, Nov. 1. Half of the choirs will perform at 4:45 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. The remaining half will perform prior to the Westmont ensembles at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian. Both performances are free and open to the public, although seating is limited. For more information, please call (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-10-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "More than 570 Teens to Sing in Santa Barbara", "link": "\/westmont-news\/more-570-teens-sing-santa-barbara.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/10\/ShasbergerDirectsChoir-505x377.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Henry Kissinger entertained dozens of foreign policy questions submitted in writing by about 100 guests at a Westmont-sponsored luncheon Oct. 9 at the Coral Casino Beach and Cabana Club. Kissinger shared insights into the agreement by Russia and the U.S. to rid Syria of chemical weapons as well as Iran’s capability to use nuclear weapons.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-10-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Kissinger Dissects U.S. Foreign Policy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/kissinger-dissects-us-foreign-policy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/10\/Kissinger-Smile-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has ranked Westmont among the top 100 liberal arts colleges in its annual list. The report, which named Westmont No. 83, features colleges that provide high-quality academics at a reasonable cost. The rankings will appear in Kiplinger’s December issue and are available online now at www.kiplinger.com\/links\/college.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-10-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Kiplinger's Ranks Westmont as a Top College", "link": "\/westmont-news\/kiplingers-ranks-westmont-top-college.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/10\/BeebeTeaching-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Fall Orchestra Concert features a California premiere by Chicago-area composer James Stephenson on Friday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. at Montecito Covenant Church and Sunday, Oct. 27, at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. General admission to Sunday’s performance is $10. The suggested donation for admission to Friday’s concert is $10. Students are free. To purchase tickets, or for more information, please call (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-10-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra to Perform a California Premiere", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-perform-california-premiere.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/10\/Orchestra-1314-cropped-505x329.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kirsten Moore, head coach of Westmont women’s basketball team, examines the role coaches play in educating students in a free, public lecture Thursday, Oct. 24, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051. The talk, “Athletics in Higher Education: How Competitive Sports Teach Lessons for Life,” is part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter, which is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-10-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Aims to Show Value of Collegiate Sports", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-aims-show-value-collegiate-sports.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/10\/Moore-Kirsten-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Russell Howell, who has taught mathematics at Westmont for 35 years, will be installed as the Kathleen Smith professor of natural and behavioral sciences Friday, Oct. 18, at 10:30 a.m. in Murchison Gym. After the full-regalia ceremony, Howell will speak on “Does Mathematics Require Faith? Does Faith Require Mathematics?” at 3:30 p.m. in Porter Theatre.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-10-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Howell to be Installed in Science Chair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/howell-be-installed-science-chair.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/10\/Howell-Russ-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Artwork inspired by T. S. Eliot’s “Four Quartets” will be featured in a collaborative exhibition “QU4RTETS” Oct. 21-Nov. 19 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. The exhibition includes paintings by artists Makoto Fujimura and Bruce Herman, and music by composer Christopher Theofanidis.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-10-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "T.S. Eliot Inspires Art Show 'QU4RTETS'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ts-eliot-inspires-art-show-qu4rtets.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/10\/QU4RTETS-No.3-Autumn-2012-oil-and-alkyd-resin-with-23kt-gold-and-silver-leaf-on-wood97-x-60-©-Bruce-Herman-505x818.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Golfers and disc golfers will play together at the Montecito Country Club for the sixth annual William Wiersma Golf and Disc Tournament on Monday, Oct. 28. Registration and lunch begin at noon with play beginning at 1 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres will be served, and awards and prizes will be handed out at 6 p.m. All proceeds from the event benefit the William Wiersma Endowment Scholarship Fund and Westmont Fund to support student scholarships. To register, or for more information, please visit www.willstourney.com.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-10-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Will's Tourney Features Stick, Disc Golf", "link": "\/westmont-news\/wills-tourney-features-stick-disc-golf.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/10\/TomWiersmaFrame-325x534.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Carmel Saad, assistant professor of psychology, will present research that shows exposure to multiple cultures may increase creativity on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Phi Kappa Phi Paul C. Wilt Faculty Lecture, “Not All Biculturals are the Same: Cognitive and Emotional Correlates of Bicultural Identity Integration in a Multicultural Society,” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-10-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Investigate Bicultural Identity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-investigate-bicultural-identity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/10\/SaadCarmel-325x433.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Artistic dynamos John Blondell, Westmont professor of theater arts, and Michael Shasberger, Adams professor of music and worship, have combined forces, collaborating on the production of a comic operetta. About 30 student-actors\/musicians will perform “Pirates of Penzance,” written by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, Oct. 17-19, 23, and 26-27 at 7 p.m. General admission is $15; $10 for students, children and seniors. Tickets may be purchased online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice or by calling (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-10-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Blondell Packs a Vibrant 'Pirates' into Porter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/blondell-packs-vibrant-pirates-porter.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/10\/PIrates-Poster-resize-325x351.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robin Jensen, Luce Chancellor’s professor of the history of Christian art and worship at Vanderbilt University, examines the visual arts and spatial design of Christian liturgy in a free, public lecture Thursday, Oct. 10, from 3:30-5 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The Erasmus Lecture, “Baptismal Imagery in Art and Architecture,” is sponsored by the Westmont Office of the Provost and the Art and Religious Studies Departments.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-09-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Examine Baptismal Imagery in Art", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examine-baptismal-imagery-art.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/09\/JensenRobin.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Roger Wiens, principal investigator for the ChemCam Instrument, will talk about “Exploring Mars with the Curiosity Rover and its Laser” Friday, Oct. 4, at 4 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The talk is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-09-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Mars, Curiosity Rover Laser", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-mars-curiosity-rover-laser.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/09\/Curiosity2-325x451.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Helen Callus, acclaimed British violist, will perform a master class Sunday, Oct. 6, from 7-9 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Westmont Music Department at (805) 5656040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-09-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Violist Callus Leads Westmont Master Class", "link": "\/westmont-news\/violist-callus-leads-westmont-master-class.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/09\/helenprcolor2-505x505.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robin Catlin Wainwright ’64, president of Middle East Fellowship, is being honored as Alumnus of the Year as part of Westmont Homecoming, Oct. 4-5. President Gayle D. Beebe will give Wainwright the award during the All-Reunion Brunch Saturday, Oct. 5, from 10-11:30 a.m. on Magnolia Lawn. For more information, please contact the alumni office at (805) 565-6056 or alumni@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-09-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Homecoming to Celebrate Awesome Alumni", "link": "\/westmont-news\/homecoming-celebrate-awesome-alumni.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/09\/homecominggirls1-505x355.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Pianist Constantine Finehouse, a scholar-in-residence at Westmont, performs music by Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Alexander Scriabin and Sergey Rachmaninoff at a free, public recital Friday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. For more information, please call the Westmont Music Department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-09-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pianist Finehouse to Perform in Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pianist-finehouse-perform-recital.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/09\/Finehouse-Constantine-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will aim for a double star and two globular clusters during a free, public viewing Friday, Sept. 20, beginning at about 7:30 p.m. and lasting several hours. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-09-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Harvest Moon Stargazing at Westmont Observatory", "link": "\/westmont-news\/harvest-moon-stargazing-westmont-observatory.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/09\/OakObservatory-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Henry Kissinger, secretary of state from 1973-1977 and a Nobel Peace Laureate, will discuss world events and diplomacy at a Westmont-sponsored luncheon Wednesday, Oct. 9. Tickets for this event are no longer available.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-09-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Kissinger to Speak at Westmont Luncheon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/kissinger-speak-westmont-luncheon.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/09\/Kissinger_Henry-1-505x541.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For the fifth straight year, the U.S. News & World Report ranked Westmont in the top 100 best liberal arts colleges. “America’s Best Colleges, 2014 Edition” lists Westmont as 94th out of the nation’s 248 liberal arts colleges.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-09-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "U.S. News Ranks Westmont in Top 100", "link": "\/westmont-news\/us-news-ranks-westmont-top-100-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/09\/classoutsideTremper-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont women’s volleyball team, ranked #16 in the NAIA, is off to its best start in Warrior history, winning the first nine games. Westmont dominated the ASICS\/Wyndham Labor Day Tournament at Concordia University, beating #25 Carroll (Mont.) and William Jessup. Earlier, the Warriors turned heads at the Biola Summer Slam, knocking off #6 College of Idaho, as well as Concordia (Ore.) and William Jessup.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-09-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors Volleyball Off to a Smashing Start", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-volleyball-smashing-start.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/09\/Volleyball13-505x310.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Caryn Reeder, Westmont associate professor of religious studies, has earned a prestigious Fulbright award for teaching and research in the West Bank of the Palestinian Territories. The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board award supports Reeder’s year-long sabbatical in the West Bank, where she will be teaching at a Palestinian university and conducting her own research from September 2013 through June 2014 Reeder’s research will examine “women, children and war in biblical and classical antiquity” and consider the “realities and rhetoric of violence,” both in ancient texts and the modern world.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-09-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Caryn Reeder Named Fulbright Scholar", "link": "\/westmont-news\/caryn-reeder-named-fulbright-scholar.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/09\/Reeder-Caryn-12-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Members of Westmont’s talented music faculty will perform the works of Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Peter Schickele and Franz Schubert on Friday, Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The Fall Faculty Recital is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-08-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Faculty Recital to Feature Han Soo Kim", "link": "\/westmont-news\/faculty-recital-feature-han-soo-kim.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/08\/Han-Soo-186hires-505x367.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont students will exhibit their summer research projects Thursday, Sept. 5, from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Winter Hall rotunda. “A Celebration of Summer Research at Westmont” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-08-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celebrating Summer Research and Nishimura", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebrating-summer-research-and-nishimura.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/08\/TjitskeVeldstraRussHowell-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 360 new students begin arriving on campus and moving into their residence halls on Thursday, Aug. 22, for Orientation 2013. The first day of classes for all Westmont students is Monday, Aug. 26.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-08-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Diverse Class of 2017 Arrives at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/diverse-class-2017-arrives-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/08\/Orientation2012Arrival-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Thirteen diverse artists from around the world will exhibit their work as part of “Invisible Realms: Encountering the Sacred” Aug. 22-Oct. 12 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. Most of the artists will be available at a free, public reception Thursday, Aug. 29, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-08-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Exhibition to Expose 'Invisible Realms'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-exhibition-expose-invisible-realms.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/08\/Savage-Thanksgiving-jpeg-505x480.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck telescope will feature glimpses of the Moon, Saturn and the Ring Nebula during a free, public viewing Friday, Aug. 16, beginning at about 8 p.m. at the Westmont Observatory. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. The viewing lasts for several hours. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-08-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Stargazers to View Smoke Ring Nebula", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stargazers-view-smoke-ring-nebula.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/08\/Observatory-Cars-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont ranks among the best colleges in the west in Princeton Review’s “2014 Best Colleges: Region by Region.” The educational services company named 124 colleges in 15 western states, including 41 in California, in this list. Nationwide, Princeton Review included 643 institutions—25 percent of U.S. four-year colleges—in four regions.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-08-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Ranks Among Princeton Review’s Best Colleges in the West", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-ranks-among-princeton-reviews-best-colleges-west.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/08\/westmont-library-325x207.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 100 runners are expected to compete in Santa Barbara’s toughest 5K race Thursday, Aug. 15, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Westmont track. The fourth annual Westmonster, part of the 2013 Santa Barbara Athletic Association Grand Prix Series, is a fundraiser for Westmont student-athlete scholarships.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-07-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmonster 5K to Race through Campus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmonster-5k-race-through-campus.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/07\/Westmonster-logo-2013-505x240.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Twenty first-year Westmont students will meet on campus Aug. 8 before heading into the California wilderness on a unique 12-day orientation program. The Inoculum trek begins in the Eastern Sierra town of Bridgeport and winds around many 10,000-foot peaks in the Toiyabe National Forest.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-07-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Students to Hike, Bond in Backcountry", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-students-hike-bond-backcountry.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/07\/DSCN1782-505x378.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sixteen high school track athletes eagerly listened to comments by several U.S. Olympic champions, including gold medalist Allyson Felix, during Westmont’s Prospect Camp July 9. Felix earned 2012 gold medals in the 200 meter, 4-x-100 meter relay and 4-x-400 meter relay. Jeneba Tarmoh, 4-x-100 meter relay 2012 gold medalist, and Dawn Harper, 100-meter hurdles 2008 gold medalist and 2012 silver medalist, joined Felix in answering questions.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-07-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Olympians Offer Track Lessons at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/olympians-offer-track-lessons-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/07\/FelixHarperTarmoh--505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Thirty-six of the world’s top high school science students have been tracking the course of an asteroid as part of the 55th annual Summer Science Program (SSP) at Westmont. The students, from 14 states and six countries, attend college-level lectures during the day and then measure the speck of light from the near-Earth asteroid during the evening.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-07-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Teens Track Asteroid from Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/teens-track-asteroid-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/07\/SSP-505x620.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John Blondell, Westmont professor of theater arts, has returned to the Balkans to stage Lit Moon Theatre’s performance of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” Blondell is joined by Marie Ponce-DeLeon ’10, Nolan Hamlin ’12, and Sara Reynolds ’11, who play Miranda, Ferdinand, and Ariel, respectively. The show is part of the Butrinti 2000 Festival in Butrint, Albania, and opens Saturday, July 20, in an open-air amphitheater built in 300 BC.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-07-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Blondell Brings 'Tempest' to Europe", "link": "\/westmont-news\/blondell-brings-tempest-europe.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/07\/Tempest-9-For-Promo-505x401.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Internationally renowned violist Roberto Díaz performs works by Max Bruch, Paul Hindemith and Tchaikovsky Friday, July 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. The concert is part of the Montecito International Music Festival, which brings about 160 students to Westmont for a three-week, music-intensive program July 15-Aug. 2. Concert tickets, which are $15 for students\/seniors and $30 general admission, will be sold at the door. Tickets to the master classes are $10 for students\/seniors and $20 general admission.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-07-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Díaz Headlines International Music Festival", "link": "\/westmont-news\/diaz-headlines-international-music-festival.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/07\/robertodiaz-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will aim for the rings of Saturn and a globular cluster during a free, public viewing Friday, July 19, beginning at about 8 p.m. and lasting several hours. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-07-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Telescope Features Primetime Views of Saturn", "link": "\/westmont-news\/telescope-features-primetime-views-saturn.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/07\/TC_1270-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A new photographic art display in Winter Hall combines the past and present of Westmont’s psychology department. Brittany (Schultz) McInerney ’10 combined photos of current students, historic photos and distinctive diamond-shaped windows panes salvaged from Bauder Hall, which was destroyed in the November 2008 Tea Fire.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-07-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibit Remembers Bauder's Fiery Past", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibit-remembers-bauders-fiery-past.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/07\/BrittanyFrames-505x442.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The NAIA National Champion Westmont women’s basketball team and Nike have teamed up to offer custom apparel commemorating the Warriors’ historic season. The special T-shirts, sweat shirts and hats are only available for purchase through July 14. To view the championship gear and place your order, please visit the custom website. The Nike gear will then be printed and shipped directly to each customer.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-07-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont, Nike Offer Championship Apparel", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-nike-offer-championship-apparel.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/07\/gear.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont president Gayle D. Beebe has created a blog, chronicling the Westmont Alumni and Parent Europe Trip through June 29. Beebe, who is joined by his wife, Pam, and their three children, are traveling with about 40 Westmont alumni and parents overseas. The group is exploring and learning about the history, culture and biblical significance of three great cities in civilization: Athens, Istanbul and Rome.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-06-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "President Blogs During Alumni Trip", "link": "\/westmont-news\/president-blogs-during-alumni-trip.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/06\/Corinth-e1371838853684.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The ringed planet Saturn, sitting in the nearby constellation of Virgo, will be one of the focal points of a free, public viewing Friday, June 21, beginning at about 8 p.m. at the Westmont Observatory. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. The viewing lasts for several hours. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-06-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Telescope to Focus on Ringed Planet Saturn", "link": "\/westmont-news\/telescope-focus-ringed-planet-saturn.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/06\/Observatory-Cars-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont received the Excellence in Service award at the annual South Coast Business and Technology Awards June 13 at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort. An audience of more than 700 people honored five local businesses, organizations and individuals demonstrating “extraordinary commitment to the economic vitality of the south coast of Santa Barbara.” In the past 19 years, the event has raised nearly $1.5 million for scholarships given to local students studying business and technology at Westmont, Santa Barbara City College and UC Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-06-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Honored for Excellence in Service", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-honored-excellence-service.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/06\/Filipp-Kozachuk--505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 60 youngsters attended the first week of Westmont’s youth summer athletic camps, developing motor skills for a variety of sports. An additional, third week of Sports Skills (June 10-14, June 17-21 and June 24-28) targeted for children 5-10 years old, has been added due to its popularity. Director Jill Wolf oversees the camp that focuses on skills for soccer, basketball, volleyball and softball as well as many coordination skills.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-06-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summer Camp Season Off and Running", "link": "\/westmont-news\/summer-camp-season-and-running.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/06\/VincentRinaldi-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art hosts a large rummage sale Friday, Aug. 16, and Saturday, Aug. 17, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Westmont’s Everything Art Sale will offer paintings, prints, drawings, frames, ceramics, art supplies, jewelry, antiques, art books and more. All proceeds benefit the museum and support the exhibition schedule.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-06-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Everything Art Sale' to Benefit Museum", "link": "\/westmont-news\/everything-art-sale-benefit-museum.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/06\/crowd-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Forbes Magazine has ranked Westmont in the top 100 colleges and universities of its new survey, Grateful Grads: Top Return-on-Investment. Westmont, which is listed as No. 74, is one of only three Christian colleges nationally and just one of nine schools in California, including Cal Tech, Stanford, Claremont McKenna, Mills, Pomona, USC, California Institute of the Arts and Occidental.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-05-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Makes 'Grateful Grads' Ranking", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-makes-grateful-grads-ranking.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/05\/Classof20131-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has won the Golden State Athletic Conference All-Sports Award for the first time in two decades. The conference honors the school with the highest average finish in the conference standings in all its sponsored sports.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-05-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Wins GSAC All-Sports Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-wins-gsac-all-sports-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/05\/BasketballResolution-505x311.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Peter Frank, a Los Angeles-based art critic, handed cash awards to local artists at a public reception for “Confluence” on May 16 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. Xarene Eskandar, whose single-channel video, “Salton Sea Revisited,” won Best in Show.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-05-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Local Artists Earn Awards in 'Confluence' Exhibition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-artists-earn-awards-confluence-exhibition.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/05\/XareneEskandar-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two hundred elementary school children enjoyed a day at Westmont College May 17, competing in the track and field city championships. Fourth through sixth grade students from Washington, Adams, Cleveland, McKinley and Franklin Elementary schools competing in several track and field events including long jump, high jump, softball toss, shot put and various races.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-05-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Elementary Schools Run for City Track Title", "link": "\/westmont-news\/elementary-schools-run-city-track-title.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/05\/DannyVeraMcKinley-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 100 Westmont faculty and staff teamed up with more than 30 first responders and emergency officials for an all-day earthquake exercise at Westmont May 14. College employees practiced emergency functions and activities with 16 different local emergency organizations.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-05-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Prepares for Earthquake", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-prepares-earthquake.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/05\/MK4_6293-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will zoom in on the craters of the moon, the rings of Saturn and a globular cluster during a free, public viewing Friday, May 17, beginning at about 8 p.m. and lasting several hours. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been cancelled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-05-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Telescope Offers Glimpses of Cassini Division", "link": "\/westmont-news\/telescope-offers-glimpses-cassini-division.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/05\/MK4_3396-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s annual juried art exhibition features 44 works created by Tri-County artists May 16-June 22 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum. A free, public reception for “Confluence” is Thursday, May 16, from 4-6 p.m. All works in the exhibition will be for sale with proceeds benefiting the artists and museum. Peter Frank, Los Angeles-based art critic, curator and poet, juried the show. Cash awards, determined by Frank, will be given to the artists at the opening reception.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-05-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Local Artists to be Featured in 'Confluence'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-artists-be-featured-confluence.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/05\/mary_heebner_6328-505x961.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is remembering the life and teachings of American philosopher Dallas Willard who died May 8 at the age of 77 following a battle with cancer. Willard taught at USC since 1965 and wrote many spiritual formation books including “Renovation of the Heart,” “The Spirit of the Disciplines” and “The Divine Conspiracy.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-05-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Mourns the Death of Dallas Willard", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-mourns-death-dallas-willard.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/05\/DallasWillardCommencement2-505x360.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Led by bagpipes, more than 300 Westmont graduates marched from Kerrwood Hall through the formal gardens to Russell Carr Field May 4 for Commencement. Cloudy skies kept families and friends cool and comfortable as they cheered the graduating students. Senior biology students decorated their mortarboard hats with cutout trees, while kinesiology students included a favorite Bible verse of the late Alex Moore on their hats: “Do the Work.” This year’s Commencement featured two three-generation Westmont alumni families and a growing number of alumni parents.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-05-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Honors Students, Faculty at Commencement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-honors-students-faculty-commencement.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/05\/Classof2013-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A record-tying 71 Westmont students will spend at least four weeks this summer serving communities around the world on 15 teams in 13 countries including Bolivia, China, Guatemala, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Madagascar, Nepal, Philippines, Spain, Taiwan, Korea and Uganda. The student-led, staff-directed Emmaus Road program is in its 15th year, sponsoring activities that serve to increase awareness of global concerns, broadening the worldview of students and promoting the value of diversity.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-05-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Record 71 Students to Serve Abroad in Summer", "link": "\/westmont-news\/record-71-students-serve-abroad-summer.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/05\/TylerKelseyNepal-505x673.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Student Life Office awarded 10 outstanding students for their leadership during the past year. The 13th annual David K. Winter Servant Leadership Awards are given each spring to students who show exemplary leadership through service at Westmont and in the community. Each recipient receives $1,000 toward next year’s school expenses.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-05-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Earn Leadership Awards", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-earn-leadership-awards.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/05\/DKW-Service-Awards-Exports-0015-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 14-member Westmont Fire Brigade has completed a 40-hour, national wildland firefighter training academy hosted at Pepperdine University. The training included classroom instruction in fire behavior, fire suppression, risk management and preparedness. The Westmont volunteers also spent two days conducting field exercises, such as using firefighting hand tools, fire containment line construction, and fire hose deployments.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-04-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fire Brigade Completes Academy Training", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fire-brigade-completes-academy-training.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/04\/FireBrigade-505x542.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 50 members of the Westmont College Choir and Chamber Singers will tour through Southern California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, singing a diverse repertoire of classic and contemporary sacred and secular music, folk songs, spirituals and vocal jazz.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-04-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Choir Sings Through Western U.S.", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-choir-sings-through-western-us.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/04\/collegechoir2013-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ronald C. White Jr., author of the New York Times bestseller “A. Lincoln: A Biography,” will speak at Commencement May 4 at 10 a.m. Pastor Rick Warren has canceled his appearance at Westmont following the death of his 27-year-old son.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-04-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lincoln Scholar to Speak at Commencement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lincoln-scholar-speak-commencement.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/04\/RonWhite-505x761.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Keck Telescope, one of the most powerful along the Central Coast, turns its attention to the ringed planet Saturn and the Needle Galaxy at a free, public viewing Friday, April 19, beginning about 7:30 p.m. at the Westmont Observatory. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. The viewing lasts for several hours. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-04-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing to Feature Saturn, Needle Galaxy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-feature-saturn-needle-galaxy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/04\/OakObservatory-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jason Womack, small business entrepreneur and advisor, will share four ways to reduce stress and be more productive in a free, public lecture, “L.E.A.P. into Your Future,” Monday, April 22, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Adams Center, room 216.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-04-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Uncover Keys to Productivity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-uncover-keys-productivity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/04\/jasonwomack-325x215.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The American Double, a duo featuring violinist Philip Ficsor and pianist Constantine Finehouse, perform its final concert at Westmont Friday, April 12, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. The performance is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-04-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "American Double to Play Westmont Finale", "link": "\/westmont-news\/american-double-play-westmont-finale.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/04\/FinehouseFicsor-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Men’s Polo Team won its first national title, beating Colorado State 19-16 in the U.S. Polo Association National Intercollegiate Championship April 13 at the ERG Arena in Brookshire, Texas.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-04-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Polo Team Wins National Championship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/polo-team-wins-national-championship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/04\/DSC_1077-505x360.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Television station CBS 2 in Los Angeles will air a story about head coach Kirsten Moore and the NAIA National Champion Westmont women’s basketball team immediately following tonight’s NCAA Basketball Championship game between Louisville and Michigan, about 8:30 p.m. PST.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-04-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Champions to be Featured on L.A. TV", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-champions-be-featured-la-tv.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/04\/KirstenAlexis-325x278.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 70 Westmont students will be acting and dancing in 18 different pieces during six nightly performances of “Fringe 2013: On the Verge” April 11-13 and 18-20 from 7-10:30 p.m. beginning at Porter Theatre and moving throughout campus. General admission is $10; $7 for students and seniors. Purchase tickets online at westmont.edu\/boxoffice or by calling (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-04-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fringe Festival Showcases Student Creativity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fringe-festival-showcases-student-creativity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/04\/MakMansonJackieDressler-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Cheri Larsen Hoeckley, professor of English at Westmont, examines how literary texts contribute to the delights of British costume dramas in a free, public lecture on Thursday, April 11, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. Tickets are not needed; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051. The talk, “From the Page to the Screen: Film Adaptations of English Literature,” is part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter, which is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-04-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Uses Film to Examine English Novels", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-uses-film-examine-english-novels.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/04\/Larsen-Hoeckely-Cheri-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Music Department performs several concerts this month, beginning with Masterworks on April 5 at 8 p.m. and April 7 at 3 p.m., both in First United Methodist Church, 305 E Anapamu St. General admission is $10 and students are free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-04-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Concert to Feature Poulenc's 'Gloria'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/concert-feature-poulencs-gloria.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/04\/ChamberSingers-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Twelve graduating art majors have created a visual capstone to their Westmont education and will exhibit work April 4-May 4 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public opening reception for “12 Speed” will include the artists Thursday, April 4, from 4 -6 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-04-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Dozen Art Students Exhibit in '12 Speed'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dozen-art-students-exhibit-12-speed.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/04\/NatalieHall12-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In January, Jane Higa announced she would retire from Westmont Aug. 31 after serving for 24 years as vice president and dean of students. She went on medical leave when physicians at UCLA Medical Center diagnosed her with ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease earlier in March.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-04-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Vice President and Dean of Students to Retire", "link": "\/westmont-news\/vice-president-and-dean-students-retire.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/03\/HigaJane1-325x443.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A tremendous wealth of international Olympic talent will compete at the Westmont track for the Sam Adams Classic, which features events in the decathlon and heptathlon, on Friday, April 5, at noon, and Saturday, April 6, at 11 a.m. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-04-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Olympic Athletes to Compete at Westmont Track", "link": "\/westmont-news\/olympic-athletes-compete-westmont-track.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/04\/eatonpolevault-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Hundreds of faculty, staff, students and alumni welcomed the NAIA National Champion Westmont women’s basketball team as they returned to campus by bus March 20. Warrior supporters, armed with balloons, signs, pom-poms, newspapers, flowers and noise makers, created an arm tunnel as the Warriors, fresh off the college’s first national title in basketball, waded into a sea of adoring fans.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-03-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Celebrates Its National Champions", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-celebrates-its-national-champions.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/03\/arrival-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont senior Emily Auman, who has performed in “Beauty Bomb (2009),” and fall dance recitals, “Directions (2011),” and “Motion\/Emotion (2012),” has written, choreographed and directed a dance-theater piece, “The Crane Wife” March 21 and 22 at 7 p.m. and March 22 at 8:30 p.m. all in Porter Theatre.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-03-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dance-Theater Piece Weaved on Japanese Tale", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dance-theater-piece-weaved-japanese-tale.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/03\/ChrisWagstaffe-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Novelist Ron Hansen, author of “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” helps launch the Westmont Reading Series on Wednesday, March 27, at 8 p.m. in Fleischmann Auditorium at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-03-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Novelist Hansen to Speak at Reading Series", "link": "\/westmont-news\/novelist-hansen-speak-reading-series.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/03\/RonHansen.photo3_-325x488.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Poet Kelly (Gruver) Davio ’04, managing editor of the Los Angeles Review, will read selections from her book “Burn This House” Wednesday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge at Kerrwood Hall. Davio will be preceded by Westmont student poets Riley Hall and Paul Anderson. The event is free to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-03-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumna Returns to Give Poetry Reading", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumna-returns-give-poetry-reading.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/03\/Kelly_Davio-325x489.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope hopes to show off the planet Jupiter during a free, public viewing of the stars on Friday, March 15, beginning at about 7:30 p.m. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been cancelled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-03-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Stargazers to View Jupiter and Nebula", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stargazers-view-jupiter-and-nebula.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/03\/TelescopeSunset-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 300 Westmont students and local volunteers will travel to Mexico, as part of Potter’s Clay, helping the under-served in Ensenada this spring break, March 8-15. Potter’s Clay, a student-organized service trip that started in 1977, is one of Westmont’s longest-running traditions. Students will also serve with Spring Break in the City, serving in San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-03-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Spring into Service During Break", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-spring-service-during-break.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/03\/IMG_8086-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Carrie Birmingham, associate professor of teacher education at Pepperdine University, will explore symbols, patterns and allegories in the Harry Potter series that reflect the essence of the Christian story on Wednesday, March 20, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The talk, “Harry Potter and the Baptism of the Imagination,” is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Heather Bergthold at (805) 565-6165 or hbergthold@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-03-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Delves into Harry Potter, Christianity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-delves-harry-potter-christianity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/03\/Carrie-505x335.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont sophomore Riley Svikhart narrowly beat first-year student Michael Deiana in the final debate of the 17th Annual Tournament of Expressions Feb. 28. Svikhart successfully argued that physician assisted suicide should not be made legal in California. Both finalists, who made it through several rounds of the contest that started in January, found out about the debate topic only minutes before the final competition. “The contest emphasizes mental agility as well as critical thinking and public speaking skills,” says Deborah Dunn, Westmont professor of communication studies.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-03-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Win Debate, Speech Tournament", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-win-debate-speech-tournament.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/03\/DebateRiley-325x219.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Violinist Lalia Mangione of Belmont, Mich., earned a $10,000 annual music scholarship to study at Westmont for winning the Music Guild Competition on March 2. Seven high school seniors performed before a panel of judges in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. The other six musicians won smaller awards.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-03-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Michigan Violinist Wins Music Scholarship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/michigan-violinist-wins-music-scholarship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/03\/LaliaMangione-325x302.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Retired Gen. Colin Powell used a combination of poignant stories and humorous anecdotes to keep more than 750 people in rapt attention during the 7 a.m. Westmont President’s Breakfast on March 1 at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort. He dramatically wove stories about camels, squirrels and hotdog vendors around reflections of soldiers at war, lessons of leadership learned from President Ronald Reagan and tales of America’s resiliency.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-03-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Powell Reflects on Leadership at Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/powell-reflects-leadership-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/03\/PowellSealVert-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont students Riley Svikhart and Michael Deiana will square off in a final debate Thursday, Feb. 28, in Hieronymus Lounge at Kerrwood Hall at 7 p.m. The 17th Annual Tournament of Expressions is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-02-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Speech, Debate Contest Takes Center Stage", "link": "\/westmont-news\/speech-debate-contest-takes-center-stage.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/02\/MeganMonroe-505x480.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "World-renown Slovenian guitarist Mak Grgic returns to Westmont for the Rising Star Concert Series on Sunday, March 3, at 3 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The concert, sponsored by Hotel Santa Barbara, is free and open to the public; donations benefiting the Westmont music program will be accepted.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-02-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Rising Star' Offers Top Classical Guitarist", "link": "\/westmont-news\/rising-star-offers-top-classical-guitarist.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/02\/mak_grgic_3-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Randall VanderMey, Westmont professor of English, will read selections of his poetry while prompting the audience to think about the role of poetry Tuesday, March 5, from 7-9 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi spring lecture, “Occasional Poems: Readings and Reflections on a Suspect Genre,” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-02-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "VanderMey to Examine the Role of Poetry", "link": "\/westmont-news\/vandermey-examine-role-poetry.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/02\/VanderMeyRandy-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Seven high school seniors will be competing for Westmont music scholarships at the Music Guild Competition on Saturday, March 2, at 7 p.m. at Westmont’s Deane Chapel. Following the finalists’ solo performances, the Siloam String Quartet will perform at 8:25 p.m. The performances are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-02-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students to Perform for Music Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-perform-music-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/02\/Siloam-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Members of Westmont’s talented music faculty will perform the works of Frédéric Chopin, Johann Pachelbel and Camille Saint-Saens on Friday, March 1, at 8 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The Spring Faculty Recital is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-02-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Faculty Recital to Feature Singer Cristescu", "link": "\/westmont-news\/faculty-recital-feature-singer-cristescu.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/02\/HodsonSteve-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Willis, professor of English at Westmont, hosts the winter reading of the Santa Barbara Poetry Series Saturday, Feb. 23, at 7-8:15 p.m. at the Contemporary Arts Forum (CAF), 653 Paseo Nuevo. Poets Kyli Sessions, Kurt Brown, and Catherine Abbey Hodges will read selected works of their poetry. The event is free and open to the public. “This is a 20-year-old tradition in Santa Barbara, featuring both local and visiting poets,” Willis says.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-02-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Willis Hosts Final Poetry Events as Laureate", "link": "\/westmont-news\/willis-hosts-final-poetry-events-laureate.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/02\/Willis-Paul-2012-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont president Gayle D. Beebe will draw on his own leadership experiences in higher education and his book, “The Shaping of an Effective Leader,” in a free, public lecture Thursday, Feb. 21, 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. Tickets are not needed; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-02-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Probes 'Shaping of an Effective Leader'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-probes-shaping-effective-leader.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/02\/BeebeGayle-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra, which just finished a tour from Southern California to the Sierra, presents its Spring Orchestra Concert in Santa Barbara on Friday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. in Montecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold Spring Rd., and Sunday, Feb. 24, at 3 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. General admission is $10, and students are free. To purchase tickets or for more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-02-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra to Feature a 'Fanfare' Premiere", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-feature-fanfare-premiere.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/02\/Orchestra2013-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 12th annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts, “War and Peace as Liberal Arts,” features speaker and noted political theorist Michael Walzer Thursday, Feb. 21, at 3:30 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The lecture, “What is Just War Theory About?” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-02-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Event Tackles 'War and Peace as Liberal Arts'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/event-tackles-war-and-peace-liberal-arts.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/02\/Walzer-by-Cliff-Moore-505x751.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Keck Telescope, one of the most powerful along the Central Coast, will offer glimpses of Jupiter and the Orion Nebula (Messier 42) at a free, public viewing Friday, Feb. 15, beginning about 7:30 p.m. at the Westmont Observatory. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. The viewing lasts for several hours. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been cancelled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-02-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Telescope to Spy on Jupiter, Orion Nebula", "link": "\/westmont-news\/telescope-spy-jupiter-orion-nebula.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/02\/IMG_9076-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Southern California Edison awarded Westmont $25,000 toward scholarships for students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Patricia Bartoli-Wible, SCE public affairs region manager, presented the check to President Gayle D. Beebe and Reed Sheard, vice president for college advancement and chief information officer, during a brief ceremony Jan. 31.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-02-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "SCE Gives $25K for Science Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sce-gives-25k-science-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/02\/SCE-Check-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John Blondell, Westmont professor of theatre arts, directs a world premiere, “Platinum Circle: A Play in Three One-Acts,” Feb. 22-23 and 28, and March 1-2, 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. Tickets are $7 for students and seniors, $10 for adults, and can be purchased online at westmont.edu\/tickets or by calling (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-02-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Blondell Stages a World Premiere Play", "link": "\/westmont-news\/blondell-stages-world-premiere-play.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/02\/PlatinumCircle_6x9.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Wife and husband, Andrea (flute) and Neil Di Maggio (piano), perform some of their favorite pieces during “A Tour Through the World of Concert Flute Music: Folk Music in Classical Repertoire” on Saturday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-02-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Flute, Piano Recital Features Folk Music", "link": "\/westmont-news\/flute-piano-recital-features-folk-music.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/02\/DiMaggios.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mitch Vance, a founding partner of a private equity investment firm, and Dr. Richard Danson, a physician specializing in internal medicine, have joined the Westmont Board of Trustees, which oversees the operations of the college.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-02-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Danson, Vance Join Westmont Trustees", "link": "\/westmont-news\/danson-vance-join-westmont-trustees.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/02\/DansonRichard-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ten high school teams will flex their mathematical prowess at the 26th annual High School Mathematics Contest at Westmont on Saturday, Feb. 9, in Westmont’s Winter Hall. The contest begins at 1 p.m. with a Chalk Talk Derby, written exams and a fast-paced team competition with buzzers modeled after the once-popular College Bowl TV show. Finals will get under way beginning at 4 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210). Dinner and an awards ceremony begin at 5:30 p.m. in Kerr Student Center.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-01-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Young Minds to Compete at Math Contest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/young-minds-compete-math-contest.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/01\/DPHSBrianSuAlexMeiburgAndrewDutcher-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 60-member Westmont College Orchestra travels from Southern California to the Sierras during its five-day road trip, Feb. 15-19. The spring tour begins in Santa Barbara and includes concert stops in Grass Valley, Calif., Yosemite, Mariposa, Calif., and Los Angeles. Admission is free to most performances, although a goodwill offering will be taken.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-01-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Tour to Travel to the Sierras", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-tour-travel-sierras.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/01\/Orchestra2013-505x336-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A sign dedication and poetry reading hosted by Paul Willis, professor of English at Westmont and poet laureate of Santa Barbara, will honor the life and work of William Stafford on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. at the First Crossing Day Use Area in Los Padres National Forest, across from the Los Prietos Boys Camp, 3900 Paradise Road. In case of rain, “Remembering William Stafford: A Seventh Annual Community Gathering” will be held at the Los Prietos Ranger Station, 3505 Paradise Road.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-01-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reading, New Sign to Honor Poet Stafford", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reading-new-sign-honor-poet-stafford.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/01\/stafforddisplay11_12-505x676.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paulann Petersen, the sixth and current poet laureate of Oregon, will read selections of her work Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. in Adams Center, room 216. The poetry reading is free and open to the public. For more information, please call Paul Willis at (805) 565-7174 or willis@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-01-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reading, Workshop to Feature Oregon Poet", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reading-workshop-feature-oregon-poet.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/01\/Paulann-Petersen-by-Sabina-Samiee-505x717.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The moon and Jupiter will be the featured attractions of this month’s free public viewing of the stars with Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope on Friday, Jan. 18, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-01-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Keck Telescope to Observe Jupiter, Moon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/keck-telescope-observe-jupiter-moon.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/01\/ObservatoryTimeLapse-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Music and Theatre Arts Departments have collaborated to create a hilarious, student-produced show, “Musical of Musicals (the Musical!)” Jan, 24-26, 8 p.m. and Jan. 27, 2 p.m., in Porter Theatre. Tickets to the performance, which benefits the choir’s international tour and the theater’s Fringe Festival, cost $10, $7 for students and seniors. For more information, or to purchase tickets, please visit www.westmont.edu\/musicalofmusicals or call 805-565-7140. Only cash or check will be accepted at the door.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-01-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Offer Funny 'Musical of Musicals'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-offer-funny-musical-musicals.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/01\/musical-of-musicals1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-01-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Community Mourns the Loss of a Student", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-community-mourns-loss-student.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/01\/davisnick-325x240.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "American Double, a duo featuring violinist Philip Ficsor and pianist Constantine Finehouse, will perform Beethoven’s sonatas at a free, public concert Friday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-01-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "American Double to Perform Famous Sonatas", "link": "\/westmont-news\/american-double-perform-famous-sonatas.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/01\/FinehouseFicsor-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Explore and learn about the history, culture and biblical significance of Athens, Istanbul and Rome with Westmont alumni and parents June 16-29, 2013. The Alumni and Parent Relations Office has limited space available for this dynamic trip that will be joined by President Gayle D. Beebe and his family.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-01-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumni, Parent Trip to Explore Rome, Athens and Istanbul", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumni-parent-trip-explore-rome-athens-and-istanbul.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/01\/iStock_000002602946Medium-300x337.jpeg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Hud Hudson, professor of philosophy at Western Washington University, gives a lecture, “The Father of Lies?” Thursday, Jan. 17, from 3:30-5 p.m. in Westmont’s Founders Room. The talk, funded by a grant from the Society of Christian Philosophers, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-01-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Philosopher to Examine Defense of Theism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/philosopher-examine-defense-theism.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/01\/Hud-Hudson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John H. Walton, professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, lectures about “Origins Today: Genesis through Ancient Eyes” Wednesday, Jan. 9, at 4:30 p.m. in Page Multipurpose Room at Westmont College. The Westmont Biology, Chemistry and Religious Studies Departments and the Office of the Provost sponsor the talk, which is free and open to the public. After his one-hour lecture, Walton will answer questions from the audience for 30 minutes.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2013-01-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Explore Origins with 'Ancient Eyes'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explore-origins-ancient-eyes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2013\/01\/WaltonJohn-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The works of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, the most influential French landscape painter in the late 19th century, will be displayed in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art from Jan. 31-March 23. A free, public reception for the exhibition, “Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot: The Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree Collection in the Context,” will feature live French music Thursday, Jan. 31, from 4-6 p.m. at the museum.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-12-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Corot Exhibition Unleashes Beauty of Nature", "link": "\/westmont-news\/corot-exhibition-unleashes-beauty-nature.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/12\/Voisinlieu-In-Mr-Wallets-Park-505x328.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Christine Milner, Westmont professor of kinesiology, received the Imagine a World Award from the Alpha Resource Center on Dec. 11. Austin Sutton and Becca Kennedy, participants in the Katie’s FUNd program at Alpha, gave Milner the award during her Special Populations course, which studies disabilities encountered in medical and educational settings. Alpha representatives Julie Badella, director of program services, and Amy Buesker, Teen Extreme coordinator, were also at the ceremony. The award is given to people who help create an inclusive community and is based on the idea of imagining a world where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-12-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alpha Resource Lauds Westmont Professor", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alpha-resource-lauds-westmont-professor.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/12\/MilnerAward-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Weather permitting, Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope hopes to zoom in on the craters of the Moon during a free, public viewing of the stars on Friday, Dec. 21, beginning at 7 p.m. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-12-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing Goes Lunar with a Chance of Saturn", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-goes-lunar-chance-saturn.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/12\/TelescopeSunset-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nomad.com, a one-stop planning\/booking resource for camping trips and equipment, took first place at the 23rd annual Westmont Collegiate Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition on Dec. 6. Students Davis Darnall, Sterling Montes, Tyler Nordlund and Henry Prevette presented their winning venture plan to an overflow crowd of more than 90 in Westmont’s Founders Room.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-12-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Camping Plan Travels to Top with Judges", "link": "\/westmont-news\/camping-plan-travels-top-judges.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/12\/SterlingNOMAD1-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont hosts the Alex Moore Classic, a basketball game and fundraiser that honors the life of Alex Moore, on Saturday, Jan. 12, at 5:30 p.m. in Murchison Gym. Proceeds from the event will benefit Kirsten Moore and their baby, Alexis, who was born seven weeks after Alex’s death, as well as research for Crohn’s disease. Alex’s widow, Kirsten, is the Westmont head women’s basketball coach. Tickets begin at $25 for general admission; $10 for children 12 and under. For more information, please visit westmont.edu\/alex-moore-classic\/ or call (805) 565-6224.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-12-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Basketball Game, Fundraiser to Honor Moore", "link": "\/westmont-news\/basketball-game-fundraiser-honor-moore.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/12\/KirstenAlexNet-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four final venture teams will face off at the 23rd annual Collegiate Entrepreneurs Business Plan Competition on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Founders Room. The competition is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served and networking will begin at 4:45 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-12-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Entrepreneurial Students Present Ventures", "link": "\/westmont-news\/entrepreneurial-students-present-ventures.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/12\/Business-Plan-2012-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Acclaimed British violist Helen Callus, professor of viola at UC Santa Barbara since 2003, will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Jean-Marie LeClair and Dmitri Shostakovitch at a free, public concert, “The Viola Alone Plus Friends,” Monday, Dec. 10, at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. For more information, please contact the Westmont Music Department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-12-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont to Feature Top Violist Helen Callus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-feature-top-violist-helen-callus.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/12\/HelenCallus-325x325.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, in conjunction with its current exhibition, “Dreamkeepers: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art,” hosts an educational, family workshop, “Story Painting,” Saturday, Dec. 8, from noon to 3 p.m. at the front of the museum. The hands-on painting event is free and open to the public, especially families with children age 6-12. Didgeridoo player William Thoren will perform and tell two children’s stories to explain the history of the didgeridoo.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-12-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Family Event to Feature 'Story Painting'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/family-event-feature-story-painting.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/12\/DreamKeepers-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Retired Gen. Colin Powell, who has held senior military and diplomatic positions under four presidents, will be the keynote speaker at the eighth annual Westmont President’s Breakfast Friday, March 1, from 7-9 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort. Tickets to the event went on sale Feb. 1 and sold out in less than three hours.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-11-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Colin Powell to Speak at Sold-Out Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/colin-powell-speak-sold-out-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/11\/Powell_Colin_PROMOPIC-1-505x673.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 20 dancers will perform nine pieces choreographed by Westmont students and faculty members, Susan Alexander, Leah Benson and Christina Sanchez, in the fall dance recital, “Motion\/Emotion,” on Thursday, Dec. 6, and Saturday, Dec. 8, both at 8 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Tickets, $10 for general admission; $7 for students and seniors, can be purchased at the door.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-11-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dance Recital to Evoke 'Motion\/Emotion'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dance-recital-evoke-motionemotion.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/11\/CandaceAdams-325x297.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art features the works of 15 contemporary Australian aboriginal painters in “Dreamkeepers: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art” from Nov. 29-Jan. 19. There will be a free, public opening reception on Thursday, Nov. 29, from 4-6 p.m. at the museum. The museum is open weekdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturdays 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and will be closed for Christmas break, Dec. 17-Jan. 6. For more information, call (805) 565-6162.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-11-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibit to Showcase Colorful Aboriginal Art", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibit-showcase-colorful-aboriginal-art.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/11\/JeanniePetyarre_MedicineLeaves_Red-325x188.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Hundreds of Westmont students, faculty, staff and alumni will crowd onto Kerrwood Lawn for the 11th annual Christmas Tree Lighting, featuring the college’s famous 150-foot redwood tree, affectionately known as the Pickle Tree, on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Festivities outside Kerrwood Hall will include the Westmont Gospel Choir singing Christmas carols and the annual Pickle Tree Address, beginning at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-11-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Tree Lighting to Usher in Christmas Season", "link": "\/westmont-news\/tree-lighting-usher-christmas-season.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/11\/Kerrwood-Christmas-2011-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Weather permitting, Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope hopes to show off the planet Jupiter during a free, public viewing of the stars on Friday, Nov. 16, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-11-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing May Feature the Surface of Jupiter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-may-feature-surface-jupiter.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/11\/FallObservatory-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Visitors to the Holiday Ceramic Show and Sale, which opens Thursday, Nov. 15, in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, will be able to purchase and walk out the door with items from the exhibition. The show, which runs through Dec. 14, opens Nov. 15 at 10 a.m. with coffee and sweets. “It’s different than past ceramic exhibitions in the gallery, in that this is going to be a cash-and-carry sale,” says Christopher Rupp, museum collections manager, who will also be exhibiting his artwork. “People will be able to buy work on the spot and take it home with them.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-11-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ceramic Art Show, Sale to Break the Mold", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ceramic-art-show-sale-break-mold.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/11\/CeramicShow-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Tickets to the eighth annual Westmont Christmas Festival went on sale Nov. 8 and quickly sold out. Westmont is allowing the public to attend a free dress rehearsal of the program on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7:30 p.m. The doors will open for the dress rehearsal at 7:15 p.m., and no reservations are required. Please do not arrive before 7 p.m. if you wish to attend the dress rehearsal. This will be a working rehearsal, but it will be in full, formal attire and will run as seamlessly as possible. Please call (805) 565-7140 for more information.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-11-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Soldout Festival to Recreate Angels' Songs", "link": "\/westmont-news\/soldout-festival-recreate-angels-songs.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/11\/CandleSinger-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College Festival Theatre’s production of “Much Ado about Nothing” made a big splash on audiences who continued to pack Porter Theatre through the final weekend. Paige Tautz (Beatrice) and Mak Manson (Benedick) stole the show, finely balancing doses of physical comedy and slapstick. The last three shows (Nov. 1-3) drew 490 people, two shy of complete sellouts at a theatre with a maximum capacity at seats 164.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-11-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Much Ado about 'Much Ado'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/much-ado-about-much-ado.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/11\/MuchAdoHiding-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont in San Francisco is throwing a party to celebrate its new garden, resting atop the roof of the Clunie house on Sunday, Nov. 18, from 4-6 p.m. at 301 Lyon Street in San Francisco. The dedication is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-11-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hosts Rooftop Garden Party in SF", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hosts-rooftop-garden-party-sf.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/11\/garden-sprouts-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "[gallery]", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-11-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Quick Response Suppresses the Cold Fire", "link": "\/westmont-news\/quick-response-suppresses-cold-fire.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Debussy Trio Concert, featuring Harpist Marcia Dickstein, flutist Angela Wiegand and violist David Walther, perform a unique repertoire of 20th\/21st century music on Sunday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. in Montecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold Spring Rd. The performance is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted to support the harp program at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-11-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Trio to Feature Works by Area Composers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/trio-feature-works-area-composers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/11\/marciadickstein.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student composers, vocalists and instrumentalists showcase their talents in several concerts this November. All performances are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-11-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students to Showcase Their Musical Talents", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-showcase-their-musical-talents.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/11\/Gee-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont professors Jeff Schloss and Tremper Longman III will explore a range of issues in the relationship between Genesis and science in a free, public lecture, Thursday, Nov. 8, from 5:30-7 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. Tickets are not needed, although the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call 565-6051. The lecture, “Origins: A Biologist and a Biblical Scholar Discuss Genesis and Scientific Accounts,” is part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter, which is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Origins' Talk to Probe Genesis and Science", "link": "\/westmont-news\/origins-talk-probe-genesis-and-science.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/SchlossLongman-505x295.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "World-renown guitarist Mak Grgić returns to Westmont for the Rising Star Concert Series on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The suggested donation at the door is $10; Hotel Santa Barbara sponsors the performance.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Top Guitarist Returns for 'Rising Star'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/top-guitarist-returns-rising-star.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/mak_grgic_4-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider will answer questions from Westmont students in a chapel service discussion about poverty and homelessness on Wednesday, Oct. 31, at 10:30 a.m. in Murchison Gym. The event is part of Global Focus Week, which this year is focusing on wealth and poverty.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Speakers Tackle Issues of Wealth, Poverty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/speakers-tackle-issues-wealth-poverty.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/GFW-2012-Design-325x210.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Volunteers will be planting more than 40 fruit trees, providing a variety of campus-grown produce for Westmont’s dining services. Alumnus Anthony Waldrop ’11 will lead the planting on Friday, Oct. 26, from noon until 3 p.m. at two vegetable gardens he built last spring.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Gardens Get Fruitful Additions", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-gardens-get-fruitful-additions.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/GardenHarvest-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Junior Ben Offringa and sophomore Jake Elliott have written and composed “The Opera of the Elements,” which they will premiere during Opera Scenes on Sunday, Oct. 28, at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. The performance, part of the Musical Drama Workshop, will include opera arias, duets and Broadway songs. It is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Opera Scenes to Premiere a Mini Musical", "link": "\/westmont-news\/opera-scenes-premiere-mini-musical.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/OffringaElliott-505x375.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Golfers and disc golfers will play together at the Montecito Country Club for the 5th annual William Wiersma Golf and Disc Tournament on Monday, Oct. 29, beginning at 1 p.m. The tournament benefits the William Wiersma Memorial Scholarship Endowment at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Golfers Collaborate at Stick, Disc Tourney", "link": "\/westmont-news\/golfers-collaborate-stick-disc-tourney.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/Jeff_Tom_Dan_Leon-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has installed a new Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer in the Whittier Science Building thanks to a $383,000 grant from the Fletcher Jones Foundation. The new 400 MHz spectrometer, which replaces a 300 MHz spectrometer that had reached the end of its 14-year life expectancy, allows researchers to peer into the molecular world and determine the structure of molecules.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Gets New High-Tech Equipment", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-gets-new-high-tech-equipment.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/NMR-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Susan Penksa, Westmont political science professor and co-author of the book “The European Union in Global Security: The Politics of Impact” reacts to the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to the EU. She says that European integration played an indispensable role in fostering peace and security in Western Europe.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Penksa Discusses the EU, Its Nobel Prize", "link": "\/westmont-news\/penksa-discusses-eu-its-nobel-prize.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/PenksaSusan-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont celebrates its 75th anniversary during Homecoming Oct. 26-28 with several on-campus events as well as a sold-out gala dinner featuring President Gayle D. Beebe who will reflect on the college’s heritage. The gala at Fess Parker’s Double Tree Resort will also highlight 75 outstanding alumni and honor Stan Gaede ’69 as the Alumnus of the Year.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Homecoming to Celebrate 75 Years, Gaede", "link": "\/westmont-news\/homecoming-celebrate-75-years-gaede.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/Homecoming1-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lauren Kahea Moriarty, a retired U.S. ambassador, explores the role of being an international diplomat at a free, public lecture, “Adventures in Diplomacy: Making a Difference,” Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 4 p.m. at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall in Hieronymus Lounge.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Retired Ambassador Talks about Adventures", "link": "\/westmont-news\/retired-ambassador-talks-about-adventures.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/Lauren-Moriarty-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "As part of the college’s 75th anniversary celebration, Westmont Festival Theatre features the work of seven alumni in William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” Oct. 26 at 8:30 p.m., Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Nov. 1-3 at 8 p.m., all in Westmont's Porter Theatre. Tickets are $7 for students and seniors, $10 for adults, and can be purchased online at www.westmont.edu\/boxoffice or by calling (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Thomas Brings Laughs with 'Much Ado'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/thomas-brings-laughs-much-ado.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/MuchAdoAboutNothing_web1-325x501.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 300 high school singers will join the Westmont College Choir and perform at the eighth annual Westmont Fall Choral Festival Friday, Oct. 26, at 3:45 p.m. in First United Methodist Church, 305 East Anapamu St., and at 6 p.m. in First Presbyterian, 21 E. Constance Ave. Both performances are free and open to the public though seating is limited.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Hundreds of Teen Voices to 'Sing Joyfully'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/hundreds-teen-voices-sing-joyfully.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/MensChorale-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will focus on a planetary nebula known as the Blue Snowball (NGC 7662) during the monthly viewing of the stars, Friday Oct. 19. The free event is held every third friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit and begins after 6:30 p.m. and lasts several hours. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Telescope to Zoom in on the Blue Snowball", "link": "\/westmont-news\/telescope-zoom-blue-snowball.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/FallObservatory-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Critically acclaimed Palestinian poet Ghassan Zaqtan and translator Fady Joudah will read selections and discuss their latest book, “Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me: And Other Poems,” Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 4 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The event, sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, Westmont Office of the Provost, Westmont’s English and history departments and UC Santa Barbara’s Center for Middle East Studies, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reading to Feature Famed Palestinian Poets", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reading-feature-famed-palestinian-poets.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/PalestinianPoets-505x383.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra, back from its tour of China in May, opens its seventh season, performing the Fall Orchestra Concert on Friday, Oct. 19, at 8 p.m. in the Music Academy’s Hahn Hall and Sunday, Oct. 21, at 3 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. General admission is $10 and students are free. To purchase tickets or for more information, please contact Trinity Hokama at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra to Perform Diemer World Premiere", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-perform-diemer-world-premiere.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/Orchestra2013-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For the first time, Westmont dedicates an entire art show to its talented alumni in “Journeys: Westmont Alumni Artists’ Invitational” on Oct. 18-Nov. 17 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. An opening reception with the 12 artists on Thursday, Oct. 18, from 4-6 p.m. at the museum is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Museum Features Diverse Works of Alumni", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-features-diverse-works-alumni.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/AFRICA_5_2845-e1349386466603-325x325.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont hosted a special dinner to honor Montecito resident and philanthropist Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree on Sept. 29 at the Four Seasons Biltmore Hotel.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Lauds Lady Leslie", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-lauds-lady-leslie.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/RidleyTreeBeebes-505x335.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Tom Knecht, Westmont associate professor of political science, examines the U.S. election process and voter’s misguided approach to the system in “You’re Voting Wrong! How Americans Get Elections Wrong and Why It Matters,” on Monday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. at Kerrwood Hall in Hieronymus Lounge.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-10-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Knecht to Shed Light on Election Fallacies", "link": "\/westmont-news\/knecht-shed-light-election-fallacies.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/10\/Knecht-Tom-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont professors discuss how religious factors are influencing the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Jesse Covington, assistant professor of political science, and Telford Work, associate professor of religious studies, will talk about “Religion in the 2012 Election: What Difference Is It Making?” Thursday, Oct. 11, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The event, part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter, is free and open to the public. Tickets are not needed, although the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-09-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Probe Religion in the 2012 Election", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-probe-religion-2012-election.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/09\/CovingtonWork-325x232.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Martin Institute for Christianity and Culture and Dallas Willard Center for Christian Spiritual Formation (MI\/DWC) at Westmont College is hosting a sold-out conference to help Christian leaders embrace their role as teachers of the knowledge of God in Christ. The Knowing Christ Conference, Feb. 21-23, is the inaugural conference for the institute, which was founded in 2010 by Westmont trustee Patty Martin and her husband, Eff, with the goal of placing an enduring emphasis on the literary, historical and Christian heritage of Willard and others in the modern spiritual formation movement.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-09-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "MI Hosts Sold-Out Christian Leadership Conference", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mi-hosts-sold-out-christian-leadership-conference.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/09\/WillardCenter-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont officially installs Mark L. Sargent as provost and dean of faculty at a special convocation Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 10:30 a.m. in Murchison Gym. Speakers will include Eileen McMahon McQuade, vice chair of the faculty and chair of the biology department; Jane Higa, dean of students and vice president for student life; former Westmont president Stan Gaede; Carla Sanderson, provost and executive vice president at Union University; Ron Mahurin, vice president of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities; and members of Sargent’s family.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-09-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sargent to be Installed as Provost, Dean", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sargent-be-installed-provost-dean.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/09\/SargentSeated-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Steven Friesen, professor of religious studies at the University of Texas Austin, speaks about “Violence and the Book of Revelation: Žižek and John, Together at Last” at the UCSB-Westmont Annual Lecture in New Testament on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 6 p.m. in UCSB’s McCune Conference Room, Humanities and Social Science Building room 6020. The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-09-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont, UCSB to Host Annual Lecture in New Testament", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-ucsb-host-annual-lecture-new-testament.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/09\/Friesen_Steve_924-325x341.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Rick Ifland ’83, a successful entrepreneur and private equity investor, will direct Westmont’s Eaton Program for Entrepreneurship and Innovation beginning Nov. 1. He will also teach business courses as associate professor of economics and business, a non-tenure-track position. During his interim appointment, Ifland will take a leave of absence from the Westmont Board of Trustees and Board of Advisors.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-09-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Entrepreneur, Alumnus to Lead New Program", "link": "\/westmont-news\/entrepreneur-alumnus-lead-new-program.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/09\/IflandRick-325x412.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Ring Nebula, M57, will be the star attraction at a free, public viewing with Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope Friday, Sept. 21. The monthly viewing, held in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, begins after 7:45 p.m. and lasts several hours. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-09-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing of the Stars to Feature Ring Nebula", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-stars-feature-ring-nebula.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/09\/Observatory-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus Jerry H. Gill ’56, adjunct professor of philosophy, religious studies and humanities at Pima Community College in Tucson, Ariz., explores the relationship between faith and reason in a free, public lecture, “Faith and\/or Reason,” Friday, Sept. 14, at 3:30 p.m. in Adams Center 216.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-09-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Philosophy Professor Probes Faith, Reason", "link": "\/westmont-news\/philosophy-professor-probes-faith-reason.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/09\/JerryGill-325x402.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Carmel Gabriel Saad, who joins Westmont this fall as an assistant professor of psychology, is an Egyptian-American whose research focuses on bicultural identities and is interested in studying dual non-cultural identities and creativity.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-09-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professor Examines Psychology of Culture", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professor-examines-psychology-culture.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/09\/SaadCarmel-505x673.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is ranked in the top 100 for the fourth straight year in this year’s listings of the best liberal arts colleges according to U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges, 2013 Edition.” Of the nation’s 251 liberal arts colleges, Westmont finished tied for 90th, the same ranking it held last year and its highest ranking as a national liberal arts college.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-09-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Remains High in College Rankings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-remains-high-college-rankings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/09\/Library-505x332.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Members of the music faculty at Westmont present a recital featuring the works of Mendelssohn, Bach and Stephen Sondheim on Friday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-09-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Faculty Perform in Fall Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-faculty-perform-fall-recital-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/09\/FicsorPlaying-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lee Hardy, professor of philosophy at Calvin College, lectures about “Hume’s Defense of True Religion” Thursday, Sept. 6, from 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. at Hieronymus Lounge in Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The talk, based on an essay in a forthcoming anthology from Notre Dame University Press, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-09-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture to Explore Hume, 'True Religion'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-explore-hume-true-religion.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/09\/LeeHardyTeaching2-505x335.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra, under the direction of Michael Shasberger, Adams professor or music and worship, will perform during two worship services Sunday, Sept. 16, at 9 a.m. and 10:20 a.m. at Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church, 1825 Alamo Pintado Road. The worship service is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-09-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra to Perform at Santa Ynez Church", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-perform-santa-ynez-church.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/09\/orchestra-china-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Twenty-five students will exhibit their summer research projects Thursday, Sept. 6, from 4-6 p.m. in Winter Hall. “A Celebration of Summer Research at Westmont” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-08-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students to Show Off Summer Research", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-show-summer-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/08\/IMG_8068-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mary Blackwood Collier, who has taught French at Westmont for 31 years, was knighted by David Martinon, consul general of France, Los Angeles, as a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques on Aug. 26 at a private reception at Birnam Wood, attended by about 100 colleagues and friends.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-08-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Popular French Professor is Knighted", "link": "\/westmont-news\/popular-french-professor-knighted.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/08\/DavidMartinonMaryCollierGayleBeebe-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont and Sodexo, the college’s dining service, open the doors to an enhanced Dining Commons as students arrive for the fall semester Monday, Aug. 27. Administration, staff, students and Sodexo representatives worked together to plan the renovation, which occurred in two phases over two summers. Several concepts emerged as the team consulted with local design firm JM Holliday Associates. Randy Jones, Westmont campus planner, says they wanted to create varied experiences for the daily diner, improved circulation and a display cooking station.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-08-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Renovated DC to Offer Greater Variety", "link": "\/westmont-news\/renovated-dc-offer-greater-variety.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/08\/IMG_4900-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 339 first-year students representing Westmont’s Class of 2016 arrive for Orientation beginning Thursday, Aug. 23. The first day of classes for all Westmont students is Monday, Aug. 27.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-08-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Globally-Minded Class of 2016 Arrives", "link": "\/westmont-news\/globally-minded-class-2016-arrives.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/08\/Clark-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four new Monroe Scholars arrive at Westmont this week. Only students with exceptional academic abilities, strong character and a desire to grow in their Christian faith receive the four-year, full-tuition Monroe Scholarship. In the past 11 years, Westmont has awarded 37 Monroe Scholarships, the highest academic honor for incoming students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-08-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Gives Full Tuition to Top Scholars", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-gives-full-tuition-top-scholars.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/08\/MK4_3962-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Norwegian printmaker Jan Albert Fürst Kolstad, who uses light and nature to create mood and atmosphere in his art, opens a new season at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art Aug. 23-Oct. 13. A free, public opening reception for 'Jan Albert Furst Kolstad: Prints' will be held Thursday, Aug. 30, from 4-6 p.m. at the museum.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-08-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Norwegian Printmaker Opens New Season", "link": "\/westmont-news\/norwegian-printmaker-opens-new-season.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/08\/11_0347-325x173.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont opens up its campus for a unique 5K race that winds through varying terrain Thursday, Aug. 16, at 6:15 p.m., beginning near the track and Thorrington Field. Registration fees to the third annual Westmonster, which benefits Westmont College Athletics, are $35, $15 for students, $10 for children under 15 and free for children under 11. The fee includes a T-shirt and post-race meal provided by Eric Widmer of La Cumbre Country Club.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-08-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmonster 5K Race to Challenge Runners", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmonster-5k-race-challenge-runners.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/08\/Westmonster5KStart-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Workers are busy modernizing the lobby of Westmont’s Murchison Gym, upgrading the lighting, ceilings and walls, and installing two, 70-inch monitors to show video and photos of Westmont Hall of Fame athletes and other information. Maple hardwood flooring, dating back to the construction of the gym in the late 1960s, was removed during a 2008 renovation and has been recycled for use on the lobby walls.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-08-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gym Lobby Gets a Pre-Season Makeover", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gym-lobby-gets-pre-season-makeover.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/08\/MK4_3375-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Twenty first-year Westmont students met on campus Aug. 9 before trekking through the Sierra backcountry north of Yosemite. Inoculum is a unique, 12-day orientation program that introduces students to Westmont and earns them two units of academic and physical education credit.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-07-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Students Explore, Thrive in Wilderness", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-students-explore-thrive-wilderness.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/07\/DSCN1753-325x243.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The John Stauffer Charitable Trust has awarded a $500,000 challenge grant to endow the Westmont chemistry department’s Summer Science Research Program. The trust will match each dollar donated to the program through 2017 until the college is able to endow the program with $1 million.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-07-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grant to Raise $1M for Student Research", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grant-raise-1m-student-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/07\/Student-Research-Chemistry-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The National Association of Schools of Music and the Westmont Review Committee of the Academic Senate have approved a music major emphasis in worship leadership. This new program, which is open to students from any church background, will begin in fall 2013.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-07-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Majors Focus on Worship Leadership", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-majors-focus-worship-leadership.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/07\/ChapelBand-325x221.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Newton, who has taught entrepreneurial finance at Westmont for 22 years, has been appointed provost at King’s College in New York City, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1981. He begins the position Jan. 1, 2013.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-07-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Newton Becomes Provost of King's College", "link": "\/westmont-news\/newton-becomes-provost-kings-college.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/07\/NewtonShort-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Great Hercules Globular Cluster, Messier 13, will dazzle viewers at a free, public stargazing event with the powerful Keck Telescope Friday, July 20. The sun will not set until after 8 p.m., making the best viewing after 9 p.m. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. The viewing lasts several hours. In case of overcast skies, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-07-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "July Viewing Features Globular Clusters", "link": "\/westmont-news\/july-viewing-features-globular-clusters.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/07\/NASA-ESA-NASA-ESA-and-the-Hubble-Heritage-Team-325x325.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 30 high school students completed three weeks of intensive classes with Professors Alister Chapman, Christian Hoeckley and Telford Work as part of the Westmont Summer Scholars program. In its second year, the program nearly tripled in size, offering students the opportunity to experience life at Westmont while earning college credits. The students studied either Perspectives on World History with Chapman, Philosophical Perspectives on Truth and Value with Hoeckley or Introduction to Christian Doctrine with Work.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-07-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summer Scholars Success", "link": "\/westmont-news\/summer-scholars-success.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/07\/SummerScholars2012-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Montecito International Music Festival returns to Westmont for its fifth season with a stellar lineup of visiting artists and talented faculty. About 140 students from around the world take part in a three-week, music-intensive program July 16-Aug. 3. “They are among the most talented young musicians in the world, coming together to learn from today’s masters and to share the joy of chamber music with their contemporaries,” says Director Chan Ho Yun.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-07-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Fest Brings World-Class Talent to Montecito", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-fest-brings-world-class-talent-montecito.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/07\/MeyersMazzucco344-505x364.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 40 top math and science high school students from the U.S. and foreign countries are arriving at Westmont for the 54th Summer Science Program (SSP) through Aug. 1. SSP students will learn astrophysics by day and observe near-Earth asteroids at night with Westmont’s 24-inch Keck telescope.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-06-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Top High School Students Study Science at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/top-high-school-students-study-science-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/06\/SSP-325x399.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Enjoy splendid photography and get a sense of life at Westmont through a new iPad app. In “2011: A Year in Pictures” the college highlights key events with a series of stunning images by Westmont photographer M. Bradley Elliott. Optimized for the retina display of the latest iPad, the pictorial essay works well on all three iPad versions. To view it, download the free Westmont magazine at Apple’s App Store. The “Year in Pictures” appears as one of the issues, and you may install it as well as the four magazine issues available on the iPad.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-06-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Releases 2011: A Year in Pictures for the iPad", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-releases-2011-year-pictures-ipad.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/06\/yearinreview-325x259.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Susan Penksa, Westmont political science professor, is discussing her book, “The European Union in Global Security: The Politics of Impact,” at several seminars and book launch events this June in Sarajevo and Brussels. The book, co-authored by Roy Ginsberg, Jean Monnet professor in European integration studies at Skidmore College, analyzes the EU’s security operations.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-06-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "EU, U.S. Host Penksa Book Launch in Sarajevo", "link": "\/westmont-news\/eu-us-host-penksa-book-launch-sarajevo.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/06\/PenksaSusan-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 30 high school students will experience life at Westmont while earning college credits June 17-July 7. The Summer Scholars program allows juniors and seniors to take three weeks of intensive classes with professors while living on campus in a residence hall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-06-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summer Scholars to Get a Jump on College", "link": "\/westmont-news\/summer-scholars-get-jump-college.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/06\/summerscholars-505x290.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Several Westmont alumnae and a current student have created and will perform three, 10-minute, original plays simultaneously inside three parked vehicles Thursday, June 7, from 5-8 p.m. in the plaza directly behind the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. “Double Feature\/Double Parked” is sponsored by the museum as part of its current art exhibition, “Behind the Wheel,” and is part of the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization’s 1st Thursday. The production is free, but audience seating inside the vehicles is limited. Reservations will be accepted in person at the museum that evening.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-06-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Car Plays' to Drive into SB's 1st Thursday", "link": "\/westmont-news\/car-plays-drive-sbs-1st-thursday.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/06\/DianaSmall-LadyInWaiting-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Online registration is open for Westmont’s popular summer sports camps, which will enjoy the college’s improved athletic facilities. Several all-day camps have returned to the traditional 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with aftercare offered until 4:30 p.m. All camps, which begin June 11 and run through July 30, start at 9 a.m. and cost $225 or $250. The price includes a camp T-shirt, photo and instruction by Westmont coaches as well as current and former Westmont student-athletes. Campers also have the opportunity to swim in the Westmont pool throughout the week.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-05-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sports Camps are Swinging into the Summer", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sports-camps-are-swinging-summer.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/05\/DavisDribble-325x470.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Santa Barbara Independent honored Westmont theater arts professors John Blondell and Mitchell Thomas and student Chris Wagstaffe, giving them Independent Theater Awards May 21 at the Santa Barbara Club. It is the 20th year the Independent has honored the best in Santa Barbara theater.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-05-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theater Student, Professors Earn Indys", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theater-student-professors-earn-indys.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/05\/photo-5-e1337885966281-505x573.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A record 71 Westmont students on a dozen teams will spend at least four weeks this summer serving communities around the world, including Bolivia, China, Guatemala, Nepal, Uganda, Spain, Japan, Israel and Indonesia. The student-led, staff-directed Emmaus Road program is in its 14th year, sponsoring activities that serve to increase awareness of global concerns, broadening the worldview of students and promoting the value of diversity.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-05-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Record 71 Students to Serve this Summer", "link": "\/westmont-news\/record-71-students-serve-summer.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/05\/EmmausRoad11-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Montecito’s only juried art exhibition moves to the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art after a one-year hiatus, featuring the works of 58 different artists May 17-June 30. “LIFT 2012” celebrates the lift off of the college’s new museum space with a varied collection of paintings, sculptures, textiles, ceramics and printmaking. The exhibition opens with a free public reception Thursday, May 17, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-05-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Juried Art Show to Lift Off at Museum", "link": "\/westmont-news\/juried-art-show-lift-museum.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/05\/bela__bacsi_768-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The ringed planet Saturn is expected to dazzle stargazers at a free, public viewing with the powerful Keck Telescope Friday, May 18. The event, which begins about 8 p.m., lasts several hours. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-05-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing Features Saturn, Five of Its Moons", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-features-saturn-five-its-moons.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/05\/TC_1059-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Family and friends will celebrate the life of Alex Moore at a memorial service Tuesday, May 15, at 4 p.m. at Santa Barbara Community Church, 1002 Cieneguitas Road in Santa Barbara. A reception at the church will follow the service.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-05-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alex Moore Service Set for May 15", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alex-moore-service-set-may-15.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/05\/alex-moore-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alex Moore, who joined the Westmont faculty in 2011 as assistant professor of kinesiology, died May 9 from complications following surgery. Moore was 31. His wife, Kirsten, survives him; the couple met at Westmont in 2005 when she became the college’s head women’s basketball coach. They got married in 2008, and their first child is due in July.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-05-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Mourns the Death of Professor", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-mourns-death-professor.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/05\/Moorealex-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Student Life Office awarded 10 outstanding students for their leadership during the past year. The 12th annual David K. Winter Servant Leadership Awards are given each spring to students who show exemplary leadership through service at Westmont and in the community. Each recipient receives $1,000 toward next year’s school expenses.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-05-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Lauded for Servant Leadership", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-lauded-servant-leadership.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/05\/DKW-Award-2012-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 4,000 people cheered on 314 graduates of the Class of 2012 under blue, sunny skies at Carr Field during Commencement May 5. A grove of still-charred eucalyptus trees behind the main stage served as a reminder that many of these graduating students evacuated to the gym during the devastating Tea Fire in November 2008 during their first year at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-05-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Commencement Honors Student, Community Servants", "link": "\/westmont-news\/commencement-honors-student-community-servants.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/05\/Westmont-Banner-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Orchestra, consisting of 63 student-musicians, travels to China May 9-18, performing in Beijing, Suzhou and Shanghai. The orchestra, under the direction of conductor Michael Shasberger, will perform concerts at Beijing University of Technology, Sun Village, Suzhou Art and Design Technology Institute, Suzhou Organization on Disability, Fudan University and Shanghai University. There are 68 people in the tour group, plus a professional guide.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-05-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra to Tour and Perform in China", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-tour-and-perform-china.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/05\/Orchestra2012-505x340.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is ranked in the top 20 percent and is the highest Christian liberal arts school in a survey by PayScale, which looked at the return of investment at more than 850 U.S. colleges and universities. The ROI Rankings, which considered in-state and out-of-state tuition compared to average lifetime earnings, list Westmont as No. 172.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Degree Ranks High on PayScale", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-degree-ranks-high-payscale.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/BusinessCompetition-505x344.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nancy Ortberg, leadership development director at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, delivers the address at Westmont’s Commencement, which features 314 graduates, 109 with honors, on Saturday, May 5, from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Russell Carr Field. Chad and Ginni Dreier will receive the Westmont Medal, which honors those whose lives embody the principles associated with the Christian character of the college. Commencement is free and open to the public, however, there is no parking available on campus. Guests will need to park their cars at Santa Barbara City College and use Westmont’s free shuttle service to campus for the ceremony.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Commencement to Feature Ortberg, Dreiers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/commencement-feature-ortberg-dreiers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/C11_0824-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For the second time in five years, the Westmont Men’s Polo Team finished second in the U.S. Polo Association Intercollegiate Polo Championships, falling to the University of Virginia 17-23 on April 22 at Cornell University in New York. The Warriors beat Colorado State University 23-18 on April 18 and the University of Connecticut 22-13 on April 20 to advance to the finals against the Cavaliers.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Polo Team Rides High After Falling in Finals", "link": "\/westmont-news\/polo-team-rides-high-after-falling-finals.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/SecondPlaceTeam-505x360.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": ">The Westmont Men’s Polo Team has advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Polo Association Intercollegiate Polo Championships at Cornell University in New York after beating Colorado State University 23-18 on April 18. The Warriors, coached by John Westley of Santa Barbara Polo School, battle the University of Connecticut Friday, April 20, at 1 p.m. PST.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Polo Team Rides Into National Semifinals", "link": "\/westmont-news\/polo-team-rides-national-semifinals.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/Westmont-Polo-2012-505x413.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alumnus Anthony Waldrop ’11 cultivated his love for environmental sustainability while a student at Westmont. Waldrop has now spearheaded an effort to provide campus-grown produce for Westmont’s dining services. He has built a 6,000-square-foot garden on the southern end of campus and has plans to build another 7,000-square-foot garden on the western edge.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alum Plants New Garden for Westmont Cafeteria", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alum-plants-new-garden-westmont-cafeteria.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/garden2-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Eric Scerri, a chemist and philosopher of science, explores the history and philosophy of the period table in a free, public lecture Saturday, April 21, at 12:30 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The lecture, “The Periodic Table: Its Story and Significance,” is co-sponsored by the California Los Padres Section of the American Chemical Society and the Westmont Department of Chemistry.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Dissect the Periodic Table", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-dissect-periodic-table.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/Scerri.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mars, the red planet, will be the focus for stargazers at a free, public viewing with the powerful Keck Telescope Friday, April 20. The event, which begins about 8 p.m., lasts several hours. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing to Feature Mars, Celestial Hot Dog", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-feature-mars-celestial-hot-dog.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/RedObservatory-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mitchell Thomas, Westmont theatre arts professor and department chair, performs a one-man show, “The Fever,” written by Wallace Shawn and winner of the 1991 Obie award for best play, April 26-28 all at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s new black-box theater, the Space, adjacent to Porter Theatre. General admission tickets may be purchased for $10 at the box office or by calling (805) 565-7140. Additional performances are Sunday, April 29, at 8 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 1500 State Street, and Wednesday, May 2, at 8 p.m. at Municipal Winemakers, 22 Anacapa Street, in downtown Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'The Fever' Spreads to New Theater Space", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fever-spreads-new-theater-space.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/Thomas-Mitchell--325x263.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont students present new works for theater, dance and performance art at “Westmont Fringe 2012: Fresh-ly Sliced,” which is modeled on fringe festivals throughout the world, April 19-21 from 6:30-10:30 p.m., beginning at Porter Theatre. A $10 general admission wristband, good for all three days of the festival, may be purchased at the box office or through Beth Whitcomb at (805) 565-7040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fringe Offers 'Fresh-ly Sliced' Performances", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fringe-offers-fresh-ly-sliced-performances.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/FringePoster-505x769.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "New York Times best-selling author Donald Miller hosts a two-day workshop at Westmont June 8-9 to help people understand and plan their lives. Tickets to the Storyline Conference, which is sponsored by Westmont Impact, are $199 to $299 per person and available through www.westmontimpact.org.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Blue Like Jazz' Author Speaks at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/blue-jazz-author-speaks-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/Miller-1_hiRes-325x226.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This April, the Westmont Music Department showers the community with several performances, including the Spring Orchestra Concert on Sunday, April 29, at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 21 East Constance Avenue. General admission is $10 and students are free. To purchase tickets or for more information, please contact Trinity Hokama at (805) 565-6040. Seven other performances this month are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "April Concerts to Reveal Spring Colors", "link": "\/westmont-news\/april-concerts-reveal-spring-colors.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/RebeccaShasberger-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Horticulturalist and Westmont alumna Virginia Hayes ‘72, curator of the living collection at Lotusland, lectures about Madame Ganna Walska’s famed botanic garden Tuesday, April 17, from 7-8 p.m. in Westmont’s Adams Center room 216. The lecture, part of Westmont in Lotusland Day, is free and open to the public. The lecture is in conjunction with a Lotusland art exhibition that’ll be on display in the library through the spring semester.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Horticulturist to Talk about Lotusland", "link": "\/westmont-news\/horticulturist-talk-about-lotusland.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/lotus-land2-LECTURE-AND-TOUR-FINAL-325x420.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 1,500 people attended “Días de México: A Family Festival” at Westmont March 24, celebrating Mexico’s vibrant culture through dance and art. The event, which began with a youth soccer game on Thorrington Field, included dozens of activities and crafts for children. About 300 budding artists created tissue-paper flowers, crosses and ceramic tiles, while also learning about printmaking, tin art and weaving.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Crowds Enjoy Días de México", "link": "\/westmont-news\/crowds-enjoy-dias-de-mexico.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/IMG_5305-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "An impressive number of art majors who graduate this year will present their final artwork in Westmont’s annual senior show, “Senior Exhibition 2012: The End?” April 5-May 5 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. The 23 senior art majors, the second most ever at Westmont, will attend an opening reception Thursday, April 5, from 4-6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Graduating Art Majors Exhibit Their Work", "link": "\/westmont-news\/graduating-art-majors-exhibit-their-work.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/SeniorShow2011-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Martha Ensign Johnson, who’s taught printmaking at Westmont since 2008, displays her wildfire-inspired artwork April 13-May 5 at Santa Barbara Tennis Club, 2375 Foothill Road. Johnson will be at a free, public reception of “3,” which includes works by artists Amber O’Neill and Michele Zuzalek, on Friday, April 13, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Printmaker's Exhibition Rises from Wildfires", "link": "\/westmont-news\/printmakers-exhibition-rises-wildfires.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/Johnson_Martha-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Paul Willis shares several of his poems and his thoughts about a poet’s place in our community at “A Poetry Reading and Reflection” on Thursday, April 12, at 5:30 p.m. in the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The event, part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter, is free and open to the public. Tickets are not needed, although the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-04-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Willis to Reflect on the Power of Poetry", "link": "\/westmont-news\/willis-reflect-power-poetry.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/04\/Willis-Paul-2012-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Choir tours Southern California April 13-15 with performances in San Dimas, Glendale, Downey and Oxnard. The Westmont College Choir Spring Tour 2012, featuring 40 student singers, includes a repertoire that will explore the life of Christ through the eyes of five centuries of composers.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-03-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Choir Tours Southern California", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-choir-tours-southern-california.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/03\/Choir-2011-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A delegation from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Ukraine, visits Westmont on Friday, March 23, to tour the campus and hold a roundtable discussion with faculty and students. The five elected Crimean legislators and staff have spent a week in Santa Barbara, promoting understanding between the U.S. and the Supreme Council of Crimea. The cultural and political exchange, hosted by the Santa Barbara Sister Cities Board and sponsored by the Open World Leadership Center, has focused on democratic reform and government accountability. The group came from the city of Yalta, Santa Barbara’s sister city and a well-known resort on the Black Sea.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-03-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ukraine Delegation Visits SB, Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ukraine-delegation-visits-sb-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/03\/Nazarenko-Tatiana-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Willis, Westmont professor of English and Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, has organized a month-long celebration of poetry events throughout Santa Barbara. National Poetry Month, which was inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, has been part of organized celebrations in Santa Barbara for seven years, following the installation of the city’s first poet laureate, Barry Spacks.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-03-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Willis Showcases a Month of Poetry in SB", "link": "\/westmont-news\/willis-showcases-month-poetry-sb.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/03\/Willis-Paul-2012-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Weather permitting, Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will be available to Central Coast stargazers Friday, March 16, beginning at about 8 p.m. and lasting several hours. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been cancelled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-03-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Cloudy Skies Threaten Views of Red Planet", "link": "\/westmont-news\/cloudy-skies-threaten-views-red-planet.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/03\/Cloudy-Observatory-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robert Gates, who was secretary of defense under two presidents, detailed the global threats to the U.S., while imploring the crowd of more than 750 people at the Westmont President’s Breakfast March 2 to elect real leaders willing to defend our interests and engage with the rest of the world. In the Grand Ballroom of Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort, Gates said during tough economic times and in the wake of major conflicts, the one thing the U.S. cannot do is repeat the mistakes of the past. “(That was) a pattern repeated in the decade prior to 9\/11,” Gates said. “The prospect of the United States going down that path again sends chills through much of the free and civilized world.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-03-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gates Urges Compromise in Face of Global Conflicts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gates-urges-compromise-face-global-conflicts.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/03\/GatesHorizontal-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jonathan Tran of Baylor University will lecture about “Bombs or Bread? American Exceptionalism and the Church’s Mission to the Nations” on Thursday, March 8, at 3:30 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-03-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Tran to Ponder 'Bombs or Bread'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/tran-ponder-bombs-or-bread.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/03\/93619.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 300 Westmont students will spend spring break (March 12-16) working with the underserved in Ensenada, Mexico, Los Angeles and San Francisco. More than 200 students and dozens of community volunteers will be in Ensenada for the 35th year of the student-organized service trip Potter’s Clay.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-03-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Use Spring Break to Volunteer", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-use-spring-break-volunteer.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/03\/Construction-Team-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont women’s basketball team cut down the nets a second time this season in Murchison Gym following an impressive comeback March 5 to defeat Azusa Pacific 70-64 and capture the Golden State Athletic Conference tournament championship game. The Warriors will now battle for a national title at the NAIA tournament March 14-20 in Frankfort, Ky. Their first game will be Thursday, March 15, at 9:30 a.m. against Lyon College, Ark. The Warriors previously cut down the nets on Kammerer Court Feb. 21 after claiming their first-ever GSAC regular season championship.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-03-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lady Warriors Take Momentum to Nationals", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lady-warriors-take-momentum-nationals.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/03\/champs_73-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Damir Arsenijevic, cultural theorist and critic, explores contemporary Bosnian poetry and the country’s recent horrific past in a lecture, “Love After Genocide,” on March 6 at 4 p.m. in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at Westmont. The talk, which is free and open to the public, is co-sponsored by the Westmont Department of Political Science and the Westmont Gender Studies Program.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-03-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Examine 'Love After Genocide'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examine-love-after-genocide.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/03\/Damir-Arsenijević-325x433.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Senior religious studies majors Chris Kyle and Kaitlyn Turner were the big winners at the 16th annual Tournament of Expressions Speech and Debate Tournament Feb. 28. Kyle and Turner each earned $500 for winning the debate and speech portions respectively. The tournament was funded by the Westmont Provost’s Office and a generous gift from Montecito resident Jean Svoboda.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-03-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Debate Tourney Rewards Students", "link": "\/westmont-news\/debate-tourney-rewards-students.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/03\/ChrisKyle--325x315.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sell-out shows are expected in the final weekend of “Animal Farm (The Musical),” which has four performances remaining, March 1-3 at 8 p.m. and March 3 at 2 p.m., all in Porter Theatre.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-02-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘Animal Farm’ Continues to Pack in Crowds", "link": "\/westmont-news\/animal-farm-continues-pack-crowds.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/02\/AF_1008-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont women’s basketball team captured its first-ever Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) regular season championship Feb. 21, and the players took turns cutting down the net in Murchison Gym. The Warriors pounded the Master's 70-53 on Feb. 29 in the first round of the GSAC Tournament and will host Biola University on Friday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 general admission; $8 for senior citizens; children 14 and under are free; and Westmont students are free thanks to the Office of President Gayle D. Beebe.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-02-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lady Warriors Pull Together for 'Tooch'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lady-warriors-pull-together-tooch.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/02\/warriorswin-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Marianne Robins, Westmont professor of history, reflects on the rescuers of Jews in a French region near the town Le Chambon in a lecture, “Doing Justice to the Righteous: Christian Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust,” Monday, March 5, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-02-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Examine the Complexities of Jewish Rescue", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examine-complexities-jewish-rescue.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/02\/Robins-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The finals of the 16th annual Tournament of Expressions Speech and Debate Tournament features senior religious studies major Chris Kyle and sophomore philosophy major Megan Monroe on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in Page Hall Multipurpose Room. The tournament is being funded by the Westmont Provost’s Office as well as a generous gift from Montecito resident Jean Svoboda. The event, which is free and open to the public, includes a raffle for audience members.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-02-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students to Compete in Debate Finals", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-compete-debate-finals.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/02\/JacobMiller-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont celebrates the 150th anniversary of Cinco de Mayo and Mexico’s vibrant culture with a day of fun activities, crafts, music, dance, storytelling, food and more on Saturday, March 24, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in and around the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. “Días de México: A Family Festival” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-02-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Family Festival to Honor Mexican Culture", "link": "\/westmont-news\/family-festival-honor-mexican-culture.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/02\/DiasDeMexico-505x335.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Belgian-American writer Laure-Anne Bosselaar reads her poetry Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 4 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The reading, supported by a grant from the James Irvine Foundation to Poets & Writers Inc., is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-02-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Bosselaar is Featured at Poetry Reading", "link": "\/westmont-news\/bosselaar-featured-poetry-reading.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/02\/BosselaarPhoto-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Montecito’s award-winning director John Blondell is reaching new heights in his career. The Westmont theater arts professor will direct a play at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. As part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, the Globe offers “Globe to Globe,” featuring 37 international companies presenting every one of Shakespeare’s plays. The productions begin April 21 and continue for six weeks. Blondell’s task is directing Shakespeare’s “Henry VI, Part 3,” staged by actors from the National Theatre of Macedonia and performed in their language.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-02-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "John Blondell's World is a Stage", "link": "\/westmont-news\/john-blondells-world-stage.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/02\/BlondelBandW-325x495.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Stephen Tuck, professor of American history at the University of Oxford, explores the intersection of faith and civil rights at a free lecture, “Losing My (Jim Crow) Religion: The Battle Between Church and Civil Rights Leaders in the Segregation Era,” Monday, Feb. 27, at 3:30 p.m. at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall in Hieronymus Lounge. The Erasmus Society Lecture, sponsored by the provost’s office, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-02-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Oxford Professor Explores Faith, Civil Rights", "link": "\/westmont-news\/oxford-professor-explores-faith-civil-rights.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/02\/TuckStephen-325x315.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The gas giant Jupiter will be the focus of attention for stargazers at a free, public viewing with the powerful Keck Telescope Friday, Feb. 17. The viewing, which begins about 7 p.m., lasts several hours. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-02-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing to Drop in on Jupiter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-drop-jupiter.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/02\/ObservatoryLavender-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra performs a concerto concert, featuring works by Vivaldi, Mozart and Camille Saint-Saëns, Friday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. in Montecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold Spring Rd.; and Sunday, Feb. 26, at 3 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. General admission is $10 and students are free. To purchase tickets or for more information, please contact Trinity Hokama at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-02-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra to Perform Concerto Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-perform-concerto-concert.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/02\/Orchestra2012-505x340.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Eleven high school teams will compete in the 25th annual High School Mathematics Contest at Westmont on Saturday, Feb. 11 in Westmont’s Winter Hall. The contest begins at 1 p.m. with a Chalk Talk Derby, written exams and a fast-paced team competition with buzzers modeled after the once-popular College Bowl TV show. Finals will get under way beginning at 4 p.m. at the Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210). Dinner and an awards ceremony begin at 5:30 p.m. in Kerr Student Center.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-02-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "High School Math Contest Gets Perfect", "link": "\/westmont-news\/high-school-math-contest-gets-perfect.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/02\/AnthonyGranatelliVyLuanHuynhDanielRichman-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont hosts the Sunshine Multi-Event & Indoor Open on Saturday, Feb. 4, beginning at 11 a.m. with the shot put and long jump. Running events begin at noon with the 60-meter hurdles and conclude with the 1,600-meter relay at 3:15 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Athletes from Azusa Pacific, Biola, Concordia, Vanguard, Fresno Pacific and Cal Baptist are expected to compete.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-02-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Track Stars to Shine on Saturday", "link": "\/westmont-news\/track-stars-shine-saturday.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/02\/Thompkins-Adam-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Violinist Philip Ficsor and pianist Constantine Finehouse, a duo named American Double, perform works by Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy and John Harbison in their second installment of concerts at Westmont Friday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-02-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "American Double to Feature Works by Brahms", "link": "\/westmont-news\/american-double-feature-works-brahms.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/02\/FicsorPhil-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The popular magazine eCampus News has chosen Westmont from nearly 4500 colleges and universities as the eCampus of the month for January. The publication, which boasts a circulation to more than 51,000 higher-education leaders, says Westmont has “implemented predictive modeling and cloud-computing programs to save money and spend budgets efficiently, becoming a model for small schools looking for ways to survive the slumping economy.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-02-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Named eCampus of the Month", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-named-ecampus-month.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/02\/IMG_3623-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont political science professors Susan Penksa and Tom Knecht analyze the challenges of national and global security in a free, public lecture Thursday, Feb. 9, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. Tickets are not needed, although the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call 565-6051. The lecture, “National and Global Security in the 21st Century,” is part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter, which is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation. The talk relates to the Westmont President’s Breakfast that features former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on March 2.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Focus on Global Security, Gates", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-focus-global-security-gates.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/KnechtPenksa-505x357.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Marla F. Frederick, Harvard professor of African and African-American studies and of religion, investigates “Women, Religion and Media” in a free, public lecture Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 3:30 p.m. in Kerrwood Hall’s Hieronymus Lounge. The Westmont Gender Studies Program and Global Christianity Series co-sponsor the talk.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Explore Women, Religion and Media", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explore-women-religion-and-media.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/FrederickMarla-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Physicist Karl Giberson, a leading scholar in America’s creation-evolution debate, explores the question, “Are Science and Religion at War?” Friday, Feb. 10, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Adams Center, room 216. The Pascal Lecture, which is sponsored by the office of the Westmont provost, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Probes the Battle of Science, Religion", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-probes-battle-science-religion.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/Giberson-Karl-505x631.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Collegium Musicum, a new faculty-student musical ensemble, presents historic church cantatas and the world premiere of a new work by Steve Butler, Westmont professor of music, Sunday, Feb. 5, at 3 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Santa Barbara; Saturday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Arroyo Grande; and Sunday, March 4 at 6 p.m. at St. Bede’s Episcopal Church in Los Angeles. The performances are open to the public and free with a free-will offering taken during the program.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Ensemble to Perform World Premier", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-ensemble-perform-world-premier.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/CollegiumMusicum-505x358.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sam Jaeger, who stars as Joel Graham in NBC’s “Parenthood,” stopped by Westmont Jan. 13 to talk about his college education and life as an actor. He graduated from Otterbein University, a small, private, liberal arts college in Westerville, Ohio.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Parenthood' Actor Offers Life Lessons", "link": "\/westmont-news\/parenthood-actor-offers-life-lessons.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/Jaeger-Interview-505x354.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) has elected Westmont President Gayle D. Beebe to a three-year term on its board of directors. Beebe, who will be formally appointed Feb. 1 in Washington, D.C., will represent a region that includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Beebe Joins NAICU Board of Directors", "link": "\/westmont-news\/beebe-joins-naicu-board-directors.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/Beebe_2009-V4x-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Weather permitting, Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will be available to Central Coast stargazers Friday, Jan. 20, beginning at about 7 p.m. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. The viewing lasts for several hours. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been cancelled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Weather Threatens Monthly Viewing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/weather-threatens-monthly-viewing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/Keck-Telescope-Viewing-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont theater arts professor Mitchell Thomas tackles one of the 20th century’s most enduring works, directing George Orwell’s satirical masterpiece “Animal Farm (The Musical).” The rocking show, a collaboration between the Westmont theater arts and music departments, will be performed Feb. 23-25, March 1-3 at 8 p.m. and March 3 at 2 p.m., all in Porter Theatre. Tickets are $7 for students and seniors, $15 for adults, and can be purchased by calling (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musical 'Animal Farm' to Rock Porter Theatre", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musical-animal-farm-rock-porter-theatre.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/AnimalFarmfinal2-325x455.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Willis, Westmont professor of English and Santa Barbara poet laureate, hosts a sixth annual community reading in the Los Padres National Forest, “Remembering William Stafford,” Saturday, Jan. 28, at 2 p.m. at the First Crossing Day Use Area on Paradise Road off Highway 154 in Santa Barbara County. Local writers Christine Kravetz and Greg Orfalea will be featured readers. Willis invites members of the community to share their favorite Stafford poems as well.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Poet Laureate to Host Stafford Reading", "link": "\/westmont-news\/poet-laureate-host-stafford-reading.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/StaffordCamp.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Cary Howie, assistant professor of romance languages at Cornell University lectures about “Small Hands, Broken Fingers: Poetry, Theology and the Mysteries of the Body” at a free, public lecture on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 4-5:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Erasmus Society lecture is cosponsored by the Westmont Gender Studies Program. A reception will follow.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Erasmus Lecture Probes the Sacred, Desire", "link": "\/westmont-news\/erasmus-lecture-probes-sacred-desire.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/Howie-Book-325x491.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Scott Cairns, director of the University of Missouri’s Creative Writing Program and Center for the Literary Arts, will read his poetry Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge at Kerrwood Hall. The reading is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reading Features Accomplished Poet Scott Cairns", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reading-features-accomplished-poet-scott-cairns.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/Cairns-Scott-505x328.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Omedi Ochieng, Westmont associate professor of communication studies, discusses “The Articulation of Prophetic Wisdom: Martin Luther King Jr. in the African-American Intellectual Tradition” as part of Westmont’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture on Thursday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall, room 210 in Winter Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ochieng to Examine the Complexity of MLK", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ochieng-examine-complexity-mlk.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/Ochieng-Omedi-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s famed C.S. Lewis wardrobe has returned from a four-year international tour as part of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition.” The wardrobe, which was purchased in 1974 from the Kilns, C.S. Lewis’s Oxford home, will be the center of attention at a welcome-back reception Friday, Jan. 20, from 3:30-5 p.m. in Reynolds Hall. The event, sponsored by Westmont’s English Department, Provost’s Office and Literary Society, is free and open to the public and includes readings from Lewis’ work and refreshments.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Wardrobe Returns to Westmont After Tour", "link": "\/westmont-news\/wardrobe-returns-westmont-after-tour.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/WardrobeCrowd-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "American Double, a duo featuring violinist Philip Ficsor and pianist Constantine Finehouse, will perform works by Johannes Brahms and Ludwig van Beethoven on Friday, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musicians to Perform Beethoven, Brahms", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musicians-perform-beethoven-brahms.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/Ficsor-Philip-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robert Gates, who served as a trusted advisor to eight U.S. presidents of both parties, will be the keynote speaker at the seventh annual Westmont President’s Breakfast Friday, March 2, from 7-9 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort. Tickets are $125 per person and go on sale Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 9 a.m. and can be purchased only at the Westmont website. Seating is limited, and tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Robert Gates to Speak at President's Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/robert-gates-speak-presidents-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/Gates-Robert-325x455.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Mexican-themed exhibitions and a free family festival come to the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art this spring. “Rafael Perea de la Cabada: Alien Heartland” and “Mexican Prints: Selections from the Gil Garcia and Marti Correa de Garcia Collection” go on display Feb. 23 through March 31. The exhibitions open with a free public reception Thursday, Feb. 23, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Mexican Art Brings Families to Campus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mexican-art-brings-families-campus.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/IgnacioAguirre_GarciaCollection-325x518.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sam Jaeger, currently starring in NBC’s “Parenthood,” discusses his life as an actor, director and writer during a conversation moderated by Westmont theater arts professor Mitchell Thomas on Friday, Jan. 13, at 3:30 p.m. in Porter Theatre. The talk is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2012-01-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Parenthood' Star Offers Insight to Acting", "link": "\/westmont-news\/parenthood-star-offers-insight-acting.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2012\/01\/Jaeger-Sam-505x673.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Bay Area artists explore illumination and movement in a new video installation, “Continua in Light,” at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art Jan. 12 through Feb. 18. Cheryl Calleri and Thekla Hammond will be at the free, public reception Thursday, Jan. 12, 4-6 p.m., which includes an original, dance performance. The site-specific dance is choreographed by associate professor Erlyne Whiteman and her students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-12-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Museum Shines with 'Continua in Light'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-museum-shines-continua-light.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/12\/CONTINUA-IN-LIGHTdetail-2-505x327.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Santa Barbara City Council recently recognized 97 projects at its Solar Design Recognition Awards Ceremony, including 40 homes in the Las Barrancas neighborhood. The neighborhood, one of the first completely to become solar in the county, houses Westmont’s faculty.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-12-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Limelight Shines on Solar Homes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/limelight-shines-solar-homes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/12\/SolarAwardGroup-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Both the Westmont men’s and women’s basketball teams host holiday tournaments Dec. 29-30. The lady Warriors (10-1), ranked No. 5 in the NAIA, battle Pacific Union College Thursday, Dec. 29, at 5:30 p.m. in Murchison Gym. The Westmont women are led by Tugce “Tooch” Canitez, a 6-foot-2 junior forward from Turkey. She has scored 192 points this season, averaging 17.5 points a game. The second game of the GSAC Challenge is against CSU Maritime on Friday, Dec, 30, at 5:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-12-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Murchison Gym Hosts Holiday Hoops", "link": "\/westmont-news\/murchison-gym-hosts-holiday-hoops.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/12\/ToochFastBreak-505x633.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s dancers offered an eclectic yet balanced performance before large crowds Dec. 9-10. “Directions,” featuring choreography by both faculty and students, celebrated a new era of dance at Westmont under the direction of first-year Westmont instructors Susan Alexander and Christina Sanchez. Sanchez performed a solo choreographed by Alexander. The fall dance recital included nine pieces, showcasing a variety of choreography, style and music.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-12-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "First-Year Dance Instructors Offer New ‘Directions’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/first-year-dance-instructors-offer-new-directions-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/12\/D11_0497-325x211.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Student Association (WCSA) selected Jeremy Fletcher, coordinator of student ministries and missions, to throw the switch Dec. 1, lighting the 150-foot redwood tree, dubbed the Pickle Tree. Fletcher, who oversees Potter’s Clay, Emmaus Road, Urban Initiative and other student-led service projects, donned a top hat, tail-back tuxedo and white gloves for the festive occasion. Mark Nelson, the Kenneth and Peggy Monroe professor of philosophy, delivered the annual Pickle Address, describing a childhood Christmas when his brother received nothing but socks. The Alumni and Parent Relations Office collected more than 150 items for The Unity Shoppe at the tree-lighting ceremony.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-12-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pickle Tree Lights up Kerrwood Lawn", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pickle-tree-lights-kerrwood-lawn.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/12\/PickleCrowd-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The “5X5: An Invitational” raised more than $26,000 in the first online auction at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. About 150 people purchased art during the unique show. The piece, “Learn to Draw,” by John Baldessari, an internationally known conceptual artist raised $2,505. “Snacks in the Balance,” a pre-study painting by Scott Fraser, brought $1,000 to the museum. The funds will be used on the museums next event, “Dias de Mexico: A Family Festival.” The festival is Saturday, March 24, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. “Thanks to the support we received for the auction, the festival will be a free community event, celebrating the vibrant culture of Mexico,” says Chris Rupp, museum collection manager. The festival will be a day of fun activities, crafts, music, dance, storytelling, food and more.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-12-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gavel Comes Down on Art Auction", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gavel-comes-down-art-auction.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/12\/5X5opening2-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sharon Willis, a nurse at Westmont’s Health and Counseling Center, recently earned the Clif Bar Courage Award for her inspirational finish in the second annual Santa Barbara Century bicycle ride in October. Willis, 55, fell off her mountain bike two months before the start of the ride and was unable to train for several weeks.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-12-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Willis Earns Award for Ride of Her Life", "link": "\/westmont-news\/willis-earns-award-ride-her-life.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/12\/SharonWillisAward-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A multi-person discount service for small businesses and an online, used sporting goods exchange were the big winners at the 22nd annual Westmont Collegiate Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition Dec. 8. About 60 people packed into Kerrwood Hall to hear students make formal presentations about their business plans as part of Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development, a class taught by David Newton, Westmont professor of entrepreneurial finance.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-12-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Competition Awards Top Entrepreneurs", "link": "\/westmont-news\/competition-awards-top-entrepreneurs.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/12\/CruxMattShineyColeTimm-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The gas giant Jupiter will be the focus of attention for stargazers at a free, public viewing with the powerful Keck Telescope Friday, Dec. 16. The viewing, which begins about 7 p.m., lasts several hours. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-12-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Jupiter Takes Over the Skies During Viewing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/jupiter-takes-over-skies-during-viewing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/12\/ObservatoryCloudy-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Board of Trustees, which oversees the operations of the college, has welcomed four new members. Denise Jackson ’78, a director of human resources in Pasadena, Calif., Sharon Rose ’89, an attorney in Washington, D.C., Lynne Tahmisian ’67, vice president of La Arcada Investment Corporation in Santa Barbara, Calif., and Celeste White ’76, president of Vintage Ranch Properties in Napa, Calif., are all alumnae of Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-12-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Four Alumnae Join Board of Trustees", "link": "\/westmont-news\/four-alumnae-join-board-trustees.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/12\/Jackson-Denise-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 350 people attended the opening of “5X5: An Invitational” at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art on Nov. 30, including more than a hundred of the artists who contributed to the unique show. The exhibition, which is on display through Dec. 16, features more than 450 five-inch-square works of art. The pieces range from highly finished, still-life paintings in oil on canvas to lighthearted cartoons by well-known graphic artists.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-12-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Enthusiastic Crowds Enjoy Exhibit, Auction", "link": "\/westmont-news\/enthusiastic-crowds-enjoy-exhibit-auction.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/12\/5X5opening-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 11 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, a 20-foot travel trailer just above Page Hall became engulfed in fire. Due to the presence of strong winds and the potential for a fast-moving fire to spread to campus, college officials decided about 11:10 p.m. to follow established emergency protocols and to evacuate all students to Murchison Gymnasium. Montecito firefighters quickly contained the blaze, which damaged only the trailer, and cleared students to return to their residence halls just before midnight. Students displayed the same admirable cooperation and good sense they demonstrated in 2008 and accomplished the evacuation and return easily and without incident. For more information about Westmont's emergency procedures, please see: www.westmont.edu\/emergency\/.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-12-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Trailer Fire Causes Brief Evacuation on Campus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/trailer-fire-causes-brief-evacuation-campus.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/12\/montecito-fire.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Twenty entrepreneurship students put their innovative business ideas to the test, hoping to secure one of four final spots in the 22nd Annual Westmont Collegiate Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 5 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The competition is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-11-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Top College Entrepreneurs to Unveil Plans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/top-college-entrepreneurs-unveil-plans.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/11\/NewtonTeaching-505x383.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than two dozen Westmont student dancers will be featured in the fall dance recital, “Directions,” Friday, Dec. 9, and Saturday, Dec. 10, both at 8 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Tickets are $5 for students\/seniors; $7 general admission and can be purchased at the door or reserved through Beth Whitcomb at (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-11-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "First-Year Dance Instructors Offer New 'Directions'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/first-year-dance-instructors-offer-new-directions.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/11\/Dancers-2010X-505x658.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mark L. Sargent, who has worked in higher education for 30 years, will become Westmont’s provost and dean of faculty in spring 2012. For the past 15 years, Sargent has served as provost of Gordon College in Wenham, Mass., supervising its educational and co-curricular programs.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sargent to Serve as New Westmont Provost", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sargent-serve-new-westmont-provost.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/11\/Sargent-Mark1-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is naming its new museum in Adams Center for the Visual Arts the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art in honor of local philanthropist Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree. Ridley-Tree, a well-known Santa Barbara businesswoman and art connoisseur, has donated seven paintings by the famed 19th century French artist Camille Corot to the college, valued at $5 to $7 million.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Names Museum after Ridley-Tree", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-names-museum-after-ridley-tree.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/10\/ridley-tree.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Central Coast stargazers are hoping for clear skies Friday, Nov. 18, for a free, public viewing of the stars with Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope. The viewing, which begins at about 7 p.m., has been canceled the last two months due to overcast skies. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. The viewing lasts for several hours. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been cancelled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing of the Stars to Feature Gas Giant", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-stars-feature-gas-giant.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/11\/Observatory-Dusk-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont launches its new concert series, The Rising Stars, with a performance by 24-year old, world-renown guitarist Mak Grgić Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. Grgić, who will perform great masterpieces for solo guitar and guitar and cello, will be joined by Westmont cello instructor John Sant’Ambrogio, former principal cellist of the St. Louis Symphony. A suggested $10 donation helps fund the Westmont Orchestra’s tour to China in May 2012.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Guitarist Mak Grgić Kicks off Rising Stars", "link": "\/westmont-news\/guitarist-mak-grgic-kicks-rising-stars.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/11\/Grgic-Mak-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Edward B. Davis, professor of the history of science at Messiah College in Grantham, Penn., explores American debates about the religious meaning of science through history in a free, public lecture, “Religion and Science in Modern America,” Thursday, Nov. 17, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Page Multipurpose Room.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Take an Historic Look at God, Science", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-take-historic-look-god-science.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/11\/Davis-Horizontal.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Claus, warm cider and the Westmont Gospel Choir singing “Oh, Pickle Tree” will highlight the 10th annual Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony at Westmont’s Kerrwood Lawn Thursday, Dec. 1, beginning at 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-11-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Sings in the Christmas Season", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-sings-christmas-season.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/11\/TreeLighting2010-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Small-scale creations from artists across the country make up “5X5: An Invitational” at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art Nov. 30 through Dec. 18. A public reception on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 4-6 p.m., kicks off an online auction of the artwork (www.westmontmuseum.org\/5×5) with proceeds benefitting the museum.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-11-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Small Artworks Featured in Big Exhibition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/small-artworks-featured-big-exhibition.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/11\/5X5AnInvitational-505x499.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Erin Thomason, a doctoral student in anthropology at UCLA, speaks about women working in the sex industry in China during a free, public lecture Thursday, Nov. 10, at 3:30 p.m. in Founders Room in the lower level of Westmont’s Kerr Student Center.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-11-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Investigate the Chinese Sex Industry", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-investigate-chinese-sex-industry.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/11\/thomason.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has ranked Westmont in the top 100 liberal arts colleges in its Best Values in Private Colleges list. The report, which named Westmont #88, ranked the schools based on outstanding academics and great economic value.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-11-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Kiplinger's Names Westmont a Best Value", "link": "\/westmont-news\/kiplingers-names-westmont-best-value.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/11\/Kiplinger-505x385.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The seventh annual Westmont Christmas Festival, “Messiah,” is sold out for general admission tickets. Tickets to the three shows, which became available Nov. 10, sold out in less than an hour. Tickets to the festival, Dec. 2-3 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 4, at 3 p.m. all in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave., have always been free, but reservations are required. First Presbyterian has a maximum seating capacity of 700.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-11-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sold-Out Christmas Festival to Celebrate 'Messiah'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sold-out-christmas-festival-celebrate-messiah.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/11\/Christmas-2011-NoBorder-505x460.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Willis, Westmont professor of English and Santa Barbara poet laureate, and Coyote Road neighbor Gudrun Bortman are hosting “Remembering the Tea Fire: A Community Reading” on Sunday, Nov. 13, from 4-5 p.m. at Hieronymus Lounge in Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Poet Laureate Hosts Tea Fire Reading", "link": "\/westmont-news\/poet-laureate-hosts-tea-fire-reading.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/11\/WillisPaul-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student composers, vocalists and instrumentalists showcase their talents in several concerts this November. All performances are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Musicians to Shine in November", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-musicians-shine-november.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/11\/Martin-Madison--325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Teri Merrick, professor of philosophy at Azusa Pacific University, lectures about “Be Objective! A Post-Christian, Modernist Imperial Command?” Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Erasmus Society Lecture is free and open to the public. The lecture series helps students explore a variety of disciplines through talks by leading scholars.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-11-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Erasmus Lecture to Salvage Objectivity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/erasmus-lecture-salvage-objectivity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/11\/Merrick-Teri-Dr-325x360.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-10-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Speakers to Focus on Complex Global Issues", "link": "\/westmont-news\/speakers-focus-complex-global-issues.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/10\/Conflict-FINAL-SMALL-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Students in Westmont’s Music Drama Workshop Class perform 18 different songs from eight operas in Opera Scene’s “Nameless Show” Sunday, Oct. 30, at 3 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. The performance is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-10-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Opera Scenes Features 'Nameless Show'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/opera-scenes-features-nameless-show.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/10\/tavera.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Stuart W. Bowen Jr., special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, offered a sobering look at the reconstruction effort in Iraq during a standing-room only lecture at Westmont Oct. 13. Bowen, who has served in Iraq for more than seven years, has recovered $1.2 billion in financial benefit, stemming from 64 indictments and 54 convictions for fraud and other crimes.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-10-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Detailed Iraqi Money Pit", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-detailed-iraqi-money-pit.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/10\/Bowen-Talk-Framed-325x412.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Michelle Hughes, assistant professor of education at Westmont, tackles the complex issues regarding today’s education climate in a lecture, “Hot Topics and Highlights in Public Education,” on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The lecture is free although seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-10-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Explore Hot Topics in Public Education", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explore-hot-topics-public-education.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/10\/Hughes-Michelle-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A record 590 singers from Westmont, Santa Barbara Quire of Voyces and 11 area high schools will perform more than 30 songs at the seventh annual Westmont Fall Choral Festival Friday, Oct. 28, at 4:45 p.m. in First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St., and at 7 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Both performances are free and open to the public though seating is limited.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-10-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fall Choral Festival to Feature 590 Singers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fall-choral-festival-feature-590-singers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/10\/Choir-Women-325x235.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Leslie Leyland Fields, an author, editor, speaker and an active participant in her family’s salmon fishing business in Kodiak, Alaska, speaks Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge at Kerrwood Hall. The lecture, sponsored by the English Department and Gender Studies Program, is free and open to the public. She will be reading from her most recent essay, “One Skiff, Two Women, Wild Ocean: A Life in Alaska.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reading to Feature Author, Salmon Fisher", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reading-feature-author-salmon-fisher.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/10\/Fields-Leslie-325x455.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will be the focus of attention for Central Coast stargazers Friday, Oct. 21, beginning at about 7 p.m. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. The viewing lasts for several hours. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been cancelled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-10-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing of Stars to Highlight Celestial Treats", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-stars-highlight-celestial-treats.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/10\/Keck-Telescope-Viewing-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Helen Rhee, associate professor of religious studies at Westmont, lectures about “Loving the Poor, Saving the Rich: Almsgiving and Salvation in Early Christianity” on Monday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall. The Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi Lecture is free and open to the public. Rhee, who grew up in Seoul, South Korea, and then Southern California, graduated from UC Berkeley and earned a master of divinity degree and doctorate from Fuller Theological Seminary. She has taught at Westmont since 2004, receiving the award Teacher of the Year in Humanities in 2010. Her research specializes in early Christian history, and her most recent book, “Early Christian Literature: Christ and Culture in the Second and Third Centuries,” explores the diverging Christian self-identities in relation to Greco-Roman culture and society.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-10-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Rhee to Probe Giving in Early Christianity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/rhee-probe-giving-early-christianity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/10\/Rhee-Helen-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alumnus Paul Mori ’77, who first garnered praise as a conductor with the Bach Ensemble of Baltimore in the 1990s, leads the Westmont Orchestra into a new season Friday, Oct. 21, at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Page Multipurpose Room and Sunday, Oct. 23, at 3 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Tickets to the Fall Orchestra Concert, which can be purchased at (805) 565-6040, are $10 general admission; students are free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-10-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Mori to Conduct Fall Orchestra Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mori-conduct-fall-orchestra-concert.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/10\/Mori-Paul-505x358.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Norm Nelson ’61, president and on-air host of Compassion Radio, has been named Westmont Alumnus of the Year and was honored by President Gayle D. Beebe as part of Homecoming Oct. 14-15.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-10-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Homecoming Honors Alumnus of the Year", "link": "\/westmont-news\/homecoming-honors-alumnus-year.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/10\/NelsonGoinesDaneshforooz--505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Heather Keaney, Westmont assistant professor of history, and Jim Wright, codirector of Westmont in Istanbul, talk about the currents that came together in the Arab spring in a lecture, “The Arab Spring: Where Are the Swallows?” on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The lecture is free although seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-10-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Explore Political Unrest in Egypt", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explore-political-unrest-egypt.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/10\/KeaneyWright-505x332.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Local disc golfers will join traditional golfers Monday, Oct. 17, at Montecito Country Club for the fourth annual William Wiersma Golf and Disc Tournament, which benefits the William Wiersma Memorial Scholarship Endowment at Westmont. Golfers will tee off at 1 p.m., following a light lunch at noon. Hors d’ oeuvres will be served at 6 p.m., while awards and prizes are handed out. Greens fees are $150, $115 for recent college graduates (’06-’11) and $75 for current students. To register, please visit www.willstourney.com.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-10-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Traditional Golf, Disc Golf to Collaborate", "link": "\/westmont-news\/traditional-golf-disc-golf-collaborate.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/10\/GolferTomCole-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Stuart W. Bowen Jr., special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, will lecture about “Oversight Under Fire: Hard Lessons Learned from the Iraq Inspector General,” Thursday, Oct. 13, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall, room 210 in Winter Hall. The lecture, sponsored by the Westmont Political Science Department, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-10-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Watchdog to Speak about Iraq Reconstruction", "link": "\/westmont-news\/watchdog-speak-about-iraq-reconstruction.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/10\/Bowen-Stuart-Front-325x244.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ibsen’s epic masterpiece 'Peer Gynt' receives lavish treatment in a new, multi-part, multi-venue staging. Students and faculty from Westmont join forces with actors from Lit Moon Theatre Company to bring Gynt’s fantastic journey to vivid theatrical life. This new production offers a rare opportunity to see one of drama’s most significant plays, staged nearly uncut, in a monumental two-part, four-hour production staged by John Blondell, one of the region’s most innovative directors.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-10-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Innovative Staging Set for 'Peer Gynt'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/innovative-staging-set-peer-gynt.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/10\/Peer-Gynt-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alumna Heather Keaney ’93 is back in Santa Barbara as assistant professor of history at Westmont, but in January she and husband, Jim Wright, venture back to the Middle East to co-lead Westmont in Istanbul. Keaney has spent the past 11 years living and teaching in Cairo at the American University in Cairo and at the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities’ (CCCU’s) Middle East Studies Program (MESP).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-09-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumna to Co-Lead Westmont in Istanbul", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumna-co-lead-westmont-istanbul.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/09\/Keaney-Heather-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David L. Anderson, associate professor of economics and business, says he is joining Westmont at an exciting time in the college’s history. “You want to join an organization that’s moving up, not one that’s slipping,” he says. “The important news of moving to 76 in the Forbes’ listing and 90 in the U.S. News and World Report underscores the critical strides the college is making in so many areas. It’s exciting to be a part of this forward movement.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-09-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Business is Looking Up for New Professor", "link": "\/westmont-news\/business-looking-new-professor.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/09\/Anderson-David-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Libyan novelist Hisham Matar will read from his latest book, “Anatomy of a Disappearance,” Friday, Oct. 7, at noon in Founders Room in Westmont’s Kerr Student Center. The talk, sponsored by the English and history departments and student life and provost’s offices, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-09-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Libyan Hisham Matar to Talk at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/libyan-hisham-matar-talk-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/09\/HishamMatarbyDianaMatar-325x304.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alex Moore, who joins the Westmont faculty this fall as assistant professor of kinesiology, is no stranger to the college. Moore, a Wheaton College alumnus, was an adjunct instructor at Westmont for both the kinesiology and biology departments from 2004-06. He taught a wide range of classes, including anatomy, tennis, physiology, biochemistry lab and Fit for Life, a freshman wellness class.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-09-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Moore Rejoins Kinesiology Department", "link": "\/westmont-news\/moore-rejoins-kinesiology-department.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/09\/Moorealex-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "As a student, Kristi Lazar ’00 says the unique living and learning environment at Westmont shaped her life. “Being a part of this community is special,” she says. “I felt blessed to have four years here to devote my time to learning and growing as a person. My professors encouraged me every day.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-09-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lazar Returns, Hopes to Inspire Students", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lazar-returns-hopes-inspire-students.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/09\/Lazar-Kristi-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Michael Everest, who joins Westmont as professor of chemistry this fall, says he is passionate about offering students a high-quality, undergraduate, liberal arts education. “It’s in my DNA,” he says. In fact his parents, Dan and Sherry (Sonneveldt) Everest, both graduated with degrees in psychology from Westmont in 1967, Sherry with a double major in education. Michael, a Wheaton College alumnus, earned his doctorate from Stanford University and most recently was professor of chemistry at George Fox University, where he taught for the past decade.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-09-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Everest to Express Wonder of Chemistry", "link": "\/westmont-news\/everest-express-wonder-chemistry.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/09\/Everest-Michael-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "While the number of borrowers defaulting on federal student loans has jumped sharply, Westmont is bucking the trend. The national two-year cohort default rate rose to 8.8 percent last year, from 7 percent in fiscal 2008, according to the Department of Education, which released the figures Sept. 12. During the same period, Westmont’s default rate decreased from 1.3 percent to .9 percent in 2009.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-09-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Reverses National Loan Default Trend", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-reverses-national-loan-default-trend.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/09\/Residence-Hall-Room-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robert A. Hunt, director of global theological education at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, will speak about “Multiple Modernities: How Global Christianity is Challenging Concepts of Christian Mission” Monday, Sept. 26, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge inside Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-09-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Reflect Global Christianity, Mission", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-reflect-global-christianity-mission.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/09\/RobertHunt-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont professors offer a musically diverse program that includes Joahannes Brahms and Antonin Dvorak at the Fall Faculty Recital in Deane Chapel Friday, Sept. 16, at 8 p.m. The program features vocal and instrumental pieces. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-09-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Faculty to Perform at Fall Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/faculty-perform-fall-recital.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/09\/Ficsor-Philip-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont leaped nine spots in this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts colleges according to U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges, 2012 Edition.” Of the nation’s 252 liberal arts colleges, Westmont finished tied for 90th, its highest ranking as a national liberal arts college. It’s also the third straight year Westmont has ranked in the top 100.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-09-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Soars in U.S. News Rankings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-soars-us-news-rankings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/09\/VoskuylChapel-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Stargazers will enjoy seeing globular clusters, planetary nebulae and open clusters on Friday, Sept. 16, during Westmont’s free monthly viewing of the stars. The college’s powerful Keck Telescope, a 24-inch reflector, is housed in the observatory between the soccer and baseball fields. The viewing, held in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, begins about 7:30 p.m. and lasts several hours, weather permitting. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-09-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing to Feature E.T. Star Cluster", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-feature-et-star-cluster.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/09\/ObservatoryNight-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Twenty students will exhibit their summer research projects Thursday, Sept. 8, from 4-6 p.m. in Winter Hall. “A Celebration of Summer Research at Westmont” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-09-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students to Tout Summer Research Projects", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-tout-summer-research-projects.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/09\/Summer-Research-2010-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alumna Apricot (Anderson) Irving ’97, a memoirist and oral history writer, kicks off Westmont’s new Gender Studies Event Series with a reading and discussion Thursday, Sept. 1, at 4 p.m. at Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall. The event, which is co-sponsored by the English department, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-08-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reading to Feature Alumna Apricot Irving", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reading-feature-alumna-apricot-irving.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/08\/ApricotIrvingbyJulieKeefe-325x489.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "New York-based artists Eric Chan and Heather Schatz, who incorporate a wide variety of media into their works, open a new season at the Westmont Museum of Art. “Eric and Heather ChanSchatz: Universal Platform” will be on display from Sept. 2 to Nov. 19. The public is invited to a free, opening reception Friday, Sept. 2, from 4-6 p.m. A conversation with the artists is scheduled for 5 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-08-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibition Features Community-Based Projects", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibition-features-community-based-projects.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/08\/ChanSchatz-505x326.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 1,200 students arrived at Westmont for the start of classes Aug. 29, including 335 first-year students representing the class of 2015. The incoming class includes four National Merit Scholars and 275 students who’ve earned an academic merit scholarship, including three Monroe Scholars. Monroe Scholarships, which honor top students with full-tuition scholarships, have been awarded to Katie Fedor of Stockton, Calif., Peter Matthews of Lombard, Ill., and Sophia Meulenberg of Sandpoint, Idaho. This year’s Monroe Scholars have a combined average honors GPA of 4.67 and an average SAT score of 2350 (out of 2400), the highest in the scholarship’s 10-year history.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-08-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Selective Class of 2015 Arrives at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/selective-class-2015-arrives-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/08\/Orientation-2010-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Susan Jackson, a long-time volunteer in the Santa Barbara community, has joined the Westmont Foundation Board of Directors, which cultivates ties between the college and the community. Jackson is married to Palmer Jackson Jr., chief operating officer for Cogi, a technology start-up he co-founded in 2007.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-08-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Jackson Joins Westmont Foundation Board", "link": "\/westmont-news\/jackson-joins-westmont-foundation-board.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/08\/Jackson-Susan-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Globular clusters, the Ring Nebula and dying stars appear on the celestial menu when Westmont opens its observatory for a free public viewing of the stars with the Keck Telescope Friday, Aug. 19, beginning at 8 p.m. The viewing, held in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, generally lasts several hours. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been cancelled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-08-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Observatory Hosts a Montecito Star Party", "link": "\/westmont-news\/observatory-hosts-montecito-star-party.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/08\/ObservatoryNight-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Eighteen first-year Westmont students head out on a unique orientation program that will take them trekking through the North Yosemite backcountry Aug. 11-23. Inoculum, an optional introduction to Westmont, offers students several units of academic and physical education credit.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-08-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Students Head into Great Outdoors", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-students-head-great-outdoors.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/08\/PaulWIllisGroupAtHawksbeakPk-325x243.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Remember the brightly colored glass blocks in the old DC walls? They disappeared when the college built Kerr Student Center on top of the dining commons in 1983. But this week, construction work uncovered the original exterior wall along the southern edge of the building. This wall was retained as part of the Study, the snack bar adjacent to the dining area. A major renovation of the facility will alter the interior of the dining commons, and the first phase began this summer. Knocking down the wall that separates the dining area from the study (and hid those glass blocks underneath drywall) and demolishing the walls of Monroe Dining Room will create more room for students to eat their meals.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-08-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Renovation reveals a long-hidden feature of the original Westmont dining commons walls", "link": "\/westmont-news\/renovation-reveals-long-hidden-feature-original-westmont-dining-commons-walls.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/08\/DCGlass11-505x673.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Get out your running shoes and tackle the 2011 Westmonster 5K Thursday evening, Aug. 18. This cross-country race, part of the Santa Barbara Athletic Association’s Grand Prix Series, begins at 6:15 p.m. and follows a scenic course on the Westmont campus, finishing on the new track. Participants will enjoy food and drink at the end of the run. Children 10 and under may participate in a free 1K Fun Run after the 5K.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-08-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmonster Run Returns to Campus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmonster-run-returns-campus.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/08\/Westmonster5K2011Crop-325x206.gif", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Once again, Forbes has recognized Westmont in their 2012 America’s Top Colleges list, which includes 650 institutions. Westmont ranks 76th, up from 81st last year. Nine other California colleges and universities appear in the top 100: Stanford (5th), Claremont McKenna College (12th), California Institute of Technology (13th), Pomona College (23rd), Scripps (41st), Harvey Mudd College (44th), UCLA (55th), Santa Clara University (57th) and UC Berkeley (70th).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-08-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Moves Up in Forbes’ List of America’s Top Colleges", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-moves-forbes-list-americas-top-colleges.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/08\/westmont-325x227.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The summer camp season comes to end at Westmont with Discovery Camp’s exciting cardboard boat races Friday, July 29, at 1:15 p.m. at the Westmont pool. The 5th to 8th grade students will create boats using only cardboard boxes, scissors and duct tape. Beginning at 1:15 p.m. they will attempt to safely paddle across the pool.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-07-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Discovery Camp to End with a Splash", "link": "\/westmont-news\/discovery-camp-end-splash.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/06\/Thomas-Dawson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Professor David Newton is preparing to transform Westmont’s economics and business department into a leader of entrepreneurial research. He plans to launch a Center for Entrepreneurship, Ethics and Enterprise (E3) with the slogan, “The liberal arts at work.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-07-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Business Center to Put the Liberal Arts to Work", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-business-center-put-liberal-arts-work.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/07\/Newton-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has honored Westmont with a Circle of Excellence Award for its video, “Join the Movement.” CASE, which serves more than 3,400 educational institutions and nonprofits in 68 countries, gives the annual award to programs that “epitomize the profession’s best practices, raise standards and contribute to a growing body of knowledge about advancement.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-07-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fundraising Video Wins International Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fundraising-video-wins-international-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/07\/westmont-impact-325x183.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Southern California’s top high school baseball players converged on Westmont’s Carr Field July 7-8, putting their strength and power on display in front of about a hundred major league scouts and college coaches. More than 200 prep players, who were invited by MLB scouts, are trying out for one of 25 spots on the Milwaukee Brewers Area Code Team. The scouts will whittle the number of players down to about 60 for a final tryout July 15 at Westmont before they announce their final team to compete in the Area Code Games in August at Blair Field in Long Beach.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-07-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Baseball Scouts Descend on Carr Field", "link": "\/westmont-news\/baseball-scouts-descend-carr-field.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/07\/Pro-Scouts-and-Coaches-watching-from-bullpen_0918-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will be the focus of attention for Central Coast stargazers Friday, July 15, beginning at about 8:30 p.m. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. The viewing lasts for several hours. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been cancelled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-07-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Telescope to Catch Full Moon Fever", "link": "\/westmont-news\/telescope-catch-full-moon-fever.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/07\/WC_3289-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Student Life Office awarded 10 outstanding students for their leadership during the past year. The David K. Winter Servant Leadership Award is given each spring to students who show exemplary leadership through service at Westmont and in the community. The recipients were selected from over 50 nominations submitted by faculty, staff and students. Each recipient receives $1,000 towards next year’s school expenses.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-07-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Earn Servant Leadership Awards", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-earn-servant-leadership-awards.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/07\/DKW-Award-Winners-505x279.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Bishop High School senior Maggie Langhorne, one of 32 performers taking part in ThinkCamps’s Bravissimo theater camp this summer at Westmont, stars as Maria in “The Sound of Music” Thursday, June 30, at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Friday, July 1, at 11 a.m., all in Porter Theatre. Tickets are $5 and can be reserved by email at thinkcamps@westmont.edu and picked up at the door. Thursday evening’s show is expected to sell out quickly.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-06-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Camp Concludes with Singing of 'So Long, Farewell'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/camp-concludes-singing-so-long-farewell.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/06\/SoundofMusic-505x360.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Music has replaced the sounds of construction at the historic Art Center, which has been transformed into Westmont’s new music building. The center, which housed Reynolds Gallery, is the new hub for Westmont’s burgeoning music department. The art department moved to Adams Center for the Visual Arts last fall, freeing up the two-story structure to provide office and practice space for the music department’s five full-time professors and 26 adjunct instructors. Various gifts to the college funded the project as part of the Bright Hope for Tomorrow campaign.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-06-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Construction Gives Way to the Sound of Music", "link": "\/westmont-news\/construction-gives-way-sound-music.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/06\/IMG_6788A-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jane Higa, Westmont dean of students and vice president for student life, accepted the first Jane Hideko Higa Multicultural Advancement Award from the Association for Christians in Student Development (ACSD) at its annual conference June 7 in Springfield, Mo. The award, named in Higa’s honor, was created by the ACSD Diversity Task Force to formally recognize individuals doing excellent work in advancing multicultural competency.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-06-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Higa Given First Award in her Honor", "link": "\/westmont-news\/higa-given-first-award-her-honor.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/06\/higa_jane_hires-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Stargazers will line up outside Westmont’s observatory Friday, June 17, beginning at 8 p.m. for the free, monthly public viewing with the college’s powerful Keck Telescope. Westmont serves as one of the observing sites for the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit (SBAU) every third Friday of the month, weather permitting. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been cancelled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-06-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Star Party to Feature Saturn, Ring Nebula", "link": "\/westmont-news\/star-party-feature-saturn-ring-nebula.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/06\/m57ring_hst_big-325x331.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Silvio Vazquez, a consultant in enrollment management and former vice president for enrollment at Gordon College, is the new Westmont dean of admission. Vazquez served at Gordon College in Wenham, Mass., for two decades in various roles before consulting for Scannell & Kurz of Pittsford, N.Y.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-06-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Vazquez Named New Dean of Admission", "link": "\/westmont-news\/vazquez-named-new-dean-admission.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/06\/Silvio-Vazquez-325x455.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Santa Barbara Independent honored John Blondell, Westmont theater arts professor, and James Connolly, Westmont adjunct instructor of music, with Independent Theatre Awards June 6 for their work in Lit Moon Theatre’s “The Wonderful Adventures of Nils.” Blondell directed the show, Connolly wrote the original music score. Marjatta Kuivasto also won an Indy for set design. The 19th annual Indy Theater Awards, which recognize excellent work done in the local region, were held at the Santa Barbara Club.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-06-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Blondell Racks Up Another Indy Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/blondell-racks-another-indy-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/06\/The-Wonderful-Adventures-of-Nils-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Joyce Luy, who retires this summer as Westmont dean of admission, was honored by the North American Coalition for Christian Admissions Professionals at its national conference at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego June 7. Chant Thompson, NACCAP executive director, presented Luy with the Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the first woman to earn the award and just the fifth such honoree in the organization’s 41-year history.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-06-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "NACCAP Lauds Luy with Lifetime Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/naccap-lauds-luy-lifetime-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/06\/J-Luy-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The season of summer camps kicks off Monday, June 13, with an athletic camp, Sports Skills I, and a ThinkCamp, Somos Amigos. Sports Skills, run by Montecitan Jill Wolf, will feature about 80 children ages 5-10. The group will play soccer, basketball volleyball and softball, developing motor skills. Other coordination skills include juggling, stilts, pogo sticks, as well as individual sports skills such archery, tennis, golf and track and field. Registration is available here.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-06-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summer Camp Season Begins at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/summer-camp-season-begins-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/06\/JackTurnerSportsSkills-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About two dozen Westmont students will spend at least one month this summer serving communities around the world, including Guatemala, Bolivia, Uganda, China and Nepal. The Emmaus Road program is in its 13th year, sponsoring activities that serve to increase awareness of global concerns, broadening the worldview of students and promoting the value of diversity.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-05-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students to Circle the Globe to Serve this Summer", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-circle-globe-serve-summer.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/05\/NEPAL2011TEAM-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dallas Willard, professor of philosophy at USC, discusses “How God is With Us? How We Can Know It?” during a Mayterm lecture Thursday, May 26, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre (map). The lecture, sponsored by the Westmont Office of the Provost and the Office of the President, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-05-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dallas Willard to Talk About 'How God is With Us'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dallas-willard-talk-about-how-god-us.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/05\/DallasWillardCommencement2-505x360.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Gary W. Moon, executive vice president\/provost and professor of psychology and spirituality at Richmont Graduate University in Atlanta, will be the first director of the Martin Family Institute and Dallas Willard Center for Spiritual Formation at Westmont. Moon also serves as director for the Renovaré International Institute for Christian Spiritual Formation and as editor-in-chief for Conversations: A Forum for Authentic Transformation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-05-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Moon to Direct Spiritual Formation Center", "link": "\/westmont-news\/moon-direct-spiritual-formation-center.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/05\/gary-moon.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About a dozen college-bound high school juniors and seniors will take part in a new Westmont program this summer that offers a genuine, residential college experience before the teenagers go to college. Summer Scholars, which runs from June 19 to July 16, offers students two college courses worth eight units of college credit.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-05-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "High Schoolers to Enjoy a Taste of College", "link": "\/westmont-news\/high-schoolers-enjoy-taste-college.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/05\/Hoeckley-Class-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Saturn will be the star of the party Friday, May 20, from 8-11 p.m. during a free, public viewing with the Keck Telescope at Westmont’s observatory. Westmont serves as one of the public observing sites for the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit (SBAU) every third Friday of the month, weather permitting. In case of inclement weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website at www.westmont.edu to see if the viewing has been cancelled.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-05-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Keck Telescope to Focus on Rings of Saturn", "link": "\/westmont-news\/keck-telescope-focus-rings-saturn.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/05\/ObservatoryLavender-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "An historic week at Westmont witnessed the dedication of two new buildings, leading up to the graduation of the class of 2011. At Commencement, Dallas Willard, professor of philosophy at USC, implored 341 graduates to remember who they are during his address May 7. “You are an unceasing spiritual being with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe,” he said to the more than 4,000 in attendance at Russell Carr Field. “When you seize that truth and put it into practice, you are living eternally in the moment.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-05-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grads Implored to 'Live Eternally in the Moment'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grads-implored-live-eternally-moment.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/05\/CarrFieldEntry-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Former President Stan Gaede joined President Emeritus David Winter and his wife, Helene, at the dedication ceremony for the David K. Winter Hall for Science and Mathematics on May 5.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-05-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Former President Honored at Winter Hall Dedication", "link": "\/westmont-news\/former-president-honored-winter-hall-dedication.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/05\/Winter-Dedication-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Adams Center for the Visual Arts was officially dedicated in a brief ceremony May 6. Westmont Trustee Walter Hansen talked about the role of the visual arts at the college, describing the Adams Center as a place to play, to be human and to worship. “Now, right here at the center of campus we have a place of deep inner refreshment,” he said. Trustee Chair Vince Nelson, Art Professor John Carlander and art major Julia Johnson led the crowd in a dedicatory prayer.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-05-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Adams Center for the Arts is Dedicated", "link": "\/westmont-news\/adams-center-arts-dedicated.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/05\/Adams-Dedication-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "As part of Westmont College’s commitment to being a leader in mobile applications for higher education, Westmont Information Technology has released an updated iPhone app (version 1.2) offering clearer, faster and easier access to information about the college. With the new app, users now have immediate access to hundreds of Westmont videos on iTunes U. In addition, the app streams up to 40 live Westmont athletic events per semester over both 3G and wireless networks.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Apple Approves Updated Westmont App", "link": "\/westmont-news\/apple-approves-updated-westmont-app.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/04\/Westmont-App-Update-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The U.S. Green Building Council, a non-profit trade organization that promotes sustainability in building design and operation, has certified four new Westmont buildings as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold. The LEED designations highlight the sustainable construction and energy-saving systems used at Winter Hall for Science and Mathematics, Adams Center for the Visual Arts, the central plant and the observatory.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Four New Buildings Earn LEED Gold", "link": "\/westmont-news\/four-new-buildings-earn-leed-gold.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/05\/Winter-Hall-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Trustee Emeritus David Eaton and his wife, Carol, have made a leadership gift to help establish the Eaton Family Chair in Economics and Business at Westmont. Thanks to a significant contribution from the Westmont Board of Advisors and gifts from alumni and friends, the college has raised much of the $1 million goal and expects to complete funding the endowed faculty chair soon.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Eaton Family Helps Establish Faculty Chair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/eaton-family-helps-establish-faculty-chair.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/05\/Eaton-Family-505x762.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Reel Talk, which gives the Westmont community an opportunity to discuss difficult social, philosophical, or theological questions following a film screening, features “Gran Torino,” Thursday, April 28, at 7 p.m. in Adams Center 216. The event, hosted by Joshua Canada and Telford Work, is free and open to the public. Canada, Armington Hall resident director, earned a master of arts degree from Taylor University. Work, Westmont professor of theology, earned a doctorate from Duke University.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reel Talk Features Eastwood's 'Grand Torino'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reel-talk-features-eastwoods-grand-torino.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/04\/936full-gran-torino-poster-505x746.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Liam Hess has become the youngest donor in Westmont College history. The 6-year-old emptied $15.05 from his truck bank for the college’s Bright Hope for Tomorrow Campaign, which provides funds for new facilities on campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "6-Year-Old Donates to Westmont Campaign", "link": "\/westmont-news\/6-year-old-donates-westmont-campaign.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/04\/BeebeHess1-325x320.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dallas Willard, professor of philosophy at USC, delivers the address at Westmont’s Commencement, which features 341 graduates, 110 with honors, on Saturday, May 7, from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Russell Carr Field. Walter and Darlene Hansen will receive the Westmont Medal, which honors those whose lives embody the very principles associated with the Christian character of the college. Commencement is free and open to the public, however, there is no parking available on campus. Guests will need to park their cars at Santa Barbara City College and use Westmont’s free shuttle service to campus for the ceremony.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dallas Willard Offers Commencement Talk", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dallas-willard-offers-commencement-talk.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/04\/Commencement-Shake1-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Laura Montgomery, who has taught anthropology at Westmont since 1990, is the new associate dean of global and experiential learning at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill., Montgomery co-developed Westmont in Mexico, a semester-long academic program in Querétaro, serving as its resident director in 2005 and 2007. She will direct the program in fall 2011 before heading to Wheaton.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Montgomery Named New Dean at Wheaton", "link": "\/westmont-news\/montgomery-named-new-dean-wheaton.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/04\/montgomery_laura_hires-325x495.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont President Gayle D. Beebe and the Board of Trustees will dedicate Winter Hall for Science and Mathematics and Adams Center for the Visual Arts May 5-6. The free, public ribbon-cutting ceremony for Winter Hall is Thursday, May 5, at 5:30 p.m. and the dedication of Adams Center is Friday, May 6, at 11 a.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Buildings to be Dedicated at Ceremony", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-buildings-be-dedicated-ceremony.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/04\/Adams-Center-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara author Patricia Selbert will share passages from her book, “The House of Six Doors,” at a free, public reading Tuesday, April 19, at 6:30 p.m. at Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall. Selbert, who was raised on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao and speaks four languages, will discuss how her own process of integrating four cultures has shaped her identity.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Six Doors' Author to be Featured at Reading", "link": "\/westmont-news\/six-doors-author-be-featured-reading.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/04\/5028689343_37e3a0dc43_b-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Workers installed a new bronze statue of former Westmont president David K. Winter walking with wife, Helene, outside the entrance to Winter Hall for Science and Mathematics. Encinitas-based artists T.J. Dixon and James Nelson created the life-sized sculpture and delivered it to campus April 11.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Bronzed Winters Installed on Campus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/bronzed-winters-installed-campus.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/04\/WinterStatueTight-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra’s annual Concerto Concert will highlight student soloists on Friday, April 29, at 8 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. General admission is $10; all students are free. Tickets can be purchased at the door or reserved by calling (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musicians Go Solo at Orchestra Concerto", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musicians-go-solo-orchestra-concerto.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/04\/M10_0128-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s annual Fringe Festival, a unique combination of theater, dance and music performed in non-traditional spaces, explores the new architecture around Adams Center for the Visual Arts. “Fringe 2011 Refresh” is April 14-16 from 7-10:30 p.m. Tickets, $5 for students and $7 for adults, can be purchased by calling (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Festival Puts a Refreshing Spin on Theater", "link": "\/westmont-news\/festival-puts-refreshing-spin-theater.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/04\/OstbergFringe-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 120 student singers will perform folk, popular songs and worship music at the Westmont Spring Choral Concert on Friday, April 15, at 8 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State Street. The performance is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Choral Concert to Sing with 120 Voices", "link": "\/westmont-news\/choral-concert-sing-120-voices.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/04\/M10_0226-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Online registration is open for Westmont’s popular summer sports camps, which will enjoy new or newly remodeled athletic facilities. All camps, which begin June 13 and run through July 29, start at 9 a.m. and cost $225 or $250. The price includes a camp T-shirt, photo and instruction by Westmont coaches as well as current and former Westmont student-athletes. Campers also have the opportunity to swim in the Westmont pool throughout the week.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Youth Sports Camps to Play on New Fields", "link": "\/westmont-news\/youth-sports-camps-play-new-fields.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/04\/IMG_0496-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Men's Polo Team won the U.S. Polo Association Western Regional Intercollegiate Tournament and will compete in the USPA Intercollegiate Polo Championships at Cornell University in New York on April 18-23. The Westmont Men’s Polo Team defeated Stanford 18-4 on April 2.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Polo Team Rides to Finals in New York", "link": "\/westmont-news\/polo-team-rides-finals-new-york.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/04\/PoloMen2011-505x343.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Tom Fikes, Westmont professor of psychology and neuroscience, will lecture about “Brains, Persons and Relationality: The New Social Neuroscience” at a free, public lecture on Thursday, April 7, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. Tickets are not needed, though seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-04-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture to Probe the Brain, Personhood", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-probe-brain-personhood.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/04\/FikesTom-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s senior art majors present their final art work as undergraduates in the annual senior show, “Senior Exhibition 2011: We Are Here,” from April 7 through May 7 in the Westmont Museum of Art. Sixteen studio art majors will display their works, the first graduating class to exhibit in the new Westmont Museum of Art in the Adams Center for the Visual Arts. An opening reception on Thursday, April 7, from 4-6 p.m. is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Graduating Seniors to Put Art on Display", "link": "\/westmont-news\/graduating-seniors-put-art-display.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/Senior-Hillary-Dunks-with-John-Carlander-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Cellists of Westmont College perform a special concert of cello music from the 18th-20th century on Sunday, April 10, at 3 p.m. in 1st Congregational Church, 2101 State Street. The eight cellists will be joined by Celeste Tavera, Westmont voice instructor. The performance is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Concert to Feature Eight Westmont Cellists", "link": "\/westmont-news\/concert-feature-eight-westmont-cellists.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/DanielGee-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Right to Life Club presents a discussion about the abortion issue, “Abortion — Right or Wrong,” featuring two of the nation’s top experts on the topic, Friday, April 15, at 6 p.m. in Westmont’s Murchison Gym. General admission to the public event is $5; students are free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Pro-Life Club Presents Debate", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-pro-life-club-presents-debate.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/Abortion-Debaters-325x212.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Willis, Westmont professor of English, has been selected as Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, a position the city established in 2004 to “advance awareness of and appreciation for literary arts and humanities within the greater Santa Barbara community.” Willis will be installed during a brief, public ceremony on Tuesday, April 12, at 2 p.m. in City Hall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Willis is New Santa Barbara Poet Laureate", "link": "\/westmont-news\/willis-new-santa-barbara-poet-laureate.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/Willis-Vertical-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Spring Sing, a student-performed variety show and competition between residence halls, celebrates its 50th anniversary on Saturday, April 2, at 6:30 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Tickets, which are $23 for general admission and $10 for children 12 and under, can be purchased online.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Spring Sing to Celebrate 50th at SB Bowl", "link": "\/westmont-news\/spring-sing-celebrate-50th-sb-bowl.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/SpringSingArmington09-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus Reggie Williams ’95, a doctoral candidate in Christian ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary, will examine the intersection between social interpretations of Christ and social ethics in a free, public lecture Tuesday, April 5, at 3:30 p.m. in Adams Center 216. “The Impact of Harlem Renaissance Theology on the Incarnational Ethics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer” will detail Bonhoeffer’s experience in Harlem and eventual involvement in the church struggle against Nazi Christians.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alum Probes Harlem's Affect on Bonhoeffer", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alum-probes-harlems-affect-bonhoeffer.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/Pastor_Bonhoeffer-505x778.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s innovative ThinkCamps, summer day camps in the arts and sciences for elementary, junior high and high school students, will enjoy the new Adams Center for the Visual Arts this summer. Two separate ThinkCamps, Computer Quest, a computer camp, and Creative YOUth Project, an art camp, will move into the new facilities that opened to Westmont students this fall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summer ThinkCamps to Use New Facilities", "link": "\/westmont-news\/summer-thinkcamps-use-new-facilities.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/IMG_0797-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The UC Santa Barbara Middle East Ensemble (MEE) will perform a diverse repertoire of Middle Eastern music and dances Wednesday, March 30, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. The event is free and open to the public, though reservations are requested. For tickets or for more information, please contact Thomas Jayawardene, Westmont professor of sociology, at (805) 565-6783.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Middle East Ensemble Performs at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/middle-east-ensemble-performs-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/MEE-photo-new_dancers2-505x328.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Students majoring in music at Westmont will now be able to earn a teaching credential as well as a bachelor’s degree. The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing has approved Westmont’s application to offer a single-subject teaching credential for music, one of the few colleges to do so on the Central Coast.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Offers Music Teacher Credential", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-offers-music-teacher-credential.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/SL09_0392-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 200 Westmont students will spend spring break (March 11-18) in Mississippi, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Ensenada, Mexico, volunteering for various service projects.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students to Serve During Spring Break", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-serve-during-spring-break-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/Nikki-Delahooke-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Choir, alumni, community members and student soloists with the Westmont College Orchestra perform Mozart’s “Requiem” at this year’s Masterworks Concert Friday, March 25, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 27, at 3 p.m. both at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E Constance Ave. General admission is $10 and students are free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Masterworks to Feature Mozart, Auction", "link": "\/westmont-news\/masterworks-feature-mozart-auction.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/Choir-Singing-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will be the focus of attention for Central Coast stargazers Friday, March 18, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month, however, four of the last five public viewings have been canceled due to inclement weather. The free viewings are held in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "March Moon Madness at Observatory", "link": "\/westmont-news\/march-moon-madness-observatory.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/Observatory-in-Sun-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Christian Hoeckley, director of the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont, will talk about the ethics of war in a Phi Kappa Phi lecture, “Peace that Passes Understanding: Four Paths to Opposing War,” Tuesday, March 22, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge inside Kerrwood Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served following the talk.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Explore the Ethics of War", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explore-ethics-war.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/hoeckley_christian_hires-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 100 enthusiastic Westmont students, faculty, staff and community members, including President Gayle D. Beebe and acting Provost Rick Pointer, attended the finals of the 15th annual Speech and Debate Tournament March 3 in Page Hall. The tournament, which was funded by the Westmont College Provost’s Office and Montecito resident Jean Svoboda, was emceed by Allen Hopkins, Westmont trustee and ESPN sportscaster. The tournament awards several cash prizes and gifts to winners and participants.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Debate Tourney Lauds Virtues of Listening", "link": "\/westmont-news\/debate-tourney-lauds-virtues-listening.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/JacobMiller-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "[View pictures from the breakfast and convocation]", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Rice Touts Virtues of ‘Messy’ Democracy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/rice-touts-virtues-messy-democracy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/Condi-Breakfast-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Reel Talk, which gives the Westmont community an opportunity to discuss difficult social, philosophical, or theological questions following a film screening, features “The Mission,” starring Jeremy Irons and Robert DeNiro, on Friday, March 25, at 7 p.m. in Adams 216 (map). The event, hosted by Chris Hoeckley, is free and open to the public. Hoeckley, director of the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts, earned a doctorate in philosophy from Claremont Graduate School. Hoeckley presents a Phi Kappa Phi lecture, “Peace that Passes Understanding: Four Paths to Opposing War” on Tuesday, March 22, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge. “The Mission,” written by Robert Bolt and directed by Roland Joffé, is about an 18th century Spanish Jesuit priest (Irons) and a converted mercenary and slaver (DeNiro) who work to protect a South American native tribe from pro-slave Portuguese rule. The 1986 film also stars Liam Neeson and Aidan Quinn.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reel Talk Features ‘The Mission,’ Hoeckley", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reel-talk-features-mission-hoeckley.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/misison.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For the first time since 2004, the Westmont Men’s Basketball team has earned the opportunity to host a home playoff game. Tonight, Thursday, March 3, the Warriors tip off against Fresno Pacific at 7:30 p.m. in Murchison Gym. The Warriors need a win to have a chance to be part of the NAIA national tournament in Kansas City. President Gayle D. Beebe is paying for the tickets to the first 250 students at the game. Please enter through the west-side door to receive free admission. more", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-03-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors Host Playoff Game Tonight", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-host-playoff-game-tonight.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/03\/WarriorBeebe-505x394.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Curtis “Doc” Whiteman, Westmont professor of historical theology, is faculty adviser to student-athletes, a new position created by the Offices of the Provost and Athletic Director. Whiteman, who has been teaching at Westmont since 1973, continues his normal faculty responsibilities. He will provide academic assistance to any student-athlete referred to him by a Westmont coach, working directly with student-athletes or hiring a tutor to assist them.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-02-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Doc' Whiteman to Advise Student-Athletes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/doc-whiteman-advise-student-athletes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/02\/whiteman_curtis_hires-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "After playing five concerts throughout California during the President’s Day weekend, the Westmont College Orchestra returns home to perform two concerts in Santa Barbara. The Spring Orchestra Concert is Friday, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m. in Hahn Hall at Music Academy of the West and Sunday, Feb. 27, at 3 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church. General admission is $10; all students are free. Tickets can be purchased at the door or reserved by calling (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-02-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra to Perform Spring Concerts in SB", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-perform-spring-concerts-sb.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/02\/M10_0034-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Faculty and administrators from around the country join the Gaede Institute’s 10th annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts at Westmont Feb. 25-26. “The Fine Art of the Liberal Arts” includes speakers Lewis Hyde, Janet Echelman and Harold Best. Registration for the conference is now closed, but members of the community are welcome to attend any of the plenary sessions. Registered conference participants can find more information here.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-02-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College to Host Liberal Arts Conversation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-host-liberal-arts-conversation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/02\/LiberalArts2006-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 125 paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs and textiles will be showcased in an exhibition, “Selections from the Permanent Collection: Celebrating 25 Years,” Feb. 17 through April 2 in the Westmont Museum of Art. An opening reception will be held Thursday, Feb. 17, from 4-6 p.m. All events are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-02-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Museum Shows off its Permanent Collection", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-shows-its-permanent-collection.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/02\/MarioniColor-blog1-325x317.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "((For the fourth time in five months, inclement weather has forced the cancellation of the monthly public viewing. We will try again March 18.))", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-02-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Rain Forces Cancellation of Star Party at Observatory", "link": "\/westmont-news\/rain-forces-cancellation-star-party-observatory.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/12\/Orion_Nebula_-_Hubble_2006_mosaic-325x325.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A panel of professors from Westmont and UC Santa Barbara discuss “Condoleezza Rice and the Direction of American Foreign Policy” in a free, public lecture Thursday, Feb. 24, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. Tickets are not needed, though seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call 565-6051. The lecture is in advance of Rice’s sold-out talk at the Westmont President’s Breakfast on March 4. The lecture is part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter, which is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation. The panel, moderated by Deborah Dunn, Westmont communication studies professor, includes: Chris Hoeckley, director of Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont; Tom Knecht, Westmont political science professor; and Robert Rauchhaus, UCSB political science professor. Knecht, a Stanford graduate who earned a master’s degree and doctorate at UCSB, says Rice’s roles as national security advisor and secretary of state were very different. “The national security advisor is responsible only to the president, but the secretary of state must manage potential conflict between the president, Congress, international allies and from their own department,” Knecht says. “I’ll also examine the legacy of Dr. Rice and the Bush administration.” Hoeckley earned a bachelor’s degree from from Biola University and a doctorate in philosophy at the Claremont Graduate School. “The Iraq War brought traditional questions about when a state may go to war, and how it may wage war, into public discussion at a level we haven’t seen since Vietnam,” Hoeckley says. “In retrospect, how did the war measure up to traditional just war criteria? How can we maintain those criteria in the face of very different challenges?” Rauchhaus, who earned a doctorate from UC Berkeley, focuses his research and consulting on the formulation and implementation of strategy under conditions of uncertainty, risk, and strategic interaction. His recent publications and courses apply strategic choice theory to military strategy, national security policy, and conflict management.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-02-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Inspect Rice, U.S. Foreign Policy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-inspect-rice-us-foreign-policy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/02\/Rice-Downtown-325x226.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Theater performs three of Anton Chekhov’s wildest farces collectively known as “33 Swoons” Feb. 25, 26 and March 4-5 at 8 p.m.; and March 5 at 2 p.m. in Porter Theatre (map). Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults, and can be purchased by calling (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-02-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Blondell Directs a Humorous '33 Swoons'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/blondell-directs-humorous-33-swoons.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/02\/33-Swoons-poster-final-325x454.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Thirty students competed for four full-tuition scholarships at Westmont during the two-day, 10th annual Monroe Scholarship Competition Feb. 4-5. The award is a four-year, full-tuition scholarship offered to a few high-achieving first-year students each year. It is the highest academic honor an incoming student may receive at Westmont. This year, the competition included students from Texas, Colorado, Illinois, Idaho and California. One student took part in the competition from France. These gifted students have an average GPA of 4.4 (weighted) and an SAT (critical reading, writing and math) score of 2230.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-02-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Top Scholars Compete for Full Tuition Scholarship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/top-scholars-compete-full-tuition-scholarship.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/02\/Monroe-Scholar-Candidates-2011-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“The Discerning Eye: An Art Collector’s Symposium” gathers art critics, dealers and collectors from across the country for an all-day educational event at the Westmont Museum of Art on Saturday, March 12. The event is open to the public and offers practical insight for both novice and experienced art collectors. The symposium, which begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at 4:30 p.m., will be held in Porter Theatre adjacent to the Adams Center for the Visual Arts. Event tickets are $100 and include museum membership ($50 for current members), and are available by calling (805) 565-6162 (map).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-02-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Symposium to Attract Art Collectors", "link": "\/westmont-news\/symposium-attract-art-collectors.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/02\/Peake-1-505x2521-325x162.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Orchestra and Chapel Band will tour the Bay Area during President’s Weekend, Feb. 18-22, with stops in San Francisco and Willow Glen. The 58-member orchestra and six-member chapel band will also perform in Arroyo Grande, Chowchilla and Watsonville. All performances are free and open to the public except for a fundraiser for Old Skool Cafe at the Bayview Opera House in San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 19, at 1 p.m., which has a suggested donation of $30. To reserve tickets, please go to http:\/\/oldskoolcafeteasalon.eventbrite.com.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-02-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra to Tour the Golden State", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-tour-golden-state.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/02\/M10_0034-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Laila El-Haddad, blogger, political analyst, social activist and mother of two children from Gaza, speaks about her book, “Gaza Mom: Palestine, Politics, Parenting, and Everything In Between,” Monday, Feb. 14, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge inside Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The lecture, sponsored by the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont, is free and open to the public. El-Haddad will have books available for purchase and signing.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-02-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Gaza Mom' Speaks about Palestine and Politics", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gaza-mom-speaks-about-palestine-and-politics.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/02\/Laila-El-Haddad-325x489.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ten high school teams will compete in the 24th annual High School Mathematics Contest at Westmont on Saturday, Feb. 12. The contest begins at 1 p.m. with a Chalk Talk Derby, written exams and a fast-paced team competition with buzzers modeled after the once-popular College Bowl TV show. Finals will get under way beginning at 4 p.m. at the Darling Foundation Lecture Hall in Westmont’s Winter Hall (Room 210). Dinner and an awards ceremony begin at 5:30 p.m. in Kerr Student Center.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-02-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Teens to Face Off in Battle of Math Wits", "link": "\/westmont-news\/teens-face-battle-math-wits.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/02\/MB_0019-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A diverse group of scholars will explore the role of natural law in evangelical political thought during a conference at Westmont Feb. 17-19. “Natural Law and Evangelical Political Thought,” features several lectures that are free and open to the public, including the keynote address, “Natural Law, God, and Human Dignity,” by Robert George Thursday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Darling Foundation Lecture Hall in Westmont’s Winter Hall (Room 210) (map).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-01-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hosts Talks about Politics, Faith", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hosts-talks-about-politics-faith.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/01\/George-Robert-325x463.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree, a well-known Santa Barbara businesswoman, art connoisseur and philanthropist, has donated her extensive art library to Westmont, which totals more than 750 books. Several of the volumes, mostly covering 19th and 20th century art, are being shown in Voskuyl Library. “An Art Connoisseur's Library: Gifts from Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree” is on display through May 7. The total value of the donated books is unknown, though 469 of the books were appraised at $62,690 according to Mary Logue, Westmont assistant librarian.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-01-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Library Displays Gifts from Ridley-Tree", "link": "\/westmont-news\/library-displays-gifts-ridley-tree.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/01\/Ridley-Tree2-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Peter Enns, senior fellow of biblical studies at the BioLogos Forum, speaks about the intersection of science and faith in a lecture, “Paul, Adam and Evolution,” Wednesday, Feb. 9, at 5 p.m. at the Darling Foundation Lecture Hall in Westmont’s Winter Hall (Room 210). The Erasmus Society lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-01-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Probe the Intersection of Science, Faith", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-probe-intersection-science-faith.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/01\/Enns_Peter-325x448.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont and The Friends of William Stafford are sponsoring the fifth annual “Remembering William Stafford: A Community Reading” Saturday, Jan. 29, from 2-3 p.m. at the First Crossing Day-Use Area on Paradise Road in Los Padres National Forest. The reading is free and no day-use fee or Adventure Pass is needed to attend.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-01-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Community to Remember Poet Stafford", "link": "\/westmont-news\/community-remember-poet-stafford.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/01\/Willis-Paul-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Forbes has selected Westmont as the second-best college for minorities to earn a degree in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (known colloquially as STEM).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-01-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Forbes Lauds Westmont's Diversity, Science", "link": "\/westmont-news\/forbes-lauds-westmonts-diversity-science.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/01\/CL07_0044-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A cast of 12 Westmont students will perform off-Broadway’s longest-running musical, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” Friday and Saturday, Jan. 28-29, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 30, at 3 p.m. all in Porter Theatre. Tickets which are $10 for general admission; $5 for Westmont students, can be purchased at the door.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-01-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students to Perform 'I Love you, Now Change'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-perform-i-love-you-now-change.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/01\/ilovuurperfectimage-325x286.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Arthur Lynip, emeritus distinguished professor of English, died Jan. 16 in North Carolina at the age of 97. He taught at Westmont from 1967-1977 and left an enduring legacy as an outstanding scholar, dedicated teacher and committed Christian.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-01-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Former Professor Arthur Lynip Dies at 97", "link": "\/westmont-news\/former-professor-arthur-lynip-dies-97.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/01\/Lynip-Arthur-portrait1975-300J-325x495.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robert and Helen Singleton, civil rights activists in the early 1960s, will speak about “The Freedom Riders” Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 3:30 p.m. at the Darling Foundation Lecture Hall in Westmont’s Winter Hall (Room 210) (map). The couple rode buses through parts of the southern U.S. to challenge racial segregation. Westmont’s Intercultural Programs, the Provost Office and the History Department sponsor the lecture, which is free and open to the public. Local students and teachers are encouraged to attend.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-01-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Freedom Riders to Discuss Equality, Justice", "link": "\/westmont-news\/freedom-riders-discuss-equality-justice.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/01\/Robert-Helen-Singleton-325x448.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Taiko Center of Los Angeles performs at Westmont Saturday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. in Porter Theater. “A Taiko Drum Concert” includes special guest Hiroyuki Hayashida, former member of Kodo, the world’s most renowned Taiko group from Japan. Tickets to the event, which is co-sponsored by Westmont’s Intercultural Programs and the Music Department, are $5 for students; $10 general admission. All proceeds benefit Emmaus Road, a Westmont summer service program that has been sending students overseas for 12 years.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-01-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Renowned Taiko Drummers to Strike Porter Theatre", "link": "\/westmont-news\/renowned-taiko-drummers-strike-porter-theatre.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/01\/TaikoDrumming-325x217.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Local stargazers wanting to catch a glimpse of the night sky through Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope are hopeful they won’t be rained out again Friday, Jan. 21, beginning at 7 p.m. The free, public viewings, which are held every third Friday of the month, have been rained out the last three months. The observatory sits between the track and baseball field at Westmont. Free parking is available above the baseball field. Members of the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit (SBAU) also bring their telescopes to the event for the public to look through.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-01-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Clear Skies May Reveal Celestial Objects", "link": "\/westmont-news\/clear-skies-may-reveal-celestial-objects.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/01\/IMG_2302-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont students have embraced the new Voskuyl Library after the redesign of its interior space last summer. During the first six weeks of the semester, the number of students using the facility increased 330 percent. “It’s busy all the time in here,” says Debra Quast, director of library and information services. “It’s good to see the students using every different kind of learning space we planned for them. I think it inspires students to learn.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-01-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Library Renovation Attracting Students", "link": "\/westmont-news\/library-renovation-attracting-students.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/01\/IMG_3518-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Condoleezza Rice, who served as the 66th secretary of state of the United States from 2005-2009, will be the keynote speaker at the sixth annual Westmont President’s Breakfast Friday, March 4, from 7-9 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort. Tickets, which are $100 per person, go on sale Tuesday, Feb. 1, at 9 a.m. and can be purchased only at the Westmont website. Seating is limited, and tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2011-01-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Condoleezza Rice to Speak at President's Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/condoleezza-rice-speak-presidents-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2011\/01\/Rice_Condoleezza_PROMOPIC-325x454.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jessie van Eerden, a faculty member at the Oregon Extension of Eastern University, reads her prose fiction on Thursday, Jan. 20, in Adams Center 216 at 7 p.m. The reading is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-12-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Oregon Author to Share Prose at Reading", "link": "\/westmont-news\/oregon-author-share-prose-reading.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/12\/van-eerden.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Chandra Mallampalli, Westmont associate professor of history, will discuss how Martin Luther King Jr.’s powerful vision of racial justice draws from the past while orienting us to the future. His lecture, “Civil Disobedience and the Legacy of MLK,” Wednesday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. at the Darling Foundation Lecture Hall in Westmont’s Winter Hall (Room 210), is co-sponsored by Westmont’s Intercultural Programs and the Westmont History Department. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-12-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professor to Explore the Legacy of MLK", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professor-explore-legacy-mlk.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/12\/Mallampalli-Chandra-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robert Nicholson, Ameriprise senior financial adviser in Stockton, Calif., has joined the Westmont Board of Trustees. Nicholson has been a member of Westmont’s Athletic Advisory Board for four years and serves as co-chair along with Athletic Director Dave Odell. A Stanford graduate, he says that he and his wife were not blessed with children, so God gave them hearts for being involved in and influencing the lives of young adults.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-12-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Financial Adviser Joins Board of Trustees", "link": "\/westmont-news\/financial-adviser-joins-board-trustees.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/12\/Robert-Nicholson-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Christmas Festival 2010 CD is now available for purchase at the Westmont Bookstore for $12. The CD “Let the Hearts of Those Who Seek the Lord Rejoice,” includes 90 minutes of Christmas music performed by the Westmont College Orchestra, Choir, Men’s Chorale and Women’s Chorale at the sixth annual festival Dec. 3-5.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-12-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Festival CD on Sale in Bookstore", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-festival-cd-sale-bookstore.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/12\/Westmont-Christmas-CD-insert-card-325x325.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "(Westmont has been forced to cancel this month’s viewing of the stars due to inclement weather. The next scheduled public viewing is Friday, Jan. 21.)", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-12-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Wet Weather Forces Cancellation of Public Viewing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/wet-weather-forces-cancellation-public-viewing-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/12\/Orion_Nebula_-_Hubble_2006_mosaic-325x325.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The historic Art Center, which housed Reynolds Gallery, will soon become a hub for Westmont’s burgeoning music department when the college finishes renovating the building in June 2011. The art department moved to Adams Center for the Visual Arts this fall, freeing up the two-story structure to provide office and practice space for the music department’s five full-time professors and 26 adjunct instructors. Various gifts to the college are funding the project.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-12-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Old Art Building to Sing a New Song", "link": "\/westmont-news\/old-art-building-sing-new-song.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/12\/Music-Plans2-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four Westmont student venture teams participate in the 21st annual Westmont Collegiate Entrepreneurs Business Plan Competition Thursday, Dec. 9, from 5-8 p.m. at the Darling Foundation Lecture Hall in Westmont’s Winter Hall (Room 210). The event is free and open to the public. Here's a campus map.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-12-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Entrepreneurship Students to Unveil Business Plans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/entrepreneurship-students-unveil-business-plans.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/12\/Business-Competition-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Allen Hopkins, sportscaster for ESPN and FOX Sports, joins the Westmont Board of Trustees, which oversees the operations of the college. Hopkins, a 1995 Westmont graduate, has been a member of Westmont’s Board of Advisors since 2007.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-12-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sportscaster Allen Hopkins Joins Trustees", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sportscaster-allen-hopkins-joins-trustees.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/12\/AllenHopkins-505x757.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Under a golden sunset sky, several hundred people enjoyed the Nov. 18 opening reception of “Form and Function: Ceramic Artists in California” at the spacious new Westmont Museum. Collections Manager Chris Rupp organized the show, thoughtfully placing nearly 200 ceramic pieces in the museum from an impressive collection of California artists. Several pieces by Otto Heino and his wife, Vivika, who were highly acclaimed potters from Ojai, highlight the show. Their work is made available from private collections and, like the rest of the exhibition, is for sale.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-11-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Amazing Art Made Out of Clay", "link": "\/westmont-news\/amazing-art-made-out-clay.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/11\/Westmont-Museum-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Five female Westmont students perform a stripped-down, fast-paced version of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” Friday, Dec. 10, and Saturday, Dec. 11, both at 8 p.m. in Porter Theatre. The play is free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first come, first-served basis.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-11-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Double Toil, Trouble in Fast-Paced 'Macbeth'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/double-toil-trouble-fast-paced-macbeth.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/11\/Director-Mitchell-Thomas-325x379.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Warm cider, Santa Claus and carolers will highlight the ninth annual Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony at Westmont’s Kerrwood Lawn Wednesday, Dec. 1, beginning at 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-11-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont to Look a Lot Like Christmas", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-look-lot-christmas.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/11\/IMG_1385-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Damir Arsenijevic, an international cultural worker, critic, theorist, scholar and translator working in the fields of cultural, gender, and literary studies, speaks about “Towards a Politics of Unbribable Life: The Politics of Memory and Cultural Production in Bosnia and Herzegovina” Wednesday, Nov. 17, from 4-5:30 p.m. in Westmont's Darling Foundation Lecture Hall inside Winter Hall. The lecture, sponsored by the Westmont Office of the Provost and the Departments of Communication Studies, English, Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-11-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "International Cultural Worker Talks Balkan Politics", "link": "\/westmont-news\/international-cultural-worker-talks-balkan-politics.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/11\/Damir-Arsenijević-325x433.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumna Sarah Tobin ’98, who is finishing her doctorate in anthropology at Boston University, lectures about “From Starbucks to the Headscarf: How Modern Muslim Women Understand Their Worlds” Monday, Nov. 15, from 7-9 p.m. in Founders Room. On Tuesday, Nov. 16, she lectures about “Islamic Banking in Finance: In Theory and Practice” from 3:30-5 p.m. in Founders Room.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-11-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumna Talks Muslim Women, Islamic Banking", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumna-talks-muslim-women-islamic-banking.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/11\/tobin.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "(Westmont has been forced to cancel this month’s viewing of the stars due to inclement weather. The next scheduled public viewing is Friday, Dec. 17.)", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-11-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Wet Weather Forces Cancellation of Public Viewing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/wet-weather-forces-cancellation-public-viewing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/11\/Observatory-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The sixth annual Westmont Christmas Festival, “Let the Hearts of Those Who Seek the Lord Rejoice,” is sold out for general admission tickets. If you are a member of the Wallace Emerson Society, please call Joan Kim at (805) 565-6058. If you received an invitation to the reception, please call (805) 565-7234. The general admission tickets sold out 29 hours after tickets to the three shows became available Nov. 10. Tickets to the festival, Dec. 3-4 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 5 at 3 p.m., all at First Presbyterian Church, have always been free, but reservations are required. First Presbyterian, 21 E. Constance at State Street, has a maximum seating capacity of 700.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-11-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Festival a Sold-Out Tradition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-festival-sold-out-tradition.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/11\/Final-art-325x351.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "We apologize, but at present all performances of the Christmas Festival are sold out. We've been surprised and delighted by the quick and overwhelming response. You may enter your information and request to be put on a waiting list for tickets that may become available if others return tickets they have reserved.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-11-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Festival Sold Out Quickly", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-festival-sold-out-quickly.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/11\/ChristmasFestival081-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Form and Function: Ceramic Artists in California” opens in the Westmont Museum of Art with a public reception Thursday, November 18, 4-6 p.m. The exhibition, on display through Dec. 18, is the second in the new Adams Center for the Visual Arts.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-11-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Museum Displays Golden State Ceramic Art", "link": "\/westmont-news\/museum-displays-golden-state-ceramic-art.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/11\/Chris-Rupp-Ceramics-325x273.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student composers, vocalists and instrumentalists showcase their talents in several concerts this November. All performances are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-11-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "November Showcases Student Musicians", "link": "\/westmont-news\/november-showcases-student-musicians.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/11\/M10_0058-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "William “Bill” Kerr, a longtime college trustee and the son of Westmont founder Ruth Kerr, died Nov. 5. He was 95. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 12:30 p.m. in the Church of the Hills at Forest Lawn in Hollywood Hills.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-11-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Trustee Bill Kerr Dies at 95", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-trustee-bill-kerr-dies-95.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/11\/Willliam-A.-Kerr-1973-325x400.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Windancers, Westmont’s student dance company, depict several biblical stories while exploring various spaces in and around Porter Theatre Friday, Nov. 19, and Saturday, Nov. 20, at 8 p.m. Tickets to “Sacred Spaces,” which are $5 for students\/seniors; $10 general admission, can be purchased at the door or reserved through Beth Whitcomb at (805)565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-11-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Dancers to Explore 'Sacred Spaces'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-dancers-explore-sacred-spaces.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/11\/Fringe2010-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Scott Derrickson, writer and director of “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” and director of “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” speaks about his life and work following a free film screening of “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” at Westmont’s Porter Theatre Friday, Nov. 5, at 8 p.m. The Reel Talk event, co-sponsored by the Westmont Theater Arts Department, the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts and the campus pastor’s office, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Earth Stood Still' Director to Lead Talk", "link": "\/westmont-news\/earth-stood-still-director-lead-talk.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/11\/DerricksonDirecting-325x212.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Tim Keith, a private equity investor based in New York and a partner in two green businesses, has joined the Westmont Board of Trustees. He has served on Westmont’s Board of Advisors since 2005, and he earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and business at Westmont in 1987.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Green Energy Partner Becomes a Trustee", "link": "\/westmont-news\/green-energy-partner-becomes-trustee.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/Tim-Kieth-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Gregory Orfalea, Westmont adjunct assistant professor of English, explores the cultures and peoples of California and the Middle East in a lecture, “Promised Lands: Literature and Poetry about California and the Middle East,” Thursday, Nov. 4, at 7", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Compare Cultures of California, Holy Land", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-compare-cultures-california-holy-land.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/greg_orfalea-book-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Bobbie Gottschalk, co-creator of Seeds of Peace, an organization that empowers young leaders with reconciliation skills, speaks at Westmont Nov. 1-3. The Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont is hosting Gottschalk, its first Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow. The Westmont Campus Life Office and Provost's Office are co-sponsors of the events.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gottschalk to Sow Seeds of Peace at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gottschalk-sow-seeds-peace-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/MK4_0940-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra, celebrating its fifth year, opens a new season Friday, Nov. 5, at 8 p.m. in Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West and Sunday, Nov. 7, at 3 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Tickets to the Fall Orchestra Concert, which can be purchased at (805) 565-7140, are $10 general admission; students are free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Celebrates Five Years at Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-celebrates-five-years-concert.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/Orchestra-2011-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Trustee Patty Martin and her husband, Eff, have made a significant pledge to Westmont to establish the Martin Family Institute for Christianity and Culture and the Dallas Willard Center for Spiritual Formation. President Gayle D. Beebe announced the gift at the college’s board of trustee meeting Oct. 25.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pledge Creates Institute for Christianity, Culture", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pledge-creates-institute-christianity-culture.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/PattyMartin-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 300 people packed into Westmont’s Porter Theatre to watch the two opening performances of “The Servant of Two Masters,” which received standing ovations for its hilarity. Junior Reyn Halford plays the oft-hungry and love-struck Truffaldino with zany, acrobatic perfection. The Westmont Theater Arts Department performs Carlo Goldoni’s 1743 commedia dell’arte masterpiece again Oct. 28 and 30 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. Tickets, $5 for students and $10 for adults, can be purchased at (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sold-Out Theater is Smitten by 'Servant'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sold-out-theater-smitten-servant.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/HamlinHalfordOstberg-325x234.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 540 high school students from 14 different schools will join voices with Westmont singers at the annual Fall Choral Festival Friday, Oct. 29, at 4:45 p.m. in First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St., and at 7 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Both performances are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Choral Fest Includes 540 High Schoolers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/choral-fest-includes-540-high-schoolers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/M09_0176-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Seven students from the Westmont Music Drama Class perform songs and arias from a wide range of musicals and operas Sunday, Oct. 24, at 3 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. “An Audition Day” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Perform a Variety of Songs, Arias", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-perform-variety-songs-arias.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/M08_102-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Greg Spencer, Westmont professor of communication studies, talks about “The Quieter Virtues: Learning Contentment in an Age of Excess” in a free, public lecture Thursday, Nov. 4, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The lecture is part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter, which is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Spencer Examines the Virtue of Contentment", "link": "\/westmont-news\/spencer-examines-virtue-contentment.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/SpencerGreg-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three Westmont alumni will share stories about their business lives in a free, public panel discussion Tuesday, Oct. 19, at 3:30 p.m. in Kerrwood Hall’s Hieronymus Lounge. The talk, sponsored by the Westmont Internship Department, features Brendan Moore ’07, Emily Hughes ’05 and Joshua Higa ’03.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Alumni Offer Employment Tips", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-alumni-offer-employment-tips.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/2H5F0792-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Bruce Fisk, Westmont professor of religious studies, traces the rise of Christian Zionism in a lecture, “STILL ChRistiAn ZIonism AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: The Third Temple in a Century of End-Times Hermeneutics,” Monday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. in Founders Dining Room. The Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi fall semester lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Probe Christian Zionism, End Times", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-probe-christian-zionism-end-times.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/2h5f2570-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Theater Arts Department, armed with swords and masks, begins the fall season performing “The Servant of Two Masters,” Carlo Goldoni’s commedia dell’arte masterpiece Oct. 22-23, 28 and 30 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 30 at 2 p.m in Porter Theatre. Tickets, $5 for students and $10 for adults, can be purchased at (805) 565-7140. A street festival begins a half hour before the show on the patio outside the theater.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Servant of Two Masters' Dishes Out Laughs", "link": "\/westmont-news\/servant-two-masters-dishes-out-laughs.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/ReynHalfordHeatherOstberg-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kenon Neal, who’s been associated with Westmont for a quarter century, is the college’s new director of foundation and corporate relations. Neal graduated from Westmont in 1988 and has served at the college as a resident director and an alumni and parent relations assistant.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Neal is New Corporate Relations Director", "link": "\/westmont-news\/neal-new-corporate-relations-director.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/kenon-neal-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Choir sings Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Santa Barbara Symphony Saturday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 17, at 3 p.m. at the Granada Theatre. Tickets can be purchased at the Granada box office.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Choir to Sing Beethoven with SB Symphony", "link": "\/westmont-news\/choir-sing-beethoven-sb-symphony.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Pulitzer prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri will speak at a public lecture Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 8 p.m. in UCSB's Campbell Hall on the UCSB campus. Westmont is co-sponsoring the UCSB Arts & Lectures series' event.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Co-Sponsors Lecture with Author Jhumpa Lahiri", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-co-sponsors-lecture-author-jhumpa-lahiri.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/Lahiri_credit_Elena_Seibert-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jupiter’s fiery moon Io will cast its shadow onto Jupiter during a free, public viewing Friday, Oct. 15, with Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope at the observatory near the soccer and baseball fields. People generally begin lining up for the first glimpse through the 24-inch reflector telescope after sunset, around 7 p.m. However, the shadow transit of Io will only be visible from 8:30-10:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing to Feature Io's Shadow on Jupiter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-feature-ios-shadow-jupiter.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/JupiterIo-325x433.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Newton, Westmont professor of entrepreneurial finance, has co-authored a 160-page e-book, “Job Creation: How it Really Works and Why Government Doesn’t Understand It.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Newton Co-Authors Book About 'Job Creation'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/newton-co-authors-book-about-job-creation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/NewtonBook1-1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Montecito neighbors Harold and Annette Simmons, whose primary residence is in Dallas, Texas, have given $1 million to Bright Hope for Tomorrow, Westmont’s campaign that provides funding for Adams Center for the Visual Arts, Winter Hall for Science and Mathematics, athletic fields, a new observatory and improvements required under the master plan.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Neighbor Gives $1M to Bright Hope", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-neighbor-gives-1m-bright-hope.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/simmons-325x479.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Helen M. Hieronymus, the widow of Frank, a former Westmont history professor (1950-1981) and academic dean (1955-1970), died Sept. 24. She was 88. Burial was at Santa Barbara Cemetery and a memorial service will be held Saturday, Oct. 23, at 1 p.m. at Cavalry Baptist Church, 736 W. Islay Street.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-10-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Mourns the Loss of Hieronymus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-mourns-loss-hieronymus.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/10\/Hieronymuses-and-Tom-Andrews-300J-505x385.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ronald J. Morgan, associate professor of history and director of ACU in Oxford for Abilene Christian University, talks about the spiritual transformations that can occur during off-campus programs in a free lecture and book signing Wednesday, Sept. 29, from 7-9 p.m. at Page Multipurpose Room.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-09-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Author to Tout Value of Global Learning", "link": "\/westmont-news\/author-tout-value-global-learning.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/09\/RonMorgan-325x261.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Helen Sterk, professor of communication arts at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., will discuss “Gender Partnership: A Care Theory Perspective” Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge inside Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Erasmus Society lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-09-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Aims to Bridge the Gender Divide", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-aims-bridge-gender-divide.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/09\/sterk-325x489.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Edd Noell and Paul Morgan, professors of economics and business, explore Haiti’s economy and the prospects of raising the country’s standards of living in a lecture, “Haiti: The 2010 Earthquake and the Underlying Economic Tragedy,” Thursday, Oct. 7, at 5:30 p.m. in the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The free, public lecture is part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations About Things That Matter, sponsored by the Westmont Foundation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-09-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Dig Into Haiti's Economic Crisis", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-dig-haitis-economic-crisis.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/09\/MorganNoell-325x238.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Local disc golfers will join traditional golfers Monday, Oct. 4, at Montecito Country Club for the third annual William Wiersma Golf and Disc Tournament, which benefits the William Wiersma Memorial Scholarship Endowment at Westmont. Golfers will tee off at 1 p.m., following a light lunch at noon. Hors d’ oeuvres will be served at 6 p.m., while awards and prizes are handed out. Greens fees are $150, $115 for recent college graduates (’05-’10) and $75 for current students. To register, please visit www.willstourney.com.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-09-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Disc Golfers Take Aim at Benefit Tourney", "link": "\/westmont-news\/disc-golfers-take-aim-benefit-tourney.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/09\/JeffShelton--325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Don D. Goehner ’60, founder and president of The Goehner Group, has been named Westmont Alumnus of the Year and will be honored by President Gayle D. Beebe at an alumni reunion brunch Saturday, Oct. 2, as part of Homecoming, Oct. 1-2.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-09-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Don Goehner to be Honored as Alumnus of the Year", "link": "\/westmont-news\/don-goehner-be-honored-alumnus-year.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/09\/Goehner-Don.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Faces of America,” a powerful, one-person portrayal of multicultural Americans, will be performed in Westmont’s Porter Theatre Saturday, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m. Admission is free with a suggested $5 donation benefitting the Westmont student organization Racial Equality and Justice. Please reserve tickets by calling (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-09-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theatrical Event Shows 'Faces of America'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theatrical-event-shows-faces-america.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/09\/Faces-of-America.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The planet Jupiter will be the star attraction during a public viewing Friday, Sept. 17, at Westmont’s observatory beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Keck Telescope, one of the most powerful public telescopes between San Francisco to Los Angeles, is available for free viewings every third Friday of the month and is held in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit (SBAU).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-09-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Keck Telescope to Set Its Sight on Jupiter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/keck-telescope-set-its-sight-jupiter.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/09\/keck01.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumna Shauna (Hybels) Niequist ’98, author of “Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life,” will speak at chapel in Westmont’s Murchison Gym Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 10:30 a.m. The talk is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-09-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumna, Popular Author to Speak at Chapel", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumna-popular-author-speak-chapel.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/09\/p-38_web-1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus Gregory Johnson ’89, a Baptist pastor in Utah, and Robert Millet, professor of religious education and director of the Religious Studies Center at Brigham Young University, talk about their two different faith traditions in “A Conversation Between a Mormon and an Evangelical,” Thursday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. The event, sponsored by the Westmont Sociology\/Anthropology Department, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-09-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Feature an Evangelical and a Mormon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-feature-evangelical-and-mormon.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/09\/Mormon-Talk.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Baruch Maoz, an Israeli missionary, editor and publisher, talks about “An Israeli-Christian’s Perspective on Israel and Palestine” Tuesday, Sept. 14, from 4:45-6 p.m. in Westmont’s Page Hall. The lecture, sponsored by the Westmont Religious Studies Department, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-09-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "An Israeli-Christian Shares His Perspective", "link": "\/westmont-news\/israeli-christian-shares-his-perspective.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/09\/Baruch1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Professor John Carlander was teaching at Westmont before there was a Westmont Art Center. It’s only fitting that one of the men who helped create Westmont’s Art Department be the focus of the first exhibition in the Westmont Museum of Art. “John Carlander: Highlights from a Thirty-Year Career” will be on display in the museum at Adams Center for the Visual Arts from Sept. 16 to Nov. 13. The public is invited to an opening reception Thursday, Sept. 16, from 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-09-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Westmont Museum of Art to Showcase Carlander", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-westmont-museum-art-showcase-carlander.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/09\/Contrasts-in-Red-325x325.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two dozen students will exhibit their summer research projects Thursday, Sept. 9, at 4 p.m. in the Darling Foundation Lecture Hall inside Winter Hall. “A Celebration of Summer Research at Westmont” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-09-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Celebrate a Summer of Research", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-celebrate-summer-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/09\/DuncanWilliams-325x270.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jamie Friedman, who joins Westmont as an assistant professor of English this fall, became fascinated by medieval studies when an English professor visited her history class to discuss Beowulf, the Old English epic poem. “He had us beat on the desks while he chanted the verse,” Friedman says. “The content of the poem and the sounds reverberated in my gut, and I was hooked.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-08-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Professor Teaches Medieval Literature", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-professor-teaches-medieval-literature.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/08\/IMG_4007-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robert Hamel, who joins Westmont as an assistant professor of theatre arts this fall, was a Lutheran pastor for 25 years, but says theater has always been in his family. His wife, Susan, is a theater professional, and together they staged theatrical events in churches. Most recently, Robert organized summer theater shows in Iowa City, Iowa, raising money for ELCA World Hunger Appeal and Bread for the World. Through one show, they were able to raise funds to build a dormitory at a Tanzanian seminary.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-08-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Professor Enjoys a Change of Scenery", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-professor-enjoys-change-scenery.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/08\/IMG_3988-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Workers put finishing touches on two new buildings, Adams Center for the Visual Arts and Winter Hall for Science and Mathematics before students arrived for the fall semester. Faculty in four departments moved into their new offices in mid-August.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-08-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Construction Complete For Fall Classes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/construction-complete-fall-classes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/08\/OusideWinter-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont renovated all three floors of Voskuyl Library this summer, taking out shelves, walls and cubicles, while demolishing traditional ideas of library design and function. The theory of multiple intelligences has shaped new learning spaces throughout the building to better address the different ways people prefer to study.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-08-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Library Revamped Into Modern Learning Center", "link": "\/westmont-news\/library-revamped-modern-learning-center.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/08\/tredmills1-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Orientation begins Thursday, Aug. 26, for the 384 first-year students representing the class of 2014 with the first day of classes Monday, Aug. 30. The incoming class includes seven National Merit Scholars, 65 students from the Tri Counties, 99 students of color, and six international students from China, Singapore, Philippines, Germany, Sweden and Kenya.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-08-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Students Begin Moving Into Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-students-begin-moving-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/08\/Goodbye-325x487.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For the second straight year Westmont has ranked in the top 100 of the Best National Liberal Arts Colleges according to U.S. News & World Report’s “American’s Best Colleges, 2011 Edition.” Of the nation’s 266 liberal arts colleges that emphasize undergraduate education, Westmont has placed in the top tier at 99. This is the sixth straight year the college has ranked in the most prestigious group.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-08-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "U.S. News Ranks Westmont in Top 100", "link": "\/westmont-news\/us-news-ranks-westmont-top-100.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/08\/college-cover.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will available for a free, public viewing Friday, Aug. 20, at the observatory near the soccer and baseball fields. People generally begin lining for the first glimpse through the 24-inch reflector telescope after sunset, around 8 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-08-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing to Explore Moon Craters", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-explore-moon-craters.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/08\/MoonWPrint-325x251.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sixteen first-year Westmont students, representing states from Hawaii to Massachusetts, have registered for a unique orientation program that will take them trekking through the North Yosemite backcountry Aug. 12-24. Inoculum, an optional introduction to Westmont, offers students units of academic and physical education course credit.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-08-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Students to Take a Hike Before Class", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-students-take-hike-class.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/08\/BeartrapLake1-325x243.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Internationally recognized cellist János Starker performs at two master classes as part of the third and final week of the Montecito Summer Music Festival Wednesday, Aug. 4, and Thursday, Aug. 5, both at 4 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Tickets, $15 for adults and $7.50 for children and senior citizens, can be purchased by calling (213) 300 9585. All fellowship recitals and student concerts are free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-07-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Montecito Music Festival Continues", "link": "\/westmont-news\/montecito-music-festival-continues.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/07\/Starker1-325x396.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Virtuoso violinist Aaron Rosand performs Saturday, July 24, at the third annual Montecito Summer Music Festival hosted by the Westmont Conference Center. The festival, which brings world-class musicians together with advanced students of classical piano and strings for three weeks of instruction and performance, continues through Friday, Aug. 6. Rosand will perform “Bach Partita No. 2 in D Minor” July 24 at a lecture recital at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. Tickets, $15 for adults and $7.50 for children and senior citizens, can be purchased by calling (213) 300-9585. All fellowship recitals and student concerts are free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-07-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Rosand Headlines Montecito Music Festival", "link": "\/westmont-news\/rosand-headlines-montecito-music-festival.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/rosand5_jpg-505x335.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robert N. Wennberg, who taught philosophy at Westmont for 37 years and authored several books, including “Faith at the Edge: A Book for Doubters” and “God, Humans and Animals: An Invitation to Enlarge Our Moral Universe,” died July 18, following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 75.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-07-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Author and Professor Bob Wennberg Dies", "link": "\/westmont-news\/author-and-professor-bob-wennberg-dies.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/07\/wennbergbob-216x325.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Tatiana Nazarenko, former dean of instruction and assessment liaison at Centralia College (Wash.), is Westmont’s new dean of curriculum and educational effectiveness. Nazarenko’s predecessor, Professor Ray Rosentrater, will return to full-time teaching.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-07-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Nazarenko Joins Westmont as New Dean", "link": "\/westmont-news\/nazarenko-joins-westmont-new-dean.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Nazarenko-Tatiana1-336x505.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Saturn and the Milky Way will be the star attractions at Westmont’s observatory during a free, public viewing Friday, July 16. The Keck Telescope, one of the most powerful, public telescopes along the Central Coast, may also catch a glimpse of globular clusters in Hercules, globular clusters in Scorpius, Ophiuchus and Sagittarius. Westmont physics instructor Thomas Whittemore, who earned his doctorate at the University of Arizona, says visitors may also be able to see a number of open clusters in Cygnus and Vulpecula.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-07-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Viewing to Feature Milky Way’s Globular Clusters", "link": "\/westmont-news\/viewing-feature-milky-ways-globular-clusters.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/06\/Andromeda-Galaxy.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Despite overcast weather conditions, baseballs were flying around Russell Carr Field July 6 as about 100 of the best high school baseball players from the Los Angeles County and San Fernando Valley regions took part in an exclusive tryout. Nearly 90 major league scouts and college coaches evaluated the prospects during the first day of Area Code Tryouts, which are free and open to public viewing.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-07-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "High School Stars Shine at Baseball Tryout", "link": "\/westmont-news\/high-school-stars-shine-baseball-tryout.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/07\/AreaCodeTryout-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara County residents Kathy Clenet, Jacques Habra and Herb Tews have joined the Westmont Foundation Board of Directors, which cultivates ties between Westmont and the community.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-06-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Foundation Welcomes Three New Members", "link": "\/westmont-news\/foundation-welcomes-three-new-members.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/HabraTewsClenet1-505x252.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 30 teenage campers, including a record seven boys, have been rehearsing the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic “Oklahoma!” as part of Bravissimo!, a musical theater camp at Westmont. The students, entering grades seven-12, participate in 11 days of intense workshops, focusing on singing technique, acting, set-design, costuming and technical direction. The summer camp concludes with three fully staged theatrical productions of “Oklahoma!” July 1 at 1 and 7 p.m., and July 2 at 11 a.m. in Porter Theatre. Tickets are $5 and can be reserved by e-mail to thinkcamps@westmont.edu and picked up at the door.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-06-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summer Theater Camp to Perform “Oklahoma!”", "link": "\/westmont-news\/summer-theater-camp-perform-oklahoma.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/KatieMaggieLanghorneMaryCusimano-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Former students and colleagues have an opportunity to honor Bob Wennberg, Westmont distinguished professor emeritus of philosophy. The Westmont alumni office will accept and deliver letters of support and prayers for Bob, who has been diagnosed with cancer, and his wife, Eleanore, through Wednesday, June 30. E-mailed letters can be sent to kneal@westmont.edu (please put “Bob Wennberg” in the subject line). Otherwise, you can mail your letter to: Office of Alumni & Parent Relations, Westmont College, 955 La Paz Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93108 (please put “Attention: Letter for Bob Wennberg” on the envelope).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-06-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Offering Prayers, Support to Wennbergs", "link": "\/westmont-news\/offering-prayers-support-wennbergs.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_1806-336x505.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont kicked off the summer camp season with its popular co-ed sports skills offering for 5-10-year olds. Over the following weeks, the athletic department will hold camps featuring girl’s volleyball, co-ed basketball, soccer, tennis, baseball and archery\/badminton. Westmont’s innovative ThinkCamps are also underway, focusing on the arts and sciences for elementary to high school students. Living Like Writers is already underway, but space is still available for Somos Amigos, a Spanish language camp; Discovery Camp, a science camp; Bravissimo!, a musical theater camp; Computer Quest, a computer camp; and Creative Youth Project, an art camp.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-06-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summer Camp Season Gets Underway at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/summer-camp-season-gets-underway-westmont.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Thomas-Dawson-336x505.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Reynolds Gallery’s current art exhibit, “Views and Visions: Travelers,” will be on display for only a few more days. The exhibit, which features artist Joshua Cave, a Westmont alumnus, will be on display through June 24. The show is Montecito’s only annual juried art exhibit and includes works from artists throughout Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-06-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Changing Art Exhibits", "link": "\/westmont-news\/changing-art-exhibits.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Josh-Cave-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Saturn and a first-quarter moon will be the star attractions at Westmont’s observatory during a free, public viewing Friday, June 18. The Keck Telescope, one of the most powerful, public telescopes along the Central Coast, may also catch a glimpse of globular clusters in Hercules, Ophiuchus and Scorpius. Westmont physics instructor Thomas Whittemore, who earned his doctorate at the University of Arizona, says visitors may also be able to see galaxy groups in Virgo and Ursa Major as well as a host of double stars.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-06-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Observatory Hosts an Astronomical Star Party", "link": "\/westmont-news\/observatory-hosts-astronomical-star-party.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/06\/Andromeda-Galaxy.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 40 law enforcement officers took part in a sobering emergency response drill held by the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department June 2 at Westmont. The drill allowed Sheriff’s deputies to practice their rapid-response skills for violent incidents and become more familiar with the campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-06-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sheriff's Drill a Sobering Exercise", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sheriffs-drill-sobering-exercise.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/DeputyBradSmithSergeantDustinPoquetteDeputyBradBordon-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Fourteen Westmont students will be spending at least a month this summer serving communities around the globe as part of Emmaus Road, a Westmont program that has been sending students overseas for 12 years. Five students will be in the Dominican Republic and Haiti from May 23 to June 21, working with Building Homes Building Hope, assisting in medical clinics, participating in home improvement projects, working alongside local churches and planting fruit trees. This is the first time Emmaus Road has sent students to this region, which was devastated by a 7.0 earthquake in January.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-06-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Fly Overseas to Serve this Summer", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-fly-overseas-serve-summer.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/SportsOutreach-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "On Wednesday, June 2, Santa Barbara Sheriff's deputies and members of the Special Enforcement Team (SET) will join Westmont staff for an emergency response drill.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-06-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sheriffs to Train at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sheriffs-train-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/06\/badge.png", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Santa Barbara Independent honored Westmont Theater Arts Professors Mitchell Thomas, John Blondell and Miller James with Indy Awards at the Lobero Theatre May 24. The annual theater awards recognize excellent work done in the local region.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-05-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Professors Win Indy Awards", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-professors-win-indy-awards.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_0386-505x378.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has established the Center for Faith, Ethics and the Life Sciences in an effort to encourage thoughtful and productive dialog about religious implications of the life sciences. Grants totaling more than $1 million, including a $780,000 award from the John Templeton Foundation, provide funding for center projects.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-05-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Opens Center For Faith, Science", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-opens-center-faith-science.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Jeff-Schloss-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "At the May 20 opening reception of “Views and Visions: Travelers” at Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery, Santa Barbara photographer Barbara Parmet won Best of Show, sponsored by Northern Trust, and $1,000 for her photograph, “Trinidad, Cuba.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-05-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gallery Announces Art Winners", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gallery-announces-art-winners.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ArtistJoshCave-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Montecito poet Lois Klein will be reading from her book “A Soldier’s Daughter” from 4-5 p.m. Thursday, June 3, at Hieronymus Lounge inside Kerrwood Hall. She will be briefly preceded by several Westmont students from the Mayterm Poetry Workshop. The reading is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served and books will be available for sale and signing.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-05-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Montecito Poet Has Reading On Campus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/montecito-poet-has-reading-campus.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/05\/Lois-outdoors-at-Jennys-1-08.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three dozen top math and science high school students from 14 states and five foreign countries are coming to Westmont June 27-Aug. 7 for the 52nd Summer Science Program (SSP). SSP students will learn astrophysics by day and observe near-earth asteroids at night with Westmont’s 24-inch Keck telescope at the college's new observatory.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-05-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summer Science Program Moves to Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/summer-science-program-moves-westmont.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/TelescopeViewing6-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Aaron Cooke, a Westmont senior from Bakersfield, Calif., majoring in economic development, won $500 for his first-place entry in a campus-wide essay contest about economic liberty and the rebuilding of the Haitian economy. Cooke’s essay, “Haiti: Cultivating Opportunity From Crisis,” analyzes the economic impact of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and explores several policy proposals to address the long-term needs of the Haitian economy. The Westmont Economics and Business Department and the economics honorary society Omicron Delta Epsilon (Alpha Pi chapter) sponsor the annual essay contest.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-05-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Essays Tackle Haitian Economy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-essays-tackle-haitian-economy.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Noell-Cooke-Rottman-Morgan-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nearly 5,000 people attended Commencement May 8, which returned to Westmont’s Russell Carr Field after being forced off campus last year due to new construction and rebuilding from the Tea Fire. Commencement speaker Richard J. Foster, author and founder of Renovaré, implored the 330 graduates to inform their words with ethical and moral bearings.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-05-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grads Charged To Choose Words Carefully", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grads-charged-choose-words-carefully.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/bagpipers-505x336.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Five Westmont professors have contributed to “Transformations at the Edge of the World: Forming Global Christians through the Study Abroad Experience,” a book released this month by Abilene Christian Press that explores what colleges and universities are doing to form globally engaged Christians through cultural immersion experiences.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-05-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professors Pen Stories Of Studying Abroad", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professors-pen-stories-studying-abroad.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/05\/transformations.png", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 100 people gathered around the outside of the beautifully landscaped observatory to celebrate and dedicate the new building as well as the surrounding athletic facilities.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-05-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "President, Trustees Dedicate New Facilities", "link": "\/westmont-news\/president-trustees-dedicate-new-facilities.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/05\/Crowd1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Montecito’s only annual juried art exhibition opens with a reception Thursday, May 20, 4-6 p.m. in Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery. “Views and Visions: Travelers” will be on display May 20 through June 24. Reynolds Galley will accept submissions from artists throughout Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties at an ingathering Saturday, May 15, 9 a.m. to noon.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-05-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Juried Art Show to Feature 'Views and Visions'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/juried-art-show-feature-views-and-visions.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/05\/Lee-B-Freeman.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For the first time, Westmont will offer a free, online, live broadcast of Commencement from the newly renovated Russell Carr Field Saturday, May 8, at 10 a.m. Viewers can log in here during the ceremony to view the video.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-05-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont To Broadcast Commencement Live Online", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-broadcast-commencement-live-online.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/05\/Bob-Patty-Bryant.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Registration is underway for Westmont’s innovative ThinkCamps, summer day camps in the arts and sciences for elementary, junior high and high school students. ThinkCamps, launched by the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts four summers ago, offers six camps this year: Somos Amigos, a Spanish language camp; Discovery Camp, a science camp; Bravissimo!, a musical theater camp; Computer Quest, a computer camp; Living Like Writers, a creative writing camp; and Creative Youth Project, an art camp.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-04-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summer ThinkCamps are OK!", "link": "\/westmont-news\/summer-thinkcamps-are-ok.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/04\/JosephineTournier.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont President Gayle D. Beebe and the Board of Trustees will dedicate the college’s new observatory and athletic facilities at a free, public event Thursday, May 6, at 10:30 a.m. outside the observatory. The dedication will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the observatory, Thorrington Field, Russ Carr Field and the track.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-04-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont to Dedicate New Observatory, Fields", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-dedicate-new-observatory-fields.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/04\/observatory-dedication2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Campus Pastor’s Office has released its sixth chapel CD entitled “City of God,” a double-disc compilation of vibrant music. The album’s title, taken from St. Augustine’s classic literary work, is based off this year’s chapel theme.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-04-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Chapel CD Travels to 'City of God'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-chapel-cd-travels-city-god.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/04\/City-of-God-CD.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Choir, New Sounds, Chamber Singers and a few members of the Westmont Orchestra travel to the Pacific Northwest May 9-19, making stops in California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. The choir’s final performance on the annual trip will sing the national anthem at Safeco Field prior to the Seattle Mariners baseball game.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-04-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Choir Travels to the Northwest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/choir-travels-northwest.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/04\/Choir.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Calvin Marshall,” a movie written and directed by Westmont alumnus Gary Lundgren ’93, premieres in Santa Barbara Sunday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the Riviera Theater, 2044 Alameda Padre Serra. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at www.westmont.edu\/calvin. Proceeds from the screening will support Westmont baseball. Gary and Anne (Malmberg) Lundgren ’95, who produced the movie, will be at the screening for a Q&A session following the film.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-04-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumnus Brings Movie to Santa Barbara", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumnus-brings-movie-santa-barbara.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/04\/Calvin-Marshall-Poster1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Michael Towbes, one of Santa Barbara’s leading philanthropists will receive the Westmont Medal at Commencement, which returns to the college’s newly renovated Russell Carr Field Saturday, May 8, at 10 a.m. Last year, new construction and rebuilding from the Tea Fire forced the graduation ceremony off campus. Towbes, chairman of both The Towbes Group and Montecito Bank & Trust and chief financial officer of The Towbes Foundation, is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Princeton University who attended graduate school at MIT.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-04-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Michael Towbes to Receive Westmont Medal", "link": "\/westmont-news\/michael-towbes-receive-westmont-medal.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/04\/Commencement09.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Chappell, a West Point graduate and former army captain, speaks about “Will War Ever End?” Thursday, April 29, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Founders Dining Room. The free, public lecture, which is sponsored by Westmont Intercultural Programs, explores the possibility of achieving peace.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-04-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Probe the Possibility of Peace", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-probe-possibility-peace.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/04\/chappellx.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 2010 Westmont Fringe Festival, modeled on fringe festivals throughout the world, features a dynamic interplay of new works for theater, dance and performance art April 22-24 from 7-10 p.m., beginning at Porter Theatre. Nightly admission is $10.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-04-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fresh Theater and Dance Collide at the Fringe", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fresh-theater-and-dance-collide-fringe.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/04\/Fringe-Fresh-Space-2010X.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has released a free application for the iPhone and iPod touch that provides easily accessible information about the college and campus events. By clicking on the app, users can read the latest news stories and find calendars for chapel, athletics, academics, and arts and lectures. There is also a campus map, a faculty\/staff directory, menus for the dining commons and Study, and emergency information.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-04-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Launches iPhone Application", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-launches-iphone-application.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/04\/westmontapp2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Susan Billington Harper, an historian of Christian missions and former lecturer in British imperial history at Harvard, will speak about “Religious Freedom in India: A Reexamination” Thursday, April 15, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge. The World Christianity Lecture will address the volatile issue of religious conversion in India in light of recent attacks on Christian converts and laws aimed at outlawing conversion. Her talk sets these events against early 20th century debates over conversion between Gandhi and prominent Evangelicals of his day.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-04-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture Explores Religious Freedom in India", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-explores-religious-freedom-india.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/04\/BillingtonHarper.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree, who has been deeply involved in the Santa Barbara community for more than two decades, has pledged $5 million to Bright Hope for Tomorrow: The Campaign for Westmont. The college made the announcement at its campaign kick-off dinner April 10 at the Santa Barbara Biltmore, beginning a nationwide tour to raise $40 million to finish funding the essential facilities under construction.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-04-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ridley-Tree Gives $5M to College Campaign", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ridley-tree-gives-5m-college-campaign.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/04\/ridley-tree.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The first shipment of high-tech particle-detector equipment, funded through a multi-institutional $1.2 million National Science Foundation MRI grant, has arrived at Westmont. The 16 large scintillation bar detectors will be used in the study of properties of neutron-rich rare isotopes which do not exist on Earth, but participate in important astrophysical reactions within supernova explosions and on the crust of neutron stars.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-04-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Gets High-Tech Science Equipment", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-gets-high-tech-science-equipment.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/04\/WarrenLISA1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This April the Westmont Music Department showers the community with several musical performances, including the String Chamber Concert Wednesday, April 21, at 8 p.m. at El Montecito Presbyterian Church with the Hubert Schwyzer Quartet. The quartet, four rare, hand-crafted instruments that Westmont dedicated last November, is named in honor of a former UC Santa Barbara philosophy professor and cellist. The String Chamber Concert will feature music by Schubert, Beethoven, Dvorak and Glazunov. All performances are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-04-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Offers Full Schedule of April Music", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-offers-full-schedule-april-music.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/04\/SchwyzerQuartet.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus Daniel Galicia ’07, an English major pursuing his master’s degree, has organized “A Poetry Reading for Haiti Soleil” Sunday, April 18, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge, featuring Santa Barbara Poet Laureate David Starkey. Galicia says he was inspired at a February poetry reading and book signing by Starkey at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-04-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Local Poets Unite for Reading, Haiti Relief", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-poets-unite-reading-haiti-relief.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/04\/haiti.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mark Nelson, Kenneth and Peggy Monroe professor of philosophy, explores the thorny ethical issues surrounding the idea of offering money for human organs in a free lecture, “The Morality of Organ Trafficking,” Thursday, April 8, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street. The free, public lecture is part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations About Things That Matter.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-03-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exploring the Ethics of Selling Organs", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exploring-ethics-selling-organs.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/10\/nelson_mark_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont opens its new state-of-the-art track and field\/soccer complex Saturday, March 27, with a 10 a.m. ceremonial first lap, following speeches by President Gayle D. Beebe and former track coach Jim Klein. The first competition on the synthetic, all-weather, 400-meter track will be a predict-your-time mile that’s open to the public. Westmont then hosts an official track-and-field meet with teams from Biola, George Fox and Fresno Pacific Universities beginning at 11 a.m. with field events; running events begin at noon.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-03-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Opens Track and Field of Dreams", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-opens-track-and-field-dreams.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/03\/track.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont students were all over the globe during spring break, serving the less fortunate in a variety of settings, and were even featured in a CNN story about tourism in Mexico. Paul Vercammen, former KEYT-TV reporter and news director, orchestrated the story that featured Westmont senior Hanna Walker of Goleta building one of the six homes constructed by students in Ensenada, Mexico.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-03-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Spring to Serve During Break", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-spring-serve-during-break.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/03\/ConstructionPrayer.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The new Westmont observatory, which houses the powerful Keck Telescope, will be available for a free, public viewing Friday, March 19, beginning at 7:30 p.m.. Viewers may catch a glimpse of Saturn and its rings after 9 p.m. After the sun goes down, the red surface of Mars may become visible as well. Star gazers may also enjoy spying on several galaxies in Leo, Virgo and Coma Berenices. There will be several open clusters in the winter Milky Way in the constellations of Gemini, Auriga and Canis Major. A few globular clusters may become visible in the east later in the evening. Members of the Astronomical Unit of the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum will bring their own telescopes for visitors to look through. The public viewings are held every third Friday of the month.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-03-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Observatory Open for Public Viewing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/observatory-open-public-viewing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/03\/Observatory2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four Westmont alumni will share stories of their business lives in a free, public panel discussion, “Tips for Surviving in a Challenging Job Market after Graduation: Mistakes I’ve Made and Ideas for Making the Most of It,” Tuesday, March 23, at 3:15 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-03-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Alumni Provide Job Survival Tips", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-alumni-provide-job-survival-tips.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/03\/taylor_jennifer.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 340 Westmont students will spend spring break, March 15-19, volunteering for various service projects in Mississippi and Alabama, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Ensenada, Mexico.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-03-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students to Serve During Spring Break", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-serve-during-spring-break.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/03\/potters-clay.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Christena Cleveland, assistant professor of psychology, presents a Phi Kappa Phi Paul C. Wilt Address, “Amazing Grace: Cultural Differences in Protestant Theology and Self-Awareness,” Tuesday, March 9, at 7p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge. The lecture is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-03-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Cleveland Explores Religion, Self-Awareness", "link": "\/westmont-news\/cleveland-explores-religion-self-awareness.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/_common\/images\/144\/christena-cleveland.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Several students earned cash prizes Feb. 25 at the conclusion of the month-long 14th annual Speech and Debate Tournament. Ninety students participated in the tournament dedicated to the memory of Bob Svoboda, who together with his wife, Jean Svoboda, envisioned a tournament devoted to critical thinking and oral communication and made that possible through generous donations. Jean, Bob’s widow, attended the speech and debate final.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-03-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Make Great Speeches, Debates", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-make-great-speeches-debates.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/03\/0081.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The U.S. Department of State has awarded Susan Penksa, Westmont professor of political science, a follow-on Fulbright grant, allowing her to return to Bosnia and Herzegovina to build on the work of her 2007 fellowship and further the Fulbright mission of worldwide mutual understanding.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-03-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Penksa Awarded Follow-On Fulbright Grant", "link": "\/westmont-news\/penksa-awarded-follow-fulbright-grant.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/03\/penksasusan.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery hosts the Japanese Family Festival: A Celebration of Arts and Culture, on Saturday, March 6, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in and around the gallery. The free, public event will feature performances, demonstrations and craft activities for all ages centered around two exhibitions, Kiyoshi Saito Prints and American Viewing Stones, on view through March 11. Admission is free; some crafts have a small materials fee, and there will be food and beverages available for purchase.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-02-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Japanese Festival Features Drummers, Crafts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/japanese-festival-features-drummers-crafts.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/02\/Maiko-Kyoto-21.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Orchestra and Chapel Band will tour Southern California during spring vacation, March 12-16. The Spring Tour includes about 65 student performers, Michael Shasberger, Adams professor of Music and Worship, and Joel Patterson, director of worship and music.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-02-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Heads South for a Spring Tour", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-heads-south-spring-tour.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/02\/orchestra.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Several prominent Westmont faculty and alumni are featured in Santa Barbara Theatre’s production of “Our Town” Feb. 25-26 and March 5-6 at 8 p.m. and March 6-7 at 2 p.m. at the Lobero Theatre, 33. E. Canon Perdido St. Tickets range in price from $20-$95.50 and can be purchased by calling (805) 963-0761 or visiting lobero.com.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-02-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Our Town' Features Westmont Faculty, Alumni", "link": "\/westmont-news\/our-town-features-westmont-faculty-alumni.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/11\/John-Blondell.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Photos from the Event | Video of the Convocation", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-02-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Vicente Fox Talks Drugs, Immigration", "link": "\/westmont-news\/vicente-fox-talks-drugs-immigration.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/02\/vicente-fox2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont will inaugurate the T.B. Walker Chair in the Natural and Behavioral Sciences and install Jeff Schloss, distinguished professor of biology at Westmont, as the first recipient Friday, Feb. 26. The T.B. Walker Foundation, an anonymous donor and other friends committed $1.5 million to Westmont to create the endowed chair, the first to honor the work of an outstanding professor in biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering-physics, mathematics or psychology. All events are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-02-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont to Install Schloss in Science Chair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-install-schloss-science-chair.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/02\/jeff-schloss.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Chamber Singers perform music composed in Spain and colonial Mexico during the 16th and 17th centuries Sunday, March 28, at 3 p.m., at the Santa Barbara Presidio Chapel, 123 E. Canon Perdido St. The concert is free, however a donation of $10 is suggested.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-02-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chamber Singers at Presidio for Holy Week", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chamber-singers-presidio-holy-week.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/02\/chamber-singers1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Orchestra takes audiences on a musical journey through space and time at its Winter Concert Friday, Feb. 26, at 8 p.m. in the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall and Sunday, Feb. 28, at 3 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church. General admission is $10; all students are free. Tickets can be purchased at the door or reserved by calling (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-02-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Concert Journeys Through Space, Time", "link": "\/westmont-news\/concert-journeys-through-space-time.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/02\/orchetra.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Workers are installing photovoltaic panels on the roofs of 40 Westmont faculty homes in the Las Barrancas neighborhood, the first fully solar community and largest residential project in Santa Barbara County. These photovoltaic panels convert solar radiation into direct current electricity, generating more than 157,000 kilowatt hours each year. The panels will satisfy the electrical needs of the entire neighborhood while eliminating more than three thousand tons of carbon dioxide from the environment. Ben Siebert, CEO of Planet Solar Inc. in Santa Barbara, says that’s the equivalent of removing more than 10 million car miles off the roads over 25 years of service.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-02-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Out of the Ashes, Faculty Homes Go Solar", "link": "\/westmont-news\/out-ashes-faculty-homes-go-solar.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/02\/solar.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Derek Peterson, associate professor of African history at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, lectures about “Abolitionism and Political Debate in Britain and Africa” Thursday, Feb. 25, at 3:30 p.m. in the Westmont’s Founders Dining Room. The free, public event is part of Westmont’s World Christianity Lecture Series, which seeks to bring attention to the global presence of Christianity, particularly in the non-Western world.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-02-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture Explores Role of Abolitionists", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-explores-role-abolitionists.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/02\/derek-peterson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John Cottingham, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Reading, will discuss “Happiness, God and the Meaning of Life” Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge inside Kerrwood Hall. The Erasmus Society Lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-02-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Tackle the Meaning of Life", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-tackle-meaning-life.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/02\/johncottingham.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumna Teresa (Moore) Goines ’97 and members of Old Skool Café, a supper club\/internship program, launched by Goines to help neighborhood youth avoid gangs, drugs and crime, will speak at several college events Feb. 9-11. The event, which celebrates Black History Month, is sponsored by Westmont’s Black Student Union and San Francisco Urban, an off-campus Westmont program in San Francisco, featuring vocationally-oriented internships and study in urban issues, such as human trafficking and homelessness.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-02-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumna Uses Café to Combat Gangs in SF", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumna-uses-cafe-combat-gangs-sf.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/02\/TeresaGoines.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Thirty students compete for four full-tuition scholarships at Westmont during the two-day ninth annual Monroe Scholarship Competition Feb. 5-6. The Monroe Scholarship is a four-year, full-tuition scholarship offered to a few exceptionally high-achieving first-year students each year. It is the highest academic honor an incoming student may receive at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-02-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Top Scholars to Compete for Full Tuition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/top-scholars-compete-full-tuition.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/02\/MonroeScholars.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Professors Mary Docter and Laura Montgomery, who have developed and led Westmont in Mexico, a semester-long academic program in Querétaro, present a lecture, “Westmont in Mexico: A Deeper Encounter with Mexican Life and Culture,” Thursday, Feb. 11, at 5:30 p.m. in University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The lecture, part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations About Things That Matter, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-01-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Delves Deep Into Mexican Life, Culture", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-delves-deep-mexican-life-culture.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/01\/mexico.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara Poet Laureate David Starkey will read his poetry at a booksigning event Thursday, Feb. 25, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge inside Kerrwood Hall. Starkey, director of the Creative Writing Program at Santa Barbara City College, is the current poet laureate of the City of Santa Barbara. The reading is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-01-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Poet Starkey Holds Reading, Booksigning", "link": "\/westmont-news\/poet-starkey-holds-reading-booksigning.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/01\/Starkey-David1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 80 students from 10 Southern California high schools will compete in the 23rd annual High School Mathematics Contest Saturday, Feb. 6. The contest begins at 1 p.m. with a Chalk Talk Derby, written exams and a fast-paced team competition with buzzers modeled after the once-popular College Bowl TV show. Finals will get under way beginning at 4 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Dinner and an awards ceremony with Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Kerr Student Center.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-01-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "High Schools to Battle in Math Super Bowl", "link": "\/westmont-news\/high-schools-battle-math-super-bowl.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/01\/math.png", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than a dozen Westmont students of varying backgrounds and majors perform the 1970’s rock musical “Godspell” Friday, Jan. 29 - Saturday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 31, at 3 p.m. in the gym at Montecito Covenant Church. The show is a fundraiser for the Westmont College Choir’s tour in May, which will take the group through California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Tickets are $10 for general admission, $5 for students and faculty, and can be purchased in the Westmont Dining Commons Jan. 25-28 from 6-7 p.m. or at the door 30 minutes before each performance.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-01-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Raise Choir Funds with 'Godspell'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-raise-choir-funds-godspell.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/01\/godspell.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Theater performs “PlayBeckett,” six short plays by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, one of the most widely discussed and highly prized of 20th century authors, Thursday, Jan. 28, and Friday, Jan. 29, at 7 and 9 p.m. Ticket are $7 general admission, $5 students\/seniors for one bill of plays; $10 general admission, $7 for students\/seniors for two bills of plays. For tickets or more information, please call", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-01-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Diving Into Beckett and Absurd Theatre", "link": "\/westmont-news\/diving-beckett-and-absurd-theatre.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/01\/PlayBeckett.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Glenn Olson, a national leader in wildlife conservation and habitat restoration, speaks about “Adventures in Stewardship and Conserving Creation” in a free, public lecture Thursday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-01-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Bird Conservation Leader to Share Stories", "link": "\/westmont-news\/bird-conservation-leader-share-stories.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/01\/glenn-olson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Margaret M. Poloma, who has written extensively about religious experience in contemporary American society, will speak about “Integrating Science and Spirit: A Sociological Journey” in a free Pascal Society Lecture Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-01-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Free Lecture to Integrate Science and Spirit", "link": "\/westmont-news\/free-lecture-integrate-science-and-spirit.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/01\/Poloma-book.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont students are honoring the late Martin Luther King Jr. with several events on and off campus. Westmont Student Ministries and Intercultural Programs are collecting new or used children’s books for the Neighborhood Clinics as part of the city’s “Honor the Dream, Be Great” Day of Service.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-01-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students to Honor Martin Luther King", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-honor-martin-luther-king.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/01\/MLK.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Reed Sheard has become vice president of college advancement and chief information officer at Westmont, assuming the management of the college’s fundraising, communication and external relations programs in addition to overseeing Information Technology.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-01-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sheard to Serve as VP for College Advancement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sheard-serve-vp-college-advancement.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/01\/Reed-Sheard.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Willis, Westmont professor of English, hosts a fourth annual community reading in the Los Padres National Forest, “Remembering William Stafford,” Saturday, Jan. 30, at 2 p.m. at the First Crossing Day Use Area on Paradise Road off Highway 154 in Santa Barbara County. Featured readers include local poets Nancy Lee and Bruce Schmidt. Members of the community are invited to share their favorite Stafford poems as well.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-01-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reading to Honor Poet William Stafford", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reading-honor-poet-william-stafford.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/01\/william-stafford.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Richard Hughes, senior fellow in the Ernest L. Boyer Center and distinguished professor of religion at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., will talk about his new book, “Christian America and the Kingdom of God,” at a free lecture and book-signing event Thursday, Jan. 14, at Hieronymus Lounge inside Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall at 7:30 p.m. The Westmont College Office of the Provost is sponsoring the lecture.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2010-01-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Dissects the Idea of Christian America", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-dissects-idea-christian-america.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2010\/01\/richard-hughes.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, will speak at the fifth annual Westmont President’s Breakfast Friday, Feb. 19, at 7 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort. More than 700 people will attend the breakfast, which sold out in less than three days.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-12-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Vicente Fox to Speak at Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/vicente-fox-speak-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Japanese-themed exhibitions open the new year in Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery. “American Viewing Stones: Selections from the James and Alice Greaves Collection” showcases a contemporary adaptation on traditional Japanese suiseki or scholar’s stones. “Kiyoshi Saito Prints” highlights work by an influential Japanese artist that’s part of the college’s permanent collection. Both exhibitions open with a free, public reception on Thursday, January 14, 4-6 p.m., and will be on display through March 11. James Greaves will give a lecture during the reception at 5 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-12-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibiting the Meditative Nature of Stones", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibiting-meditative-nature-stones.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/12\/SpringRunoff1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In the first exhibition of the season, Reynolds Gallery used art to draw attention to the continuing problem of poverty by pairing 36 etchings by Rembrandt of the poor in 17th century Holland with eight oversize color photographs by South African artist Zwelethu Mthethwa of the poor and marginalized in present-day Mozambique. The images confronted gallery visitors with bright depictions of miners working in very poor conditions, and young boys picking through a dump in a series of photos, “Contemporary Gladiators.” Like gladiators, the children evoked a heroic dignity while struggling for survival in dehumanizing circumstances.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-12-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gallery Raises Funds for Mozambique Cause", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gallery-raises-funds-mozambique-cause.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/12\/mozambique.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 2,400 people packed into First Presbyterian Church Dec. 4-6 during three performances of the Westmont Christmas Festival, “And In This Place Will I Give Peace.” The popular program, which interweaves music and narration, sold out days in advance. In its fifth year, the free event showcases the college’s diverse musical talents and Christian traditions while ringing in the advent season. Between songs, student-orators Laurie Niesen and Brittany Chaco read texts about peace from Martin Luther King, Bishop Oscar Romero, Jane Chastain and the Bible.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-12-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Festival Spreads Peace Through Music", "link": "\/westmont-news\/festival-spreads-peace-through-music.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/12\/christmas-festival.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "SOLutions Corporation was voted Best New Venture Opportunity before a crowd of more than 70 at the 20th annual Westmont Collegiate Entrepreneurs Business Plan Competition Dec. 10. The company will sell an inexpensive, innovative parabolic-design solar cooker for Third World homes. Eventually, SOLutions hopes to target the U.S. backpack, beach and camping markets.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-12-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Cooking Up a Winning Plan", "link": "\/westmont-news\/cooking-winning-plan.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/09\/Newton-David.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A dozen students in Westmont’s entrepreneur class present their start-up business plans to a panel of outside reviewers at the 20th annual Westmont Collegiate Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition Thursday, Dec. 10, at 5:30 p.m. at Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Networking and refreshments will begin at 5 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-12-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Young Entrepreneurs Unveil Business Plans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/young-entrepreneurs-unveil-business-plans.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/09\/Newton-David.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A dozen student musicians will perform songs from jazz legends Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Sergio Mendez, Tommy Flanagan and others in a free concert Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 8 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The Westmont Jazz Ensemble is under the direction of Westmont Instructor John Douglas.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-12-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Ensemble Celebrates Joy of Jazz", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-ensemble-celebrates-joy-jazz.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/12\/jazz.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Santa Barbara Independent has named John Blondell, Westmont theater arts professor and artistic director of Lit Moon Theatre Company, a 2009 Local Hero. The weekly publication describes Blondell as a theatrical visionary. “In addition to producing innovative shows both in Santa Barbara and at theater festivals around the world, Lit Moon has become the sponsor of a series of Shakespeare and world theater festivals that bring to Santa Barbara outstanding examples of physical theater from places as far afield as Belgium, Prague, Finland and Macedonia,” the Independent says.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-11-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Independent Names Blondell A Local Hero", "link": "\/westmont-news\/independent-names-blondell-local-hero.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/11\/John-Blondell.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont kicks off the Christmas season with the eighth annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Kerrwood Lawn, Wednesday, Dec. 2. The lights on the 150-foot redwood tree, affectionately known as The Giant Pickle, will glow at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-11-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Tree Lighting Features Cider, Santa", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-tree-lighting-features-cider-santa.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/11\/Tree-Lighting.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont, which is quickly becoming a leader in cloud-based technology, has been named to a prestigious information technology list. The annual InfoWorld 100 Awards chose Westmont as one of 100 IT organizations that have “implemented and integrated technologies in innovative ways in pursuit of concrete business goals,” according to their Web site.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-11-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Makes Prestigious IT List", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-makes-prestigious-it-list.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/11\/Info-World.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three Westmont faculty members, Alister Chapman, Edd Noell and Helen Rhee, discuss human trafficking in a free event, “Modern Slavery Through Faculty Eyes,” Tuesday, Dec. 1, from 6:30-8 p.m. in Page Multipurpose Room. The talk will be moderated by Scott McClelland, director of Westmont's San Francisco Urban program, which is sponsoring the discussion.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-11-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Faculty Panel to Probe Human Trafficking", "link": "\/westmont-news\/faculty-panel-probe-human-trafficking.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/mcClelland_scott.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four rare, hand-crafted instruments, which Westmont commissioned master violin maker James Wimmer to fashion in spring 2007, will be presented at the String Chamber Concert and Dedication of the Hubert Schwyzer Quartet Friday, Nov. 20, at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. Wimmer, who has been handcrafting string instruments in Santa Barbara for 22 years, will talk about making the quartet and will show a pictorial presentation at 7:15 p.m. The presentation and concert are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-11-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Concert Features String Quartet Dedication", "link": "\/westmont-news\/concert-features-string-quartet-dedication.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/11\/wimmer.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The fifth annual Westmont Christmas Festival, “And In This Place Will I Give Peace,” rings in the advent season with three performances at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance at State Street. Admission to the festival Friday, Dec. 4, and Saturday, Dec. 5, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m., is free, but tickets are required due to limited seating. You may reserve tickets online or call (805) 565-7140.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-11-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Christmas Festival to 'Give Peace'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-christmas-festival-give-peace.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/xmas-festival.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Willis, Westmont professor of English, will read from his new book of poems, “Rosing from the Dead,” at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18. The reading will take place in Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall on the upper campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-11-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Willis to Read Poetry at Book Signing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/willis-read-poetry-book-signing.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/_common\/images\/paul-willis.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Student Association hosts a free community reception, “One Year Later: A Tea Fire Commemoration,” Friday, Nov. 13, from 3:30-5 p.m. at the Voskuyl Prayer Chapel. Danny Clapp, Emerson Hall residence director, says there will be light refreshments, prayer and worship along with a video and photo display.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-11-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont to Remember the Tea Fire", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-remember-tea-fire.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/teafire.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Beauty Bomb,” a creative combination of dance and theater, explores the ancient Greek mythology about Pandora, the first woman, Nov. 19-21 at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. General admission is $10, $5 for students and seniors. For tickets or more information, please call (805) 565-7040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-11-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dance, Theater Create Beautiful Explosion", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dance-theater-create-beautiful-explosion.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/11\/beauty_bomb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ken Reinhard, associate professor of English and comparative literature at UCLA, discusses the ethics and theology of the neighbor in a world fraught with religious divisions in a lecture “The Infinite Neighbor: Philosophy, Religion and Mathematics” on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge. The Erasmus Society lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Focuses on Neighbor, Religious Divides", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-focuses-neighbor-religious-divides.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Reinhard-Book1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Susan Penksa, Westmont professor of political science, was an invited speaker for the workshop “Building a Strategic U.S.-EU Partnership on Defense and Security Aspects,” hosted by the British Embassy, Washington, D.C., Oct. 21. Penksa, a Fulbright Scholar to Bosnia Herzegovina in 2007, spoke to about 60 U.S. and European policy makers and experts about improving U.S.-EU cooperation in global conflict resolution and crisis stabilization.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Penksa Talks Global Security to Leaders", "link": "\/westmont-news\/penksa-talks-global-security-leaders.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/_common\/images\/susan-penksa.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "An exhibition of “Gee’s Bend Quilters: Selections from Paulson Press,” on display in Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery Nov. 12 through Dec. 18, celebrates the work of four African American women from rural Gee’s Bend, Alabama. An opening reception Thursday, Nov. 12, 4-6 p.m. in the gallery is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibitions Puts Colorful Quilts on Display", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibitions-puts-colorful-quilts-display.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/10\/Mary-Lee-Passing-By2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Richard Pointer, Westmont acting provost and Fletcher Jones Foundation professor in the social sciences, discusses how Native American life affected settlers in early America at a free, public talk, “Going Native: How Indians Changed Europeans in Early America,” Thursday, Nov. 12, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exploring Indian Influence on Europeans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exploring-indian-influence-europeans.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/_common\/images\/rick-pointer.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra’s 60 student musicians celebrate their season premiere with music spanning more than two centuries at the Fall Orchestra Concert Friday, Nov. 6, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 8, at 3 p.m. Both performances take place at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave., and tickets are $10 general admission; students are free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Celebrates 200 Years of Music", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-celebrates-200-years-music.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/10\/orchestra.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Scott Anderson, assistant professor of art, displays a collection of original illustration paintings, posters and other design work in a solo exhibition, “Illustrative: Graphic Arts by Scott Anderson,” at The Arts Fund Gallery, 205C Santa Barbara St., Oct. 30-Dec. 4. The gallery holds an opening reception Friday, Oct. 30, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Anderson Exhibits His Illustrative Art", "link": "\/westmont-news\/anderson-exhibits-his-illustrative-art.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/_common\/images\/scott-anderson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mai Pham, world-renown Thai and Vietnamese chef and restaurateur, will sign cookbooks, offer special tastings and hold cooking demonstrations Thursday, Oct. 29, from 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. in Westmont’s Dining Commons. The guest appearance is courtesy of Sodexo, which is contracted by Westmont’s dining services.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celebrity Chef to Cook in the D.C.", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebrity-chef-cook-dc.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/10\/MaiPham1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has suddenly emerged as a leader in wireless technology, becoming one of the first schools in the country to completely move to an 802.11n wireless network that creates a wireless cloud over the entire campus. This computing technology, which the college began installing in August, offers many benefits to faculty, staff, students and visitors, who are increasingly using laptop computers and handheld, Internet-based devices such as an iPhone or Palm Pre.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont's Campus Wi-Fi is in the Cloud", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmonts-campus-wi-fi-cloud.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/10\/SL07_05171.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A five-person panel of experts will discuss “Christian Perspectives on the Ethical Treatment of Animals in Factory Farms and Scientific Laboratories” Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge. The discussion is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines Science, Animal Treatment", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-science-animal-treatment.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/10\/hsus_logo_detail.png", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Students in Westmont’s Music Drama Workshop Class perform songs from nine difference operas Friday, Oct. 23, at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. “Opera Scenes” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students to Sing, Perform 'Opera Scenes'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-sing-perform-opera-scenes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/10\/Celestina-Ripley2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont senior Laurie Niesen uncovers playwright Eugéne Ionesco’s attack on linguistic meaning during a lecture, “I Can't Go On, I'll Go On: Theatrical Modernism and Mitchell Thomas’ Staging of Ionesco’s the Bald Soprano,” Friday, Oct. 23, at 3:30 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Niesen has been working as dramaturge and production research assistant for The Bald Soprano, which is being performed Oct. 22-24, 29-31 in Porter Theatre. Thomas, who directs the play, will speak at the lecture, as well as John Blondell, Westmont theatre arts professor.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'She'll Go On' and Explore Bald Soprano", "link": "\/westmont-news\/shell-go-and-explore-bald-soprano.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/10\/soprano_cover.png", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 450 high school singers, representing 13 different California schools from as south as San Diego and as north as Salinas, perform with the Westmont College Choir at the Fall Choral Festival Friday, Oct. 30. The evening concert at 7 p.m., which is free and open to the public, will be performed at First United Methodist.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fall Choral Fest Features 13 High Schools", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fall-choral-fest-features-13-high-schools.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/10\/M08_4781.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Heup Young Kim, professor of systematic theology at Kangnam University in South Korea, discusses “A Trialogue of Humility: A New Way of Christian Mission in Asia” in a free public lecture Monday, Oct. 19, at 5 p.m. in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Christian Missions in Asia", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-christian-missions-asia.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/10\/Heup-Kim1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Hundreds of Westmont alumni will celebrate homecoming and reunions at several events this weekend, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 16-17.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumni Return for Homecoming Weekend", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumni-return-homecoming-weekend.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/10\/HC32808_1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A rotating cast of eight actors perform Eugéne Ionesco’s brilliantly funny farce “The Bald Soprano” Oct. 22-24, 29-31 in Westmont’s Porter Theatre at 8 p.m. General admission is $10, $5 for student and seniors.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Thomas Aims for Laughs in Bald Soprano", "link": "\/westmont-news\/thomas-aims-laughs-bald-soprano.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/_common\/images\/mitchell-thomas.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is co-sponsoring Czech & Mates, the 2009 Lit Moon World Theater Festival, which includes productions from the U.S. and Czech Republic, Oct. 13- 18 at the Center Stage Theater in Santa Barbara. All performances, which include two world premieres, are in English. Tickets, $20 general admission, $15 for students, are on sale now at the Center Stage Theatre Box Office, (805) 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater.org. Subscription packages are available: all six shows for $100 ($75 for students); five to seven shows at $18 per ticket ($13.50 for students).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "World Theater Festival Czechs Into SB", "link": "\/westmont-news\/world-theater-festival-czechs-sb.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/10\/The-Wedding-Lit-Moon-Theatre-Company-Prague-Czech-Republic1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Athletic Director Dave Odell is Westmont Alumnus of the Year and will be honored at a luncheon during Homecoming, Oct. 17. Odell, who has served as athletic director since Jan. 12, is a former Westmont basketball player, successful businessman and has served as an adjunct professor in the economics and business department for the past six years. Odell has served as the chair of the Warrior Sports Advisory Board, initiated a student-athlete mentor program and been a guest speaker in several classes.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dave Odell is Named Alumnus of the Year", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dave-odell-named-alumnus-year.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/_common\/images\/dave-odell.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Wayne Iba, Westmont associate professor of computer science, explores service through artificial intelligence in a Phi Kappa Phi Paul C. Wilt Faculty Lecture, “Artificial Intelligence as Window into Service,” Monday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge. The talk, which is free and open to the public, includes responses from Kim Kihlstrom, Westmont associate professor of computer science, and Chris Hoeckley, Westmont adjunct instructor of philosophy. Hoeckley is teaching Westmont’s Europe semester and will respond through videoconferencing.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exploring Artificial Intelligence, Service", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exploring-artificial-intelligence-service.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/_common\/images\/wayne-iba.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Renowned composer Emma Lou Diemer collaborates with Philip Ficsor, Westmont professor of violin, in a free concert featuring selections from their yet-tobe-released album, “Summer Day,” Sunday, Oct. 25, at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Pre-release CDs will be available for $15.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Diemer, Ficsor Offer CD Release Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/diemer-ficsor-offer-cd-release-concert.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/10\/FicsorDiemer1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Anne Woollett, associate curator in the department of paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum, will discuss “In the Guise of Art: Rembrandt and His Models,” Thursday, Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. in Westmont’s Founders Dining Room. Her talk, which is free and open to the public, is presented in conjunction with “Sordid and Sacred: The Beggars in Rembrandt’s Etchings” on display in Reynolds Gallery through October. A specialist in Northern Painting before 1700, Woollett has authored several books on late 16th-century Flemish painting, including “Rembrandt in Southern California” and “Rembrandt’s Late Religious Portraits.” She organized exhibitions at the Getty Center including “Making a Renaissance Painting,” “Rembrandt’s Late Religious Portraits” and “Rubens and Brueghel: A Working Friendship.” She recently lectured about Rembrandt at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Timken Museum of Art in San Diego.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-10-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Getty Curator Reveals Rembrandt, Models", "link": "\/westmont-news\/getty-curator-reveals-rembrandt-models.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/10\/Beggar-Receiving-Alms-At-A-Door1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus David Batstone, a modern day abolitionist, will be in Westmont’s Page Multi-Purpose Room Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. to talk about his effort to end slavery and human trafficking. Batstone is the author of “Not For Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade and How We Can Fight It” and founder of the campaign he launched two years ago. The event, sponsored by Westmont’s San Francisco Urban Program, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-09-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Abolitionist Returns to Alma Mater", "link": "\/westmont-news\/abolitionist-returns-alma-mater.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/09\/david-batstone1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Local stick and disc golfers come together for a golf tournament at Montecito Country Club Thursday, Oct. 15, benefitting a scholarship at Westmont. The first annual William Wiersma Golf and Disc Tournament raised more than $10,000 last year for the William Wiersma Memorial Scholarship Endowment at Westmont. Golfers will tee off at 1 p.m., following a light lunch at noon. Hors d’ oeuvres will be served at 6 p.m., while awards and prizes are handed out. Greens fees are $150, $115 for recent college graduates (’05-’09) and $75 for current students. To register, please visit www.willstourney.com.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-09-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Annual Tourney Raises Money for Memorial Endowment", "link": "\/westmont-news\/annual-tourney-raises-money-memorial-endowment.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/09\/will-wiersma.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kim Kihlstrom, professor of computer science, examines insights drawn from her experience in November’s Tea Fire and applied to the design of computer systems in a free lecture, “Fire! Applying Lessons Learned in the Tea Fire to Computer Systems,” Thursday, Oct. 8, at 5:30 p.m. at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-09-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Rekindles Lessons Learned in Tea Fire", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-rekindles-lessons-learned-tea-fire.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/_common\/images\/kim-kihlstrom.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Newton, Westmont Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance, has been named to the board of directors of a prestigious national educational organization. Newton formally joins the Board of Directors for The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge at its semi-annual meeting Sept. 25-27 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-09-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Newton Named to Freedoms Foundation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/newton-named-freedoms-foundation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/09\/Newton-David.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John Blondell, Westmont theater arts professor, reveals how he developed and directed a world premiere play last summer in Macedonia at a free lecture, “Another Fool in the Balkans,” Friday, Sept. 18, in Westmont’s Porter Theatre at 3:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-09-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Director Discusses Staging Show in Balkans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/director-discusses-staging-show-balkans.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/09\/American-Tune-31.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont professors offer a musically diverse program when they present the Fall Faculty Recital in Deane Chapel Friday, Sept. 18, at 8 p.m. The program features vocal and instrumental pieces ranging from classical to jazz, offering community members and students a taste of the breadth and depth of the department. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-09-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Faculty to Perform Fall Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-faculty-perform-fall-recital.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/09\/ficsor-shasberger1-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The hereandnow Theatre Company, which believes everyone has a story to tell, performs in Westmont’s Porter Theatre Saturday, Sept. 26, at 8 p.m. The show is free, but reservations are required by calling (805) 565-7040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-09-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Performance Has a Cultural Story to Share", "link": "\/westmont-news\/performance-has-cultural-story-share.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/09\/hereandnow.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope was lowered into its new home, a yet-to-be named observatory beyond the outfield wall of the college’s baseball field.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-09-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Telescope Installed Into New Home", "link": "\/westmont-news\/telescope-installed-new-home.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/09\/telescope.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 20 Westmont students exhibit their summer research projects Thursday, Sept. 10, at 4 p.m. in Founders Dining Room. “A Celebration of Summer Research at Westmont,” includes students’ work on a variety of topics, such as determining the distances between star clusters around the constellation Cygnus and investigating an unidentified yellow ball sponge collected from the Richfield Pier pilings south of Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-09-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students to Display Summer Research", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-display-summer-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/09\/KellerMertensmeyer1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The T.B. Walker Foundation, an anonymous donor and other friends have committed $1.5 million to Westmont to create the college’s first endowed chair in the natural and behavioral sciences. The T.B. Walker Chair in the Natural and Behavioral Sciences will honor the work of an outstanding professor in biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering-physics, mathematics or psychology.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-09-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Schloss Awarded Endowed Science Chair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/schloss-awarded-endowed-science-chair.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/09\/jeff-schloss.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "\/\/", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-09-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chapel Goes to YouTube", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chapel-goes-youtube.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/09\/ben-patterson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "\/\/", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-09-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Building Improvements Mark First Month of Fall", "link": "\/westmont-news\/building-improvements-mark-first-month-fall.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/buildings\/images\/construction\/2009-08-19\/9.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 320 first-year students representing the class of 2013 are moving into Westmont this week before the first day of classes Monday, Aug. 31. The incoming class includes 11 National Merit Scholars, 80 students of color and 65 students from the Tri Counties. Westmont welcomes six international students from England, Tokyo, Cairo, Kenya, China and Korea.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-08-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Class of 2013 Arrives at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/class-2013-arrives-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/08\/moving-in.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont leaped 19 spots in this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts colleges according to U.S. News and World Report’s “American’s Best Colleges, 2010 Edition.” Of the nation’s 266 liberal arts colleges, Westmont finished at 92. This is the fifth straight year the college has ranked in the top tier.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-08-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Soars in the U.S. News Ranking", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-soars-us-news-ranking.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/08\/all-colleges-vector1.png", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s computer science department has awarded scholarships of up to $10,000 to seven students. The recipients are first-year students Riley Frambes and Daniel Leong, sophomores Morgan Vigil and Aaron Panchal, junior David Daneshforooz, and seniors Josh Carver and Sarah Coburn. In addition to financial support, the program includes support for study groups, research experience, participation in conferences and other activities.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-08-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Computer Students Earn Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/computer-students-earn-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/08\/IbaKihlstrom2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery has received an $113,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to help manage its permanent collection. This federal grant, which requires matching funds from Westmont, is highly competitive. Reynolds is one of only 167 museums and galleries out of 433 applicants nationwide to receive the award.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-08-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Art Museum Earns Federal Prize", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-art-museum-earns-federal-prize.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/08\/JudyLarson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont's summer camps come to an end this afternoon, but not before the Discovery Camp’s annual cardboard boat race, which gets underway at 1 p.m. The races, held at the Westmont pool below Murchison Gym, are expected to last an hour and a half. The campers make their boats out of a refrigerator box and lots of duct tape, climb in and try to paddle across the pool and back. Most boats make it about halfway back.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-08-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Cardboard Boat Races Today", "link": "\/westmont-news\/cardboard-boat-races-today.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/08\/Thomas-Dawson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The College Board honored Olympia Tuliaupupu, Westmont admission counselor and liaison to diversity outreach, with the Ned Tibby Award at the board’s 29th Annual Summer Institute on College Admissions and School Relations in San Diego, Calif. Each year the board awards an outstanding member of the Summer Institute class for their commitment to the aspirations and values of admissions work and high potential for leadership.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-08-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Admissions Counselor Honored", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-admissions-counselor-honored.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/08\/TuliaupupuOlympia1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has hired brush-eating goats to clear defensible space around the campus, better protecting the college from future wildfires. Brush Goats 4 Hire, a Santa Barbara County company, will deliver a herd of penned goats during the week of July 27. The goats are expected to chew their way through several areas targeted by the Montecito Fire Department and will finish by the end of August.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-07-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Munching Goats Protect Campus from Fire", "link": "\/westmont-news\/munching-goats-protect-campus-fire.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/07\/brushgoats4hire1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Conference Center hosts the second annual Montecito Summer Music Festival through Friday, Aug. 7. The festival brings world-class musicians together with advanced students of classical piano and strings for two weeks of instruction and performance. All the events (several concerts, recitals and master classes) will be in Westmont’s Page Multi-Purpose Room and are free and open to the public, including Mendelssohn’s 200th Birthday Faculty Chamber Concert Tuesday, July 28, at 7:30 p.m. and the Ivry Gitlis Tribute Concert Saturday, Aug. 1, at 7:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-07-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Montecito Foothills Alive with Music", "link": "\/westmont-news\/montecito-foothills-alive-music.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/07\/IvryGitlis1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four Westmont students hoping to become teachers completed their final semester last month, six weeks after other graduating seniors picked up their diplomas at Commencement. The students, liberal studies graduates Courtney Ochs, Deborah Pope, Sage Johnson and English major Heather Cochran, took part in Westmont’s Costa Rica program. For two decades, Westmont has been involved with Lincoln School, an international, bilingual school in Costa Rica, where students hone their teaching skills at one of the top schools in Central America.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-07-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Celebrates 20 Years of Education Program in Costa Rica", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-celebrates-20-years-education-program-costa-rica.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/07\/CostaRicaStudentsX.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Sordid and Sacred: The Beggars in Rembrandt’s Etchings” will be on display in Reynolds Gallery at Westmont Thursday, Sept. 3, through Saturday, Oct. 31. Featuring 35 of Rembrandt’s etchings from the John Villarino Collection, the exhibition opens with a reception 4-6 p.m. Sept. 3 in the gallery, located at 955 La Paz Road, Santa Barbara, which is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-07-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Rembrandt’s Mastery Displayed in Santa Barbara", "link": "\/westmont-news\/rembrandts-mastery-displayed-santa-barbara.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/07\/BeggarSeatedOnABank.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Richard Pointer, professor of history at Westmont, will serve as acting provost for two years beginning August 1. He replaces Warren Rogers, a physics professor who has served in this role since January 2007. Rogers is eager to return to his teaching and research, so the college asked Pointer to serve. A new search for a permanent chief academic officer will resume in the latter part of 2009-2010 academic year.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-07-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pointer to Serve as Acting Provost", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pointer-serve-acting-provost.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/07\/PointerRick1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Worship Team has made the leap to iTunes. Music from all five chapel CDs dating back to 2004 are available for purchase and download through the iTunes Store.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-07-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chapel CDs Join Digital Music Revolution", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chapel-cds-join-digital-music-revolution.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/07\/ITunes_Logo-copy.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Space is still available at the newest ThinkCamp, Creative YOUth Project, which is a fine art camp for children age 7-14 that begins Monday, June 29. It’s co-directed by Dan Barnett, director of the Visual Art and Design Academy at Santa Barbara High School, and Josephine Tournier Ingram, a local designer and Westmont instructor. The week-long camp seeks to nurture and challenge student’s creativity and imagination as they paint, draw and make sculptures. Visit the ThinkCamp Web site for more information.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-06-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Offers New Summer Art Camp", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-offers-new-summer-art-camp.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/06\/josephinetournieringramThumb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and Sports Information Directors of America (SIDA) honored Ron Smith, Westmont sports information officer, and his staff for two of this year’s Westmont media guides. The publication contest winners were announced at the 2009 NAIA-SIDA convention June 20. The Westmont men’s and women’s soccer media guide won first place in the multi-sport brochure contest, the fourth year in a row that a Westmont media guide has taken top honors. The baseball guide took third place in the Walt McAlexander baseball brochure contest. Sophomore Brooke O’Leary from San Luis Obispo assisted Smith with the soccer and baseball guides. Junior Jenna Polenske of Lodi assisted with the baseball guide.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-06-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors Sports Media Guides Win Contest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-sports-media-guides-win-contest.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/06\/Smith-RonThumb1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About three dozen junior high and high school students enrolled in Westmont’s Bravissimo!, an 11-day musical theater camp, will perform Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” Thursday, June 25, at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Tickets are $5 and can be reserved by e-mail to thinkcamps@westmont.edu and picked up at the door.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-06-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Teens to Perform Rodgers & Hammerstein's \"Cinderella"", "link": "\/westmont-news\/teens-perform-rodgers-hammersteins-cinderella.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/06\/AllisonLewis1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has hired Robert Ruiz as head coach of Westmont baseball. As Azusa Pacific University’s assistant and associate head coach for the past five years, he helped win 36 or more games in three of the past five seasons.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-06-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exciting Future for Baseball Takes Shape", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exciting-future-baseball-takes-shape.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/06\/carrfield.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont officials are praising Santa Barbara city and county planners and building officials for expediting the reconstruction of buildings and homes destroyed in the November Tea Fire. Construction workers are making extensive progress rebuilding the 14 Las Barrancas faculty homes leveled in the blaze as well as the three structures in Clark Hall that burned. While the floor plans remain the same for the Las Barrancas homes architect Gil Garcia has incorporated code upgrades for the new homes. Architect Peter Ehlen and student life officials have improved the function of the floor plans in the Clark Hall residences.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-06-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Homes Rise from Ashes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/homes-rise-ashes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/06\/barrancasslab.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Recent Westmont economics and business graduate Kayla Stilwell of Bakersfield, Calif., won $500 for her first-place entry in a campus-wide essay contest about economic liberty and the financial crisis. Stilwell’s essay, “Government Failure and the Ensuing Crisis,” explores the reasons behind the financial crisis and evaluates the role of previous federal government policies. The Westmont Economics and Business Department and the economics honorary society Omicron Delta Epsilon (Alpha Pi chapter) sponsor the annual essay contest.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-06-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Essays Analyze Financial Crisis", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-essays-analyze-financial-crisis.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/06\/kaylastilwell_eddnoell1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "To view these pictures you must install Adobe Flash Player", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-05-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Johnson Speaks at Westmont Athletics Fundraiser", "link": "\/westmont-news\/johnson-speaks-westmont-athletics-fundraiser.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/images\/shared\/download_buttons\/get_flash_player.gif", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival, led by artistic director and Westmont theater professor John Blondell, earned two Indy awards at the 2009 ceremony hosted by the Santa Barbara Independent. The annual theater awards recognize excellent work done in the local region.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-05-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Global Theater Honored on Local Stage", "link": "\/westmont-news\/global-theater-honored-local-stage.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/05\/abadjieva.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Montecito’s only annual juried art exhibition opens with a reception Thursday, May 21, 4-6 p.m. in Reynolds Gallery. Views and Visions: Interior Space, on display May 21 through June 26, gathers submissions from artists throughout Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. The reception will include an awards ceremony announcing winners of the $1,000 first prize and other cash awards, chosen by juror Elyse Gonzales.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-05-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Interior Space Takes Shape", "link": "\/westmont-news\/interior-space-takes-shape.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/05\/cheyenne-ellis.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Registration is underway for Westmont Summer Sports Camps and Think Camps. The earliest camp is Bravissimo, a musical theater camp, that begins June 13. Over the course of the 11 days, campers will have the opportunity to rehearse a fully-staged musical theater production culminating in a grand performance of “Cinderella” Thursday, June 25. Girls volleyball and sports skills summer camps begin the week of June 15. The Creative Youth Project, a fine art camp for kids age 7-14, begins June 15. It’s Think Camps’ newest program and is co-directed by Dan Barnett, director of the Visual Art and Design Academy at Santa Barbara High School, and Josephine Tournier Ingram, a local designer and Westmont instructor. Computer Quest offers three different courses: Computer Explorers, Video Game Creation and Computer Graphic Design. Registration for Somos Amigos, Discovery Camp, and Living Like Writers are all available at www.thinkcamps.org. Other sports camps include archery\/badminton, basketball, soccer, tennis and track and field. Sports camps registration is available at www.westmont.edu\/sports\/camps.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-05-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Summer Camp Registration Underway", "link": "\/westmont-news\/summer-camp-registration-underway.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/05\/summercamps.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Months ago, college officials decided to move the May 9 Commencement ceremony to La Playa Stadium at Santa Barbara City College because of Tea Fire reconstruction and extensive work on three entirely new buildings and athletic fields. But up until the campus was evacuated early May 8, the college planned to hold Baccalaureate on campus that evening as usual. Thanks to quick action and hard work by many employees and the assistance of SBCC, Westmont moved the formal worship service to La Playa as well.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-05-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celebrating the Class of 2009 Despite Evacuation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebrating-class-2009-despite-evacuation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/05\/09graduate.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Thirty-one Westmont students are spending at least a month this summer serving communities around the globe. Fourteen students flew out May 11, nine to El Salvador and five to Uganda, through Emmaus Road, a Westmont program that’s been sending students overseas for 11 years.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-05-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Spend Summer Serving Overseas", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-spend-summer-serving-overseas.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/05\/emmauscoreteam1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Students in Westmont’s Publication Design course taught by Professor Scott Anderson designed the 2008 annual report for Cancer Center of Santa Barbara. At the request of Matt Neal, a former college staff member who is married to a Westmont alumna, they carried the project from concept to finished product. Neal works in development at the Cancer Center.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-05-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Designers with a Cause", "link": "\/westmont-news\/designers-cause.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/05\/publicationdesignclass2009.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s student life office awarded 10 outstanding students for their leadership during the past year. The David K. Winter Character Through Servant Leadership Award is given each spring to students who show exemplary leadership through service at Westmont and in the community.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-05-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Outstanding Students Receive Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/outstanding-students-receive-award-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/05\/dkw_award.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra departs soon after Commencement for a musical tour of Hungary and Austria. Between May 12 and May 25 the 52 student musicians will perform five concerts in the regions around Budapest and Vienna, while also taking time to stay with host families, visit local churches and attend an opera.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-05-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "An Orchestra Heard Round the World", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-heard-round-world.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/05\/wong.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "New building construction and Tea Fire reconstruction have forced Westmont to relocate its graduation ceremony closer to the beach. Paul and Natalie Orfalea and the Orfalea Foundations will receive the Westmont Medal during Commencement Saturday, May 9, at 10 a.m. at Santa Barbara City College’s La Playa Stadium.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-04-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Graduation Goes to the Beach", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-graduation-goes-beach.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/04\/citycollege.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Richard Pointer, professor of history, and Jesse Covington, assistant professor of political science, will lead a discussion, “Lincoln’s Legacy: Race, Liberty, and the Rule of Law,” Friday, May 1, at 7 p.m. in the Faulkner Gallery of the Santa Barbara Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. The discussion is part of Santa Barbara County Bar Foundation’s Law Week and is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-04-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professors to Discuss Lincoln's Legacy", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professors-discuss-lincolns-legacy.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/04\/lincoln.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Five economics and business student teams will present their semester-long research that culminates in a formal industry analysis. “Change and Innovation Industry Analysis Symposium” is free and open to the public Wednesday, April 29, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Founders Dining Room. Refreshments will be served.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-04-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Business Students Offer Industry Analysis", "link": "\/westmont-news\/business-students-offer-industry-analysis.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/12\/newton.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The California College and University Police Chiefs Association honored two Westmont public safety officials at its annual convention earlier this month. The association gave Karen Huggins, Westmont public safety officer, the Award of Merit for her outstanding performance in responding to the Tea Fire, evacuating the campus and getting students safely to the gym. The Award of Merit is presented to educational law enforcement officials who by their act or acts, tangibly and conspicuously further the cause of educational law enforcement by outstanding or superior conduct. The performance of such act or acts shall be motivated solely by the desire to benefit the educational law enforcement community without thought of personal gain.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-04-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "State Lauds College Public Safety Workers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/state-lauds-college-public-safety-workers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/04\/awards1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "As part of Creation Care Week at Westmont, staff members Joel Patterson, recycling pickup administrator, and Phil Walton, Web content editor, created an online educational video game about recyclable materials. Rudy’s Recycling Roundup was launched April 7. Sophomore philosophy major Daniel Clotfelter had the high score when the competition ended on Earth Day and won a gift certificate to local restaurant Silvergreens.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-04-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Video Game Aims to Teach about Recycling", "link": "\/westmont-news\/video-game-aims-teach-about-recycling.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/04\/rudy.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Grace Chang, a writer and activist for the labor and welfare rights of immigrants and women of color, explores the complex governmental issues of human trafficking in a lecture, “Trafficking by Any Other Name,” Thursday, April 30, at 7 p.m. in Kerrwood Hall’s Hieronymus Lounge.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-04-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Inspects Politics of Human Trafficking", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-inspects-politics-human-trafficking.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/04\/gracechang.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s 2008-09 chapel CD, “All the Saints,” features several heartfelt recordings of worship in the aftermath of November’s devastating Tea Fire. The album is a snapshot of Westmont’s worshiping ethos and includes a special message from President Gayle D. Beebe about the fire. The two-disc set is on sale at the Westmont Bookstore and Campus Pastor’s Office for $12.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-04-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chapel CD Reflects a Rise From the Ashes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chapel-cd-reflects-rise-ashes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/04\/chapelcdcover.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The world premiere of Steve Butler’s “Resurrection Oratorio” celebrates the Easter season at Masterworks, a concert Sunday, April 26, at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church on the corner of State Street and Constance Avenue. The performance is free and open to the public and features the Westmont Orchestra, College Choir and soloists.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-04-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Butler Unveils Resurrection Premiere", "link": "\/westmont-news\/butler-unveils-resurrection-premiere.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/04\/butler-steve.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Fringe Festival comes to campus April 21, 22 and 25, bringing an array of original performances by students and faculty. The annual theater festival is organized by Professor John Blondell, who is also the artistic director of the Lit Moon Theatre Company. This year the interdisciplinary event includes music and literature as well.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-04-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fresh, Local Performance Art", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fresh-local-performance-art.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/04\/fringe-08.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s graduating art majors show their work in the Senior Art Exhibition in Reynolds Gallery Friday, April 17, through Saturday, May 9. The opening reception and award presentation April 17, 4-6 p.m., is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-04-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Seniors Exhibit Their Talent", "link": "\/westmont-news\/seniors-exhibit-their-talent.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/04\/two-trees.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "April offers a bouquet of musical performances at Westmont, ending the academic year on a musical note. All performances are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-04-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Shower of April Music", "link": "\/westmont-news\/shower-april-music.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/04\/shasberger.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Stan Anderson, Westmont chemistry professor, discusses the importance of chemistry while reflecting on his global career in a valedictory lecture, “Engaging the World Through Chemistry,” Wednesday, April 15, at 7 p.m. in Kerrwood Hall’s Hieronymus Lounge. The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-04-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professor Offers Global View Of Chemistry", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professor-offers-global-view-chemistry.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/04\/sanderson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Korean-American Sandy Lee Schaupp discusses how her Christian beliefs have shaped her dreams in a lecture, “Trading in the American Dream for Kingdom Dreams: An Asian American Woman’s Journey with Jesus,” Tuesday, April 21, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge in Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The talk is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-04-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Takes an Ethnic Look at Christianity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-takes-ethnic-look-christianity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/04\/sandyschaupp.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Judy L. Larson, director of Reynolds Gallery, describes her plans for Westmont’s new art museum in a lecture, “Art Around the World: A Global Approach to the Visual Arts,” Thursday, April 16, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The lecture is part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations About Things that Matter, which is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation. The free lecture is open to the public and reservations are not necessary. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-04-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Larson to Explore Art Museum Evolution", "link": "\/westmont-news\/larson-explore-art-museum-evolution.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/04\/larsonjudy.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Justin Barrett, internationally recognized researcher in the cognitive science of religious belief, discusses “The Naturalness of the Supernatural: The Cognitive Science of Religion” Monday, April 6, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge inside Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Pascal Society Lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-03-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores the Human Brain, Religious Belief", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-human-brain-religious-belief.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/03\/justinbarrett.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 300 Westmont students are spending spring break in Mississippi, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Ensenada, Mexico, and Santa Barbara, volunteering for various service projects.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-03-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Spring Into Action", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-spring-action.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/03\/pc.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This year, more than ever, we are delighted to be hosting Spring Sing 2009 at the Santa Barbara County Bowl on Saturday, April 4, at 6:30 pm.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-03-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Spring Sing Reaches Out", "link": "\/westmont-news\/spring-sing-reaches-out.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/03\/springsing08.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For thousands of years, individuals and societies have sought to know God in many ways. A new book by Richard J. Foster and Westmont President Gayle D. Beebe, “Longing for God: Seven Paths of Spiritual Devotion,” explores the primary approaches developed throughout Christian history. The authors believe that no single path is the Christian path to the exclusion of others — and that no single path is sufficient for every person.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-03-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Beebe Launches New Book With Campus Signing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/beebe-launches-new-book-campus-signing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/03\/longing-for-god.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Award-winning actress Sarah Halford performs “Tink,” her final theater production at Westmont, Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28, at 8 p.m. in Voskuyl Library. The play is free and open to the public, although reservations are suggested due to limited space. Call the box office at (805) 565-7040 or email tinktickets@gmail.com for reservations.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-03-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Tinker Bell Takes a Bow", "link": "\/westmont-news\/tinker-bell-takes-bow.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/03\/halford1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra and College Choir will perform Bach's “St. John Passion” Sunday, March 29, at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church on the corner of State and Constance streets. The concert is free and open to the public. They will also perform the Saturday before at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Thousand Oaks.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-03-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Passionate Performance", "link": "\/westmont-news\/passionate-performance.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/03\/choir_student3.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont women’s basketball, ranked No. 16 in the NAIA, will face No. 17 Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) in the first round of the 2009 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship Wednesday, March 18, at 9:45 p.m. CDT, 7:45 p.m. PST, at Oman Arena in Jackson, Tenn. The game will be the first ever between the Warriors and Blue Raiders women’s basketball teams.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-03-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Warriors Open NAIA Tourney Against Blue Raiders", "link": "\/westmont-news\/warriors-open-naia-tourney-against-blue-raiders.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/03\/amberstevens2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For the third straight year, the Westmont Men’s Club Polo Team has won the U.S. Polo Association Western Regionals, and a berth in the USPA national intercollegiate championships in Charlottesville, Va., April 6-11. Westmont beat Stanford 20-4 for the championship March 7, after getting past Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 33-6 on March 6.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-03-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Polo Rides to Nationals for Third Straight Year", "link": "\/westmont-news\/polo-rides-nationals-third-straight-year.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/03\/polo1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nona Pyron, internationally known cellist and adjunct professor at Westmont, will gather professional musicians from across the country for a Chamber Music Retreat on campus Friday, March 20, through Sunday, March 22. Westmont students and other skilled amateurs will also participate in the master class. The retreat is full, but auditors are welcome to listen in.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-03-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Maker's Master Class", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-makers-master-class.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/03\/violins1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Richard Pointer, Westmont professor of history, will be installed as the first recipient of the Fletcher Jones Foundation Chair in the Social Sciences during a day of free, public events Wednesday, March 4. The inauguration of the chair, which will rotate every four years among deserving faculty within the social science division, will be held in Murchison Gymnasium at 10:30 a.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-03-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Historian Installed As Social Science Chair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/historian-installed-social-science-chair.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/01\/pointer.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont students and faculty will be able to conduct cutting-edge research on rare nuclear isotopes when the Department of Energy builds a $550 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University in the next decade. MSU and Westmont have drafted a memorandum of understanding outlining their research collaboration, and Westmont has joined the Alliance of Undergraduate Rare Isotope Research Institutions, which will send a representative to the Rare Isotope Research and Education Board of FRIB.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-02-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Out Of The Ashes To The Cosmos", "link": "\/westmont-news\/out-ashes-cosmos.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/02\/evanmosbysheamosby.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 150 people packed into the Page Multi-Purpose Room Feb. 19 for the culmination of the month-long Tournament of Expressions: Finals in Debate, Great Speeches and Persuasive Speeches. The competition was started in 1996 through the generosity of Montecito residents Robert and Jean Svoboda to further the study and development of critical thinking in oral communication. Each year the Svobodas dole out thousands of dollars to the student finalists.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-02-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sophomore Talks His Way to Two Titles", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sophomore-talks-his-way-two-titles.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/02\/waltonhuang.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four student soloists will highlight the Westmont Orchestra’s annual Concerto Concert, Friday, Feb. 27, at 8 p.m. in Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West and Sunday, March 1, at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. Students audition each year for this honor, with the winners chosen by the music faculty.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-02-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Soloists Hit a High Note", "link": "\/westmont-news\/soloists-hit-high-note.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/02\/wong.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A poetry reading by Paul Willis and Diana Raab originally planned for the day of the Tea Fire has been rescheduled for Saturday, February 28, at 8 p.m. in the Fe Bland Auditorium at Santa Barbara City College. The event is free and open to the public and will include a book sale and signing by the authors.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-02-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Poetry, Interrupted", "link": "\/westmont-news\/poetry-interrupted.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/11\/willis.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Deborah Dunn, Westmont professor of communication studies, explores the challenges of working in a sectarian society in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the Phi Kappa Phi Paul C. Wilt Address, “Good Work in a Sectarian Society: Articulating Experience and Virtue,” Tuesday, Feb. 24, from 7-8:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-02-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Reveals Workplace Differences in Sectarian Society", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-reveals-workplace-differences-sectarian-society.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/02\/peace-wall.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery hosts “Dutch Prints in the Age of Reformation: Highlights from the Dewayne and Faith Perry Collection” Feb. 19 through March 12. The opening reception on Thursday, Feb. 19, 4-6 p.m., will include a lecture at 5:30 p.m. by Lisa DeBoer, associate professor of art history and chair of the art department, on “Prints as Pedagogy in the Age of the Reformation.” The reception and lecture are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-02-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Old Masters of the Reformation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/old-masters-reformation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/02\/denial-of-st-peter.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "An original bilingual play, “Muéveme, Muévete,” a Spanish phrase meaning “Move Me, Move You,” crosses generations, languages and cultures at its world premier this month. Performances are Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 26-28, at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre, and March 5-7 at 8 p.m. at Casa de la Raza, 601 East Montecito Street at Calle Cesar Chavez. Tickets for Porter Theatre performances are $15, $7 for students, while admission is free to Casa de la Raza performances through the financial support of Montecito Bank & Trust.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-02-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The Moving Language of Theater", "link": "\/westmont-news\/moving-language-theater.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/02\/mueveme.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Christine M. Thomas, associate professor of religious studies at UC Santa Barbara, speaks about “Finding Paul in Ephesos: A New Archaeological Project” as part of the Erasmus Lecture series Thursday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served after the lecture.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-02-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture to Unearth Early Christianity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-unearth-early-christianity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/02\/christine-thomas.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Francis Edward Su, professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College, lectures on “Voting in Agreeable Societies” Friday, Feb. 6, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Hall Room 4. The mathematics colloquium is part of the Natural and Behavioral Sciences Seminar, which is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-02-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines the Role of Math in Politics", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-role-math-politics.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/francis-su.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont hosts its 22nd annual mathematics contest for high school students Saturday, Feb. 7. Participating this year will be Bishop Garcia Diego High School, Cate School, Crescenta Valley High School, Dos Pueblos High School, Oaks Christian High School, Providence Hall, San Marcos High School, Santa Barbara High School, and the Thacher School.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-02-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "High Schoolers to Match Math Wits", "link": "\/westmont-news\/high-schoolers-match-math-wits.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/02\/math-contest.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has purchased a 350-gallon, water-pumper truck to better protect the college’s shelter-in-place program in the event of another wildfire. Westmont is still completing an after-action report following November’s devastating Tea Fire, but campus emergency officials say they immediately saw a need to enhance the college’s fire-suppression ability.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-02-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Buys Fire Pumper Truck", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-buys-fire-pumper-truck.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/02\/pumper-truck.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 24th Annual Santa Barbara Film Festival has designated the Westmont College Wildfire Relief Fund as the beneficiary of donations at the festival’s Third Weekend. In keeping with SBIFF’s commitment to the local community through film, these three days, Feb. 6-9, offer exceptional programming to local residents free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis at the Riviera Theatre, 2044 Alameda Padre Serra. Local residents get the rare opportunity to view the festival award winners and special programs courtesy of the film festival and Metropolitan Theatres. In addition, a free screening has been added Thursday, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m. in the Metro Theatre as part of 1st Thursday, the downtown art and cultural program.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-01-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Film Festival Benefits Westmont Fire Victims", "link": "\/westmont-news\/film-festival-benefits-westmont-fire-victims.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/01\/chapel.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Reel Talk series is collaborating with the Reynolds Gallery to present a mini film festival Jan. 27, 29-30 about the various depictions of the Virgin Mary. All films will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in the Art Center Classroom 101 to allow for viewing of painter Bruce Herman’s exhibit, “Miriam--Virgin Mother.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-01-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Film Festival Focuses On Mary", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-film-festival-focuses-mary.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/01\/nativitystory.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont students present a musical version of “The Secret Garden” Friday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 31, at 6:00 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 1, at 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church on the corner of Garden and Anapamu downtown. Suggested donations of $12 for adults, $7 for students and $5 for children benefit the choir’s summer performance tour.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-01-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The Secret, Musical Garden", "link": "\/westmont-news\/secret-musical-garden.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/01\/farris.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Professor Scott Anderson has won The Arts Fund 2008 Individual Artist Award (IAA) for print design. He and other winners will participate in a group exhibition March 13 through April 24 at the Arts Fund Gallery, 205C Santa Barbara Street at Yanonali.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-01-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Artist Wins Again", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-artist-wins-again.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/01\/anderson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A former Westmont basketball player, a successful businessman and a longtime Warrior supporter has joined the team as the college’s new athletic director. President Gayle D. Beebe announced the appointment of alumnus Dave Odell to this position today.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-01-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Changing of the Guard for Westmont Athletics", "link": "\/westmont-news\/changing-guard-westmont-athletics.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/01\/odell.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three Westmont professors will discuss Walter Isaacson’s best-selling book, “Einstein: His Life and Universe,” at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 29, at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street, as part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter. The lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-01-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Illuminate Life, Universe Of Einstein", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-illuminate-life-universe-einstein.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/01\/einstein.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Rick Pointer, Westmont professor of history, and David Moore, pastor of New Covenant Worship Center in Santa Barbara, will speak at “‘I have a Dream’: A Celebration and Remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.,” Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Page Multipurpose Room. The event, which is free and open to the public, includes a video presentation of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous speech and a discussion about President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-01-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celebration to Focus on King, Obama", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celebration-focus-king-obama.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/01\/pointer.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Judy L. Larson will be installed as the first holder of the R. Anthony Askew Chair in Art on Friday, Jan. 23, with a ceremony at 10:30 a.m. in Murchison Gym. A panel of art professionals will discuss “The Meaning and Value of Museums in the 21st Century” at 3:30 p.m. in Porter Theatre, and Larson will give a lecture, “The Adams Center for the Visual Arts: Transforming Communities Through Art,” at 5 p.m. in Porter Theatre. All events are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-01-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "An Artistic Inauguration", "link": "\/westmont-news\/artistic-inauguration.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/01\/larson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A new exhibition by painter Bruce Herman, “Miriam – Virgin Mother,” explores the subject of the Virgin Mary, a figure of some controversy in the history of the Christian church. The exhibit opens with a reception Thursday, Jan. 15, 4-6 p.m. in Reynolds Gallery and includes a lecture by the artist at 5:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-01-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Hail Mary", "link": "\/westmont-news\/hail-mary.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/01\/called.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Joe Rehfeld, who has 20 years of high-tech experience in business development, marketing and corporate development and finance, has joined the Westmont Board of Trustees, which oversees the operations of the college. Rehfeld, a resident of Clyde Hill, Wash., and Los Angeles, Calif., also has about 20 years of philanthropic and charitable work in education, the alleviation of poverty and micro-enterprise development.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2009-01-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Rehfeld Joins Westmont Board of Trustees", "link": "\/westmont-news\/rehfeld-joins-westmont-board-trustees.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2009\/01\/rehfeldjoe.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Walter Isaacson, president of the Aspen Institute and former chairman and CEO of CNN and editor of Time magazine, will speak at Westmont’s fourth annual President’s Breakfast Friday, Feb. 6, at 7 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort. Tickets, which are $75 per person, go on sale Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 8 a.m and can be purchased by calling (805) 565-6895. Seating is limited, and tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-12-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Acclaimed Biographer to Speak at Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/acclaimed-biographer-speak-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/12\/walter.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Local poets raised nearly $17,000 for the Westmont Wildfire Relief Fund at a benefit poetry reading December 6. Organized by Enid Osborn and Lois Klein and hosted by David Starkey at Santa Barbara City College, the event was a show of support for Paul Willis, a poet and professor of English at Westmont, and others like him who lost their homes and libraries in the fire.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-12-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The Power of Poetry", "link": "\/westmont-news\/power-poetry.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/12\/bright-shoots.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sempra Energy Foundation has given $20,000 to Westmont students affected by the Tea Fire. Flames damaged the residences of 62 students, destroying computers, books, school gear, clothing and other personal items.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-12-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sempra Gives $20-K to Student Fire Victims", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sempra-gives-20-k-student-fire-victims.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/12\/studentrecovery.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In a decision released this week, California’s Second District Court of Appeal unanimously supported Westmont’s plan to update its campus facilities, reaffirming a December 2007 Santa Barbara County Superior Court ruling that upheld unanimous approvals by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors and the Montecito Planning Commission. A three-judge panel issued their finding after hearing arguments in Santa Barbara Oct. 22. To date, a total of 14 officials have made five consecutive unanimous decisions supporting Westmont’s Master Plan.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-12-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Appeal Court Rules in Westmont's Favor", "link": "\/westmont-news\/appeal-court-rules-westmonts-favor.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/12\/adamscentertrees.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four student venture teams from Westmont’s entrepreneur class will present their start-up business plans to a panel of outside reviewers Thursday, Dec. 11, at 5:30 p.m. at Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall. The 19th annual Westmont Collegiate Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition is free and open to the public. Networking and refreshments will begin at 5 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-12-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Entrepreneurs To Unveil Plans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-entrepreneurs-unveil-plans-1.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/12\/newton.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s fall dance recital, “Stories From Africa,” originally planned for the weekend after the Tea Fire, has been rescheduled now that students have returned to campus. Performances will be Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 11-13, at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-12-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dancers Rise Above The Ashes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dancers-rise-above-ashes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/12\/whitemanerlyne.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s famous 150-foot redwood affectionately known as the Pickle Tree survived the Tea Fire and will be the focus of attention at the seventh annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Kerrwood Lawn, Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-12-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pickle Tree Survives Fire For Christmas Lighting", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pickle-tree-survives-fire-christmas-lighting.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/12\/pickle-tree.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Local poets have responded to the Tea Fire by organizing a reading in honor of Paul Willis, a Westmont English professor and poet who lost his home and library in the blaze. Proceeds from the reading will benefit the Westmont Wildfire Relief Fund. The event will be Saturday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. in the Fé Bland Forum at Santa Barbara City College.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-11-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fighting Fire with Poetry", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fighting-fire-poetry.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/11\/willis.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "After winning the Golden State Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship on Monday with a 2-0 victory over #5 Azusa Pacific, the twenty-fourth ranked Warriors of Westmont have turned their attention to the 2008 NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championship Opening Round. The Warriors (10-6-2) will host Bay Area school Holy Names on Saturday in a seven o'clock game at UC Santa Barbara's Harder Stadium.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-11-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Men's Soccer to Host Holy Names in Opening Round", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mens-soccer-host-holy-names-opening-round.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/11\/soccertunnel.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Violinist Philip Ficsor and local composer Emma Lou Diemer perform together Saturday, Nov. 22, at 3 p.m. in Santa Barbara Public Library’s Faulkner Gallery, 40 East Anapamu Street. The Santa Barbara Music Club presents the free concert.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-11-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Local Musicians, World Class Music", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-musicians-world-class-music.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/11\/ficsor-philip.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Fourth Annual Westmont Christmas Festival, “Lo, How a Rose,” will ring in the advent season with three performances at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance at State Street. Admission to the festival Friday, Dec. 5, and Saturday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m., is free, but tickets are required due to limited seating. To reserve tickets or for more information, call (805) 565-7140 or e-mail festival@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-11-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Christmas Rose Blooms at Annual Festival", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-rose-blooms-annual-festival.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/11\/web-graphic.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nona Pyron, internationally known cellist and adjunct professor at Westmont, will gather professional musicians from across the country for a Chamber Music Retreat Thursday, Nov. 13, through Sunday, Nov. 16, in Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. Westmont students and other skilled amateurs will also participate in the master class. The retreat is full, but auditors are welcome.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-11-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Masters Gather On Campus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-masters-gather-campus.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/11\/nona_pyron1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Laura Montgomery, Westmont professor of anthropology, will discuss “The Global Imperative and Moral Education: Peace and Love or Something Else?” at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street, as part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter. The lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-11-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Embraces Peace, Love and Global Learning", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-embraces-peace-love-and-global-learning.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/11\/montgomerylaura1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The T.B. Walker Foundation, an anonymous donor and others have committed $1.5 million to Westmont toward the creation of the college’s first endowed chair in the natural and behavioral sciences. The T.B. Walker Foundation Chair in the Natural & Behavioral Sciences will honor the work of an outstanding faculty member in biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering\/physics, mathematics or psychology.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-11-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Receives $1.5 M for Science", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-receives-15-m-science.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/11\/mcmahonlab.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-11-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Grad is New Chemistry Professor", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-grad-new-chemistry-professor.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/11\/masunomako3.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Ceramics: Form and Function” opens in Reynolds Gallery Thursday, Nov. 6, with a reception from 4-6 p.m., and will be on display through Dec. 19. The exhibition brings together work in clay by 14 internationally-recognized artists from around the world, each with a unique mode of working in the medium. Many pieces on display will be for sale.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-10-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fashioning Art Out of Clay", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fashioning-art-out-clay.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/haggarty.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Orchestra will perform for the first time without “chamber” in its name. With 52 student musicians, the ensemble has outgrown the title. The orchestra’s inaugural concerts will be Friday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. in Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West, and Sunday, Nov. 9, at 3 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church at the corner of State and Constance downtown. Admission is $10, free for students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-10-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A New Name for a New Season", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-name-new-season.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/orchestra.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont officials broke ground on two new buildings Oct. 23, the first significant construction on the Montecito campus in 24 years. Trustees and other college dignitaries wielded gold shovels to turn dirt at the sites for the Adams Center for the Visual Arts and Winter Hall for Science and Mathematics.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-10-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Breaks Ground On Two Buildings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-breaks-ground-two-buildings.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/groundbreaking.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Linda Kazibwe, born in Uganda and raised in Kenya, presents “An Exploration of African Dance Form” Thursday, Oct. 30, from 7:30-8:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Murchison Gym Dance Room. The workshop is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-10-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Workshop Explores African Dance Form", "link": "\/westmont-news\/workshop-explores-african-dance-form.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/kazibwe.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Alister Chapman, assistant professor of history at Westmont, discusses “Two Cheers for Populism? John Stott and the Limits of Educated Evangelicalism in England” in a Phi Kappa Phi lecture Monday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge. The lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-10-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Probes Limits of Educated Evangelicalism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-probes-limits-educated-evangelicalism.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/chapman.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Professor of Theatre Arts Mitchell Thomas received the Arlin G. Meyer Prize in the Performing Arts, given annually by the Lilly Fellows Program in the Humanities and the Arts at Valparaiso University. He accepted the award, which recognizes work that exemplifies Christian artistic vocation, at a ceremony at Seattle Pacific University Friday, Oct. 10.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Rogue Theater Earns National Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/rogue-theater-earns-national-award.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dr. David Newton, professor of entrepreneurial finance at Westmont and president of TechKnowledge Point, discusses the current economic meltdown in a special session of Tuesdays with Morals Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Page Multi-Purpose Room. The lecture, “Crisis Mode: How Freddie, Fannie, and Financial Engineering Changed Wall Street Forever,” is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Free Lecture Dives Into Sinking Wall Street", "link": "\/westmont-news\/free-lecture-dives-sinking-wall-street.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/newton.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "» Photo © Brad Elliott", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-10-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Schloss Studies Science of Religious Belief", "link": "\/westmont-news\/schloss-studies-science-religious-belief.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/JeffSchloss.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "» 'Westmont College Choir, with director Michael Shasberger. © Brad Elliott.'", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-10-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Raise Voices for Choral Festival", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-raise-voices-choral-festival.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/College-Choir.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dwight Radcliff, president and CEO of U.S. Veterans Initiative (U.S. VETS), speaks about the effort to break the cycle of homelessness among our veterans Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge inside Kerrwood Hall. U.S. VETS is the largest non-profit organization in the country dedicated to helping homeless and at-risk veterans.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-10-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Shed Light on Homeless Veterans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-shed-light-homeless-veterans.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/DwightRadcliff.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "» Photo from Lilia Abadjieva's 2006 production", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-10-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont on the World's Stage", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-worlds-stage.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/shakespeare.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "As new vice president of information technology and CIO, Reed Sheard will oversee Westmont’s information systems beginning Oct. 1 when he joins the college’s executive team. He comes from Spring Arbor University in Michigan where he served as vice president for technology services for five years.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-10-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Recruits New IT Administrator", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-recruits-new-it-administrator.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/sheard.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont professors will discuss the role of religion in politics as part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations About Things that Matter. The event, “Does Religion Belong in Politics? Reflections in the Midst of the 2008 Campaign,” is free and open to the public, Thursday, Oct. 16, at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St., at 5:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-10-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Examines the Role of Religion in Politics", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-examines-role-religion-politics.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/faith-politics.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A record number of Westmont students spent Saturday morning, Sept. 20, pulling weeds, planting trees, spreading mulch and picking up trash during the United Way’s Day of Caring. More than 140 students pitched in, joined by several Westmont faculty and staff: Lesa Stern, associate professor of communication studies; Laura Wilson, secretary; Joy Johnson, administrative assistant; Heidi Henes-Van Bergen, secretary; and Karen Sloan, administrative assistant. Sloan was the volunteer coordinator for the college for the second year. She says residence directors Jon Young and Daniel Clapp were the ones who rallied the troops.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-09-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Getting Dirty for Day of Caring", "link": "\/westmont-news\/getting-dirty-day-caring.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dayofcaring.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Local college-bound students and their parents will meet with representatives from 26 Christian colleges at the 13th Annual Santa Barbara Christian College Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 30, from 6-8:30 p.m. at Montecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold Springs Rd. Admission professionals will present information for college-bound students, parents, youth pastors, and high school counselors regarding college admission, scholarships, athletics and campus life. Participants also can attend a financial aid session.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-09-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Montecito Hosts Christian College Fair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/montecito-hosts-christian-college-fair.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/CollegeFair.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Five stone artworks grace Westmont’s campus this fall in the “Donald Davis Sculpture Garden,” Reynolds Gallery’s third annual exhibition of outdoor sculpture. On display near the gallery and Voskuyl Library through Dec. 19, the exhibition includes new and selected works. A public reception with the artist, local sculptor Donald Davis, will be held at the gallery Thursday, Sept. 25, 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-09-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sculptures Rock Westmont Gardens", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sculptures-rock-westmont-gardens.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/donald-davis.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Carroll Observatory reopens for free public viewings Friday, Sept. 19, at dusk. Weather permitting, stargazers will look through the powerful Keck Telescope at Jupiter in the southern sky.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-09-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Public To Catch A Glimpse Of Jupiter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/public-catch-glimpse-jupiter.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/space.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Gayle D. Beebe, president of Westmont, stressed the importance of character and competence in effective leadership at a noontime Channel City Club speech September 11. More than 125 people attended the lecture, “The Essence of Effective Leadership: Eight Key Principles I Learned from Peter Drucker,” at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-09-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "President Beebe Speaks on Effective Leadership", "link": "\/westmont-news\/president-beebe-speaks-effective-leadership.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/beebe.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Conservatives Club honors the people killed Sept. 11, 2001, with a display of 1,500 American flags on Kerrwood Lawn, one for every two people who died that fateful day. The club invites the college and the local community to attend a time of remembrance and commemoration at 6 p.m. today on the lawn.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-09-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Students to Remember 9\/11", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-students-remember-911.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/images\/homepage\/911_2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Susan E. Penksa, an international and European security specialist and professor of political science at Westmont, is in Brussels for two weeks speaking at the European Parliament and participating in the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union’s seminar on security sector reform. Penksa, who has an extensive consulting practice with national governments and international organizations, is also meeting with EU, NATO and national officials as part of her ongoing research and policy advising work.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-09-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Penksa Speaks At European Parliament", "link": "\/westmont-news\/penksa-speaks-european-parliament.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/penksa.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 30 Westmont students show off their summer research projects Thursday, Sept. 11, at 4 p.m. in Founders Dining Room. “A Celebration of Science Research” will include a student’s work determining the orbit of an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter as well as another student’s work investigating cognitive impairment among older adults.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-09-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Exhibit Their Summer of Research", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-exhibit-their-summer-research.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/summer_research.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 333 members of the class of 2012 arrive at Westmont this week for new student orientation Thursday, Aug. 28, through Aug. 31. Parent orientation programs take place Aug. 28-29. The first day of classes for all students is Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-08-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Arrive For First Day of College", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-arrive-first-day-college.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/newstudents.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara master violin maker James Wimmer will be honored at Wimmerata, a festival of two concerts featuring musicians from throughout California playing their Wimmer instruments, Sunday, Sept. 7, at Trinity Episcopal Church on the corner of Micheltorena and State Streets. The first concert, 4-6 p.m., will highlight world-class fiddlers playing bluegrass and old-time music. A classical concert follows at 7 p.m. with an all-Wimmer string orchestra and featured soloists. A suggested donation of $25 will contribute to the completion of the Hubert Schwyzer Quartet, which Westmont has commissioned Wimmer to make. For information about the concert or the quartet, contact the Westmont music department at (805) 565-6040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-08-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fiddle Festival Honors The Music Maker", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fiddle-festival-honors-music-maker.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Wimmer.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery opens the academic year with “Language Skills: The Art of the Expanded Print,” new work by Martha Ensign Johnson, on display September 4 through October 25. An opening reception Thursday, September 4, 4-6 p.m. is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-08-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Postcards From Paradise: A New Perspective In Printmaking", "link": "\/westmont-news\/postcards-paradise-new-perspective-printmaking.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dangerinparadise.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is in the top tier among the nation’s best liberal arts colleges according to U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Colleges, 2009 Edition.” Of the nation’s 265 liberal arts colleges, Westmont ranked in a four-way tie at 111. This is the fourth straight year the college has ranked in the top tier.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-08-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont in Top Tier of U.S. News Rankings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-top-tier-us-news-rankings.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/usnews_badge.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Teri Bradford Rouse, executive director of the Channel Islands YMCA Youth and Family Services branch, will become Westmont’s senior director of alumni and parent relations. Rouse graduated from Westmont in 1977, earned her master’s degree from USC then worked at Westmont as a resident director, director of residence life and associate dean of students from 1981 to 1998.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-08-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Local Westmont Grad To Head Alumni Office", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-westmont-grad-head-alumni-office.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/rouse.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lyle C. Hillegas went to be with his Lord and Savior July 29, 2008. He served as the fifth president of Westmont from 1972 to 1975. At 37, he was the youngest person ever appointed to the position and the only one to come directly from the ranks of the faculty. During his tenure, he recruited a strong team of administrators, began the process of increasing enrollment from 800 to 1,200 and worked on preserving Westmont’s gardens and beautifying the campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-07-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Former Westmont President, El Montecito Pastor Dies", "link": "\/westmont-news\/former-westmont-president-el-montecito-pastor-dies.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/LyleHillegas2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The first-ever Montecito Summer Music Festival is underway at Westmont College. More than a hundred chamber music students, ranging in age from 10 to 36, arrived on the Westmont campus Monday with performances running through Friday, Aug 1.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-07-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Montecito Music Festival Kicks Off at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/montecito-music-festival-kicks-westmont.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/violinist.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is prominently featured in a video produced by the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory of Michigan State University. The video describes the Westmont College Cosmic Muon Detector Array and undergraduate research such as viewing the cosmic muon flux mapping over a wide range of the sky.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-07-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Highlighted In National Research Video", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-highlighted-national-research-video.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/rogers-warren.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Several hundred youngsters who arrive for a basketball camp in less than two weeks will be the first to play on Westmont’s new state-of-the-art court in Murchison Gym. Workers are putting the finishing touches on the floor, including lines and a half-court logo are being painted on the floor over the next several days.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-07-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Nets A Modernized Gym Floor", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-nets-modernized-gym-floor.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/gymfloor.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Hubert Schwyzer Quartet, a unique ensemble of instruments commissioned by Westmont, is taking shape under the hands of master violin maker James Wimmer at his workshop in Santa Barbara. Named for a former UC Santa Barbara philosophy professor and cellist, the quartet will be used by Westmont faculty and students during the school year and loaned to the Music Academy of the West in the summer months.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-07-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Newly-Crafted Instruments Resonate Well", "link": "\/westmont-news\/newly-crafted-instruments-resonate-well.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Wimmer.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The National Association of Schools of Music Commission on Accreditation has granted associate membership to Westmont following a four-year review process. NASM, founded in 1924, is an organization of more than 600 colleges and universities that establishes national standards for degrees and credentials.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-07-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music To Their Ears: Westmont Music Earns National Accreditation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-their-ears-westmont-music-earns-national-accreditation.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/shasberger.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s computer science department awarded scholarships of up to $10,000 to five students. The recipients are first-year students Erick Brownfield and Morgan Vigil, juniors Josh Carver and Toby Lounsbury, and senior Michael Gardner. In addition to financial support, the program includes support for study groups, research experience, participation in conferences and other activities.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-07-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Five Computer Students Earn Tuition Relief", "link": "\/westmont-news\/five-computer-students-earn-tuition-relief.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/IbaKihlstrom.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Foundation welcomes four prominent Santa Barbara residents to its board. Brad Frohling, Andria Kahmann, Bill Loomis and Alice Van de Water join the 26-member board whose mission is to cultivate ties between the community and Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-06-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Foundation Welcomes Four New Members", "link": "\/westmont-news\/foundation-welcomes-four-new-members.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/new_foundation_board.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Forty-eight music students, three professors and one staff member recently returned from Central America, where Westmont choirs sang and served with locals in Guatemala and Costa Rica. The choirs tour each summer, traveling internationally every third year. Westmont students emceed concerts entirely in Spanish and sang in both English and Spanish.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-06-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Choirs Exchanging Song, Culture", "link": "\/westmont-news\/choirs-exchanging-song-culture.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/ChoirTour.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Rick Pointer, Westmont professor of history, has been selected as the first recipient of the newly established Fletcher Jones Foundation Endowed Chair in Social Science. The Fletcher Jones Foundation created the chair to rotate among deserving faculty within the social science division. Pointer will occupy the chair for the next four years, beginning in fall 2008.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-06-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pointer Awarded Social Science Chair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pointer-awarded-social-science-chair.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Pointer-Rick.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Montecito Board of Architectural Review (MBAR) granted preliminary approval for all of Phase I of the Westmont College Master Plan. The first part of the project will add a new art center, science building, chapel, observatory and residence hall while reconfiguring the campus road and athletic fields. College officials will now work with the planning department, get final approval from the MBAR and then pull permits from the building department before starting construction, which will begin in early October. The college, however, faces a challenge from opponents at the State Court of Appeals.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-06-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "MBAR Gives Green Light to Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mbar-gives-green-light-westmont.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/chapel.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition” opened at a VIP event June 5 at the Arizona Science Center in downtown Phoenix, kicking off a five-year world-wide tour that includes Westmont’s famed C.S. Lewis-owned wardrobe. The wardrobe, usually housed in Reynolds Hall on Westmont’s campus, is prominently featured at the beginning of the exhibition, which includes other items that Lewis used when he penned the seven-book series, “The Chronicles of Narnia.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-06-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Tour Kicks Off For Famed Wardrobe", "link": "\/westmont-news\/tour-kicks-famed-wardrobe.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/WardrobeCrowd.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Judy L. Larson begins work this week as the new director of the Reynolds Gallery and the first holder of the R. Anthony Askew Chair in Art. Larson, most recently the director of the National Museum of Women in the Arts [NMWA] in Washington, D.C., will also teach art history courses. The founding director of Reynolds, Tony Askew, has retired after 26 years at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-06-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A New Face In The Arts Community", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-face-arts-community.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Judy-Larson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three current and former Westmont artists were honored with Independent Theater Awards at a ceremony May 19 at Center Stage Theatre downtown. The Indy Awards, given annually by a panel of theater critics from the Santa Barbara Independent and the Los Angeles Times, honor excellent productions throughout the Santa Barbara area.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-05-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Award-Winning Theater", "link": "\/westmont-news\/award-winning-theater.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/Blondell-John.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Twenty-two Westmont students are devoting at least a month this summer to serve people in Malawi, Indonesia, and El Salvador through Emmaus Road, a Westmont program that’s been sending students overseas for the past 10 years.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-05-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Serve Overseas For The Summer", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-serve-overseas-summer.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/EmmausMalawiX.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Paul Willis, Westmont professor of English, will read from his new book, “Visiting Home,” at the Wildling Art Museum, 2329 Jonata St., Los Olivos, on Sunday, June 1, at 3 p.m. The event is free, and the book will be available for sale and signing.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-05-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Willis' New Book Of Poems Hits Home", "link": "\/westmont-news\/willis-new-book-poems-hits-home.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/WillisCover.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two seemingly different academic disciplines come together for a unique seminar open to the public this summer at Westmont. “Flying Information” will focus on how we learn to read codes, patterns, signs, and symbols and navigate webs of meaning Monday, June 2, through Friday, June 6, from 9 a.m. to noon. Marilyn McEntyre, professor of English, and Wayne Iba, professor of computer science, will teach the course.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-05-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Public Class To Decode ‘Flying Information’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/public-class-decode-flying-information.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/iba-mcentyre.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont art professors earned awards for their recent work, and several art students were featured in an exhibit in Sacramento last month.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-05-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Artists Recognized Near And Far", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-artists-recognized-near-and-far.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/Rupp-Bamboo-Box.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s student life office awarded 12 outstanding students for their leadership during the past year. The David K. Winter Character Through Servant Leadership Award is given each spring to students who show exemplary leadership through service at Westmont and in the community.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-05-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Outstanding Students Receive Awards", "link": "\/westmont-news\/outstanding-students-receive-awards.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/WinterAwards08.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s famed C.S. Lewis wardrobe will take a five-year journey with “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition,” a state-of-the-art presentation based on the Disney film series and Lewis’s beloved fictional books. The exhibit, premiering June 7 at Arizona Science Center in Phoenix, features artifacts from Lewis’s personal study as well as the wardrobe.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-05-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Loans Wardrobe to Narnia Exhibit", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-loans-wardrobe-narnia-exhibit.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/wardrobe.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Gayle Beebe presided over his first Westmont Commencement as president of the college May 3, handing diplomas to 310 graduating students, 109 graduating with honors.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-05-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "310 Grads Encouraged to Love Courageously", "link": "\/westmont-news\/310-grads-encouraged-love-courageously.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/commencement.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery presents “Views and Visions: The Shoe,” a juried exhibition open to all tri-county artists, Thursday, May 15 through Thursday, June 19. The in-gathering of submissions will be at the gallery Saturday, May 10, 9 a.m. to noon, with an opening reception and awards presentation Thursday, May 15, 5 to 7 p.m. Cash awards will be given in a variety of categories.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-04-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibition Invites Sole-ful Submissions", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibition-invites-sole-ful-submissions.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Rohlander-Family-Portrait.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Gayle Beebe presides over his first Commencement at Westmont as president of the college Saturday, May 3, at 10 a.m. President emeritus David K. Winter formally introduced Beebe to the college at last year’s service. The registrar’s office reports 310 students will be participating in the ceremonies, 109 graduating with honors.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-04-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "More Than 300 To Walk At Commencement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/more-300-walk-commencement.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/commencement.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Philip Ficsor and Emma Lou Diemer unveil the world premiere of Diemer’s “Suite for Violin and Piano” Wednesday, May 7, at 11 a.m. in the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Faulkner Gallery, 40 East Anapamu Street. The free concert is presented by the Santa Barbara Music Club.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-04-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Local Musicians Give World Premiere", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-musicians-give-world-premiere.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/04\/philip-ficsor.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has created a new endowed faculty chair in the visual arts through the financial support of several friends of the college. The endowment, named the R. Anthony Askew chair, will support a new full-time professor who will also direct Reynolds Gallery.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-04-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Adds To Palette Of Art Department", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-adds-palette-art-department.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Tony-Askew.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "World-renowned bassist Robert Black will perform and discuss his work in Westmont’s Deane Chapel on Saturday, April 26, at 2 p.m. The free concert, presented by the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at UCSB in collaboration with Iridian Arts, is open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-04-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Robert Black Turns Up The Bass", "link": "\/westmont-news\/robert-black-turns-bass.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/_home\/images\/robert-black.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 530 people came to hear former presidential candidate Steve Forbes speak at a breakfast at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort celebrating the inauguration of Westmont’s eighth president, Gayle Beebe. Forbes spoke about “America’s Economy and the Global Imperative,” declaring that the world is in the midst of a Golden Age. The breakfast kicked off a day of events.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-04-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Forbes, Beebe Stress Global Education at Inauguration", "link": "\/westmont-news\/forbes-beebe-stress-global-education-inauguration.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s annual Fringe Festival, a week-long gala of contemporary theater and dance, returns to campus Tuesday, April 15 through Saturday, April 19. Seventeen original productions by students and faculty fill four performance bills. The public is invited to nightly performances in and around Porter Theatre Tuesday through Friday at 7 and 9 p.m., and a marathon performance Saturday beginning at 4 p.m. Admission is $7 for one bill, $10 for any two bills, $17 for a Saturday pass and $25 for an all-festival pass. To reserve tickets, please call (805) 565-7040.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-04-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Fresh Festival Of Performing Arts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fresh-festival-performing-arts.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Fringe-08-poster.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Theater student Zak Landrum presents an interactive performance, “Redemption History III: Ecclesia,” for his senior production Sunday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Murchison Gym. With over a dozen student and faculty actors, the Westmont Gospel Choir, live orchestral music, and video projections, the play tells the story of the Christian church from Pentecost to the Apocalypse. A suggested donation of $10 benefits All Nations Education, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing higher education to youth in developing nations. Reserve tickets at rh3.ecclesia@gmail.com.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-04-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Church History, Live Onstage At Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/church-history-live-onstage-westmont.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/_home\/images\/Christianne-Davis.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three quartets of Westmont string students perform an Instrumental Chamber Concert Friday, April 11, at 8 p.m. in Deane Chapel on lower campus. The free concert features new and rarely heard gems alongside traditional repertoire pieces.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-04-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "String Quartets Strike A New Chord", "link": "\/westmont-news\/string-quartets-strike-new-chord.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/04\/aimee-wong.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Susan Penksa, Westmont associate professor of political science, will draw on her extensive consulting work with the U.S., NATO, EU and the U.N. in a free lecture, “International (In)security: U.S. and EU Approaches to Fighting Terrorism and Crime,” Thursday, April 10, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. Penksa will highlight the security challenges confronting the United States and Europe and recommend ways to improve the success of rule of law and security reform efforts.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-03-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exploring Ways To Improve Global Security", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exploring-ways-improve-global-security.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/03\/penksasusan.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont inaugurates Gayle D. Beebe, its eighth president, Friday, April 11, with a day of events and lectures focusing on “The Global Imperative: Education and the Knowledge Society in the 21st Century.” With the exception of the afternoon panel discussions, all events are by invitation only and require a ticket.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-03-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Inaugurates Eighth President, Beebe Focuses On Global Education Imperative", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-inaugurates-eighth-president-beebe-focuses-global-education-imperative.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/03\/gayle-beebe.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont graduate Reggie Williams returns to campus to lecture about “Decolonizing the African-American Mind: The Liberative Role of Faith in Christ in African-American Culture,” Wednesday, April 9, at 3:30 p.m. in Kerrwood Hall’s Hieronymus Lounge. There will be an informal dinner and discussion following the free lecture.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-03-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grad Contrasts Black, White Christianity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grad-contrasts-black-white-christianity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/03\/reggiewilliams.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s graduating art majors exhibit their work in the Senior Art Show in Reynolds Gallery Thursday, April 3, through Saturday, May 3. An opening reception April 3, 4-6 p.m., is open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-03-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "“Check Us Out:” The Senior Art Show", "link": "\/westmont-news\/check-us-out-senior-art-show.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/03\/senior-show-invitation.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Wit,” Margaret Edson’s play about a woman dying of cancer, gets new life Thursday and Saturday, March 27 and 29, at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. Performances of this senior production by Beth Segura are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-03-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The Wit And Wisdom Of Theater Students", "link": "\/westmont-news\/wit-and-wisdom-theater-students.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Five missions in the majestic mountains of northern Querétaro will be the focus of a free lecture Tuesday, April 8, from 3:30-5 p.m. in Westmont’s Founders Dining Room. Visiting scholar Araceli Ardón will lecture on the magnificent churches in “The Missions of Father Serra in Querétaro, Mexico.” A reception will follow.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-03-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Five Missions In Mexico", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-five-missions-mexico.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/03\/conca.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dennis Bakke, best-selling author of “Joy at Work: A Revolutionary Approach To Fun on the Job,” speaks at the University Club Tuesday, April 1, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. Bakke, a successful entrepreneur and former CEO, will lecture on “Thank God It’s Monday: Finding Joy at Work.” The event, sponsored by the Westmont Foundation, is free, though seating is limited. Reservations can be made by calling (805) 565-6895. The first 50 people to register will receive a free copy of “Joy at Work” at the lecture.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-03-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Offers Keys To Find ‘Joy At Work’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-offers-keys-find-joy-work.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/03\/dennisbakke.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A “docu-comedy” about the stuff growing on our heads, “Cuts” is a new play premiering in Westmont’s Porter Theatre Wednesday and Friday, March 26 and 28, at 8 p.m. A senior project by Casey Caldwell, this play is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-03-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Hair-Raising Documentary Theater", "link": "\/westmont-news\/hair-raising-documentary-theater.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 250 Westmont students and community volunteers are in Ensenada, Mexico, spending spring break constructing homes, operating medical and dental clinics, leading a vacation Bible school, running haircutting clinics and competing in sports events. More than 5,000 students have participated in Potter’s Clay, an annual student-organized service trip, since it began 31 years ago.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-03-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Spring Into Action Over Break", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-spring-action-over-break.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/03\/pottersclaycoreteam.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kenya Davis-Hayes, assistant professor of American history at California Baptist University, will discuss how hairstyles affect perception of black women at a free lecture Friday, March 28, at 1:30 p.m. at Hieronymus Lounge in Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. Refreshments will be served prior to the lecture.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-03-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Braids Hair Style with Pop Culture", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-braids-hair-style-pop-culture.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/03\/kenyadavis.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont student group Act on AIDS is hosting a Broken Bread Poverty Meal Tuesday, March 11, at 5 p.m. on Westmont’s Kerrwood Lawn. The benefit dinner, sponsored through World Vision, will allow students, faculty and the public to identify with families and individuals affected by HIV\/AIDS and hunger around the world by coming together to eat a meal of porridge and share a night of fellowship and discussion on the subjects of AIDS and hunger.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-03-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Break Bread to Act on AIDS", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-break-bread-act-aids.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Author Gustavo Arellano will give a free lecture, “Beaner, Wetback and Other Spicy Words You Can’t Say But Should: Satire as Hammer Against Anti-Immigrant Madness,” Wednesday, March 26, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Founders Dining Room. Refreshments will be served at the lecture.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-03-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Latino Speaker Uses Satire to Fight Racism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/latino-speaker-uses-satire-fight-racism.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/03\/arellano-gustavo.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Keck Telescope has confirmed the existence of a supernova, discovered this week by astronomical investigators Jack Newton and Tim Puckett in the course of the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-03-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont's Telescope Captures Supernova", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmonts-telescope-captures-supernova.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/03\/supernova-sn2008anzoomed.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Five prospective Westmont students competed for scholarships of up to $10,000 Feb. 22-23. The Computer Science Connection and the scholarships are funded by a $287,500 grant from the National Science Foundation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-03-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Teens Compete for Scholarship Dollars", "link": "\/westmont-news\/teens-compete-scholarship-dollars.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/03\/cs-scholarship-08.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A world-class panel of evaluators and qualified investors will assess 10 national semifinal ventures at the 5th Annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (S.E.E.D.) National Collegiate Venture Forum, March 14-15 at the Reagan Ranch Center. The event helps top college entrepreneurs meet potential capital funding for their business plans. The student presentations on Friday, March 14 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 15, from 8-11:30 a.m. are free and open to the public.Dr. David Newton, professor of entrepreneurial finance at Westmont and president of TechKnowledge Point, launched the event in 2003. This year, Westmont students will present their venture Zipperz Corporation along with nine others from UC Santa Barbara, Union (NY), Harvard, Belmont (TN), Emory, and the Universities of Wisconsin-Madison, San Francisco, Florida, and Central Oklahoma.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-03-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Entrepreneurs to Pitch Biz Plans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-entrepreneurs-pitch-biz-plans.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/03\/newton_dave_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In preparation for Easter, Westmont choirs and chamber orchestra present a free concert, Choral Masterworks, Friday, March 7, 8 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church on State and Micheltorena Streets.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-02-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musical Masterworks Downtown", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musical-masterworks-downtown.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/03\/m07_0687.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Doug Schaupp, a writer and teacher of racial issues, says America is challenged with the prospect of true integration as diverse populations increase in an increasingly global society. Schaupp will discuss what role white people play in contributing to multiethnic community building and justice at a lecture, “Being White: Finding our Place in a Multiethnic World,” Friday, March 7, in Westmont’s Founder’s Dining Room at 3:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-02-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A New Role Faces Whites in Diverse World", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-role-faces-whites-diverse-world.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/02\/schaupp-doug.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Historian Gary Scott Smith explores the issue of religion amid the current presidential campaign in a lecture, “Religion and the American Presidency,” Wednesday, March 5, at 3:30 p.m. in Kerrwood Hall’s Hieronymus Lounge. The talk is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served at 3:10 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-02-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Reveals How Faith Impacts Presidency", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-reveals-how-faith-impacts-presidency.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/02\/smith-gary.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John Blondell, Westmont professor of theater arts, will lecture about “Born in the USA: William Shakespeare and the American Theatrical Tradition” Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 8 p.m. at Hieronymus Lounge in Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Phi Kappa Phi Paul C. Wilt Faculty Lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-02-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Blondell to Explore the Bard in America", "link": "\/westmont-news\/blondell-explore-bard-america.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/02\/blondell_john_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A month-long tournament that started with nearly 100 students will culminate in a final showdown for cash prizes Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in Page Hall.Several championship winners of speech and debate will each receive a top prize of $500 following Westmont’s Tournament of Expressions: Finals in Debate, Great Speeches, Persuasive Speeches, and Biblical Recitation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-02-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Match Words in Debate, Speech", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-match-words-debate-speech.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/02\/debate.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lawrence Stager, Dorot professor of the archaeology of Israel at Harvard, will present a free lecture “The Mysterious Philistines: Excavations at Ashkelon Cast New Light on Their Origins, Language, Religion and Daily Life,” in a lecture co sponsored by Westmont and UC Santa Barbara Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. in North Hall 1006 at UCSB.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-02-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Excavations Shed Light on Philistines", "link": "\/westmont-news\/excavations-shed-light-philistines.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/02\/stager-lawrence.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Theatre Department presents “Anon(ymous),” an adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey” by Naomi Iizuka, Feb. 22, 23 and 29 and March 1 at 8 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Admission is $15, $7 for students and seniors. The public is also invited to hear Iizuka talk about her work at a keynote address Thursday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Porter Theatre.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-02-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Contemporary Odysseus is Anon(ymous)", "link": "\/westmont-news\/contemporary-odysseus-anonymous.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/02\/anonymous1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "HIGH SCHOOLERS COMPETE IN MATH CONTEST Westmont hosts its 21st annual mathematics contest for high schools students Saturday, Feb. 9. Participating this year will be Bishop Garcia Diego High School, Cabrillo High School in Lompoc, Cate School, Dos Pueblos High School, Santa Barbara Family Schools, Oaks Christian High School, San Marcos High School, Santa Barbara High School, Olive Grove Charter School and Thacher School.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-02-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Calculating to Succeed", "link": "\/westmont-news\/calculating-succeed.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/02\/math-contest.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont professors will discuss Fareed Zakaria’s book, “The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad,” as part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations About Things that Matter. The event is free and open to the public, Thursday, Feb. 21, at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St., at 5:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-02-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professors Discuss Zakaria's Book'The Future of Freedom' at Westmont Downtown Lecture", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professors-discuss-zakarias-bookthe-future-freedom-westmont-downtown-lecture.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/02\/future-of-freedom.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nicholas Price, Westmont graduate and administrator to the college’s art department and Reynolds Gallery, will soon see his own art on display downtown. He garnered the 2007 Individual Artist Award for solar plate, monoprint, and monotype printmaking from the Santa Barbara Arts Fund for his colorful six-foot long prints. The juried award honors artists who enrich the city’s cultural and creative life.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-01-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Price's Artwork is Right", "link": "\/westmont-news\/prices-artwork-right.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/01\/nicholase-price-untitled.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Office of Admission announced that 620 first-year students were offered admission through early action to the class of 2012 .The early action application, with a deadline of Nov. 1, is a non-binding process that allows students to apply to other colleges and universities.“With all the confusing and restrictive application processes, this non-restrictive application opportunity is the best of all options,” says Joyce Luy, dean of admission.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-01-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "More Than 600 Students Admitted Through Early Action", "link": "\/westmont-news\/more-600-students-admitted-through-early-action.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/01\/students.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Chamber Orchestra presents An English Evening Friday, Feb. 8, 8 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort, and Sunday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church at Anapamu and Garden Streets. These performances are made possible in part by the generous support of Prudential California Realty.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-01-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "\"An English Evening" in Santa Barbara", "link": "\/westmont-news\/english-evening-santa-barbara.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/01\/david-fertello-09.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dr. Earl Rosenthal, a professor emeritus of the history of art at the University of Chicago who died last year, donated more than 250 books to Westmont, some to be kept in the college’s rare book collection. Susan Savage, chair of Westmont’s art department, befriended Rosenthal during his retirement years in Santa Barbara. She says some duplicate and specialized books have been shipped to UC Santa Barbara and UCLA.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-01-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Gets Large Donation of Art Books", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-gets-large-donation-art-books.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier more than 60 years ago, blacks were only allowed to play in the Negro Baseball League. Author Byron Motley will talk about this fascinating era in American sports history at a free lecture, “The Negro Baseball Leagues: An American Legacy,” Friday, Feb. 1, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Founders Dining Room Lounge. Refreshments will be served at 3:15 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-01-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Negro Baseball League Talk Hits Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/negro-baseball-league-talk-hits-westmont.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/byronmotley.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Fareed Zakaria, one of the world’s leading journalists and commentators on international affairs, will speak at Westmont’s third annual President’s Breakfast, Feb. 25, at 7 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort. The title of his talk is “The Rise of China and India: The World’s Biggest Story.” Tickets are $75 and can be purchased by calling (805) 565-6895. The event is expected to sell out quickly.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-01-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Top International Editor to Speak at Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/top-international-editor-speak-breakfast.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/presbreakfast\/images\/Zakaria.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont theatre students will present Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” Friday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Created by seniors Suzanne Galletly and Lynne Martens, this design-based production is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-01-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Design As You Like It", "link": "\/westmont-news\/design-you-it.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge will honor David Newton, Westmont professor of entrepreneurial finance, with one of the 31st Annual Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Awards for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education at the March 7-8 Leavey Summit and Awards Dinner in Pennsylvania. Newton was the only winner this year in the college and university category.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-01-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Newton Wins Prestigious Enterprise Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/newton-wins-prestigious-enterprise-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/01\/newton_dave_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Local college professors, publishers and fans will remember poet William Stafford at a public gathering Saturday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. in the Los Padres National Forest. The second annual Remembering William Stafford: A Community Reading will be held at the First Crossing Day Use Area on Paradise Road off of Highway 154 and across the road from the Los Prietos Boys Camp at 3900 Paradise Road.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-01-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reading to Remember Poet William Stafford", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reading-remember-poet-william-stafford.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/01\/willis_paul_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Professors will practice what they teach in the Westmont Art Faculty Show on display in Reynolds Gallery Thursday, Jan. 17, through Friday, Feb. 29. An opening reception Jan. 17, 4-6 p.m., is open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-01-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Professors Show Their Work", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-professors-show-their-work-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/01\/savage.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont students will present a fanciful production of Stephen Sondheim’s fairytale musical “Into the Woods.” The family-friendly show will run Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25 and 26 and Feb. 1 and 2 at 7 p.m. with a matinee Sunday, Feb. 3, at 3 p.m. at the Notre Dame School, 33 E. Micheltorena in downtown Santa Barbara. Admission is $12 for adults, $5 for children and $7 for students, and will benefit the choir’s May tour in Guatemala and Costa Rica.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-01-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Students Head ‘Into the Woods’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-students-head-woods.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/01\/intothewoods.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont will connect the past to the present with a free multimedia presentation about the civil rights movement Wednesday, Jan. 16, through Friday, Jan. 18, in Monroe Dining Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. “From Past to Present: A Civil Rights Walk Through in Honor of Martin Luther King Day” will feature posters, writings, artwork, speeches and a continuously running film, “Eyes on the Prize.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-01-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Takes a Multimedia Look at MLK", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-takes-multimedia-look-mlk.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/01\/yee.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Multiracial people constitute the fastest-growing racial category in the United States. Paul Spickard, professor of history, Asian American studies, and religion at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will discuss “What Are You? Multiracial People Negotiating the Identity Issue” at a free lecture Friday, Jan. 11, at 3:30 p.m. in Kerrwood Hall’s Hieronymus Lounge. Refreshments will be served at 3:15 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2008-01-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Explore Multiracial Identity Issue", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explore-multiracial-identity-issue.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2008\/01\/paulspickard.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Superior Court Judge Thomas Anderle reaffirmed the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors’ 5-0 vote in February approving Westmont’s Master Plan. After a hearing this afternoon, the Santa Barbara County judge denied a petition by opponents who filed a law suit against the county and Westmont in March.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-12-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Court Upholds County Approval of Master Plan", "link": "\/westmont-news\/court-upholds-county-approval-master-plan.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/12\/adamscenteraerial.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont biology professor Jeffrey Schloss has been awarded two grants to research complex issues related to science and faith. Westmont is one of 20 institutions awarded a $20,000 Science and Transcendence Advanced Research Series (STARS) grant. Schloss will study the effects of religious worship on the human bonding hormone, oxytocin. The grant from the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) allows Westmont to work with professors from three other research institutions on “Organic Embodiment of Transcendent Moral Commitments.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-12-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Grants Fund Research on Faith, Science", "link": "\/westmont-news\/grants-fund-research-faith-science.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/12\/schloss_jeff_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Professors will practice what they teach in the Westmont Art Faculty Show on display in Reynolds Gallery Thursday, Jan. 17, through Friday, Feb. 29. An opening reception Jan. 17, 4-6 p.m., is open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-12-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Professors Show Their Work", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-professors-show-their-work.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/savage.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four student venture teams from Westmont’s entrepreneurship class presented their start-up business plans to a panel of outside reviewers, but in the end, one team ran away from the competition. Zipperz LLC, an innovative new trend in the casual shoe industry, claimed first place at the competition in Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall Dec. 6.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-12-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Business Student Winners Are A Shoe In", "link": "\/westmont-news\/business-student-winners-are-shoe.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/jjbaileyy.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four student venture teams from Westmont’s entrepreneur class will present their start-up business plans to a panel of outside reviewers Thursday, Dec. 6, at 5:30 p.m. at Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall. The 18th annual Westmont Collegiate Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition is free and open to the public. Networking and refreshments will begin at 5 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-11-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Entrepreneurs to Unveil Plans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-entrepreneurs-unveil-plans-0.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/jjbaileyy.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A group of Westmont students brought attention to World AIDS Week by placing hundreds of small signs depicting children on Kerrwood Lawn, Monday and Tuesday Nov. 26-27. The placards represented the 600 children orphaned by AIDS every day.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-11-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Take Action During AIDS Week", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-take-action-during-aids-week.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/11\/worldaids.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ron Enroth, Westmont sociology professor, has been interviewed for a television program which airs on A&E, Sunday, Dec. 2, at 5 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-11-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Professor to be Featured on A&E", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-professor-be-featured-ae.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/11\/enroth-ron.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s computer science department has awarded three students National Science Foundation scholarships. Junior Michael Gardner and sophomores Sarah Coburn and Jonathan Tropper each received $6,000.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-11-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Computer Science Students Win $6,000", "link": "\/westmont-news\/computer-science-students-win-6000.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/11\/computersciencescholars1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Jazz Ensemble will present an eclectic night of original and traditional jazz in a free recital Friday, Dec. 7, at 5 p.m. in Deane Chapel on lower campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-11-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Soul and Bebop Resound in Jazz Session", "link": "\/westmont-news\/soul-and-bebop-resound-jazz-session.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/11\/music.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont students organized a silent auction that raised more than $5,000 for after-school programs for low-income Santa Barbara youngsters. The money from Auction for Eastside Alternatives goes to the Montecito family YMCA, whose territory includes the Lower Eastside.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-11-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Successful Student Auction Raises $5,000", "link": "\/westmont-news\/successful-student-auction-raises-5000.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/11\/bizauction1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont biology students will teach local teens during a free, interactive exhibition of research projects Friday, Dec. 7, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in Whittier Science Building, room 102. Biology Bash is limited to the first 20 high school students who sign up.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-11-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "High School Students Have Biology Bash", "link": "\/westmont-news\/high-school-students-have-biology-bash.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/11\/biology1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Third Annual Christmas Festival has sold out. The program will feature traditional and contemporary holiday music performed by Westmont’s Chamber Orchestra and multiple choirs, as well as dance, dramatic readings and visual art. There will be performances at First United Methodist Church, 305 East Anapamu (at Garden Street): Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-11-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Festival Looks to the Stars", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-festival-looks-stars.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/11\/christmas-festival.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont kicks off the Christmas season with the sixth annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Kerrwood Lawn, Wednesday, Nov. 28. The lights on the 150-foot redwood tree, affectionately known as The Giant Pickle, will glow at 5 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-11-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Tree Lighting to Feature Pickles", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-tree-lighting-feature-pickles.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/11\/kerrwood1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont professors are visiting local congregations to discuss how they integrate their faith into their work. The new program, Classroom to Congregation, is designed to provide learning opportunities and stimulate conversation at Central Coast churches.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-11-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professors Offer Talks to Congregations", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professors-offer-talks-congregations.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/11\/classroom-shot.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Keck Telescope has provided color photographs of a rare celestial surprise in the northeastern evening sky. Comet 17P\/Holmes in the constellation Perseus caught astronomers off guard when it suddenly brightened on October 24.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-11-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Keck Telescope Captures Explosive Comet", "link": "\/westmont-news\/keck-telescope-captures-explosive-comet.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/11\/holmescometcolor.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-11-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student-Run Auction Benefits Neighborhood", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-run-auction-benefits-neighborhood.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/11\/auction.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Wind Ensemble will give a free concert Wednesday, Nov. 14, 8p.m., at Montecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold Spring Road. Directed by Professor Paul Mori, the group is composed of several ensembles of woodwind and brassplayers. A wind quintet will perform work by Russian composers Anatol Liadov and IgorStravinsky, and an octet will play Ludwig van Beethoven’s Octet for Winds, opus 103.The program will also feature pieces by J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, and othersperformed by two flute quartets, a brass ensemble and a large ensemble combiningall of the musicians. For more information, contact Darcy Galvan in the music department at (805)565-6040 or dgalvan@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-11-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music in the Air at Wind Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-air-wind-concert.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Get into the Christmas spirit early this year at Westmont’s Third Annual Christmas Festival. The free program will feature traditional and contemporary holiday music performed by Westmont’s Chamber Orchestra and multiple choirs, as well as dance, dramatic readings and visual art. Choose from three performances at First United Methodist Church, 305 East Anapamu at Garden Street: Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. The audience will join in singing a series of traditional carols. Other musical highlights will include the Christmas Oratorio “Jauchzet Frohlocket” by Johann Sebastian Bach, “Verbum caro factum est” by Hans Leo Hassler, and “The Heavens Are Telling” from Franz Joseph Haydn’s “The Creation.” Request your free tickets by calling (805) 565-7140 or e-mailing ssquire@westmont.edu. Please specify which performance you would like to attend and include your name, phone number and a mailing address where you would like to receive your tickets Space is limited; reservations will be honored in the order received. For more information contact Sarah Squire at (805) 565-6889 or ssquire@westmont.edu.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-11-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Third Annual Westmont Chistmas Festival", "link": "\/westmont-news\/third-annual-westmont-chistmas-festival.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/11\/jcheavens-medium.png", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Local radio station KDB (93.7 FM) will be feature American Double on Santa Barbara in Concert, Sunday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. in a performance recorded Oct. 19 at Montecito Covenant Church.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Encore Performance", "link": "\/westmont-news\/encore-performance.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/adweb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three intimate concerts on Westmont’s campus next week provide a chance to hear excellent music up close and get to know talented young musicians. Each event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Trio of Musical Events", "link": "\/westmont-news\/trio-musical-events.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/music00.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont student dance company, The Windancers, presents “Change” Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 15-17 at 8 p.m. in Porter Theatre. The dance recital will feature original pieces set to contemporary music, followed by a talk-back with the dancers and choreographers. Admission is $10, $5 for students and seniors.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A “Change” in Contemporary Dance", "link": "\/westmont-news\/change-contemporary-dance.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/dance.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont professor and Santa Barbara author Marilyn Chandler McEntyre has recently released the third of three volumes of poems on the work of Dutch artists, Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Van Gogh. “In Quiet Light,” “Drawn to the Light,” and “The Color of Light,” offer readers reflections on their paintings.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Local Writer Puts Words to Paintings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-writer-puts-words-paintings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/mcentyre_marilyn_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara school board members axed many music programs this year due to budget constraints, following a nationwide trend of focusing on academics while neglecting the arts. Michael Shasberger, Westmont’s Adams professor of music and worship, will speak on “Reading, Writing and Music: Why Music Belongs at the Center of the Curriculum,” Thursday, Nov. 8, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Sing the Praises of Music Education", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-sing-praises-music-education.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/shasberger_michael_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Visiting scholar Araceli Ardón will lecture on “The Caves of Altamira, Spain: A guided Tour of the Oldest Museum in the World” Thursday, Nov. 1, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge. Ardón is one of the few people in the past three decades who have entered Altamira Cave, famous for its Upper Paleolithic paintings.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Spain's Cave Paintings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-spains-cave-paintings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/cave.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Acclaimed children's book artists C.F. Payne, Lisbeth Zwerger, and Gregory Manchess will exhibit work in Reynolds Gallery's 'Storytellers: Children's Book Illustrators,' Nov. 3 through Dec. 13. The artists will be available to sign books at the family-friendly opening reception Saturday, Nov. 3, from 2 to 5 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gallery Draws Top Children's Illustrators", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gallery-draws-top-childrens-illustrators.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/xmas.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The difficult life of author Richard Wright is the subject of a one-man play, “Black Boy,” to be performed by Charles Holt at Westmont’s Porter Theatre one night only, Thurs. Nov. 1, at 8 p.m. A suggested donation of $5 will benefit the student-lead group Racial Equality and Justice (REJ). The actor will hold an open forum in Hieronymus Lounge Friday, November 2, at 3:15 p.m. to discuss the production.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Welcomes Moving 'Black Boy' Play", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-welcomes-moving-black-boy-play.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/charles.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Hollywood composer J.A.C. Redford has arranged a piece for Westmont ’s Chamber Orchestra to be premiered Friday, Nov. 2, 8 p. m. at First Presbyterian Church, Constance and State Street. The orchestra will also perform Sunday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m. at El Montecito Presbyterian Church, 1455 East Valley Road. These performances are made possible in part by the generous support of Prudent i al California Realty.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra Premieres Redford Arrangement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-premieres-redford-arrangement.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/chamber-orchestra_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This month’s public viewing with Westmont’s Keck Telescope will include a free lecture by a world-renowned astronomer from Australia. Martin George, curator at the Launceston Planetarium of the Queen Victoria Museum, will speak on “Astronomy Down Under: Studying the Sky from Australia,” Friday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Observatory lecture hall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Seeing the Stars from Australia, Montecito", "link": "\/westmont-news\/seeing-stars-australia-montecito.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/martingeorge.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Theatre Department presents Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre in an acclaimed adaptation by Polly Teale Oct. 19, 20, 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. in Porter Theatre. They will also give matinees Oct. 18, 19, 25 and 26 for invited high school students in the first installment of the Found in Translation: Great Literature in the Theatre program.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Theatre Presents Jane Eyre in Great Literature Series", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-theatre-presents-jane-eyre-great-literature-series.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/jane-eyre-web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Six high school choirs will join four college groups for Westmont’s third annual Fall Choral Festival at First Presbyterian Church, Constance and State Street, Friday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Choral Festival Gathers 10 Area Choirs", "link": "\/westmont-news\/choral-festival-gathers-10-area-choirs.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/college-choir.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "President Gayle Beebe has welcomed long-time co-worker Doug Jones to Westmont as vice president for finance. Jones fills a position left vacant when Ron Cronk retired last year after working at the college for 22 years.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "President Treasures New VP for Finance", "link": "\/westmont-news\/president-treasures-new-vp-finance.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/jones_douglas_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "About 50 students are driving to Ensenada, Mexico, this weekend to volunteer at a Special Olympics there. The annual student-led trip started in 2003, a product of Potter’s Clay, the student-led service trip that celebrated its 30th anniversary last spring.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Head South for Special Trip", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-head-south-special-trip.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/pottersclaycoreteam.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Influential early 20th century English writer G.K. Chesterton will be the focus of a talk at Westmont Thursday, Oct. 18. Dale Ahlquist, president of the American Chesterton Society, will deliver a free lecture, “An Introduction to G.K. Chesterton,” in Hieronymus Lounge at 7 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chesterton Fans Bring Expert to Campus", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chesterton-fans-bring-expert-campus.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Fletcher Jones Foundation has awarded Westmont $1 million toward the creation of the college’s first endowed chair in the social sciences. The grant is being matched with a $500,000 gift from an anonymous donor to fully endow the chair.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College lands $1.5M for Social Sciences", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-lands-15m-social-sciences.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/11CalI-0031-325x305.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Musicians from Santa Barbara and across the country will gather at Westmont for a Chamber Music Retreat and Master Class Friday, Oct. 19 through Monday, Oct. 22, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Cellist Nona Pyron, internationally known musician and adjunct professor at Westmont, has led the Master Class in Santa Barbara since 1999. Auditing positions are still available to the public for a small fee.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Masters Make Music at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/masters-make-music-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/12\/shasWP.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Xuefeng Zhang joined the Westmont faculty this fall as an assistant professor of sociology. The native of China earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from Harbin Normal University and his master’s degree in sociology at Nankai University before coming to study at the University of Minnesota in 1997.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sociology Professor Joins Faculty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sociology-professor-joins-faculty.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/zhang_xuefeng_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The violin-piano duo American Double will perform works by William Bolcom in conjunction with the national release of their CD, “The Bolcom Project,” Friday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at Montecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold Springs Road in Santa Barbara. A pre-concert talk at 6 p.m. features violinist Philip Ficsor and pianist Constantine Finehouse discussing and demonstrating examples from Bolcom’s works. The event, sponsored by Westmont, is free and open to the public. Space is limited and seating is on a first come, first served basis.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "American Double to Perform From “The Bolcom Project” Recording", "link": "\/westmont-news\/american-double-perform-bolcom-project-recording.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/adweb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Timothy Kiho Park, associate professor of Asian mission and director of Korean studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, will speak on “The Korean Church and World Mission,” Thursday, Oct. 18, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge. Refreshments will be available after the talk.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Scholar Shares Asian Missions Vision", "link": "\/westmont-news\/scholar-shares-asian-missions-vision.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Surveys of Americans have revealed an ignorance of science. Educators, like Westmont chemistry professor Niva Tro, frequently call for more science instruction in the schools. Tro will speak on “The Importance of Science Literacy: Why Everyone Needs a Basic Understanding of Science,” Thursday, Oct. 11, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club on Santa Barbara Street.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Why is the Sky Blue?", "link": "\/westmont-news\/why-sky-blue.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/troniva.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Professor Jorge L. A. Garcia will deliver the lecture “Racism as Vice: The Current Philosophical Debate,” Thursday, Oct. 4, at 3:30 p.m., in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-10-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Erasmus Lecture Addresses Recent Racism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/erasmus-lecture-addresses-recent-racism.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/10\/garcia.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Religious studies professor Caryn Reeder, who joined the Westmont faculty this fall, is anxious to begin conducting research on a new topic. She has spent much of the past year writing “The Enemy Within: Biblical and Intertestamental Traditions of Family Violence,” a dissertation she hopes to publish focusing on domestic violence in the Bible and other ancient texts.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-09-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professor Studies Biblical Family Violence", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professor-studies-biblical-family-violence.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/09\/carynreeder1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Chemistry professor Dr. Stephen Contakes, who joined the Westmont faculty this fall, hopes to influence student’s lives inside and outside the classroom. The Lehigh University alumnus is a bioinorganic chemist who focuses on metals in biology.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-09-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chemist Reacts Well With Students", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chemist-reacts-well-students.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/09\/contakesstephen1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The National Science Foundation awarded Westmont professors Kim P. Kihlstrom and Wayne Iba a $287,500 grant for their project Connection-Oriented Computer Science Education. The grant will provide scholarships of up to $10,000 each year to students majoring in computer science who demonstrate financial need and academic promise.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-09-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Computer Science Awarded $287,500 Grant", "link": "\/westmont-news\/computer-science-awarded-287500-grant.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/09\/kimwayne.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mitch Vance, a general partner of a private equity investment firm, has agreed to chair Westmont’s Board of Advisors, President Gayle Beebe announced today. Vance joined the board in 2000 and previously served on the Westmont Foundation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-09-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Private Equity Investor Heads Advisors", "link": "\/westmont-news\/private-equity-investor-heads-advisors.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/09\/MitchVance-325x432.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus David Batstone, a modern day abolitionist, will stop in the Tri Counties this week as part of a 60-city tour to end slavery and human trafficking. He will speak in chapel at Westmont Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 10:30 a.m. He will speak that evening at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 8180 Telephone Road in Ventura at 7 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-09-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Alum Fights to End Slavery", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-alum-fights-end-slavery.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/david-batstone.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The social issues and implications surrounding the skin tone of Asians will be the focus of a talk by author and scholar Paul Spickard, Friday, Sept. 28, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge. The free, public lecture, “Is Lighter Better? Skin-Tone Discrimination Among Asian Americans,” will explain and interpret the issue and its implications for Asian American women.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-09-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Fleshes Out Skin-Tone Discrimination", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-fleshes-out-skin-tone-discrimination.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/09\/paulspickard.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kathryn Stelmach always knew she wanted to be a teacher. The new Westmont English professor and Carlsbad native says she was deeply influenced by her maternal grandparents, who both taught high school English.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-09-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professor Begins New Chapter at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professor-begins-new-chapter-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/09\/stelmach-kathryn.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "William Dyrness, professor of theology and culture at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, will present a lecture on “Georges Rouault, Jacques Maritain and Cultural Renewal in France,” Thursday, September 27, at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery. This free event is in conjunction with the gallery’s current exhibit, “Georges Rouault: Miserere et Guerre.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-09-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture Sheds Light on Visual Culture", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-sheds-light-visual-culture.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/08\/800-dpi-even-the-ruins-small1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lesa Stern, communication studies professor, joined the Westmont faculty this fall and looks forward to mentoring and conducting research with her students. She completed a study on students’ use of the popular social networking Web site Facebook while teaching at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-09-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Stern, Students to Research Communication", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stern-students-research-communication.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/09\/stern-lesaweb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "English faculty and students will read aloud the entire text of Charlotte Brontë’s novel “Jane Eyre” between 9 a.m. and midnight Saturday, Sept. 29, in Reynolds Hall at Westmont. Community members are invited to come by, listen and enjoy light refreshments provided throughout the day.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-09-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Faculty, Students Run Reading Marathon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/faculty-students-run-reading-marathon.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/09\/jane_eyre.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Montecito native and former professional tennis player Alex Nizet will oversee efforts to raise funds, resources and community support for Westmont athletics. Nizet, who recently earned his master’s degree at Yale University Divinity School, joins the college as director of athletic development.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-09-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Director Focuses on Sports Development", "link": "\/westmont-news\/director-focuses-sports-development.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/09\/nizetalexweb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont students gathered on Kerrwood Lawn to honor the victims killed in the 9\/11 attacks six years ago.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-09-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Remembers 9\/11 Victims", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-remembers-911-victims.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/911kerrwood.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "For Westmont's second annual outdoor sculpture exhibit, Reynolds Gallery features Ed Inks Sculpture Garden Aug. 27 to Dec. 13. A reception with the artist takes place Thursday, Sept. 27, 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-09-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ed Inks Featured in Second Annual Sculpture Garden", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ed-inks-featured-second-annual-sculpture-garden.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/09\/vehiclebyedinks.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Michael Shasberger, Adams professor of music and worship, and Neil Dimaggio will present “Songs for the Amusement of All” at Christ Lutheran Church, 6595 Covington Way in Goleta, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. There will be a goodwill offering to benefit Domestic Violence Solutions. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans has agreed to match the donation.The duo will perform the same program Friday, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. Shasberger, baritone, and Dimaggio, piano, will perform three song cycles by 20th and 21st century composers, all based on the works of Christian poets. Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Five Mystical Songs,” based on the poems of 17th century English pastor\/poet George Herbert, explore themes from the joy of the resurrection to the mystery of communion.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-09-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Shasberger, Dimaggio Play Benefit Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/shasberger-dimaggio-play-benefit-recital.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/09\/di_maggio_neil_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "President Gayle Beebe dedicates the new Keck Telescope Thursday, Sept. 6, at 3 p.m. in Westmont’s Carroll Observatory. Students and faculty will present their summer research projects in Founders Dining Room following the public dedication.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-09-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Beebe To Dedicate Telescope, Laud Research", "link": "\/westmont-news\/beebe-dedicate-telescope-laud-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/09\/telescope.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont music professors present the Fall Faculty Recital in Porter Theatre Friday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. The program features vocal and instrumental pieces ranging from opera to jazz, offering community members and students a taste of the breadth and depth of the department. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-08-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Faculty Perform in Fall Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-faculty-perform-fall-recital.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/09\/phil-and-michael-small.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A reception and membership party at Casa de la Guerra, 9 East De la Guerra Street, Thursday, Sept. 13, 4-6 p.m. celebrates the continued development of Westmont’s art program. The event, sponsored by the Westmont Art Council in collaboration with the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-08-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Council Throws Downtown Reception", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-council-throws-downtown-reception.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ena Heller, executive director of New York’s Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA), will present a free lecture, “Redefining Biblical Art in New York City,” in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. Art Council members Walter and Darlene Hansen present the talk in conjunction with the exhibit, Georges Rouault: Miserere et Guerre, curated by MOBIA, which runs through Oct. 18 in Reynolds Gallery.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-08-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture to Redefine Biblical Art in New York", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-redefine-biblical-art-new-york.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "ORIENTATION BEGINS THURSDAY FOR TALENTED CLASS OF STUDENTS", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-08-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Class of 2011 Arrives at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/class-2011-arrives-westmont.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/or06_174.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Political scientist Jesse Covington joins Westmont’s faculty this fall as an assistant professor after completing his doctorate at the University of Notre Dame.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-08-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Political Science Professor Joins Faculty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/political-science-professor-joins-faculty.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/covington.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont remains in the top tier among the nation's top liberal arts colleges in the 2008 edition of U.S. News & World Report's 'America's Best Colleges' released today. Westmont tied with 10 other colleges with a ranking of 106. This is the third straight year the college has been in the top tier.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-08-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Holds Onto Top-Tier In Rankings", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-holds-top-tier-rankings.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/08\/lab.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Reynolds Gallery will host Georges Rouault’s Miserere et Guerre: This Anguished World of Shadows, a cycle of prints that explores the connections between war, suffering and mercy, Aug. 23 through Oct. 18. There will be an opening reception Thursday, Aug. 23, 4-6 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-08-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Georges Rouault Exhibit Visits Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/georges-rouault-exhibit-visits-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/08\/800-dpi-even-the-ruins-small1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont alumnus Rick Ifland has joined the board of trustees, which oversees the operations of the college. He has worked as a successful private equity investor and entrepreneur for the past two decades.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-07-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ifland Offers New Voice to Trustees", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ifland-offers-new-voice-trustees.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/07\/RickIfland-505x557.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "One of the area's leading violinists will perform a free midday concert this month in Ventura. Philip Ficsor, Westmont professor of violin, will play classical music Thursday, July 26, at 12:15 p.m. at the Ventura Avenue Adult Center, 550 N. Ventura Ave. The public is invited to bring lunch and enjoy the performance, which is sponsored by the City of Ventura Cultural Affairs Division. Ficsor's wife, Claire-Marie, who is also a board certified dentist in Ventura, will also play in the program.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-07-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Violinist to Perform to Lunchtime Crowds", "link": "\/westmont-news\/violinist-perform-lunchtime-crowds.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/10\/PhilipFicsor2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Gayle Beebe assumed leadership of Westmont as the college’s eighth president July 1. He, his wife, Pam, and their three children (Anna, 14, Elizabeth, 12, and Ricky, 8)moved into the president’s house above the college in June. The family came from Spring Arbor, Mich., where Beebe served as president of Spring Arbor University for seven years.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-07-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Westmont President Steps Into Office", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-westmont-president-steps-office.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/07\/beebestudents.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Does the natural world provide rational evidence for an intelligent designer? Is the question itself a scientific one or is it religion masquerading as science? Are there ways to affirm solid science and genuine religious faith or do they necessarily conflict when it comes to evolution?", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-05-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Scientific Debate or Culture War?", "link": "\/westmont-news\/scientific-debate-or-culture-war-0.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/03\/schlossjeffx.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "President George W. Bush announced that Jedd Medefind, a 1997 Westmont graduate, will become special assistant to the president and deputy director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Prior to this, Medefind served as director of the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the Department of Labor.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-05-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "U.S. President Names Alum as Assistant", "link": "\/westmont-news\/us-president-names-alum-assistant.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/medefind.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "College's Closest Neighbor Focuses Gift on Scholarships, Arts Montecito neighbors Harold and Annette Simmons have surprised Westmont College with a $1 million gift. Half the gift has been designated for student scholarships. The remainder will go toward funding an endowed chair in art that will bolster the program of the soon to be constructed visual arts center and gallery.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-05-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Receives Large Gift from Neighbors", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-receives-large-gift-neighbors.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/magazine\/files\/2007\/07\/simmons.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s student life office has given 12 outstanding Westmont students awards for their involvement in student leadership during the last school year. The David K. Winter Servant Leadership Award is given each spring to honor students who show exemplary service as leaders at Westmont and in the community.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-05-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Outstanding Students Receive Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/outstanding-students-receive-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/05\/winteraward.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board has selected Dr. Susan Penksa, Westmont associate professor of political science, as a Fulbright Scholar grantee to Bosnia and Herzegovina.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-05-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Penksa Awarded Fellowship to Study in Bosnia", "link": "\/westmont-news\/penksa-awarded-fellowship-study-bosnia.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/05\/penksa_sarah_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Five Westmont students will fly out of Los Angeles today to spend a month serving people in Indonesia in one of four student-led Emmaus Road trips. Twenty-five students will participate this summer.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-05-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Take Off for Overseas Service", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-take-overseas-service.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/wsm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/emmausgroup.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has created a scholarship honoring husband and wife Drs. Gayle and Ruth Tucker who have taught in the college’s education department for 31 years. Jenny Deetz, the first recipient of the Tucker Scholarship, graduated this month with her teaching credential.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-05-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Scholarship Honors Long-Time Educators", "link": "\/westmont-news\/scholarship-honors-long-time-educators.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/05\/jennydeetz.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Choir, Chamber Singers, and New Sounds will join voices with the Chamber Orchestra on their annual musical tour, this year through the Southwest. The group of more than 75 students will travel though Southern California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona from Sunday, May 6, through May16.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-05-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hits the Road Singing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hits-road-singing.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/12\/shasWP.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Traditional and contemporary art work will be on display at Reynolds Gallery’s final exhibition of the season, “Views and Visions: The Still Life.” The exhibit, which features paintings and photographs, will be held from Thursday, May 10, through June 22. There will be an opening reception Thursday, May 10, at 4 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-05-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Exhibit to Display a Moving Still Life", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-exhibit-display-moving-still-life.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/john-morra.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A huge crane lowered a 24-inch reflector telescope into Westmont’s Carroll Observatory Tuesday, April 24. The new high-tech telescope will be the most powerful on California's Central Coast.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-04-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "An Astronomical Arrival at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/astronomical-arrival-westmont.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/04\/tel1wp.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Chancellor and Interim President David K. Winter will welcome President Designate Gayle Beebe during graduation ceremonies, Saturday, May 5, at 10 a.m. on the Russell Carr Athletic Field. It will be Beebe’s first public introduction at Westmont since he was named president Feb. 14. Beebe will take over the presidency July 1.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-04-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Winter Introduces Beebe at Commencement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/winter-introduces-beebe-commencement.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/commencement-06.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Thirty students in a marketing class are hoping to use what they’ve learned this semester to raise money to fund a school for AIDS orphans in South Africa. The second annual charity auction will benefit Bridges of Hope International and will be held Friday, April 20, at 7 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-04-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students to Fund School for AIDS Orphans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-fund-school-aids-orphans.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/04\/crockett_carter_web2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Men’s Club Polo Team came up just short in its unexpected quest for a national championship Saturday night. Westmont lost 12-8 to Texas A&M in the finals in the U.S. Polo Association National Intercollegiate Championship at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-04-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Polo Takes Second at Nationals", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-polo-takes-second-nationals.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/westmont-polo.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Allan Nishimura, professor of chemistry, will be installed in the Kathleen Smith chair of natural and behavioral sciences, the first endowed faculty chair in the sciences. There will be a reception Wednesday, April 11, at the President’s Patio outside Kerrwood at 4 p.m., and a ceremony in Hieronymus Lounge will follow at 4:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-04-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chemist Sits as First Endowed Science Chair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chemist-sits-first-endowed-science-chair.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/05\/nishgroup.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Citadel, Westmont’s yearbook, won a prestigious Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown Award at the 29th annual College Media Convention in March for its 2005-2006 volume. Of the 1,860 CSPA members eligible to enter the Crown Awards, just five earned a Gold Crown in the collegiate yearbook category.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-04-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Yearbook Wins Coveted Gold Crown Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/yearbook-wins-coveted-gold-crown-award.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/04\/anna-and-gloria1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A unique performance combining theater, dance and music will push the boundaries of traditional theatrical space. The Fringe Festival will feature 18 different pieces, performed in and around Westmont’s Porter Theatre, Tuesday, April 17 through Sunday, April 22. Shows will begin at 7 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Sunday’s performances will be at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Ticket prices are $10 for an evening of three shows or $35 for all six days.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-04-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Festival Daringly Dances on the Fringe", "link": "\/westmont-news\/festival-daringly-dances-fringe.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/fringe-leahbenson.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Cultural Struggles of Britain's South Asian Immigrants", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-04-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "In Between Worlds", "link": "\/westmont-news\/between-worlds.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/brown-judith.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Reynolds Gallery showcases the independent projects of 16 talented Westmont seniors at an art exhibit Thursday, April 12, through Saturday, May 5. There will be an opening reception and awards presentation for the Senior Art Major Show Thursday, April 12, from 4-6 p.m. The reception and exhibit are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-04-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Senior Art Majors to Unveil Works", "link": "\/westmont-news\/senior-art-majors-unveil-works.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/mcclelland-meg.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Does the natural world provide rational evidence for an intelligent designer? Is the question itself a scientific one or is it religion masquerading as science? Are there ways to affirm solid science and genuine religious faith or do they necessarily conflict when it comes to evolution? Biologist Jeff Schloss will explore these and other provocative questions in “Evolution, Religion, and Intelligent Design: Scientific Debate or Culture War?” on Thursday, April 12, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-03-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Scientific Debate or Culture War?", "link": "\/westmont-news\/scientific-debate-or-culture-war.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/02\/schlossjeffx.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Internationally recognized speaker Thema Bryant-Davis will explore the many influences affecting recovery from traumatic experiences in “The Cultural Context of Trauma Recovery” Friday, April 13, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge. Refreshments will be served prior to the free lecture.The talk will examine traumatic experiences including child abuse, sexual assault, intimate partner violence, medical trauma, war, community violence, and school traumas. Dr. Bryant-Davis will discuss the influence of multiple identities on the trauma recovery process, including race, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, religion, sexual orientation, and disability.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-03-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Probing Society's Role in Trauma Recovery", "link": "\/westmont-news\/probing-societys-role-trauma-recovery.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/bryant-davis.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Seventeen Westmont students spent their spring break in Mississippi and Alabama engaging and responding to issues relating to racism and social justice.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-03-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Confront Realities of Racism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-confront-realities-racism.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/03\/core-team1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ensenada Mayor César Mancillas and his wife, Beatriz, presented Westmont with the key to the city during last week’s 30th annual student-led spring break service trip there. The city-wide celebration of Potter’s Clay included flamenco dancers and a large dinner.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-03-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Receives Key to Ensenada", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-receives-key-ensenada.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/03\/constructionteam41.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Voiceless Communication Wins at Entrepreneurial Forum", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-03-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Think Before You Speak", "link": "\/westmont-news\/think-you-speak.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/03\/seed1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Members of the music faculty at Westmont will present a free recital featuring music from Buxtehude to Debussy on Tuesday, March 20, at 8 p.m. at Westmont’s Porter Theatre.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-03-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Faculty to Present Eclectic Program", "link": "\/westmont-news\/faculty-present-eclectic-program.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/03\/januleviciute_egle_web1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 220 Westmont students and three dozen community volunteers are spending their spring break building homes, running medical\/dental clinics, competing with local sports teams and leading vacation Bible schools. This is the 30th year for Potter’s Clay, the student-organized service trip to Ensenada, Mexico. The week-long trip begins Friday, March 9, and the volunteers return Friday, March 16.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-03-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Spend Spring Break Serving", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-spend-spring-break-serving.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/03\/drgeraldgroff31.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Nine student ventures from across the country will take part in the Fourth Annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (S.E.E.D.) Collegiate Venture Forum at the Andalucia Hotel March 2-3. The opening luncheon, Friday, March 2, at 11:30 a.m., features keynote speaker Dr. Yulun Wang, founder and CEO of InTouch Health. Tickets are $50, and reservations are required.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-02-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Entrepreneurs Vie at National Forum in Santa Barbara", "link": "\/westmont-news\/entrepreneurs-vie-national-forum-santa-barbara.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/03\/newton21.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student musicians will perform two concerts in March. The first is an Instrumental Chamber Concert March 2 at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel. Chamber musicians will also present a recital featuring vocal and instrumental chamber groups March 6 at 8 p.m. in Porter Theatre. The concerts are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-02-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musicians Present Chamber Concerts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musicians-present-chamber-concerts.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/03\/ficsorandshasberger1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Board of Trustees named Gayle D. Beebe as the college’s eighth president. Beebe has served as president of Spring Arbor University in Michigan for the past seven years and will take over the Montecito college at the beginning of the next academic year, July 1, 2007.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-02-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gayle Beebe Named Westmont President", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gayle-beebe-named-westmont-president.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/03\/beebeweb1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Jeff Schloss, professor of biology at Westmont, will discuss “Evolutionary Theory, Biblical Faith, and the Mystery of Altruism,” in a Phi Kappa Phi lecture, Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-02-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture Explores Evolution, Christianity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-explores-evolution-christianity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/03\/schlossjeffx.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is putting a new spin on a classic Greek comedy in hopes of staging an entertaining play with a moral edge. John Blondell, Westmont professor of theatre arts, directs the 14-student cast performing “The Clouds,” by Aristophanes, Feb. 23-24 and March 1-3, all at 8 p.m. in Westmont's Porter Theater. There will also be a performance at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 3. Admission is $15; $7 for students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-02-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Play Breaks Out of 'The Clouds'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-play-breaks-out-clouds.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/03\/clouds.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Chamber Orchestra in partnership with the Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra will perform in the opening event of the Santa Barbara International Guitar Festival, Friday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m. in Victoria Hall Theatre.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-02-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chamber Orchestra Kicks Off Santa Barbara International Guitar Fest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chamber-orchestra-kicks-santa-barbara-international-guitar-fest.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four Santa Barbara college professors will participate in a panel discussion on Thomas Friedman’s book, “The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century,” as part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations About Things that Matter. The event is free and open to the public, Thursday, Feb. 15, at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St., at 5:30 p.m. Seating is limited.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-02-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Local Experts Discuss 'The World is Flat'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-experts-discuss-world-flat.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/03\/worldflat3.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Award-winning documentary filmmaker and author James Ault will show his latest film and lecture on “Toward a New Christianity: The Rise of African Christianity and Its World Significance,” Thursday, Feb. 8, at 3:30 p.m., in Founders Dining Room at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-02-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores Rise of African Christianity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-rise-african-christianity.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/03\/ault2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A day of events at Westmont, Wednesday, Feb. 7, will focus on ending slavery and human trafficking. Westmont alum David Batstone, University of San Francisco professor of ethics, will speak in chapel at 10:30 a.m. and then sign his new book “Not For Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade, and How We Can Fight It.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-01-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Grads Work to End Slavery", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-grads-work-end-slavery.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/01\/david-batstone2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont trustees welcomed two new members to the board who are both parents of Westmont graduates. Peter Thorrington and Bruce Bickel join 29 other members who oversee the operation of the college.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-01-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Two New Trustees Named to Board", "link": "\/westmont-news\/two-new-trustees-named-board.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/01\/peterthorrington2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Choir will perform the 1970s rock musical “Godspell,” Friday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 3, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Montecito Covenant Church.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-01-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Students to Resurrect 'Godspell'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-students-resurrect-godspell.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/godspell.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont theatre arts department’s popular student production, “The Car Play Project,” which had an overwhelmingly successful run in November and December, will be pulling into downtown Santa Barbara, Thursday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m., in the plaza directly behind the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. The production is free, though seating is expected to be limited.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-01-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Car Plays' Stops Downtown for an Encore", "link": "\/westmont-news\/car-plays-stops-downtown-encore.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/01\/CP_0113-325x216.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Thomas L. Friedman, one of the world’s most highly respected commentators on international affairs, will speak at Westmont’s second annual President’s Breakfast, Wednesday, Feb. 28. He will discuss “The World is Flat: Speaking on the Next Phase of Globalization,” at 7 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort. Tickets went on sale Friday, Jan. 26, and sold out in three hours. Friedman is a syndicated columnist for The New York Times and a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Vanity Fair has called him “the country’s best newspaper columnist.” His latest book is the international bestseller “The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.” It has been on the Times best-seller list for more than 90 weeks. His previous bestseller, “Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism,” includes a collection of his Pulitzer Prize-winning columns. His bestseller, “From Beirut to Jerusalem,” continues to serve as a basic text on the Middle East in many colleges and universities nationwide. The Westmont Foundation and area businesses sponsor the President’s Breakfast. It is intended to promote discussion and consideration of current issues among local community leaders. “We’re all seeking some new ideas and perspectives about the crucial issues facing our world,” says Chancellor David K. Winter. “These President’s Breakfasts are part of a larger effort by Westmont to assist the Santa Barbara community understand and grapple with these issues. We believe Mr. Friedman will be a great resource for all of us.” The annual event and the ongoing Westmont Downtown: Conversations About Things that Matter at the University Club are designed to reach out and engage the larger Santa Barbara and Montecito communities. A panel of local professors moderated by Deborah Dunn, Westmont associate professor of communication studies, will lead a lively discussion of Thomas Friedman’s best-selling book “The World Is Flat.” The event is tied to the President's Breakfast. The book raises provocative issues and focuses on the new technologies that have transformed communication worldwide and promoted globalization. How clearly does Friedman see the future? Just how flat has the world become? The panel will include Chandra Mallampalli, Westmont assistant professor of history, Susan Penksa, Westmont associate professor of political science, and Cynthia Stohl, UC Santa Barbara professor of communication. The Downtown Conversation is free and open to the public, Thursday, Feb. 15, at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St., at 5:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-01-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'The World is Flat' Author to Speak at Westmont’s 2nd Annual President’s Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/world-flat-author-speak-westmonts-2nd-annual-presidents-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Brings One-Woman Play on Apartheid to Santa Barbara", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-01-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘Syringa Tree’ Comes to Marjorie Luke", "link": "\/westmont-news\/syringa-tree-comes-marjorie-luke.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/01\/syringa1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A public poetry reading in the Los Padres National Forest will honor the life and work of William Stafford, former U.S. poet laureate. The gathering will be Saturday, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. in the First Crossing Day Use Area on Paradise Road off of Highway 154 in Santa Barbara County.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-01-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reading in Los Padres to Remember Poet", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reading-los-padres-remember-poet.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/01\/WilliamStafford.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "One of California’s premier figurative realist painters and draftsman will exhibit his work at Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery this spring. Harry Carmean will show his figurative drawings, Thursday, Jan. 18, through March 9. An opening reception with Carmean will be held Thursday, Jan. 18, at 4 p.m. at the gallery.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-01-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Exhibit Puts Human Form on Display", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-exhibit-puts-human-form-display.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/01\/HarryCarmean2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "An assistant professor of philosophy from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., will come to Westmont to talk about how cultural myths of female and male eating relate in important ways to how men and women generally react to desire. Christina Van Dyke’s lecture “‘I’ll Have a Salad and Diet Coke’: Eating as a Gendered Act,” will be at Kerrwood Hall in Hieronymus Lounge, Friday, Jan. 12, at 3:30 p.m. The free talk is open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-01-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Bites into Eating Habits of the Sexes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-bites-eating-habits-sexes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2007\/01\/Christina-Van-Dyke2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Board of Trustees has elected Steve Stong as its new chair, replacing David Eaton who has completed his six-year term. Denise Adams has been elected vice chair, filling the vacancy left by Stong.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2007-01-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Trustees Elect New Chair, Vice Chair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/trustees-elect-new-chair-vice-chair.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/StongSteve%20%282%29.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Students attending Westmont’s San Francisco Urban Program will now enjoy a new kitchen facility. The Clunie House, Westmont’s historic Victorian campus at the corner of Lyon and Fell streets, has completed a major culinary renovation. More than two dozen students each semester live at the house while working at internships and studying in the heart of San Francisco. One of the drawbacks to the house has been inadequate kitchen space and outdated appliances. Under the leadership of Bill Wright, associate provost and off-campus program director, and Dana Hojsack, former administrative director, the new kitchen was unveiled at a grand opening celebration last month. The event featured Professor Ron Enroth, a co-founder of the Urban Program more than 30 years ago. A Bay Area architect and contractor created a modern kitchen while retaining the home’s Victorian style. Work spaces are more accessible, cabinets more efficient, and a coffee counter has created space for students to linger. The centerpiece is a new commercial grade stove and 48-inch refrigerator. Urban Program students are now making their own dinners, individually or in groups. The culinary experience further prepares students for independent living.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-12-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "SF Urban Students are Cooking Now", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sf-urban-students-are-cooking-now.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Completed%20Kitchen%2011%2006%20003.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Randall VanderMey, Westmont professor of English, will read from his latest book, “Charm School: Five Women of the Odyssey,” at a poetry reading Sunday, Dec. 17, at Karpeles Manuscript Library, 21 West Anapamu St., at 2:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-12-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Local Poetry Event Features VanderMey", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-poetry-event-features-vandermey.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/12\/vandermey_randall_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than two dozen entrepreneurial students have put their innovative business ideas to the test in hopes of competing in the 17th annual Westmont Collegiate Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition, Thursday, Dec. 7, at 4:45 p.m. in Kerrwood Hall’s Hieronymus Lounge. The competition is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-11-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Entrepreneurs Unveil Plans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-entrepreneurs-unveil-plans.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/11\/JJBaileyY.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s theatre arts department continues to push the boundaries of theatrical space with “The Car Play Project,” Thursday, Nov. 30, through Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. at Hubbard Hall parking lot. About 40 students will perform 16 original plays simultaneously inside 16 parked vehicles. Each play is less than 12 minutes and the entire show will last two hours.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-11-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Car Plays' Brake Rules of Theatrical Space", "link": "\/westmont-news\/car-plays-brake-rules-theatrical-space.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/11\/car_playY.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The hugely popular Westmont Christmas Festival returned for a second year, Friday, Dec. 8, at Murchison Gym and Saturday, Dec. 9, at First Presbyterian Church, 21 East Constance Ave. Both performances, which combine music, visual arts, theater and dance, began at 8 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-11-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas Festival 'Magnified the Lord'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-festival-magnified-lord.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/12\/joyWP3.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Hundreds of students, alumni, and neighbors will don mittens and scarves to celebrate Christmas season at the fifth annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Westmont’s Kerrwood Lawn, Wednesday, Dec. 6. The lights on the 150-foot redwood tree will aglow at 5 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-11-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College to Light 150-Foot Christmas Tree", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-light-150-foot-christmas-tree.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/11\/Kerrwood_Christmasx.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Warren Rogers, professor of physics, will serve as Westmont’s interim academic dean, filling a vacancy left by outgoing Provost Shirley Mullen. Rogers has agreed to serve while the college continues its search for a president, who will launch a national search for a new academic dean or provost soon after arriving on campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-11-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Names Interim Academic Dean", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-names-interim-academic-dean.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/11\/RogersWeb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Don’t plan on sitting down and watching an ordinary recital for Westmont’s next dance performance. In fact, most people at “Danceworks” won’t be sitting at all.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-11-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dancers Offer Recital Arranged in Reverse", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dancers-offer-recital-arranged-reverse.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/11\/MeganGriffithWP.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three separate concerts in November will showcase the talents of Westmont student vocalists, instrumentalists and composers. The concerts are free and open to the public. The Vocal Chamber Concert, Tuesday, Nov. 7, in Westmont's Deane Chapel, at 8 p.m., will feature six chamber singers, New Sounds, a four person ensemble and the men's choral. The chamber singers will perform a cappella works, mainly from the Renaissance. New Sounds will perform vocal jazz and contemporary pieces from around the world. The men's chorale will explore repertoire particularly suited to the rich sound of male voices in harmony.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-10-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "November Line-up of Musical Talent", "link": "\/westmont-news\/november-line-musical-talent.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/10\/noah_trescott.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "One of the leading experts in the fields of mission history, the history of world Christianity and mission theology will speak at Westmont. Dana Robert, co-director of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University, will present “Global Christianity: Issues for North Americans in the 21st Century” at a free public lecture, Thursday, Nov. 9, at 3:30 p.m., in Hieronymus Lounge. She will also speak in chapel, Friday, Nov. 10, at 10:30 a.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-10-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "World Christianity Expert to Speak", "link": "\/westmont-news\/world-christianity-expert-speak.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/10\/dana_robert.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont-sponsored lecture will explore the complex issue of immigration in the United States, Thursday, Nov. 9, at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street, at 5:30 p.m. The Westmont Downtown lecture, “Immigration and the American Experience,” will feature Dave Lawrence, professor of political science, Rick Pointer, professor of history, and Diana Villanueva-Hoeckley, a Westmont student with a unique immigration story.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-10-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Presents a Human Side to Immigration", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-presents-human-side-immigration.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/10\/dave_lawrence.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "An anonymous donor has given $75 million to Westmont, the second largest gift ever for a national liberal arts college. Westmont Chancellor David K. Winter announced the gift on Friday, Oct. 27.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-10-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Receives $75 Million Gift", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-receives-75-million-gift.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/10\/dkwWP2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "There will be representatives from at least three dozen graduate programs taking part in this year’s Westmont Graduate School Fair. The fair will be held Friday, Nov. 3, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., on the Magnolia Lawn. It is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-10-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fair Explores Grad School Options", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fair-explores-grad-school-options.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Chamber Orchestra will celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth at two concerts, Friday, Nov. 3 in Abravanel Hall at the Music Academy of the West, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 5 at First Presbyterian Church, 21 East Constance, at 7 p.m. General admission is $5, students are free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra to Honor Mozart’s 250th B-Day", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-honor-mozarts-250th-b-day.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/10\/ShasbergerOrchestra.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A widely-published author and winner of two National Jewish Book Awards will speak as part of the annual Westmont-UC Santa Barbara Hebrew Bible Lecture. Michael Fishbane, Nathan Cummings professor of Jewish studies at the University of Chicago Divinity School, will speak on “The Ideals of Torah and Torah-study in the Psalms,” Thursday, Nov. 2, in Hieronymus Lounge, at 7 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Hebrew Bible Lecture Explores the Torah", "link": "\/westmont-news\/hebrew-bible-lecture-explores-torah.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/10\/MichaelFishbane.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Eighteen nationally and internationally known artists will display custom-made teapots, cups and other unique ceramic works Thursday, Nov. 2, through Dec. 15. in Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery. There will be an opening discussion and reception for “Form and Function: A Ceramics Invitational,” Thursday, Nov. 2, at 4 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ceramics Exhibit to Break the Mold", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ceramics-exhibit-break-mold.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/teapot%206.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Singers from eight high schools will join Westmont’s men’s and women’s chorales, chamber singers and college choir for the Fall Choral Festival Concert, Friday, Oct. 27, at the Marjorie Luke Theatre, 721 East Cota Street, at 7 p.m. The concert is free, but seating is limited.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-10-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "400 to Join Voices for Fall Choral Festival", "link": "\/westmont-news\/400-join-voices-fall-choral-festival.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/10\/shasberger_conducting.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The American Double, a violin-piano ensemble, will perform a unique concert featuring all of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom’s works for violin and piano. “The Bolcom Project” will be performed as part of the Kerrytown Concert House Classical Series, Sunday, Oct. 22, at 4 p.m. at the concert house, 415 North Fourth Avenue in Ann Arbor, Mich.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-10-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Unique Concert Features Works of Bolcom", "link": "\/westmont-news\/unique-concert-features-works-bolcom.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/10\/PhilipFicsor2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A day of events at Westmont this month will celebrate Mark Nelson, new Dr. Kenneth and Peggy Monroe professor of philosophy. The endowed chair was created by former Westmont professor Kenneth Monroe, who died in 1987, and his wife, Peggy, who died in February 2004.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-10-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Philosopher Settles into Endowed Chair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/philosopher-settles-endowed-chair.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/10\/nelson_mark_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Andrea Gurney knew she wanted to become a psychologist when she was 13 years old. When Gurney’s parents separated, she moved with her mother and sister from New York to Arizona. She remembers going to a family therapist at that time and how it helped provide stability and helped the family to openly communicate with one another.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-10-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gurney Helps Others Improve Communication", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gurney-helps-others-improve-communication.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/10\/gurney_andrea_web2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "One of the world’s leading experts on science and religion will speak at Westmont, Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge. Denis Alexander is head of the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, supervising research in molecular genetics, and director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion at St. Edmund’s College at Cambridge University.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-09-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture To Explore Science and Religion", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-explore-science-and-religion.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/09\/AlexanderDenis11.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Charles Farhadian, assistant professor of religious studies, will speak on “Can Islam Save the West?” at the first fall event of the Westmont Downtown lecture series, Thursday, Oct. 12, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-09-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Downtown Talk Examines Islam, The West", "link": "\/westmont-news\/downtown-talk-examines-islam-west.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/09\/Charlie-Farhadian12.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Steven Rogers says he enjoys conducting individual psychotherapy and neuropsychological research, but admits his deep passion is working with students. After earning his doctorate, he was a neuropsychology chief fellow at UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute when a full-time teaching job opened up at Westmont. He liked the focus on undergraduate education.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-09-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Psychology Professor Settles In", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-psychology-professor-settles.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/09\/Rogers-Steve.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Int'l Theatre Festival Converges on Santa Barbara Santa Barbara will soon host the first international Shakespeare festival in the nation, thanks in large part to the vision and work of John Blondell, Westmont theater arts professor. The Lit Moon World Shakespeare Festival will feature 11 days of events celebrating Shakespeare, Thursday, Oct. 12, through Sunday, Oct. 22.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-09-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "All the World's a Stage", "link": "\/westmont-news\/all-worlds-stage.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/09\/Blondell-John.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has hired a new director for the San Francisco Urban Program. Scott McClelland is heading the off-campus program he describes as a “maturity accelerator” for students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-09-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "McClelland Heads S.F. Urban Program", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mcclelland-heads-sf-urban-program.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/09\/McClellandScott2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont once again had the largest team of volunteers at the United Way’s 15th annual Day of Caring. About 115 students, faculty and staff spent their Saturday morning volunteering at North Kellogg Open Space and Ellwood School.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-09-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "More Than 100 Pitch In for Day of Caring", "link": "\/westmont-news\/more-100-pitch-day-caring.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/09\/KelloggTeam3.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has taken a major step toward keeping its campus up to date technologically by going wireless. The $100,000 upgrade includes the installation of wireless access points at most of the campus residence halls as well Voskuyl Library and Kerr Student Center. The technology will allow students and faculty to connect to the Internet outside of their offices and rooms on campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-09-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Goes Wi-Fi", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-goes-wi-fi.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/09\/rodkey_john_web1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "You may want to fasten your seatbelt for this theatrical performance. Recent Indy-Award winning actor Mitchell Thomas performs the world-premiere of “The Earthquake Predictor Rides the Bus”, Friday, Sept. 22, and Friday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m., 8 p.m., and 9 p.m. The entire performance takes place on a moving bus. Audiences will be picked up and dropped off at the entrance to Stearn’s Wharf, at the corner of State Street and Cabrillo Boulevard. The moving theatrical adventure is free and lasts about 30 minutes.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-09-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Moving Theatrical Adventure Hits SB", "link": "\/westmont-news\/moving-theatrical-adventure-hits-sb.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/bus%20picture.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Susan Savage, associate professor of art, will show her paintings in the Art Rental and Sales Gallery (ARSG) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Friday, Sept. 15-Oct. 26. An opening reception will be held Friday, Sept. 15 at 6:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-09-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Professor to Exhibit Paintings at LACMA", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-professor-exhibit-paintings-lacma.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Inside%20Out.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Madison Garcia refused to admit she had a stuttering problem. The speech disorder would come and go in phases. Talking on the phone or saying her name was sometimes problematic.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-09-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Brings Hope to Local Stutterers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-brings-hope-local-stutterers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/09\/Garcia-Madison.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dozens of black rubber-band balls are strewn about Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery as part of the latest exhibit, “Cort Savage: Scattered Man and the Particle,” which will be on display from Thursday, Sept. 7, through Oct. 20. Savage has wound the rubber bands around each bone in the human skeleton, reducing the physical human being to an abstract form.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-09-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Artists Display Cutting-Edge Works", "link": "\/westmont-news\/artists-display-cutting-edge-works.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Scattered%20Mansmall.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Fourteen students will show off their summer research projects Thursday, Sept. 7, at 4 p.m, in Founders Dining Room. “A Celebration of Student Research at Westmont” will include a student’s work investigating the angular mapping of cosmic muon flux over the sky as well as another student’s work determining the physical structures responsible for working memory.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-09-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Celebrates Student Research", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-celebrates-student-research.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/09\/JoshNewtonsmall.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The much-anticipated new film from Columbia Pictures, “Gridiron Gang,” is based on a true story involving former Santa Barbara resident Paul Higa, who died in April. Higa was the chief probation officer for Los Angles County. His widow, Jane Higa, is vice president for student life and dean of students at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-08-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Movie Portrays VP's Late Husband", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-movie-portrays-vps-late-husband.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/PaulandJaneHiga%20%282%29.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 333 members of the incoming class of 2010 have begun arriving at Westmont. Joyce Luy, dean of admission, says the first-year students represent one of the strongest and most selective classes ever. There are also 41 transfer students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-08-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Incoming Class One of the Strongest in College History", "link": "\/westmont-news\/incoming-class-one-strongest-college-history.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Fourteen new Westmont students have returned from a unique orientation program that takes students backpacking through the North Yosemite backcountry.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-08-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Return From Unique Orientation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-return-unique-orientation.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/08\/Tower-Summit.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont once again secured a spot among the top liberal arts colleges in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges 2007.” For the second straight year Westmont joined six other schools with a ranking of 104.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-08-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Remains in U.S. News' Top Tier", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-remains-us-news-top-tier.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has hired Santa Barbara resident Steve Julio as assistant professor of biology. Julio graduated from Westmont in 1992 and earned his doctorate at UC Santa Barbara in 2001.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-07-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Local Biologist Joins Westmont Faculty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-biologist-joins-westmont-faculty.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/07\/SteveJulio.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "New England violinist Philip Ficsor will join Westmont’s faculty this fall as assistant professor of violin. Ficsor is a member of the American Double, a piano-violin duo which has been featured on concert series across the United States and Europe.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-07-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Accomplished Violinist Joins Faculty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/accomplished-violinist-joins-faculty.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/07\/PhilipFicsor.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A popular CNN online podcast will feature an interview with David Newton, Westmont professor of entrepreneurial finance, Friday, July 21. CNN officials say their podcast Web site is visited about a million times a week.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-07-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Entrepreneurship Professor Talks Business to CNN Radio", "link": "\/westmont-news\/entrepreneurship-professor-talks-business-cnn-radio.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/07\/NewtonWeb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Janet Lamkin, president and chief executive officer of the California Bankers Association, has joined the Westmont Board of Advisors. Lamkin graduated from Westmont in 1981.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-07-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "State Banking Official Joins Board of Advisors", "link": "\/westmont-news\/state-banking-official-joins-board-advisors.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A group of five Westmont students has returned to the United States after spending a month serving people in Guatemala. This year, Emmaus Road teams are also traveling to Russia, Western Europe (France, Holland, Amsterdam) and Indonesia.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-07-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Spend Summer Serving Others", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-spend-summer-serving-others.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/07\/web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mike Yankoski, author of “Under the Overpass,” will appear on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Producers recently postponed a July 6 interview and have not yet rescheduled. Yankoski graduated from Westmont last year and lives in Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-06-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Homeless Advocate, Author Appearing on Good Morning America", "link": "\/westmont-news\/homeless-advocate-author-appearing-good-morning-america.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/06\/MikeYankoskiweb1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Shakespeare’s “King Richard II” will rule once again. The award-winning play, co-produced by Westmont College Repertory Theatre and Lit Moon Theatre Company, returns for three shows at Santa Barbara Trinity Episcopal Church, Monday, July 31, through Wednesday, Aug. 2, at 8 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-06-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Richard II Returns for Second Reign", "link": "\/westmont-news\/richard-ii-returns-second-reign.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/06\/MitchellThomas2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Accomplished illustrator and graphic designer Scott Anderson has been named assistant professor of art at Westmont. Anderson has been an art instructor and adjunct art professor at Westmont since 1999. He has also taught at Santa Barbara City College and Nickelodeon Studios in Burbank.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-06-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Anderson Tabbed as New Art Professor", "link": "\/westmont-news\/anderson-tabbed-new-art-professor.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/06\/andersonscott1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Newton, Westmont professor of entrepreneurial finance, will be interviewed on CNN's “Anderson Cooper 360,” Friday, June 16, at 7 p.m., for a special series Cooper is doing on top entrepreneurs of the 20th century who have literally changed American life as we know it.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-06-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Newton to be Interviewed on CNN", "link": "\/westmont-news\/newton-be-interviewed-cnn.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/06\/newton_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s co-production of “King Richard II” took top honors at the 14th annual Independent Theater Awards, Monday, May 22. The Shakespearean play won four awards, including direction by John Blondell and performance by Mitchell Thomas. Playwright Erik Ehn also won an award for “The Saint Plays,” performed by Westmont students in Porter Theatre last March.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-05-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Grabs Five Indy Theater Awards", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-grabs-five-indy-theater-awards.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/05\/MitchellThomasWeb1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "ESPN and ABC Basketball Analyst Steve Lavin will speak next month at Westmont’s 15th annual Golf Marathon Sports Banquet and Golf Outing. The former UCLA head basketball coach will speak on Sunday evening, June 4, at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort, as a kickoff to a fundraiser aimed at providing scholarships for Westmont athletes.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-05-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lavin to Speak at Golf Marathon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lavin-speak-golf-marathon.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/05\/lavinweb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Provost Shirley Mullen has accepted the position of president at Houghton College in New York. She will remain at Westmont through December 2006 and take up her new responsibilities in January 2007.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-05-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Provost Accepts Presidency at Alma Mater", "link": "\/westmont-news\/provost-accepts-presidency-alma-mater.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/05\/mullen_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont closes out the Reynolds Gallery season with a celebration of California’s beauty through a special invitational show featuring some of the region’s finest landscape painters. “Views and Visions: Celebrating California,” will be at the gallery from Thursday, May 18, through June 30. An opening reception will be held Thursday, May 18, at 4 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-05-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Final Exhibit Pays Tribute to Golden State", "link": "\/westmont-news\/final-exhibit-pays-tribute-golden-state.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/05\/5_oaks_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "To honor outgoing Westmont President Stan D. Gaede, the college has renamed the Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont. The college has also completed funding toward its initial goal for the institute. David Eaton, who chairs the college board of trustees, made the announcement May 5.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-05-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Institute for the Liberal Arts Named After President Gaede", "link": "\/westmont-news\/institute-liberal-arts-named-after-president-gaede.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/05\/GaedeCommencement_Web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Bruce Fisk, Westmont religious studies professor, will separate fact from fiction in Dan Brown’s best-selling book, “The Da Vinci Code,” in a free lecture, “Breaking the Da Vinci Code,” in both Santa Barbara and Ventura.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-04-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Conversations to Crack Da Vinci Code", "link": "\/westmont-news\/conversations-crack-da-vinci-code.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/04\/FiskWeb1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Gerd Jordano, longtime Santa Barbara civic leader, will receive the Westmont Medal during the college’s graduation ceremonies, Saturday, May 6, at 10 a.m. on Russell Carr Field. It will also be Stan D. Gaede’s last commencement as college president.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-04-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Jordano to be Honored at Commencement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/jordano-be-honored-commencement.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/04\/gerd_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has joined a very select group of colleges and universities dedicated to providing the finest equipment for its musicians. The college purchased 20 new Steinway pianos through an anonymous $350,000 gift, making Westmont one of only two four-year liberal arts colleges in California to be an All-Steinway School.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-04-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Becomes an All-Steinway School", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-becomes-all-steinway-school.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/04\/SteinwayWeb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s annual Spring Choral Concert will feature the Men and Women’s Chorale, Chamber Singers and the 44-member Westmont College Choir, Friday, April 21, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State St., at 8 p.m. A free-will offering will be taken.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-04-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Music Professor to Conduct Spring Choral Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-music-professor-conduct-spring-choral-concert.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/04\/Choir06AllBWWEB1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Lit Moon Theatre Company will celebrate the birthday of famed poet William Shakespeare by performing the Bard’s most popular play, “Hamlet,” at Westmont College’s Porter Theatre, Friday, April 28, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 29, at 4:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-04-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont, Lit Moon to Perform Hamlet", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-lit-moon-perform-hamlet.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/04\/HamletWeb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 30 Westmont students are hoping their latest marketing strategy will raise enough capital to make at least one dream come true. Assistant Professor Carter Crockett’s marketing class is organizing a silent auction in hopes of sending a 14year-old Santa Barbara cancer patient to Disneyland. The auction will be held Thursday, April 27, at Bogart's Cafe, Last summer, Alyssa Smelley was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. She is the daughter of Russell Smelley, Westmont head track and cross country coach. Alyssa underwent radiation treatment and chemotherapy in the fall and has been unable to attend San Marcos High School. She will celebrate her 15th birthday next month and has asked to visit Disneyland with her family and friends.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-04-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Create a Marketplace for Granting a Wish", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-create-marketplace-granting-wish.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/04\/Smelley.FamilyWeb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three prominent, local bankers will discuss the opportunities and challenges of banking in the current business climate during a panel discussion, Wednesday, April 12, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge. “Banking: Over-Regulated or Under-Entrepreneurial” is part of Westmont’s on-going Economic and Business Speaker Series which is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-04-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk to Feature Top Local Bankers", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-feature-top-local-bankers.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/04\/carter_crockett_web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "There will be nothing conventional about Westmont’s upcoming theater event. In fact, much of the Westmont Fringe Festival will take place outdoors and in areas surrounding Porter Theatre. About 60 performers will take part in 12 different pieces Thursday through Saturday, April 20-22. Performances will be at 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. with a Saturday matinee at 10 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-04-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fringe Festival Will Push the Boundaries", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fringe-festival-will-push-boundaries.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A record number of student artists will present their works at the annual 'Senior Art Majors Show,' Thursday, April 6 through May 6 at Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery. An opening reception with the 18 senior artists will be held at the gallery, April 6, from 4-6 p.m. There will also be an awards presentation for the artists at 5 p.m. On average, 10 art majors graduate from Westmont annually. There were also 18 art majors who graduated in 2003.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-03-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Exhibit to Feature Works from 18 Senior Art Majors", "link": "\/westmont-news\/exhibit-feature-works-18-senior-art-majors.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/03\/ArtStudent.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A group of residents from Santa Barbara’s Vista Del Monte retirement center will be coming to Westmont in hopes of picking up some health tips. “Max Out on Life: A Wellness Lifestyle Approach” is a month-long, student-led presentation series that begins Tuesday, April 4, at 1:45 p.m. in Murchison Classroom 3.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-03-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Seniors to Learn the ABCs of Health", "link": "\/westmont-news\/seniors-learn-abcs-health.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/03\/06WellnessPoster_Web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A professor of psychology from Fuller Theological Seminary will speak about what it means to be a human person, Friday, April 7, at 3:30 in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge. Warren Brown’s lecture, “A Thinking Reed: Emergence of Mind and Soul From Human Bodies,” will discuss how it might be that mind, soul and agency can emerge from physical bodies and brains.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-03-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Talk Explores the Human Mind, Brain, Soul", "link": "\/westmont-news\/talk-explores-human-mind-brain-soul.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/03\/Brown_Warren_Web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Chamber Orchestra will perform its spring concert, Sunday, April 9, at 7 p.m in the sanctuary at El Montecito Presbyterian Church, 1455 East Valley Road.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-03-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Orchestra, Wind Ensemble Perform Spring Concerts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/orchestra-wind-ensemble-perform-spring-concerts.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/03\/Emily_Sommermann_Web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Workers are wrapping up their work on renovations to Westmont’s Carroll Observatory in anticipation of the arrival of a new high-tech telescope. The 24-inch reflector telescope is expected to arrive on campus this summer and will be the most powerful one between San Francisco and Los Angeles.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-03-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Hopes are Astronomical for New Telescope", "link": "\/westmont-news\/hopes-are-astronomical-new-telescope.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/03\/NewObservatoryDome.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont student venture competed against eight other student business plans in a national competition in Santa Barbara, but came up short to a project from Duke University. Scott Upton’s Polaris Athletic Training Systems LLC will now compete as a semifinalist in the 9th annual Enterprise Creation Competition, March 24-25, cohosted by Indiana University-Bloomington, Syracuse University and Ball State University.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-03-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Business Student Vies in National Forum", "link": "\/westmont-news\/business-student-vies-national-forum.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/03\/ScottUptonWestmont_Web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Tony Askew, Westmont professor of art and director of Reynolds Gallery, will hold an informal discussion of current methods of intaglio printmaking Wednesday, March 8, at 4:30 p.m., in Art Center 101 next to the gallery.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-03-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Professor to Leave His Mark", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-professor-leave-his-mark.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/03\/AskewTony_Web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Sophomore Allison Trowbridge walked away the big winner of the college’s annual debate contest. Tournament of Expressions started with 128 students in early February and came to an end Feb. 28, with Trowbridge earning $500 as this year’s champion.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-03-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Debate Winners Show Skill and Civility", "link": "\/westmont-news\/debate-winners-show-skill-and-civility.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/03\/DebateWinners_Web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Songwriter and poet William Jolliff will have a free poetry reading at Westmont, Tuesday, March 21, at 3:30 p.m., in Hieronymus Lounge.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-03-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Oregon Songwriter, Professor to Read Poetry", "link": "\/westmont-news\/oregon-songwriter-professor-read-poetry.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/03\/jolliff_Web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont officials and a group opposing the proposed update to the college’s Approved Campus Master Plan have both requested that the Thursday, March 2, Montecito Planning Commission hearing be postponed as they continue in mediation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-03-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Montecito Planning Hearings Postponed: Mediation Continues Between Westmont and Opponents", "link": "\/westmont-news\/montecito-planning-hearings-postponed-mediation-continues-between-westmont-and.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont officials and a group opposing the proposed update to the college’s Approved Campus Master Plan have both requested that the Thursday, March 2, Montecito Planning Commission hearing be postponed as they continue in mediation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-02-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Montecito Planning Hearings Postponed", "link": "\/westmont-news\/montecito-planning-hearings-postponed.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont student venture will vie against eight other student business plans in a national competition in Santa Barbara. The third annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (S.E.E.D) Collegiate Venture Forum will be held at the Andalucia Hotel, March 3-4.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-02-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Entrepreneurs Compete in National Forum", "link": "\/westmont-news\/entrepreneurs-compete-national-forum.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Internationally acclaimed pianist Teresa Walters will play at Westmont’s Porter Theatre. The concert, Tuesday, March 7, at 8 p.m., will include songs from Johannes Brahms and George Gershwin. Tickets are $15 or $10 for students and seniors.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-02-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Famed Pianist to Play Recital at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/famed-pianist-play-recital-westmont.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/TeresaWalters_Web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A month-long tournament that started with 128 students competing in more than 100 preliminary debates and more than 60 speeches will culminate in a final showdown for cash prizes. Westmont’s Tournament of Expressions: Finals in Debate, Great Speeches, Persuasive Speeches, and Scripture Alive will be Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in Page Hall. The event is free and open to the public", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-02-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Reach Finals in Contest of Words", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-reach-finals-contest-words.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Cockburn, professor of philosophy at University of Wales, Lampeter, will be giving a free lecture next week at Westmont. The colloquium, “Love, Particularity, and the Body,” will be Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-02-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Welsh Professor to Spread Love at Lecture", "link": "\/westmont-news\/welsh-professor-spread-love-lecture.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A professor from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., will discuss whether animal pain makes for a compelling argument against God's existence at a free lecture, Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge. Michael J. Murray, Arthur and Katherine Shadek professor in the humanities, will give the lecture, “God and Darwin’s ‘Clumsy, Wasteful, Blundering, Low and Horribly Cruel Works of Nature.’”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-02-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Free Lecture to Explore 'God and Darwin'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/free-lecture-explore-god-and-darwin.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A young Bay Area Celtic band will be playing at Westmont, Friday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. in Kerr Student Center (KSC). The Celtic Coffeehouse will feature Célé Dé, an eclectic quintet of Christian high school and college students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-02-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Celtic Concert and Coffee Combine at KSC", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celtic-concert-and-coffee-combine-ksc.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/CeleDe_Web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The co-founder of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement and winner of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, will be speaking at Westmont next week. The free lecture, “Spirituality and Social Justice,” will be Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-02-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Nobel Peace Laureate to Speak on Spirituality and Social Justice", "link": "\/westmont-news\/nobel-peace-laureate-speak-spirituality-and-social-justice.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Students will perform a world premiere play by an internationally acclaimed playwright later this month in Westmont’s newly remodeled Porter Theatre. “The Saint Plays” consist of four Erik Ehn plays, including his latest, “Rogue.” Performances will be February 24 and 25 at 8 p.m., March 2 and March 3 at 8 p.m., and March 4 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 for students\/seniors and $15 for general admission.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-02-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "\"Saint Plays" March into Redone Theatre", "link": "\/westmont-news\/saint-plays-march-redone-theatre.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/SaintPlaysPosterl_Web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than a hundred singers will be featured in Westmont’s free Masterworks Choral Concert, Friday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. in Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State Street.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-02-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Choral Masterworks Concert Features Music Spanning 250 Years", "link": "\/westmont-news\/choral-masterworks-concert-features-music-spanning-250-years.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/MichaelShasberger_Web.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A local panel of historians will discuss “Patriotism in America and the Importance of Compromise” at an upcoming Westmont Downtown Conversation. The free lecture, Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 5:30 p.m., will be held at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-01-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Downtown Talk Focuses on Patriotism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/downtown-talk-focuses-patriotism.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/PointerRick.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "There will be no calculators, but numbers will be flying as nearly 100 students from 10 public and private high schools in Southern California converge at Westmont for a battle of mathematical brains. The 20th annual High School Mathematics Contest, Saturday, Feb. 11, will feature several different events, including the quiz-show-style-competition, College Bowl.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-01-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "High Schoolers to Flex Their Minds in 20th Annual Mathematics Contest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/high-schoolers-flex-their-minds-20th-annual-mathematics-contest.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/MathContest.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A renowned Native American ministry leader, Richard Twiss, will speak at two free public events at Westmont, Wednesday, Jan. 25. He will lecture on “Christianity, Native American Culture and Worldview” in Kerr Student Center (KSC) at 3:15 p.m. He will then speak about Native American forms of music and dance for Christian worship at 4 p.m. in KSC.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-01-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Native American Minister Visits Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/native-american-minister-visits-westmont.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/twiss.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The founder of the African American Art Song Alliance, Darryl Taylor, will perform at a free recital Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Deane Chapel.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-01-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Offers Free Recital by Tenor", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-offers-free-recital-tenor.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/darryltaylor.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three unique artists with very diverse backgrounds will be under one roof at Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery. “Faith, Culture, Calling: The Irvine Guest Artist Show” will be at the gallery, Thursday, Jan. 19, through March. 10.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-01-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Faith, Culture, Calling' Combine at New Westmont Art Exhibit", "link": "\/westmont-news\/faith-culture-calling-combine-new-westmont-art-exhibit.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/FujimuraWhiteRose.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Former Major League Baseball announcer and Hall of Famer Ernie Harwell will be the keynote speaker at a benefit reception at Westmont. Former Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Ross Porter and film director Ron Shelton will also be part of the event, Sunday, Jan. 29, at 1 p.m. in Page Hall. Suggested donation is $20 for adults and $10 for children and will directly benefit Warriors baseball.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-01-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Hall of Fame Broadcaster Speaks at Benefit Reception", "link": "\/westmont-news\/hall-fame-broadcaster-speaks-benefit-reception.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/harwell_ernie.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "He’s considered the most significant logician of the 20th century and one of the greatest modern mathematicians, yet most people have never heard of Kurt Gödel or his famous incompleteness theorems. Westmont will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the theorems and the 100th anniversary of his birth.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-01-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Two-Day Celebration Honors Work of Great Logician, Mathematician", "link": "\/westmont-news\/two-day-celebration-honors-work-great-logician-mathematician.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student art projects are sprouting up across campus this week, depicting biblical stories and interpreting moments in Christ’s life. The project, “Stations of Christ’s Life,” won a $10,700 Worship Renewal grant last May from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-01-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Create, Install Campus-Wide Art Project", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-create-install-campus-wide-art-project.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A day of events later this month will formally welcome Westmont’s new Adams professor of music and worship. However, Michael Shasberger has already been winning the ears and hearts of the local community.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-01-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Professor Hits All the Right Notes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-professor-hits-all-right-notes.html", "image": "\/_migrated-binaries\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs-legacy\/2006\/10\/shasberger_conducting.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "American historian and bestselling author David McCullough will be the guest at Westmont’s annual President’s Breakfast, Friday, Feb. 10. McCullough will speak about, “The Spirit of 1776 Then and Now,” at 7 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2006-01-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Brings Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author to Santa Barbara", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-brings-pulitzer-prize-winning-author-santa-barbara.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/mccullough_2005_color1.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s baseball coach was able to make Christmas a little brighter for two families displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Thanks to donations from the Santa Barbara community, Rob Crawford sent gifts and money to the families who have been forced to relocate to Shreveport, La.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-12-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Baseball Coach Spreads Christmas Cheer", "link": "\/westmont-news\/baseball-coach-spreads-christmas-cheer.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/CrawfordRob_thumb.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Warren Rogers, Westmont physics professor, has been appointed to the prestigious position of fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Each year, no more than one-half of one percent of the current membership of the society receive this recognition.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-12-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Physics Professor No Ordinary Fellow", "link": "\/westmont-news\/physics-professor-no-ordinary-fellow.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/rogers_warren.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A magazine focusing on Hispanics in higher education has included Westmont in its 10th Annual Publisher’s Pick List. The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine ranks Westmont among the top colleges “doing a commendable job of recruiting, retaining, educating and graduating Hispanics.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-12-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Magazine Praises Westmont for its Commitment to Diversity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/magazine-praises-westmont-its-commitment-diversity-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The eighth edition of Barron’s “Best Buys in College Education” has listed Westmont among the 260 best buys in college education. The book’s editors select colleges based on tuition rates, size and academic emphasis. Barron’s also factored in percentage of faculty with doctorates, percentage of entering freshmen who graduate, and percentage of graduates seeking advanced degrees.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-12-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Among the Nation's Best Buys", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-among-nations-best-buys.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A magazine focusing on Hispanics in higher education has included Westmont in its 10th Annual Publisher’s Pick List. The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine ranks Westmont among the top colleges “doing a commendable job of recruiting, retaining, educating and graduating Hispanics.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-12-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Magazine Praises Westmont for its Commitment to Diversity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/magazine-praises-westmont-its-commitment-diversity.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four Westmont students ran over the competition in the 16th annual Westmont Collegiate Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition. The student venture, Polaris Athletic Training Systems Inc., took first place with its high-tech training device for runners and other athletes.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-12-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Entrepreneurs go High Tech to Train Athletes", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-entrepreneurs-go-high-tech-train-athletes.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four teams of Westmont students have been chosen to present their proposed business ventures in the 16th Annual Westmont Collegiate Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition, Thursday, Dec. 8. The free presentation will be in Hieronymus Lounge at Kerrwood Hall at Westmont. Refreshments will be served at 4:45 pm and the program will begin at 5:15 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-12-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Entrepreneurs to Battle in Annual Competition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-entrepreneurs-battle-annual-competition.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s baseball coach and a popular Montecito musician are teaming up in hopes of helping families affected by Hurricane Katrina. Rob Crawford and Bobby Shand will present “One Family at a Time,” a special benefit show with The Shand Band at SOhO, 1221 State St., Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be sold at the door for $20, children half price. All proceeds will benefit the relief effort. Doors open at 5 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-12-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Benefit Concert to Help Hurricane Victims", "link": "\/westmont-news\/benefit-concert-help-hurricane-victims.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/photos\/Shand_Band.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Tickets are no longer available for the First Annual Westmont Christmas Festival, Saturday, Dec. 10 at First Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara. However, seating is still available for the performance, Friday, Dec. 9 at Westmont’s Murchison Gym.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-12-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont's First Annual Christmas Festival Sells Out", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmonts-first-annual-christmas-festival-sells-out.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A group of Westmont students is getting a unique opportunity to work with an internationally acclaimed playwright, crafting a new production students will eventually perform in February. The Westmont Theater Arts department has commissioned playwright Erik Ehn to develop a new play as part of his ongoing Saint Play series.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-11-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Renowned Playwright Creates New Work Through Student Collaboration", "link": "\/westmont-news\/renowned-playwright-creates-new-work-through-student-collaboration.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Movers will be packing up a special Westmont wardrobe this week for a brief engagement at the Cerritos Library in hopes of inspiring youngsters to read. Westmont’s wardrobe was once owned by C.S. Lewis and closely matches the description of the one in his book, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-11-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "C.S. Lewis' Wardrobe Goes on Display", "link": "\/westmont-news\/cs-lewis-wardrobe-goes-display.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Hundreds of students, alumni and neighbors donning mittens and scarves will celebrate the start of the Christmas season at the fourth annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Westmont’s Kerrwood Lawn next week. The 70-foot redwood tree on the lawn will come aglow at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 30.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-11-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Celebrates the Christmas Season", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-celebrates-christmas-season.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Wind Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra will present a joint concert this week on campus. The free, public concert will be Friday, Nov. 18, at Deane Chapel, 8 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-11-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Concert Features Wind Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra", "link": "\/westmont-news\/concert-features-wind-ensemble-and-chamber-orchestra.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Roger Voskuyl, who served as president of Westmont College from 1950 to 1968, died Nov. 9 in Santa Barbara at the age of 95. The Harvard-educated chemist, who participated in the Manhattan Project during World War II, led Westmont during a crucial time in its history. Thanks to his efforts, the college gained accreditation in 1958, added eight major buildings and increased enrollment from 218 to 700.Voskuyl firmly established Westmont as an academically rigorous Christian college.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-11-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Former Westmont President Roger Voskuyl Dies", "link": "\/westmont-news\/former-westmont-president-roger-voskuyl-dies.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/photos\/Voskuyl.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is hoping the allure of slime and liquid nitrogen ice cream will get youngsters interested in science. The college’s chemistry students recently held a Family Science Night at Westmont with another event scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 7-8:30 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-11-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Chemistry Students Hope to Create Future Scientists", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-chemistry-students-hope-create-future-scientists.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Representatives from at least 29 graduate programs from around the country will be taking part in Westmont’s annual Graduate School & Seminary Day Fair. The fair will be held from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on the Magnolia Lawn. In case of inclement weather, the event will move to the Kerr Student Center.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-11-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hosts Grad School Fair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hosts-grad-school-fair.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "President Abraham Lincoln’s greatest speech wasn’t the Gettysburg Address, it was his Sermon on the Mount. That’s the belief of Ronald C. White, professor at San Francisco Theological Seminary. White will discuss the topic as part of Westmont’s Erasmus Lecture series, Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 3:30 p.m. at Hieronymus Lounge. The lecture is titled, “Abraham Lincoln’s Sermon on the Mount: The Second Inaugural Address.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-10-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professor Explores Sermon on the Mount", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professor-explores-sermon-mount.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Patty Martin of Woodside, Calif., has been installed as the newest member of the Westmont College Board of Trustees. Martin, 56, is a certified spiritual director and teaches classes at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in spiritual formation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-10-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Trustees Welcome New Member", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-trustees-welcome-new-member.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery will display the works of California painter R. Kenton Nelson beginning next month in an exhibition titled “Narrative Idealism.” The free exhibit runs Nov. 10-Dec. 16 at the gallery, which is open to the public Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-10-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Welcomes Internationally Acclaimed California Artist", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-welcomes-internationally-acclaimed-california-artist.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont theater season opens next week, Friday, Nov. 4, with Shakespeare’s achingly beautiful history play “King Richard II” at Santa Barbara Trinity Episcopal Church. It is the first in a yearlong season of events that centers on contemporary, international approaches to Shakespeare’s plays.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-10-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Theater Season Begins with a Focus on Shakespeare", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-theater-season-begins-focus-shakespeare.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Politics and religion will mix at a lecture in downtown Santa Barbara next week. The Westmont Downtown Conversation will include several local community leaders of different faiths and focus on the interactions and conflicts between faith and politics in our community. It will be held, Thursday, Nov. 3, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m, at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-10-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture Explores Politics and Faith", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-explores-politics-and-faith.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont President Stan D. Gaede announced he will conclude his presidency at the end of the academic year in June. He has served as the college’s president since July 2001. Previously, he was provost, the top academic officer, for five years. The 58-year old will return to Gordon College in Wenham, Mass., where he joined the faculty in 1974 and became provost in 1993. He has accepted a position to serve as senior scholar-in-residence at the Center for Christian Studies, which he helped establish. “My calling is moving me in a different direction,” Gaede says, “away from the presidency and toward a more focused effort on behalf of Christian scholarship.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-10-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gaede to Step Down as Westmont President", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gaede-step-down-westmont-president.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/photos\/gaede2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three local high school choirs will join voices with singers from Westmont later this month for the Fall Choral Festival Concert. The concert is Friday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State St. Adams Professor of Music and Worship Michael Shasberger will direct guest choirs from San Marcos, Paso Robles, and San Luis Obispo High Schools. The concert will also feature the Westmont College Choir and Chamber Singers. The evening will include a cameo appearance by the guest high school choirs and will conclude in a mass choir presentation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-10-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Welcomes Fall With Choral Festival Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-welcomes-fall-choral-festival-concert.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont President Stan D. Gaede announced he will conclude his presidency at the end of the academic year in June. He has served as the college’s president since July 2001. Previously, he was provost, the top academic officer, for five years. The 58-year old will return to Gordon College in Wenham, Mass., where he joined the faculty in 1974 and became provost in 1993. He has accepted a position to serve as senior scholar-in-residence at the Center for Christian Studies, which he helped establish. “My calling is moving me in a different direction,” Gaede says, “away from the presidency and toward a more focused effort on behalf of Christian scholarship.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-10-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gaede to Step Down as Westmont President", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gaede-step-down-westmont-president-0.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/_news\/images\/faculty\/gaede2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two separate estate gifts totaling $3.3 million will help endow student scholarships and the Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont. In its sixth year, the institute explores and promotes liberal arts education, which offers knowledge in a broad range of subjects as well as skills students need to succeed at work and in life.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-10-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Donors Give $3.3 Million for the Liberal Arts and Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/donors-give-33-million-liberal-arts-and-scholarships.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected Westmont to receive a prestigious $178,000 grant for computer science research over two years. The NSF’s Cyber Trust Program will fund the Westmont project, “Survivable, Adaptive and Scalable Distributed Systems.” NSF expects to fund fewer than 50 of the 487 proposals it reviewed this year. “It’s exciting for such a small college like Westmont to receive this award,” says Kim Kihlstrom, associate professor of computer science, “Although other Westmont science departments such as physics and chemistry have received NSF research grants in the past, this is the first for computer science, so I am thrilled and very grateful to NSF.” Kihlstrom will oversee work that involves undergraduate students. The research will focus on finding ways to protect computer systems, such as the electric power control grid, which have become critical in today’s world. “It goes beyond security to what we call survivability,” Kihlstrom says. “The bad guys are going to get into the system. We want to ensure that the system continues to provide essential services even during an intrusion. It’s a different problem on the cutting edge. We’re relying more and more on computer systems for many critical functions and all are vulnerable to attack. Can we make them survive?” The grant will fund eight new computers, provide support for undergraduate students to engage in research and support a computer science summer program in England. Overseas, students will study at the historic Bletchley Park, where the first programmable computer was designed and where code breakers deciphered top secret German messages during World War II. Kihlstrom is also proud that the project provides opportunities to bring more women into the computer science profession. “I really have a heart for female students and faculty members emerging in research,” Kihlstrom says. “There are too few women are in the sciences.” Kihlstrom was recently honored by the Computer Journal with the Wilkes Award. Her work, “Byzantine Fault Detectors for Solving Consensus” was named best paper of the year for 2004. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stanford University and a doctorate from the University of California, Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-10-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Wins Computer Science Research Grant", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-wins-computer-science-research-grant.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A specialist in 19th century British cultural and literary studies will deliver a lecture at Westmont next month. Associate Professor of English at U.C. Davis Catherine Robson will speak in Hieronymus Lounge, Monday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m as part of Westmont’s Erasmus Lecture Series. Her lecture is entitled “Memorization and Memorialization: Poetry and the Burial of Heroes.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-10-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Erasmus Lecture Focuses on Civil War Era Poetry", "link": "\/westmont-news\/erasmus-lecture-focuses-civil-war-era-poetry.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Local residents will soon be able to connect with about 40 victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Westmont Head Baseball Coach Rob Crawford will arrive in Santa Barbara, Saturday, Oct. 1, after returning to the Gulf Coast for a week. He spent several days videotaping and interviewing the evacuees who he and 21 other local volunteers got to know in September. “There’s so many gaps,” Crawford said. “I hope that Santa Barbara will respond to this. I’ll show the video and hopefully get some sponsorships. We now need to match about 100 families in Santa Barbara to share some of the responsibility for awhile, at least some of the moral support.” Contributions and support have already been pouring in. Crawford received a phone call from a local woman who had raffled off a jacket from Emmylou Harris that she’d gotten before last Tuesday’s concert at the Arlington Theater. She raised $1,000 and told Crawford she wanted to sponsor a family, especially with Thanksgiving and Christmas approaching. Crawford also received a call from a woman in Ontario who runs a program for single moms with children under the age of 13. She has four available houses and wants them to go to families who were evacuated because of the hurricanes. “She calls me and says that FEMA and Red Cross aren’t responding,” Crawford said. “Then she says: ‘While you’re there can you find me some families.’ It wasn’t hard. I could have found her 25 families.” He says he found some moms who needed a break and interviewed them. He plans to give a video tape to the shelter in Ontario and then figure out how to get them out here. Crawford also took some evacuees shopping for food and clothes in Houston, Texas. One of the families had a 13-year old boy who is over 6 feet tall and weighs over 300 pounds. None of the clothes at the shelter would fit him. Crawford says the teen was thrilled when he saw they had bought him a couple pairs of pants and some big shirts. Crawford has also been invited to speak and show the video Sunday at the Army Reserve Center in Santa Barbara to troops who are being deployed to the Gulf Coast.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-10-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Video to Link Community with Hurricane Victims", "link": "\/westmont-news\/video-link-community-hurricane-victims.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Princeton Professor Albert Raboteau will speak on “Healing the Wounds of Racism: The Role of Memory and Mourning” 4 p.m. Oct. 2 in Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall on the upper Westmont campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-09-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Healing Racism's Hurts: Memory and Mourning", "link": "\/westmont-news\/healing-racisms-hurts-memory-and-mourning-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "San Diego author and physician David Peck will present a slide show and lecture on his book, “Or Perish in the Attempt: Wilderness Medicine in the Lewis and Clark Expedition,” 7 p.m. Oct. 6 in Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall on Westmont’s upper campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-09-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lewis and Clark and Wilderness Medicine", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lewis-and-clark-and-wilderness-medicine-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont will focus on the global presence of Christianity by hosting speakers from India and West Papua, Indonesia, this October. The college launched the lecture series, World Christianity and Global Encounters of the 21st Century, in 2002. The goal is to learn how Christian movements affect relationships between rival ethnic and religious groups in the non-Western world.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-09-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture Series Reveals Christianity on a Global Scale", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-series-reveals-christianity-global-scale.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Thanks to a $50,000 matching grant, the Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont will reach out to underserved students this fall through an innovative Liberal Arts Ambassadors program. The collaborative project between Westmont and the University of La Verne involves college students from underserved groups engaging with prospective students in junior high and high schools. Students who attend liberal arts colleges are more likely to graduate than those who enroll at public universities, but underserved students often don't consider liberal arts schools when choosing a college because they are unaware of the option.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-09-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Launches Program to Aid Underserved Students", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-launches-program-aid-underserved-students-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "This important college fair is part of a national program which brings information regarding over 30 regional and national Christian colleges to high school students and their parents. A successful event in the Tri-Counties and across the country, this event offers the opportunity for prospective students and their families to meet with college representatives and attend a financial aid session.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-09-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont to Host the 10th Annual Santa Barbara Christian College Fair", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-host-10th-annual-santa-barbara-christian-college-fair.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Head Baseball Coach Rob Crawford is returning to the hurricane ravaged Gulf Coast this week to help 16 families who were forced to evacuate. Crawford is following up with about 40 people he and other local residents helped on a trip earlier this month. Crawford hopes to take the victims shopping for food and clothes with money donated from the Santa Barbara community. Crawford is concentrating his efforts on the families that 21 local volunteers relocated to hotels where they are being allowed to stay for 30 days.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-09-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Coach Reconnects with Hurricane Victims", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-coach-reconnects-hurricane-victims.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Two Westmont theater arts professors will offer their creative insight and discuss the artistic choices involved in staging a Shakespearean play. John Blondell and Mitchell Thomas will host the opening 2005-2006 Westmont Downtown Conversation, Thursday, Oct. 6, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The lecture is entitled: “Sad Stories of the Death of Kings: Approaches to Staging Shakespeare’s ‘King Richard II.’”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-09-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture to Uncover the Creativity Behind Producing a Shakespeare Play", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-uncover-creativity-behind-producing-shakespeare-play.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than 90 volunteers from Westmont will put on sunscreen and work gloves Saturday morning. They’ll spend the day volunteering at several charitable organizations in Santa Barbara County as part of United Way’s Day of Caring. More than a thousand people are expected to take part in the county-wide effort, painting, gardening and sorting for over 40 charitable organizations. Last year, Westmont sent a team of 52 people. This year, thanks to a huge student response, Westmont is expecting 93 volunteers. Resident assistants Caley Coulson and Jaclyn Grant from Armington and Emerson Halls helped round up 80 students for the Day of Caring.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-09-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Embraces Day of Caring", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-embraces-day-caring.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Local volunteers are heading back to Santa Barbara after working the past several days in Louisiana and Texas aiding victims of Hurricane Katrina. Twenty-one volunteers from Hope Community Church, Westmont and the community worked through the day Wednesday, Sept. 14, in Houston before driving back to the West Coast. The group is expected to arrive in Santa Barbara Friday night, Sept. 16, at about 6 p.m. They left Westmont last Saturday morning and arrived in Shreveport early Monday morning.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-09-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Volunteers Wrap Up Relief Efforts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/volunteers-wrap-relief-efforts.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has honored two students with the Intercultural Leadership Award for the 2005-06 academic year. Jamie Gates and Gloria Tebelman will each receive a $3,700 award for their work on campus diversity.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-09-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Awards Two Students for Their Commitment to Diversity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-awards-two-students-their-commitment-diversity.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara crews will soon begin loading up supplies in preparation for a week-long hurricane relief effort in northwest Louisiana. A team of about 17 local volunteers will be leaving from Westmont’s Murchison Gym early Saturday morning.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-09-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Local Relief Effort Shifts Into High Gear", "link": "\/westmont-news\/local-relief-effort-shifts-high-gear.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A Westmont professor and a student researcher may be closing in on a cure for rheumatoid arthritis. Dr. Eileen McMahon has discovered a strain of mice that spontaneously develops arthritis after about 50 days of age and may represent a new model of rheumatoid arthritis. Student Joel Wilcox will present some of the findings as part of A Celebration of Student Research at Westmont, this Thursday, Sept. 8, from 4-6 p.m. at the Founders Dining Room.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-09-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Unveil Ground-Breaking Research Projects", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-unveil-ground-breaking-research-projects.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Thanks to a $50,000 matching grant, the Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont will reach out to underserved students this fall through an innovative Liberal Arts Ambassadors program. The collaborative project between Westmont and the University of La Verne involves college students from underserved groups engaging with prospective students in junior high and high schools. Students who attend liberal arts colleges are more likely to graduate than those who enroll at public universities, but underserved students often don't consider liberal arts schools when choosing a college because they are unaware of the option.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-09-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Launches Program to Aid Underserved Students", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-launches-program-aid-underserved-students.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "They arrived with boxes, pillows, computers and probably some anxiety. For many of these teens, it’s their first time living away from home. About 340 first-year students representing the Class of 2009 have begun their Westmont College career. The fall 2005 orientation kicked off Thursday, Aug. 25, as students arrived with their parents and unloaded their belongings into the residence halls.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-08-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Welcomes Record-Breaking Class of '09", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-welcomes-record-breaking-class-09.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has once again been listed among the nation’s top liberal arts colleges in the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings, which were recently released.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-08-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Continues to Score High in National Ranking", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-continues-score-high-national-ranking.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont sociology professor Ron Enroth is no stranger to some of the world’s most unusual religions. In fact, he’s appeared on numerous television and radio broadcasts, including NBC Nightly News and Oprah as an expert cult consultant. Enroth penned, “Youth, Brainwashing and the Extremist Cults” six months before the Jonestown massacre in 1978, the mass suicide that put the word “cult” on the map. He warned of other dangerous religions before the tragedies in Waco and with Heaven’s Gate. In 1982, he received the Leo J. Ryan Commemorative Award given annually to the individual who focuses public attention on the dangers of destructive cults.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-08-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Professor Delves into the Appeal of Cults", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-professor-delves-appeal-cults.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Several Westmont students have returned home following a trip to Sri Lanka to help children who lost their parents in the December 2004 tsunami. Four Westmont students joined Professor Thomas Jayawardene and his wife, Jasmine, on the month-long summer service trip. The group left July 3 to meet a team of 14 to serve with the Jayawardenes’ The Children of Joy. The organization is founding a new home for about a dozen orphaned children. It’s also set up a children’s center to provide food, clothing, medical care and school needs to 150 kids.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-08-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Students Spread Hope to Sri Lanka's Tsunami Orphans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-students-spread-hope-sri-lankas-tsunami-orphans.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "More than three dozen Westmont students are returning to the United States after spending a month of their summer serving overseas. Different groups visited Tanzania, Rwanda and Indonesia. Meantime, three teams remain in Guatemala, Russia and Sri Lanka. The students have been involved in building classrooms, teaching English and serving at orphanages.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-07-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Students Enjoy a Summer of Intercultural Service", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-students-enjoy-summer-intercultural-service.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College’s Reynolds Gallery kicks off the 2005-2006 season by celebrating the legacy of one of America’s best-known artists. Richard Diebenkorn: Unseen Santa Barbara Works will be open to the public Aug. 25-Nov. 4. Diebenkorn(1922-2003) lived most of his life in California, becoming a modern master equally adept at abstract expressionism, landscape and figurative work. The exhibition includes paintings, drawings and etchings inspired by Santa Cruz Island from the Carey Stanton collection, as well as works from private collections which have never been on public display.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-07-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Unveils Unseen Works from Renowned Artist", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-unveils-unseen-works-renowned-artist.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/artwork\/diebenkorn2.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Students in Westmont’s art department have received a $10,700 Worship Renewal grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship in Grand Rapids, Mich., for a project titled “Stations of the Life of Christ.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-06-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Art Students Receive $10,700 Grant for “Stations of the Life of Christ”", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-art-students-receive-10700-grant-stations-life-christ.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“The Power of WORD,” a theme show judged by Art Historian Richard West, will be on exhibit May 19 through June 30 in Reynolds Gallery. An independent curator, West is the former director of both the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Frye Museum in Seattle. An artists’ reception, open to the public, is 4-6 p.m. May 19 in the college Art Center, on the lower Westmont campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-05-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Artists Interpret 'The Power of Word'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/artists-interpret-power-word.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“For the second year in a row the American Association of Museums has chosen to honor the design work of Scott Anderson. This international competition recognizes Scott for his professional ability to communicate the visual concepts of exhibit and artistry through both poster and catalogue,” said Gallery Director Tony Askew. “We at the art department and the Reynolds Gallery are proud of this honor and the award-winning design work that Scott provides.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-05-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Painted Faith' Wins Design Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/painted-faith-wins-design-award.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/artwork\/paintedFaith.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Expert college counselors team up with admission officers to help participants select colleges, complete winning applications, write memorable essays, learn what turns an applicant into an admitted student and find help with the financial aid and scholarship process.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-05-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hosts Pre-College Workshop for Native Americans", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hosts-pre-college-workshop-native-americans.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Founded in 2000, the institute promotes the continued vitality of the liberal arts tradition in American higher education. Toward this end, it hosts annual Conversations on the Liberal Arts that bring together educators from colleges and universities nationwide.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-05-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Receives $500,000 Gift for Institute for the Liberal Arts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-receives-500000-gift-institute-liberal-arts.html", "image": "http:\/\/blogs.westmont.edu\/public_affairs\/wp-content\/images\/TaylorJim.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A total of 326 students expect to graduate from Westmont. Dr. Robert Wennberg, a Westmont philosophy professor, will give the commencement address in honor of his retirement after 35 years at the college.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-04-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ardis Higgins to Receive Westmont Medal at Commencement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ardis-higgins-receive-westmont-medal-commencement.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The next Westmont Downtown Conversation, “Simplicity, Wonder and Wisdom: Reflections on Alexander McCall Smith’s “No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency,” by Westmont Provost Shirley Mullen begins at 5:30 p.m. May 3 at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The event is free and open to the public. No reservations are necessary.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-04-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lecture Reflects on No.1 Ladies Detective Agency", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lecture-reflects-no1-ladies-detective-agency.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s annual Spring Choral Concert featuring the College Choir, Chamber Singers and Vox Lumina Women’s Chorale will take place 8 p.m. April 22 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State St. at Micheltorena. A free-will donation will be requested.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-04-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Spring Choral Concert Features Lundberg Arrangements", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-spring-choral-concert-features-lundberg-arrangements.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont musicians will showcase their skills at the spring concert for the Wind Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra at 8 p.m. April 29 in Deane Chapel on the lower campus. Admission is free and the concert is open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-04-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musicians Showcase Instrumental Virtuosity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musicians-showcase-instrumental-virtuosity.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Jazz Ensembles, directed by adjunct music professor Ron McCarley, will perform 8 p.m. April 15 in Deane Chapel on Westmont’s lower campus. Admission is free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-04-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ensembles Jazz it up With Spring Concerts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ensembles-jazz-it-spring-concerts.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont theatre arts department presents unique performance art at the Fringe Festival 8 p.m. April 21 and 22 in Porter Theatre. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for children, students and seniors.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-03-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The Westmont Fringe Festival Takes Off", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-fringe-festival-takes.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s senior art majors will present their final work as undergraduates in the annual Senior Art Show, April 14 through May 7. An opening reception will be held 4-6 p.m. April 14 in Reynolds Gallery on lower campus. Free and open to the public, the reception will feature a student awards presentation at 5 p.m.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-03-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Graduating Art Students Exhibit Their Potential", "link": "\/westmont-news\/graduating-art-students-exhibit-their-potential.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "After more than 50 years, Westmont will retire its 16-inch Newtonian telescope from Carroll Observatory and install a 24-inch F\/8 Cassegrain with Ritchey-Chrétien optics. The new instrument features more than twice the light-gathering power of the old one and nearly twice the resolving power.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-03-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "New Telescope Brings Better Clarity to Carroll Observatory", "link": "\/westmont-news\/new-telescope-brings-better-clarity-carroll-observatory.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Professor Dorothy Wang of Northwestern University will speak on Asian American poets at 3:30 pm on Monday, March 21, in Hieronymus Lounge, in Kerrwood Hall on the upper campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-03-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reading Asian American Literature", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reading-asian-american-literature.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett will speak on “What’s Right and What’s Wrong with American Education” at Westmont’s first President’s Breakfast, 7 a.m. April 1 in the Grand Ballroom at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort. The sold-out event, first scheduled for Feb. 11, was postponed due to complications that arose after Bennett’s knee replacement surgery.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-02-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "President's Breakfast Re-scheduled", "link": "\/westmont-news\/presidents-breakfast-re-scheduled.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont English Professor Paul Willis will speak on “Ophelia, You’re Breaking Our Heart: The American Appeal of Shakespeare’s Tragic Heroine” at 7 p.m. March 7 in Hieronymus Lounge, Westmont. The lecture is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-02-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ophelia You're Breaking our Heart", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ophelia-youre-breaking-our-heart.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Choir will perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Jesu, Meine Freude” at the fifth annual Choral Masterworks Concert, 8 p.m. Feb. 25 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State St. in downtown Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-02-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Masterworks Concert Features Bach", "link": "\/westmont-news\/masterworks-concert-features-bach.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The next Westmont Downtown Conversation, “Journeys of Choice—Pilgrims, Tourists and Mountaineers,” by Paul Willis and Lisa DeBoer begins at 5:30 p.m. March 10, at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The two Westmont humanities professors will lead a series of reflections on the meaning of travel through the lens of literature and art. The event is free and open to the public. Questions raised during the discussion will include: Do travelers today have anything to learn from those who have gone before? What traditions of travel shape our journeys?", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-02-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Journeys of Choice Lecture Reflects Travel", "link": "\/westmont-news\/journeys-choice-lecture-reflects-travel.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A team from Westmont was one of eight selected from 45 entries to compete in the Spirit of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (SEED) business plan competition March 7 and 8 at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort. The eight semi-finalists in the national competition made presentations to a panel of venture capitalists, angel investors, investment bankers, corporate CFOs and successful entrepreneurs.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-02-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Young Entrepreneurs Rewarded", "link": "\/westmont-news\/young-entrepreneurs-rewarded.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Although the President's Breakfast talk by former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett on Feb. 11 was postponed due to Bennett’s health, the follow-up discussion, “What’s Right and What’s Wrong with American Education,” will take place as scheduled 5:30 p.m. Feb. 17, at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-02-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Education Panel Still On!", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-education-panel-still.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Lindberg, Hillsdale professor emeritus of the history of science, University of Wisconsin, will speak on “The Florentine Heretic? Galileo, the Church and the Cosmos” 3:30 p.m. March 4 in Porter Theatre, Westmont. The event, sponsored by the Pascal Society, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-02-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Galileo, the Church and the Cosmos", "link": "\/westmont-news\/galileo-church-and-cosmos.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College’s Repertory Theater presents William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” 8 p.m. Feb. 25 and 26 and March 3-5 with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. March 5 in Porter Theatre. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for children, students and seniors.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-02-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Comes to Porter Theatre", "link": "\/westmont-news\/shakespeares-midsummer-nights-dream-comes-porter-theatre.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Professor Ogbu Kalu, the Henry Winter Luce Professor of world Christianity and mission at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, will speak on “Patterns of Christian Presence and African Responses” 3:30 p.m. Feb. 24 in Hieronymus Lounge, Kerrwood Hall on the upper Westmont campus. Kalu also will speak in Westmont’s chapel 10:30 a.m. Feb. 25. Both events are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-02-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christian Presence and African Response", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christian-presence-and-african-response.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The next Westmont Downtown Conversation, “What’s Right and What’s Wrong with American Education,” is a panel discussion lead by local educations specialists at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 17, at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. Panelists include Peter MacDougall, former president of Santa Barbara City College; Gerri Fausett, superintendent of Hope Elementary School District; Lynne Cavazos, interim director of UCSB’s Teacher Education Program and director of the county Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Program; and Westmont education Professor Andrew Mullen.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-02-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Panel Discusses American Education", "link": "\/westmont-news\/panel-discusses-american-education.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Poet and playwright Jeanne Murray Walker will read from her new collection of poems, “A Deed to the Light,” 3:30 p.m. Feb. 17 in Hieronymus Lounge, Westmont. Refreshments will be served. She also will speak in Westmont’s chapel 10:30 a.m. Feb. 18. Both events are free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-02-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Poet Jeanne Murray Walker Speaks at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/poet-jeanne-murray-walker-speaks-westmont.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont presents Naomi Shaefer Riley, author of “God on the Quad: How Religious Colleges and the Missionary Generation Are Changing America,” who will speak at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4, in Hieronymus Lounge on the upper Westmont campus. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-01-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "God on the Quad Reveals Changes in America", "link": "\/westmont-news\/god-quad-reveals-changes-america.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Representing the best mathematical minds of their schools, approximately 100 students will compete at Westmont’s 19th annual High School Mathematics Contest 1 - 5:30 p.m. Feb. 12.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-01-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Nine High Schools to Compete at Westmont Mathematics Contest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/nine-high-schools-compete-westmont-mathematics-contest.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Writer Jon Christensen will present “From the Tide Pool to the Stars” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 in the San Rafael Room of Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort. Christensen will recount his expedition retracing John Steinbeck’s 1940 voyage with marine biologist Edward Ricketts exploring marine life along the coast of the Baja Peninsula.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-01-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Writer John Christensen to Speak on Expedition Retracing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/writer-john-christensen-speak-expedition-retracing.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "On the occasion of his retirement after 35 years, Westmont philosophy Professor Robert Wennberg will speak on “Bringing Back the ‘Evangelical’ In the Evangelical College” 7 p.m. Feb. 7 in Hieronymus Lounge, Kerrwood Hall on the upper Westmont campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-01-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Bring the Evangelical back in College", "link": "\/westmont-news\/bring-evangelical-back-college.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett will speak on “What’s Right and What’s Wrong with American Education” at Westmont’s first President’s Breakfast, 7 a.m. Feb. 11 in the Grand Ballroom at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-01-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "William Bennett to Speak at First President's Breakfast", "link": "\/westmont-news\/william-bennett-speak-first-presidents-breakfast.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "As part of Westmont’s Conference on Christianity and Literature, Reverend Norm Freeman will marry music and ministry in a Jazz Vespers service 4:15 p.m. Jan. 22 in Hieronymus Lounge on the upper campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-01-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Jazz as Worship at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/jazz-worship-westmont.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont English Professor Paul Willis will read from his new book of poems, “How To Get There,” 7 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Contemporary Arts Forum upstairs in Paseo Nuevo, downtown Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-01-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Poet Paul Willis to Read from Recent Work", "link": "\/westmont-news\/poet-paul-willis-read-recent-work.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Professor Robert Eric Frykenberg, professor emeritus of history and South Asian studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison, will speak on “Pandita Ramabai and World Christianity” 3:30 p.m. Jan. 25 in Kerrwood Hall on the upper Westmont campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-01-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pandita Ramabai and World Christianity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pandita-ramabai-and-world-christianity.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The next Westmont Downtown Conversation, “Science and Religion: Time for Divorce or Renewal of Vows?” will explore some historical clashes between science and religion. Chemistry Professor Niva Tro will speak 5:30 p.m. Jan. 18, at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-01-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Conversation on Science and Religion asks the Right Questions", "link": "\/westmont-news\/conversation-science-and-religion-asks-right-questions.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The “Faculty Show,” featuring recent work by the Westmont College art faculty, will appear Jan. 18 through March 12 in Reynolds Gallery. The college will host a reception for the artists, which is open to the public, 4-6 p.m. Jan. 20 in Reynolds Gallery on the lower campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-01-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Faculty Exhibit Recent Work", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-faculty-exhibit-recent-work.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Palestinian-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye will read from various collections of her poems 8 p.m. Jan. 21 at Victoria Hall, downtown Santa Barbara. After the reading, Nye will hold a book signing (books may be purchased at the event). Nye also will speak in Westmont’s chapel 10:30 a.m. Jan. 21 on “The Light that Shines on Us All: A World of Voices.”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-01-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Wandering Poet to Give Evening Reading", "link": "\/westmont-news\/wandering-poet-give-evening-reading.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Five members of the Los Angeles chapter of the famous Tuskegee Airmen will visit Westmont for a colloquium and reception with students 3:30 p.m. Jan. 19 in Page Multipurpose Room on the upper campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2005-01-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Tuskegee Airmen Visit Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/tuskegee-airmen-visit-westmont.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Hear and sing traditional music of the season when Westmont’s choral groups and instrumental ensembles present their holiday concert “Christ, the Prince of Peace,” 8 p.m. Dec. 10 and 11 at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Santa Barbara. Admission is free, although a donation will be requested.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-11-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Christmas in Song", "link": "\/westmont-news\/christmas-song.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The premiere public performance of “Kenosis,” an original composition of spiritual poetry set to contemporary music, will be 8 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Center Stage Theater, Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center in downtown Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-11-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Kenosis, If a Soul Could Sing", "link": "\/westmont-news\/kenosis-if-soul-could-sing.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Windancers’ fall dance program, “Cirque: Short, Sweet and Surreal,” offers a circus of surprising twists and turns 8 p.m. Dec. 3 and 4 in Porter Theatre. Refreshments and a question-and-answer time follow the short recital.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-11-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Short, Sweet and Surreal Dance", "link": "\/westmont-news\/short-sweet-and-surreal-dance.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Big Band and three combos will perform the best of their work at the Jazz Ensemble Concert 8 p.m. Nov. 19 in Deane Chapel. Admission is free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-10-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "An Evening of Jazz", "link": "\/westmont-news\/evening-jazz.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Hebrew Bible expert Alan Cooper will speak on “What Makes Baby Girls Different: Leviticus 12 and “Original Sin” 4 p.m. Nov. 1 in Hieronymus Lounge as part of the annual Westmont-UCSB Lecture on the Hebrew Bible.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-10-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "What Makes Baby Girls Different?", "link": "\/westmont-news\/what-makes-baby-girls-different.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Enjoy the sounds of classical music 8 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Westmont Wind Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra concert in Deane Chapel on Westmont’s lower campus. Admission is free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-10-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Fall Music Classic", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fall-music-classic.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ernan McMullin, John Cardinal O’Hara professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, will speak on “Is the Universe Fine-Tuned?” 3:30 p.m. Nov. 5 in Porter Theatre. The event, sponsored by the Pascal Society, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-10-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Is the Universe Fine-Tuned?", "link": "\/westmont-news\/universe-fine-tuned.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "World-renowned graphic designer and creative director Margo Chase will speak on “Behind Design: A Lecture with Pretty Pictures” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 in Porter Theatre. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-10-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Behind Design: Inside Chase Design Group", "link": "\/westmont-news\/behind-design-inside-chase-design-group.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Painted Faith: New Mexican Devotional Images,” featuring santos from a never-before-exhibited Santa Barbara Museum of Art collection, will be on exhibit at Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery Nov. 1 through Dec. 18.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Painted Faith: New Mexico's Santos", "link": "\/westmont-news\/painted-faith-new-mexicos-santos.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance David Newton will present the lecture “Right Here, Right Now: The Case for America's War on Terror” 7 p.m. Oct. 22 in the Page Multipurpose Room on the upper Westmont campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-10-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Right Here, Right Now: The Case for America's War on Terror", "link": "\/westmont-news\/right-here-right-now-case-americas-war-terror.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Reckless,” written by Craig Lucas, opens the Westmont theater season on Oct. 28. The play follows Rachel, a cheerful suburban housewife, through a bizarre and fantastic journey as she travels across the country, eventually attaining a hard-won maturity.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-10-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont's Production of Reckless Opens", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmonts-production-reckless-opens.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Yale Professor Miroslav Volf will speak on “Memory, Salvation, and Perdition: Reconciliation and the Ambiguity of Memory” 3:30 p.m. Oct. 14 upstairs in Kerr Student Center on the upper Westmont campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-10-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Faith, Ethnicity and Reconciliation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/faith-ethnicity-and-reconciliation.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Communication Studies Professor Greg Spencer has completed his first novel, writing it from an idea he had filed away twenty years ago.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-10-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Greg Spencer Writes New Novel 'The Welkening'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/greg-spencer-writes-new-novel-welkening.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The annual Fall Choral Concert featuring Westmont’s Choir, Chamber Singers and Vox Lumina Women’s Chorale will be 8 p.m. Oct. 15 at Santa Barbara's First United Methodist Church, 303 E. Anapamu St. (at Garden). A donation will be requested.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-10-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fall Choral Concert Features Westmont Choirs", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fall-choral-concert-features-westmont-choirs.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A fall faculty concert will be presented by the Westmont music department 8 p.m. Oct. 1 in Deane Chapel on the Westmont campus. The concert is free and open to the public. A reception follows.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-09-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fall Concert Features Westmont Faculty", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fall-concert-features-westmont-faculty.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Philosophy Professor Jim Taylor will speak on “Jesus’ Miracles and Christian Belief” at 7 p.m. Sept. 27 in Hieronymus Lounge, Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-09-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Professor Brings Jesus' Miracles to Life", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-professor-brings-jesus-miracles-life.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Parents and grandparents can discover how to instill family values that have a positive influence on finances during a seminar at Westmont, “The Importance of Worth to Wealth and the Fit Family,” 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 9 in Porter Theatre on the Westmont campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-09-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "What is Money Without Worth", "link": "\/westmont-news\/what-money-without-worth.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "College-bound students in the tri-counties will have an opportunity to meet with professionals from more than 30 leading Christian colleges nationwide at the Ninth Annual West Coast Christian College Fair on 6-8:30 p.m., Sept. 27, at Westmont College (955 La Paz Road).", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-09-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ninth Annual National Christian Fair Comes to Santa Barbara", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ninth-annual-national-christian-fair-comes-santa-barbara.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“The Florence Portfolio: Sacrifice,” a new exhibit featuring a series of intaglio prints done by American artists working in Florence, Italy, runs through Oct. 23 in Reynolds Gallery. An opening reception will be 4-6 p.m. Sept. 9 in the Art Center, on Westmont’s lower campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-08-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Sacrifice Opens at Reynolds Gallery", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sacrifice-opens-reynolds-gallery.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Print Sale and Fair, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Aug. 21, will feature more than 25 artists who will donate 30 percent of all sales to the Westmont printmaking program.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-08-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Print Fair to Benefit Art Center", "link": "\/westmont-news\/print-fair-benefit-art-center.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Building on its reputation for innovative and adventurous theater, Westmont has planned a 2004-05 season that features boldly conceived productions of classic and contemporary plays, dance and visual theater.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-07-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Theatre Arts Announces the 2004-2005 Season", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-theatre-arts-announces-2004-2005-season.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Actor and gifted teacher Mitchell Thomas joins the Westmont faculty as a full-time, tenure-track professor this fall. Also, the famed Russian visual theater ensemble, DO-Theatre, St. Petersburg, will be artists-in-residence in September.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-06-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Stellar Artists Join the Theatre Arts Department", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stellar-artists-join-theatre-arts-department.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara Downtown Rotary Club has awarded Westmont President Stan D. Gaede with a Paul Harris Fellowship in recognition of Gaede’s and the college’s contribution to international understanding and service.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-06-23", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gaede Honored as Paul Harris Fellow", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gaede-honored-paul-harris-fellow.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "What do you get when Ray Bradbury, Neil Simon, Sue Grafton, Christopher Buckley, Gayle Lynds and 350 other writers converge for a week at Westmont? The Santa Barbara Writers Conference!", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-06-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Great Writers, Speakers Coming to Town", "link": "\/westmont-news\/great-writers-speakers-coming-town.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has received a $2.5 million gift from the Adams Family Foundation for the establishment of an endowed chair in music.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-06-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Receives $2.5 Million Gift for Endowed Chair in Music, Worship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-receives-25-million-gift-endowed-chair-music-worship.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi has awarded Wesley Galliher, a chemistry major who graduated in early May from Westmont, a graduate fellowship for the 2004-05 academic year. Wesley will receive $5,000 to aid in his pursuit of a Ph.D. degree in bio-organic or medicinal chemistry. Only 60 students nationwide received the fellowship this year.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-06-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Graduate Awarded National Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-graduate-awarded-national-phi-kappa-phi-scholarship.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery has taken first place in the 24th annual American Association of Museums (AAM) Publications Design Competition. “Every Picture Tells a Story,” designed by art instructor Scott Anderson, was selected as the winner of fund-raising and membership materials.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-06-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Gallery Publication Wins Design Competition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/gallery-publication-wins-design-competition.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is a finalist in the “50 Best Christian Workplaces” survey, published this month by Christianity Today magazine.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-05-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Chosen as One of the Best Places to Work", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-chosen-one-best-places-work.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Is There Other Life in the Universe?” a scientific overview of the prospects for intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, is the next Westmont Downtown Conversation by physics Professor Warren Rogers, 5:30 p.m. May 13, at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-05-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Is There Other Life in The Universe", "link": "\/westmont-news\/there-other-life-universe.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "American Masters of Clay, an exploration of American ceramics, will be on exhibit May 13 through June 25 in Reynolds Gallery. An artists’ reception, open to the public, is 5-7 p.m. May 14 in the college Art Center, on the lower campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-05-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Historical Journey of American Ceramics", "link": "\/westmont-news\/historical-journey-american-ceramics.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Spainhour, who retires this month as chairman of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, will receive the Westmont Medal during graduation ceremonies 10 a.m. May 8 on Russell Carr Field.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-04-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "David Spainhour to Receive Westmont Medal", "link": "\/westmont-news\/david-spainhour-receive-westmont-medal.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four Westmont students have been chosen as Intercultural Leadership awardees for the 2004-05 academic year. Sarah Akinwale, Stephanie Crockett, Laurraine Gereige and Daniel Galicia will each receive a $3,700 award funded by a grant from the Irvine Foundation.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-04-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Four Win Intercultural Leadership Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/four-win-intercultural-leadership-award.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has received a $3 million gift from the estate of a former professor and his wife.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-04-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Receives $3 Million Bequest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-receives-3-million-bequest.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Christian philosopher and Yale Professor Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff will speak at Westmont’s 2004 commencement 10 a.m. May 8 at Russell Carr Athletic Field on campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-04-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Yale Philosopher to Speak at Commencement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/yale-philosopher-speak-commencement.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Theatre and Dance Department presents a New Works Festival, with performances of works by professors and students, 8 p.m. April 30 and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. May 1 in Porter Theatre. Admission is $5.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-04-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Theatre and Dance Offers New Works Festival", "link": "\/westmont-news\/theatre-and-dance-offers-new-works-festival.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Jazz Ensembles, directed by adjunct music professor Ron McCarley, will perform 8 p.m. April 24 in Deane Chapel on Westmont’s lower campus. Admission is free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-03-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ensembles Jazz It Up With Concerts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ensembles-jazz-it-concerts.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Rev. Dr. Craig Bartholomew of Redeemer University College in Toronto will speak on “Athens and Jerusalem: Ingredients in Theological Interpretation” 4 p.m. April 16 in Hieronymus Lounge, in Kerrwood Hall on the upper campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-03-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Biblical Interpretation in a Postmodern Age", "link": "\/westmont-news\/biblical-interpretation-postmodern-age.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont musicians will showcase their skills at the spring concert for the Wind Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra at 8 p.m. April 23 in Deane Chapel on the lower campus. Admission is free and the concert is open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-03-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Musician Showcase Instrumental Virtuosity", "link": "\/westmont-news\/musician-showcase-instrumental-virtuosity.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The annual Spring Choral Concert featuring the Choir, Chamber Singers and Vox Lumina Women’s Chorale will be 8 p.m. April 30 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State St. (at Micheltorena). A free-will donation will be requested.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-03-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Choirs Sing Bach to Folk", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-choirs-sing-bach-folk.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Music Professor Grey Brothers will direct the Westmont Chamber Singers in a Palm Sunday performance of Antonio Rodriguez de Matta's “The Passion According to Matthew,” 7 p.m. April 4 in Deane Chapel, next to the Art Center on the lower campus. The concert is open to the public and admission is free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-03-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chamber Singers to Perform Ancient Mexican “Passion”", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chamber-singers-perform-ancient-mexican-passion.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s graduating art majors’ best work will be displayed during Reynolds Gallery’s annual Senior Art Show, April 13 through May 1. An artists’ reception, which is open to the public, will be 5-7 p.m. April 16 in the Art Center.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-03-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Senior Art Show Majors Show Their Stuff", "link": "\/westmont-news\/senior-art-show-majors-show-their-stuff.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Body Image” is the theme of this year’s Sophomore Project art exhibit at Reynolds Gallery, featuring the work of Westmont art students, March 9 through April 3.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-03-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Exhibition: The Student Show", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-exhibition-student-show.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "British Physicist John Polkinghorne will speak on “Can a Scientist Believe in a Destiny Beyond Death?” 7:30 p.m. March 29 at the University Club in downtown Santa Barbara. The event, sponsored by the college’s Behavioral and Natural Sciences Division, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-03-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Destiny Beyond Death", "link": "\/westmont-news\/destiny-beyond-death.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robert S. Bryant, owner of Bryant and Sons Ltd. Jewelers and a longtime supporter of Westmont and many other non-profit causes in Santa Barbara, was granted emeritus status when he recently completed three years of service with the Westmont Foundation board. 'Stewart Abercrombie is the only other foundation board member who has been granted this special status upon leaving the board. It is reserved for those who contributed of themselves beyond the expectations of a typical board member.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-03-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Bob Bryant Honored for Foundation Service", "link": "\/westmont-news\/bob-bryant-honored-foundation-service-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Professor David Wells will speak on “Spirituality, Not Religion” 4 p.m. March 24 in Hieronymus Lounge. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-03-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Spirituality, Not Religion", "link": "\/westmont-news\/spirituality-not-religion.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "After weeks of putting their speaking and debating skills to the test, student finalists will compete in the 7th Annual Expressions Speech and Debate Tournament Championship at 7 p.m. March 9 in Page Hall Multipurpose Room on the upper Westmont campus. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-03-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Speaking of Champions", "link": "\/westmont-news\/speaking-champions.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont College’s Repertory Theater presents Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” 8 p.m. Feb. 26-28 and March 4-6 with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. March 6 in Porter Theatre. The production, adapted and directed by Professor John Blondell, is a theatrical presentation based on the famous Romantic novel.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-03-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Mary Shelley's “Frankenstein” Comes to Porter Theatre", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mary-shelleys-frankenstein-comes-porter-theatre.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "TechKnowledge Point Corp., founded by David Newton, Westmont professor of entrepreneurial finance, will hold the Spirit of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (SEED) business plan competition and awards luncheon Feb. 20-21 at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-02-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Spirit of Entrepreneurship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/spirit-entrepreneurship.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "In a new body of work by Westmont Art Professor Susan Savage, a simple silver bowl provides an interesting yet poignant point of focus. Humble yet elegant, the bowl tells a story that becomes expressively spiritual in its revelations of mystery and truth.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-01-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Bearing Witness: Recent Paintings by Susan Savage", "link": "\/westmont-news\/bearing-witness-recent-paintings-susan-savage.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Representing the best mathematical minds of their schools, approximately 100 students will compete Feb. 7 at Westmont’s 18th annual High School Mathematics Contest.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-01-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "10 High Schools to Compete at Westmont Mathematics Contest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/10-high-schools-compete-westmont-mathematics-contest.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "David Batstone, professor of social ethics at the University of San Francisco and a writer on popular culture, and film producer Steven Crisman will speak on “Pop Culture with Values: If You Don't Like the News, Go Out and Create Your Own” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 in the Founders Room in the Kerr Student Center.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-01-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pop Culture with Values", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pop-culture-values.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Vocation, Vocationalism, and the Liberal Arts” is the theme of the fourth annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts, Feb. 6-7, hosted by the Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2004-01-12", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Hosts National Conference on Education, Work and Calling", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hosts-national-conference-education-work-and-calling.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Associate Music Professor Steve Butler was honored this year with an ASCAP award for his achievements in the field of concert music.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-12-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Professor Honored for Musical Accomplishments", "link": "\/westmont-news\/professor-honored-musical-accomplishments.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s choral groups present “A Celtic Christmas” 8 p.m. Dec. 12 and 13 at Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Santa Barbara. Admission is free, although a free-will offering will be requested.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-12-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Celtic Christmas in Song", "link": "\/westmont-news\/celtic-christmas-song.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont College Choir, the Westmont Chamber Singers and the Vox Lumina Women’s Chorale present “The Singing Season,” the annual Christmas Choral concert, 8 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7 at Trinity Episcopal Church. Admission is free, but a goodwill offering will be taken. Trinity Episcopal is located at 1500 State St., at the corner of State and Micheltorena streets.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-12-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Tis the Season for Song", "link": "\/westmont-news\/tis-season-song.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The James L. Stamps Foundation has awarded Westmont $100,000 to advance the college’s administrative software system and increase support for spiritual formation projects.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-11-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Stamps Foundation Awards Westmont $100,000", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stamps-foundation-awards-westmont-100000.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Windancers’ fall dance concert, “Random Radiance,” takes abstract expressionism to a new dimension 8 p.m. Dec. 5 and 6 and 2 p.m. Dec. 6 in Porter Theatre.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-11-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fall Dance Concert: Random Radiance", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fall-dance-concert-random-radiance.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Embrace the sounds of Christmas and classical music 8 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Westmont Wind Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra concert in Deane Chapel on Westmont’s lower campus. Admission is free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-11-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Wind Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/wind-ensemble-and-chamber-orchestra-concert.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensembles will present their fall concert 8 p.m. Nov. 22 in Deane Chapel, on Westmont’s lower campus. Admission is free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-11-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensembles Present Fall Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chamber-orchestra-and-wind-ensembles-present-fall-concert.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont jazz band, choir and three combos will perform the best of their work at the Jazz Ensemble Concert, 8 p.m. Nov. 21 in Deane Chapel.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-11-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Jazz Ensemble Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/jazz-ensemble-concert.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Voskuyl Library, in conjunction with Reynolds Gallery’s Christmas show, 'Storytellers,' is exhibiting the work of Itoko Maeno and Bruce Hale, two Santa Barbara children's book illustrators, through Jan. 17, 2004. Maeno, a native of Japan, earned her bachelor of arts degree in graphic design from Tama Art University in Tokyo. Now a resident of Santa Barbara, she has illustrated more than 25 children's books. Four of her titles have won national awards, including the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Picture Book in 1989.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-11-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Library Exhibit Complements Gallery Book Illustrators Show", "link": "\/westmont-news\/library-exhibit-complements-gallery-book-illustrators-show.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Voskuyl Library, in conjunction with Reynolds Gallery’s Christmas show, 'Storytellers,' is exhibiting the work of Itoko Maeno and Bruce Hale, two Santa Barbara children's book illustrators, through Jan. 17, 2004.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-11-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Library Exhibit Complements Gallery Book Illustrators Show", "link": "\/westmont-news\/library-exhibit-complements-gallery-book-illustrators-show-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s first fall dance concert featuring a unique blend of dancing and acting will be 8 p.m. Nov. 15 and 2 and 8 p.m. Nov. 16 in Porter Theatre. Admission is $5 for students and seniors and $8 for general audience.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-11-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dancers, Actors Combine for First Fall Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dancers-actors-combine-first-fall-concert-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "R. Anthony Askew, Allan Nishimura and Robert Wennberg have received the college’s first distinguished professorship award, an honor that recognizes their exceptional commitment to their students and Christian liberal arts education.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-11-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Three Longtime Faculty Receive Distinguished Professorships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/three-longtime-faculty-receive-distinguished-professorships.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The 19th-century battle of Abraham v. Abraham and the questions it poses about religious identity and racism will be presented by Assistant History Professor Chandra Mallampalli at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 in Hieronymus Lounge.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-11-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Racial and Religious Identity in 19th Century Colonial India", "link": "\/westmont-news\/racial-and-religious-identity-19th-century-colonial-india.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Kurt Wenner, Italian muralist, frescoe painter and founder of Santa Barbara’s I Madonnari, will join Westmont Professor of Art Tony Askew in the first of a series of “Conversations About Things that Matter” hosted by Westmont Downtown at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at the University Club at 1332 Santa Barbara St. Admission is free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-11-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "A Conversation on Art: From the Renaissance to the 21st Century", "link": "\/westmont-news\/conversation-art-renaissance-21st-century.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara architect and art collector Barry Berkus has donated a sculpture by environmental artist Robert Lobe to Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-10-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Berkus Donates Sculpture to Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/berkus-donates-sculpture-westmont.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A special evening of readings by Chicano and Chicana poets, “El Espíritu de la Raza\/The Spirit of the People: Chicano\/a Poetry,” will be 7 p.m. Nov. 11 in Hieronymus Lounge.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-10-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chicano\/Chicana Poetry Reading at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chicanochicana-poetry-reading-westmont.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Drawn to the Light: Poems on Rembrandt’s Religious Paintings,” English Professor Marilyn Chandler McEntyre’s second volume of poetry on the works of the great masters, was published this week by Eerdmans. The event, featuring poets from around the West, will also include readings from Westmont, UCSB and Santa Barbara City College students.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-10-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Drawn to the Light' Poetic Reflections on Rembrandt's Great Works", "link": "\/westmont-news\/drawn-light-poetic-reflections-rembrandts-great-works.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Chemistry Professor Stanley Edward Anderson has been selected for a National Research Council Senior Research Associateship award, which has allowed him to conduct studies at the University of California Santa Barbara during a sabbatical.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-10-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Chemistry Professor Receives National Research Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-chemistry-professor-receives-national-research-award.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Philosophy Professor Jim Taylor was recently elected to the executive committee of the Society of Christian Philosophers.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-10-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Philosophy Professor Joins National Committee", "link": "\/westmont-news\/philosophy-professor-joins-national-committee.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Of Sky and Land,” paintings of the New England landscape by Denise Adams, will be on exhibit Oct. 23 through Nov. 2 in Reynolds Gallery. The opening reception will be 4-6 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Westmont Art Center and is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-10-21", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "“Of Sky and Land” Comes to Reynolds", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sky-and-land-comes-reynolds.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Assistant Professor of Philosophy David Vander Laan will speak on “Divine Conservation and Persistence through Time” 7 p.m. Oct. 21 in Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-10-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Professor Examines Existence Through Time", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-professor-examines-existence-through-time.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“The Bourgeois Gentleman,” Moliere’s hilarious comedy that paints a portrait of Monsieur Jourdain, whose obsessive desire to associate with the gentry takes over all reason and moderation, comes to Porter Theatre in November.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-10-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pomposity, Hilarity Meet in 'The Bourgeois Gentleman'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pomposity-hilarity-meet-bourgeois-gentleman.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“A Fall Festival of Choral Music” will be presented by the Westmont choirs 8 p.m. Oct. 24 at San Roque Catholic Church in Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-10-16", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fall Choral Fest Features Unusual Poem", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fall-choral-fest-features-unusual-poem.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sophocles’ “Antigone,” the classic dramatic text of a young woman struggling against the law, will be told through music and dance in the Westmont Theatre department’s presentation 8 p.m. Oct. 24, 25 and 31 and Nov. and 2 in Porter Theatre.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-10-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "\"Antigone" Takes the Stage at Porter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/antigone-takes-stage-porter-1.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Chemistry professor Nivaldo Tro is the author of a new textbook, “Introductory Chemistry,” published by the nation’s top chemistry textbook publisher, Prentice Hall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-10-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Chemistry Professor Pens Textbook", "link": "\/westmont-news\/chemistry-professor-pens-textbook.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Reynolds Gallery’s Christmas 2003 exhibit, “Storytellers: Children’s Book Illustrators,” featuring the work of three of the nation’s premier children’s book illustrators, opens Nov. 3 and runs through Jan. 17, 2004.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-09-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Holiday Show Features Book Illustrators", "link": "\/westmont-news\/holiday-show-features-book-illustrators.html", "image": "http:\/\/www.westmont.edu\/_news\/pages\/press_releases\/images\/gary_kelley_image_lg.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Admission is free; no reservations are required.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-09-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'The Importance of Being (Fairly) Earnest'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/importance-being-fairly-earnest.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "An exhibit of the emotionally charged and thought-provoking paintings of Chicago artist Tim Lowly, inspired by his severely developmentally disabled daughter, opens the fall season at Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery. “Trouble the Water” runs Aug. 20-Oct. 19.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-09-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "'Trouble the Water' Comes to Reynolds", "link": "\/westmont-news\/trouble-water-comes-reynolds.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont's student performance of its first original production, “The Mariner,” directed by theater Professor John Blondell, will be reprised Oct. 4 and 5 during the internationally acclaimed Lit Moon Theatre Festival in downtown Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-09-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The Mariner Reprised at Lit Moon", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mariner-reprised-lit-moon.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "San Diego author and physician David Peck will present a slide show and lecture on his book, “Or Perish in the Attempt: Wilderness Medicine in the Lewis and Clark Expedition,” 7 p.m. Oct. 6 in Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall on Westmont’s upper campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-09-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lewis and Clark and Wilderness Medicine", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lewis-and-clark-and-wilderness-medicine.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Princeton Professor Albert Raboteau will speak on “Healing the Wounds of Racism: The Role of Memory and Mourning” 4 p.m. Oct. 2 in Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall on the upper Westmont campus. The lecture, sponsored by the Erasmus Society, is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-09-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Healing Racism's Hurts: Memory and Mourning", "link": "\/westmont-news\/healing-racisms-hurts-memory-and-mourning.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "'Two Westmont employees have been promoted to new jobs in recent weeks.'", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-09-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Staff Promotions at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/staff-promotions-westmont.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has joined nearly 300 other institutions in launching the nation’s first prepaid tuition plan for private colleges and universities: the Independent 529 Plan.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-09-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Joins Tuition Consortium", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-joins-tuition-consortium-1.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Photographer David Holt, painter Karin Young and art collector Nancy Wood have joined the Westmont Art Council.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-09-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Art Council Welcomes New Members", "link": "\/westmont-news\/art-council-welcomes-new-members.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dr. Edward Birch, who retired as executive vice president of Westmont in 2001, and Roy Goble of Pleasanton have joined the college’s board of trustees.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-08-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Birch, Goble Join Westmont Trustees", "link": "\/westmont-news\/birch-goble-join-westmont-trustees.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Award-winning filmmaker and professor Elizabeth Morgan will present “Veiled Truth: Reading Assia Djebar from the Outside” 3:30 p.m. Sept. 15 in Hieronymus Lounge in Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-08-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Filmmaker to Discuss Algerian Novelist", "link": "\/westmont-news\/filmmaker-discuss-algerian-novelist-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is listed among the nation’s top 100 liberal arts colleges in the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings, which were released today.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-08-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Moves up in National Ranking", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-moves-national-ranking.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "An exhibit of the emotionally charged and thought-provoking paintings of Chicago artist Tim Lowly, inspired by his severely developmentally disabled daughter, opens the fall season at Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery. “Trouble the Water” runs Aug. 20-Oct. 19.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-07-26", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "“Trouble the Water” Comes to Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/trouble-water-comes-westmont.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Excavating the Image: Biblical Subjects by Wayne Forte,” featuring the powerful, monumental paintings and charcoal drawings of Orange County-based Forte, opens Aug. 18 in Reynolds Gallery.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-07-24", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Wayne Forte's Bold Work Comes to Reynolds", "link": "\/westmont-news\/wayne-fortes-bold-work-comes-reynolds.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Santa Barbara-based Lit Moon Theatre Company’s production of “Hamlet,” directed by Westmont Professor John Blondell, received the top award for drama at the 13th Montreal Fringe Festival in June.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-07-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lit Moon's ‘Hamlet’ Takes Top Prize in Montreal", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lit-moons-hamlet-takes-top-prize-montreal.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Director of Admissions Joyce Luy was honored with the Guidance Professional of the Year Award at the National Association of Christian College Admissions Professionals (NACCAP) annual conference at Seattle Pacific University in June.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-07-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Admissions Director Luy Honored", "link": "\/westmont-news\/admissions-director-luy-honored.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has joined the Santa Barbara Book Council, Public Library System and the libraries of UCSB and City College in celebrating reading with “Santa Barbara Reads!”", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-07-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Santa Barbara Reads! with Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/santa-barbara-reads-westmont.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has received a gift of $420,468 from the Volentine Charitable Remainder Unitrust, established by the late Myatt W. and Mary Genevieve Volentine of Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-06-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "College Receives $420,000 From Volentine Trust", "link": "\/westmont-news\/college-receives-420000-volentine-trust.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three hundred and fifty fledgling writers will gather at Westmont College for the 30th Santa Barbara Writers' Conference from June 21-28.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-06-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Writers Gather for Annual Conference", "link": "\/westmont-news\/writers-gather-annual-conference.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Five Westmont students received awards during the Student Research Symposium held April 16 on campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-06-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Students Win Science Research Awards", "link": "\/westmont-news\/students-win-science-research-awards.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, based in New York City, has awarded Westmont a $30,000 matching grant to enhance the capabilities of its nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer, which will improve students’ ability to do first-rate research.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-06-06", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dreyfus Foundation Grants $30,000 For Spectrometer", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dreyfus-foundation-grants-30000-spectrometer.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“About Face,” a juried theme show, will be on exhibit May 22 through June 27 in Reynolds Gallery. The opening reception and awards presentation will be 5-7 p.m. May 23 in the Westmont Art Center and is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-05-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reynolds Presents 'About Face'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reynolds-presents-about-face.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lisa Beamer, wife of 9-11 victim Todd Beamer and author of “Let’s Roll,” the heroic story of United Flight 93, will address Westmont’s class of 2003 at commencement ceremonies 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. May 3 in Murchison Gymnasium. Expected rain forced the services inside, and because of very limited seating, commencement is not open to the public this year.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-05-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "“Let's Roll” Author Lisa Beamer to Speak at Commencement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lets-roll-author-lisa-beamer-speak-commencement-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dr. Shirley Mullen, professor of history and Westmont’s interim academic dean, has been appointed provost effective Aug. 1. She will be the first woman to serve in that capacity in the college’s 65-year history.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-05-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Appoints First Woman Provost", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-appoints-first-woman-provost.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont student Eric Knopf of Troutdale, Ore., won first prize for the southwest region in the 2003 Global Students Entrepreneur Awards Program.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-30", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Student Wins Entrepreneur Award", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-student-wins-entrepreneur-award.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Love and science don’t mix. Or do they? Westmont Biology Professor Jeff Schloss speaks about “The Science of Love: What Biology is Discovering About Caring Relationships” 5:30 p.m. May 8 at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St., in downtown Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "What Can Science Tell Us About Love? Plenty!", "link": "\/westmont-news\/what-can-science-tell-us-about-love-plenty.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Acclaimed authors Joseph Wambaugh, Elizabeth Berg, Clive Cussler, Fannie Flagg and Ray Bradbury are among the scheduled speakers for the 31st Santa Barbara Writers' Conference, June 20-27 at Westmont College.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "SBWC to Feature Wambaugh, Cussler, Berg", "link": "\/westmont-news\/sbwc-feature-wambaugh-cussler-berg.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Windancers and theatre arts students will present their newest pieces at a New Works Festival 8 p.m. April 24 and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. April 26 in Porter Theatre. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 for general admission.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-22", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dance and Theatre Present New Works Festival", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dance-and-theatre-present-new-works-festival-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The annual Senior Art Show opens April 22 and runs through May 4 in Reynolds Gallery. The reception, which is free and open to the public, is 4-6 p.m. April 26.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reynolds Features Seniors' Art Work", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reynolds-features-seniors-art-work.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lord Paul and Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree will receive the Westmont Medal during graduation ceremonies 10 a.m. May 3 on Russell Carr Field.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ridley-Trees to Receive Westmont Medal", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ridley-trees-receive-westmont-medal.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont music instructors William Nield Christensen and Celeste Tavera will perform a faculty recital 1:30 p.m. April 21 in Deane Chapel on Westmont’s lower campus. Admission is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Music Faculty to Give Solo Voice Recital", "link": "\/westmont-news\/music-faculty-give-solo-voice-recital.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s choral groups unite for their annual spring concert 8 p.m. April 19 at Trinity Episcopal Church. Admission is free, but a free-will donation will be requested.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Choirs Sing in the Spring", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-choirs-sing-spring.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ron Shelton, director of the 1988 Oscar-nominated film “Bull Durham” and a 1967 alumnus of Westmont, will speak on “Ideas of Redemption in Popular Culture” 3:30 p.m. April 18 in Porter Theatre. The event is open to the public and admission is free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Alumnus, Filmmaker Ron Shelton", "link": "\/westmont-news\/alumnus-filmmaker-ron-shelton.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The annual spring Wind and String Ensemble Concert will feature the wind and string ensembles in a joint concert 8 p.m. April 15 in Porter Theatre. Admission is free.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Wind and String Ensembles to Perform", "link": "\/westmont-news\/wind-and-string-ensembles-perform.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Professor James Barr will present “The Depictions of the Hebrew Prophets: Regularity and Surprise” 4:30 p.m. April 9 in Page Hall Multipurpose Room on Westmont’s upper campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-09", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Hebrew Bible Lecture Series Begins", "link": "\/westmont-news\/hebrew-bible-lecture-series-begins.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Award-winning filmmaker and professor Elizabeth Morgan will present “Veiled Truth: Reading Assia Djebar from the Outside” 3:30 p.m. April 7 in Hieronymus Lounge in Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Filmmaker to Discuss Algerian Novelist", "link": "\/westmont-news\/filmmaker-discuss-algerian-novelist.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robert S. Bryant, owner of Bryant and Sons Ltd. Jewelers and a longtime supporter of Westmont and many other non-profit causes in Santa Barbara, was granted emeritus status when he recently completed three years of service with the Westmont Foundation board.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-05", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Bob Bryant Honored for Foundation Service", "link": "\/westmont-news\/bob-bryant-honored-foundation-service.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s annual Student Research Symposium celebrates the accomplishments of student researchers from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. April 16 upstairs in Kerr Student Center. Admission is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Symposium Highlights Student Science Research", "link": "\/westmont-news\/symposium-highlights-student-science-research.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“A Celebration of North American Choral Music” will be presented by the Westmont College Choir, Chamber Singers and Vox Lumina Women’s Chorale 8 p.m. April 11 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State St. in Santa Barbara. Admission is free; however a donation for the music program will be requested.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Spring Choral Concert Features North American Works", "link": "\/westmont-news\/spring-choral-concert-features-north-american-works.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Windancers and theatre arts students will present their newest pieces at a New Works Festival 8 p.m. April 24 and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. April 26 in Porter Theatre. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 for general admission.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dance and Theatre Present New Works Festival", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dance-and-theatre-present-new-works-festival.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robert Ludwick, a 1974 Westmont graduate, is the new chairman of the Westmont Foundation Board of Directors, accepting the gavel from Gerd Jordano, who served as chair for two years.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ludwick Named Chair of Westmont Foundation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ludwick-named-chair-westmont-foundation-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont Chancellor David Winter and recently retired Executive Vice President for Advancement Glen Adams have joined the board of directors of the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission, board President Steen Hudson announced.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "David Winter, Glen Adams Join Santa Barbara Rescue Mission Board", "link": "\/westmont-news\/david-winter-glen-adams-join-santa-barbara-rescue-mission-board.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "J. Clifton Lundberg, former chief operations and finance officer of PostX Corp., a Silicon Valley software company, has been named executive vice president of the college by President Stan D. Gaede, effective May 1.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Lundberg Named Executive Vice President", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lundberg-named-executive-vice-president.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The chief academic resource of any institution of higher education is its faculty and staff. But these committed people rely on programs and facilities which enhance learning.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Academic Resources", "link": "\/westmont-news\/academic-resources.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont is listed among the “Best Colleges in America to Study Entrepreneurship” by Irvine-based Entrepreneur magazine.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Entrepreneurship Program", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-entrepreneurship-program.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The James Irvine Foundation has awarded Westmont $400,000 over three years under its Campus Diversity Program. To prepare graduates for effective citizenship in an increasingly multicultural world, Westmont will use the funds to enroll more students of color and to achieve college goals on diversity.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-04-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Given $400,000 for Diversity Efforts", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-given-400000-diversity-efforts.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Read My Lips: The Compelling Case Against Civility,” a Phi Kappa Phi lecture on understanding reasons for uncivil behavior, will be given by Associate Communication Studies Professor Michael Giuliano 7 p.m. March 31 in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-03-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Seeking Civility", "link": "\/westmont-news\/seeking-civility.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont's student business venture team took first prize in the Sixth Annual Midwest Enterprise Creation Competition at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., over the weekend.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-03-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Student Team Wins National Business Plan Competition", "link": "\/westmont-news\/student-team-wins-national-business-plan-competition.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Twelve Westmont students received David K. Winter Character Through Student Leadership Awards during a ceremony on campus March 19.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-03-19", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Students Receive Leadership Awards", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-students-receive-leadership-awards.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "After 127 debates, 70 speeches and 179 judging assignments, the finals of Westmont’s 6th Annual Expressions Speech and Debate Tournament came to a close March 5 with victories by sophomore Josh Cox for the debates, freshman Brad Wiegel for persuasive speaking and junior Clark Morgan for interpretive speaking.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-03-18", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "The Power of Disclosure", "link": "\/westmont-news\/power-disclosure.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Lisa Beamer, wife of 9-11 victim Todd Beamer and author of “Let's Roll,” the heroic story of United Flight 93, will address Westmont's class of 2003 at commencement ceremonies 10 a.m. May 3 on Russell Carr Field. Commencement is open to the public; however, seating is limited.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-03-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "“Let's Roll” Author Lisa Beamer to Speak at Commencement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/lets-roll-author-lisa-beamer-speak-commencement.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Fletcher Jones Foundation has given $500,000 to Westmont for the acquisition of new science equipment.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-03-17", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Fletcher Jones Foundation Grant", "link": "\/westmont-news\/fletcher-jones-foundation-grant.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Robert Ludwick, a 1974 Westmont graduate, is the new chairman of the Westmont Foundation Board of Directors, accepting the gavel from Gerd Jordano, who served as chair for two years.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-03-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Ludwick Named Chair of Westmont Foundation", "link": "\/westmont-news\/ludwick-named-chair-westmont-foundation.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Howard Figler, Ph.D., a nationally known speaker, author and seminar leader, will teach a workshop for career professionals and students, “Essence and Ego: Is it Your Career or Theirs?” 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 7 in the Founders Room in Kerr Student Center.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-03-07", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Career Counseling Workshop Features", "link": "\/westmont-news\/career-counseling-workshop-features.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Bob Kuntz, who has served for more than 30 years in higher education, has been named registrar at Westmont, effective March 1.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-03-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Bob Kuntz, named registrar at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/bob-kuntz-named-registrar-westmont.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Franz Joseph Haydn’s dramatic Mass, “Missa in tempore belli,” will be performed by the Westmont College Choir and Chamber Singers at the fourth annual Choral Masterworks Concert, 8 p.m. March 5 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State St. in downtown Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-03-04", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Masterworks Concert to Feature Haydn Mass", "link": "\/westmont-news\/masterworks-concert-feature-haydn-mass.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont’s first fall dance concert featuring a unique blend of dancing and acting will be 8 p.m. Nov. 15 and 2 and 8 p.m. Nov. 16 in Porter Theatre. Admission is $5 for students and seniors and $8 for general audience.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-03-03", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Dancers, Actors Combine for First Fall Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/dancers-actors-combine-first-fall-concert.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "English Professor Paul Willis' 24-page chapbook, “The Deep and Secret Color of Ice,” was selected as the winner in an annual national competition sponsored by Small Poetry Press in Concord, Calif.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-03-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Poetry Collection Wins National Contest", "link": "\/westmont-news\/poetry-collection-wins-national-contest-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "March 1, 2003", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-03-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Emergency Response Statement", "link": "\/westmont-news\/emergency-response-statement-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Mozart's “Requiem” and Vivaldi's sparkling “Magnificat” will highlight Westmont's Third Annual Masterworks Concert, 8 p.m. Feb. 7 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State St. in Santa Barbara. Admission, by donation, is $10 for general audience and $7 for students and seniors.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-02-13", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Masterworks Concert to Feature ‘Requiem’", "link": "\/westmont-news\/masterworks-concert-feature-requiem-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Four exceptional high school seniors have been offered full-tuition scholarships to Westmont after they successfully competed against 26 others during the college’s recent Scholars Day.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-02-10", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Four Students Offered Full-Tuition Scholarships", "link": "\/westmont-news\/four-students-offered-full-tuition-scholarships-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“The Mariner,” an original piece of visual theatre inspired by Homer’s great epic poem “The Odyssey” will be presented by the Westmont College Repertory Theatre 8 p.m. Feb. 21, 27 and 28 in Porter Theatre. There will be matinee performances at 2 p.m. Feb. 22 and March 1. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 for general audience.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-02-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "‘The Mariner’ Explores Associations of Home", "link": "\/westmont-news\/mariner-explores-associations-home-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Educating for Justice: Liberal Education and the Development of Just Members of Society,” is the focus of Westmont’s third annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts, Jan. 31 through Feb. 1.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-01-31", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Liberal Arts Institute", "link": "\/westmont-news\/liberal-arts-institute-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Yale University Professor Lamin Sanneh is one of two esteemed scholars scheduled to speak at Westmont this academic year in the college’s World Christianity Lecture Series, a new series sponsored by the college’s history and religious studies departments, among others.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-01-29", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Leading Scholars on World Christianity Come to Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/leading-scholars-world-christianity-come-westmont-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont and the Santa Barbara Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse have received the first installment of a nearly $1.2 million bequest from the estate of Virginia Perle, which will be split evenly between the recipients.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-01-28", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "$1.2 Million Given to Westmont, Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse", "link": "\/westmont-news\/12-million-given-westmont-council-alcoholism-and-drug-abuse-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Precious in His Sight,” a service of healing and racial reconciliation open to the greater Santa Barbara community, will be 7 p.m. Jan. 27 at Page Hall on the upper Westmont campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-01-27", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Precious in His Sight: A Ronciliation Service", "link": "\/westmont-news\/precious-his-sight-ronciliation-service-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "“Photographs and Artifacts: A Southwestern Chronicle,” featuring works by Raymond Reid and Henry and Mary Weaver, opens Jan. 27 in Reynolds Gallery.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-01-25", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Reynolds to Feature Native American Exhibit", "link": "\/westmont-news\/reynolds-feature-native-american-exhibit-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Andrew Walls, the second scholar participating in Westmont’s World Christianity and Global Encounters of the 21st Century lecture series, will discuss “Conversion and Proselytism in a Multifaith, Multiethnic World” 7 p.m. Jan. 29 at First Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-01-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Missionaries and Multiculturism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/missionaries-and-multiculturism-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "John Nava, the painter who designed the tapestries in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, will discuss the cathedral tapestries 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15 in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. The event is free and open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-01-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "L.A. Cathedral Tapestry Designer to Speak at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/la-cathedral-tapestry-designer-speak-westmont-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Award-winning pianist Sam Rotman, who earned two degrees from Juilliard, will present a free recital at 8 p.m. Jan. 13 in Porter Theatre on the Westmont campus.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-01-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Pianist Rotman to Perform at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/pianist-rotman-perform-westmont-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has joined nearly 300 other institutions in launching the nation’s first prepaid tuition plan for private colleges and universities: the Independent 529 Plan.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-01-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Joins Tuition Consortium", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-joins-tuition-consortium-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The John Stauffer Charitable Trust, based in Pasadena, has awarded Westmont $400,000 to purchase much-needed chemistry equipment that will enhance students’ ability to do first-rate research.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2003-01-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Stauffer Trust Awards Westmont $400,000 for Chemistry Equipment", "link": "\/westmont-news\/stauffer-trust-awards-westmont-400000-chemistry-equipment-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont has scheduled two community conversations about its Campus Master Plan Update followed by tours of the plan site from 9 to 11 a.m. Nov. 16 and Nov. 23.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2002-11-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont to Hold 'Community Conversations'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-hold-community-conversations-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Photographs by Brad Elliott of locations and objects used in worship will be featured in the Reynolds Gallery holiday exhibit, “The Art of Devotion” from Nov. 11 through Jan. 18, 2003.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2002-11-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Photographs Capture the 'Art of Devotion'", "link": "\/westmont-news\/photographs-capture-art-devotion-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The National Science Foundation has awarded a $96,000 grant to Westmont as part of a collaboration of 10 small colleges and universities to build a highly efficient large-area neutron detector, the Modular Neutron Array (MoNA). More than $700,000 has been awarded for the entire project.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2002-11-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "National Science Foundation Grant", "link": "\/westmont-news\/national-science-foundation-grant-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Sophocles’ “Antigone,” the classic dramatic text of a young woman struggling against the law, will be told through music and dance in the Westmont Theatre department’s presentation 8 p.m. Oct. 24, 25 and 31 and Nov. and 2 in Porter Theatre.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2002-10-11", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "\"Antigone" Takes the Stage at Porter", "link": "\/westmont-news\/antigone-takes-stage-porter-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Local artist Rafael Parea de la Cabada will oversee “Revelation in Genesis,” a semester-long project involving Westmont students next fall. A $15,000 grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship will fund the project. Parea will oversee three groups of students who will create three works of art to be displayed on campus: one in Page residence hall, one for the space used for chapel and one on the Voskuyl Library lawn. The works are intended to express the Christ-centered character of living, learning and worshipping at Westmont.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2002-09-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Renewal Grant Links Art and Worship", "link": "\/westmont-news\/renewal-grant-links-art-and-worship-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "An updated campus master plan for Westmont College is under consideration by Santa Barbara County planning officials, who have determined that the plan will not cause significant environmental impacts that cannot be mitigated.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2002-07-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "County Considers Westmont Master Plan", "link": "\/westmont-news\/county-considers-westmont-master-plan-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "A series of works created in the aftermath of Sept. 11 and titled “Freedom” by Art Professor John Carlander will be exhibited May 17 through July 27 at Westmont's Reynolds Gallery.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2002-05-15", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Response to 9-11 'Freedom' Series Comes to Reynolds Gallery", "link": "\/westmont-news\/response-9-11-freedom-series-comes-reynolds-gallery-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The internationally acclaimed actress Helena Hale will perform her one-woman play, “Artemisia Gentileschi, Of Lies and Truth,” 7:30 p.m. May 10 in Porter Theatre on the Westmont campus. Admission is $10 for general audience and $7.50 for Reynolds Gallery members.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2002-05-08", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Helena Hale to Perform 'Artemisia' at Westmont", "link": "\/westmont-news\/helena-hale-perform-artemisia-westmont-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Three generations will gather for Commencement at 10 a.m. May 4 on Carr Field to celebrate the latest recipient in the family of a Westmont degree.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2002-05-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Three Generations to Celebrate Graduation; MacDougall to Receive Westmont Medal", "link": "\/westmont-news\/three-generations-celebrate-graduation-macdougall-receive-westmont-medal-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Ten National Merit Scholars are among Westmont’s incoming class this fall, representing – for the third year in a row – the strongest class academically in college history. First-year students will arrive on campus Aug. 21 for orientation, and classes begin Aug. 26.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2002-05-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Incoming Class Strongest in College History", "link": "\/westmont-news\/incoming-class-strongest-college-history-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has named Westmont as a winner of the 2002 Circle of Excellence in Educational Fund-Raising Award, which honors superior fund-raising programs across the country. The award comes as Westmont’s capital campaign, which raised more than $56 million, is coming to a close.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2002-05-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont Honored for Fund-Raising", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-honored-fund-raising-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Westmont President Stan Gaede has a new book out: “An Incomplete Guide to the Rest of Your Life: On the Road to Meaning, Purpose & Happiness,” published by InterVarsity Press.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2002-05-01", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Westmont President's New Book: “An Incomplete Guide to Life...”", "link": "\/westmont-news\/westmont-presidents-new-book-incomplete-guide-life-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Twelve students received David K. Winter Character through Servant Leadership Awards during a special ceremony April 18, 2002.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2002-04-20", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "David K. Winter Honors Servant Leaders", "link": "\/westmont-news\/david-k-winter-honors-servant-leaders-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "The Westmont Jazz Band offers its annual spring concert 8 p.m. April 16 in Deane Chapel on Westmont’s lower campus. Admission is free and the concert is open to the public.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2002-04-14", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Jazz Band to Perform Spring Concert", "link": "\/westmont-news\/jazz-band-perform-spring-concert-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" }, { "excerpt": "Dr. Stephen W. Hosea, medical director of the infection control department at Cottage Hospital, will speak on “Facing the Fear: What You Need to Know About Bioterrorism” 7 p.m. April 4 at Victoria Hall, 33 W. Victoria St. in downtown Santa Barbara.", "author": "Westmont", "publish-date": "2002-04-02", "subtitle": "1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...", "title": "Facing the Fear: A Look at Bioterrorism", "link": "\/westmont-news\/facing-fear-look-bioterrorism-0.html", "image": "\/_resources\/images\/placeholders\/news-listing.jpg", "category": "" } ]