Dan Lepse wasn’t prepared for his daughter, Sammy ’19, to attend Westmont. She turned down both his alma mater, the University of Washington, and his employer, Seattle Pacific University. Instead, she fell in love with Westmont when she visited with her mother, Tricia. Dan felt trepidation at his oldest child traveling so far from home for college. “All of my concerns evaporated during Orientation,” he wrote in a letter to President Gayle D. Beebe shortly before Sammy graduated. “The campus and location are beautiful, but it was your staff who won me over. Every speaker during Orientation was impressive, each of them sincere and eloquent in their own unique way.” 1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...