<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/magazine/spring-2021/westmont-leads-action.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Westmont Leads with Action</title><excerpt>The threat to cancel the national Advancing Women in Leadership (AWIL) conference this year led to its redesign as a virtual event. Westmont’s success with virtual events in 2020 convinced Irene Neller, vice president for enrollment, marketing and communications, to quickly lead with action. A Women’s Leadership Task Force commissioned by Shirley Hoogstra, president of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), unanimously selected Westmont to serve as host for the first-ever virtual conference to continue the momentum with the sixth annual AWIL.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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