<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/westmont-news/new-students-explore-thrive-wilderness.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>07/31/2012</pubDate><title>New Students Explore, Thrive in Wilderness</title><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.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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