<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/westmont-news/vice-president-and-dean-students-retire.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>04/01/2013</pubDate><title>Vice President and Dean of Students to Retire</title><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.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/blogs-legacy/2013/03/HigaJane1-325x443.jpg" alt="Jane Higa"/>
        </image><caption>Jane Higa</caption><description>1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...</description></item>