<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/fall-2020/stand-out-student-now-stands-teacher.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Stand-out Student Now Stands as Teacher</title><excerpt>Allison Judy ’19 (left) fell in love with chemistry as a first-year Westmont student in a class with Professor Michael Everest. She enjoyed “the intricate logic and creativity revealed in the study of science—and labs are always fun! The academic rigor and support from the Chemistry Department enabled me to deepen my understanding and become an expert in my field,” she says. But she remembers her Westmont education as more than just intellectually rigorous and stimulating. “Westmont helped me overcome the tendency to compartmentalize intellectual discoveries from the actual principles that direct my life,” she says.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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