<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/summer-2011/opening-educational-opportunities-students-all-backgrounds.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Opening Educational Opportunities for Students from All Backgrounds</title><excerpt>Reggie Williams ’95 played basketball in college and formed his identity as an African-American athlete. He came to Westmont to study Greek, Hebrew and theology but didn’t see himself in an academic career; that was something white people did. After graduating, he served as a youth pastor, played professional basketball in Australia and returned to Westmont for four years as resident director in Ocean View with his wife, Stacy Burkleo Williams ’95. He finally found his calling through a master’s program at Fuller Theological Seminary in theology and college student affairs.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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