<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/westmont-news/homecoming-lauds-kootstra-niequist.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>09/21/2018</pubDate><title>Homecoming Lauds Kootstra, Niequist</title><excerpt>Westmont will honor Howard Kootstra ’76, CEO and founder of Golden Empire Mortgage, and Shauna Niequist ’98, New York Times best-selling author, as Alumnus and Alumna of the Year during Homecoming 2018, Oct. 12-14. Dave Dettoni ’88, director of operations for Sudan Relief Fund, will receive the Global Service Award, and Alana Woodin ’10, educator at Orange Cove High School, has earned the Young Alumni Award. The college will present the awards at the All-Alumni Brunch on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 10 a.m. on Magnolia Lawn next to Westmont’s Voskuyl Library. Tickets, which cost $30 each, must be purchased online by Friday, Oct. 5. General admission to Homecoming costs $10 per adult and can be purchased online at westmont.edu/homecoming.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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