Teen Math Whizzes Solve their Way to Victory
By Scott Craig   |   February 25, 2025

The mathletes of Dos Pueblos High School claimed top honors, beating seven other regional high schools at Westmont’s 36th annual Mathematics Field Day on February 8. They won the 9-10th grade College Bowl and the 11-12th grade Chalk Talk to claim overall victories in both grade levels. Oaks Christian claimed the 9-10th grade Written Team […]

Researchers Win Prize to Examine Homelessness
By Scott Craig   |   January 28, 2025

A Westmont student and professor have won the Hatfield Prize, which will allow them to conduct research this semester through interviewing churches, nonprofits and government agencies who are preventing and addressing homelessness in Santa Barbara. Kate Robinson, a sophomore political science major, has received $5,000 and Katherine Bryant, assistant professor of political science, has received […]

 

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By Scott Craig   |   January 21, 2025

A Westmont biology class is celebrating the growing success of an oak woodland restoration project in the barranca along the westside of Westmont’s campus. Nearly all of the 60 coast live oaks that were planted along the dry Westmont Creek in November 2023 are surviving and many have grown more than three feet tall.  Students […]

Nursing Grads Implored to Offer Work to God
By Scott Craig   |   January 14, 2025

The fourth cohort of Westmont Downtown Grotenhuis Nursing graduates were celebrated at a pinning ceremony in front of friends and family December 12 at Montecito Covenant Church.  In his opening remarks, President Gayle D. Beebe addressed the energy and love the graduates developed with each other and their rapport with their faculty. “We’re grateful for […]

Star Party Features Saturn, Jupiter 
By Scott Craig   |   December 24, 2024

Westmont’s final monthly stargazing event of 2024 features our solar system’s two gas giants, as well as Orion, the Owl Cluster, and the Andromeda galaxy – on Friday, December 20, at 6:30 pm and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. Along with the college’s powerful Keck Telescope, members of the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit […]

Montecito Union Renovation Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
By Leana Orsua   |   December 17, 2024

The completion of several anticipated renovation projects – some a decade in the making – brought together Montecito Union School students, parents, and educators for a ribbon-cutting celebration.  Using a set of giant ceremonial scissors, MUS Principal Nick Bruski cut the ribbon leading to the school’s newly refurbished Towbes Library and Innovation Laboratory – a […]

Women Engineers Rule Racing Day
By Scott Craig   |   December 17, 2024

Westmont’s 12 junior engineering students battled in a three-part competition as part of their Machine Design course that included racing and jumping the 500-piece remote-control car they had created in front of Kerrwood Hall on Dec. 5.  In the end, it was the women who shined with the team of Grace Morgan and Ainsley Martin […]

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  • Luncheon Features Former USAID Head 
    By Scott Craig   |   December 17, 2024

    The Westmont Women’s Leadership Council Luncheon features Henrietta Holsman Fore – a recognized leader in business, corporate boards, the U.S. government, the United Nations and nonprofit organizations – on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, 12-1:30 pm at Montecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold Spring Road, Santa Barbara. A limited number of tickets, which cost $150 per person, […]

    Festive Holiday Art Sale
    By Scott Craig   |   December 10, 2024

    The Westmont Art Department’s annual Holiday Art Sale features handmade work by students, faculty and alumni on Friday, Dec. 6 from 11 am – 4 pm along the second floor of Adams Center for the Visual Arts and in the design and craft studios. A portion of sales support art student scholarship fund.  This festival […]

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    Helping Students Achieve Their College Dream
    By Scott Craig   |   December 3, 2024

    More than 170 high school students and their families attended Affording Your College Dream, a community event that explores the best ways low-income students can fund a college education. The annual event, hosted by Westmont in partnership with several county education initiatives, included Resilience, Education, Adventure, Community and Health (REACH), Program for Effective Access to […]

    Exploring Exotic Isotopes
    By Scott Craig   |   December 3, 2024

    Westmont students Josef Bingener (‘25) and Ethan Camp (’27) have participated in a novel nuclear physics experiment with Professor Robert Haring-Kaye. They traveled to Florida State University (FSU) to study the structural properties of an exotic isotope of gallium (72Ga) that survives for only a few hours before decaying to a different isotope.  “We’re interested […]

    Stargazing Features Beaver Moon, Owl Cluster
    By Scott Craig   |   November 19, 2024

    The November public stargazing event will feature a Beaver Moon, Owl Cluster and two gas giants, Saturn and Jupiter, on Friday, Nov. 15 – beginning at 6 pm and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. The college hosts a free public viewing on the third Friday of every month in conjunction with the Santa […]

    Jensen Lands in New Science Chair
    By Scott Craig   |   November 12, 2024

    Daniel Jensen will be officially installed as the James R. and Eleanor S. Allder professor of science and technology in a formal, public ceremony Friday, Nov. 8th at 10:30 am in Murchison Gym. Jensen has directed Westmont’s burgeoning engineering program since it began in fall 2021. Jensen will speak at a panel discussion, “Considering Technology, […]

    Get Spaced Out at Monthly Star Party
    By Scott Craig   |   October 22, 2024

    Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope takes aim at Saturn and a supermoon at this month’s free public stargazing event on Friday, Oct. 18, beginning about 7 pm and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory. The college hosts a monthly star party on the third Friday of each month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical […]

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