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A 60-year soccer tradition is getting a new look this spring while benefiting a globally recognized local charity. Since 1966, Westmont and UC Santa Barbara have faced off in one of the Central Coast’s longest-running athletic rivalries. For decades, the match served as a preseason staple in August. However, with Westmont’s recent transition to NCAA […]
The Westmont Observatory opens to the public Friday, April 17, after 7:30 pm for a night of stargazing that will feature views of Jupiter and the star pair Mizar and Alcor. The event is expected to last several hours. Mizar and Alcor, located in the handle of the Big Dipper, are two pairs of double […]
Photos by Brad Elliott A Westmont Downtown Lecture will explore AI’s real-world implications on Thursday, April 23, at 5:30 pm at Westmont Downtown | Keith Center, 29 W. Anapamu St. The talk, “AI and Our Shared Future: Opportunities, Challenges and What’s at Stake,” features Mike Ryu, Westmont assistant professor of mathematics and computer science, and […]
From April 9 to May 9 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum, fourteen graduating art majors will present their capstone projects in an exhibition that reencounters their cultural identity, family history & patterns, and art historical traditions. There will be a free, public opening reception for Reencounter on Thursday, April 9, from 4-6 pm in the […]
As the academic year draws to a close, the Westmont music department is set to showcase a global repertoire in a series of final concerts and recitals. The season’s highlights include two major choral performances that celebrate Latin American traditions and serve as a formal send-off for the college’s upcoming international tour. The choral program […]
by Scott Craig, photos by Brad Elliott The Westmont Women’s Leadership Luncheon, an inspiring community event dedicated to educating, enriching and empowering women, features Keynote Speaker Anja Manuel, renowned author, former diplomat and trusted advisor to Fortune 50 companies, on Friday, April 24, from 12-1:30 pm, with check-in beginning at 11:30 am, at the Hilton […]
It was a night full of laughs and surprises at the Santa Barbara Bowl as Westmont celebrated its 65th year of Spring Sing, where students from each residence hall produce musical skits to compete for prizes and bragging rights. Spring Sing, the longest running Westmont tradition, involves hundreds of students who use song, dance and […]
Kim Denu, Westmont provost and dean of faculty, serves as the keynote speaker for the annual Santa Barbara Family YMCA Good Friday Breakfast, “Keeping Hope Alive,” on April 3 beginning at 7:30 am at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Tickets, which cost $70 each, may be purchased at ciymca.org. The inspirational event features a […]
Members and supporters of the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art experienced California’s Owens Valley and the Sierra Nevada on a unique trip Feb. 27-28 with stops at Manzanar National Historic Site, the Paiute Shoshone Cultural Center and nearby ancient petroglyphs. The group followed in the footsteps of Ansel Adams, visiting locations important to him, including […]
Westmont baseball returns from a soggy trip to Hawaii, where they won all three games against Chaminade, to play Hawaii Hilo in back-to-back doubleheaders March 25-26, beginning at 11 am on Carr Field. The Warriors, ranked No. 23 by the 2026 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division II Poll, have been led by Visalia junior […]
Violinist Nathan Schafer of Highland won the Westmont Music Department’s 14th annual Guild Scholarship Competition and was awarded the $15,000 annual Guild Scholarship on March 7 in Deane Chapel. This year’s incredibly talented group of musicians also included Isaac Wu, a violinist from Glendale; Ava Siebelink, a cellist from Corona; Josiah Mitchell, a baritone from […]
About 120 junior high and 40 high school students enjoyed a special matinee performance of Little Women by the Westmont Theater Arts Department on March 5 in Porter Theatre. The event, made possible through a grant from the Towbes Fund for the Performing Arts, brought students from La Colina, Santa Barbara and La Cumbre Junior […]
Student filmmakers from around the world are invited to submit their work for the 4th annual Montecito Student Film Festival, taking place Saturday, Nov. 14, at Westmont College in Montecito. The festival’s call for entries opened March 1, and submissions will be accepted through midnight on June 1. The festival aims to empower the next […]
World-renowned journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Bret Stephens emphasized the importance of global stability for economic prosperity, criticized the decline in civics education, and stressed the irreplaceable value of a liberal arts education at the 21st annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on Feb. 27. Hours before the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran […]
Westmont’s Fernando Jimenez, a freshman from New Mexico, won his first tournament, posting a one-over-par 217 over three days at Coyote Creek Golf Club in Morgan Hill. As a team, the Warriors finished third at the RCA Electric Spring Invitational, which featured seven NCAA Division II teams. “Fernando entered the final round in fourth place […]
The Westmont men’s and women’s track teams made the short trip to UC Santa Barbara to compete for three days in both the Sam Adams Combined Events competition and the Gaucho Relays. On March 7, Westmont claimed a quartet of first-place finishes. Senior David Oyebade of Nigeria captured the hammer throw with a mark of […]
More than 100 people packed into the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art on Feb. 24 to hear Dennis Doordan, an architectural and design historian, analyze Los Angeles architecture through photographs Ansel Adams took on assignment there in the 1940s. The talk, “Looking at Ansel Adams Looking at LA,” contrasted Adams’ iconic nature photos with those […]
Westmont ecologist Laura Drake Schultheis shares her research about plant flammability and defensible spaces in the face of climate change in a Westmont Downtown Lecture on Wednesday, March 11, at 5:30 pm at Westmont Downtown | Keith Center, 29 W. Anapamu St. The talk, “Rooted in Resilience: Adaptive Planting Strategies in Wildland-Urban Interfaces,” is free […]
Madeline Fanton remembers the first chapter book she read as a child: Little Women. Now the visiting professor of theater arts directs Westmont’s production of the novel by Louisa May Alcott, adapted by Kate Hamill, on Feb. 27-28 and March 6-7 at 7:30 pm; Feb. 28 and March 7-8 at 2 pm, all in Porter […]
The Westmont Alumni Office launched its first Alumni Day of Service for alumni, students and staff with more than 50 volunteers serving on Feb. 7 across five different sites. Teams worked with The Bucket Brigade, The Turner Foundation, Olive Crests’s Hope Refuge, the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation and Doctors Without Walls. “This growing service program […]
