Violinist Awarded Guild Scholarship
By Scott Craig   |   March 15, 2018

Violinist Bryan Kaleta, a senior at Canyon Crest Academy in San Diego, earned top honors at the sixth annual Music Guild Competition on March 3, where seven high school seniors competed for Westmont music scholarships. He received the $10,000 Music Guild scholarship (up to $40,000 over four years), plus awards for private music instruction and […]

Crane Back to School
By Kelly Mahan Herrick   |   February 15, 2018

On February 12, Crane Country Day School welcomed students back to its San Leandro Lane campus, after several weeks of hosting classes at four satellite locations. “It was one of the highlights of my career,” said head of school Joel Weiss, adding that the campus reopening was a sort of homecoming for the students, staff, […]

 

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Chandra Mallampalli, Westmont professor of history, will be formally installed as the new Fletcher Jones Foundation professor in the social sciences on Monday, February 5, during a full-regalia ceremony at 10:30 am in Murchison Gym. “Chandra has become a significant scholar in the study of religion in India, and we are delighted to honor him […]

School Updates
By Kelly Mahan Herrick   |   January 18, 2018

Several Montecito schools – Montecito Union, Cold Spring, Crane, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Laguna Blanca, All Saints-by-the-Sea – have resumed classes at various locations. “Getting the students back in school and on a regular schedule is a top priority, and MUS administration and staff have been working around the clock to bring this about,” […]

Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors
By Kelly Mahan Herrick   |   November 30, 2017

Julia Rodgers, a former journalist and attorney who now works as an independent writer and editor, has been appointed to the board of directors for the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara.  A native of Illinois, Ms. Rodgers earned a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degree in journalism at Northwestern University before working as […]