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Activities and awards for Westmont’s outstanding professors Telford Work (theology), Allan Nishimura (chemistry) and Andrew Mullen (education) won the Bruce and Adaline Bare Outstanding Teacher awards,...
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Putting the Liberal Arts to Work
Economics and business professor plans to combine the liberal arts curriculum with applied research to provide information for entrepreneurs. After a trip to the nation’s capital promoting his latest...
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Healing the Wounds of Memory
A Westmont history professor examines the complex story of French villagers who hid Jews from the Nazis during World War II When the horror of the Holocaust overran their region, the French people of...
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Activities and awards for Westmont’s outstanding professors The Santa Barbara Independent honored John Blondell (theater arts) and James Connolly (music) with Independent Theatre Awards in June for...
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David L. Anderson Economics and Business Anderson’s background includes both business and academic experience. He has worked in strategic planning and technology for BlueCross/BlueShield of Illinois,...
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Welcoming People with Disabilities
By Christine Milner Associate Professor of Kinesiology “I’m thinking,” Barbara muses. “I’m thinking.” “What are you thinking about, Barbara?” “I’m thinking that I want to live with Stacy forever!” This...
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Stan Anderson (chemistry, retired) collaborates on materials research at UC Santa Barbara with funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. His research group contributed to a paper,...
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Seeing Mathematics Through the Eyes of Faith
Professor Russ Howell has Co-edited a New Book Examining Connections Between Mathematics and Faith Russ Howell always thought the HarperOne series Through the Eyes of Faith should include a volume on...
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Helping Students Live Happily Ever After
A Westmont Professor is Writing a Book on Wedding Plots that Encourages Students to Ask Serious Questions About Marriage Cheri Larsen Hoeckley admits she isn’t a marriage counselor, but the English...
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Sparkman Studies Snakes
Amanda Sparkman ’03 has joined the Westmont biology faculty, bringing expertise in evolutionary biology, a love of field research and a determination to inspire students to appreciate animals, even...
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JOHN BLONDELL (theater arts) will direct a play at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. “Globe to Globe” will feature 37 international companies...
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A Few Words from Mark Sargent
The College’s New Provost Shares Some Thoughts About His Life, His Career and His Work at Westmont. His Decision to Come to Westmont For years I have admired Westmont for its strong commitment to the...
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KATHRYN STELMACH ARTUSO (English) wrote an article for the Eudora Welty Review, “Transatlantic Rites of Passage in the Friendship and Fiction of Eudora Welty and Elizabeth Bowen,” which received the...
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Pioneering Professors Retire
Four longtime faculty members retire after shaping their departments in significant ways as both scholars and teachers. JOHN CARLANDER arrived at Westmont in 1980 before the college had developed an...
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Remembering Alex Moore
The Westmont community mourns the death of a young professor committed to doing research and mentoring students. Alex Moore, who joined the Westmont faculty in 2011 as assistant professor of...
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Activities and awards for Westmont’s outstanding professors. Professors from each academic division engaged in a conversation celebrating the installation of Provost Mark L. Sargent in...
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The Emergence of the EU in Global Security
Political science professor Susan Penksa has co-authored a book examining the European Union’s contributions to international security. Does the European Union (EU) matter in international security?...
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All the World’s on Stage
Theater professor John Blondell directed “Henry VI: Part 3” when the Globe presented all of Shakespeare’s plays, each in a different language. John Blondell and the cast of “Henry VI: Part 3” at the...
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Awakening the Moral Imagination
Faculty celebrated Provost Mark Sargent’s installation by thinking about how our faith equips us to bring imaginative solutions to current and future ills. Niva Tro, Chemistry The confluence of the...
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Activities and awards for Westmont’s outstanding professors Scott Anderson (art) illustrated a cover for Seattle Weekly’s fall arts issue and created a spot illustration for a financial column in the...
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