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What makes a Westmont education distinctive?

  • Liberal Arts: Westmont’s rigorous liberal arts program teaches students to think critically and communicate effectively, preparing them to succeed in a quickly changing and culturally complex world. Classes that range from the sciences to the humanities provide a rich and increasingly rare education encompassing all areas of life and promoting intellectual, spiritual and personal growth.
  • Christian: At Westmont, Jesus Christ holds preeminence. With our commitment to historic Christianity, we encourage students to integrate their beliefs with their studies and to live out their faith in service to others. Rooting the liberal arts in Christ means that we educate the whole person and encourage students to develop biblically based, intellectually strong convictions and worldviews.
  • Residential: The strong, caring residential community at Westmont creates a climate conducive to intellectual inquiry, personal growth, open communication and lasting friendships. Living among supportive Christian friends and mentors, students feel free to explore the breadth of the liberal arts and examine the implications of their faith as they develop into mature, and committed men and women.
  • Undergraduate: Westmont devotes itself exclusively to undergraduate courses, concentrating on a critical time of life when students make decisions shaping their future. Our focused, engaging and personal program offers small classes taught by full-time faculty, close interaction with professors outside the classroom, and opportunities to participate in significant research projects.
  • Global: Westmont offers a global program that prepares students to live in a diverse, complex and quickly changing society so they can take their place as citizens of the world. The breadth of the liberal arts curriculum, the opportunity to study or serve overseas and an emphasis on developing an international perspective help graduates make a seamless transition to a global marketplace.

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Munching Goats Protect Campus from Fire

Brush-eating GoatsWestmont has hired brush-eating goats to clear defensible space around the campus, better protecting the college from future wildfires. Brush Goats 4 Hire, a Santa Barbara County company, will deliver a herd of penned goats during [more]

Montecito Foothills Alive with Music

Ivry GitlisThe Westmont Conference Center hosts the second annual Montecito Summer Music Festival through Friday, Aug. 7. The festival brings world-class musicians together with advanced students of classical piano and strings for two weeks of [more]

Westmont Celebrates 20 Years of Education Program in Costa Rica

Rembrandt's Beggar Seated On A BankFour Westmont students hoping to become teachers completed their final semester last month, six weeks after other graduating seniors picked up their diplomas at Commencement. The students, liberal studies graduates Courtney Ochs, [more]

Rembrandt’s Mastery Displayed in Santa Barbara

Rembrandt's Beggar Seated On A Bank“Sordid and Sacred: The Beggars in Rembrandt’s Etchings” will be on display in Reynolds Gallery at Westmont Thursday, Sept. 3, through Saturday, Oct. 31. Featuring 35 of Rembrandt’s etchings from the John Villarino Collection, the exhibition [more]

Pointer to Serve as Acting Provost

Rick PointerRichard Pointer, professor of history at Westmont, will serve as acting provost for two years beginning August 1. He replaces Warren Rogers, a physics professor who has served in this role since January 2007. Rogers is eager to return to his [more]

Chapel CDs Join Digital Music Revolution

iTunes logoThe Westmont College Worship Team has made the leap to iTunes. Music from all five chapel CDs dating back to 2004 are available for purchase and download through the iTunes Store. Joel Patterson, Westmont director of music and worship, says [more]

Warriors Sports Media Guides Win Contest

Ron SmithThe National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and Sports Information Directors of America (SIDA) honored Ron Smith, Westmont sports information officer, and his staff for two of this year’s Westmont media guides. [more]

 

Reds Pick Crabbe in MLB Draft

Tim CrabbeWestmont right-handed hurler Tim Crabbe was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the fourteenth round of the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. “It’s exciting,” said Crabbe about the selection. “There are still a lot of questions. [more]

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Rembrandt's Etchings on Display

Rembrandt's Begger on a Bank

Sept. 3 - Oct. 31, Reynolds Gallery. Reception: Sept 3, 4-6 p.m.
Thirty six prints from the John Villarino collection [more]

Women's Soccer

Women's Soccer

Aug. 15, at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 7 p.m.
Exhibition [more]

Keck Telescope Public Viewing

Public Telescope Viewing

Aug. 21, 7:30 p.m., Observatory
The Keck Telescope is closed, but members of the SB Astronomical Unit will share their telescopes.