President Gayle Beebe dedicates the new Keck Telescope Thursday, Sept. 6, at 3 p.m. in Westmont’s Carroll Observatory. Students and faculty will present their summer research projects in Founders Dining Room following the public dedication.
Westmont music professors present the Fall Faculty Recital in Porter Theatre Friday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. The program features vocal and instrumental pieces ranging from opera to jazz, offering community members and students a taste of the breadth and depth of the department. The event is free and open to the public.
A reception and membership party at Casa de la Guerra, 9 East De la Guerra Street, Thursday, Sept. 13, 4-6 p.m. celebrates the continued development of Westmont’s art program. The event, sponsored by the Westmont Art Council in collaboration with the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, is free and open to the public.
Ena Heller, executive director of New York’s Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA), will present a free lecture, “Redefining Biblical Art in New York City,” in Westmont’s Hieronymus Lounge Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. Art Council members Walter and Darlene Hansen present the talk in conjunction with the exhibit, Georges Rouault: Miserere et Guerre, curated by MOBIA, which runs through Oct. 18 in Reynolds Gallery.
ORIENTATION BEGINS THURSDAY FOR TALENTED CLASS OF STUDENTS
The 388 members of the incoming class of 2011 will begin arriving at Westmont this week. They belong to one of the strongest academic classes in the college’s 70-year history.
Political scientist Jesse Covington joins Westmont’s faculty this fall as an assistant professor after completing his doctorate at the University of Notre Dame.
Covington, a Southern California native, holds master’s degrees from Notre Dame and Westminster Theological Seminary. He has taught at Wheaton College in Illinois for the past two years. At Westmont, he will focus on political theory and constitutional law.