Blog Posts by Westmont

Writer Jon Christensen will present “From the Tide Pool to the Stars” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 in the San Rafael Room of Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort. Christensen will recount his expedition retracing John Steinbeck’s 1940 voyage with marine biologist Edward Ricketts exploring marine life along the coast of the Baja Peninsula.

The presentation is free and open to the public.

Representing the best mathematical minds of their schools, approximately 100 students will compete at Westmont’s 19th annual High School Mathematics Contest 1 - 5:30 p.m. Feb. 12.

Former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett will speak on “What’s Right and What’s Wrong with American Education” at Westmont’s first President’s Breakfast, 7 a.m. Feb. 11 in the Grand Ballroom at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort.

Tickets, which are $50, can be purchased by calling (805) 565-6895.

"Bennett, who served as secretary of education in the Reagan administration, is the author of the best-selling “The Book of Virtues” and “The Children’s Book of Virtues” and hosts a national radio talk show, “Bill Bennett’s Morning in America.”

As part of Westmont’s Conference on Christianity and Literature, Reverend Norm Freeman will marry music and ministry in a Jazz Vespers service 4:15 p.m. Jan. 22 in Hieronymus Lounge on the upper campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

The Jazz Vespers service synthesizes several traditions, each finding a unifying voice the musical heritage of jazz.

“Jazz gives voice to the hopes, dreams, frustrations and pain that express human experience,” Freeman said. “It is the musical incense that collects and carries the prayers of people.”

Westmont English Professor Paul Willis will read from his new book of poems, “How To Get There,” 7 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Contemporary Arts Forum upstairs in Paseo Nuevo, downtown Santa Barbara.

The reading is open to the public with a suggested donation of $3

Professor Robert Eric Frykenberg, professor emeritus of history and South Asian studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison, will speak on “Pandita Ramabai and World Christianity” 3:30 p.m. Jan. 25 in Kerrwood Hall on the upper Westmont campus.

The lecture, part of the series on World Christianity is free and open to the public. This series seeks to draw the attention of students, faculty and interested community members to the global presence of Christianity, particularly in the non-Western world.