Westmont Magazine Magazine Spring 2023

Magazine - Spring 2023 - Momentum

Letter from the president

Westmont News

Goodwin Offers a Historic Perspective on Ukraine

Back to the Garden: New Sustainability Coordinator Grounded in Faith and Science

Free Speech and the Hospitable Campus

Weathering a Record-Breaking Storm

Educating, Enriching, Empowering: Women Supporting Women

Enhancing a Sense of Belonging

Music and the Museum Thrive and Inspire

The Quest and Preparation for a Lifetime of Service: Westmont Offers a New Certificate in Theological Leadership

How Parents Can Avoid Becoming Their Students

Faculty News

Scholar Who Studied Cults Found a Ministry Counseling Survivors

Up Close and Personal: Professors Go Beyond Teaching to Mentor and Encourage Students

Celebration Praises New Provost Kim Denu

A Stellar Career in Physics

Strike Zone Metric Makes the Grade

Professor Speaks at the Vatican, Meets Pope

Pratt Plays a Leading Role in Filmmaking

Feature Stories

Where Is the Love?

Walking: What You’ll Actually Miss Most About College

A Flight of Fantasy

Building a Solution To California's Housing Crisis: Lifting So Others Can Rise

Housing: A Self-Inflicted Crisis - This Is One Problem Santa Barbara Can Build Its Way Out Of

An Adventure Beyond Nature

Athletics

Another Season of Sensational Warriors

Wolf's Last Howl

Zola Speaks the Universal Language of Track and Field

Cathey Brings an Attitude of Success to the Soccer Pitch

From the Westmont Pool to Uganda, This Student Finds Ways to Serve Others

Walking Through Westmont With St. Augustine

Students

There's More to Know: Urban Initiative Hosts Santa Barbara Mayor and Activists on Campus to Discuss Homelessness and Human Trafficking

Montecito Home to Inaugural Student Film Festival

Trailhead Gives High School Students New Ways to Look at Life

Helping Students Find Their Spiritual Voice

Training Students in Case of Medical Emergency

Alumni Stories

Grit and Gratitude in a Level 1 Trauma Center

Surviving the Chaos of War-Torn Kyiv

A Farmer Embraces Technology and Opera

Tracing the March of the Civil Rights Movement

Streamlining the County’s IT Services

Using Her Communication Skills for Public Service

How a Software Career Led to a Conservatory

Educating and Connecting Public-Safety Officials

Fundraising

Forward in Faithfulness: The Campaign for Westmont