Westmont’s student life office awarded 12 outstanding students for their leadership during the past year. The David K. Winter Character Through Servant Leadership Award is given each spring to students who show exemplary leadership through service at Westmont and in the community.

Each student receives $2,000 toward tuition during the next school year.

Junior winners included Jolie Bernal of Encinitas, Calif.; Evan Engle of Colorado Springs, Colo.; Jesse Garcia of Lancaster, Calif.; Elliot Haught of Fresno, Calif.; Melody Miles of Marysville, Wash.; Ryan Reiner of Santee, Calif.; Nasa Sete of Lahaina, Hawaii; Marleigh Sonken of Carlsbad, Calif. and Chris Targoni of Carpinteria, Calif.

Sophomores Trinity Hokama of Kaneohe, Hawaii; Katie Pinson of Las Vegas and Alana Woodin of Reedley, Calif., also received the award.

Westmont’s famed C.S. Lewis wardrobe will take a five-year journey with “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition,” a state-of-the-art presentation based on the Disney film series and Lewis’s beloved fictional books. The exhibit, premiering June 7 at Arizona Science Center in Phoenix, features artifacts from Lewis’s personal study as well as the wardrobe.
The 10,000-square-foot educational [...]

Gayle Beebe presided over his first Westmont Commencement as president of the college May 3, handing diplomas to 310 graduating students, 109 graduating with honors.
David Gyertson, professor of leadership formation and renewal at Regent University in Virginia City, Va., gave the Commencement address, “The Challenge of Great Opportunities.” A senior fellow of the Council of [...]