Archive for March, 2008
Polo Club Rides Off With Western Title
March 19th, 2008 | Press Releases
The Westmont Men’s Club Polo Team has repeated as champions of the U.S. Polo Association Western Regionals at the Santa Barbara Polo Club. Westmont beat UC Davis 14-10, March 9, and advances to the USPA National Intercollegiate Championships in Lexington, Ky., April 1-5.
The team nearly succeeded in its unexpected quest for a national championship last [...]
Talk Offers Keys To Find ‘Joy At Work’
March 19th, 2008 | Press Releases
Dennis Bakke, best-selling author of “Joy at Work: A Revolutionary Approach To Fun on the Job,” speaks at the University Club Tuesday, April 1, at 5:30 p.m. at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. Bakke, a successful entrepreneur and former CEO, will lecture on “Thank God It’s Monday: Finding Joy at Work.” The event, [...]
Hair-Raising Documentary Theater
March 19th, 2008 | Press Releases
A “docu-comedy” about the stuff growing on our heads, “Cuts” is a new play
premiering in Westmont’s Porter Theatre Wednesday and Friday, March 26 and 28, at
8 p.m. A senior project by Casey Caldwell, this play is free and open to the public.
Based on interviews conducted by Caldwell and cast members Sarah Halford,
Nolan Hamlin, and Marie [...]
The Wit And Wisdom Of Theater Students
March 19th, 2008 | Press Releases
“Wit,” Margaret Edson’s play about a woman dying of cancer, gets new life
Thursday and Saturday, March 27 and 29, at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre.
Performances of this senior production by Beth Segura are free and open to the
public.
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for drama, “Wit” was first performed in 1995
and made into an [...]
Students Spring Into Action Over Break
March 13th, 2008 | Press Releases
About 250 Westmont students and community volunteers are in Ensenada, Mexico, spending spring break constructing homes, operating medical and dental clinics, leading a vacation Bible school, running haircutting clinics and competing in sports events. More than 5,000 students have participated in Potter’s Clay, an annual student-organized service trip, since it began 31 years ago.
Westmont students [...]