Archive for July, 2008
Former Westmont President, El Montecito Pastor Dies
July 30th, 2008 | Press Releases, Theater
Lyle C. Hillegas went to be with his Lord and Savior July 29, 2008. He served as the fifth president of Westmont from 1972 to 1975. At 37, he was the youngest person ever appointed to the position and the only one to come directly from the ranks of the faculty. During his tenure, he [...]
Montecito Music Festival Kicks Off at Westmont
July 22nd, 2008 | Press Releases
The first-ever Montecito Summer Music Festival is underway at Westmont College. More than a hundred chamber music students, ranging in age from 10 to 36, arrived on the Westmont campus Monday with performances running through Friday, Aug 1.
“The Festival will bring world- class musicians together with advanced students of classical piano and strings for two [...]
Westmont Highlighted In National Research Video
July 18th, 2008 | Press Releases
Westmont is prominently featured in a video produced by the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory of Michigan State University. The video describes the Westmont College Cosmic Muon Detector Array and undergraduate research such as viewing the cosmic muon flux mapping over a wide range of the sky.
“Here our interest is finding the kind of fluctuations and [...]
Westmont Nets A Modernized Gym Floor
July 17th, 2008 | Press Releases
Several hundred youngsters who arrive for a basketball camp in less than two weeks will be the first to play on Westmont’s new state-of-the-art court in Murchison Gym. Workers are putting the finishing touches on the floor, including lines and a half-court logo are being painted on the floor over the next several days.
Alex Nizet, [...]
Newly-Crafted Instruments Resonate Well
July 11th, 2008 | Press Releases
The Hubert Schwyzer Quartet, a unique ensemble of instruments commissioned by Westmont, is taking shape under the hands of master violin maker James Wimmer at his workshop in Santa Barbara. Named for a former UC Santa Barbara philosophy professor and cellist, the quartet will be used by Westmont faculty and students during the school year [...]