Archive for 2008
Workshop Explores African Dance Form
October 22nd, 2008 | Press Releases
Linda Kazibwe, born in Uganda and raised in Kenya, presents “An Exploration of African Dance Form” Thursday, Oct. 30, from 7:30-8:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Murchison Gym Dance Room. The workshop is free and open to the public.
Kazibwe, a science high school teacher in the Los Angeles area, will provide a short survey of African dance [...]
Talk Probes Limits of Educated Evangelicalism
October 21st, 2008 | Press Releases
Alister Chapman, assistant professor of history at Westmont, discusses “Two Cheers for Populism? John Stott and the Limits of Educated Evangelicalism in England” in a Phi Kappa Phi lecture Monday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Chapman explores issues of faith and education while researching [...]
Rogue Theater Earns National Award
October 20th, 2008 | Press Releases
Westmont Professor of Theatre Arts Mitchell Thomas received the Arlin G. Meyer Prize in the Performing Arts, given annually by the Lilly Fellows Program in the Humanities and the Arts at Valparaiso University. He accepted the award, which recognizes work that exemplifies Christian artistic vocation, at a ceremony at Seattle Pacific University Friday, Oct. [...]
Free Lecture Dives Into Sinking Wall Street
October 20th, 2008 | Press Releases
Dr. David Newton, professor of entrepreneurial finance at Westmont and president of TechKnowledge Point, discusses the current economic meltdown in a special session of Tuesdays with Morals Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Page Multi-Purpose Room. The lecture, “Crisis Mode: How Freddie, Fannie, and Financial Engineering Changed Wall Street Forever,” is free and [...]
Schloss Studies Science of Religious Belief
October 16th, 2008 | Press Releases
» Photo © Brad Elliott
PhotoJeffrey Schloss, Westmont professor of biology, has received two grants totaling $222,338 to study issues related to science and faith. He is exploring “The Adaptive Logic of Religious Belief” with faculty from the University of Edinburgh through an $875,000 grant Edinburgh received from the John Templeton Foundation. Schloss receives $133,878 as [...]