Yearly Archives: 2011

Herbert A. Tews has been elected to the Channel City Club board of directors. Mr. Tews is vice chair of the Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation and serves on the foundation’s investment and marketing committees. He is also a volunteer in the aquatic therapy program at the hospital. He is vice president of programs for the Cottage Health Systems Volunteer Auxiliary and a board member of Westmont College Foundation. more

According to this year’s U.S. News & World Report, UCSB is the 10th-leading public, as distinct from private, college or university in the United States. Increasingly, on a national and international basis, Santa Barbara is identified with the University of California, Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara City College recently was recognized by the Aspen Institute as one of the 10 leading community colleges in America. Acting City College President Jack Friedlander was invited to the White House to share his ideas on innovation in America’s community colleges, together with other community college presidents, with President Obama. Forbes magazine ranked Westmont 76th among all colleges and universities in the United States. Among specifically Christian liberal arts colleges, Westmont usually is considered among the top handful in the nation. more

Michael Everest will join Westmont College as a professor of chemistry in the fall. A Wheaton College alumnus, Dr. Everest earned his doctorate from Stanford University. For the last decade, he taught chemistry at George Fox University, a Westmont news release said. Dr. Everest’s research leans toward the intersection of physics and chemistry. He took a one-year sabbatical at the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, where he researched the interaction of polarized light with matter, the news release said. more