The family of Davies Kabogoza, who drowned in the Santa Barbara Harbor while paddleboarding earlier this year, has filed wrongful-death claims against the city. … Kabogoza, a native of Uganda, came to the United States in 2010 and played soccer at Santa Barbara City College and Westmont College, where he graduated in 2016. He coached soccer at Laguna Blanca School, and also worked as a physical therapy aide in Santa Barbara. more
Yearly Archives: 2017
Religion Book Deals: October 2017
Esther Fedorkevich and Whitney Gossett at The Fedd Agency sold world rights to FaithWords’ Keren Baltzer for Pull it Off: How to Remove Fear and Put on Confidence by Julianna Zobrist. The book, which is slated for publication in September 2018, explores women’s issues surrounding authority, identity, and security by drawing on Zobrist’s experiences as Christian pop singer who is married to Ben Zobrist of the Chicago Cubs. … WordServe Literary’s Keely Boeving sold world rights to Kregel publisher Dennis Hillman for After the Ball Fall: How to Build Happily Ever After in an Age of Broken Fairytales by clinical psychologist and a professor of psychology at Westmont College Andrea Gurney. more
OUR ART IN THE UNITED STATES – A great exhibition worth seeing
Invited by the Museum of Contemporary Art of Santa Barbara, California (MCASB), I had the pleasure of participating in the extraordinary exhibition Guatemala from 33,000 km: Contemporary Art, 1960-Present, which took place at both MCASB and Westmont Ridley- Tree Museum of Art, Westmont College in Montecito, and the Community Arts Workshop in Santa Barbara. more
Religion Book Deals: October 2017
Esther Fedorkevich and Whitney Gossett at The Fedd Agency sold world rights to FaithWords’ Keren Baltzer for Pull it Off: How to Remove Fear and Put on Confidence by Julianna Zobrist. The book, which is slated for publication in September 2018, explores women’s issues surrounding authority, identity, and security by drawing on Zobrist’s experiences as Christian pop singer who is married to Ben Zobrist of the Chicago Cubs. … WordServe Literary’s Keely Boeving sold world rights to Kregel publisher Dennis Hillman for After the Ball Fall: How to Build Happily Ever After in an Age of Broken Fairytales by clinical psychologist and a professor of psychology at Westmont College Andrea Gurney. more
TMU insider: Mustang men’s basketball aiming to build on last year’s success
The way a smiling Delewis Johnson rocked back and forth as he answered questions inside The MacArthur Center foyer on a recent afternoon embodied the buzz surrounding men’s basketball, a team expected to be one of The Master’s University’s best in decades. … The Mustangs and Westmont College from Santa Barbara will enter Saturday’s regular-season finale tied for second place and the conference’s final first-round bye in next month’s GSAC tournament. more