Westmont Magazine Magazine Spring 2023
Letter from the president
Westmont News
Goodwin Offers a Historic Perspective on Ukraine
Back to the Garden: New Sustainability Coordinator Grounded in Faith and Science
Free Speech and the Hospitable Campus
Weathering a Record-Breaking Storm
Educating, Enriching, Empowering: Women Supporting Women
Enhancing a Sense of Belonging
Music and the Museum Thrive and Inspire
How Parents Can Avoid Becoming Their Students
Faculty News
Scholar Who Studied Cults Found a Ministry Counseling Survivors
Up Close and Personal: Professors Go Beyond Teaching to Mentor and Encourage Students
Celebration Praises New Provost Kim Denu
Strike Zone Metric Makes the Grade
Professor Speaks at the Vatican, Meets Pope
Pratt Plays a Leading Role in Filmmaking
Feature Stories
Walking: What You’ll Actually Miss Most About College
Building a Solution To California's Housing Crisis: Lifting So Others Can Rise
Housing: A Self-Inflicted Crisis - This Is One Problem Santa Barbara Can Build Its Way Out Of
Athletics
Another Season of Sensational Warriors
Zola Speaks the Universal Language of Track and Field
Cathey Brings an Attitude of Success to the Soccer Pitch
From the Westmont Pool to Uganda, This Student Finds Ways to Serve Others
Walking Through Westmont With St. Augustine
Students
Montecito Home to Inaugural Student Film Festival
Trailhead Gives High School Students New Ways to Look at Life
Helping Students Find Their Spiritual Voice
Training Students in Case of Medical Emergency
Alumni Stories
Grit and Gratitude in a Level 1 Trauma Center
Surviving the Chaos of War-Torn Kyiv
A Farmer Embraces Technology and Opera
Tracing the March of the Civil Rights Movement
Streamlining the County’s IT Services
Using Her Communication Skills for Public Service
How a Software Career Led to a Conservatory
Educating and Connecting Public-Safety Officials