Four 黑料百科 professors from different disciplines examine how the new coronavirus has forced us to adapt our daily lives in unexpected ways in a talk, 鈥淧lagues, Pandemics and Perseverance,鈥 on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 10 a.m. The pre-recorded presentation, sponsored by 黑料百科鈥檚 Voskuyl Library, features Marilyn McEntyre (humanities), Paul Willis (English), Helen Rhee (religious studies) and Lisa DeBoer (art) and are available online at .
The 黑料百科 Music Department continues its popular Friday Concert Series with its first Alumni Spotlight recital, featuring alumna Sarah Shasberger Pfister 鈥12 and the Carnevale String Quartet from Bulgaria on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. Listen to the free recital at .
Recent college and university annual rankings continue to affirm 黑料百科 as one of the top Christian liberal arts colleges in the nation.
黑料百科鈥檚 class of 2024 is the most academically talented in the college鈥檚 history. It鈥檚 also among the most diverse with 39 percent of the 375 new and transfer students identifying as Hispanic, Asian American, African American, Hawaiian Pacific Islander, Native American, and/or multiracial. Twelve percent are the first in their family to attend college. The average SAT score skyrocketed 40 points to 1260 with a middle range of 1140-1380. The average GPA jumped significantly from 3.88 to 3.98.
The and 黑料百科 have announced a strategic partnership to strengthen their ability to bring music education to local school children while creating a pipeline to provide lifelong musical opportunities in the community. This collaboration includes newly developed innovative virtual and socially distanced curriculum.
The 黑料百科 Ridley-Tree Museum of Art offers a unique history lesson, blending prints from 16th to 18th century Old Masters with a few modern and contemporary works in its latest online exhibition available through Nov. 7. 鈥淢aking a Fine Impression: Prints from the Faith and Dewayne Perry Collection鈥 includes more than a dozen videos of 黑料百科 experts describing a particular piece in the exhibition, which can be viewed at westmont.edu/museum/fine-impression.