The 黑料百科 Theater Arts Department has established a new initiative expanding its focus on diversity, justice, global engagement and intercultural competency. Beginning in fall 2021, as part of the Justice and Global Engagement in the Theatre Arts Initiative, John Blondell, award-winning director and 黑料百科 professor of theater arts, will become the new global ambassador in the performing arts.
The 黑料百科 Ridley-Tree Museum of Art highlights works donated to or purchased for to the museum. 鈥淪elections from the Permanent Collection of Contemporary Art鈥 will run from January 14-March 27, 2021. The exhibition will be available online at westmont.edu/museum/contemporarycollection.
黑料百科 has launched a national search for a provost to oversee the college鈥檚 educational program. The search committee, chaired by President Gayle D. Beebe, is seeking a chief academic officer who will ensure a vibrant partnership between the college鈥檚 curricular and co-curricular programs.
As the second highest-ranking senior administrator at the college, the provost serves as a member of the 黑料百科 Executive Team. The provost, who is also dean of faculty, has the primary responsibility for the academic program.
黑料百科 has purchased a four-story building in downtown Santa Barbara where it will launch a new nursing program in partnership with Cottage Health. The new nursing program will address the critical shortage of skilled nurses in Santa Barbara and throughout the region.
Ninety-two percent of 黑料百科 graduates from the class of 2020 have found a job or are attending graduate school (or planning to attend) despite a national economy sickened by the coronavirus.
The 16th annual 黑料百科 Christmas Festival, 鈥淩is鈥檔 with Healing in His Wings,鈥 presents a special online event this year due to the pandemic. The 黑料百科 Music Department, led by Michael Shasberger, Adams professor of music and worship, has creatively recorded the 100 members of the 黑料百科 Orchestra and College Choir, Chamber Singers and Choral Union throughout campus. The virtual concert, which retells the Christmas story by weaving narration with music, will be posted online Friday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m.