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Recent rankings of U.S. colleges and universities affirm ���ϰٿ� as one of the top Christian colleges in the nation.

The has approved a Bachelor of Music in performance at ���ϰٿ� for orchestral instruments, piano and voice beginning in fall 2019.

The largest and most diverse groups of new students in ���ϰٿ� history arrives for Orientation Thursday, Aug. 22.

More than 40 area musicians have enrolled in the fifth annual (WAYA), an intensive two-week program for local musicians ages 12-18, from Aug. 5-17 at ���ϰٿ�. Tuition costs $1100 ($650 for half session) with merit-based scholarships available to talented applicants who audition.

The ���ϰٿ� Ridley-Tree Museum of Art kicked off its yearly exhibition featuring Tri-County artists by handing out $3,000 in cash awards to winners at the opening reception May 16.

Despite gray skies and a light drizzle, thousands of family members and friends celebrated and cheered the 291 ���ϰٿ� graduates who received their diplomas at Commencement May 4.

The 23rd annual ���ϰٿ� Student Research Symposium celebrates the noteworthy accomplishments of a record 57 ���ϰٿ� students who worked on 44 research projects on Wednesday, April 17, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the Winter Hall Atrium.

Why are student anxiety and performance pressure so prevalent at colleges and high schools? “It’s as if we’re asking students to be achievement machines,” a high school teacher said to Chris Hoeckley, director of the ���ϰٿ� Gaede Institute for the liberal arts.

���ϰٿ� has opened registration to its annual youth summer sports camps, one of the longest running and most successful camps in the Santa Barbara region. Various sports camps for ages 5-13 begin June 10 and run weekly through July 26.

Alumnus Stan Anderson ’62 has donated the funds for putting and chipping greens with artificial turf and a small meeting/storage facility for the new men’s and women’s golf teams.