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About 1,400 firefighters continue to make significant progress containing the , which is burning north and east, away from Santa Barbara and ���ϰٿ� on the backside of the Santa Ynez Mountain Range.

Sixteen high school basketball teams compete in the 43rd annual High School Summer Varsity Basketball Tournament that kicks off Friday, June 24, at noon with games being played continuously through 11 p.m. The action continues on Saturday, June 25, from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 26, all in ���ϰٿ�’s Murchison Gym.

���ϰٿ� kicks off its annual youth Monday, June 20, beginning with Sports Skills, which helps develop the motor skills of co-ed campers from ages 5-10, and girls’ soccer.

���ϰٿ� alumnus Keaton Hudson ’14 won the Lorry Hubbard Best in Show prize for his instant film piece, “Room,” in the annual Tri-County Juried Exhibition at the ���ϰٿ� Ridley-Tree Museum of Art.

President Gayle D. Beebe expressed the shock and sorrow of the ���ϰٿ� community at learning about the shooting death of alumnus William Klug at UCLA today. “We’re deeply saddened by this tragic news and send our condolences to his wife, Mary Elise, also a ���ϰٿ� graduate, and their family,” Beebe says.

Dave Wolf

Associate professor of kinesiology and head coach of men's soccer at ���ϰٿ�

What are the chances that soccer will become as popular as baseball or football in the next 10 years?

Under cloudy skies, 299 bright ���ϰٿ� seniors celebrated their graduation May 7 at a lush Carr Field. About 5,000 family members and friends witnessed the pageantry as the college honored its top graduates and professors. Of the 299 students, 105 of them graduated with honors.

With a leadership gift from Roy and D’Aun Goble, ���ϰٿ� has created the Goble Center for Global Learning as part of the new Global Leadership Center, which includes two residential buildings, the Leadership Center and five programmatic initiatives.

���ϰٿ� breaks ground on new facilities for the college’s Global Leadership Center on Thursday, May 5, at 3:30 p.m. at the construction site, east of Van Kampen Hall. The ceremony is open to the public.

The ���ϰٿ� Choir tours the Pacific Northwest May 8-19 with California performances in Shafter, Davis, Redding and Grass Valley; Oregon performances in Klamath Falls and Salem; Washington performances in Seattle, Anacortes and Lakewood; and Vancouver British Columbia.

Two ���ϰٿ� seniors, Aria Hamann and Jarrett Catlin, both Monroe Scholars, have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships to conduct research and teach English outside the U.S. next year.

The 2016 Lead Where You Stand Conference features a dynamic, one-day event Thursday, June 2, focusing on leadership and the millennial generation. Held at Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara, the conference begins at noon, includes four talks and two meals, and ends at 8 p.m. The cost is $149 per person (westmont.edu/lead).

Jupiter and several impact craters on the moon will be the focus of this month’s free public viewing of the stars with ���ϰٿ�’s powerful Keck Telescope on Friday, April 15, beginning at 7:30 p.m. and lasting several hours at the ���ϰٿ� Observatory. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening.

April offers a diverse variety of concerts both on and off campus, all free and open to the public, except the Orchestra Concerto Concerts. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040.

Thanks to a major gift, ���ϰٿ� has established the Linda and Bill Hughes Center for Neuroscience and Leadership as part of the college’s new Institute for Global Learning and Leadership.

Santa Barbara residents Marshall Miller and Jennifer Markham have joined the ���ϰٿ� Foundation, which cultivates ties between ���ϰٿ� and the community.

Seventeen graduating art majors will display their capstone art projects April 7-May 7 at the . A free, public reception opens “Primed: ���ϰٿ� Senior Art Exhibition 2016” on Thursday, April 7, from 4-6 p.m.