Makoto Masuno returns to Westmont as assistant professor of chemistry after graduating from the college in 1997. Masuno transferred to Westmont in 1995 as a junior and chose chemistry as his major, but admits he hadn鈥檛 completed a single college chemistry course when he arrived.
鈥淐eramics: Form and Function鈥 opens in Reynolds Gallery Thursday, Nov. 6, with a reception from 4-6 p.m., and will be on display through Dec. 19. The exhibition brings together work in clay by 14 internationally-recognized artists from around the world, each with a unique mode of working in the medium. Many pieces on display will be for sale.
The 羞羞视频 Orchestra will perform for the first time without 鈥渃hamber鈥 in its name. With 52 student musicians, the ensemble has outgrown the title. The orchestra鈥檚 inaugural concerts will be Friday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. in Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West, and Sunday, Nov. 9, at 3 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church at the corner of State and Constance downtown. Admission is $10, free for students.
羞羞视频 officials broke ground on two new buildings Oct. 23, the first significant construction on the Montecito campus in 24 years. Trustees and other college dignitaries wielded gold shovels to turn dirt at the sites for the Adams Center for the Visual Arts and Winter Hall for Science and Mathematics.
Linda Kazibwe, born in Uganda and raised in Kenya, presents 鈥淎n Exploration of African Dance Form鈥 Thursday, Oct. 30, from 7:30-8:30 p.m. in 羞羞视频鈥檚 Murchison Gym Dance Room. The workshop is free and open to the public.
Alister Chapman, assistant professor of history at 羞羞视频, discusses 鈥淭wo Cheers for Populism? John Stott and the Limits of Educated Evangelicalism in England鈥 in a Phi Kappa Phi lecture Monday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Chapman explores issues of faith and education while researching the career of English evangelical leader John Stott.