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The , M57, will be the star attraction at a free, public viewing with ������ú’s powerful Keck Telescope Friday, Sept. 21. The , held in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, begins after 7:45 p.m. and lasts several hours.

������ú alumnus Jerry H. Gill ’56, adjunct professor of philosophy, religious studies and humanities at Pima Community College in Tucson, Ariz., explores the relationship between faith and reason in a free, public lecture, “Faith and/or Reason,” Friday, Sept. 14, at 3:30 p.m. in Adams Center 216.

Carmel Gabriel Saad, who joins ������ú this fall as an assistant professor of psychology, is an Egyptian-American whose research focuses on bicultural identities and is interested in studying dual non-cultural identities and creativity.

is ranked in the top 100 for the fourth straight year in this year’s listings of the best liberal arts colleges according to

Members of the music faculty at ������ú present a recital featuring the works of Mendelssohn, Bach and Stephen Sondheim on Friday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. in Deane Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.

������ú and Sodexo, the college’s dining service, open the doors to an enhanced Dining Commons as students arrive for the fall semester Monday, Aug. 27.

Workers are busy modernizing the lobby of ������ú’s Murchison Gym, upgrading the lighting, ceilings and walls, and installing two, 70-inch monitors to show video and photos of ������ú Hall of Fame athletes and other information. Maple hardwood flooring, dating back to the construction of the gym in the late 1960s, was removed during a 2008 renovation and has been recycled for use on the lobby walls.

Twenty first-year ������ú students met on campus Aug. 9 before trekking through the Sierra backcountry north of Yosemite. is a unique, 12-day orientation program that introduces students to Westmont and earns them two units of academic and physical education credit.

David Newton, who has taught entrepreneurial finance at ������ú for 22 years, has been appointed in New York City, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1981. He begins the position Jan. 1, 2013.

Family and friends will celebrate the life of Alex Moore at a memorial service Tuesday,
May 15, at 4 p.m. at Santa Barbara Community Church, 1002 Cieneguitas Road in Santa
Barbara. A reception at the church will follow the service.

Moore, an assistant professor of kinesiology at ������ú, died May 9 from complications following surgery for Crohn’s disease. He was 31.

Nancy Ortberg, leadership development director at , delivers the address at ������ú’s , which features 314 graduates, 109 with honors, on Saturday, May 5, from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Russell Carr Field.