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Dr. Judith M. Dean is currently a Lead International Economist in the Research Division, of the Office of Economics, US International Trade Commission, where she specializes in international trade and development research. Her recent work combines these interests with the environment. In a series of empirical studies using Chinese data, she has explored the possibility that trade growth is beneficial for the environment, that foreign investors create pollution havens in poor countries, and,...
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Libby Vincent is a pastor and teaches systematic theology for Fuller Seminary in Northern California. She is passionate about integrating the truths of Christian faith with the realities of daily life. She has a particular interest in working with students and young adults and also speaks regularly at Christian conferences.
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During Class Chapel, Freshman, Sophmores, Juniors, and Seniors all meet with the members of their own class for a message specifically for them.
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Nancy Ortberg served as a teaching pastor for eight years at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. During that time she lead Network, a ministry that helps people identify their spiritual gifts and find a place of service in the church, and Axis, a weekly gathering for the eighteen- to twenty-something generation. She is a founding partner of Teamworx2, a business and leadership consulting firm that provides fast-paced, practical, and compelling sessions to leaders and...
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Ben Patterson earned his bachelor’s degree from La Verne University in 1966 and his master’s of divinity from The American Baptist Seminary of the West in 1972. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of...
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Peter Thorrington has donated his time, talent and treasure to Opportunity International since 1990. He joined the Opportunity International-US Board in 2004 and is now Chairman of the Board of Directors. Peter’s interest in Africa has added value to Opportunity’s operations in Mozam-bique and South Africa. He serves on the board of Banco Oportunidade de Mozambique and Opportunity Finance in South Africa, and is a member of the Opportunity International President’s Council. Prior to...
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Author of the immensely popular book, "Cold Tangerines," Shauna Niequist grew up in Barrington, Illinois and then studied English and French Literature at Westmont College in Santa Barbara. After graduation, she worked with high school students at Willow Creek in Barrington for five years. On her first day there, she met Aaron Niequist, and three years later they were married. They moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to work at Mars Hill. They made great friends, walked to the Real Food...
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Rino and his wife Brenda have just begun their 20th year as the senior/ lead pastors of South Coast Church in Goleta. They moved to the area with a knowing in their hearts that God had sovereignly call them to restart a church that had “almost” closed many times but finally did in the summer of 1990. The journey has been one of many challenges but great rewards. Rino severs as presbyter of the Central Coast of the Assemblies of God overseeing 19 churches.
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Russell Willingham is the Executive Director of NCM. He oversees individual counseling, group counseling and the overall vision of the ministry. He speaks at events around the nation on issues related to sexual brokenness, the healing process and spiritual formation. He has found much wholeness from Jesus for the broken areas of his own life that date back to childhood. He is the author of two books, Breaking Free and Relational Masks (both published by InterVarsity Press).
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Jean M. Geran is a member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff. She joined Policy Planning in February 2006 and is responsible for democracy, human rights, trafficking in persons, women, children, refugees, and international organization issues. Dr. Geran began work at the State Department as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Diplomacy Fellow in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor covering bilateral human rights policy in Asia. She also has served...
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Ben Patterson earned his bachelor’s degree from La Verne University in 1966 and his master’s of divinity from The American Baptist Seminary of the West in 1972. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of...
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Ronald J. Morgan holds a Ph.D. in Latin American History from UC-Santa Barbara. Ron is currently Associate Professor of History and Director of ACU in Oxford for Abilene Christian University. A former church planter in Brazil, he has lived and taught in Oxford, England since 2003. In an effort to introduce his students to themes of conflict and reconciliation, Dr. Morgan has led study excursions to the French-German border (2009) and Bosnia (2010), as well as to Northern Ireland (2011). Drawing...
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Cheri Larsen Hoeckley arrived at Westmont in 1997, and she found a home here, teaching, enjoying great company, and continuing to learn with this community of believers. Her favorite venues for gathering with students and colleagues outside the classroom include Tuesdays with Morals and Mesa Hispana. She has also been known to organize marathon readings of novels in Reynolds Hall. Because she is convinced that traveling with students offers teachable moments beyond what we find in the...
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Dr. Tremper Longman III is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College. He earned a B.A. in Religion at Ohio Wesleyan University, an M.Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in ancient Near Eastern studies from Yale University. Tremper has authored or co-authored twenty books and written numerous articles. A number of these works are interdisciplinary. His Literary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation (Zondervan, 1987); Complete Literary Guide to the...
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Since arriving in Santa Barbara in 1987, he has taught Communication Studies at Westmont College. He and his wife of over 30 years, Janet, have raised three daughters: Emily, Hannah, and Laura. The only other male at home is the cat, Willie. When not mentoring students, Greg can be found tending his roses or playing tennis. He has published A Heart for Truth: Taking Your Faith to College and numerous articles on what it means to live in a media-saturated culture. Recently, he has published...
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Gayle D. Beebe became Westmont's eighth president on July 1, 2007, after serving as president of Spring Arbor University in Michigan for seven years. He received master's degrees in divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, in philosophy of religion and theology from Claremont Graduate University, and in business administration in strategic management from the Peter F. Drucker School at Claremont Graduate University. He completed his doctorate in philosophy of religion and theology at...
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A former Westmont basketball player, a successful businessman and a longtime Warrior supporter, Dave Odell is Westmont's athletic director. Odell, who has served as an adjunct professor in the economics and business department for the past six years, has a long history of involvement with Westmont athletics. A men’s basketball player from 1985-1989 and a scholar-athlete, he has maintained a close connection to the Warrior program. From 2002-05, and again since 2007, Odell served as the chair...
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Cathleen went to Wheaton College and is now an award-winning religion columnist for Religion News Service and Sojourners Magazine in Washington, D.C. and author of the critically acclaimed The God Factor: Inside the Spiritual Lives of Public People, Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace, The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers, and the forthcoming The Thread: Faith, Friendship and Facebook.
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Rev. Dr. Soong-Chan Rah is the Milton B. Engebretson Assistant Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL. Rah is formerly the founding Senior Pastor of the Cambridge Community Fellowship Church (CCFC), a multiethnic, urban ministry-focused church committed to living out the values of racial reconciliation and social justice in the urban context. Soong-Chan was a plenary speaker at the 2003 Urbana Student Missions Conference, the 2005 Summer...
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Moore came to Westmont in the summer of 2005 from the University of California, Berkeley where she served as an assistant women’s basketball coach for four years. Prior to working at Cal, Kirsten was initially a walk-on at the University of Oregon,where she earned a full scholarship and became team captain through a relentless work ethic and positive attitude. After graduation in 1998, Moore served as an assistant coach in the Duck’s women’s basketball program for three years, during...
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Michele served in full-time vocational ministry for seven years before transitioning to work at Westmont. She shares her heart for spiritual formation through her role as Director of First Year Experience and Special Programs at Westmont, as well as serving as adjunct teaching faculty for Antioch University Santa Barbara. A veteran speaker at college retreats and conferences, Michele holds a B. A. in Psychology from the University of California at Davis and an M. A. in Education from Azusa...
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Ben Patterson earned his bachelor’s degree from La Verne University in 1966 and his master’s of divinity from The American Baptist Seminary of the West in 1972. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of...
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Britt Merrick grew up near Santa Barbara, Calif. in a little town on the beach named Carpinteria. In his childhood years Britt’s singular passion was surfing, and soon he was making surfboards along side his father (Al Merrick) at the Channel Islands, Inc. surfboard factory for some of the best surfers in the world. Britt was also handling the famous company’s advertising, marketing, and amateur surf team. Shortly after re-committing his life to the Lord in his early twenties Britt began to...
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Gayle D. Beebe became Westmont's eighth president on July 1, 2007, after serving as president of Spring Arbor University in Michigan for seven years. He received master's degrees in divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, in philosophy of religion and theology from Claremont Graduate University, and in business administration in strategic management from the Peter F. Drucker School at Claremont Graduate University. He completed his doctorate in philosophy of religion and theology at...
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Ben Patterson earned his bachelor’s degree from La Verne University in 1966 and his master’s of divinity from The American Baptist Seminary of the West in 1972. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of...
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Ben Patterson earned his bachelor’s degree from La Verne University in 1966 and his master’s of divinity from The American Baptist Seminary of the West in 1972. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of...
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Kevin DeYoung has been the Senior Pastor at University Reformed Church since August 2004. His three main responsibilities include preaching, leadership, and administration. Kevin was born outside of Chicago in South Holland, Illinois and from third grade on, grew up in Jenison, Michigan. He attended Hope College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Prior to serving at URC, Kevin was the Associate Pastor at First Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa.
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Kevin G. Harney is the Teaching Pastor and Evangelism Champion at Faith Church in Dyer, Indiana and Central Wesleyan Church in Holland, MI. He is also on the Teaching Team of the campus ministry at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. Harney is the author of several books.
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Jamie Noling is the Associate Campus Pastor at Azusa Pacific University. Jamie comes from Gordon College, where she directed student ministries. A native Californian, Noling earned her Doctor of Ministry at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, her M. A. in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary and B. A. in communication from Pepperdine University.
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Ben Patterson earned his bachelor’s degree from La Verne University in 1966 and his master’s of divinity from The American Baptist Seminary of the West in 1972. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of...
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Dr. Mark Yarhouse specializes in the areas of marriage and family therapy, human sexuality, integration of psychology and theology, sexual identity, and ethics. Since 1998 he has taught in the doctoral program at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He has published a number of books, including Modern Psychopathologies: A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal (2005), and Homosexuality: The Use of Scientific Research in the Church's Moral Debate (2000). In 2004 Dr. Yarhouse developed the...
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Ben Patterson earned his bachelor’s degree from La Verne University in 1966 and his master’s of divinity from The American Baptist Seminary of the West in 1972. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of...
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Dr. Jerry Root serves as the Associate Director of the Institute of Strategic Evangelism. In this role he heads up Wheaton College's Campus Evangelism Initiatives to make "a lifestyle of evangelism" part of what it means to be a whole and effective Christian at Wheaton College. Jerry also teaches evangelism courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Jerry was born and raised in Southern CA and grew up in a Christian family but did not become a Christian until his freshman...
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Dr. Bob Bakke is the senior teaching pastor at Bloomington Baptist Church in Bloomington, MN, and executive director of the Global Day of Prayer North America. He formerly served as head of the National Prayer Advance of the Evangelical Free Church of America. He is the author of The Power of Extraordinary Prayer.
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As a young child, Carri Lynn Svoboda moved often as her father, who was in the Air Force, was stationed all over the world. The family finally settled down in Atwater, which is in Central California. After high school, Carri moved to Santa Barbara, where in 1992 she received her Bachelors Degree in English from UCSB and the following year she received her teaching credential from the same institution. Carri taught 8th grade English for seven years at Santa Barbara Junior High and is currently...
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Rick Ifland has been a self-employed entrepreneur since his junior year at Westmont and has spent the past thirty years developing people, improving productivity and promoting quality on a worldwide basis with his experience in business development and executive management. He is a member of the Westmont Board of Trustees where he chairs the Strategic Planning Committee. He also serves as the Chairman of the Bright Hope For Tomorrow Building Campaign. Rick holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics...
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Felix Huang is a senior here at Westmont College majoring in Communication Studies and minoring in Religious Studies and Economics & Business. He loves Westmont, and desires for a vibrant culture of prayer to develop and thrive among the student body and faculty/staff alike. The son of Taiwanese immigrants who came to the United States three decades ago, Felix is passionate about ecumenical and intercultural dialogue, and longs to see the fulfillment of the eschatological vision of saints...
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Ben Patterson earned his bachelor’s degree from La Verne University in 1966 and his master’s of divinity from The American Baptist Seminary of the West in 1972. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of...
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Rev. Greg Boyle, S.J., a Jesuit priest renowned for his work with at-risk youth in Los Angeles. Fr. Boyle will describe his work with gang members and others who live in South Central Los Angeles, and how it is guided and strengthened by Jesuit principles. Fr. Boyle, who received an honorary degree from Holy Cross in 1998, has spent much of his life determined to help end gang violence and raise awareness about the causes of gang violence in the U.S. He is the founder and executive director of...
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Michael Shasberger joined the Westmont faculty in 2005 after a distinguished career in higher education and church music. A graduate of St. Olaf College in Minnesota, he earned a doctorate in choral music, vocal performance and church music at the University of Southern California. He has extensive experience as a conductor and soloist in a wide variety of musical performances, including opera and classic works. Dr. Shasberger's endeavors here at Westmont include conducting the Westmont College...
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Ben Patterson earned his bachelor’s degree from La Verne University in 1966 and his master’s of divinity from The American Baptist Seminary of the West in 1972. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of...
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Ben Patterson earned his bachelor’s degree from La Verne University in 1966 and his master’s of divinity from The American Baptist Seminary of the West in 1972. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of...
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J. Budziszewski received his Ph.D. from Yale in 1981, and is a professor in the departments of Government and Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Budziszewski is an ethical and political philosopher. He is also a nationally-known authority on the tradition of Natural Law, which is germane to intelligent design because natural teleology is at heart a design concept. Much of his work focuses on the repression of moral knowledge -- on what goes wrong when we try to convince ourselves...
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A.T. has extensive international experience working at Citibank. His positions have included: Country Corporate Officer (CCO) Liberia; CCO and General Manager for 11 countries in Central and Eastern Africa; Regional Supervisor for Citibank’s Business Risk Review for Brazil and six other South American countries; Division Credit Officer for Spain and Portugal; and Emerging Markets Region Head responsible for relationships with global companies in Central & Eastern Europe, Central Asia,...
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Dr. Jon Ireland is the founding and Lead Pastor of Ocean Hills Covenant Church in downtown Santa Barbara. He has been married to his best friend Nathalie for 27 years and they have a 17 year old daughter who really wants to go to Westmont next year. He never ever got straight A's in school, has always driven a convertible, and his favorite book is "The Same Kind Of Different As Me." Jon has a love for adventure - he ran with the bulls in Pamplona, climbed the Matterhorn in Switzerland...
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Ben Patterson earned his bachelor’s degree from La Verne University in 1966 and his master’s of divinity from The American Baptist Seminary of the West in 1972. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of...
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Caryn Reeder joined the Religious Studies department in 2007 and teaches Life and Literature of the New Testament and New Testament Greek. She is a proud graduate of Atwood-Hammond High School, and also holds a BA in Religion and Psychology from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois; an MA in Biblical Exegesis from Wheaton College, also in Illinois; and an MPhil in Old Testament and PhD in New Testament from the University of Cambridge (the one in England). Her doctoral dissertation, The...
