Programs | Gaede Institute Archive: Fall 2019
Fall 2019 Public Events
A Public Talk by Bryan Loritts
Pastor and author of Insider Outsider: My Journey as a Stranger in White Evangelicalism and My Hope for Us All
Wednesday, September 4, 7:00 PM
Hieronymus Lounge
Gaede Institute Lecture
Poetry and Prayer: How the Poetic Imagination Can Enrich Your Prayer Life
Malcolm Guite | University of Cambridge
Monday, September 9, 3:30 PM
Hieronymus Lounge
Gaede Institute Lecture
A Reading by the Novelist Gina Ochsner
Thursday, September 12, 7:00 PM
Hieronymus Lounge
Westmont Reading Series
Dismantling the Myth of Nuclear Security
Sarah Witmer | Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Tuesday, September 17, 3:30 PM
Founders Room
Sustainability Speaker Series
Shrewd Samaritan: Faith, Economics, and the Road to Loving Our Global Neighbor
Bruce Wydick | Westmont in San Francisco
Wednesday, September 18, 7:00 PM
Global Leadership Center
Sponsored by Westmont in San Francisco and the Economics and Business Department
Reel Talk: “Minority Report”
with Don Patterson and a faculty panel
Thursday, September 19, 7:00 PM
Porter Theater
Teach-In on the Global Climate Crisis
Faculty and student presenters
Tuesday, September 24, 12:00 PM
DC Lawn
What We Talk About When We Talk About Race
Dave Lomas, Reality San Francisco
Tuesday, September 24, 7:00 PM
Hieronymus Lounge
Westmont in San Francisco Lecture
The Newsvendor Problem, Revenue Management, and Market Information
Mike Veatch | Gordon College
Friday, September 27, 3:30 PM
Winter 106
Mathematics Department Lecture
Christian Hope and the End Without End
David Vander Laan | Westmont College
Steven Zylstra and Telford Work, responding
Monday, September 30, 7:00 PM
Hieronymus Lounge
Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi Lecture
An Ecological Theology of the Dao: Eco-Dao
Heup Young Kim | Kangnam University, Seoul
Tuesday, October 1, 4:30 PM
Hieronymus Lounge
Sponsored by the World Christianity and Adams Mission Funds
Talking About the Weather
John Durham Peters | Yale University
Wednesday, October 9, 7:00 PM
Hieronymus Lounge
Erasmus Society Lecture (Communication Studies)
Archaeology at Westmont: A Philistine Cemetery Unearthed at Ashkelon
Daniel Master | Director of Excavations, Tel Shimron
Thursday, October 10, 7:00 PM
Winter 210
Erasmus Society Lecture (Religious Studies)
A Lecture by Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala
Tombura-Yambio Catholic Diocese, South Sudan
Monday, October 14, 3:30 PM
Hieronymus Lounge
Sponsored by the Campus Pastor’s Office and the Adams Mission Fund
Not About the Numbers: What Really Matters in How We Learn
Paul Willis | Westmont College
Tuesday, October 15, 5:30 PM
The University Club (1332 Santa Barbara St.)
Westmont Downtown Lecture
Intractable Conflict and Paralyzed Politicians: What Can Christians Do?
Salim Munayer | Musalaha Ministry of Reconciliation
Wednesday, October 16, 3:30 PM
Hieronymus Lounge
Sponsored by the History Department, Provost’s Office, and Adams Mission Fund
Becoming Radical Disciples: Lessons from the Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jennifer McBride | McCormick Theological Seminary
Monday, October 21, 3:30 PM
Hieronymus Lounge
Sponsored by the History Department, Sociology Department, and Provost’s Office
Reel Talk: "Loving"
Sean Pratt | Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Tuesday, October 21, 7:00 PM
Porter Theater
Local Recycling Update!
Brian Latchford, City of Santa Barbara Trash and Recycling
Tuesday, October 22, 3:30 PM
Founders Room
Sustainability Speaker Series
Using Pre-College Student Attitudes and Demographics to Predict STEM Career Interest
Alana Unfried | CSU Monterey Bay
Friday, October 25, 3:30 PM
Winter 106
Mathematics Department Lecture
Making Sense of the #MeToo Moment: An Institutional and Cultural Perspective
Meredith Whitnah | Westmont College
Thursday, November 7, 5:30 PM
The University Club (1332 Santa Barbara St.)
Westmont Downtown Lecture
Reel Talk: “The Armor of Light”
Thursday, November 14, 7:00 PM
Adams 216
There Is an Aptamer for That! Nucleic Acid-Based Chemosensors for Brain Research
Tod Kippin | Psychological and Brain Sciences, UC Santa Barbara
Tuesday, November 19, 4:00 PM
Winter 210
Psychology Department Lecture
What is Data Science?
Eric Weber | Iowa State University
Thursday, November 21, 3:30 PM
GLC Hughes Classroom
Mathematics Department Lecture
Reading Sustainably in the Face of Climate Fatigue
Theresa Covich | Westmont College
Monday, November 25, 3:30 PM
Hieronymus Lounge
Sustainability Speaker Series
Making Westmont Sustainable: A Student Perspective
Westmont Environmental Studies Students
Monday, December 2, 4:00 PM
Hieronymus Lounge
Sustainability Speaker Series
Oxytocin, Morality, and Happiness
Paul Zak | Claremont Graduate University & Loma Lina University Medical School
Thursday, December 5, 5:00 PM
Hieronymus Lounge
Biology Department Lecture