Gaede Institute | Lectures & Discussions Archive: Fall 2022

Neighborhood Discovery Walk: City and Nature
The Westmont Center for Thriving Communities and Santa Barbara Mission Conference 

Saturday, September 3, 9-11am
Stevens Park

Film Friday: Mudbound 
Westmont College Theater Department 

Friday, September 16, 6:30 PM
Porter Theater

Soul Care in African American Practice 
Dr. Barbara Peacock | Winner of the 2021 Dallas Willard Research Center Book Award 

Thursday, September 22, 3:30 PM 
GLC Simmons Center
Provost Lecture

Restless Devices: Being the Church in a Digital Age
Dr. Felicia Song | Westmont College 
In conversation with Doug Ranck 

Thursday, September 22, 5:30 PM 
Downtown Patio 29 W Anapamu
Please RSVP here

Galaxies, Stars, Black Holes, and Life: A Universe of Wonder and Praise 
Jennifer Wiseman | American Association for the Advancement of Science

Thursday, September 22, 7 PM 
GLC Simmons Center
Pascal Lecture

What Are You Going to Do With That? 
Liberal Studies and Modern Languages 

Tuesday, October 4th, 6:30 PM 
Founders Room 
 

Mental training: Magic or Physiologic Reality
Timothy Van Haitsma | Westmont College 

Thursday, October 13th, 5:30 PM
Community Arts Workshop 
631 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101
Westmont Downtown Lecture

Poetry Reading 
Tania Runyan | ELA Teacher and Author               
With additional readings by Luke Morse and Maeanna Crosland 

Thursday, October 13, 7 PM 
Hieronymus Lounge
Westmont Reading Series

Film Friday: Get Out
Westmont College Theater Department 

Friday, October 14, 6:30 PM
Porter Theater

Dallas Willard on the Role of Knowledge in Personal Transformation
Prof. Walter Hopp | Boston University 

Monday, October 17, 3:30 PM
Dallas Willard Research Center Lecture
 

Arcs and Trajectories: Thoughts and Experiences from a Career in the Science and Art of Medicine
Gary Ponto, M.D.

Wednesday, October 19, 7:00 PM
Hieronymus Lounge
 

Book Lecture: Stuck
Todd Ferguson | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

Thursday, October 20, 7-8:30 PM 
GLC Simmons Center
Sponsored by Frontiers, the Campus Pastor’s Office, and the Westmont Sociology & Religious Studies Departments.

Using the Higgs Boson as a Tool for Discovery 
Ben Carlson | Westmont College

Tuesday, October 25, 7:00 PM 
GLC Simmons Center
Paul C. Wilt Phi Kappa Phi Lecture

Santa Barbara and the Modern Environmental Movement
Linda Krop | Chief Counsel, Environmental Defense Center, 

Wednesday, October 26, 5:30 PM 
GLC Simmons Center
Pascal and Environmental Studies Lecture

Deeper Thinking on Abortion 
Tricia Bruce | University of Notre Dame

Thursday, October 27, 3:30 PM
Global Leadership Center
Gender Studies Lecture

Down to Earth: A Biblical Perspective on Environmentalism
Sandra Richter | Westmont College

Thursday, November 3, 3:30 PM
Community Arts Workshop (CAW)
Westmont Downtown Lecture

Enabling Equitable and Sustainable Energy Transitions
Ranjit Deshmukh | Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at UCSB

Friday, November 4, 3:30 PM
Winter Hall 210
Pascal and Environmental Studies Lecture
 

Film Friday: This Christmas
Westmont College Theater Department 

Friday, November 11, 6:30 PM
Porter Theater

On the Frontlines of Our Backcountry: Protecting Public Lands in the Age of Climate Change
Jeff Kuyper | Los Padres Forest Watch

November 17, 4:00 PM 
Environmental Studies Lecture