A reception and membership party at Casa de la Guerra, 9 East De la Guerra Street, Thursday, Sept. 13, 4-6 p.m. celebrates the continued development of Â鶹avÓ³»´«Ã½â€™s art program. The event, sponsored by the Â鶹avÓ³»´«Ã½ Art Council in collaboration with the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, is free and open to the public.
Ena Heller, executive director of New York’s Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA), will present a free lecture, “Redefining Biblical Art in New York City,†in Â鶹avÓ³»´«Ã½â€™s Hieronymus Lounge Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. Art Council members Walter and Darlene Hansen present the talk in conjunction with the exhibit, Georges Rouault: Miserere et Guerre, curated by MOBIA, which runs through Oct. 18 in Reynolds Gallery.
ORIENTATION BEGINS THURSDAY FOR TALENTED CLASS OF STUDENTS
The 388 members of the incoming class of 2011 will begin arriving at Â鶹avÓ³»´«Ã½ this week. They belong to one of the strongest academic classes in the college’s 70-year history.
Political scientist Jesse Covington joins Â鶹avÓ³»´«Ã½â€™s faculty this fall as an assistant professor after completing his doctorate at the University of Notre Dame.
Covington, a Southern California native, holds master’s degrees from Notre Dame and Westminster Theological Seminary. He has taught at Wheaton College in Illinois for the past two years. At Â鶹avÓ³»´«Ã½, he will focus on political theory and constitutional law.
Â鶹avÓ³»´«Ã½ remains in the top tier among the nation's top liberal arts
colleges in the 2008 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best
Colleges" released today. Â鶹avÓ³»´«Ã½ tied with 10 other colleges with a
ranking of 106. This is the third straight year the college has been in the
top tier.
Reynolds Gallery will host Georges Rouault’s Miserere et Guerre: This Anguished
World of Shadows, a cycle of prints that explores the connections between war,
suffering and mercy, Aug. 23 through Oct. 18. There will be an opening reception
Thursday, Aug. 23, 4-6 p.m.