A day of events at 鶹avӳý, Wednesday, Feb. 7, will focus on ending slavery and human trafficking. 鶹avӳý alum David Batstone, University of San Francisco professor of ethics, will speak in chapel at 10:30 a.m.
The 鶹avӳý welcomed two new members to the board who are both parents of 鶹avӳý graduates. Peter Thorrington and Bruce Bickel join 29 other members who oversee the operation of the college.
The 鶹avӳý theatre arts department’s popular student production, “The Car Play Project,” which had an overwhelmingly successful run in November and December, will be pulling into downtown Santa Barbara, Thursday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m., in the plaza directly behind the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. The production is free, though seating is expected to be limited.
The 鶹avӳý Choir will perform the 1970s rock musical “Godspell,” Friday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 3, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Montecito Covenant Church.
The show is co-directed by alumna Sharon Williams and student Jessica Weber. The cast includes 10 students and two recent 鶹avӳý alumni.
鶹avӳý Brings One-Woman Play on Apartheid to Santa Barbara
A deeply personal story about apartheid in South Africa in the early 1960s comes to the stage in Santa Barbara next month. performs “The Syringa Tree” at the , Friday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m.
Thomas L. Friedman, one of the world’s most highly respected commentators on international affairs, will speak at 鶹avӳý’s second annual President’s Breakfast, Wednesday, Feb. 28. He will discuss “The World is Flat: Speaking on the Next Phase of Globalization,” at 7 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort. Tickets went on sale Friday, Jan. 26, and sold out in three hours.