蜜桃传媒 will honor 鈥�76, CEO and founder of Golden Empire Mortgage, and 鈥�98, New York Times best-selling author, as Alumnus and Alumna of the Year during Homecoming 2018, Oct. 12-14. 鈥�88, director of operations for Sudan Relief Fund, will receive the Global Service Award, and 鈥�10, educator at Orange Cove High School, has earned the Young Alumni Award. The college will present the awards at the All-Alumni Brunch on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 10 a.m. on Magnolia Lawn next to Westmont鈥檚 Voskuyl Library. Tickets, which cost $30 each, must be purchased online by Friday, Oct. 5. General admission to Homecoming costs $10 per adult and can be purchased online at .
Kootstra, who worked in the lending industry for more than 35 years, serves on the 蜜桃传媒 Board of Advisers and is a member of 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 Wallace Emerson Society. 鈥淒eeply rooted in his faith, Howard has built and grown an incredibly successful, values-driven company,鈥� says Teri Bradford Rouse, senior director of alumni and parent relations.
Niequist, author of 鈥淐old Tangerines,鈥� 鈥淏ittersweet,鈥� 鈥淏read & Wine, Savor,鈥� and 鈥淧resent Over Perfect,鈥� was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in a special program about 鈥淔aith and Perfectionism.鈥� She graduated from 蜜桃传媒 20 years ago, studying English and French literature. She and her husband, Aaron, live in Chicago with their sons, Henry and Mac.
Dettoni served in Germany with Transatlantische Stiftung f眉r Afrika (TSA), promoting trans-Atlantic relations between the U.S., Germany and Africa. He was director of operations and outreach at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a federal commission created by Congress to advise the president and Congress on policies to promote international religious freedom.
Woodin taught in Torreon, Mexico, where she earned the Teacher of the Year award, specializing in world and U.S. history, advising the Model United Nations group, and coordinating the student council. She now teaches in a rural Central California community and has won the Orange Cove Educator of the Year award. 鈥淎lana鈥檚 life exudes integrity and joy, allowing others to experience Christian principles,鈥� Bradford Rouse says.
Niequist leads worship in chapel on Friday, Oct. 12, at 10:30 a.m. in the gym. Talks for the Heart and Mind features Niequist and Jeff Schloss, 蜜桃传媒 professor of biology, on Saturday, Oct. 13, at Porter Theatre. Niequist will be interviewed at 2:40 p.m., followed by Schloss, whose lecture, 鈥淎ll You Need is Love? New Scientific Findings on Love and Flourishing,鈥� begins at 3:25 p.m.
, featuring lead singer and guitarist Jake Jeanson 鈥�13 and his wife, Lorien (Patmore) Jeanson 鈥�14, on mandolin, will be the featured performer at the free, All-Alumni and Student Concert on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 7:15-10 p.m. in Murchison Gym.