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Mission Statement

West Claremont University is committed to equipping students to be prominent Christian professionals and leaders in global society, through a biblical higher education.

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Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

West Claremont University is a nonprofit Christian institution of higher education and offers degrees in religious subjects. West Claremont received a religious exempt status from California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education under California Education Code (CED) section 94874(e)(1). Any questions a student may have regarding this University have not been satisfactorily answered by the institution may be directed to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education;


Address:

1747 North Market Blvd., Suite 225,

Sacramento, CA 95834
P.O. Box 980818,

West Sacramento, CA 95798-0818


Web site address: www.bppe.ca.gov
Telephone and Fax #’s: (888) 370-7589, (916) 574-8900 or by fax (916) 263-1897

Student and Exchange Visitor Program

​West Claremont University is authorized under Federal Law to enroll non-immigrant alien students and to issue Certificates of Eligibility (Form I-20) enabling students to enter the U.S. with a student visa (F-1).

FACULTY

Sejoon Steve Kahng

Master of Music, Commercial Music, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
Diploma in Music, Music Production and Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, Berklee College of Music,
Boston, MA, 1997

Bachelor of Economics, Statistics, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, 1992

Danmichael Encarnacion Reyes

M.F.A. Jazz Keyboard, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA 2017
B.F.A., Jazz Piano, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, New York, NY 2013

Jenny Nam

M.M., Commercial Music, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
B.A., the Arts & Culture Management, Kyunghee Cyber University, South Korea, 2010
A.A., Applied Music, Jazz Piano, Seoul Institute of the Arts, South Korea, 2008

Trent Armstrong

​B.S., Organizational Leadership & Biblical Studies, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, 2006

Joachim Berose

B.M., Electronic Production and Sound Design, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, 2013
Diploma, Jacques Thibaud Conservatory of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, 2007

Don Yi

​A.M. Bass Performance, Los Angeles College of Music, Pasadena, CA 2000

Paul Dokyum Kim

M.A., Master of Arts in Church Music, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, 2016
M.Div., Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, 2016
B.S., Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, 2006

Isaias Elpes

M.A., Music Performance, Shepherd University, Los Angeles, CA
Post-Graduate, Music Education, Faculdade Paulista De Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
B.A., Bass Instrumentation, Faculdade Souza Lima & Berklee, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Joohee Bae

Bachelor of Music in violin performance, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, 2009
Performance Diploma , Boston University , Boston , MA, 2011
 

Lorenzo Carrano

M.M., Studio and Jazz Writing, University of Miami - Frost School of Music, Coral Gables, FL, 2015
B.M., Jazz Composition, Summa Cum Laude, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, 2012
B.A., Marketing and Media Studies, Universita' degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa, Naples, Italy, 2008

Jungnam Lee

M.M., Azusa Pacific University, Jazz Performance, Azusa, CA, 2016
B.M., Shepherd University, Drum Performance, Los Angeles, CA 2014
A.A., Musicians Institute, PIT, Los Angeles, CA 2012

Amanda M. Kenderes

Ph.D., Education, UCLA, Cultural Science & International Education 2012 
M.Ed. Education, Aquinas College (with English & Speech teaching credential 2007
B.A., English & Psychology, Grand Valley State University 2005

Michael Kahler

Ed.D. Educational Leadership/M.A. Curriculum/Instruction   2013/2015
M.A. International Affairs (Political Science/History) 1995
B.S., Babson College, International Business 1992 

Carina Aguirre

J. D. Law, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
B.A., Broadcast Journalism, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 

Lisa Marie Bolin

M.M. San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA 2001
B.M., North Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY

Corey Hanley

B.S, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration,

Washington University, Olin Business School, St. Louis,  MO 2014

CATALOG

West Claremont University Catalog 2024

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