In 2005, the college was renamed after alumna Antoinette Passo Westphal at the request of her husband after one of the largest private donations to the university in its history.
[1] The college is the home to the Mandell Theater, the Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel's television station (DUTV), the Kal Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies, MAD Dragon Records and Drexel's Robert & Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection.
In January 2009, the Westphal College received the largest public philanthropic gift ever recorded at Drexel University, $25 million.
The Mandell Professionals in Residence Project, a project that brings professional theatre companies to the campus for a term of instruction and performance, has been nominated for six Barrymore awards and won a Barrymore for 2009's Long Christmas Ride Home with Azuka Theatre.
MAD Dragon Records is distributed by ADA, a subsidiary of Warners Music, and has released more than 15 albums under Sabinson's tenure.
The Redwalls, a MAD Dragon recording act, appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with David Letterman.
[citation needed] In 2007 the college's brochure, designed by its students, won the Graphic Arts Association Franklin Award for Excellence.