Campus News (page 17)
@ The Hive: Song Micro-Commission Project
On August 27, join Professors Anne Harley (Scripps Music) and Giovanni Ortega (Pomona Theatre) for their Song Micro-Commission Pop-Up class as they teach students how to develop libretti for setting by composers in the musical theatre and classical art song genre.
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CMS Recreation Fall 2020 Virtual Class Schedule
Classes begin Monday, August 24, 2020. All classes will be hosted via Zoom, and are listed in Pacific Time. Classes are free for all students, faculty, staff, alumni, and family members of Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, and Scripps Colleges.
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Five Scripps Scholar-Athletes Named to 2020 Women’s All-Academic Water Polo Team
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas water polo players Emily McElroy ’22, Isabel Dhillon ’23, Jessi Beyer ’23, Ayla Huhn ’22, and Jessica Salaz ’22 earned places on the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches 2020 Women’s All-Academic team. To be eligible for the team, scholar-athletes must attain a grade point average above 3.2.
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‘Scripps This Summer’ Innovates Pre-Orientation Summer Programming
A team of staff, student, and faculty representatives from the Offices of the Dean of Students, Admission, Dean of Faculty, Marketing and Communications, and the Laspa Center for Leadership designed and implemented “Scripps This Summer” (STS), an ongoing slate of remote programming aimed at engaging with incoming students in a way that had never been done before at Scripps.
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Window into the Fall 2020 Student Life and Community
On July 28, staff members from different programs and student services hosted an online forum to provide Scripps students and families with information about virtual student life and community programs during the fall 2020 semester.
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Window into the Fall 2020 Virtual Learning Forum
On July 27, faculty members held a virtual forum on fall 2020 virtual learning for Scripps students and families.
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Message from Dean Marcus-Newhall and Dean Johnson
Since the decision to be remote for fall 2020, faculty and staff have been working intensely to ensure that the hallmarks of the Scripps student experience translate in a virtual world. This is an opportunity to innovate and reimagine the ways we learn and grow together, stay connected, expand our social networks and support one another.
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Stephanie Du ’21’s Homespun Efforts for Community Health
When Stephanie Du ’21’s grandfather was diagnosed with a heart condition, the necessity to protect those most vulnerable to COVID-19 became all the more poignant. “I am currently living with my grandparents, who are both immunocompromised. As someone who is very close to their grandparents, I just wanted to do something that will help protect more vulnerable populations,” she says.
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Protecting International Students
As detailed in this press release, Scripps College has joined a lawsuit with more than 20 West Coast colleges and universities seeking to block the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from enacting these changes. We are pursuing this case based on our belief that international students deserve the ability to continue the educational achievements they have worked so hard to attain.
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Supporting International Students
The Claremont Colleges Presidents, Academic Deans, and Student Deans are collaborating to develop a consortial solution that allows international students maximum flexibility to choose whether to enroll in-person or online. Scripps College values the contributions of our international students and providing alternative options is among our highest priorities as we navigate the ongoing uncertainty of the pandemic and its impact on our community.
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