Feature Stories (page 53)
Tour de France
Runner Jennifer Tavé ’12 represents France and Scripps College this week when she runs the 10K in the 23rd European Athletics Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Read MoreMaking a Difference
When the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities wanted to put a face on the cause of educating students, they picked Denise Rodriguez ’11. They couldn’t have made a better choice.
Read MoreSeeing Getrude Stein
Fantastic new exhibitions celebrating the life, work, and influence of Gertrude Stein flourish thanks in part to Stein artifacts on loan from the Scripps College Denison Library.
Read MoreRising to the Challenge
Last year two Scripps College families issued an amazing challenge to all first-year parents: raise $75,000 to support the college and we’ll match it. You’ll never believe the outcome.
Read MoreMind the Gap
Scripps College students discover the “gap year” between high school and college can be just as unique, challenging, and rewarding as any class work.
Read MoreScripps College 2011 Commencement
The rain stopped just in time for Scripps College’s 81st Commencement exercises, held outdoors, on Sunday, May 15, as 212 graduating seniors marched through the front doors of Denison Library and down Elm Tree Lawn. President Lori-Bettison Varga handed out diplomas and gave the charge to the Class of 2011 following speeches by sculptor and MacArthur “genius” Elizabeth Robbins Turk ’83 and senior class speaker Joss Greene.
Read MoreDog Day Afternoon
Stressed out from finals and papers? Scripps College has the perfect remedy: puppies and popsicles.
Read MoreEllen the Pig Comes Home to Scripps
For the first time in five years, Scripps College seniors have brought home the bacon.
Read More2011 Reunion Weekend
The Scripps College 2011 Reunion Weekend drew raves and record crowds last weekend as more than 400 alumnae descended on campus. Reunion, which ran April 28-May 1, included receptions for the various classes, a 5k fun run, wine tasting, and art gallery receptions.
Read MoreContemporary Intersex Activism
Melissa Cober’s thesis focuses on the memoirs of Herculine Barbin, a famous 19th-century French hermaphrodite who struggled with his/her identity “despite living in a society that implicitly suggests that s/he, by definition, should not have one.”
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