Feature Stories (page 55)
No Shoes Allowed
The Scripps College capacity to encourage social justice takes the field in a student-organized soccer tournament that raises money to combat HIV in Africa.
Read MoreMaking Fun: The Legacy of the Scripps College Ceramic Annual
67 years young, one of the most exciting aspects of the Scripps College Ceramic Annual is its focus on presenting new and original perspectives year after year.
Read MoreBrown is the New Green
How does Lola Trafecanty, Scripps College’s director of grounds, keep Alumnae Field lush and green during the cold winter months? She doesn’t – and it’s all in the name of sustainability.
Read MoreThe Art of Networking
Scripps College’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery breaks new ground by utilizing social media to help program one of its upcoming exhibits.
Read MoreGlobetrotters
Ariel Bloomer ’12 heads a network of students as they report on their study abroad experiences for the new Scripps College Off-Campus Study blog.
Read MoreThe Calling
How does a studio art major end up in Kabul? Elizabeth Baker ’06 talks about the personal journey she took leading her from Scripps College to outreach in war-torn Afghanistan.
Read MoreGabrielle Giffords’ Message
Gabrielle is a role model, not just for our students, but for all women and for all Americans. She did not shy away from her calling to be a leader. With grace and determination, she has become an outstanding and courageous public servant. Gabrielle Giffords’s career shows that she is fiercely independent — framing her positions on issues thoughtfully and humanely, and, in the words of our founder, Ellen Browning Scripps, “with confidence, courage and hope.”
Read MoreThe Milton Marathon, a One-Day Reading of “Paradise Lost”
Perhaps a little-known fact outside of early modern literature scholarship circles, Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost can be read in just one day. On December 2, a relatively mild and sunny day for this time of year in Southern California, Assistant Professors of English Literature Colleen Rosenfeld (Pomona) and Jacqueline Wernimont (Scripps) organized a one-day reading of the poem on the lawn north of Honnold-Mudd Library.
Read MoreA Global Affair
Professor of International Relations David Andrews heads the European Union Center — one of only two in California — so Scripps College students may have opportunity to work with another important consortium: the European Union.
Read MoreStudents United!
Collaboration between Scripps Associated Students, staff, and trustees leads to the development of Scripps College’s first Student Union.
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