Feature Stories (page 71)
Humanities Institute Fall Series Draws Crowds
Where can Scripps students and the community find a speaker series featuring lecturers ranging from an Emmy Award-winning news correspondent to the Executive Director of the Federalist Society? This fall, students and the Claremont community had to look no further than the Scripps College campus and the Humanities Institute fall lecture and film series, “The Politics of Knowledge Production.”
Read MoreOne Vote Matters: Scripps First-Year Learns the Value of the Vote
Scripps first-year Eli Winkelman knows the importance of one vote. The rigorous “boot camp” she endured this summer taught her everything she needed to know about the voting process.
Read MoreA Death in the Scripps Family
Scripps College President Nancy Y. Bekavac announced the passing of an important member of the Scripps College community, Katharine Miller, with the following words about her contributions to the college and beyond.
Read MoreU.S. News & World Report Ranks Scripps 26th Best Liberal Arts College in Nation
The US News & World Report College Rankings for 2005 lists Scripps College-the women’s college of the Claremont Colleges Consortium-as the 26th best liberal arts college in the nation, up from 34th place in 2004.
Read MoreScripps Welcomes Five New Faculty Members
John G. Milton has been named the William Rand Keenan, Jr. Professor in Computational Neuroscience for the Joint Sciences Department of Scripps, Pitzer, and Claremont McKenna Colleges.
Read MoreHigh Schoolers Get College Education: Scripps College Summer Academy
On June 12, thirty-four highly motivated young women moved into Eleanor Joy Toll Hall to participate in an academically intensive two-week residential program. The women, who attend public and parochial high schools from the greater Los Angeles and Inland Empire area, are participating in the Scripps College Summer Academy, now in its third year.
Read MoreAn Assignment in Perspective: Kate Sims
When choosing what to major in, junior Kate Sims knew she didn’t want to follow the usual path. Instead, she decided to blaze her own trail. She knew she wanted to combine management and art, so with the help of her advisor, Mary MacNaughton, Sims created a major in arts administration.
Read MoreNational Commentator Robin Gerber To Discuss “Women and Leadership” at Scripps College Fall Convocation
Robin Gerber — national commentator, scholar, and author of Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage — will give the keynote address at Scripps College’s fall academic convocation exercises on Thursday, September 11, at 11:00 a.m. in Garrison Theater in the new Performing Arts Center on the Scripps campus.
Read MoreWilliamson Gallery Opens Fall Exhibit with “Dragons, Beasts, and Butterflies”
Curated and organized by Professor Bruce Coats with the help of Morgan Nomura ’05, a J. Paul Getty Multicultural Summer Intern, Dragons offers traditional artistry from China, Japan, Korea, and India designed to appeal to young and old alike.
Read MoreMolly Ivins: Commencement 2003
Columnist and raconteur Molly Ivins addressed the class of 2003 during commencement ceremonies this month.
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