News Releases (page 113)
Scripps College Receives Top Marks in Housing
Scripps College received an A+ grade in Campus Housing from College Prowler, the largest publisher of college content in the United States. With only two percent of colleges being honored with an A+ grade in each category, Scripps College is among an elite group in the 2008 rankings.
Read MoreAlumna Abigail Stopper ‘07 Selected as Kennedy Center Intern
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. has selected Abigail Stopper ’07 for its prestigious internship program. She will serve as an intern in the development department as part of the Kennedy Center Institute for Arts Management until May 2008.
Read MoreAlumna Poet Lynne Thompson ’72 to Speak at Scripps
Poet Lynne Thompson, Scripps alumna class of ’72, will present her 2007 Perugia Press prize-winning work, Beg No Pardon, at noon on February 26 in the Hampton Room, Malott Commons, Scripps College.
Read More“Ask For It” Author Sara Laschever to Speak at Scripps
Author Sara Laschever will speak about women and negotiation on Friday, February 22, at 12 p.m. in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons, Scripps College. Her lecture, “Ask For It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want,” will present the four-step negotiation guide detailed in her forthcoming book of the same name.
Read MoreAward-Winning Filmmaker and Author to Speak at Scripps
Noted multiracial advocate Kip Fulbeck will speak on identity and multiraciality on Wednesday, February 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Garrison Theater, Scripps College Performing Arts Center. In addition to his lecture, Fulbeck will also lead a hands-on student workshop entitled “What Are You,” from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Read MoreFighting Breast Cancer With Love
Dr. Susan M. Love, known worldwide as one of the founders of the breast cancer advocacy movement, will speak on eradicating the disease in Balch Auditorium at Scripps College on Thursday, February 7, as part of Malott Commons’ Voice and Vision Speaker Series.
Read MoreDr. Terrence Roberts of the Little Rock Nine Speaks at Scripps
Dr. Terrence Roberts will speak on “Evaluating the Dream: The Legacy of the Little Rock Nine” on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in Garrison Theater, Scripps College Performing Arts Center. The lecture is part of the 2008 Claremont Colleges’ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Week.
Read MoreAcclaimed Male Soprano Makes West Coast Debut at Scripps
Acclaimed young New York male soprano Michael Maniaci will be the featured artist in Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble’s concert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, at Balch Auditorium, Scripps College, Claremont.
Read MoreScripps Humanities Institute Focuses On Biotechnology
This semester, the Scripps College Humanities Institute will focus on the issue of biotechnology as it relates to the future of human nature. From January through April, the Humanities Institute will offer a series of lectures and films exploring this topic.
Read MoreSpiritual Growth Nurtured Within
Professor Kerry Odell is using a faculty renewal grant from the Mellon Foundation to explore a subject about as far away as you can get from her usual field. The professor, recognized by the Economic History Association as the 2006 outstanding teacher of economic history in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain, is on a quest for spiritual growth.
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