News Releases (page 115)
Economic Revolutionary Marjorie Kelly at Scripps
Marjorie Kelly, senior associate at Tellus Institute and co-founder of Corporation 20/20, will speak at Scripps College on Wednesday, October 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Garrison Theater.
Read MoreFormer Scripps President Howard Brooks Dies
E. Howard Brooks, former president of Scripps College, died on September 25, 2007, in his home in San Luis Obispo after a brief illness. He was 86.
Read MoreProfessor Michael Lamkin Awarded Great Medal of Honor
Dr. Michael Deane Lamkin, the Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music at Scripps College, received the Great Medal of Honor (Grosse Ehrenzeichen) from the Government of Burgenland at the Opening Convocation of the 32nd Classical Music Festival on August 3.
Read MoreMillard Sheets: The Scripps Years on View at Williamson Gallery
Millard Sheets: The Scripps Years, is on view at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery from September 1 to October 14, 2007.
Read MoreCivil Rights Advocate Lani Guinier at Scripps
Lani Guinier, the first black woman to hold a tenured professorship at Harvard Law School, opens the fall 2007 Alexa Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series, September 27, 7:30 p.m., in Scripps College Garrison Theater.
Read MoreScripps College Joins Annapolis Group in Support of Better Information for Parents and Prospective Students
Scripps College joins peer institutions in the Annapolis Group in deciding to no longer complete the reputational survey used in U.S. News; World Report’s rankings exercise, and the College will not promote its showing in the magazine’s annual listing of America’s top colleges and universities on the College web site.
Read MoreScripps’ Williamson Gallery Receives Grant to Conserve Chinese Paintings
The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College has received a two-year conservation grant of $108,676 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal agency. The funds will be used to restore 10 important Chinese paintings in the Williamson Gallery’s permanent collection.
Read MoreFive new trustees join Scripps College Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees elected five new trustees to the board, four of whom are alumnae of the College.
Read MoreScripps College Receives $10 Million Pledge Toward Faculty Initiatives
An anonymous donor has made a $10 million gift pledge to Scripps College, President Nancy Y. Bekavac announced last week. Pledged on behalf of the Board of Trustees, it will be the largest gift from a living donor in the College’s history.
Read MoreThree students receive Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Summer Internships
For the 15th consecutive year, the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College will host Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Summer interns. A $12,000 grant from the Getty Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the J. Paul Getty Trust, will support three 10-week summer internships, the maximum number the foundation grants to an organization.
Read More