News Releases (page 156)


April 21, 2001

U.S. Executive Director to World Bank to Give Scripps’ Commencement Address

Jan Piercy, the United States executive director to the World Bank, will address 170 Scripps College graduating seniors at the College’s commence-ment exercises on Sunday, May 13, at 3 p.m., on the campus’s Elm Tree Lawn.

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April 18, 2001

Andrew Philip Dowsett Appointed Associate Dean of the Joint Science Department

Scripps College President Nancy Y. Bekavac has announced the appointment of Andrew Philip Dowsett as associate dean of the Joint Science Department, effective July 1, 2001.

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December 9, 2000

Marylou and George Boone Help Launch Performing Arts Center at Scripps College

President Nancy Y. Bekavac today announced a lead gift by MaryLou and George Boone towards the creation of a Performing Arts Center at Scripps College.

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November 5, 2000

Scripps Fine Arts Foundation Presents Professor Bruce Coats

Scripps College Fine Arts Foundation will present “Asian Art Treasures from the Scripps Basement,” a talk by Professor Bruce Coats on Wednesday, December 13 at 1:30 p.m. in the Williamson Gallery.

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November 4, 2000

Scripps College’s Ceramic Annual 2001 Exhibition Opens

The Scripps College Ceramic Annual-the best known and longest running ceramic exhibition in the United States-opens Saturday, January 20, 2001, at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery on the Scripps campus and continues through April 1.

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Con Gioia to Present All of Bach's Harpsichord Concertos

Commemorating the 250th anniversary of J.S. Bach’s death, Con Gioia, Early Music Ensemble, announces a series of four concerts in 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 presenting all of J.S. Bach’s 15 concertos for one or more harpsichords.

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October 4, 2000

The Claremont Colleges Joint Music Program Presents “Russian Composers”

The Joint Music Program of Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges present “Russian Composers” in Garrison Theatre on Saturday, October 28, at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, October 29, at 3:00 p.m.

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October 3, 2000

Angeles String Quartet to Perform at Scripps

Annie Lin, assistant professor of music at Scripps College, will perform works by Beethoven, Ravel, Granados, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff at a faculty recital on Saturday, October 21, at 8 p.m. in Balch Auditorium located at 1030 Columbia Avenue, Claremont.

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September 7, 2000

Scripps Fine Arts Foundation Presents Theresa D. Polleg-Shellcroft

Scripps College Fine Arts Foundation will present on October 11th at 1:30 PM in the Humanities Auditorium, Theresa D. Polleg-Shellcroft, “The Ties that Bind” – African American quilting.

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September 1, 2000

Scripps College Presents and Exhibition: “Reshaping History: Japanese Prints from the Scripps College Collection”

The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College will present an exhibition from their Permanent Collection titled, “Reshaping History: Japanese Prints from the Scripps College Collection”, from October 28 through December 17.

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