News Releases (page 28)


September 4, 2015

Scripps College is highlighted prominently in Westways’ feature on SoCal College towns

Scripps’ Margaret Fowler Garden, Distinguished Speakers Series (scripps-staging.skybox0.com/events), Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery (rcwg .scrippscollege.edu), and Clark Humanities Museum (scripps-staging.skybox0.com/events/clark), are highlighted in Westways’ September 2015 feature on SoCal College towns.

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August 17, 2015

ABCNews mentions Scripps College in story about housing solutions at small colleges

ABCNews picked up a story filed by Associated Press reporter Sally Ho that highlights what small colleges like Scripps College are doing to accommodate the housing needs of growing numbers of first year students.

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August 5, 2015

LA Times mentions Scripps as having “best food” in U.S. college rankings story

The Los Angeles Times mentions Scripps College in a story highlighting the California colleges whose culinary offerings for students rate them among the nation’s best. The accolades for Scripps fare are from student survey results that were recently published by The Princeton Review in its 2016 “Best 380 Colleges” college guide. Read The Los Angeles Times story here.

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August 4, 2015

Scripps College Named among “Best 380 Colleges” in The Princeton Review college guide, #16 for “best financial aid’

Scripps ranked in top 10 nationwide for best quality of life and best classroom experience. For the tenth year in a row, The Princeton Review has named Scripps College one […]

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July 30, 2015

Scripps College Again Rated a Top 100 College by Forbes

Forbes magazine has once again rated Scripps College one of America’s top colleges, with an overall ranking of 80 in its Top Colleges 2015 list. Scripps comes in at 14 […]

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July 27, 2015

Women’s Colleges and Their Notable Alumnae

Only two percent of women who graduate from college attended a women’s college, yet these graduates comprise 33 percent of women on Fortune 1000 boards and 20 percent of women in Congress. LinkedIn compiled a list of such notable alumnae, including journalist Diane Sawyer from Wellesley College, Meryl Streep from Vassar College, and former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords ’93.

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July 24, 2015

SAGE Advice and More for First-years

Scripps College’s residence halls, known for their beauty and timeless architecture, are well-represented in a series of photo essays targeting the Class of 2019 by The Los Angeles Times. The series provides some handy tips and advice for this fall’s college-bound first-year students, including a checklist of dorm must-haves and helpful lessons from upperclassmen.

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July 14, 2015

Water Conservation Project Update

Dear Community, As some of you may have seen, there are a lot of moving parts on the campus as we work on water conservation projects. The Jaqua lawns have […]

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July 10, 2015

Achieving Student Success for All in STEM

A successful recruiting tool targeting first-generation students, women, and students from underrepresented groups in science, the Summer Science Immersion Program (SSIP) of the W.M. Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna, […]

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July 8, 2015

Scripps College Announces Departure of President Lori Bettison-Varga

Inspiring leader credited with advancing Scripps’ academic excellence, fiscal strength, and institutional reputation will join the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Lori Bettison-Varga, president of Scripps College since […]

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