News Releases (page 98)


April 19, 2010

Scripps College to Hold “Public Fruit Jam”

Fallen Fruit founders David Burns, Matias Viegener, and Austin Young come to Scripps College to hold a “Public Fruit Jam” community event on Friday, April 23.

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April 15, 2010

Scripps College in Top Ten for Happiest College Students

Scripps College ranks sixth among the “100 Happiest Colleges” in the nation, according to a new college ranking.

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March 30, 2010

Author Cheryl Strayed Reads from Her Memoir WILD

The Scripps College Writing Program will host guest author Cheryl Strayed as she reads from her forthcoming memoir WILD, Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 7:00 p.m. in Vita Nova Hall, Scripps College. The event is free and open to the public.

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Amy Marcus-Newhall Named Vice President and Dean of Faculty at Scripps College

Amy Marcus-Newhall has been named vice president of academic affairs and dean of faculty at Scripps College for a three-year term, to begin July 1, 2010.

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March 27, 2010

Scripps College Inaugurates Lori Bettison-Varga as Eighth President

Today, before an audience of hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and alumnae and witnessed by delegates from more than 60 institutions of higher learning, Scripps College inaugurated Lori Bettison-Varga as its eighth president.

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March 26, 2010

Inauguration of Scripps College President Lori Bettison-Varga Celebrates the Genius of Women March 27, 2010

On the last weekend of Women’s History Month, Scripps College commemorates the inauguration of its eighth president, Lori Bettison-Varga, on Saturday, March 27, at 2:30 p.m.

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March 19, 2010

Conservationist and Advocate for Free Speech Terry Tempest Williams Speaks at Scripps College

Terry Tempest Williams, author of “Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place” and “Finding Beauty in a Broken World,” will speak at Scripps College on Thursday, April 1.

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March 17, 2010

Two Scripps College Students Awarded Watson Fellowships

Scripps College seniors Jeanette Charles and Maya Higgins join a select group of 40 college seniors as recipients of the prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for 2010-11.

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March 10, 2010

President Bettison-Varga Invited to International Women’s Day Reception at the White House

Scripps College President Lori Bettison-Varga was invited to attend a White House reception in celebration of International Women’s Day on Monday, March 8, 2010.

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March 4, 2010

Scripps College Dedicates Sculpture of Harriet Tubman for New Sculpture Garden

The first sculpture installed in Scripps College’s new sculpture garden will be dedicated on Harriet Tubman Day in front of the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College.

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