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Laspa Action Grants: Maya Espiritu ’16
More than 40 years after the fall of Saigon, the tragic consequences of war are still all too apparent in Vietnam. Maya Espiritu ’16 used her LASPA Action Grant this past summer to document the ongoing effects of Agent Orange, as well as other chemical weapons used during the Vietnam War, on today’s children in Vietnam.
Read MoreScripps Selects Finalists for Thomas J. Watson Fellowship
Scripps College has nominated Madeline Moulton ’16, Vivienne Muller ’16, and Haley Wilhelm ’16 as finalists to compete for prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowships. They, along with hundreds of graduating seniors from across the U.S., will be in the running for these fellowships, which are awarded annually to 50 students from approximately 40 colleges.
Read MoreLaspa Action Grants: Alexandra Harder ’17
When women are released from prison, they often find themselves lacking the financial resources and job skills they need to begin their new lives. Alexandra Harder ’17 used her LASPA Action Grant to help improve a program focused on building networking, communication, and entrepreneurial skills for these women and the student interns who also participated.
Read MoreNiche.com Ranks Scripps College as #2 Best College Food in California
Niche.com’s 2016 Best College Food ranking is based on meal plan costs and student reviews.
Read MoreThe Scripps Experience: The STEM Living Learning Community
Instead of the usual promise of, “See you next week!” after their cell biology lecture, students pack up and walk back to their shared residence, a dedicated corridor in Wilbur Hall. Although the situation may seem unusual for a small residential college, it is part of the day-to-day for Scripps students who are members of the newly established science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and pre-health Living Learning Community (LLC).
Read MoreScripps In Residence Opens Paths to Professional Success
On Wednesday, October 28, and Thursday, October 29, the College hosted its first annual Scripps-in-Residence, which brought an accomplished and influential panel of four Scripps College alumnae and one parent to campus to share their professional advice and insights. The program began with rousing discussion on Wednesday evening, which drew a capacity crowd to Balch Auditorium.
Read MoreLaspa Action Grants: Edith Ortega ’18
The Laspa Action Grants were established to provide opportunities for students to transform knowledge, passion, and ideas into action; demonstrate creative and effective problem solving; create partnership(s) in the public or […]
Read MoreSpotlight on Faculty: Jih-Fei Cheng, Assistant Professor in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Jih-Fei Cheng joins the Scripps faculty this fall as assistant professor in feminist, gender, and sexuality studies. Cheng completed his PhD in American studies and ethnicity, with an emphasis in visual studies, at the University of Southern California. His dissertation, AIDS and Its Afterlives: Race, Gender, and the Queer Radical Imagination, examines how experimental videos produced by AIDS activists during the 1980s until the mid-90s continue to politically intervene into contemporary popular media and social movements.
Read MoreWith Chest Casting, Body Positivity Gets Creative
At the Motley Coffeehouse last Friday afternoon, Scripps students could be seen holding decorated papier-mâché casts of their chests. The casts were made as part of the second annual Chest […]
Read MoreUSA Today College Talks with Scripps Junior George Rosett about the Challenges of Living with Fibromyalgia
The challenges are unique for undergraduates like Scripps College junior George Rosett who is trying to balance her education and her health while living with an invisible disability. Rosett, who […]
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