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Eliza Silverman ’14: Driven by Education Policy
Eliza Silverman ’14 has worn many hats since coming to Scripps College: politics & international relations major, Motley barista, Choice USA treasurer, KidCare International tutor, and Humanities Institute Junior Fellow among others. Now she can add another: Fulbright fellowship recipient.
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Annabel Barraza ’14 : Scripps Fuels Her
For Annabel Barraza ’14, there is nothing like being in the heart of back-to-back national presidential elections. Fascinated by politics and grassroots organizing, she spent her junior year exploring off-campus study opportunities in Washington, DC and Ecuador and learning how different political organizations work together across national borders.
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Izzy Hendry ’14 : From Atlanta to Amman, via Scripps
Izzy Hendry ‘14 wants to work toward a career in the Middle East teaching refugees — and she’s well on her way as a 2014 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grant recipient. The fellowship gives her the ability to teach English, study Arabic, and find an internship doing what she loves most in Amman, Jordan.
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Mackenzie Leake ’15 : Goldwater Scholarship recipient to pursue future in computer science
While some undergraduates enter and leave college undecided about their professional callings, Mackenzie Leake ’15 has always had her eye on the prize.
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Scripps College Capstone Day 2014: Celebrating Student Research
The 110 Scripps College seniors who presented their theses at “Capstone Day” explored a wide range of academic topics that included evolving racial and gender identities to shifting consumer preferences in music to molecular dynamics in DNA.
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Scripps College Faculty Member Selected as a National Endowment for the Humanities Scholar
Scripps College Professor of Music Hao Huang was one of 16 educators selected nationally by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Scholar program to participate in the seminar “Arts, Architecture, and Devotional Interaction.” During the four-week summer program, Huang will be at the University of York in York, England to conduct research.
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Scripps College Professor Discusses Food Politics on Statewide Public Affairs Program
Scripps College Professor of International Political Economy Nancy Neiman Auerbach was a recent featured guest on “California Edition,” a statewide public affairs program that reaches up to six million California homes. Her interview will air twice daily this entire week at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on the California Channel.
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Charlotte H. Johnson appointed Scripps College vice president for student affairs and dean of students
Scripps College President Lori Bettison-Varga today announced the appointment of Charlotte H. Johnson as the College’s new vice president for student affairs and dean of students.
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Scripps College Capstone Day 2014: Celebrating Student Research
The 80 Scripps College seniors selected to present at “Capstone Day” will whittle long hours of rigorous study and intense research into a talk or performance that will last only a few minutes.
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Jennifer Wood: “From Tierra del Fuego to the Land of the Midnight Sun: Spanish Women Travelers, 1850-1920”
In her recent book, Spanish Women Travelers at Home and Abroad, 1850-1920: From Tierra del Fuego to the Land of the Midnight Sun (Bucknell University Press, 2013), Professor Wood explores the writings of eleven Spanish women as they visited many lands and witnessed major historical events. From among these remarkable travel writers, she discusses two for her Tuesday Noon Academy lecture — Emilia Serrano and Carmen de Burgos.
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