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Scripps College Students Named to Fall 2013 Dean’s List
The following Scripps College students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2013 semester at Scripps College in Claremont, California. The dean’s list recognizes students who have achieved a grade point average of at least 11 (A-) in four, letter-graded courses in one semester.
Read More“Devilishly Brilliant”
Prominent conservative columnist and author Peggy Noonan joined the Scripps College community for a lively and perceptive talk February 6 – and it struck quite a chord with students.
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Scripps College Community Raises Thousands for Philippines Typhoon Relief Through Benefit Concert
“Remember, Rebuild, and Sustain: Walang Iwanan,” a typhoon relief benefit concert organized by Scripps College faculty and students, raised more than $3,200 February 2 as it celebrated the beauty and resilience of Filipino culture.
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Film/Video + Written/Spoken Word = Social Change
Erma Taylor O’Brien Distinguished Visiting Professor Aishah Shahidah Simmons joins the Scripps College community this semester with a series of talks and lectures, starting with a discussion this week at 7:00pm on February 13 in the Humanities Auditorium.
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See the Possibilities
Where others see impossibility and disability, Allison Thompkins ’04 sees the opposite. And thanks in part to her Scripps experience, she has a PhD in economics from MIT.
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Enabling Advocacy
Maddy Ruvolo ’14 pioneers disability advocacy at Scripps College, The Claremont Colleges, and beyond.
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Rose Henry: Violence Against Women and the Call for a National Inquiry
Rose Henry, First Nations activist and educator for social justice, discusses the problem of violence against women, particularly among the Indigenous Peoples of Canada, and the need for a national investigation into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls – an inquiry that must include Indigenous women in the design, decision-making, process and implementation as a step toward initiating a comprehensive and coordinated national action plan.
Read MoreThe Princeton Review names Scripps College a “Best Value College”
Again this year, The Princeton Review has named Scripps College a “Best Value College,” based on factors including excellent academics, generous financial aid and cost of attendance.
Read MoreJacqueline Wernimont: “When little data becomes big data: A digital literary case study”
Professor Wernimont discusses the current interest in big and small data within digital literary studies, as well as the conception and goals of the project, its roadblocks and successes, and a low-tech strategy for overcoming the complexity of our data.
Read MoreScripps College Academy Profiled on Univision’s KMEX 34
Ground-breaking work by the Scripps College Academy captures the attention of Univision, the nation’s largest Spanish-language TV network.
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