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The Great Southern California Scavenger Hunt
For the past several semesters, Off-Campus Study director Neva Barker has challenged students returning from their time abroad with the Discover Southern California Digital Scavenger Hunt – an opportunity to explore the local area the same way they had with their study location.
Read MoreScripps College’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 Places Second on “Jeopardy!” College Championship
Scripps College’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 won $10,000 and came in second place in the semifinals of the college championship edition of “Jeopardy!” She made her second, and latest, appearance on the TV trivia show May 13.
Read MoreThe Real Mock Trial
The Scripps College’s Mock Trial team had its most successful season yet, with numerous individual achievements and a visit to Nationals.
Read MoreScripps College’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 Appears May 13 on “Jeopardy!” College Championship
Scripps College’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 has won $10,000 and a spot in the semifinals of the college championship edition of “Jeopardy!” She appears again on the trivia TV show May 13.
Read MoreStrauss Foundation Awards Ei Phyu Theint ’14, Scripps College $10,000 Public Service Scholarship to Carry out Youth Leadership Program in Myanmar
The Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation, established as a memorial to the late Don Strauss of Newport Beach and now designed to award $10,000 scholarships to as many as 15 California college juniors annually, recently announced that among the foundation’s new group of recipients is Ei Phyu Theint, a student at Scripps College.
Read MoreThe Slocum Awards
This spring’s Slocum Award participants talked about the Slocum Award and their passion and enthusiasm for books in a panel discussion at the April 23 Tuesday Noon Academy, and their essays and bibliography as well as the physical books will be on exhibit at Denison Library through May 18, 2013.
Read MoreScripps College’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 Named 2013 Goldwater Scholar
Scripps College’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 was recently awarded a scholarship from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. She is one of 272 undergraduate sophomores and juniors to receive a Goldwater scholarship.
Read MoreSenior Profile : Christina Noriega ’13
For Christina Noriega ’13, civil disobedience is all about justice. The philosophy and legal studies dual major questions the duties of both government and the civil disobedient in her thesis, arguing a common ground of tolerance and fairness from both parties.
Read MoreTwo Scripps College Students Awarded Strauss Public Service Foundation Grants To Help Youth in Myanmar and in Orange County
This year, two Scripps College juniors have been awarded two separate Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation grants that will take economics major Ei Phyu Theint ’14 to Myanmar this summer to work with ethnic youth leaders and will support American studies major Natasha Magness’s ’14 efforts of helping gay, bisexual, transgender and lesbian evangelical youth in Orange County.
Read MoreScience Buzz
Bovine emissions, circadian rhythms, Alzheimer’s disease, mercury testing, and other important topics were explored at the 2013 American Chemical Society Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference in Chemistry and Biochemistry hosted by the W.M. Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna College, Pitzer College and Scripps College.
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