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Sewing Hope from Calcutta’s Slums
For Katie Galli ’06, empowering the women of Calcutta to build new lives begins with two pieces of brightly colored cloth.
Read MoreCultivating the Genius of Women
“Genius is cultivated every day at Scripps. And, as we prepare women leaders, we are constantly aware that access and opportunity to a Scripps education must be financially preserved to enable the most talented students to accept our invitation to study at Scripps College.”
Read MoreScripps 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.
Read More2010 Presidents Forum: "The Genius of Women – Transforming the World"
Scripps College hosts a thought-provoking and interactive program featuring a panel of distinguished women speakers. The program, moderated by National Public Radio senior national correspondent Linda Wertheimer, who served as host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” includes alumnae panelists 1) Beth Nolan ’73, senior vice president and general counsel of The George Washington University, who served in the Clinton administration as Counsel to the President of the United States; 2) Ruth Markowitz Owades ’66, founder and former CEO of Gardeners Eden and Calyx and Corolla, the nation’s first fresh-flower catalog. Ruth received the Distinguished Alumna Award from Scripps College in 1989; and 3) Karen Tse ’86, founder and CEO of International Bridges to Justice, who has negotiated groundbreaking measures in judicial reform with the Chinese, Vietnamese, and Cambodian governments. In 1998, Karen received the Outstanding Recent Alumna Award from Scripps College.
Read MoreInauguration 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.
Read MoreMolly McClain: "Ellen Browning Scripps: Journalist, Suffragette, Investor and Philanthropist"
Molly McClain returns to Scripps College to continue her discourse on Ellen Browning Scripps. In this lecture she presents some of her findings, exploring Scripps’ career as a journalist and her social advocacy. It also emphasizes the importance of women in philanthropy, a tradition of leadership that continues to the present day.
Read MoreJudy Harvey Sahak: "The Founding Mothers of Scripps: Creating Vita Nova"
As Scripps College marks a Presidential Inaugural by celebrating the Genius of Women, we are reminded that brilliant women have been responsible for developing Ellen Browning Scripps’ “new adventure” from the beginning in 1926. Come hear about the real women whose genius lingers today.
Read MoreCommunity Update: March 22
Scripps is in a very strong position as we move forward, with increasing recognition of our academic excellence; financial stability; and an energized, positive community eager to support our success.
Read MoreConservationist 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.
Read MoreTwo 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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