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Ashley Peters: "Impact and Our Social Obligation"
Scripps Associated Students President Ashley Peters talks about social obligations in undergraduate education.
Read MoreMillard Sheets: The Scripps Years on View at Williamson Gallery
Millard Sheets: The Scripps Years, is on view at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery from September 1 to October 14, 2007.
Read MoreCivil Rights Advocate Lani Guinier at Scripps
Lani Guinier, the first black woman to hold a tenured professorship at Harvard Law School, opens the fall 2007 Alexa Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series, September 27, 7:30 p.m., in Scripps College Garrison Theater.
Read MoreScripps College Joins Annapolis Group in Support of Better Information for Parents and Prospective Students
Scripps College joins peer institutions in the Annapolis Group in deciding to no longer complete the reputational survey used in U.S. News; World Report’s rankings exercise, and the College will not promote its showing in the magazine’s annual listing of America’s top colleges and universities on the College web site.
Read MoreScripps’ Williamson Gallery Receives Grant to Conserve Chinese Paintings
The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College has received a two-year conservation grant of $108,676 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal agency. The funds will be used to restore 10 important Chinese paintings in the Williamson Gallery’s permanent collection.
Read MoreFive new trustees join Scripps College Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees elected five new trustees to the board, four of whom are alumnae of the College.
Read MoreScripps College Receives $10 Million Pledge Toward Faculty Initiatives
An anonymous donor has made a $10 million gift pledge to Scripps College, President Nancy Y. Bekavac announced last week. Pledged on behalf of the Board of Trustees, it will be the largest gift from a living donor in the College’s history.
Read MoreScripps College Alumnae Teaching for America
For the second year in a row, Scripps was the top producing women’s college for Teach for America. With 15.7 percent of the senior class applying, the College had the highest percentage of senior applicants. Schools with comparably high percentages include Notre Dame, Yale, and University of Michigan.
Read MoreThree students receive Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Summer Internships
For the 15th consecutive year, the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College will host Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Summer interns. A $12,000 grant from the Getty Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the J. Paul Getty Trust, will support three 10-week summer internships, the maximum number the foundation grants to an organization.
Read MoreAthenas Lacrosse Earns NCAA Bid
Regionally ranked No. 1, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s lacrosse team received its first bid in the NCAA Division III championships tournament and will play a first-round regional semifinal game at Colorado College on Wednesday, May 9.
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