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Just Teach It!
“The level of confidence I gained at Scripps has been one of the foremost assets for me as a teacher,” says Tara Sheram ’06, a first-year corps member of Teach for America. “Being young and inexperienced in this profession, many people have doubted my abilities, but I have never doubted myself. I know that I am a critical thinker, a leader, and a woman of courage – and I can do anything. Scripps cemented those ideas in me.”
Read MoreThe Writing on the Wall
Scripps College seniors Julia Ruedig and Ellie Cross are not just battling senior thesis. They’re battling climate change.
Read MoreAthenas Basketball Roundup
With the season over, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas women’s basketball team can look back on an outstanding overall season, with a finish of 20-5, placing them second in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). The Athenas shot off to an impressive pre-season start with four straight victories. They encountered their first loss of the season to the University of Puget Sound in the Caltech Holiday Classic, but made a turnaround to win the rest of the Classic games.
Read MoreKenan Professor John Milton Of Claremont Colleges Joint Science Department Receives National Science Foundation Grant
Dr. John G. Milton, M.D., Ph. D, Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Canada, Fellow, American Physical Society and the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Computational Neuroscience at the Claremont Colleges, has received a $319,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support his research on the motor skills associated with stick balancing.
Read MoreMichael Lamkin Named Frankel Professor of Music at Scripps College
Michael Deane Lamkin has been named the Bessie and Cecil Frankel Professor of Music at Scripps College, as announced at the December 2, 2007, meeting of the Board of Trustees.
Read MoreProfessor Nancy Macko Featured in Solo Exhibition At Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
Scripps College Professor Nancy Macko’s survey show, “Hive Universe,” on view from December 15 through February 4, is the featured exhibition at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery located in the Barnsdall Art Park. The opening reception is on Sunday, December 17, from 2-5pm.
Read MoreScripps College Alumna Gabrielle Giffords Elected to Congress
With her election this November to the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona’s 8th district, Gabrielle Giffords ’93 starts her Congressional career with a series of impressive firsts: the first woman to represent Arizona in Congress in more than a decade, the first Democrat to win the Tucson-area district in more than 20 years — and the first Scripps College alumna elected to national office.
Read More“Living Under Israeli Occupation”: Margo Okazawa-Rey Intercollegiate Women’s Studies Visiting Scholar
Feminist activist and scholar Margo Okazawa-Rey will present a lecture “Living Under Israeli Occupation,” Monday, November 13, 2006 at 4:15 p.m., in the Hampton Room, Malott Commons at Scripps College.
Read MoreA Celebration of American Impressionist and Realist Paintings
“American Visions: Selections from the Young Collection of American Impressionist and Realist Paintings,” opening Saturday, November 4, 2006, at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, will showcase works from eminent American artists of the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Read MoreRuth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College presents “American Visions: Selections from the Young Collection of American Impressionist and Realist Paintings”
The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College is pleased to present “American Visions: Selections from the Young Collection of American Impressionist and Realist Paintings.”
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