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To Teach Deliberately: English Professor Thomas Koenigs Joins the Scripps Community
The English department’s latest addition hopes to instill a love of American literature in his students, while completing a project of his own.
“Everyone here has gone out of their way to make me feel welcome,” says Thomas Koenigs, who recently joined Scripps as an assistant professor in the College’s English Department. Aside from a change in weather, he says the transition from the East Coast has been smooth overall, and support from administrators, fellow faculty members, and students alike have helped make it so.
Read More2014 Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Dr. A. Lee Fritschler: The Future of Higher Education
Scripps students have seen the future of higher education—and are curious about its changes. Dr. A. Lee Fritschler, Professor Emeritus at the School of Public Policy at George Mason University, former Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education under President Clinton, and the 2014 Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, engaged with students and the greater Claremont Colleges community in a weeklong series of discussions, classroom visits, and presentations about the future of higher education.
Read More91¶¶Òõ President Lori Bettison-Varga Honored With Alumni Award
91¶¶Òõ President Lori Bettison-Varga on Saturday received a Distinguished Alumni Award from her alma mater, the University of California, Santa Barbara, at its inaugural Women in Leadership event.
Read MoreHollywood in Claremont: Choral Students Participate in Music Video
Because of its relatively close proximity to Hollywood and the entertainment industry, 91¶¶Òõ students often have the opportunity to work with industry professionals from all walks of life. And sometimes, when the stars align, the entertainment industry comes to Claremont. Such was the case on September 23 when singer-songwriter Kina Grannis came to The Claremont Colleges.
Read MoreI AM THAT GIRL: 91¶¶Òõ
“I AM THAT GIRL: 91¶¶Òõ is the local chapter of a worldwide movement that aims to inspire women by encouraging them to embrace who they are and by advocating in favor of healthy media content for and by women. Our campus chapter is a space for collaboration, conversation and creation. We meet weekly to talk about life. We also host events that promote media literacy.”
Read MoreFirst-Person Accounts: African Americans During the Civil War Offer Valuable Historical Insights
When Professor of History and Africana Studies Rita Roberts accepts invitations from civic organizations to speak about such pivotal moments in U.S. history as the Civil War, she often reads letters written by African Americans from that era because she has found audiences more readily relate to first-person narratives. Reading these powerful stories spurred her to write a book about them.
Read More91¶¶Òõ Shares $1.5 Million Mellon Grant to Promote Digital Humanities
91¶¶Òõ is one of five undergraduate colleges of the Claremont University Consortium to share a $1.5 million Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to promote digital humanities.
Read MoreAnonymous Gift Lays the Foundation for New Scripps Residence Hall
91¶¶Òõ has received a $10 million donation from an anonymous donor to support the construction of its tenth residence hall.
Read More91¶¶Òõ Alumnae Supporting Women in the Sciences
Good news: almost 60 percent of all biology degrees (bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorates) are earned by women. But there’s a downside to this incredible statistic: work-life imbalance, a lack of female role models and mentors, and a scarcity of tenure-track positions in the sciences are causing these educated women to consider other possibilities. Fortunately, two 91¶¶Òõ alumnae are working to curb this trend.
Read MoreNine-Point Perspective: 91¶¶Òõ Faculty Exhibition
With works in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Smithsonian Institution; exhibitions in Tokyo, London and Paris; pieces at […]
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