Feature Stories (page 24)
Laspa Action Grants: Alexandra Harder ’17
When women are released from prison, they often find themselves lacking the financial resources and job skills they need to begin their new lives. Alexandra Harder ’17 used her LASPA Action Grant to help improve a program focused on building networking, communication, and entrepreneurial skills for these women and the student interns who also participated.
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The Scripps Experience: The STEM Living Learning Community
Instead of the usual promise of, “See you next week!” after their cell biology lecture, students pack up and walk back to their shared residence, a dedicated corridor in Wilbur Hall. Although the situation may seem unusual for a small residential college, it is part of the day-to-day for Scripps students who are members of the newly established science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and pre-health Living Learning Community (LLC).
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Scripps In Residence Opens Paths to Professional Success
On Wednesday, October 28, and Thursday, October 29, the College hosted its first annual Scripps-in-Residence, which brought an accomplished and influential panel of four Scripps College alumnae and one parent to campus to share their professional advice and insights. The program began with rousing discussion on Wednesday evening, which drew a capacity crowd to Balch Auditorium.
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Laspa Action Grants: Edith Ortega ’18
The Laspa Action Grants were established to provide opportunities for students to transform knowledge, passion, and ideas into action; demonstrate creative and effective problem solving; create partnership(s) in the public or […]
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With Chest Casting, Body Positivity Gets Creative
At the Motley Coffeehouse last Friday afternoon, Scripps students could be seen holding decorated papier-mâché casts of their chests. The casts were made as part of the second annual Chest […]
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The Scripps Experience: The Scripps Live Arts CLORG
When Nina Posner ’17 discovered Scripps Live Arts (SLA) during her first year, it was a revelation. “I couldn’t believe booking bands and making shows happen for other people was a real thing we were allowed and encouraged to do in college,” she remembers.
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The Scripps Experience: Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium
On October 9, 29 Scripps students gathered in the Hampton Room at Malott Commons to present data and analyses of their original research projects to faculty and peers at Scripps’ third annual Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium. This daylong event included presentations by recipients of the Environmental Analysis, Esterly, Hsu Fund, Johnson, LASPA Action, and Mellon grants. Taken together, the students’ research was conducted in more than seven languages and across nine countries, in fields ranging from philosophy, to chemistry, to feminist theory, to sustainable development.
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Scripps College Visits China
When Scripps Interim President Amy Marcus-Newhall stepped up to the microphone at Hunan Women’s University (HWU) in Hunan, China, and spoke her first words, “Dà jiÄ hăo” (“Hello everyone”), she […]
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The Scripps Experience: The Career Planning & Resources Tech Trek
Three days, nine companies, 12 Scripps students, and one incredible experience: From August 5 to 7, Scripps College’s Career Planning & Resources (CP&R) team hosted its first-ever career exploration and networking trip to San Francisco to meet with companies and alumnae in the technology industry. Called the Bay Area Tech Trek, the trip connected current students with Scripps alumnae who work at innovative tech firms Anaplan, Eventbrite, Facebook, Medallia, NextDoor, Pinterest, Spongecell, Twilio, and Uber. Visiting three companies each day, the students explored what careers in technology might look like, gained advice from professionals in the industry, and networked with successful Scripps graduates.
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Spotlight on Alumnae: Martha Bierut ’15 Selected for a Prestigious Princeton in Africa Fellowship
By Maria Newman ’16 Martha Bierut ’15 stood out as an undergrad and was awarded for it. She was one of only 51 fellows selected for a prestigious Princeton in […]
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