Feature Stories (page 55)
Globetrotters
Ariel Bloomer ’12 heads a network of students as they report on their study abroad experiences for the new Scripps College Off-Campus Study blog.
Read MoreThe Calling
How does a studio art major end up in Kabul? Elizabeth Baker ’06 talks about the personal journey she took leading her from Scripps College to outreach in war-torn Afghanistan.
Read MoreGabrielle Giffords’ Message
Gabrielle is a role model, not just for our students, but for all women and for all Americans. She did not shy away from her calling to be a leader. With grace and determination, she has become an outstanding and courageous public servant. Gabrielle Giffords’s career shows that she is fiercely independent — framing her positions on issues thoughtfully and humanely, and, in the words of our founder, Ellen Browning Scripps, “with confidence, courage and hope.”
Read MoreThe Milton Marathon, a One-Day Reading of “Paradise Lost”
Perhaps a little-known fact outside of early modern literature scholarship circles, Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost can be read in just one day. On December 2, a relatively mild and sunny day for this time of year in Southern California, Assistant Professors of English Literature Colleen Rosenfeld (Pomona) and Jacqueline Wernimont (Scripps) organized a one-day reading of the poem on the lawn north of Honnold-Mudd Library.
Read MoreA Global Affair
Professor of International Relations David Andrews heads the European Union Center — one of only two in California — so Scripps College students may have opportunity to work with another important consortium: the European Union.
Read MoreStudents United!
Collaboration between Scripps Associated Students, staff, and trustees leads to the development of Scripps College’s first Student Union.
Read MoreA Very Merry Sorrow
A haunting new collaboration between Scripps College students and German professor Roswitha Burwick results in an impressive anthology of modern-day fairy tales.
Read MoreNavigating the Scripps Journey
Melissa Mesinas ’12 draws on her own experience as a first-generation college student to help others in their first year at Scripps College.
Read MoreSacred Music and Spaces
Renowned composer Dr. Roberto Andreoni is a visiting member of the Scripps College faculty this fall as part of the unique Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program.
Read MoreA Touch of the Supernatural
Teacups falling off shelves? Mysterious apparitions? Denison Library’s Judy Harvey Sahak ’64 talks about the ghostly legends of Scripps College.
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