Feature Stories (page 62)
“You Already Know Enough”
For you see, in the end, Scripps is not simply a beautiful campus, a challenging curriculum, an approach to education. Scripps is you. You are Scripps. And your class is a special one because it arrives at a turning point in the history of the college.
Read MoreOur Amazing Faculty
During the year, Scripps faculty members do much more than teach and advise. Here are just a few of their many accomplishments.
Read MoreHidden Depths
Winslow Homer took watercolors to new levels. A Chicago exhibition charts the elusive New Englander’s mastery.
Read MoreElm Tree Lawn Begins New Life
One special place of beauty on the Scripps campus is Elm Tree Lawn, 18 paired American elms that form a majestic allée on the south side of campus. For years, largely unseen forces have slowly and quietly been threatening the health of the elms. This is the story of the College’s efforts to preserve Elm Tree Lawn, and its decision to replace the dying trees this summer with carefully nurtured, disease-resistant Princeton elms.
Read MoreClass of 2008 Receives Job and Grad School Offers
Scripps Career Planning & Resources reports that at least 15 students from the class of 2008 have already received job offers or been accepted into graduate schools as of March 1.
Read MoreSmall Bowl with a Big Story
A small porcelain bowl was given in December 2007 to Scripps College by Anthony Elias and Patricia Lords Ghosn and the Worldbridge Foundation. Although modest in size, it reveals much about Japanese history, Oriental ceramics, and modern collecting.
Read MoreSelf-designed majors define themselves
Declaring a major is a process that requires a bit of questioning, experimentation, and a few pitfalls along the way. As much as some students wish they could remain “undeclared” a while longer, there is a turning point where one is expected to magically realize their purpose in life — at the end of sophomore year, to be exact, when students turn in their declaration forms.
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 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.
Read MoreStudent Project Promotes Autism Research and Treatment
Two Scripps students are helping increase research for the nation’s fastest growing developmental disorder. Juniors Sara Gershfeld and Rachel Travolta founded Autism Research & Treatment, Inc. (A.R.T.) with a unique mission — to encourage autism research, specifically in the undergraduate and graduate communities.
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