Feature Stories (page 66)

November 11, 2005

Medicinal Art

Beverly Shieh ’09 donated two original works of art to the American Medical Association Foundation. Her acrylic paintings, commissioned by Guam’s American Medical Association Delegation, were auctioned off at the foundation’s annual silent auction this past June.

A Wholesome Merger

With construction of the new Student Health Services building completed this past summer, the Wellness Center, Monsour Counseling, and Health Education Outreach are now in the same building. This logical consolidation means that students can go to a single center for any health-related concerns.

Athenas Soccer on the Move

Move over women’s soccer teams everywhere, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas are ready to play!

Vanguard of Student Investors

A Christian Science Monitor (Oct. 24, 2005) article on women’s attitudes regarding investing featured comments by Stacy Klein ’08, vice president of the Scripps College Student Investment Fund.

October 27, 2005

Teach for America Scouting Scripps Grads

With each school year comes a new crop of college seniors and with them come endless job searches and graduate school applications. Nationwide, more and more students have been opting for post-graduation volunteer programs, such as Teach for America.

October 2, 2005

Scripps Named “Hottest Women’s College” in Nation

Kaplan/Newsweek’s “America’s Hottest Colleges” gives its top 25 picks for “the places that everyone’s talking about for 2006.” The publication names Scripps as the “Hottest Women’s College,” remarking positively on Scripps’ academic strengths as well as its physical location and campus amenities.

September 7, 2005

Scripps College to Accept Visiting Students from Colleges Affected by Hurricane

Scripps College will accept up to five students from colleges closed because of Hurricane Katrina as visiting students for fall semester 2005. The College will waive tuition for these students and provide a transcript of all academic coursework they complete to their home institution.

Call of the Wild

“Of all the great apes, the orangutan is perhaps the smartest,” says Debra Erickson ’79. “Give a screwdriver to a chimpanzee, he’ll stab you with it. Give it to a gorilla, he’ll scratch himself with it. But give it to an orangutan, and he’ll unscrew the door to your refrigerator.”

Athenas Catch New Softball Coach

CMS women’s softball can expect a boost from new coach Betsy Hipple, who led Hunter College’s team to three NCAA Championships and three City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) tournament titles, winning the CUNYAC Coach of the Year award at each conference. Softball has been a part of Hipple’s life since her childhood, although a debilitating knee injury in college helped her change course.

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

Emadch Beck ’01 recalls the days when, as an undergraduate, she was struggling with organic chemistry. She had a summer job with the late Dr. D. John Faulkner at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and turned to him for advice.