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Alex Frumkin ’15: A Student Perspective
Scripps Associated Students President Alex Frumkin delivers her remarks at New Student Welcome on August 28, 2014.
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Scripps College Alumna Heightening Awareness on Food Allergies
Some look at life as a glass half empty. Dana Shaker ’14 sees a glass overflowing with opportunities. An accomplished athlete and student, Shaker has multiple food allergies; when she arrived at Scripps College in 2010 as a first-year student, she crafted an allergy-free fare movement that informed her research into people suffering from dietary restrictions.
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Scripps College is the Focus of Telemundo’s Community Affairs Program
Scripps College continues to gain regional media attention from influential Spanish-language community affairs programs. Recently, the First-Generation @ Scripps program and the Scripps College Academy were both featured on KVEA-TV channel 52’s public affairs program called, “Enfoque Los Angeles.”
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Scripps College honors the memory of Maya Angelou
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.”
Read MoreRose DuCharme ‘14: Promoting Cultural Exchange
Rose DuCharme ‘14 is excited about promoting cultural exchange — and she’s doing just that as a 2014 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grant recipient. The fellowship gives DuCharme the opportunity to teach English and volunteer in Luxembourg, set up an exchange with her hometown, and explore the literature of her adoptive country.
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Annabel Barraza ’14 : Scripps Fuels Her
For Annabel Barraza ’14, there is nothing like being in the heart of back-to-back national presidential elections. Fascinated by politics and grassroots organizing, she spent her junior year exploring off-campus study opportunities in Washington, DC and Ecuador and learning how different political organizations work together across national borders.
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Rosa Martha Zarate Macias: “We Have Lived Here, We Have Struggled Here!”
Scripps College presents a discussion and musical performance by musician, educator, and community organizer Rosa Martha Zárate MacÃas as part of the César Chávez commemoration activities at The Claremont Colleges.
Read MoreSee the Possibilities
Where others see impossibility and disability, Allison Thompkins ’04 sees the opposite. And thanks in part to her Scripps experience, she has a PhD in economics from MIT.
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Enabling Advocacy
Maddy Ruvolo ’14 pioneers disability advocacy at Scripps College, The Claremont Colleges, and beyond.
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Barbara Arnwine ’73 on Civil Rights
Scripps College alumna, attorney, and prominent civil rights advocate Barbara Arnwine ’73 is at the forefront of renewed efforts in the national fight against voter discrimination. Arnwine joined President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder at the White House on Monday, July 28, along with other civil rights leaders, to discuss ways to combat voter discrimination.
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