Alumnae (page 20)
Scripps Alumna Highlighted in Clinton Speech
Scripps College alumna Eli Winkelman ’07 received rave reviews by former President Bill Clinton during MTV’s Clinton Global Initiative forum, which took place October 6. The segment, which discussed Winkelman’s creation and participation in the charitable group Challah For Hunger, was broadcast on the cable outlet Friday, October 12, at 8 p.m.
Read MoreScripps Alumna to be Featured on MTV
Scripps College alumna Eli Winkelman ’07 will be featured on MTV television Friday, October 12, at 8 p.m. as part of a news segment about the Clinton Global Initiative forum.
Read MoreFive new trustees join Scripps College Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees elected five new trustees to the board, four of whom are alumnae of the College.
Read MoreMusica Latina: An outdoor concert with Perla Batalla
Singer-songwriter Perla Batalla will perform in an outdoor concert on Friday, April 27, at 5:30 p.m. on Elm Tree Lawn, Scripps College. The Los Angeles native combines traditional Mexican folk melodies with blues and jazz elements to create a unique sound.
Read MoreWriting with Sound: Aural Storytelling in Digital Times
Artist and educator Teresa Landgraff Gale, Scripps class of ’96, returns to Scripps College in February as the 2007 Lois Langland Alumna-in-Residence (LLAiR). Gale will discuss her work employing sound as a viable artistic and narrative medium.
Read MoreMolly Ivins, 62, columnist and raconteur
Author and newspaper columnist Molly Ivins died January 31 at the age of 62. Ivins, a student at Scripps during the 1962-63 academic year, passed away at her Austin, Texas, home after a long bout with inflammatory breast cancer.
Read MoreScripps College Alumna Gabrielle Giffords Elected to Congress
With her election this November to the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona’s 8th district, Gabrielle Giffords ’93 starts her Congressional career with a series of impressive firsts: the first woman to represent Arizona in Congress in more than a decade, the first Democrat to win the Tucson-area district in more than 20 years — and the first Scripps College alumna elected to national office.
Read MoreCivil Rights Champion to Give Commencement Address
Barbara Arnwine ’73, civil rights advocate and the first African American woman to serve as executive director of the non-profit Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, will give the commencement address on Sunday, May 14.
Read MoreScripps College Department of Dance presents The Inaugural Faculty and Alumnae Dance Concert
The Inaugural Scripps Faculty and Alumnae Dance Concert will take place Friday, February 3, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, February 4 at 8 p.m. in the Garrison Theater of the Scripps College Performing Arts Center.
Read MoreThe Elizabeth Hubert Malott Commons Presents a Lunchtime Lecture with Author Nan Mooney '92
Author Nan Mooney ’92, discusses her recent book, “I Can’t Believe She Did That: Why Women Betray Other Women at Work,” on Friday, October 14, 12 pm., in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons, Scripps College.
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