Amy Marcus-Newhall, Scripps College vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty, was honored for her extraordinary achievements in the field of education by the YWCA San Gabriel Valley at an awards dinner Tuesday, May 21, at the Industry Hills Expo Center.
Marcus-Newhall was one of eight women recognized at the event, “2013 Women of Achievement in the Field of Education: Honoring Passion, Dedication, and Achievement.”
A professor of psychology at Scripps since 1992, Marcus-Newhall has been vice president and dean since July 1, 2010. She has received several honors from the College, including the Mary Wig Johnson Faculty Excellence Award, which she won a total of nine times for her research, teaching, and service to the College.
Known for her outgoing personality and caring interactions with students, Marcus-Newhall is a founding faculty member of Scripps College Academy, an innovative program of academic enrichment for underserved middle and high school students in the greater Los Angeles area. The yearlong program, which helps prepare young women for the rigors of college academics and college life, has been so successful that it received the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award in 2010, presented in a White House ceremony by First Lady Michelle Obama.
The entire Scripps College community congratulates Professor Marcus-Newhall for receiving this well-deserved honor.