News Releases (page 159)
Professor Alan Hartley Named to Molly Mason Jones Endowed Chair in Psychology
Scripps College President Nancy Y. Bekavac announced the appointment of Professor Alan Hartley as the first Molly Mason Jones Professor in Psychology at Scripps.
Read MoreJane Smiley to Speak at Scripps’ 1999 Commencement
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and educator Jane Smiley will speak to approximately 200 graduating seniors at the Scripps College 1999 Commencement on Sunday, May 16, at 3 p.m., on the campus’s Elm Tree Lawn.
Read MoreScripps College Student Wins National Science Foundation Fellowship
Scripps College senior Nicole Speer has earned a 1999 National Science Foundation fellowship, which will provide full support for the first three years of her graduate education anywhere she chooses to go.
Read MoreStudent Artists Present Senior Art Exhibition
Fourteen student artists will present their work in a wide range of mediums — computer art, video, ceramics, sculpture, photography, print making, and performance art — at the 1999 Scripps/Claremont McKenna Senior Art Majors Exhibition from April 30 through May 16 at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, on the Scripps campus.
Read MoreEmerita Librarian Dorothy Drake Dies
Dorothy M. Drake, Scripps College emerita librarian, died at home in Spring Valley, California, on March 14, 1999. She was 94 years old.
Read MoreScripps Names its 1999 Distinguished Alumna
Scripps College will present its highest honor given to an alumna, the Distinguished Alumna Award, to Marsha Genensky on Saturday, April 24, at 11:00 a.m., in Balch Auditorium, during the college’s Reunion Weekend.
Read MoreEl Salvadoran Ex-Guerilla Commander to Speak at Scripps College
Ex-guerilla commander and El Salvadoran congresswoman Maria Serrano will speak at Scripps College in Balch Auditorium on Tuesday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. as part of Women’s History Month, sponsored by the Intercollegiate Women’s Studies Teaching and Research Center of the Claremont Colleges.
Read More“Scripps Dances” at Mudd Theatre
“Scripps Dances,” a concert of dance works sponsored by the Scripps College Dance Department, will be presented on Friday and Saturday, April 9 and 10, at 8:00 p.m.
Read More4th Annual Clay Day Art, Music and Dance Festival
For the fourth consecutive year, Scripps College presents “The Clay Day Art, Music and Dance Festival,” a unique family event featuring art activities and live music, on Sunday, March 7, from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Scripps campus.
Read MoreScripps College’s 55th Annual Ceramic Exhibition Opens
The Scripps College 55th Ceramic Annual – the best known and longest running ceramic exhibition in the United States – opens Saturday, January 16, 1999, at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery on the Scripps campus and continues through March 21.
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