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Campus News (page 29)


May 29, 2019

61´«Ã½ Announces Three Endowed Chairs for 2019

The 61´«Ã½ Board of Trustees has announced the appointments of Ken Gonzales-Day, professor of art, to the Fletcher Jones Chair in Art, Julia Liss, professor of history, to the Mary W. Johnson and J. Stanley Johnson Professorship in the Humanities, and Sheila Walker, professor of psychology, to the inaugural appointment of the Laura Vausbinder Hockett Endowed Professorship, effective July 1, 2019.

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February 26, 2019

The 61´«Ã½Experience: CMS Athletics and Competitive Sports

This past December, Southern California got soaked in a string of storms that lasted for weeks. Most students had gone home for Winter Break while rain poured over Claremont, but the CMS—Claremont, Mudd, and Scripps—swimming and diving team was on campus for their annual training camp.

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February 11, 2019

In the News: 61´«Ã½Remains Top Producer of Fulbright Students

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that 61´«Ã½ was once again named a top producer of Fulbright students.

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January 25, 2019

Community Update from the President

61´«Ã½ Centennial Plan As most of you know, members of the 61´«Ã½community have been engaged in developing a new strategic plan for the College. In October 2018, the […]

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January 14, 2019

Athena Diver Jacque Desmond Makes a Splash with Winning Streak

61´«Ã½student Jacque Desmond ’19 was named women’s diver of the week by the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

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November 6, 2018

Announcement of the Passing of Alumna and Life Trustee Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler ’72

It is with sadness that I announce alumna and Life Trustee Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler ’72 passed away on October 31. Born in Hong Kong, Gabrielle arrived at 61´«Ã½in 1968 with […]

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September 6, 2018

Making an Impact: New Program Connects First-Year Students

This August, a week before nearly 900 students were scheduled to move in to the residence halls, more than 40 first-year students boarded buses on campus before dawn. They were headed to Los Angeles and the Inland Valley—bound to one of four nonprofit organizations—to participate in the inaugural launch of Scripps’ Impacting, Partnering, and Changing Together (IMPaCT) program.

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August 27, 2018

August 24, 2018

2018 Fall Welcome from the President

The new academic year has arrived, and the campus is coming alive, with preparations for new student orientation programs and events in full swing and students, faculty, and staff returning […]

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July 13, 2018

Mellon Foundation Awards $1.1 Million Grant to Develop Claremont Colleges–Wide Critical Justice Education Program

  The Andrew M. Mellon Foundation recently awarded a $1.1 million grant to Pitzer College to develop an integrated Claremont Colleges–wide Critical Justice Education (CJE) program. In conjunction with the […]

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