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Feature Stories (page 21)


March 28, 2016

The 61´«Ã½Experience: Study Abroad and Global Education

The Study Abroad and Global Education (SAGE) program is Scripps’ resource for students interested in studying abroad. Most students study away for one semester (either fall or spring) during their junior year; in […]

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March 21, 2016

61´«Ã½ Achieves Top Honors Among California College Dance Programs

Student dancers from the 61´«Ã½Dance program achieved regional and national recognition for their choreography and performances among 47 works presented at the American College Dance Conference—Baja Regional held at California State University, Los Angeles, on March 16-19.

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Highlights from the Inaugural Winter Season of 61´«Ã½Presents

Winter 2016 highlights from 61´«Ã½Presents, a series of conversations, presentations, and performances featuring cultural icons and emerging changemakers at 61´«Ã½.

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March 9, 2016

Spotlight on Faculty: Susan Rankaitis, Fletcher Jones Chair in Studio Art

Susan Rankaitis holds the Fletcher Jones Chair of Studio Art at 61´«Ã½. An artist herself, her works are most often defined as experimental photography or combined media. She has been included in over 100 museum exhibitions in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and has been the recipient of three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as a Flintridge Foundation Award in the Visual Arts and fellowships from the Avery, Borchard, Djerassi, Mellon and Graves Foundations. Rankaitis has been involved in collaborative projects with neuroscientist David Somers, dancer/choreographer John Pennington, biologist Robert Sinsheimer, poet Amy M. Wai Man and writer Paul Monette.

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March 3, 2016

61´«Ã½Presents: Spring Conversations Series Features Danielle Dutton, Roxane Gay, Claudia Rankine

61´«Ã½Presents: Conversations kicks off its spring season on Thursday, March 29, with a conversation between novelist Danielle Dutton and Los Angeles–based writer Amina Cain about women in publishing. The season, which runs through April, also brings essayist and novelist Roxane Gay and poet Claudia Rankine to the 61´«Ã½ campus.

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March 1, 2016

The 61´«Ã½Experience: Residential Life

  Ranked #80 on Forbes‘ Top Colleges 2015 list, and #14 on its list of Top 25 Western Colleges, 61´«Ã½is well known and well regarded for its academics. But […]

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February 24, 2016

The 61´«Ã½Experience: The Intercollegiate Media Studies Major

This may come as a surprise to students interested in working in entertainment: You do not have to graduate from film school in order to pursue a career in the movie and television industry. Just ask the 61´«Ã½alumnae who are showing their work at major film festivals or producing award-winning television shows—alumnae like Maril Davis ’74, executive producer for the Starz television series Outlander, recently nominated for several Golden Globes. She credits her time at 61´«Ã½as instrumental to her professional success, commenting, “I think a well-rounded, liberal arts education is a good preparation for any career.”

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February 22, 2016

Commencement 2016: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright To Deliver 2016 Commencement Address

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will deliver the College’s 2016 Commencement address on May 14. “We proudly welcome Dr. Albright to 61´«Ã½, and eagerly anticipate a glimpse of the person ‘behind the position’ that so many of us admire for her history-making role as America’s first female Secretary of State,” Amy Marcus-Newhall, interim president of 61´«Ã½, said.

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February 19, 2016

61´«Ã½Presents: Nancy Pelosi to Students: “There’s a Special Place in Heaven for People Who Vote”

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi shared her trademark humor and pointed yet graceful conversational style while discussing a range of political and personal topics at a 61´«Ã½Presents: Conversations noontime event on February 18. More than 500 students and community members attended, erupting in appreciative laughter, particularly at her closing pronouncement that she believes “there’s a special place in heaven for people who vote.”

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February 16, 2016

Spotlight on Alumnae: Electra Chong ’15 and Rona Chong ’15: Programmed for Success

Twins and newly minted 61´«Ã½ graduates Electra Chong ’15 and Rona Chong ’15 recently joined the inaugural class of the Holberton School, a two-year software engineering certificate program that accepts only 32 students per year.

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