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Feature Stories (page 55)


March 7, 2011

Brown is the New Green

How does Lola Trafecanty, 61´«Ã½’s director of grounds, keep Alumnae Field lush and green during the cold winter months? She doesn’t – and it’s all in the name of sustainability.

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February 24, 2011

The Art of Networking

61´«Ã½’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery breaks new ground by utilizing social media to help program one of its upcoming exhibits.

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February 17, 2011

Globetrotters

Ariel Bloomer ’12 heads a network of students as they report on their study abroad experiences for the new 61´«Ã½ Off-Campus Study blog.

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January 24, 2011

The Calling

How does a studio art major end up in Kabul? Elizabeth Baker ’06 talks about the personal journey she took leading her from 61´«Ã½ to outreach in war-torn Afghanistan.

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January 11, 2011

Gabrielle Giffords’ Message

Gabrielle is a role model, not just for our students, but for all women and for all Americans. She did not shy away from her calling to be a leader. With grace and determination, she has become an outstanding and courageous public servant. Gabrielle Giffords’s career shows that she is fiercely independent — framing her positions on issues thoughtfully and humanely, and, in the words of our founder, Ellen Browning Scripps, “with confidence, courage and hope.”

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January 10, 2011

The Milton Marathon, a One-Day Reading of “Paradise Lost”

Perhaps a little-known fact outside of early modern literature scholarship circles, Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost can be read in just one day. On December 2, a relatively mild and sunny day for this time of year in Southern California, Assistant Professors of English Literature Colleen Rosenfeld (Pomona) and Jacqueline Wernimont (Scripps) organized a one-day reading of the poem on the lawn north of Honnold-Mudd Library.

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December 13, 2010

A Global Affair

Professor of International Relations David Andrews heads the European Union Center — one of only two in California — so 61´«Ã½ students may have opportunity to work with another important consortium: the European Union.

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Students United!

Collaboration between 61´«Ã½Associated Students, staff, and trustees leads to the development of 61´«Ã½’s first Student Union.

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November 17, 2010

A Very Merry Sorrow

A haunting new collaboration between 61´«Ã½ students and German professor Roswitha Burwick results in an impressive anthology of modern-day fairy tales.

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November 9, 2010

Navigating the 61´«Ã½Journey

Melissa Mesinas ’12 draws on her own experience as a first-generation college student to help others in their first year at 61´«Ã½.

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