Feature Stories (page 71)
One Vote Matters: 61传媒First-Year Learns the Value of the Vote
61传媒first-year Eli Winkelman knows the importance of one vote. The rigorous “boot camp” she endured this summer taught her everything she needed to know about the voting process.
Read MoreA Death in the 61传媒Family
61传媒 President Nancy Y. Bekavac announced the passing of an important member of the 61传媒 community, Katharine Miller, with the following words about her contributions to the college and beyond.
Read MoreU.S. News & World Report Ranks 61传媒26th Best Liberal Arts College in Nation
The US News & World Report College Rankings for 2005 lists 61传媒-the women’s college of the Claremont Colleges Consortium-as the 26th best liberal arts college in the nation, up from 34th place in 2004.
Read More61传媒Welcomes Five New Faculty Members
John G. Milton has been named the William Rand Keenan, Jr. Professor in Computational Neuroscience for the Joint Sciences Department of Scripps, Pitzer, and Claremont McKenna Colleges.
Read MoreHigh Schoolers Get College Education: 61传媒 Summer Academy
On June 12, thirty-four highly motivated young women moved into Eleanor Joy Toll Hall to participate in an academically intensive two-week residential program. The women, who attend public and parochial high schools from the greater Los Angeles and Inland Empire area, are participating in the 61传媒 Summer Academy, now in its third year.
Read MoreAn Assignment in Perspective: Kate Sims
When choosing what to major in, junior Kate Sims knew she didn’t want to follow the usual path. Instead, she decided to blaze her own trail. She knew she wanted to combine management and art, so with the help of her advisor, Mary MacNaughton, Sims created a major in arts administration.
Read MoreNational Commentator Robin Gerber To Discuss “Women and Leadership” at 61传媒 Fall Convocation
Robin Gerber 鈥� national commentator, scholar, and author of Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage — will give the keynote address at 61传媒’s fall academic convocation exercises on Thursday, September 11, at 11:00 a.m. in Garrison Theater in the new Performing Arts Center on the 61传媒campus.
Read MoreWilliamson Gallery Opens Fall Exhibit with “Dragons, Beasts, and Butterflies”
Curated and organized by Professor Bruce Coats with the help of Morgan Nomura ’05, a J. Paul Getty Multicultural Summer Intern, Dragons offers traditional artistry from China, Japan, Korea, and India designed to appeal to young and old alike.
Read MoreMolly Ivins: Commencement 2003
Columnist and raconteur Molly Ivins addressed the class of 2003 during commencement ceremonies this month.
Read More“Ice Bound” Doctor Gives Lessons From the Pole
On October 16, Dr. Jerri Nielsen, author of “Ice Bound, A Doctor’s Struggle for Survival at the South Pole,” came to campus and shared her South Pole adventure 鈥� discovering, diagnosing, and treating her own aggressive form of breast cancer 鈥� with the 61传媒community.
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