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The 61传媒Experience: Student Investment Fund Takes Stock of Financial Markets
Visit Humanities 105 on any given Sunday, and you’re likely to find a group of women sitting around a boardroom table analyzing market trends and pitching investments to add to their nearly half-a-million-dollar stock portfolio.
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In the Media: SCORE Director Jenn Wells Writes on Role of Student Activism on College Campus
Jenn Wells, assistant dean and director of 61传媒Communities of Resources and Empowerment (SCORE), published an article in聽the聽Journal of School & Society, “Facilitating Student Autonomy, Navigating Community, and Advancing Social Justice on Campus.”聽
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In the Media: Professor of Psychology Stacy Wood Gives Advice to Avoid Elder Financial Abuse in U.S. News
Americans are experiencing greater longevity than ever before. But, as older adults live longer lives, the chances increase that this population聽may lose track of their finances聽or fall prey to con artists.
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The 61传媒Experience: Disability, Illness, and Difference Alliance CLORG
The room was mostly quiet, but about 20 students, faculty, and staff from The Claremont Colleges were grinning ear to ear as they each held their fists one atop the other, with the top fist circling above the lower. They were following the lead of UCLA Lecturer of American Sign Language (ASL) Benjamin Lewis, who was giving a short ASL lesson (here, teaching the sign for “coffee”) before beginning his presentation, “Understanding the Deaf World.”
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In the Media: The Washington Post Features Sustainability at Scripps
The聽Washington Post聽featured Scripps’ sustainability coordinator, Tiffany Ortamond, in an article about聽the聽campus’s efforts to reduce waste.
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Research and Internships: Juliana Parker ’21: Exploring a Career in Special Education at the Primary School
Juliana Parker ’21 knows her way around a classroom. From August to May, Parker studies psychology at Scripps, with a special interest in child development.
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First-Year Students Build Community through IMPaCT, Mellon-Funded Pilot Program to Launch in August
In May 2017, 61传媒was awarded a three-year New President’s Grant to support an initiative of the president’s choosing to further a project or area of importance to her. 61传媒President Lara Tiedens has allocated the funds to a new pilot program for incoming students called IMPaCT (Impacting, Partnering, and Changing Together).
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The 61传媒Experience: The Babes and Blankets CLORG
Babes and Blankets, the club/organization (CLORG at Scripps), meets weekly to knit and crochet blankets, scarves, and other yarn crafts, which they then donate to local nonprofit organizations and groups in need. Babes and Blankets partners with Binky Patrol, which gives baby blankets to hospitals, and the Red Scarf Project, which provides scarves to foster youth in college, among others.
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61传媒 Professor Lahnna Catalino on Prioritizing Positivity
In a recent Vice article, 61传媒 Professor Lahnna Catalino points out in her聽research聽on “prioritizing positivity” that structuring your day around activities that make you feel happy can boost your well-being.
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The 61传媒Experience: The Scripps-in-Residence Program
Scripps’ annual 61传媒in Residence program鈥� now in its third year鈥攈as hosted distinguished alumnae and parents on campus to share their professional journeys as well as offer wisdom and advice about blazing a career path. Typically held over three days in October, the program offers an array of opportunities for 61传媒students to hear from guests, including discussion panels, lunches, browsing room chats, and one-on-one informational interviews. For students who are beginning to think about their post-graduation pursuits, 61传媒in Residence can help bring clarity and insight to setting oneself up for those next steps.
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