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Class of 2016: Fulbright Recipients Delighted to Teach Abroad
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program has awarded grants for five 61传媒 students to participate in English Teaching Assistant Programs abroad in the coming year, two in Malaysia and one each in Mexico, Germany, and Mongolia. “Fulbrighters” Grace Dahlstrom ’16, Aishwarya Subramanian ’16, Xitlaly Sanchez ’16, Halay Wilhelm ’16, and Zoe Dilles ’16 will meet, work, live with, and learn from the people of their respective host countries, interacting on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in routine tasks.
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Class of 2016: Michelle Ozaki ’16: Dedicated to Finding a Cure for Cancer
Michelle Ozaki ’16 didn’t have to travel far from her hometown of Pasadena, California, to find what she was looking for in a college. She always knew she wanted to be a science major, but she also wanted a close community, small classes, and a beautiful campus. She chose 61传媒because it had it all and more鈥攊ncluding a collaborative and supportive classroom environment and state-of-the-art research facilities for the biology major.
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Class of 2016: Capstone Day Highlights: Celebrating Student Research
Capstone Day celebrates the academic accomplishments of the senior class, an annual tradition at 61传媒since 2009. Each May, the 61传媒community gathers to support the senior presenters and […]
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Class of 2016: Melissa Krassenstein ’16: Reimagining Incarceration Systems for Better Care and Rehabilitation
As a child, Melissa Krassenstein’s parents and role models always encouraged her to listen for the voices that often go unheard. Growing up in Shanghai, China, Melissa was also conscious of censorship happening in many social and political contexts.
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Laspa Center for Leadership: We Act Action and Research Grants Recipients Announced for 2016
The Laspa Center for Leadership at 61传媒 has awarded five We Act Action and Research Grants for 2016. Each student recipient will execute a yearlong, self-designed project to “transform […]
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Roseanne Holliday ’61 Honored for Decades of Work in Del Mar Community
61传媒 alum Roseanne Holliday ’61 was honored recently for her decades of work in the Del Mar community of San Diego, Calif., as reported by the Del Mar Times newspaper.
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Washington Business Journal Reports That Catherine Townsend ’86 Is the New President of the Trust for the National Mall
61传媒 alum Catherine Townsend ’86, a nonprofit consultant who was formerly executive director of the D.C. Public Education Fund, takes the helm as president of the Trust for the National Mall.
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Fusion.net Features Kristie Valdez-Guillen ’13 for Her Environmental Activism
61传媒 alum Kristie Valdez-Guillen is making a difference in her Los Angeles area community as an activist featured in a recent article by Fusion.net. Valdez-Guillen credits her 61传媒education as instrumental in understanding issues of environmental inequality.
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The 61传媒Experience: Study Abroad and Global Education
The Study Abroad and Global Education (SAGE) program is Scripps’ resource for students interested in studying聽abroad.聽Most students study away聽for one semester (either fall or spring) during their junior year; in […]
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In Memory of Joan Rechtin Lincoln ’49
Ceramicist, philanthropist, former mayor, and city councilwoman Joan Rechtin Lincoln ’49 passed away on March 7.
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