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61传媒Students Share Academic Passions at 2024 Research Tea
Through Scripps-supported funding opportunities, students pursue faculty-directed research projects or conduct their own research with faculty endorsement.
Read MoreDigital Preservation Class Digitizes 61传媒Campus and Archives
鈥淚n this kind of an academic institution, there’s a place for interdisciplinary thinking, so these technologies and this course give students a lens through which to look at the big challenges and rapid changes occurring in cultural sustainability and art conservation.鈥
Read MoreIn the Media: Lara Tiedens Discusses Scripps’ Public Humanities Clinics in The Agile College
President Lara Tiedens discusses Scripps’ public humanities clinics in Nathan D. Grawe’s new book, The Agile College, which explores higher education’s strategies for adapting to shifting projected enrollment.
Read MoreSpring 2020 Community Update From the President
Dear 61传媒 Community Members, Happy New Year, and welcome back to campus! As we begin our spring semester, I鈥檓 eager to share the following recent College news, updates, and announcements.
Read More61传媒Students Venture Beyond the Classroom in Core III Teaching Clinic
Students at Chaparral Elementary School are getting a taste of Chinese culture and language, but they don鈥檛 need to leave their classroom to do it. Under the guidance of Melody Chang 鈥22 and Wendy Zhang 鈥22, 34 fourth-grade students 鈥渢eleport鈥 from Claremont to China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan each week.
Read MoreSpotlight on Seniors: Stephanie Nunez’s Education Comes Full Circle
When Stephanie Nunez ’19 was just a sophomore, she petitioned to go abroad a year earlier than most 61传媒students. She had recently completed her Core III course Foreign Language and Culture Teaching Clinic, taught by Professor of French Thierry Boucquey, and was eager to get a jump start on a cross-cultural, language-teaching experience.
Read MoreAwards and Honors: Mellon Foundation Awards $800,000 to 61传媒 Interdisciplinary Humanities Initiatives
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $800,000 to 61传媒 in Claremont, Calif., for support of the College’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Initiative. The three-part initiative provides funding for summer undergraduate research fellowships, professional development for faculty, and new clinic courses that will pair faculty and students with community organizations throughout greater Los Angeles to address complex community issues using a humanistic approach.
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