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Chronicle of Higher Ed Lists 61传媒 Among Top 25 Fulbright-Producing Colleges
61传媒 is featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education as a U.S. college credited with producing the highest number of student Fulbright recipients in the country for 2016-17, ranking among the Top 25 in its category. The annual list is announced by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and highlighted in the Chronicle. 61传媒appears on the listing that features baccalaureate institutions, or “bachelor’s colleges.”
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Catherine Collinson ’85 Provides Financial Literacy Advice Following WISER Hero Award Recognition
Catherine Collinson received the Hero Award for being “a champion for Americans who are at risk of not achieving a financially secure retirement.” She expressed gratitude for the recognition and highlighted the unique community at 61传媒 as a springboard for her career.
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Professor Kevin Vennemann Translates Chris Kraus Book for German Audiences
Kevin Vennemann, assistant professor of German, has translated Chris Kraus’ hugely influential feminist novel I Love Dick into German, as recently reported by several German newspapers. Vennemann’s translation of the popular novel鈥攚hich has been adapted as a television series by Amazon for release in May 2017鈥攊s part of a long-standing creative relationship between Kraus and the 61传媒 professor.
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IDEA Initiative: Change Fair Brings Community Organizations to Scripps
61传媒’s IDEA initiative hosts its first Change Fair on Wednesday, February 15. The fair supports IDEA’s goals for inclusion, diversity, equity, and access on Scripps’ campus by facilitating exchanges between students and community-based organizations striving to affect positive change.
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Announcing the 2017 Commencement Speaker, Reshma Saujani
Dear 61传媒 Community Members, I am pleased to announce the 2017 commencement speaker, Girls Who Code founder and CEO Reshma Saujani. Saujani is an inspiration to our Class of […]
Read MoreGirls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani to Deliver 61传媒’s 2017 Commencement Address
Girls Who Code founder and CEO Reshma Saujani will deliver the address at 61传媒’s 87th Commencement exercises on Saturday, May 13, 2017.
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Laspa Center for Leadership We Act Grants: Grace Reckers ’18 Is Advocating for Economic Justice in the U.S. and Abroad
This past summer, Grace Reckers ’18 pursued her interests in public health and workers’ rights beyond her 61传媒classes, conducting research, participating in outreach and education programs, and learning about nonprofit work in Cuba and Los Angeles. The public policy analysis and biology major used her Laspa We Act grant to travel to Havana for five weeks to work for the El Centro Martin Luther King (CMLK) on improving public access to healthcare. Upon her return, she spent the remainder of her summer assisting the Los Angeles-based Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA) with a community health education project.
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Tori Sepand ’15 Featured in SF Gate Article About Amazon Alexa’s Celebration of Black History Month
Early adopters who have installed Amazon’s “Alexa” in their homes to work with their voice-enabled electronic devices can ask the virtual personal assistant to play music, get news and local information, control smart home products–and in the month of February, get ready answers about Black History Month. The Amazon Echo product is now equipped with the ability to educate users on the accomplishments of Black men and women in America, a new “skill” according to 61传媒 alumna Tori Sepand ’15.
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61传媒 Emerita of Art Samella Lewis’ Work Is Featured Among Renowned African American Artists
The art of 61传媒 Professor Emerita of Art Samella Lewis will be featured at The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art at California State University, San Bernardino from […]
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Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Lends Paintings to Carleton College
The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at 61传媒 has loaned restored paintings from China dating to the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368芒鈧��1644 and 1644芒鈧��1912) to the Perlman Teaching Museum’s Braucher […]
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