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High School Counselors Rank 61传媒 in Top 20 National Liberal Arts Colleges
U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of America’s Best Liberal Arts Colleges for 2016 indicate that among high school counselors surveyed…
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61传媒Presents: Spring Conversations Series Features Danielle Dutton, Roxane Gay, Claudia Rankine
61传媒Presents: Conversations kicks off its spring season on Thursday, March 29, with a conversation between novelist Danielle Dutton and Los Angeles芒鈧�渂ased writer Amina Cain about women in publishing. The season, which runs through April, also brings essayist and novelist Roxane Gay and poet Claudia Rankine to the 61传媒 campus.
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Professor Aaron Leconte Receives Prestigious Cottrell Award
Aaron Leconte, assistant professor of chemistry at the W.M. Keck Science Department, a collaboration between Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and 61传媒s, has been awarded a three-year early career grant from the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement.
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The 61传媒Experience: Residential Life
Ranked #80 on Forbes‘ Top Colleges 2015 list, and #14 on its list of Top 25 Western Colleges, 61传媒is well known and well regarded for its academics. But […]
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Chronicle of Higher Ed Lists 61传媒 Among Top 15 Fulbright-Producing Colleges
61传媒 has been listed in the Chronicle of Higher Education as a Top 15 highest-producing institution of Fulbright student scholars for 2015-16.
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The 61传媒Experience: The Intercollegiate Media Studies Major
This may come as a surprise to students interested in working in entertainment: You do not have to graduate from film school in order to pursue a career in the movie and television industry. Just ask the 61传媒alumnae who are showing their work at major film festivals or producing award-winning television shows鈥攁lumnae like Maril Davis ’74, executive producer for the Starz television series Outlander, recently nominated for several Golden Globes. She credits her time at 61传媒as instrumental to her professional success, commenting, “I think a well-rounded, liberal arts education is a good preparation for any career.”
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Commencement 2016: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright To Deliver 2016 Commencement Address
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will deliver the College’s 2016 Commencement address on May 14. “We proudly welcome Dr. Albright to 61传媒, and eagerly anticipate a glimpse of the person 芒鈧渂ehind the position’ that so many of us admire for her history-making role as America’s first female Secretary of State,” Amy Marcus-Newhall, interim president of 61传媒, said.
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Los Angeles Times Features 61传媒Presents Event with Nancy Pelosi
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Assistant Professor of Politics Vanessa Tyson engaged in a lively and pointed discussion with a near-capacity crowd of students, faculty, staff, and members of the 61传媒community at a noontime 61传媒Presents event on February 18.
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61传媒Presents: Nancy Pelosi to Students: “There’s a Special Place in Heaven for People Who Vote”
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi shared her trademark humor and pointed yet graceful conversational style while discussing a range of political and personal topics at a 61传媒Presents: Conversations noontime event on February 18. More than 500 students and community members attended, erupting in appreciative laughter, particularly at her closing pronouncement that she believes “there’s a special place in heaven for people who vote.”
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Spotlight on Alumnae: Electra Chong ’15 and Rona Chong ’15: Programmed for Success
Twins and newly minted 61传媒 graduates Electra Chong ’15 and Rona Chong ’15 recently joined the inaugural class of the Holberton School, a two-year software engineering certificate program that accepts only 32 students per year.
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