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Newsroom (page 277)


November 18, 2005

Kenneth Turan: "Documentary Golden Age? We're Living In It"

Kenneth Turan, film critic for both the Los Angeles Times and NPR’s Morning Edition, speaks as part of the 61´«Ã½ Humanities Institute symposium, “The New Documentary Impulse: Critical Perspectives.”

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November 17, 2005

61´«Ã½and Pomona Dance present “In The Works…” A Concert of Student Danceworks

“In the Works…” is the annual fall concert by students of the departments of dance at 61´«Ã½and Pomona Colleges.

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November 11, 2005

Career Advancement

This summer, Smith College announced the appointment of Patricia “Trish” Jackson ’82 as vice president for advancement.

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Barbequed Sagehen

The Claremont-Mudd-61´«Ã½Athenas volleyball team served up a sumptuous feast of fried Pomona-Pitzer Sagehen Friday night, scorching their cross-campus rivals in a 3-0 victory.

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61´«Ã½Lends Helping Hands to Habitat for Humanity

Each month staff members of 61´«Ã½ Residential Life participate in a development workshops or projects. In October, the group helped the Claremont Habitat for Humanity project, building six single-family homes in six weeks.

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Molly Ivins Honored

Molly Ivins ’66, known for her acerbic and refreshingly honest political columns, received the International Women’s Media Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award this October.

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College Kick

Nicole Smith is a busy 61´«Ã½junior; she not only manages a full-time class load, a part-time job at Pomona College’s Coop Fountain, and rehearsal and performance obligations as a member of both the Claremont Concert Choir and Chamber Choir, she is also a certified kickboxing instructor at The Claremont Colleges.

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Rebuilding Lives, One Tree at a Time

Karen Rollet-Crocker ’66 has been a professor of landscape architecture at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville for more than 20 years. The Fayetteville Natural Heritage Association was founded in part by Rollet-Crocker, and she has been active in developing the Peel Mansion Museum and Garden and the Compton Gardens. Rollet-Crocker has been a notable contributor to her community, and early this year, she was given the opportunity to reach out beyond her community.

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Medicinal Art

Beverly Shieh ’09 donated two original works of art to the American Medical Association Foundation. Her acrylic paintings, commissioned by Guam’s American Medical Association Delegation, were auctioned off at the foundation’s annual silent auction this past June.

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A Wholesome Merger

With construction of the new Student Health Services building completed this past summer, the Wellness Center, Monsour Counseling, and Health Education Outreach are now in the same building. This logical consolidation means that students can go to a single center for any health-related concerns.

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