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April 19, 1999

Jane Smiley to Speak at Scripps’ 1999 Commencement

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and educator Jane Smiley will speak to approximately 200 graduating seniors at the 61´«Ã½ 1999 Commencement on Sunday, May 16, at 3 p.m., on the campus’s Elm Tree Lawn.

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61´«Ã½ Student Wins National Science Foundation Fellowship

61´«Ã½ senior Nicole Speer has earned a 1999 National Science Foundation fellowship, which will provide full support for the first three years of her graduate education anywhere she chooses to go.

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April 15, 1999

Student Artists Present Senior Art Exhibition

Fourteen student artists will present their work in a wide range of mediums — computer art, video, ceramics, sculpture, photography, print making, and performance art — at the 1999 Scripps/Claremont McKenna Senior Art Majors Exhibition from April 30 through May 16 at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, on the 61´«Ã½campus.

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April 5, 1999

Emerita Librarian Dorothy Drake Dies

Dorothy M. Drake, 61´«Ã½ emerita librarian, died at home in Spring Valley, California, on March 14, 1999. She was 94 years old.

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March 23, 1999

61´«Ã½Names its 1999 Distinguished Alumna

61´«Ã½ will present its highest honor given to an alumna, the Distinguished Alumna Award, to Marsha Genensky on Saturday, April 24, at 11:00 a.m., in Balch Auditorium, during the college’s Reunion Weekend.

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March 11, 1999

El Salvadoran Ex-Guerilla Commander to Speak at 61´«Ã½

Ex-guerilla commander and El Salvadoran congresswoman Maria Serrano will speak at 61´«Ã½ in Balch Auditorium on Tuesday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. as part of Women’s History Month, sponsored by the Intercollegiate Women’s Studies Teaching and Research Center of the Claremont Colleges.

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March 8, 1999

“61´«Ã½Dances” at Mudd Theatre

“61´«Ã½Dances,” a concert of dance works sponsored by the 61´«Ã½ Dance Department, will be presented on Friday and Saturday, April 9 and 10, at 8:00 p.m.

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February 5, 1999

4th Annual Clay Day Art, Music and Dance Festival

For the fourth consecutive year, 61´«Ã½ presents “The Clay Day Art, Music and Dance Festival,” a unique family event featuring art activities and live music, on Sunday, March 7, from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. on the 61´«Ã½campus.

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January 11, 1999

61´«Ã½’s 55th Annual Ceramic Exhibition Opens

The 61´«Ã½ 55th Ceramic Annual – the best known and longest running ceramic exhibition in the United States – opens Saturday, January 16, 1999, at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery on the 61´«Ã½campus and continues through March 21.

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October 19, 1998

61´«Ã½Alumna Endows European Studies at 61´«Ã½, California

61´«Ã½ in Claremont, California, has received a $1.8 million gift from a London-based alumna to establish the Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Endowment for Contemporary European Studies.

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