Scripps College News

• CSUCI administrator going to Scripps College (Ventura County Star)
  posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:56:00 am
  A longtime CSU Channel Islands business administrator is going to Scripps College.
• CI administrator Joanne Coville to join Scripps College (Ventura County Star)
  posted on May 20, 2011 at 07:25:38 am
  CSU Channel Islands President Richard R. Rush has announced that Joanne Coville, Vice President for Finance & Administration, has accepted the position of vice president for business affairs and treasurer for Scripps College. Coville was the first administrator hired by Rush in 2001 to be vice president for finance and administration. She made a major contribution to the creation of CI, both in ...
• Giving locally in the name of Rep. Giffords, other Ariz. victims (Lake Tahoe News)
  posted on January 21, 2011 at 09:32:24 pm
  Shortly after the Tucson incident of Jan. 8, Emily Rankin, director of Alumnae Relations at Scripps College in Claremont, was in contact with the congresswoman’s husband, Capt. Mark Kelly. She inquired how the Scripps community could best show its support for Gabby Giffords and the other victims. Kelly replied his wife’s pet project is food [...]
• Candles lit in hope (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
  posted on January 19, 2011 at 07:08:50 pm
  CLAREMONT - Several hundred people, many holding candles, Tuesday night celebrated Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her battle to recover from a gunshot wound during a Candlelight Circle of Hope at Scripps College.
• Giffords Circle of Hope Held at Scripps (FOX 11 News Los Angeles)
  posted on January 19, 2011 at 08:56:45 am
  While Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords continues to improve in the hospital, her alma mater -- Scripps College in Claremont -- held a circle of hope in her honor. Some of her classmates were there to speak as well.
• Candlelight vigil for Giffords, other Tucson victims planned for tonight (Los Angeles Daily News)
  posted on January 18, 2011 at 04:15:08 pm
  Scripps College will hold a candlelight vigil tonight to honor 1993 graduate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and all victims of the Tucson shooting rampage in which six people were killed and 14 were wounded.
• Tuesday Night Vigil For Tucson Victims (FOX 11 News Los Angeles)
  posted on January 18, 2011 at 06:26:44 am
  Scripps College will hold a candlelight vigil Tuesday night to honor 1993 graduate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and all victims of the Tucson shooting rampage in which six people were killed and 14 were wounded.
• Attack weighs on Scripps (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
  posted on January 10, 2011 at 06:19:14 am
  CLAREMONT - The Arizona massacre that ended with six people dead and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords fighting for her life Sunday echoed through a stunned campus community at Scripps College this weekend.
• 6 dead in Arizona shooting (San Bernardino Sun)
  posted on January 9, 2011 at 06:11:46 am
  Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a graduate of Scripps College in Claremont, was shot in the head Saturday by a gunman who opened fire outside a Tucson grocery store during a meeting with voters, killing a federal judge, a 9-year-old girl and four others.
• Arizona congresswoman, a Claremont Scripps College graduate, shot, wounded; six others killed (Redlands Daily Facts)
  posted on January 9, 2011 at 04:57:25 am
  Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a graduate of Scripps College in Claremont, was shot in the head Saturday by a gunman who opened fire outside a Tucson grocery store during a meeting with voters, killing a federal judge, a 9-year-old girl, and four others.
• Paul Soldner, the Claremont ceramic artist who discovered American raku, dies at 89 (Los Angeles Times)
  posted on January 4, 2011 at 05:03:06 pm
  Paul Soldner, the ceramicist who discovered American raku and taught for decades at Scripps College, died at his home in Claremont on Monday at age 89. What is American raku? The American Museum of Ceramic Art founder David Armstrong, a...
• Paul Soldner dies at 89; ceramicist known for American raku (Los Angeles Times)
  posted on January 4, 2011 at 02:48:50 am
  He stumbled onto the style he became known for, befitting of an artist who celebrated the beauty of the accidental and unpredictable. Paul Soldner, a ceramicist and longtime Scripps College teacher who introduced a pottery technique called American raku, died Monday at his home in Claremont after a period of declining health. He was 89.
• University of La Verne's new president has big plans for 119-year-old school (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
  posted on December 13, 2010 at 06:15:42 am
  LA VERNE - When Emery Lieberman-Auerbach decided to move to Claremont and attend Scripps College last fall, she was excited to leave her family 3,000 miles behind, in Staten Island, N.Y.
• ULV meets new leader (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
  posted on December 9, 2010 at 03:48:44 am
  LA VERNE - When Emery Lieberman-Auerbach decided to move to Claremont and attend Scripps College last fall, she was excited to leave her family 3,000 miles behind, in Staten Island, N.Y.
• Pitzer Psych Professor Receives Two Research Grants (The Student Life)
  posted on November 12, 2010 at 10:38:21 am
  Pitzer College Professor of Psychology David Moore, Scripps College Professor of Psychology Alan Hartley and Assistant Professor of Psychology Michael Spezio, and Claremont McKenna Professor of Pscyhology Cathy Reed received a grant for $411,008 from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
• Students’ Behavior in Line Prompts Eurotrash Shutdown (The Student Life)
  posted on November 12, 2010 at 05:38:22 am
  The annual Eurotrash party, which took place at Scripps College last Saturday, was shut down an hour early due to the behavior of students waiting in line to get into the event.
• Alice Waters to speak at Scripps College; Harold McGee and Diana Kennedy at Vroman's (Los Angeles Times)
  posted on November 8, 2010 at 06:50:49 pm
  Alice Waters at Scripps: Chef, author and local food evangelist Alice Waters will speak about the importance of food quality, the organic tradition, and food and justice at Scripps College in Claremont on Tuesday. She will be joined by several...
• Scripps Awarded Grant to Create Research Laboratory (The Student Life)
  posted on October 22, 2010 at 05:15:56 am
  The National Science Foundation has awarded Scripps College a $411,008 grant to build an advanced laboratory for research on human cognitive functioning. The student-faculty laboratory will use high-density electroencephalography (EEG) to record brain activity.
• Scripps College among arts honorees at White House ceremony (Los Angeles Times)
  posted on October 21, 2010 at 02:03:14 pm
  First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a ceremony at the White House on Wednesday honoring youth-oriented arts programs around the country, and one of the honorees comes directly from Southern California. Scripps College in Claremont was a recipient of the 2010...
• Dorothy Drake Wing of Denison Library Closed (The Student Life)
  posted on October 16, 2010 at 01:00:57 am
  The Dorothy Drake wing of the Ella Strong Denison Library at Scripps College was shut down for financial reasons in June.