Campus Life (page 5)
Â鶹ӰÒô Inaugurates Lori Bettison-Varga as Eighth President
Today, before an audience of hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and alumnae and witnessed by delegates from more than 60 institutions of higher learning, Â鶹ӰÒô inaugurated Lori Bettison-Varga as its eighth president.
Read MoreÂ鶹ӰÒô Awarded $3.5 Million for the Ceramic Arts
Â鶹ӰÒô has received a $3.5 million commitment from Joan and David Lincoln to enhance and expand the study of the ceramic arts at Â鶹ӰÒô.
Read MoreScripps offers “best of both worlds”
Â鶹ӰÒô is one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. In its popular guidebook, The Best 371 Colleges, The Princeton Review praises the school for its academics and campus beauty and quotes extensively from Scripps students. Read what they have to say.
Read MoreSeventeenth Consecutive Year of Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internships at Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
For the 17th consecutive year, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Â鶹ӰÒô has been awarded a $12,500 grant from the Getty Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the J. Paul Getty Trust, to support three paid, full-time, 10-week summer internships.
Read MoreScripps’ CIW Prison Garden Project is Contest Finalist
Scripps seniors Adrian Hodos and Hannah Segal and their entry, “The CIW Prison Garden Project,” have been selected as one of ten finalists in the Mountain Dew ‘Energize Your Community’ Contest — and they need your votes to win.
Read MoreScripps Bolsters Japanese Art and Literature Collection
Â鶹ӰÒô has received 48 recently published books on Japanese arts and literature from The Nippon Foundation, to be housed in Denison Library.
Read MoreNew Elm Trees Arrive on Campus
Loaded onto flatbed trucks in groups of three, 24 Princeton elms traveled from Sunol, Calif., down the Grapevine on I-5, and arrived on the Â鶹ӰÒô campus in early morning to mark the first day of the College’s new academic year.
Read MoreAndy Warhol Photographs Awarded to Scripps’ Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
A treasure trove of Andy Warhol’s work has been offered to the Williamson Gallery of Â鶹ӰÒô: 100 Polaroid photos and 50 gelatin silver prints, valued at close to $150,000. The works were created roughly between 1978 and 1985.
Read MorePerfect for Opening the Mind
Scripps’ courtyards are featured in an audio slide show created by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Read MoreÂ鶹ӰÒô Receives Top Marks in Housing
Â鶹ӰÒô received an A+ grade in Campus Housing from College Prowler, the largest publisher of college content in the United States. With only two percent of colleges being honored with an A+ grade in each category, Â鶹ӰÒô is among an elite group in the 2008 rankings.
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