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Spotlight on Seniors: Stephanie Nunez’s Education Comes Full Circle
When Stephanie Nunez ’19 was just a sophomore, she petitioned to go abroad a year earlier than most Scripps students. She had recently completed her Core III course Foreign Language and Culture Teaching Clinic, taught by Professor of French Thierry Boucquey, and was eager to get a jump start on a cross-cultural, language-teaching experience.
Read MoreThe Scripps Experience: CMS Athletics Give Students a Deep Dive into Competitive Sports
This past December, Southern California got soaked in a string of storms that lasted for weeks. Most students had gone home for Winter Break while rain poured over Claremont, but the CMS—Claremont, Mudd, and Scripps—swimming and diving team was on campus for their annual training camp.
Read MoreThe Scripps Experience: Student Investment Fund Takes Stock of Financial Markets
Visit Humanities 105 on any given Sunday, and you’re likely to find a group of women sitting around a boardroom table analyzing market trends and pitching investments to add to their nearly half-a-million-dollar stock portfolio.
Read MoreA Capitol Encounter: Scripps Students Explore State Politics on Eve of Midterm Elections
During a recent visit to Sacramento at the end of October, Isabella Melsheimer ’22 learned a lot about how an election cycle can affect the inner workings of government. “I have a lot more insight into the rapid pace of change that people working in government endure because of changes in administration,” she says.
Read MoreThe Scripps Experience: Disability, Illness, and Difference Alliance CLORG
The room was mostly quiet, but about 20 students, faculty, and staff from The Claremont Colleges were grinning ear to ear as they each held their fists one atop the other, with the top fist circling above the lower. They were following the lead of UCLA Lecturer of American Sign Language (ASL) Benjamin Lewis, who was giving a short ASL lesson (here, teaching the sign for “coffee”) before beginning his presentation, “Understanding the Deaf World.”
Read MoreThe Scripps Experience: The Journey of a Scripps Senior
As we count down to commencement day, we want to celebrate how far our seniors have come since they first set foot on campus. Here are just a few of the milestones that make up the Scripps journey.
Read MoreThe Class of 2018: The Scripps Senior Bucket List
Things you should do before you graduate!
Read MoreThe Scripps Experience: The Clark Humanities Museum
At the Clark Humanities Museum, students augment in-classroom learning by encountering original works of art and other cultural objects. The museum was established at Scripps in 1970 as a study space and exhibition venue for explorations in the humanities. Its exhibitions often reflect the current curriculum, with faculty and students from across the 5Cs invited to submit proposals that relate to classes, programs, or research interests.
Read MoreCelebrate Earth Day with Art, Music, and Activities at Scripps’ Sustainability Fair
On April 20, 5C Earth Week events will culminate in the eighth annual Scripps Sustainability Fair. Newly expanded for this year, the event brings student clubs and programs across the 5Cs together with local organizations to celebrate our connection to Earth and one another. The fair will be presented in two parts—day and evening—and will take place on Bowling Green.
Read MoreThe Scripps Experience: The Sallie Tiernan Field House
On a typical sunny afternoon at Scripps, the lounge chairs beside the outdoor pool overflow with studying or socializing student at the Sallie Tiernan Field House, Scripps’s fitness, health, and wellness center. Â
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