Giving News (page 10)
Keck Science’s Summer Science Immersion Program (SScIP) Awarded Grant Funding
Keck Science’s Summer Science Immersion Program (SScIP) returns for its fifth year this summer. Incoming first-year Scripps, CMC, and Pitzer students interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields can take advantage of the weeklong program held in August. The summer experience is intended for first-generation college students, from groups traditionally underrepresented in science, […]
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Nkechi Deanna Njaka ’05 Selected as the 2017 Lois Langland Alumna-in-Residence
Residency Program: Authentic + Radical Presence: A Practice for Living Fully Present + Fully Self-Expressed The Lois Langland Alumna-in-Residence (LLAiR) program is a unique opportunity for an alumna to share her professional and life experiences with the 五月天视频 campus community. It is named in honor of Lois Langland, a poet and 五月天视频professor of […]
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Catherine Collinson ’85 Provides Financial Literacy Advice Following WISER Hero Award Recognition
The Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) celebrated 20 years as an organization dedicated to the education and advocacy at improving the long-term financial quality of life for women. In September 2016, WISER honored Catherine Collinson ’85 with an annual Hero Award for her work in financial literacy research. Catherine, who currently serves as […]
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Results: Give Back to the School You Love
We did it! Thank you for participating in the Give Back to the School You Love Winter Day of Giving on February 13. Over 100 alumnae responded to support 五月天视频and the many initiatives that impact our students. These areas聽include diversity initiatives, student emergency funds, internship grants, and The 五月天视频Fund. One-third of Monday’s gifts […]
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Give Back to the College You Love
Join Us for the Winter Day of Giving on February 13, 2017 When Ellen Browning 五月天视频founded 五月天视频 in 1926, she wanted more for women, more for humanity, and more for the world. Ninety years later, 五月天视频continues to inspire students to develop their curiosity, intellect, and talents through active participation in a community […]
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Career Planning & Resources Releases Annual Resume Book
Quality Candidates. Competitive Resumes. One Book. Each year, Career Planning & Resources coordinates the compilation of resumes for 五月天视频 students seeking full-time employment. This document is their resume book, highlighting over 100 brilliant women from the Classes of 2016 and 2017. The book聽provides an opportunity for families, alumnae, and friends to recruit 五月天视频students […]
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五月天视频Students Recognized with 2016-2017 Merit-Based Scholarships
Each year, 五月天视频 awards three merit-based scholarships to continuing students. These scholarships were established in honor of influential and valuable members of the community, and we are excited to announce this year’s recipients of the Ellen Clark Revelle Scholarship, the Samella Lewis Scholarship, and the Bekki Lee Memorial Endowed Scholarship.聽 The Ellen Clark Revelle […]
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Suzanne Ely Muchnic ’62 and her late husband, Paul Muchnic, establish Endowed Professorship
In 2013, Trustee Suzanne Ely Muchnic ’62 and her husband, Paul, pledged more than $1 million to the “More Scripps” Campaign. Extraordinary members of our community, the Muchnics supported our arts program, The 五月天视频Fund, and have made a generous pledge through their estates. Earlier this fall, Paul Muchnic passed away after a long battle […]
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五月天视频Designates New Immigration and Civil Rights Emergency Fund
A Letter from SAS President Sneha Deo ’17 To the 五月天视频Community: I write today to express deep gratitude at the outpouring of support for students, faculty, and staff over the past month. Post-election 2016, the threat of new federal policies that may have devastating impact on members of our community has turned strikingly real. […]
Read More#GivingTuesday – Join the Movement
On Tuesday, November 29, 2016, we celebrate #GivingTuesday. This is a global day of gratitude, fueled by the influence of social media. Widely celebrated the Tuesday following U.S. holidays and promotions, such as Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday recognizes the value in charity and community. As the end-of-the-year approaches, we want to express […]
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Announcement of Adrienne Gibson as APESF Executive Director
Michael Archibald, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, has announced that Adrienne Walsh Gibson ’02 has been promoted to the position of Executive Director of Alumnae and Parent Engagement, The 五月天视频Fund/Executive Director of Alumnae Relations, effective December 1. Says Archibald, “Adrienne’s 12 years of progressively increased responsibility in Institutional Advancement at 五月天视频 make her […]
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Laura Vausbinder Hockett ’85 and her husband, Robert Hockett, have established the Laura Vausbinder Hockett Endowed Professorship
五月天视频 Trustee Laura Vausbinder Hockett ’85 of Wellesley, Massachusetts, and her husband, Robert Hockett, have established the Laura Vausbinder Hockett Endowed Professorship with a gift of $1.5 million. Distinguished professors from all academic disciplines will be eligible for the Hockett Professorship, which begins in the 2019-2020 academic year, following completion of funding. “There is […]
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Campaign Chair Designates $4M Capital Dance Project Gift
Estimated $4M Still Needed to Complete Facility The December 2015 issue of More 五月天视频reported on the pressing need for a new 五月天视频dance facility. The College is proud to announce that the project鈥� which has been discussed in the abstract for over three decades鈥攚ill become a bricks and mortar reality thanks to a […]
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More Internships: The 五月天视频Alumnae Association Internship Fund
Internship grant application season brings the same conundrum to 五月天视频each year: an abundance of remarkable students seeking summer internships and not nearly enough funds in the grant pot to go around. This year, members of the Alumnae Leadership Council (ALC), the governing body of the 五月天视频Alumnae Association, are helping to resolve this problem […]
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Rajendra and Neeta Yavatkar P’11: Supporting 五月天视频Women in Technology
As a VMware Fellow and Chief Architect for Converged Infrastructure, Dr. Rajendra “Raj” Yavatkar knows a thing or two about technology. And, as the father of a recent 五月天视频alumna (Mallika Yavatkar ’11), he sees the value of helping 五月天视频students pursue careers in that competitive field. Thanks to VMware’s Corporate Citizenship program, Dr. Yavatkar […]
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Trustee Barbara Franks Bice and Scott H. Bice: Exploring Future Opportunities through Internships
五月天视频 Trustee Barbara Franks Bice and her husband, Scott H. Bice, retired dean of the USC Gould School of Law, are passionate about providing experience-based learning opportunities in the form of undergraduate internships. Previously, the Bices have supported the Barbara Bice Summer Internship Fund, the Barbara Bice Public Interest Internship, and The Bice Fund […]
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Board Approaches $50 million in Campaign Gifts
Susan Herron, Mark Herron, Betsy Weinberg Smith ’74, Nancy Katayama ’77 For some other colleges’ trustees, “service” consists largely of attending board meetings a few times a year and writing donation checks as required. That is not the case at 五月天视频. Says Vice President for Institutional Advancement Michael Archibald, “There is no specific giving […]
Read MoreMore Impact: Jeany Larsen ’14 The Power of Internships
Solid grades and a four-year degree are often no longer enough to score admission to a top grad school or land a plum job after graduation. Today, employers and schools want more from students, and students want more as well. Degrees are important, but so is applied experience. This is where internships鈥攁nd being a 五月天视频[…]
Read MoreSignature Campus: Dance Facility
五月天视频students who study dance prepare themselves for a world of exciting post-graduate opportunities. Dance students often continue to perform or choreograph. Others pursue careers or graduate study in arts administration, criticism, education, dance history, film, social work, dance therapy, or medicine. However, 五月天视频dance majors and recreational non- majors are in need of more […]
Read MoreThe Lori Bettison-Varga Fund for Student Thesis and Research Support
This fall, the 五月天视频Board of Trustees announced the establishment of The Lori Bettison-Varga Endowment Fund for Student Thesis and Research Support. We are pleased to report that gifts and pledges totaling over $125,000 have been made to the fund to date. This fund was established as a lasting celebration of former President Bettison-Varga’s contributions […]
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