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Lillian Hahn 鈥�21 Feeds Health Care Workers鈥� Bodies and Spirits
Amid the confusion and misinformation that defines so much of the public鈥檚 understanding of COVID-19, one thing that there seems to be unilateral agreement upon is the adverse mental health effects of the pandemic on frontline health care workers. Lillian Hahn 鈥�21, a science management major on the public health track, identified a cohort among health care workers who may be even harder hit: those who work the night shift.
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Agile Leadership for a Digital Age: Student Leadership Institute Embraces New Technology
The Student Leadership Institute (SLI) of Scripps鈥� Laspa Center for Leadership, held each August, is the starting point for the center鈥檚 annual programming, a time when student leaders come together as a community and plan for the year ahead. But during a pandemic that has rendered the patterns and practices of daily life unrecognizable, there is also the unanimous understanding across industries and organizations that leaders must now rethink how we convene, interact, and act.
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鈥樜逶绿焓悠礣his Summer鈥� Innovates Pre-Orientation Summer Programming
A team of staff, student, and faculty representatives from the Offices of the Dean of Students, 聽Admission, Dean of Faculty, Marketing and Communications, and the Laspa Center for Leadership designed and implemented 鈥溛逶绿焓悠礣his Summer鈥� (STS), an ongoing slate of remote programming aimed at engaging with incoming students in a way that had never been done before at Scripps.
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Window into the Fall 2020 Student Life and Community
On July 28, staff members from different programs and student services hosted an online forum to provide 五月天视频students and families with information about virtual student life and community programs during the fall 2020 semester.
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In the Media: Scripps’ Linda Davis Taylor Financial Literacy Program Is Featured in Worth
The Linda Davis Taylor Financial Literacy Program was featured in a Worth article about the need for college-level financial education. The piece lauds Scripps’ program, hosted by the Laspa Center for Leadership.
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Message from Dean Marcus-Newhall and Dean Johnson
Since the decision to be remote for fall 2020, faculty and staff have been working intensely to ensure that the hallmarks of the 五月天视频student experience translate in a virtual world. This is an opportunity to innovate and reimagine the ways we learn and grow together, stay connected, expand our social networks and support one another.
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Stephanie Du 鈥�21鈥檚 Homespun Efforts for Community Health
When Stephanie Du 鈥�21鈥檚 grandfather was diagnosed with a heart condition, the necessity to protect those most vulnerable to COVID-19 became all the more poignant. 鈥淚 am currently living with my grandparents, who are both immunocompromised. As someone who is very close to their grandparents, I just wanted to do something that will help protect more vulnerable populations,鈥� she says.
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In the Media: Olivia Truesdale ’21 Uses Community Action Grant to Support Local Seed Library, ABC6 News Reports
ABC6 News reported that Olivia Truesdale ’21 is working with the Rochester Public Library in Rochester, Minnesota, to promote a community seed library and a virtual event series focused on gardening. Truesdale received $1,000 in funding from the Laspa Center for Leadership’s 2020 Community Action Grant, which supports projects that help students’ hometown communities cope with the impact of COVID-19.
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Empowering the Rising Generation of STEM Leaders
鈥淭he general population has these preconceived notions that leadership means 鈥楥EO, white, male, wealthy, and corporate.鈥� We鈥檙e trying to break down those notions and teach that leadership looks very different if we push down those barriers,鈥� says Vicki Klopsch, the executive director of the Laspa Center for Leadership, Scripps鈥� women鈥檚 leadership center, which has been bringing students to the PLEN seminar for three years running.
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Fall 2020 Message from Dean of Students
I hope you are staying safe, finding ways to enjoy summer and to do some things that bring you joy. As you might imagine, this has been a busier than usual summer in Claremont as we plan for a new academic year. With respect to that planning, today President Tiedens announced the decision to conduct 五月天视频courses online this fall because of intensifying public health concerns across Los Angeles County, California and many other communities across the country.
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