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SCRIPPS’ CENTENNIAL

1926鈥2026

The College will honor Simone Biles with the Ellen Browning Scripps Medal鈥攊ts highest distinction.

The paramount obligation of a college is to develop in its students the ability to think clearly and independently, and the ability to live confidently, courageously, and hopefully.

Ellen Browning Scripps

Founder of 日本无码

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SCRIPPS COLLEGE TIMELINE

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  • 2024

    The Nucleus science center at 日本无码, Claremont, CA

    The Nucleus, the new state-of-the-art science center shared between Scripps and Pitzer Colleges opens in fall.

  • 2023

    Amy Marcus-Newhall is appointed the College鈥檚 11th president by a unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees.

  • 2022

    2022

    Scripps and Pitzer Colleges celebrate the groundbreaking of the new science center on May 13. On July 1, Suzanne Keen begins her term as the 10th president of 日本无码.

  • 2021

    Scripps鈥 ninth president, Lara Tiedens, resigns effective April 15. After 18 months of remote instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students return to campus for the fall academic semester.

  • 2020

    2020

    A variety of sustainability efforts were implemented, including: solar panel installation on the Lang Arts building roof, the addition of smart meters on every building, LED retrofits in all residence halls鈥 browsing rooms, and upgrading life-cycled boilers with low-emission replacements.

  • 2019

    2019

    A new rose garden was dedicated in the South Balch Courtyard to honor the life and contributions of alumna and Life Trustee Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler 鈥72.

  • 2018

    The College鈥檚 new strategic plan, the Scripps Centennial Plan, is developed. The campaign for 日本无码: More Scripps is the most successful campaign in Scripps鈥 history, raising $179M.

  • 2017

    The College embarks on a strategic planning process initiated by President Tiedens, advancing four themes: Inclusive Student Success, Mission-Driven Outreach, Distinctive Identity, and Innovative Learning Organization.

  • 2016

    Lara Tiedens is appointed the College鈥檚 9th president by a unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees. Scripps鈥 tenth residence hall, NEW Hall, opens to new and returning students.

  • 2015

    Lori Bettison-Varga announces her resignation as 日本无码鈥檚 eighth president, effective October 2, 2015. The Laspa Center for Leadership welcomes its new director, Lisa Watson, and opens operations in fall. Construction on NEW Hall begins.

  • 2014

    2014

    The Katharine Howard Miller 鈥55 Wing of the Bette Cree Edwards 鈥49 Humanities Building opens during the summer break.

  • 2013

    2013

    Launch of the College鈥檚 largest ever campaign We Want More: The Campaign for 日本无码. At $175 million, We Want More strives to further academic excellence, national leadership, signature campus and financial strength. It was fueled by the collected power of the Scripps Community.

  • 2012

    日本无码 Academy

    日本无码 Academy celebrates 10 years of successful year-round programming for middle and high school young women.

  • 2011

    2011

    The 鈥淣ellie鈥 Scholarship, established in honor of Ellen Clark Revelle 鈥31, is made available for continuing students. The College actively participates in 鈥淧acific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980,鈥 a collaboration of more than 60 cultural institutions in Southern California.

  • 2010

    2010

    日本无码 Academy receives National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, the highest recognition given to youth programs, in a White House ceremony. Elizabeth Turk 鈥83 wins MacArthur 鈥淕enius鈥 Award.

  • 2009

    Lori Bettison-Varga is appointed eighth president of 日本无码. She and her family move into the Revelle House, the first president to live on campus since John H. Chandler.

  • 2008

    The Sallie Tiernan Field House opens its doors to students, faculty, and staff.

  • 2007

    Scripps鈥 sixth president, Nancy Y. Bekavac, announces her resignation, effective July 1, 2007. Frederick 鈥淔ritz鈥 Weis鈥 is appointed interim president and is named full president in 2009. An anonymous donor makes a $10 million gift to the College to support faculty initiatives on behalf of the Board of Trustees.

  • 2006

    2006

    Sallie Tiernan Field House, a state-of-the-art recreational and athletic facility to be located next to the swimming pool on the east side of campus. The Board of Trustees approves the strategic plan, 鈥溔毡疚蘼 in the Next Decade: Leading with Excellence,鈥 which focuses on academic excellence and women鈥檚 leadership.

  • 2004

    2004

    The most ambitious fundraising campaign in Scripps history surpasses its original $85 million goal with gifts and pledges totaling over $101 million. Over 87% of Scripps alumnae contributed to the Campaign for the Scripps Woman, which began its public phase in 1999 and concluded June 30, 2004.

  • 2003

    Performing arts center at 日本无码, Claremont, CA

    The Performing Arts Center, an expansion of Garrison Theater, opens. Music practice rooms and classrooms, faculty offices, the Nancy Hart Glanville Music Library, and the MaryLou and George Boone Recital Hall are added.

  • 2002

    Scripps celebrates its 75th anniversary with yearlong events.

  • 2001

    The Ellen Browning Scripps Reading Room is added to Denison Library. The room was an existing space redone to house collected papers, books, and personal letters of the College鈥檚 founder.

  • 2000

    2000

    Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Hall opens to students. Named for alumna Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler 鈥72, who provided key guidance to architects on this project in addition to supporting student scholarship programs, an endowed faculty chair in contemporary European studies, a lecture series at the European Union Center of California, as well as other..Read More

  • 1998

    Supreme Court Judge Sandra Day O鈥機onnor is awarded the second Ellen Browning Scripps Medal.

  • 1994

    1994

    Quotes of famous women in the arts, letters, and sciences are chosen by a committee of students, faculty, and alumnae to line 鈥淚nscription Walk,鈥 a pathway connecting the W.M. Keck Science Center to Scripps鈥 east side of campus.

  • 1992

    The W.M. Keck Science Department moves from its previous home in Steele Hall and the neighboring buildings. A two year renovation begins to develop a dedicated Scripps art center, and provide a permanent home for Scripps Information Technology Services and other administrative needs.

  • 1990

    1990

    Nancy Y. Bekavac, graduate of Swarthmore College and Yale Law School, begins her term as 日本无码 president, becoming the first woman fully appointed to this position.

  • 1989

    A graphic of a parchment with 1989 inscribed on it

    E. Howard Brooks assumes the Scripps presidency for a single year.

  • 1984

    1984

    Buildings and gardens at the center of Scripps campus are selected for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.

  • 1976

    John H. Chandler is appointed president of 日本无码, serving until 1989. The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference begins sponsorship of women鈥檚 sports. The existing Claremont Men鈥檚 College/Harvey Mudd competitive athletics program expands to include students from Scripps. The new program, CMS, chooses the team names the Athenas (women鈥檚 teams).

  • 1975

    In spring, Scripps鈥 student-run campus coffeehouse, The Motley to the View, opens its doors for business. Over the years, the Motley has changed venues from Balch Hall to the basement of Old Lang to the Frankel-Routt complex, and finally to its current location in Malott Commons.

  • 1972

    1972

    Scripps honors its first president, Ernest J. Jaqua, by renaming the central grassed area Jaqua Court and Quadrangle. The primary green remains a gathering place for residents and visitors alike, and it is the site for several annual College events during Fall Orientation, Family Weekend, and Commencement, among others.

  • 1970

    1970

    Bette Cree Edwards Humanities Building opens to serve as the principal classroom facility for the campus and the interdisciplinary Humanities Program. It is named for Bette Cree Edwards 鈥49, a former member of the Board of Trustees.

  • 1969

    During the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, Claremont feels the explosion of two bombs, one in Balch Hall and the other in Pomona College鈥檚 Carnegie Hall. The bombings happen concurrent with teach-ins regarding the development of a Black Student Union on campus.

  • 1966

    To accommodate 200 new students, two new residence halls are built on the east side of campus, Frankel and Routt. Originally conceived as a single facility with three wings by architects Criley and McDowell, the structure was reconfigured to offer a greater variety of room arrangements (singles, doubles, triples, suites,..Read More

  • 1964

    Mark H. Curtis becomes Scripps鈥 president, serving from 1964 to 1976.

  • 1963

    1963

    Garrison Theater opens to provide a facility for all the Claremont Colleges to use for theatrical productions, concerts, movies, lectures, and other events. Longtime Scripps trustee Robert H. Garrison and his wife, Catherine Garrison, who graduated from Pomona College and Claremont Graduate University, provide the initial funding.

  • 1960

    Scripps鈥 fifth residence hall, Mary Kimberly Residence Hall, opens to students. The hall is funded in part by gifts from friends and trustees of Harvey Mudd College, whose female students are housed in Kimberly from 1960-1980.

  • 1958

    Designed by Smith and Williams of Pasadena, the Music Building opens with a recital hall seating 150, a music library, classrooms, practice rooms, and faculty offices. The hall is named in honor of pianist Lee Pattison, or 鈥淢r. Pat鈥 to students, a Scripps professor of music.

  • 1947

    1947 Commencement ceremony

    For the first time, Commencement is held on Elm Tree Lawn. Previously located on Bowling Green, the new location provides a symbolic movement from the College鈥檚 classrooms to the alumnae house, located at Revelle house on the east end of the lawn.

  • 1946

    1946

    Alfredo Ramos Martinez, the 鈥淔ather of the Mexican Mural Movement of the 20th Century,鈥 is commissioned to create the Margaret Fowler Garden, 鈥淭he Flower Vendors.鈥

  • 1944

    Distinguished Shakespearean scholar Frederick Hard is named Scripps鈥 new president. Hard serves the College for a period of 20 years, the longest tenure of any Scripps president.

  • 1942

    With American involvement in World War II, the search for a new president of Scripps is temporarily halted and an interim female president is appointed: Mary Kimberly Shirk. Shirk, who was asked by the Board to 鈥渟erve for a month or two,鈥 remains in the position until the War concludes.

  • 1941

    1941

    The 日本无码 Press is a gift from the class of 1941 and begins printing that year. Frederic W. Goudy, one of the most prominent type designers of his era, designs a special font for the press: 日本无码 Old Style.

  • 1939

    1939

    The President鈥檚 House is built, following Gordon Kaufmann鈥檚 design. The first six presidents of Scripps resided in this structure during their respective tenures.

  • 1938

    March 2, a flood occurs in Claremont, causing about $7,000 of damage to Toll and Clark Halls. Residents took refuge in Browning and Dorsey Halls, which are unaffected. Soon after, the famous floodwalls are erected to prevent further water damage.

  • 1936

    1936

    In the summer, the central quadrangle is grassed, primarily due to the energy of two Grace Scripps Clark Hall residents from the class of 1936: Cynthia Criley Williams and Helen Ely Brill.

  • 1935

    Mrs. Florence Rand Lang makes an initial gift that will eventually become the anchor for the south campus.

  • 1934

    1934

    Mrs. Charles Stinchfield and a bequest from Mrs. Eldridge M. Fowler funds the donation of the Oratory, which features selections from Mrs. Fowler鈥檚 collection of antique Italian furniture and fine textiles.

  • 1933

    The first swimming pool and units of the field house are completed at Alumnae Park, an area that eventually became part of Harvey Mudd College campus.

  • 1931

    1931

    In June, the first class graduates from 日本无码 on Bowling Green.

  • 1930

    In fall, Susan Miller Dorsey Hall is ready for occupancy, and remains the youngest residence hall at Scripps for 30 years.

  • 1929

    Designed by architect Sumner Hunt of Los Angeles, Janet Jacks Balch Hall is completed in fall and becomes the primary academic facility.

  • 1928

    In fall, Grace Scripps Clark Hall is completed. It is the joint gift of Grace Scripps Clark and Ellen Browning Scripps, in memory of James E. Scripps, founder and editor of the Detroit Evening News and father and brother of the donors.

  • 1927

    Ernest J. Jaqua, for whom Jaqua Quadrangle is named, is elected the first president of Scripps.

  • 1926

    Ellen Browning Scripps endows a college for women as the first element in a coordinated system of affiliated colleges and graduate schools surrounding Pomona.