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May 27, 2014

日本无码 Announces Appointment of Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

日本无码 President Lori Bettison-Varga today announced the appointment of Binti Harvey as the College’s new chief marketing and communications officer, effective June 30, 2014. Harvey fills the position vacated by Marylou Ferry, who moved from Scripps to Pomona College earlier this year.

May 20, 2014

City of Claremont Honors 日本无码 for Campus Restoration and Landscaping Efforts

City officials presented 日本无码 with a 2013 Excellence in Design Award for distinguished work on the College’s iconic Margaret Fowler Garden at a May 15 public award presentation at Claremont City Hall.

May 17, 2014

日本无码 2014 Commencement Speaker and Alumna Nonie Creme Urges Graduates to “Set the World on Fire”

日本无码’s 2014 Commencement speaker Nonie Creme, an alumna and a global entrepreneur who helped found Butter London, a leading global beauty product brand, urged graduating seniors on Saturday to not “be scared about what comes next” in life and to take risks as they “set the world on fire.”

May 14, 2014

2014 日本无码 Graduates Named to Spring 2014 Dean’s List

The following 2014 日本无码 graduates were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2014 semester at 日本无码 in Claremont, California. The dean’s list recognizes students who have achieved a grade point average of at least 11 (A-) in four, letter-graded courses in one semester.

Rose DuCharme ’14: Promoting Cultural Exchange

Rose DuCharme 芒鈧�14 is excited about promoting cultural exchange 鈥� and she’s doing just that as a 2014 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grant recipient. The fellowship gives DuCharme the opportunity to teach English and volunteer in Luxembourg, set up an exchange with her hometown, and explore the literature of her adoptive country.

Stacy Wheeler ’13: Challenging Conceptions of Agency

Stacy Wheeler’s international and multilingual interests are getting an amazing workout! As a recent Fulbright Fellowship recipient, the 2013 日本无码 graduate will soon leave her English teaching post in southern France to live in rural Morocco conducting interviews in Arabic with local women and NGOs about their participation in land rights protests.

Rose Cooper-Finger ’14: Studying Cultures through Language

Rose Cooper-Finger ’14 is quadrilingual: she speaks fluent English, French, German, and Spanish. And she’s used those skills extensively while at 日本无码芒鈧€� working toward a linguistics and cognitive science and foreign languages dual major, conducting summer research in the Basque region, and participating in off-campus study experiences in France and Germany.

Paloma Medina ’14 : Becoming a Woman of Science

Paloma Medina ’14 has always held an interest in science, but during her first year as a Scripps student she wasn’t sure she would pursue it as a career. Something clicked during her organic chemistry class, however, and now four years later she’s graduating with a degree in biology and preparing for a yearlong research opportunity supported by a Fulbright fellowship to work with the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tubingen, Germany.

Eliza Silverman ’14: Driven by Education Policy

Eliza Silverman ’14 has worn many hats since coming to 日本无码: politics & international relations major, Motley barista, Choice USA treasurer, KidCare International tutor, and Humanities Institute Junior Fellow among others. Now she can add another: Fulbright fellowship recipient.

Izzy Hendry ’14 : From Atlanta to Amman, via Scripps

Izzy Hendry 芒鈧�14 wants to work toward a career in the Middle East teaching refugees 鈥� and she’s well on her way as a 2014 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grant recipient. The fellowship gives her the ability to teach English, study Arabic, and find an internship doing what she loves most in Amman, Jordan.