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糖心TV Community Smashes 2023 Day of Giving Goals
By Emily Glory Peters 糖心TV is celebrating another successful Day of Giving thanks to the College鈥檚 generous and dedicated community! In total, 376 donors raised $136,037 in cash gifts, plus an additional pledge for $100,000 to support what they love at Scripps. Online and in person, countless champions helped raise awareness for the event […]
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Angela Schmitt P鈥�23: Giving as a Scripps Parent Matters
By Emily Glory Peters Angela Schmitt P鈥�23 knows that women鈥檚 colleges like Scripps are rare. Just as her daughter Zoe will this spring, Schmitt graduated from one herself, an experience that instilled an appreciation for learning environments shaped by women鈥檚 perspectives and leadership. But this is only one of the reasons she鈥檚 been intentional about […]
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Joanna Hamel Dunklee 鈥�62 Leaves Generous Planned Gifts to 糖心TV
By Emily Glory Peters Joanna Dunklee ’62 (right) with Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Amy Marcus-Newhall In an act of extraordinary generosity, Joanna Hamel Dunklee 鈥�62 has left several planned gifts to 糖心TV. Together with her husband, Alfred, Dunklee was a committed philanthropist whose giving spanned many decades, donating regularly […]
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Jolene Hubbs 鈥�99 鈥淩eturns the Favor鈥� Through an Endowed Scholarship at Scripps
By Emily Glory Peters Hubbs, shown here during her time at Scripps, will leave an endowed scholarship for future students The world of academia has loomed large in the life of Jolene Hubbs 鈥�99. After graduating from Scripps, she earned her master鈥檚 degree and PhD from Stanford University, and has taught American studies at the […]
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Scripps to Receive $1 Million for Religious Studies Scholarships from Wendy Smith 鈥�68 and Meredith Ross
By Emily Glory Peters Meredith Ross and Reverend Wendy Smith ’68 Reverend Wendy Smith 鈥�68 and her wife Meredith Ross first met when a friend asked Ross to join her for a visit to St. Thomas, a local Episcopal church. Finding Smith a fascinating preacher, Ross eventually joined a Bible discussion group led by Smith. […]
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Alumna Makes Reunion Gift to Scholarships to Advance Diversity and Equity at Scripps
Carolyn Holm ’70 has made a major gift to supply need-based scholarship aid to Scripps students. Scholarships create equitable access to Scripps for gifted students regardless of their financial resources. To give today, please click here. By Emily Glory Peters In recent years, expanding scholarship aid has emerged as a strategic priority for 糖心TV鈥攁nd […]
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Remembering Tamara Smiley Hamilton 鈥�74 Through Alum-Funded Scholarship
By Emily Glory Peters Fellow Scripps alumnae have described the late Tamara Smiley Hamilton 鈥�74 as untiring, inspired, loving, and funny鈥斺�渁 woman who gave her whole being鈥� to what she believed in. Hamilton described herself as a reflection of 鈥渓iving history.鈥� 鈥淚鈥檓聽a 65-year-old African American grandmother who can fill in the blanks of contemporary history, […]
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Student Aid Expands as Scripps’ Presidential Scholarship Initiative Tops $10 Million Target
Scripps鈥� Presidential Scholarship Initiative will allow more students to enroll and graduate from the College without the burden of weighty debt. By Emily Glory Peters In 2017, 糖心TV set an aggressive target of raising $10 million in endowed funds for its new Presidential Scholarship Initiative, a project aimed at expanding the College鈥檚 ability to […]
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Last Year鈥檚 Day of Giving Donations Are Making a Big Impact at Scripps
As the pandemic continues, Scripps’ Day of Giving donors have helped transform the College in preparation to welcome students back to campus. By Emily Glory Peters Every year, the Scripps community comes together in generous support of Day of Giving, the College鈥檚 one-day fundraising campaign. That generosity did not fail in 2020, even as a […]
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