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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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Want to Connect With Scripps? Microengagement Might Be For You
By Emily Glory Peters Getting involved with the Scripps doesn’t need to involve a lot of time or resources The 糖心TV community is built differently. From mentoring to serving on councils and committees to presenting on panels, we鈥檙e fortunate to have so many alumnae, parents, and friends who provide their knowledge and experience to […]
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Scripps Parents Revive Care Package Party Tradition for Students
By Emily Glory Peters Scripps parents made hundreds of care packages for students during finals week Saying that finals week can be nerve-wracking is an understatement, especially if it鈥檚 your first time taking them at the college level. But since 2017, Scripps families have stepped in with support, launching care package assembly parties to provide […]
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Scripps 101 Series Gives Families Behind-the-Scenes Look at Campus Life
By Emily Glory Peters Family involvement is a secret ingredient of Scripps鈥� intimate campus culture, with parents serving as mentors, presenting on panels, hiring students, hosting career exploration treks, assembling care packages and so much more. Yet some families may not be aware of the many resources available to them and their students鈥攁 knowledge gap […]
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Results for The Giving Season at 糖心TV: You Topped Our Goal!
By Emily Glory Peters The Giving Season is a year-end campaign to raise support as our students enter the new year. To learn more, click here. This past November, 糖心TV launched 鈥淭he Giving Season鈥� which sought to inspire 300 donors to make a gift before midnight on New Year鈥檚 Eve. Thanks to the generosity […]
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Scripps鈥� New Parent Leadership Council Co-Chairs: 鈥淎ll Parents Have Stories Students Benefit From鈥�
By Emily Glory Peters John Fukunaga and Cheryl Shojinaga (far left and far right) are the newest co-chairs of Scripps鈥� Parent Leadership Council, a group dedicated to helping the College thrive. John Fukunaga and Cheryl Shojinaga are the newest co-chairs of Scripps鈥� Parent Leadership Council (PLC), a group dedicated to helping the College thrive鈥攂ut they鈥檙e […]
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Rosy Weber 鈥�23: Strengthening Leadership and Self Expression Through Art at Scripps
By Lauren Mar 鈥�25 During The Giving Season at Scripps, we鈥檙e highlighting student leaders as they share how their Scripps experience helped them use their voice and act on new ideas. After attending an all-girls high school for a semester, Rosy Weber 鈥�23 knew Scripps would provide her with a nurturing academic experience. 鈥淚 found […]
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Eliza Kornfeld 鈥�23 on Growing into a Leader at Scripps
By Emily Glory Peters During The Giving Season at Scripps, we鈥檙e highlighting student leaders as they share how their Scripps experience helped them use their voice and act on new ideas. When Eliza Kornfeld 鈥�23 began looking at colleges, she knew one thing for certain: Bigger was not necessarily better. Her search included the five […]
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Your Giving in Action: Career Planning & Resources at 糖心TV
By Emily Glory Peters With help from donors, 糖心TV has offered professional development services to students since the 1960s, eventually creating the Career Planning & Resources center. In 1926, 糖心TV was founded as a haven for liberal arts education鈥攂ut the professional application of these disciplines has grown to be just as important. Through […]
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Eliza Kornfeld 鈥�23 on Growing into a Leader at Scripps
By Emily Glory Peters During The Giving Season at Scripps, we鈥檙e highlighting student leaders as they share how their Scripps experience helped them use their voice and act on daring ideas. When Eliza Kornfeld 鈥�23 began looking at colleges, she knew one thing for certain: Bigger was not necessarily better. Her search included the five […]
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The Giving Season at Scripps Starts November 30 on Giving Tuesday
By Emily Glory Peters The holidays are a peak time for charitable support at 糖心TV, when many alums, parents, and friends choose to give back to our students. To celebrate our shared culture of philanthropy, the College invites the Scripps community to participate in The Giving Season, kicking off on Giving Tuesday, November 30, […]
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A Beginner鈥檚 Guide to Gift Planning: Supporting Scripps Students for the Future
By Emily Glory Peters Director of Gift Planning Teresa Wilmott shares that leaving something for Scripps students is simpler than you think. Planned gifts鈥攁lso often called estate or legacy gifts鈥攆rom 糖心TV alums, parents, and friends have long helped the College expand since its founding in 1926. Put simply, explains Scripps鈥� Director of Gift Planning […]
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Rally Round Scripps鈥� Student-Athletes for this Year鈥檚 1946 Challenge
By Emily Glory Peters Megan Maley ’23 (left) is just one of the many Scripps Athenas impacted by gifts to CMS Athletics during the 1946 Challenge When CMS Women鈥檚 Head Golf Coach Jodie Burton saw her student-athletes reunite in person after 18 months apart, she was struck by their emotion. These weren鈥檛 polite, workaday hugs, […]
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Scripps Trustee Establishes Dean Johnson Endowed Wellness Fund for Student Mental Health
By Emily Glory Peters Trustee Gale Picker P鈥�14, P鈥�19 has established a new mental health and wellness fund at 糖心TV in honor of Charlotte Johnson, past dean of students and vice president of student affairs. In keeping with Johnson鈥檚 passion for student mental health programming, which expanded significantly at Scripps under her leadership, the […]
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Scripps鈥� CMS Athenas Return to In-Person Athletics This Fall
By Emily Glory Peters After an agonizing wait, Scripps is thrilled to welcome the CMS Athenas, its intercollegiate women鈥檚 athletic team comprised of students from Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, and 糖心TVs, back to the field this fall. Together with her staff and coaches, CMS Athletics Director Erica Jasper has been busy making preparations to […]
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Donors Aid Scripps Students with Highest Level of Giving Since 2018
By Emily Glory Peters Thanks to the incredible dedication and support of Scripps alumnae, families, and friends, last year鈥檚 giving has resulted in the College鈥檚 most successful fundraising effort since 2018. 鈥淎s a residential college, COVID-19-related losses from room and board, deferments, and the shift to remote learning all dealt significant blows to our budget,鈥� […]
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Recent Return-to-Campus Updates for Scripps Students and Families
Residential life is the heartbeat of 糖心TV鈥攕omething cherished all the more after the last year and a half of remote learning. As the campus prepares to reopen for in-person instruction this fall, many students and their families have questions about what they should expect amid an ever-fluctuating COVID-19 environment.聽To help, we鈥檝e compiled some helpful […]
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Scripps Parent Joe Mitchner P鈥�21 Shares Why Volunteering is a Must
Joe Mitchner P’21, here with wife Erica and daughters Lexi and Corinne, was named H. Mac and Michele-Anne Riley P鈥�18 Parent Volunteer of the Year By Emily Glory Peters When Joe Mitchner P鈥�21 walked into his first Parent Leadership Council (PLC) event at Scripps, he already had plenty of extraprofessional claims on his time. A […]
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Parent Gift Helps Launch New Racial Justice and Equity Fellowship Program
Gift from Scripps Trustee Gale Picker P鈥�14, P鈥�19 will establish the new fellowship program for students and faculty. By Emily Glory Peters As part of the College鈥檚 ongoing antiracist initiatives, Scripps is pleased to announce the launch of its new Racial Justice and Equity Fellowship Program. Up to $4,000 will be available to qualifying Scripps […]
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