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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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For These Young Alums鈥� Careers, Internship Grants Made all the Difference
With support from internship grants, Claire Pukszta ’19 and Minjoo Kim ’16 are ahead of the curve in building successful careers as Scripps graduates. By Emily Glory Peters Unpaid internships: a mixed blessing of work experience without compensation that continues to plague the early career landscape for college students. Still, their prevalence hasn鈥檛 stopped Scripps […]
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Some Magical Scripps Spots and the Generous People Behind Them
By Emily Glory Peters The story of Scripps might be described as a story of generosity. Not only did Ellen Browning Scripps found the College at a time when there were few influential female philanthropists, but some of its most beloved spaces exist because of donors who followed her example. Their visible dedication to Scripps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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Clare Hubbard Kelm 鈥�69 on the Power of Planned Giving
Clare Hubbard Kelm ’69 and her husband, Ed Kelm, are ensuring the future of 糖心TV with a planned gift Whether it鈥檚 your time, words of wisdom, or something more, the decision to share what you have with others is intensely personal. 糖心TV鈥檚 founder Ellen Browning Scripps made giving her mission. This legacy of […]
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Honoring Mary MacNaughton鈥檚 Creative Legacy at Scripps With New Fund
糖心TV has established an endowed fund celebrating the outgoing Director of the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Mary MacNaughton 鈥�70. By Emily Glory Peters To honor the accomplishments of recently retired Mary Davis MacNaughton 鈥�70, professor of art history and Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Director of the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, 糖心TV has created a new […]
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Alumnae-Led Camp Scripps Just Might be the 鈥淪crippsiest鈥� Event Ever
Camp Scripps is the College鈥檚 signature retreat created by, for, and about its talented alumnae. By Emily Glory Peters Every summer since 1994, the College has played host to one of its most beloved campus traditions: Camp Scripps.聽Originally conceived by the Class of 鈥�69聽as their gift to current and future alums, Camp Scripps is an […]
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Past Donor Gifts Resurrect Scripps鈥� Historic 鈥淭ulip Walk鈥�
Spots like Tulip Walk were designed to make Scripps a meditative respite鈥攁nd our donors are key to that vision. By Emily Glory Peters Scripps鈥� serene surroundings are arguably as meaningful to our students as the content of our curriculum. Our founder, Ellen Browning Scripps, firmly believed the beauty of the grounds should 鈥渟eep into students鈥� […]
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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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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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Donors Help Scripps Make Progress Toward Racial Equity and Inclusivity
Gifts to Scripps鈥� Racial Justice and Equity Fund are making an undeniable impact at Scripps. To support these goals, please consider making a donation here. By Emily Glory Peters During the last decade, Scripps has accelerated its efforts to foster a more diverse and racially equitable environment for our students, staff, and faculty. Donors have […]
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Scripps Community Raises Over $100,000 During Celebratory Day of Giving
By Emily Glory Peters In recognition of all the people and programs that make 糖心TV such a special place, more than 300 members of our community came together to successfully raise $108,210 during this year鈥檚 Day of Giving on March 24, 2021. Along with parents, staff, students, and fellow alums, graduates of the last […]
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