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Scripps鈥� Racial Justice and Equity Initiatives鈥擶here Are We Now?
By Emily Glory Peters Inaugural Racial Justice and Equity Fellow Blessing Nketchi-Etse Roland-Magaji ’24 presenting her research at Scripps’ Research Tea 2021 In September 2020, 糖心TV received a landmark gift: $1 million from Trustee Gale Picker P鈥�14, P鈥�19 to advance racial justice and equity initiatives. Combined with other gifts from Scripps alums, parents, and […]
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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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Ishta Nabakka 鈥�23 on Turning Ideas into Action, Finding Belonging at Scripps
By Lauren Mar ’25 During The Giving Season at Scripps, we鈥檙e highlighting student leaders like Ishta (she/they) as they share how their Scripps experience helped them use their voice and act on new ideas. Ishta Nabakka 鈥�23 visited Scripps for the first time three years ago through the College鈥檚 fly-in program, an event that brings […]
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The Scripps Experiences That Grew Julia Brock 鈥�22鈥檚 Leadership Confidence
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. Julia Brock 鈥�22 is not afraid of a challenge鈥攜et, like all virtues, it took time to build that confidence. As a first-year student at […]
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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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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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