Scripps College
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| Motto | Incipit Vita Nova |
| Established | 1926 |
| School type | Private |
| President | Nancy Y. Bekavac |
| Location | Claremont, CA, USA |
| Campus | Suburban, 30 acres (0.12 km²) |
| Enrollment | 878 undergraduate, 21 postbaccalaureate premedical |
| Faculty | 95 |
| Mascot | Athenas |
| Endowment | US$199.9 million |
| Website | www.scrippscollege.edu |
Scripps College is a small residential women's liberal arts college located in Claremont, California. It is a member of the Claremont Colleges. Scripps was founded by Ellen Browning Scripps in 1926 who believed that "the primary obligation of a college is to educate students to be clear and independent thinkers and to live their lives with confidence, courage and hope." The motto of the college is "Incipit Vita Nova" ("Here begins new life") from Dante's New Life.
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Academics
Academics are focused on interdisciplinary humanistic studies, combined with rigorous training in the disciplines. General requirements include classes in fine arts, letters, natural sciences, social sciences, women's/gender studies and race/ethnic studies. Each graduating student must complete a senior thesis or project. It shares several academic programs with other members of the Claremont Consortium, including the Joint Science Department and the Joint Music Department.
A key part of the Scripps experience is the Core curriculum, a sequence of three classes that encourage students to think critically and challenge ideas. Every first-year student takes Core I in the fall, which introduces students to major ideas that shape the modern world. Core II seminars focus on specific ideas introduced in Core I and are team-taught by two professors in different fields, such as physics and art. The concluding Core III classes encourage discussion and critical thinking for first-semester sophomores, culminating in individual projects.
Majors as of 2005-2006
Accounting (off-campus through Claremont McKenna)
American Studies
Anthropology
Art History
Art (Studio)
Asian Languages (Chinese and Japanese through Pomona, Korean through Claremont McKenna)
Asian Studies
Astronomy
Biology
Biology-Chemistry
Black Studies
Chemistry
Chicano Studies
Classics
Computer Science (off-campus through Harvey Mudd)
Dance
Economics
Engineering (3-2 program, must be petitioned for)
English
Environment, Economics, and Politics
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies (off-campus through Pitzer)
European Studies
Foreign Language (classes taken in two or three languages, with emphasis in language or culture)
French Studies
Gender & Women's Studies
Geology (off-campus through Pomona)
German Studies
Hispanic Studies
History
Human Biology
Humanities
International Relations
Italian
Latin American Studies
Legal Studies
Linguistics
Mathematics
Media Studies
Molecular Biology
Music
Neuroscience
Organismal Biology
Organizational Studies (off-campus through Pitzer)
Philosophy
Physics
Politics & International Relations
Psychology
Religious Studies (technically off-campus due to lack of faculty)
Russian
Science & Management
Science, Technology, and Society
Sociology (off-campus through Pomona or Pitzer)
Spanish
Theatre (off-campus through Pomona)
Examples of Self-Designed Majors
Bioethics
Asian-American Studies
Jewish Studies
Queer Studies
Sociobiology
Campus
The 30 acre campus, designed by the pioneering architect Gordon Kaufmann in the Mediterranean Revival Style architecture he was known for, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Scripps College is also known for its handsome landscaping designed by Edward Huntsman-Trout. Most of the 800 students live in one of the nine residence halls or apartments:
- Eleanor Joy Toll Hall ("Toll"), 1927 - Toll Hall was the first building on campus and served not only as the student residence in the first few years of the College, but also housed the administration, faculty offices and classrooms.
- Grace Scripps Clark Hall (officially known as "Clark", but more popularly known as "Grace"), 1928
- Ellen Browning Hall ("Browning"), 1929 - Named after the Founder of the College
- Susan Miller Dorsey Hall ("Dorsey"), 1930.
- Mary Kimberly Hall ("Kimberly" or "Kimbo"), 1960
- Cecil & Bessie Bartlett Frankel Hall ("Frankel"), 1966
- Mary Routt Hall ("Routt"), 1966
- Senior Routt Apartments
- Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Hall ("GJW", "J-Dub" or "New Hall"), 2000
- Wilber Hall, 2001 - Built in a former dining hall attached to Kimberly Hall
Year levels are mixed in each dorm, with first-year through senior students living side-by-side. However, the present-day hall draw system (which is based mostly on academic seniority) has contributed to older students congregating in the more desireable locations (usually based on aesthetics and room sizes, among other factors), such as Dorsey, Browning and Jungels-Winkler Halls.
Several facilities are shared by the members of the Claremont Consortium including Honnold/Mudd Library and the Keck Science Center.
Central to the Scripps campus is the student-run coffeeshop, the Motley Coffeehouse (commonly referred to as "the Motley"). Located in Seal Court, near the mailroom and the Malott Commons dining hall, the Motley is a socially and environmentally-conscious business that provides Scripps students with a venue for events, concerts, and studying, in addition to serving fair trade espresso. The Motley often prides itself on being the only all-women, undergraduate, student-run coffeehouse "west of the Mississippi [River]."[1]
Athletics
Scripps joined with Claremont Men's College and Harvey Mudd College in 1976 to form the CMS (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) Athletics programs. Women's teams compete as the Athenas (men's teams are known as the Stags).
Presidents
- Earnest Jaqua (1926-1942)
- Mary Kimberly Shirk (1942-1943) -- acting president
- Frederick Hard (1944-1964)
- Mark Curtis (1965-1976)
- John H. Chandler (1976-1989)
- E. Howard Brooks (1989-1990)
- Nancy Y. Bekavac (1990-present) -- first female president
Notable alumnae
- Serena Altschul (broadcast journalist)
- China Chow (actor and model)
- Harriet Doerr (author)
- Molly Ivins (columnist; attended Scripps for 1962-1963, then transferred to Smith College)
- Rosemary Reuther (theologian)
External link
Scripps College official website
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