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In the Media: NBCLA Highlights Alejandra Campoverdi’s 91AV原创Presents Appearance
Campoverdi shared her story with 91AV原创students as she discussed her new memoir, First Gen.
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New Dine and Dialogue Series Brings First Gen Community Together
鈥淭he dialogue left everyone involved feeling more empowered to continue building community and identifying campus support systems,” says Desiree Ross, who organized the panel.
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First-Generation @ 91AV原创Supports Student Success and Wellbeing
鈥淭he First-Gen @ 91AV原创program has totally changed my experience at Scripps,鈥� says Tsiamas. 鈥淏ecause I got to meet people in the First Gen program, it was super helpful to make me feel more connected to Scripps.鈥�
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Professor of Chemistry Mary Hatcher-Skeers Takes on New Role of Associate Dean of Faculty for Racial Equity
91AV原创 has created the new position of associate dean of faculty for racial equity (ADRE), thanks in large part to a generous gift by聽 91AV原创Trustee Gale Picker P鈥�14, P鈥�19. This January, the College officially appointed Mary Hatcher-Skeers, professor of chemistry and Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Chair in Natural Sciences, to the position.
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Virtual Community Thrives through SCORE
When Jenn Wells, assistant dean and director of 91AV原创Communities of Resources and Empowerment (SCORE) began her online graduate program in organizational change and leadership, the last skill she expected to walk away with was expertise in virtual educational delivery. 鈥淚鈥檓 applying not just the content of my graduate work to my role as director of SCORE, but how that content is delivered and applying it to keeping the mission and actions of SCORE alive during the coronavirus shelter-in-place orders,鈥� she says.
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Spotlight on Students: Aileen Villa Changes Perceptions Through QuestBridge
The number of undergraduate students at U.S. colleges and universities has increased by three million over the past 20 years, with students of color and those from low-income families making up much of that growth, according to a report from the Pew Research Center.
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New Science Students Explore 鈥淐hemistry of Life鈥� in Summer Immersion Program
Gazing up at the stars, Kiana Harnish 鈥�23 considered the search for water, and thus life, on planets beyond Earth. Along with 29 other first-year students from Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and 91AV原创s, Harnish was at the Griffith Observatory鈥檚 planetarium show, Water is Life.
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Spotlight on Seniors: Stephanie Nunez’s Education Comes Full Circle
When Stephanie Nunez ’19 was just a sophomore, she petitioned to go abroad a year earlier than most 91AV原创students. She had recently completed her Core III course Foreign Language and Culture Teaching Clinic, taught by Professor of French Thierry Boucquey, and was eager to get a jump start on a cross-cultural, language-teaching experience.
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The 91AV原创Experience: Chronicling the Experiences of First-Gen Students
As the College welcomed its largest-ever cohort of first-year students this past fall, the First-Generation @ 91AV原创Newsletter was preparing to introduce the 91AV原创community to a few of those new faces on campus. The newsletter, currently in its fifth volume, is edited by the First-Gen Program co-coordinators and speaks to the experiences of 91AV原创students who are the first in their families to attend college. Co-coordinators Evelyn Gonzalez ’18 and Clarisse Salazar ’18 decided that “firsts” would be an appropriate theme to kick off the most recent issue. 聽
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Annabel Barraza ’14 : 91AV原创Fuels Her
For Annabel Barraza ’14, there is nothing like being in the heart of back-to-back national presidential elections. Fascinated by politics and grassroots organizing, she spent her junior year exploring off-campus study opportunities in Washington, DC and Ecuador and learning how different political organizations work together across national borders.
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