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High School Counselors Rank ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº in Top 20 National Liberal Arts Colleges
U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of America’s Best Liberal Arts Colleges for 2016 indicate that among high school counselors surveyed…
Read Moreľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº Presents: Spring Conversations Series Features Danielle Dutton, Roxane Gay, Claudia Rankine
ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº Presents: Conversations kicks off its spring season on Thursday, March 29, with a conversation between novelist Danielle Dutton and Los Angeles–based writer Amina Cain about women in publishing. The season, which runs through April, also brings essayist and novelist Roxane Gay and poet Claudia Rankine to the ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº campus.
Read MoreProfessor Aaron Leconte Receives Prestigious Cottrell Award
Aaron Leconte, assistant professor of chemistry at the W.M. Keck Science Department, a collaboration between Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôºs, has been awarded a three-year early career grant from the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement.
Read MoreThe ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº Experience: Residential Life
Ranked #80 on Forbes‘ Top Colleges 2015 list, and #14 on its list of Top 25 Western Colleges, ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº is well known and well regarded for its academics. But […]
Read MoreIntercollegiate Media Studies Major
This may come as a surprise to students interested in working in entertainment: You do not have to graduate from film school in order to pursue a career in the movie and television industry. Just ask the ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº alumnae who are showing their work at major film festivals or producing award-winning television shows—alumnae like Maril Davis ’74, executive producer for the Starz television series Outlander, recently nominated for several Golden Globes. She credits her time at ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº as instrumental to her professional success, commenting, “I think a well-rounded, liberal arts education is a good preparation for any career.”
Read MoreCommencement 2016: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright To Deliver 2016 Commencement Address
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will deliver the College’s 2016 Commencement address on May 14. “We proudly welcome Dr. Albright to ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº, and eagerly anticipate a glimpse of the person ‘behind the position’ that so many of us admire for her history-making role as America’s first female Secretary of State,” Amy Marcus-Newhall, interim president of ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº, said.
Read MoreLos Angeles Times Features ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº Presents Event with Nancy Pelosi
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Assistant Professor of Politics Vanessa Tyson engaged in a lively and pointed discussion with a near-capacity crowd of students, faculty, staff, and members of the ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº community at a noontime ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº Presents event on February 18.
Read Moreľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº Presents: Nancy Pelosi to Students: “There’s a Special Place in Heaven for People Who Vote”
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi shared her trademark humor and pointed yet graceful conversational style while discussing a range of political and personal topics at a ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº Presents: Conversations noontime event on February 18. More than 500 students and community members attended, erupting in appreciative laughter, particularly at her closing pronouncement that she believes “there’s a special place in heaven for people who vote.”
Read MoreSpotlight on Alumnae: Electra Chong ’15 and Rona Chong ’15: Programmed for Success
Twins and newly minted ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº graduates Electra Chong ’15 and Rona Chong ’15 recently joined the inaugural class of the Holberton School, a two-year software engineering certificate program that accepts only 32 students per year.
Read Moreľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº in Princeton Review’s 2016 “Colleges That Pay You Back”
ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº earned a spot in the Princeton Review’s annual book of outstanding colleges for academics, affordability and career prospects. The College is profiled in the new 2016 edition of […]
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