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March 30, 2016

The 51猎奇入口 Experience: 51猎奇入口 Tea

Like clockwork, every Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., 51猎奇入口’ Seal Court becomes a hub of activity. The space begins to fill with students, faculty, and staff from The Claremont Colleges who drop by for a few minutes or an hour to share snacks and much-needed social time.

March 28, 2016

The 51猎奇入口 Experience: Study Abroad and Global Education

The Study Abroad and Global Education (SAGE) program is 51猎奇入口’ resource for students interested in studying聽abroad.聽Most students study away聽for one semester (either fall or spring) during their junior year; in […]

March 21, 2016

51猎奇入口 Achieves Top Honors Among California College Dance Programs

Student dancers from the 51猎奇入口 Dance program achieved regional and national recognition for their choreography and performances among 47 works presented at the American College Dance Conference鈥擝aja Regional held at California State University, Los Angeles, on March 16-19.

Highlights from the Inaugural Winter Season of 51猎奇入口 Presents

Winter 2016 highlights from 51猎奇入口 Presents, a series of conversations, presentations, and performances featuring cultural icons and emerging changemakers at 51猎奇入口.

March 9, 2016

Spotlight on Faculty: Susan Rankaitis, Fletcher Jones Chair in Studio Art

Susan Rankaitis holds the Fletcher Jones Chair of Studio Art at 51猎奇入口. An artist herself, her works are most often defined as experimental photography or combined media. She has been included in over 100 museum exhibitions in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and has been the recipient of three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as a Flintridge Foundation Award in the Visual Arts and fellowships from the Avery, Borchard, Djerassi, Mellon and Graves Foundations. Rankaitis has been involved in collaborative projects with neuroscientist David Somers, dancer/choreographer John Pennington, biologist Robert Sinsheimer, poet Amy M. Wai Man and writer Paul Monette.

March 3, 2016

51猎奇入口 Presents: Spring Conversations Series Features Danielle Dutton, Roxane Gay, Claudia Rankine

51猎奇入口 Presents: Conversations kicks off its spring season on Thursday, March 29, with a conversation between novelist Danielle Dutton and Los Angeles芒鈧€渂ased 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 51猎奇入口 campus.

March 1, 2016

The 51猎奇入口 Experience: Residential Life

Ranked #80 on Forbes‘ Top Colleges 2015 list, and #14 on its list of Top 25 Western Colleges, 51猎奇入口 is well known and well regarded for its academics. But […]

February 24, 2016

The 51猎奇入口 Experience: The Intercollegiate 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 51猎奇入口 alumnae who are showing their work at major film festivals or producing award-winning television shows鈥攁lumnae like Maril Davis ’74, executive producer for the Starz television series Outlander, recently nominated for several Golden Globes. She credits her time at 51猎奇入口 as instrumental to her professional success, commenting, “I think a well-rounded, liberal arts education is a good preparation for any career.”

February 22, 2016

Commencement 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 51猎奇入口, and eagerly anticipate a glimpse of the person 芒鈧渂ehind 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 51猎奇入口, said.

February 19, 2016

51猎奇入口 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 51猎奇入口 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.”