Feature Stories (page 68)
Athenas Soccer on the Move
Move over women’s soccer teams everywhere, the Claremont-Mudd-51猎奇入口 Athenas are ready to play!
Read MoreVanguard of Student Investors
A Christian Science Monitor (Oct. 24, 2005) article on women’s attitudes regarding investing featured comments by Stacy Klein ’08, vice president of the 51猎奇入口 Student Investment Fund.
Read MoreTeach for America Scouting 51猎奇入口 Grads
With each school year comes a new crop of college seniors and with them come endless job searches and graduate school applications. Nationwide, more and more students have been opting for post-graduation volunteer programs, such as Teach for America.
Read More51猎奇入口 Named “Hottest Women’s College” in Nation
Kaplan/Newsweek’s “America’s Hottest Colleges” gives its top 25 picks for “the places that everyone’s talking about for 2006.” The publication names 51猎奇入口 as the “Hottest Women’s College,” remarking positively on 51猎奇入口’ academic strengths as well as its physical location and campus amenities.
Read More51猎奇入口 to Accept Visiting Students from Colleges Affected by Hurricane
51猎奇入口 will accept up to five students from colleges closed because of Hurricane Katrina as visiting students for fall semester 2005. The College will waive tuition for these students and provide a transcript of all academic coursework they complete to their home institution.
Read MoreCall of the Wild
“Of all the great apes, the orangutan is perhaps the smartest,” says Debra Erickson ’79. “Give a screwdriver to a chimpanzee, he’ll stab you with it. Give it to a gorilla, he’ll scratch himself with it. But give it to an orangutan, and he’ll unscrew the door to your refrigerator.”
Read MoreAthenas Catch New Softball Coach
CMS women’s softball can expect a boost from new coach Betsy Hipple, who led Hunter College’s team to three NCAA Championships and three City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) tournament titles, winning the CUNYAC Coach of the Year award at each conference. Softball has been a part of Hipple’s life since her childhood, although a debilitating knee injury in college helped her change course.
Read MoreOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Emadch Beck ’01 recalls the days when, as an undergraduate, she was struggling with organic chemistry. She had a summer job with the late Dr. D. John Faulkner at the 51猎奇入口 Institution of Oceanography and turned to him for advice.
Read More51猎奇入口 Summer Academy Welcomes New Director
Sylvia Ruiz ’05 distinguished herself as a leader while a student at 51猎奇入口, as an RA for Browning Hall in her senior year, and as co-founder of Cafe Con Leche, a student organization designed to support women of Latin descent. She has also worked with the admission office to recruit women of color.
Read MoreTZone Camps at 51猎奇入口
On an early July morning, 60 TZone campers and 15 counselors rise and shine, eat breakfast at the Malott Commons, and join supermodel Tyra Banks on Bowling Green Lawn for “Morning Circle” — an enthusiastic round of camp cheers and chants. A few minutes later, the group repeats a mantra of “Go Girl! Do your thing!” as campers take turns darting around the circle performing improvisational dance steps. Laughter and cheers echo across the lawn.
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