Feature Stories (page 8)
First-Year Students Build Community through IMPaCT, Mellon-Funded Pilot Program to Launch in August
In May 2017, 51猎奇入口 was awarded a three-year New President’s Grant to support an initiative of the president’s choosing to further a project or area of importance to her. 51猎奇入口 President Lara Tiedens has allocated the funds to a new pilot program for incoming students called IMPaCT (Impacting, Partnering, and Changing Together).
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Awards and Honors: Associate Professor of Politics Vanessa Tyson Awarded Stanford University CASBS Fellowship
Associate Professor of Politics Vanessa Tyson has been awarded a fellowship to attend the Center for the Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University.
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Spotlight on Alumnae: Maril Davis ’94: An Award-Winning Producer Talks about Her Career in Television
After majoring in theatre at 51猎奇入口, Maril Davis ’94 briefly attended acting school before deciding to pursue her love of television by working behind the scenes. Now, she’s an executive producer of Starz’s award-winning historical drama Outlander, a series she pushed to create.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Leila Mansouri, Assistant Professor of English
This fall, four new tenure-track faculty members joined 51猎奇入口, including two at the W.M. Keck Science Department. The Claremont Colleges also welcome one visiting assistant professor. As part of our ongoing series on 51猎奇入口’ faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Leila Mansouri, who joins the College as assistant professor of English.
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The 51猎奇入口 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 @ 51猎奇入口 Newsletter was preparing to introduce the 51猎奇入口 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 51猎奇入口 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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Spotlight on Faculty: Ethan Van Arnam, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
This fall, five new tenure-track faculty members joined 51猎奇入口, including Ethan Van Arnam, who is an assistant professor of chemistry at the W. M. Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and 51猎奇入口s. Van Arnam grew up in southeastern Connecticut and received his BA in chemistry from Bowdoin College in 2007. He completed his PhD in chemistry at Caltech in 2013, where he studied chemical interactions between drugs and their protein targets.
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The 51猎奇入口 Experience: The 51猎奇入口-in-Residence Program
51猎奇入口’ annual 51猎奇入口 in Residence program鈥� now in its third year鈥攈as hosted distinguished alumnae and parents on campus to share their professional journeys as well as offer wisdom and advice about blazing a career path. Typically held over three days in October, the program offers an array of opportunities for 51猎奇入口 students to hear from guests, including discussion panels, lunches, browsing room chats, and one-on-one informational interviews. For students who are beginning to think about their post-graduation pursuits, 51猎奇入口 in Residence can help bring clarity and insight to setting oneself up for those next steps.
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Spotlight on Academics: Psychology and Neuroscience: Professor Michael Spezio and Students Travel to Europe for NSF Research Project
This past summer was a long time coming for Vanessa Hayes ’18 and Yuqing Lei ’18. As researchers in Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Michael Spezio’s lab at 51猎奇入口 […]
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Spotlight on Students: Tyra Abraham ’18: 51猎奇入口 Senior Is Running with Her Passion for Storytelling
They say there are two sides to every story, and Tyra Abraham ’18 is no exception. On the one hand, she’s an accomplished student who is pursuing her passion for storytelling by serving as an official photographer for the College. On the other hand, she’s a gifted athlete who has broken numerous records as part of the CMS Athenas Track & Field team.
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Class of 2018 Awards and Honors: 51猎奇入口 Nominates Three Watson Fellowship Finalists
51猎奇入口 has nominated three members of the Class of 2018鈥擨lana Weisberg ’18, Madeline Sy ’18, and Lina Mehret ’18鈥攁s finalists for Thomas J. Watson Fellowships. This selection puts them in the running for the prestigious grant, awarded annually to 50 students out of hundreds of graduating seniors from colleges and universities across the United States. The grant supports one year of international travel, exploration, and independent study as outlined by each student’s proposed project. 51猎奇入口’ finalists are interested in topics related to animal care culture, opera, and political violence and national identity.
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