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News Releases (page 114)


April 2, 2008

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Junior Receives Davis Peace Award

Fatima Elkabti ’09 recently received the Davis Peace Award, given to students who seek to promote world peace through international projects. She will travel to the West Bank for several weeks in June to establish a series of writing workshops that she hopes will connect a group of American children with their Palestinian peers.

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March 26, 2008

Andy Warhol Photographs Awarded to 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú’ Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery

A treasure trove of Andy Warhol’s work has been offered to the Williamson Gallery of 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú: 100 Polaroid photos and 50 gelatin silver prints, valued at close to $150,000. The works were created roughly between 1978 and 1985.

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March 25, 2008

Students Named to 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Fall 2007 Dean’s List

The following students were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú in Claremont, California. The dean’s list recognizes students who have achieved a grade point average of at least 11 (A-) in four, letter-graded courses in one semester.

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March 24, 2008

Perfect for Opening the Mind

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú’ courtyards are featured in an audio slide show created by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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March 17, 2008

Celebrated Farm Workers Union Muralist to Speak at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú

Barbara Carrasco, seminal muralist and artist for the United Farm Workers Union, will lecture on “Labor of Art,” Wednesday, March 26, 2008, in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú.

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March 12, 2008

Street Art

Ken Gonzales-Day, Associate Professor of Art and Art Department Chair at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú, has designed a mural for the L.A. County Administration Building. This administration building, the biggest art installation ever completed by the Civic Arts Program, houses the County departments with the largest concentration of social services.

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March 11, 2008

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Receives Top Marks in Housing

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú received an A+ grade in Campus Housing from College Prowler, the largest publisher of college content in the United States. With only two percent of colleges being honored with an A+ grade in each category, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú is among an elite group in the 2008 rankings.

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February 28, 2008

Alumna Abigail Stopper ‘07 Selected as Kennedy Center Intern

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. has selected Abigail Stopper ’07 for its prestigious internship program. She will serve as an intern in the development department as part of the Kennedy Center Institute for Arts Management until May 2008.

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February 21, 2008

Alumna Poet Lynne Thompson ’72 to Speak at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú

Poet Lynne Thompson, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú alumna class of ’72, will present her 2007 Perugia Press prize-winning work, Beg No Pardon, at noon on February 26 in the Hampton Room, Malott Commons, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú.

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February 15, 2008

“Ask For It” Author Sara Laschever to Speak at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú

Author Sara Laschever will speak about women and negotiation on Friday, February 22, at 12 p.m. in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú. Her lecture, “Ask For It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want,” will present the four-step negotiation guide detailed in her forthcoming book of the same name.

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