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  College Profiles -
Scripps aspires to be a diverse community committed to the principles of free inquiry and free expression based on mutual respect.
Scripps emphasizes high aspirations, high achievement, and personal integrity in all pursuits, and it expects students, faculty members, staff, and alumnae to contribute to Scripps and to their own communities throughout their professional, social, and civic lives.
Students applying to Scripps College are expected to submit transcripts of all academic work in high school and college, a counselor recommendation, two teacher recommendations from teachers in different academic subject areas, a graded writing assignment, and SAT or ACT results, along with the application and essay.
www.collegeprofiles.com /scripps.html   (1608 words)

  
  TSRI - About TSRI
Scripps Clinic, specializing in over 50 fields of medicine and surgery, is a leader in areas as diverse as cancer treatment, neurologic disorders, organ transplantation, cardiovascular disease, treatment of kidney disorders, the use of laser technology for surgery and the management of orthopaedic problems.
Scripps College is the women's college of the Claremont Colleges, founded in 1926 by Ellen Browning Scripps to educate women to develop their intellect and talents through active participation in a community of scholars, so that as graduates they may contribute to society through public and private lives of leadership, service, integrity and creativity.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Birch Aquarium, part of the University of California, San Diego, is one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for marine science research and graduate training in the world.
www.scripps.edu /intro/other.html   (485 words)

  
 Scripps College : The Women's College : Claremont, California
June 27, 2008—As Scripps College concludes its two-week enrichment program for academically motivated and underserved high school students in the greater Los Angeles area, reporter Adolfo Guzman-Lopez interviews graduates of the program who are going on to some of the finest liberal arts colleges in the country, including Scripps.
Scripps' Orientation is designed to help you get started on an exciting adventure that will last a lifetime: with new friends, compelling and challenging academics, and infinite possibilities for growth and opportunity.
Senior Class Speaker Ashley Peters '08 stood before her peers during Scripps College Commencement on May 18, 2008 and delivered a stirring speech on the Scripps experience, the Core program, and the power, choice, and responsibility levied at all Scripps students, past and present.
www.scrippscollege.edu   (418 words)

  
 Scripps College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scripps College is a liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California.
Scripps was founded in 1926 by Ellen Browning Scripps, who believed that "the primary obligation of a college is to educate students to be clear and independent thinkers and to live their lives with confidence, courage and hope." The motto of the college is "Incipit Vita Nova" ("Here begins new life") from Dante's New Life.
Scripps College is also known for its handsome landscaping designed by Edward Huntsman-Trout.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scripps_College   (1734 words)

  
 QB Partners - Scripps College
Scripps emphasizes a challenging core curriculum based on interdisciplinary humanistic studies, combined with rigorous training in the disciplines, as the best possible foundation for any goals a woman may pursue.
From its founding in 1926 as one of the few institutions in the West dedicated to educating women for professional careers as well as personal growth, Scripps College has championed the qualities of mind and spirit described by its founder, newspaper entrepreneur, and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps.
Scripps remains a women's college because it believes that having women at the core of its concerns provides the best environment for intellectually ambitious women to learn from a distinguished teaching faculty and from each other.
www.questbridge.org /cobranded/Scripps.htm   (160 words)

  
 LANSTON TYPE | COBBLESTONE PRESS | GERALD GIAMPA | SCRIPPS COLLEGE
He was to apply for a position as 'Artist in Residence' at Scripps College.
Scripps is a women's college in Claremont, California.
The Scripps College library had a fine book collection that was directed with great purpose.
www.p22.com /Lanston/Giampa/Scripps.html   (130 words)

  
 Monotype: Scripps College Old Style
The story of the Scripps College Old Style™ design is a heartwarming and inspiring chronicle about a young librarian, a handful of students, a wealthy grandmother, a dedicated educator - and two eminent American type designers.
At times she would almost reach her goal, only to be disappointed when college administrators decided to use available funds for more “important and tangible” purchases.
Scripps now had a roman, an italic and a set of small caps - a modest but reasonable resource for most of the college’s printing needs.
www.monotypefonts.com /Library/HiddenGems.asp?show=scripps   (761 words)

  
 Scripps College - Claremont, CA - Colleges of Distinction
As a member of the consortium, Scripps maintains its strong institutional identity and proud tradition as a small women’s college while at the same time offering the resources and programs of a large university.
Students at Scripps have almost limitless opportunities to expand their intellectual horizons in the classroom while enriching their education through internships, research opportunities and off-campus study programs....
The Claremont Consortium allows Scripps to simultaneously offer a strong sense of community based on its institutional identity as a small women’s college and the resources and variety of a collegiate community of close to 6,000 students....
www.collegesofdistinction.com /collegetemplates/default.asp?cid=216   (186 words)

  
 Scripps College
The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College is pleased to present the exhibition Millard Sheets: The Scripps Years on view from September 1 to October 14 2007.
The Scripps exhibition is co-curated by gallery director Mary MacNaughton and collection manager Kirk Delman, in collaboration with art historian Janet Blake, who is an expert on Sheets’ art.
Scripps College, founded in 1926 by newspaper publisher, educator, and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, is the women’s college of the Claremont Colleges.
artscenecal.com /Announcements/0807/ScrippsClg0807.html   (464 words)

  
 Scripps College Archives - Special Collections at the Libraries of The Claremont Colleges
The Scripps College Archives which serve as a significant record for the study of the institution and for the history of women’s education in general is also housed at Denison Library.
In addition to official publications of the College and the student body, the Archives include faculty, alumnae and student publications, senior theses, student newspapers, construction records and blueprints, unpublished papers of faculty and trustees, records of the development of the curriculum, and a large photograph collection which pictorially chronicles the history of the College.
Of special interest are the extensive Ellen Browning Scripps Papers (view online finding aid): the personal and business records, correspondence, and other ephemera of Miss Scripps (1836–1932), the founder of the College, and her family, most of whom were associated with journalistic and philanthropic endeavors.
voxlibris.claremont.edu /sc/collections/scripps.html   (168 words)

  
 Download Scripps College Old Style Font Family - Linotype.com
The Scripps College Old Style™ Font Family is part of the Monotype Originals.
The story of Scripps College Old Style is a heart-warming and inspiring chronicle about a young librarian, a handful of students, a wealthy grandmother, a dedicated educator -- and two eminent American type designers.
Scripps College Old Style is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
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Founded in 1926, Scripps College is the women’s college of the Claremont Colleges.
Scripps College provides the feel of a small college with the resources of a larger university.
Since the school is a part of the Claremont Colleges, its students are able to take advantage of the educational and co-curricular offerings at any of the four coed colleges that are right next door.
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 CaliforniaColleges.edu - Campus Facts - All California Colleges
Scripps' scenic 30-acre campus, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is located at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, 35 miles east of Los Angeles.
Scripps cherishes its campus of uncommon beauty, a tribute to the founder's vision that the College's architecture and landscape should reflect and influence taste and judgement.
While the colleges and universities are able to update the Campus Facts information at any time and this section, thereby, has the potential to offer the most accurate and up-to-date information available, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.
www.californiacolleges.edu /CampusTour/undergraduate/998/Scripps_College/Scripps_College1.html   (438 words)

  
 Scripps College - THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES - Claremont McKenna College Insider's Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: )
n undergraduate women's college with an enrollment of 600, Scripps College is well known for its core curriculum in the humanities, as well as for its emphasis on interdisciplinary study.
Foreign language courses at Scripps are popular among CMC males, not only because of their good male:female ratio, but for their easy workloads.
Scrippsies, especially the freshmen (or "first-years," as they're called at Scripps), are known for migrating to the CMC campus and hopping on CMC males.
www.cmcstudents.com /classic/guide/scripps.html   (304 words)

  
 California Postsecondary Education Commission -- College Guide
Scripps College is the women's college of the Claremont Colleges.
Its mission is to educate women to develop their intellect and talents through active participation in a community of scholars, so that as graduates they may contribute to society through public and private lives of leadership, service, integrity, and creativity.
Scripps' 30-acre campus is located in Claremont, 35 miles east of Los Angeles.
www.cpec.ca.gov /CollegeGuide/Institution.asp?ID=E0078A   (242 words)

  
 The Scripps Family
Ellen Browning Scripps was born in London in 1836, and emigrated to the United States in 1844.
In addition to founding Scripps College for Women, in Claremont, California, she paid for the establishment of Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego, the San Diego Community Welfare Building, a park in La Jolla, and what was then the world's largest aviary, at the San Diego Zoo.
The George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory (pictured here circa 1910) became a part of the University of California in 1912 and was subsequently renamed Scripps Institution of Oceanography to honor the support provided by many Scripps family members.
scripps100.ucsd.edu /features/scripps_fam/scripps_fam2.html   (1107 words)

  
 Scripps College - Financial Aid Information
Scripps College realizes that the ability to finance a college education concerns many families.
Scripps financial aid is likely to be awarded in a combination of loans, employment, and grants.
Scripps' academic scholarships, the James E. Scripps Scholarships, are very competitive and require an earlier application date (please see the timetable for details).
www.aiccumentor.org /Applications/Scripps_College/financial.html   (899 words)

  
 Scripps College - Online College Guide Written For Students By Students
Scripps has a student body of approximately 780 to 800 students, with more than half being from out of state.
Scripps is the women’s college of Claremont with a body of strong and outspoken females who study hard, but who know how to have a good time.
Scripps students are generally considered, amongst the 5Cs, to be independent intellectuals who are active leaders and involved members of many of...
www.collegeprowler.com /inside-the-guide/Scripps-College   (554 words)

  
 Scripps College Archives - Special Collections at the Libraries of The Claremont Colleges
The Scripps College Archives which serve as a significant record for the study of the institution and for the history of women’s education in general is also housed at Denison Library.
In addition to official publications of the College and the student body, the Archives include faculty, alumnae and student publications, senior theses, student newspapers, construction records and blueprints, unpublished papers of faculty and trustees, records of the development of the curriculum, and a large photograph collection which pictorially chronicles the history of the College.
Of special interest are the extensive Ellen Browning Scripps Papers (view online finding aid) : the personal and business records, correspondence, and other ephemera of Miss Scripps (1836–1932), the founder of the College, and her family, most of whom were associated with journalistic and philanthropic endeavors.
libraries.claremont.edu /sc/collections/scripps.html   (169 words)

  
 Scripps College Old Style - Fonts.com
The story of Scripps College Old Style is a heartwarming and inspiring chronicle about a young librarian, a handful of students, a wealthy grandmother, a dedicated educator — and two eminent American type designers.
Scripps now had a roman, an italic and a set of small caps — a modest but reasonable resource for most of the college’s printing needs.
While Stone was eager to begin work on the project, the college had no more money for new typeface designs in the 1990s than it did in the1930s.
www.fonts.com /FindFonts/HiddenGems/ScrippsCollege.htm   (842 words)

  
 Getting to the Core of Diversity: Intercultural Studies and the CORE at Scripps College
Thus, the recent road to curriculum infusion and transformation was consistent with the college's culture of faculty ownership of the curriculum.
The Scripps CORE represents the spine of the body of knowledge students are expected to master enabling them to make connections between the disciplines and the challenges faced by larger society.
Apparently the Scripps CORE stimulates students' personal desire to understand our nation's and our world's diversity not by simply adding one or two required courses, but rather through carefully and intentionally making it integral to the expectations it has of students' knowledge.
www.diversityweb.org /Digest/Sp02/scripps.html   (1208 words)

  
 Scripps College, Claremont, Press Releases
Scripps College, founded in 1926 by newspaper publisher, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps is the women’s college of the Claremont College Consortium.
Scripps' mission is to educate women to develop their intellect and talents through active participation in a community of scholars, so that as graduates they may contribute to society through public and private lives of leadership, service, integrity, and creativity.
During the 2001-2002 academic year, the College is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a series of lectures and presentations by outstanding faculty, and women of exceptional voice and vision from all walks of life, culminating with a grand finale on campus on May 4, 2002.
www.sierramadrenews.net /scrippspr.htm   (7040 words)

  
 Scripps College : The Women's College : Claremont, California
Scripps sophomore Clio Korn is a winner of a Stanley and Mary Johnson Research Award for summer 2008.
June 17, 2008—Casey Near, a junior at Scripps College, from San Jose, California, was recently named a 2008 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Finalist.
Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith, screenwriter of female empowerment films such as Legally Blonde, was guest speaker at Scripps College Commencement on May 18, 2008.
www.scrippscol.edu   (430 words)

  
 Scripps College, California
Scripps College attracts a lot of applicants every year, and can only accept about 46% of them (as of 2005).
Scripps College has 908 enrolled students (as of 2005).
Scripps College values student athletics, and belongs to the Southern California Intercoll Athletic Conference.
www.citytowninfo.com /school-profiles/scripps-college   (450 words)

  
 Scripps College Emergency Website
There is currently no emergency facing the Scripps College campus, but in the event of an emergency, this space will be used to provide timely information for students, parents, faculty, staff, and other members of the College family.
This page is designed to inform the Scripps College community about emergency preparedness – what to do in advance of, during, and after a major emergency.
Scripps College practices this plan frequently, through emergency drills held several times a year, and team members have been trained for immediate and thorough response during an emergency.
scrippsemergency.info   (285 words)

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