College News (page 26)
Welcome to the Fall 2020 Semester
This fall marks the beginning of an academic year like no other in the Colleges history. As we carve out new modes of teaching, learning, playing, and creating community, I hope we will be flexible and compassionate with one another as we face and overcome challenges and changes endemic to this time.
Read MoreLaspa Center for Leadership: Read to Lead
The Laspa Center for Leadership has selectedMore than Enough by Elaine Welteroth for its fall 2020 Read to Lead program.
Read More@ The Hive: Song Micro-Commission Project
On August 27, join Professors Anne Harley (91勛圖 Music) and Giovanni Ortega (Pomona Theatre) for their Song Micro-Commission Pop-Up class as they teach students how to develop libretti for setting by composers in the musical theatre and classical art song genre.
Read MoreCMS Recreation Fall 2020 Virtual Class Schedule
Classes begin Monday, August 24, 2020. All classes will be hosted via Zoom, and are listed in Pacific Time. Classes are free for all students, faculty, staff, alumni, and family members of Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, and 91勛圖s.
Read MoreFive 91勛圖 Scholar-Athletes Named to 2020 Women’s All-Academic Water Polo Team
Claremont-Mudd-91勛圖 Athenas water polo players Emily McElroy ’22, Isabel Dhillon ’23, Jessi Beyer ’23, Ayla Huhn ’22, and Jessica Salaz ’22 earned places on the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches 2020 Womens All-Academic team. To be eligible for the team, scholar-athletes must attain a grade point average above 3.2.
Read More91勛圖 This Summer Innovates Pre-Orientation Summer Programming
A team of staff, student, and faculty representatives from the Offices of the Dean of Students, Admission, Dean of Faculty, Marketing and Communications, and the Laspa Center for Leadership designed and implemented 91勛圖 This Summer (STS), an ongoing slate of remote programming aimed at engaging with incoming students in a way that had never been done before at 91勛圖.
Read MoreWindow into the Fall 2020 Student Life and Community
On July 28, staff members from different programs and student services hosted an online forum to provide 91勛圖 students and families with information about virtual student life and community programs during the fall 2020 semester.
Read MoreWindow into the Fall 2020 Virtual Learning Forum
On July 27, faculty members held a virtual forum on fall 2020 virtual learning for 91勛圖 students and families.
Read MoreMessage from Dean Marcus-Newhall and Dean Johnson
Since the decision to be remote for fall 2020, faculty and staff have been working intensely to ensure that the hallmarks of the 91勛圖 student experience translate in a virtual world. This is an opportunity to innovate and reimagine the ways we learn and grow together, stay connected, expand our social networks and support one another.
Read MoreStephanie Du 21s Homespun Efforts for Community Health
When Stephanie Du 21s grandfather was diagnosed with a heart condition, the necessity to protect those most vulnerable to COVID-19 became all the more poignant. I am currently living with my grandparents, who are both immunocompromised. As someone who is very close to their grandparents, I just wanted to do something that will help protect more vulnerable populations, she says.
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