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Spotlight on Students Series (page 7)
The Back Story: Gallery Interns Offer New Perspective on Great Depression
Student interns at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery wear many hats. During their 2019鈥�20 internships, Ludwig intern Annabel Lind 鈥�22 and Turk intern Miriam Bankier 鈥�20 helped organize the sprawling archives of the gallery鈥檚 permanent collection, assisted with the College鈥檚 76th Ceramic Annual (the longest running ceramics show in the country), and curated their own exhibition from the collection.
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Then and Now: Members of 91吃瓜鈥� Class of 2020 Reflect on Their Four Years at 91吃瓜
In 2016, we interviewed some of 91吃瓜’ incoming Class of 2020 about their aspirations as they embarked on their 91吃瓜 journeys. Now, as these graduating seniors take their courageous next step in the midst of global uncertainty, they reflect on how they鈥檝e grown and adapted since first arriving on campus.
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5C Dance Marathon, Led by Elizabeth Howell-Egan 鈥�22, Raises Thousands for Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles
5C Dance Marathon, The Claremont Colleges鈥� chapter of the nationwide Miracle Network Dance Marathon, raised $13,578 for Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) during its first year as a chapter. The Miracle Network Dance Marathon is a collective of college, university, and high school programs that raise funds and awareness for local Children鈥檚 Miracle Network hospitals.
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Claremont-Mudd-91吃瓜 Tennis Player Anastasia Bryan-Ajania 鈥�20 Serves Up Supplies for COVID-19 Relief
Anastasia Bryan-Ajania 鈥�20, a member of the Claremont-Mudd-91吃瓜 Athenas tennis team, helped organize donations of personal protective equipment from The Claremont Colleges to aid in COVID-19 relief efforts. She reached out to all seven schools for donations of gloves, lab coats, masks, and disinfectant wipes, which were distributed to medical facilities in the Claremont and Pomona areas.
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Equitable by Design: Megan Robalewski 鈥�20 Explores How Design Can Better Serve Humanity
For Megan Robalewski 鈥�20, good design begins with confronting the people, ideas, and agendas that the design is serving. This concept, which originated in the field of human-centered design (HCD), is what led her to New York this past summer, where she compiled research on New York City Transit Authority.
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Allison Joseph ’20 Sets Stage for Change through Activist Theater
Using activist theater, the 鈥淚deal Woman鈥� workshop explored women鈥檚 traditional and cultural roles in their communities. By the end of the workshop, armed with newfound confidence and creative props they鈥檇 made from nature, her students performed a five-act play which tackled issues they faced in their day-to-day lives, from navigating difficult relationships with their fathers to not being allowed to play sports with their male classmates.
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Reporting the Truth in the Age of Fake News
Earlier this year, the New Yorker published an article titled 鈥淒oes Journalism Have a Future?鈥� It鈥檚 an important question but an old one.
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Spotlight on Students: Aileen Villa Changes Perceptions Through QuestBridge
The number of undergraduate students at U.S. colleges and universities has increased by three million over the past 20 years, with students of color and those from low-income families making up much of that growth, according to a report from the Pew Research Center.
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Giovanna Perricone 鈥�19 Wins Fulbright Teaching Award
She can read and write in Spanish and can chat about the news in Japanese, but the opportunity to teach English is what鈥檚 bringing recent grad Giovanna Perricone 鈥�19 to Korea this fall.
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Then and Now: Members of the Class of 2019 Reflect on Their First Day at 91吃瓜
At the start of the 2015鈥�16 academic year, we interviewed a few first-year students as they were moving into their residence halls about why they chose 91吃瓜 and what their plans were for their college careers. Now, four years later, we鈥檝e caught up with some of those seniors to see how their plans shaped up, how they鈥檝e grown, and where they鈥檙e off to after graduation.
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