CMC Currents: Claremont McKenna College's E-Newsletter : July 9, 2015
-
Upload
kravis-prize -
Category
Documents
-
view
13 -
download
3
description
Transcript of CMC Currents: Claremont McKenna College's E-Newsletter : July 9, 2015
-
Having trouble reading this email, click hereApplyNetworkEngageGiveAttend
Summer Learning and Doing
Its been a busy summer for CMCers who have taken advantage of summer internships right here on campus. Aaron McKinney18 is spending his summer doing research at the W.M. Keck Science Department analyzing large sets of brain data and writing
codes to organize the data. Watch for more #CMCsummerinternship videos throughout the summer.
Watch the video
HKI Climbs Mountains (literally) to Help Their Cause
Kravis Prize intern Haley Goodman 17 talked to Kathy Spahn, President and CEO of HelenKeller International, about her HKI teams upcoming climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro as part of theEND Funds Summit to See the END." Read moreDon't Forget: Visit this link to nominate a candidate for the 2016 Kravis Prize!
Latest News from Around the Institutes
See the latest on student and faculty research, summer internships and other news from thenewsletters of Financial Economics Institute (The Exchange), the Kravis Leadership Institute(The Illumine) and the Lowe Institute of Political Economy (The Lowe Down). Also, see updates from student summer interns blogging from around the globe for theMgrublian Center for Human Rights.
-
Roberts Pavilion
Taking Shape
Frank Perri, CMC'sDirector ofConstruction, gives usthe latest informationon the construction ofRoberts Pavilion.Currently, the exterior
framing of the building is being erected, and once the buildingis weather-tight, construction will begin on interior finishes.Frank promises that the 130,000 square foot varsity athletic,fitness and event center "is going to be an awesome lookingbuilding."See the video
Missed an Ath
Talk?
See complete video ofselect speakers fromSpring and beyond,including former U.S.ambassador to SyriaRobert S. Ford, foodenthusiast turned
creative blogger and author of The Kitchy Kitchen ClaireThomas '07, former counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke oncybersecurity, Googles Jonathan Rosenberg '83 P'15 on hisbook How Google Works and a discussion with WilliamKristol on "The Current Political Scene in the United States.See video
John Faranda 79 Moves to Newly
Expanded Role for the College
John Faranda 79, who has served the College for aremarkable 30 years, most recently as Vice President forAlumni and Parent Relations, has moved to a key positionas Vice President and Ambassador-at-Large for theCollege. He will focus on strengthening and sustainingpersonal and community relationships with special alumniand friends, domestically and internationally. Evan Rutter06 now assumes overall responsibility for the leadershipof the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, having donean outstanding job during the past two years as director ofthe office.Read more
CMC Faculty In the News
CMC professors are weighing-in on a variety of hottopics this summer. Jack Pitney is quoted on NorthernCalifornias KQED on the passing of the Californiavaccine bill, Minxin Pei published a Fortune Magazineop-ed on Chinas stock gamble, Ron Riggio is quoted onhow people can be overworked and happy in YahooHealth, see Wendy Lowers discussion on the Ukrainesituation during her Kiev visit and Manfred Keilsinterview on KCRW about the challenges of raisingminimum wage.
CMC Faculty & Fellows on SCOTUS
Video Celebrates CMC's Milestones
-
Rulings
With the recent SCOTUS rulings, CMC faculty andfellows have been in the forefront including Prof. AudreyBilger on marriage equality in Ms. Magazine and KCRWand Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson '92 in theChristian Science Monitor on redistricting.
The 2014-15 school year was a great one for the college.Highlights include a record number of admissionapplications, the completion of Mid-Quad renovationsand a winning year for many CMS athletics teams-- justto name a few. See the video
What is India? Aseema Sinha on Indian
Complexity and Identity
How do you grasp a countrys identity? Answering thatquestion is complicated, especially when it involves alayered, culturally complex nation like India. Two newscholarly studies on aspects of this question have recentlybeen published by Aseema Sinha, who is CMC's WagenerFamily Associate Professor of Comparative Politics andGeorge R. Roberts Fellow.Read more
Sports Illustrated Features CMS WarrenWood in Faces in the Crowd
Warren Wood 15, a member on the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps national championship-winning mens tennisteam, is featured in the June 15 issue of SportsIllustrateds Faces in the Crowd featuring standoutamateur athletes from around the country.Read more
Putting Our Best Foot Forward in the
Freedom 5000
CMC faculty, staff and alumni took to the streets ofClaremont on July 4 to participate in the Freedom 50001K/5K race. The annual event raises funds to supportClaremont High Schools cross-country team.Read more
A Night of Drama and Whimsy with CMC
Professor Emeritus Ricardo Quinones
In June, actors gave a special performance of the poetryof Professor Emeritus Ricardo Quinones, who for manyyears has been one of the Colleges leading literarycritics and scholars. The poetry reading took place inSanta Monica at the famed Beyond Baroque bookstore,which has served as the launching pad for the careers ofmany renowned contemporary poets.Read more
-
Juvenile Sentencing: Does the
Punishment Fit the Crime?
Amelia Evrigenis 15 and Prof. Daniel Krauss co-authored
Juvenile sentencing: Does the punishment fit the crime?
that was featured in the Monitor, the AmericanPsychological Association's newsletter that reaches more
than 130,000 of their members. Amelia is the first author
and the article is largely based on her senior thesis on
juvenile sentencing.
Read the full article
In Case You Missed It: Commencement
2015
Critically acclaimed author Azar Nafisi delivered the
keynote address at Claremont McKenna Colleges 68th
Annual Commencement ceremonies on May 16. She
urged graduates to use their liberal arts education to
disrupt or disturb the peace and avoid complacency.
See photos and watch videos of the entire
commencement ceremony and the interview with Dr.
Nafisi.
See Highlights From Alumni Weekend
CMC welcomed back hundreds of alumni and their
families and friends during Alumni Weekend, May 1-3.
See highlights from the weekend's festivities.
See video and photos from Alumni Weekend
'Behind the Key with John Roth
Earlier this summer, the Phi Beta Kappa Society
honored one of its members, CMC Professor Emeritus
John Roth, in the special feature Behind The Key. In
this interview, he describes his passion for human rights
and justice, and the special inspiration he received
teaching in the Claremont Colleges for some 40 years.
Read the full article
New Videos Showcase CMC History and
Talent
Among the new videos on CMCs YouTube channel,
President Emeritus Jack Stark 57 GP11 and Jil Stark 58
GP11 discuss CMCs history from its birth after WWII,
the colleges growth amid the turmoil of the 1960s,
coeducation and further development in the 1970s and the
rapid growth of the college in subsequent years. Also, see
highlights from CMCs Got Talent, a student talent show
held in April on campus.
Bill Walkenbach Selected as Head Coach
of CMS Baseball
Bill Walkenbach has been selected as the next head
coach for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps' baseball
program, as announced on July 1 by CMS Director of
Athletics Michael Sutton, who is the William B. Arce
Professor and George R. Roberts Fellow. Walkenbach
will be the seventh coach in the 58-year history of the
Stag baseball program. He joins CMS after having
served seven years as the head baseball coach at NCAA
Division I Cornell University.
Read more
-
Passings: Former Trustee Larry Hammett
57
The campus community mourned the loss of Larry
Hammett 57, a former trustee and active alumnus from
CMCs early classes. Hammett passed away in June in
Santa Barbara.
Read the full article
Swimming With the Sharks at the Angel
Summit
Five ventures led by CMCers vied for investment,
networked and received valuable feedback at the
inaugural Angel Summit held in May. Following the
premise of ABCs Shark Tank, entrepreneurs
presented their ventures and panelists asked questions
and offered feedback. The event was presented by the
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and
CMCAA.
Read more
Quicklinks
AdmissionFinancial AidCareer ServicesThe AthenaeumCMC MagazineAlumniAthleticsGiving to CMCThe Robert Day School of Economics and Finance
Social Media
This email was sent to [email address suppressed].
If you are no longer interested in receiving CMC Currents, you may unsubscribe here.