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News Releases (page 76)


July 18, 2013

2013 ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ Students Named to Spring 2013 Dean’s List

The following 2013 ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ graduates were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2013 semester at ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ 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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June 24, 2013

The Williamson Gallery of ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant to Support Conservation of Four Chinese Textiles

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced recently that the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery of ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ is one of 817 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The Williamson Gallery is recommended for a $30,000 grant to treat four Chinese textiles, the oldest of which is a rare silk bedcovering dating from the late sixteenth to early seventeenth century.

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May 21, 2013

Mark Herron Elected ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ’s New Board of Trustees Chair

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ Board of Trustees voted unanimously on May 18, 2013, to elect Mark R. Herron its next chair, effective July 1, 2014.

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May 16, 2013

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ Student Selected For National Leadership Program

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ student Mia Cooledge ’13 has been selected as one of the nation’s top rising young leaders in the sustainable energy sector by national non-profit organization Focus the Nation.

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ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ Receives Gift to Establish Tia Palermo Scholarship

President Lori Bettison-Varga today announced a gift from Jess Ravich and his daughters – Zoe (Scripps ’12), Rae, Ede and Ava – in honor of his wife, Tia Palermo. The Tia Palermo Scholarship will be awarded annually to help an incoming student with financial need.

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May 14, 2013

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 Places Second on “Jeopardy!” College Championship

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 won $10,000 and came in second place in the semifinals of the college championship edition of “Jeopardy!” She made her second, and latest, appearance on the TV trivia show May 13.

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May 10, 2013

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 Appears May 13 on “Jeopardy!” College Championship

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 has won $10,000 and a spot in the semifinals of the college championship edition of “Jeopardy!” She appears again on the trivia TV show May 13.

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Strauss Foundation Awards Ei Phyu Theint ’14, ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ $10,000 Public Service Scholarship to Carry out Youth Leadership Program in Myanmar

The Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation, established as a memorial to the late Don Strauss of Newport Beach and now designed to award $10,000 scholarships to as many as 15 California college juniors annually, recently announced that among the foundation’s new group of recipients is Ei Phyu Theint, a student at ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ.

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May 8, 2013

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 Named 2013 Goldwater Scholar

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 was recently awarded a scholarship from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. She is one of 272 undergraduate sophomores and juniors to receive a Goldwater scholarship.

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May 7, 2013

Two ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ Students Awarded Strauss Public Service Foundation Grants To Help Youth in Myanmar and in Orange County

This year, two ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ juniors have been awarded two separate Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation grants that will take economics major Ei Phyu Theint ’14 to Myanmar this summer to work with ethnic youth leaders and will support American studies major Natasha Magness’s ’14 efforts of helping gay, bisexual, transgender and lesbian evangelical youth in Orange County.

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