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Inauguration of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» President Lori Bettison-Varga Celebrates the Genius of Women March 27, 2010
On the last weekend of Women’s History Month, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» commemorates the inauguration of its eighth president, Lori Bettison-Varga, on Saturday, March 27, at 2:30 p.m.
Read MoreConservationist and Advocate for Free Speech Terry Tempest Williams Speaks at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Terry Tempest Williams, author of “Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place” and “Finding Beauty in a Broken World,” will speak at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» on Thursday, April 1.
Read MoreTwo Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Students Awarded Watson Fellowships
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» seniors Jeanette Charles and Maya Higgins join a select group of 40 college seniors as recipients of the prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for 2010-11.
Read MorePresident Bettison-Varga Invited to International Women’s Day Reception at the White House
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» President Lori Bettison-Varga was invited to attend a White House reception in celebration of International Women’s Day on Monday, March 8, 2010.
Read MoreÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Dedicates Sculpture of Harriet Tubman for New Sculpture Garden
The first sculpture installed in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»’s new sculpture garden will be dedicated on Harriet Tubman Day in front of the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³».
Read MoreKaren Jo Torjesen, Professor of Religion, Speaks at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Karen Jo Torjesen, Margo L. Goldsmith Professor of Women’s Studies at Claremont Graduate University, visits Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» March 3 as the 2010 Kathleen O’Brien Wicker Endowment Lecturer.
Read MoreÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Awarded Second Getty Grant for “Sea Change in Ceramics”
The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» has once again been selected by the Getty Foundation to receive funding for its part in the largest collaborative art exhibit ever undertaken in Southern California.
Read MoreBestselling Author Sue Monk Kidd to Give Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Commencement Address with Daughter
Bestselling author Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor will co-deliver the commencement address at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» on Sunday, May 16, 2010.
Read MoreWeinberg Foundation Awards Claremont Colleges Major Science Gift
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and Claremont McKenna College announced today a $5 million gift from the Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Foundation to create the Weinberg Family Dean of Science Endowment Fund for the Joint Science Department (JSD) of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»s.
Read MoreAriel Levy, Author of “Female Chauvinist Pigs,” Speaks at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Ariel Levy, author of “Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture,” will speak at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» on Tuesday, March 2nd, at 7:30 p.m. in Garrison Theater, as part of the Alexa Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series: Voice and Vision.
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