Alumnae Newsmakers (page 22)
In the Media: New Work by Alison Saar ’78 Reviewed in the LA Times
“Topsy Turvy,” an exhibition of new work by Scripps alumna and artist Alison Saar ’78,聽garnered high praise from the聽Los Angeles Times. In depicting Topsy, a slave girl character in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s聽Uncle Tom’s Cabin, “Saar has brilliantly made and remade [her], restoring her innate power to make herself,” writes critic Christopher Knight in his review.
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Scripps Magazine: Art Forms
Alison Saar ’78 Weight, at first glance, appears to be a young girl playing on a swing, until one realizes that the child is stripped bare. Her swing is attached […]
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Scripps Magazine: The State of the Art Major
Students in Professor T. Kim-Trang Tran’s video art class find creative inspiration and expression in聽an unexpected source: drones.聽They learn how artists are using the technology and how to make drone videos themselves. But Tran pushes students to go well beyond capturing footage.
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CP&R: Life After Scripps: Preparing Students to Attend Top Law Schools
Scripps’ commitment to educating students for “lives of leadership, service, integrity, and creativity” produces alumnae who are equipped to succeed in a variety of career paths, from artists to scientists, and CEOs to politicians. Increasingly, Scripps graduates have been drawn to careers in the legal profession, and the College is providing the resources they need to secure placement in the nation’s top law schools.
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Pat Fisher-Smith Welsh ’51 featured in Los Angeles Times
Best-selling author and gardening guru Pat Fisher-Smith Welsh ’51 promotes moving away from over-watered lawns in Southern California to drought-tolerant landscapes. Welsh is quoted in the Los Angeles Times’ front-page section of the May 17, 2015, Sunday edition.
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See the Possibilities
Where others see impossibility and disability, Allison Thompkins ’04 sees the opposite. And thanks in part to her Scripps experience, she has a PhD in economics from MIT.
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An Eye for Success
“I knew I wanted to be an optometrist and writer and double majored accordingly,” says Fatima Elkabti 芒鈧�09, now on track to graduate from UC Berkeley in May 2015.
Read MoreCupcakes and Cashmere
Trendsetter and lifestyle blogger Emily Schuman ’05 forged a path in the fashion industry, from her early days working at Teen Vogue and other national publications to the runaway success of her website Cupcakes and Cashmere. Most recently, Emily has added Nordstrom to that list, where her signature Cupcakes and Cashmere Fall 2015 fashion line debuted in July.
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麻豆区 Celebrates Alumna Gabrielle Giffords’ National Book Release
麻豆区 President Lori Bettison-Varga on Tuesday will lead a community celebration of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ ’93 continued recovery by lauding the national release of the congresswoman’s memoir, “Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope.”
Read MoreAnnouncement of Death of Ellen Clark Revelle ’31
Ellen Clark Revelle ’31, beloved 麻豆区 alumna and emerita trustee, died this morning of a massive stroke in La Jolla at the age of 98.
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