Longing for an intimate community but don’t want to feel claustrophobic? Excited to meet new people but don’t want to get lost in the crowd? Drawn to the personal interactions at a small college but also to the freedom and diversity of a medium-sized university? Maybe you can have both!
One of the most dynamic elements of the Claremotn Colleges consortium is the way in which we play with size. As an institution of about 950 students, Scripps College offers students a small college environment, nestled in the center of a community of undergraduates that numbers nearly 5,500. While our students benefit academically and socially from our smaller size, they also have the opportunity to spread their wings beyond the walls of the Scripps campus.
Our students are some of the most active young people around. I am constantly amazed by the number and variety of ways in which they are engaged on campus or within our broader community. Scripps women often share their passions and interests with students from the other Claremont Colleges through their involvement in five-college (5C) clubs and organizations. In fact, the annual 5C Turf Dinner and Activities Fair happens right here at Scripps. Held during the first week of the fall semester, this event is a chance for new and returning students from all five undergraduate campuses to learn more about the clubs and organizations they may want to join. And, believe me, there are many options!
Another way in which Scripps students connect with the 5C community is by taking part in campus events around the consortium. Campus speakers, film screenings, music groups, arts events, and other social activities occur on a daily basis throughout the academic year. I thought it would be fun to provide a sampling of what happened around campus this past weekend:
On Friday evening, Without a Box, the 5C improv comedy troupe, performed a show full of laughs on the Scripps campus; Bill Gross, Founder and CEO of Idealab, gave a lecture at Harvey Mudd titled “How Renewable Energy Can Beat Fossil Fuels;” and the Salsa Addicts, an outreach group coordinated by the Claremont Colleges Ballroom Dance Company (CCBDC), offered a night of lessons and dancing at Salsa Night.
On Saturday, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) men’s soccer team played La Verne at home and the Claremont Concert Orchestra performed “Sounds from the New World” in Garrison Theater.
On Sunday, the 5C Outdoor Women Leaders (OWL) led a hike and beach bonfire trip to Laguna Beach and Crepes for a Cause hosted a snack night in one of our residence hall kitchens to raise money for an international nonprofit.
Coming up this week: the Joint Science Department hosts an Alumni/Alumnae Medical Student Panel, NPR commentator Frank Deford speaks at Claremont McKenna’s Athaneum, Scripps math professor Winston Ou and Gary Sndyder hold an Aikido Kokikai Japanese martial art demonstration, writer Abdourahman Waberi offers a lecture (in French) and book signing, and the Williamson Gallery celebrates the opening of Sense and Sensation: Laurie Fendrich, Paintings and Drawings 1990-2010.
I can’t wait!
Cassie, Assistant Director of Admission
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