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CMC raises nearly $1.1 billion, shattering fund-raising record for liberal arts colleges.

CMC raises nearly $1.1 billion, shattering fund-raising record for liberal arts colleges

October 2023

Claremont McKenna College announced today that it raised nearly $1.1 billion in its Campaign for CMC: Responsible Leadership, breaking a fund-raising record among all liberal arts colleges and far exceeding its goal of $800 million. The most successful fundraising endeavor in its 75-year-plus history, Claremont McKenna is the first liberal arts college to pass $1 billion in a campaign, raising $1,076,075,164.

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Distinguished CMC community guests stand with President Chodosh, gold shovels in hand, in front of a large banner photo of the future Robert Day Sciences Center.

Groundbreaking marks milestone for CMC

October 2022

With shovels, hardhats, and a rendering of the visionary new Center as a backdrop, faculty, students, staff, trustees, and other guests assembled on Friday, Sept. 30 for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Robert Day Sciences Center (RDSC), a next-generation facility to house the College’s new Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences.

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Photo composite of Alumnus and Trustee George R. Roberts ’66 P’93 with render of Roberts Campus and black and white historic photo of students.

Claremont McKenna College Announces The Roberts Campus

April 2022

Claremont McKenna College today announced a $140 million gift from Alumnus and Trustee George R. Roberts ’66 P’93. The gift will build improvements in the central and eastern areas of the campus as envisioned in the Campus Master Plan. This includes the development of 75 acres east of Claremont Boulevard, across from the new Robert Day Sciences Center.

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The Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences

The Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences

February 2022

Claremont McKenna College announces the naming of its new Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences.

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The Robert Day Sciences Center

The Robert Day Sciences Center

December 2021

Claremont McKenna College announces at a Board of Trustees dinner Thursday evening the naming of its new Robert Day Sciences Center, an iconic facility that will serve as home to CMC’s new integrated sciences program and further expand the College’s commitment to preparing future leaders.

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Integrated Sciences of CMC: Overview of the Plan

September 2021

At a CMC’s Board of Trustees dinner, President Hiram E. Chodosh gave a group of roughly 100 faculty, staff, students, alumni, and trustees a first look at the College’s conceptual plans for a new integrated sciences center—a seminal investment and commitment that infuses the sciences and computation deep into the fabric of the CMC mission and campus.

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Inside the Program: A Leadership Conversation

Inside the Program: A Leadership Conversation

January 2022

Learn how CMC will prepare today’s leaders through a strong foundation in science, computation, evidence-based inquiry, and data analysis to address the modern world’s most significant challenges.

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