Mike Benke '04 recently placed second in the 2002 College Essay Contest of the Americanism Education League with his entry titled, Why the Electoral College Best Protects Voters' Choice. Benke won a $2,500 cash prize in…

Roderic Camp, the Philip M. McKenna Professor of the Pacific Rim, has been asked to brief Anthony Garza, the U.S. Ambassador-designate to Mexico, during Sept. 13th meetings in Washington. As part of the nomination and c…

Diane Halpern, professor of psychology and director of CMC's Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children, has received the 2002 Outstanding Teaching Award from the Western Psychological Association, presented at the…

CMS doubles team John Michael Cham-A-Koon '04 and Ivan Yeh '05 of Claremont McKenna College captured the NCAA Division III National Championship on May 22 at UC Santa Cruz. They beat third-seeded Kyle Harding and Jeff K…

Claremont McKenna College will host its annual Reunion Weekend on Friday, May 31 through Sunday, June 2 for alumni whose graduating class years end in "2" or "7." An estimated 400 CMCers are expected to attend this year…

Remarks of Sidney PoitierCommencement SpeakerAnd Recipient ofThe CMC Distinguished Public Service AwardSunday, May 19, 2002Claremont, California Thank you. Good afternoon all. Here at the outset I am pressed by conscien…

Robert Marbut, a former White House Fellow and former chief of staff for San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros, has been honored by the CMC Psychology department with its Distinguished Alumnus Award. Marbut, who triple-major…

Lisa Cody, assistant professor of history, has received the prestigious Judith Lee Ridge Article Award from the Western Association of Women Historians, an association of 350 history scholars and graduate students worki…

On paper, the path from cake decorator to preschool teacher probably looks more like a pretzel than a straight line. How does one contemplate the leap from fashioning frosting rosebuds to running a classroom of tiny tot…

Due to popular demand, the Athenaeum screenings of four important films of CMC Commencement speaker Sidney Poitier have been extended. Students will have a chance to view the films from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Marian Mi…