From new student orientation to preseason sports practices, the Claremont McKenna College campus was bustling in mid-to-late August with activity as the 2017-18 school year drew closer. The first day of classes was on T…
As you return to campus, no longer a new student, but perhaps not completely decided about your next three years at CMC, what new things will you try this year? What will you focus your energies on? Will you study abroa…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/sophomore-class-dinner-expanding-your-storyJonathan Strom, professor of church history and associate dean of faculty and academic affairs at the Chandler School of Theology at Emory University, will examine the legacy of the Reformation from several key perspect…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/500th-anniversary-of-reformation-in-age-of-global-christianityThe Athenaeum is pleased to present the Woolley Fellows for the 2017-18 school year: Wesley Whitaker ’18 and Isabel Lilles ’18. Whitaker, who was born in the Bay Area but now lives in Sacramento, says that after “flirti…
Dear faculty, staff, and students, It gives me great pleasure to share with you information about the great faculty that are joining our scholarly community this year. Thanks to all those of you who made these fantastic…
Kicking off the 2017-2018 academic year with a $1.11 million grant might be an educator’s dream. Professor Nancy S.B. Williams and a cohort of 10 faculty members from liberal arts colleges around the nation are finding…
Join us for the much anticipated annual holiday tradition, the Claremont Chamber Choir in concert. A complete playbill will be available at the concert.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/holiday-concert-2017Keith E. Whittington, professor of politics at Princeton University, will argue that robust protection of free speech and civil discourse is essential for universities to fulfill their distinct and important mission to…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/why-free-speech-matters-on-campusIn a formal ceremony at the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles, on September 12, former Rep. and CMC Board of Trustees member David Dreier ’75 and Roderic Camp, the Philip M. McKenna Professor of the Pacific Rim, will be…
Brazil’s crisis continues, supported by a powerful agribusiness lobby with deep historical roots. Clifford Welch, professor of contemporary Brazilian history, will detail the centrality of agribusiness support for the i…
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