The 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…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/brazilian-agrigolpe-brazils-2016-parliamentary-coup-and-challenge-in-historicalBen Hamlin '07, who after years on Wall Street co-founded Localwise, will provide a 5-step framework for unleashing your inner entrepreneur. With experience in politics, banking, venture capital, and non-profit manageme…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/unleashing-your-inner-entrepreneurRecipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1990 for his work on portfolio theory, Harry Markowitz will discuss why household financial decisions for individuals and/or families should be considered part of the “Game o…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/progress-towards-game-of-life-decision-support-systemHarris W. Seed, longtime trustee and benefactor of Claremont McKenna College, passed away in July at the age of 89. Seed became a Trustee of CMC in 1965. In 1977, he started the Harris and Ann Seed Honors Scholarship, a…