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More than important, it's imperative
Not long ago, in December of 2013, during a meeting of CMC’s Board of Trustees, Nancy Falk P’14 listened to President Hiram Chodosh and her fellow trustees discuss the issue of rising tuition costs in higher education…
https://www.cmc.edu/magazine/winter-2015/more-than-important-its-imperativeSelective and affordable
By Georgette DeVeres and Josh Walter ’01 This fall, Edgar Morelos ’16 found himself face to face with David Dreier ’75 at the conclusion of the Dreier Roundtable’s first public policy conference on the hot issue of immi…
https://www.cmc.edu/magazine/winter-2015/selective-and-affordableCollaborating on campus issues
By Dianna Graves ’98 Each year Claremont McKenna College confers degrees on up to 300 deserving students. Their diplomas are symbols of accumulated knowledge and skills that have prepared our young graduates to pursue…
https://www.cmc.edu/magazine/winter-2015/collaborating-on-campus-issuesMilestones of the spring
Two cornerstones of CMC’s worldwide renown in entrepreneurship and leadership are celebrating major anniversaries this spring. Growing from the vision of CMC Trustee and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Co-Chairman and Co-…
https://www.cmc.edu/magazine/winter-2015/milestones-of-the-springA think tank for creativity
By Nicholas Warner Four years ago, in 2010, entrepreneur Peter Thiel started his infamous Thiel Fellowship Program. The fellowship annually provides 20 young people under the age of 20 with $100,000 to develop their i…
https://www.cmc.edu/magazine/winter-2015/a-think-tank-for-creativityTracing the reinvention of American liberalism
By Tom Johnson In Don’t Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party, Assistant Professor of History Lily Geismer challenges longstanding arguments that the rise of the right and the Reag…
https://www.cmc.edu/magazine/winter-2015/tracing-the-reinvention-of-american-liberalismTraveling in the country of numbers
By Amber Falkner ’16 Unlike most linguistically-inclined students, I never went abroad to practice my foreign language. I was able to learn my foreign language — the language of business — right here in Claremont as p…
https://www.cmc.edu/magazine/winter-2015/traveling-in-the-country-of-numbersLessons in philanthropy
“You need a very strong mission for any not-for-profit to grow, and CMC is one of the most mission-centric places I’ve ever been.” By Yi Shun Lai ’96 Long before she led CMC to the conclusion of its $635 million Campaig…
https://www.cmc.edu/magazine/winter-2015/lessons-in-philanthropyHonoring a master of the open door policy
Emeritus Professor Gordon Bjork has welcomed generations of students into his office and home; now they’re showing thanks to him with a named scholarship fund, professorship Ask any former student of Gordon Bjork’s ab…
https://www.cmc.edu/magazine/winter-2015/honoring-a-master-of-the-open-door-policy11 o’clock hamburgers and small change
Time capsule: How did CMCers feed their appetites back in 1948? When Collins was closed, everybody went to The Hub Long before CMC Magazine or CMC Forum, there was The Analyst, a student publication with a name fittin…
https://www.cmc.edu/magazine/winter-2015/11-oclock-hamburgers-and-small-change