Author and poet Jamaica Kincaid is scheduled to speak at Bridges Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1. The event, An Evening with Jamaica Kincaid, is co-sponsored by The Claremont Colleges. Kincaid's visit will inc…
Literature major Maggie Fromm '06 has been awarded third prize in the 2005 Jane Austen Society of North America Essay Contest. Her winning submission, Liminal Letters: Writing Between the Spaces in Emma, was prompted, s…
The 59th Annual Convocation ceremonies for the 2005-06 academic year will commence at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 30 in McKenna Auditorium. Tuesday's program will include the welcome of new and returning students by Pres…
A group of about 250 CMCers including new students, orientation sponsors, and Resident Assistants, will be planting Cottonwood cutoffs along the river of the nearby San Gabriel Canyon, in the Angeles National Forest, fr…
Associate professor of government Fred Lynch, currently researching a book on the sociological impact of aging Baby Boomers, will host a theme panel discussion on Mobilizing the Baby Boomers: Generational Issues in Poli…
Claremont McKenna College has been ranked 10th in the nation among liberal arts colleges in the 2006 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, tied with Davidson College. Increasing from 13th place the previous y…
Jay Conger joined the faculty last semester as the inaugural Kravis Research Professor in Leadership Studies. Endowed by Trustee Henry R. Kravis '67, the new Kravis Chair at CMC provides interaction with students within…
CMS head swim coach Charlie Griffiths journals his experience in an Army cadet command course "Okay, sir. Get your feet shoulder-width apart. Now, bend at the waist. Bring the rope in your right fist slightly out, and f…
CMS women's softball welcomes a new coach this season, Betsy Hipple, recently coaching at Hunter College in New York. Hired following an extensive national search, Hipple is described by Mike Sutton, CMS director of ath…
Associate Professor of Economics Marc Weidenmier, in collaboration with Assistant Professor Kris Mitchener of Santa Clara University, has been awarded a grant totaling nearly $350,000 over three years from the National…
