The paramount obligation of a college is to develop in its students the ability to think clearly and independently, and the ability to live confidently, courageously, and hopefully.
Ellen Browning Scripps
Founder of Scripps College
The Nucleus, the new state-of-the-art science center shared between Scripps and Pitzer Colleges opens in fall.
Scripps and Pitzer Colleges celebrate the groundbreaking of the new science center on May 13. On July 1, Suzanne Keen begins her term as the 10th president of Scripps College.
A variety of sustainability efforts were implemented, including: solar panel installation on the Lang Arts building roof, the addition of smart meters on every building, LED retrofits in all residence halls鈥� browsing rooms, and upgrading life-cycled boilers with low-emission replacements.
A new rose garden was dedicated in the South Balch Courtyard to honor the life and contributions of alumna and Life Trustee Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler 鈥�72.
The Katharine Howard Miller 鈥�55 Wing of the Bette Cree Edwards 鈥�49 Humanities Building opens during the summer break.
Launch of the College鈥檚 largest ever campaign We Want More: The Campaign for Scripps College. At $175 million, We Want More strives to further academic excellence, national leadership, signature campus and financial strength. It was fueled by the collected power of the Scripps Community.
Scripps College Academy celebrates 10 years of successful year-round programming for middle and high school young women.
The 鈥淣ellie鈥� Scholarship, established in honor of Ellen Clark Revelle 鈥�31, is made available for continuing students. The College actively participates in 鈥淧acific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980,鈥� a collaboration of more than 60 cultural institutions in Southern California.
Scripps College Academy receives National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, the highest recognition given to youth programs, in a White House ceremony. Elizabeth Turk 鈥�83 wins MacArthur 鈥淕enius鈥� Award.
Sallie Tiernan Field House, a state-of-the-art recreational and athletic facility to be located next to the swimming pool on the east side of campus. The Board of Trustees approves the strategic plan, 鈥淪cripps College in the Next Decade: Leading with Excellence,鈥� which focuses on academic excellence and women鈥檚 leadership.
The most ambitious fundraising campaign in Scripps history surpasses its original $85 million goal with gifts and pledges totaling over $101 million. Over 87% of Scripps alumnae contributed to the Campaign for the Scripps Woman, which began its public phase in 1999 and concluded June 30, 2004.
The Performing Arts Center, an expansion of Garrison Theater, opens. Music practice rooms and classrooms, faculty offices, the Nancy Hart Glanville Music Library, and the MaryLou and George Boone Recital Hall are added.
Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Hall opens to students. Named for alumna Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler 鈥�72, who provided key guidance to architects on this project in addition to supporting student scholarship programs, an endowed faculty chair in contemporary European studies, a lecture series at the European Union Center of California, as well as other…
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Quotes of famous women in the arts, letters, and sciences are chosen by a committee of students, faculty, and alumnae to line 鈥淚nscription Walk,鈥� a pathway connecting the W.M. Keck Science Center to Scripps鈥� east side of campus.
Nancy Y. Bekavac, graduate of Swarthmore College and Yale Law School, begins her term as Scripps College president, becoming the first woman fully appointed to this position.
Buildings and gardens at the center of Scripps campus are selected for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
Scripps honors its first president, Ernest J. Jaqua, by renaming the central grassed area Jaqua Court and Quadrangle. The primary green remains a gathering place for residents and visitors alike, and it is the site for several annual College events during Fall Orientation, Family Weekend, and Commencement, among others.
Bette Cree Edwards Humanities Building opens to serve as the principal classroom facility for the campus and the interdisciplinary Humanities Program. It is named for Bette Cree Edwards 鈥�49, a former member of the Board of Trustees.
Garrison Theater opens to provide a facility for all the Claremont Colleges to use for theatrical productions, concerts, movies, lectures, and other events. Longtime Scripps trustee Robert H. Garrison and his wife, Catherine Garrison, who graduated from Pomona College and Claremont Graduate University, provide the initial funding.
For the first time, Commencement is held on Elm Tree Lawn. Previously located on Bowling Green, the new location provides a symbolic movement from the College鈥檚 classrooms to the alumnae house, located at Revelle house on the east end of the lawn.
Alfredo Ramos Martinez, the 鈥淔ather of the Mexican Mural Movement of the 20th Century,鈥� is commissioned to create the Margaret Fowler Garden, 鈥淭he Flower Vendors.鈥�
The Scripps College Press is a gift from the class of 1941 and begins printing that year. Frederic W. Goudy, one of the most prominent type designers of his era, designs a special font for the press: Scripps College Old Style.
The President鈥檚 House is built, following Gordon Kaufmann鈥檚 design. The first six presidents of Scripps resided in this structure during their respective tenures.
In the summer, the central quadrangle is grassed, primarily due to the energy of two Grace Scripps Clark Hall residents from the class of 1936: Cynthia Criley Williams and Helen Ely Brill.
Mrs. Charles Stinchfield and a bequest from Mrs. Eldridge M. Fowler funds the donation of the Oratory, which features selections from Mrs. Fowler鈥檚 collection of antique Italian furniture and fine textiles.
