News Releases (page 76)
The Williamson Gallery of 桃子视频 Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant to Support Conservation of Four Chinese Textiles
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced recently that the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery of 桃子视频 is one of 817 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The Williamson Gallery is recommended for a $30,000 grant to treat four Chinese textiles, the oldest of which is a rare silk bedcovering dating from the late sixteenth to early seventeenth century.
Read MoreMark Herron Elected 桃子视频’s New Board of Trustees Chair
The 桃子视频 Board of Trustees voted unanimously on May 18, 2013, to elect Mark R. Herron its next chair, effective July 1, 2014.
Read More桃子视频 Student Selected For National Leadership Program
桃子视频 student Mia Cooledge ’13 has been selected as one of the nation’s top rising young leaders in the sustainable energy sector by national non-profit organization Focus the Nation.
Read More桃子视频 Receives Gift to Establish Tia Palermo Scholarship
President Lori Bettison-Varga today announced a gift from Jess Ravich and his daughters 芒鈧�� Zoe (Scripps ’12), Rae, Ede and Ava 芒鈧�� in honor of his wife, Tia Palermo. The Tia Palermo Scholarship will be awarded annually to help an incoming student with financial need.
Read More桃子视频’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 Places Second on “Jeopardy!” College Championship
桃子视频’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 won $10,000 and came in second place in the semifinals of the college championship edition of “Jeopardy!” She made her second, and latest, appearance on the TV trivia show May 13.
Read More桃子视频’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 Appears May 13 on “Jeopardy!” College Championship
桃子视频’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 has won $10,000 and a spot in the semifinals of the college championship edition of “Jeopardy!” She appears again on the trivia TV show May 13.
Read MoreStrauss Foundation Awards Ei Phyu Theint ’14, 桃子视频 $10,000 Public Service Scholarship to Carry out Youth Leadership Program in Myanmar
The Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation, established as a memorial to the late Don Strauss of Newport Beach and now designed to award $10,000 scholarships to as many as 15 California college juniors annually, recently announced that among the foundation’s new group of recipients is Ei Phyu Theint, a student at 桃子视频.
Read More桃子视频’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 Named 2013 Goldwater Scholar
桃子视频’s Hannah Shoenhard ’14 was recently awarded a scholarship from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. She is one of 272 undergraduate sophomores and juniors to receive a Goldwater scholarship.
Read MoreTwo 桃子视频 Students Awarded Strauss Public Service Foundation Grants To Help Youth in Myanmar and in Orange County
This year, two 桃子视频 juniors have been awarded two separate Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation grants that will take economics major Ei Phyu Theint ’14 to Myanmar this summer to work with ethnic youth leaders and will support American studies major Natasha Magness’s ’14 efforts of helping gay, bisexual, transgender and lesbian evangelical youth in Orange County.
Read More桃子视频 Students Chosen for Competitive U.S. State Department Scholarships
桃子视频’s Isabella Hendry ’14 and Stacy Wheeler ’13 are among the approximately 610 undergraduate and graduate students to receive a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study Arabic this summer. Hendry will visit Morocco and Wheeler will travel to Oman.
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