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Agile Leadership for a Digital Age: Student Leadership Institute Embraces New Technology
The Student Leadership Institute (SLI) of Scripps鈥� Laspa Center for Leadership, held each August, is the starting point for the center鈥檚 annual programming, a time when student leaders come together as a community and plan for the year ahead. But during a pandemic that has rendered the patterns and practices of daily life unrecognizable, there is also the unanimous understanding across industries and organizations that leaders must now rethink how we convene, interact, and act.
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鈥楽cripps This Summer鈥� Innovates Pre-Orientation Summer Programming
A team of staff, student, and faculty representatives from the Offices of the Dean of Students, 聽Admission, Dean of Faculty, Marketing and Communications, and the Laspa Center for Leadership designed and implemented 鈥淪cripps This Summer鈥� (STS), an ongoing slate of remote programming aimed at engaging with incoming students in a way that had never been done before at Scripps.
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Window into the Fall 2020 Student Life and Community
On July 28, staff members from different programs and student services hosted an online forum to provide Scripps students and families with information about virtual student life and community programs during the fall 2020 semester.
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Window into the Fall 2020 Virtual Learning Forum
On July 27, faculty members held a virtual forum on fall 2020 virtual learning for Scripps students and families.
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Empowering the Rising Generation of STEM Leaders
鈥淭he general population has these preconceived notions that leadership means 鈥楥EO, white, male, wealthy, and corporate.鈥� We鈥檙e trying to break down those notions and teach that leadership looks very different if we push down those barriers,鈥� says Vicki Klopsch, the executive director of the Laspa Center for Leadership, Scripps鈥� women鈥檚 leadership center, which has been bringing students to the PLEN seminar for three years running.
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鈥淨uick Bite of Art鈥� Summer Series
Since joining Scripps as Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Curator of Academic Programs and Collections, Meher McArthur has been serving up 15-minute talks on a single work of art from the College鈥檚 permanent collection in her聽鈥淨uick Bite of Art鈥澛爈unchtime series of object-based talks. 鈥淓ven though we are all at home now, we can still get to know the artwork in the Scripps collection,鈥� says McArthur.
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New Laspa Center Grant Will Fund Student-Led COVID-19 Relief Efforts
桃子视频 Laspa Center for Leadership has introduced its 2020 Community Action Grant for current 桃子视频 students. Awarded in amounts between $250 to $2,000, the grant will support projects that help students鈥� hometown communities better cope with the impact of COVID-19.
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Hope Springs Eternal: Graffiti Wall Artist Tori Smith 鈥�20
Victoria (Tori) Smith remembers when she first came to Scripps: It was a campus tour in the spring of 2016, and she recalls being irrevocably drawn to the diversity of thought and style of Scripps students and to the unparalleled beauty of campus. 鈥淧art of the tour included a visit to Graffiti Wall, and I remember thinking, 鈥榃ouldn鈥檛 it be amazing if I could paint my class鈥檚 mural鈥攊f I could be a part of making Scripps history?鈥欌��
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Snapshot: Class of 2020
A snapshot of how the Class of 2020 participated in academics, campus life, athletics, study abroad and global education, and the Motley.
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鈥淨uick Bite of Art鈥� Lunchtime Series Moves Online
Since joining Scripps as Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Curator of Academic Programs and Collections, Meher McArthur has been serving up 15-minute talks on a single work of art from the College鈥檚 permanent collection in her 鈥淨uick Bite of Art鈥� lunchtime series of object-based talks. 鈥淓ven though we are all at home now, we can still get to know the artwork in the Scripps collection,鈥� says McArthur.
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