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The mission of Scripps College is "to educate women to develop their intellects and talents through active participation in a community of scholars, so that as graduates they may contribute to society through public and private lives of leadership, service, integrity, and creativity." When Scripps was founded in 1926 in Claremont, California, it was one of few institutions dedicated to educating women for lives of commitment and engagement. Since then, Scripps has continued to champion both mind and spirit by the vision of its founder, newspaper entrepreneur and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps. Scripps today offers a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum, a robust intellectual community, a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and a rich residential experience designed to shape the next generation of leaders. As an internationally recognized leader in women's liberal arts education, Scripps has an increasingly competitive admissions process that reflects the growing demand for a Scripps education. The College has garnered numerous prestigious national grants for student and faculty research, curriculum development, and educational initiatives, and has established a reputation for thoughtful leadership among higher education peers. Scripps students win many national fellowships and research grants. They offer the skills, employers, value, and society needs: healthy critical thinking, written and oral communication abilities, global orientation and intercultural competence, and the ability to collaborate effectively. Known for its academic excellence, Scripps College offers a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum and distinguished faculty, where students excel in a challenging, intellectual environment. A Scripps education begins with the Core Curriculum in Interdisciplinary Humanities, the College's signature, interdisciplinary approach to learning, and concludes with the required senior thesis or project. Study Abroad and Global Education (SAGE) is a unique academic opportunity for Scripps College students to extend the critical inquiries begun on campus to a semester of learning in one of more than 40 countries. Studying and living in a new environment helps to develop the global competence and innovative leadership required of today's college graduates in our increasingly interdependent world. To have the most choice for studying abroad or completing a semester internship program, begin discussions with your Scripps faculty adviser early in your academic career. Your faculty adviser will help you develop a four-year plan to include participation in a semester program. As you explore your options for a major or minor, take advantage of faculty office hours to speak with professors in the departments that interest you. Talk about SAGE programs suitable for that major and the best timing for participation. Plan to attend one of the Information Sessions offered once per week in the first half of each semester. Attendance at one of these mandatory sessions is the first step in the process and will cover the details you need to consider as you investigate programs. We seek to build a community of curious and engaged students eager to contribute their diverse interests, backgrounds, and experiences to our academic and residential community. Take advantage of all that Scripps has to offer. Get connected, and discover what it means to belong to the Scripps community where you have the opportunity—and support system—to explore, try new things, and challenge yourself. Experience an intellectually challenging academic journey in a supportive community where undergraduate research is a priority, and classes are purposely small. 96% of our students live on campus. Scripps offers 11 residence halls and several "house" options, each with its personality and style. We also offer living learning and thematic communities for first and second-year students. Scripps graduates pursue their interests in various fields, from psychology to science and media to medicine. Our graduates go on to some of the nation's top graduate schools and careers in leading organizations. Scripps College is frequently described as one of America's most beautiful college campuses. The successful placement of buildings in a lush garden landscape and the intimate scale of this academic environment have been the setting for Ellen Browning Scripps' "experiment in education" for more than 75 years. In general, the campus plan prepared by Gordon Kaufmann in 1926 has been carefully preserved, with significant vistas still linking the central areas and the overall planting schemes devised by Huntsman-Trout still followed. Some newer areas of campus, especially the buildings west of Columbia Avenue acquired in the 1980s, have diverged from the Mediterranean style of architecture popular in Southern California during the 1920-30s, but the newest residence hall on campus—Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Hall— completed in 2000, and the Malott Commons, renovated in 2000, have been designed to be in harmony with the distinctive look of the original campus. This guide chronicles the development of the Scripps College campus over the last 75 years, quoting from the original 1944 Bulletin (in Scripps green) and updating the information about the College's buildings, grounds, and collections. The architect for the campus's general plan, for the four halls of residence, the library, the Memorial Garden, and the Art Building, was Gordon Kaufmann of Los Angeles. View full university