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{{Short description|Women's college in Claremont, California}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Scripps College
 | image                  = Scripps College seal.svg
 | image_upright          = .65
 | caption                = 
 | motto                  = {{lang|la|Incipit Vita Nova}} ([[Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = "Here begins new life"
 | established            = {{start date and age|1926}}
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts]] [[Women's colleges in the United States|women's college]]
 | head_label             = President <!-- change as needed; old template said President -->
 | head                   = Amy Marcus-Newhall
 | city                   = [[Claremont, California]]
 | country                = U.S.
 | coordinates            = {{Coord|34|6|13|N|117|42|38|W|display=inline,title|dim:1000}}
 | students               = 1,103 (2023)<ref name=CommonDataSet19-20>{{cite web|url=http://www.scrippscollege.edu/assessir/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2019-2020-CDS_FINAL-4.pdf|title=Scripps College Common Data Set 2019-2020 |publisher=Scripps College}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 1,082 (2023)<ref name=CommonDataSet19-20/>
 | postgrad               = 21 (2023)<ref name=CommonDataSet19-20/>
 | faculty                = 138 (100 full-time) (2023)<ref name=CommonDataSet19-20/>
 | campus                 = Suburban, {{convert|32|acre|ha|1}}<ref name=Facts>{{cite web |url=http://www.scrippscollege.edu/about/glance |title=At a Glance |publisher=Scripps College |access-date=September 8, 2016}}</ref>
 | endowment              = $460.6 million (2022)<ref>As of June 30, 2022. {{cite report|url=https://www.nacubo.org/Research/2022/Public-NTSE-Tables|title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2022 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY21 to FY22|publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]]|access-date=September 24, 2023|archive-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001210858/https://www.nacubo.org/Research/2022/Public-NTSE-Tables|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 | budget                 = $83 million<ref>{{cite web |title=Scripps College 2016 990 Form |url=https://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2016/951/664/2016-951664123-0e3cbeea-9.pdf |website=Guidestar |access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref>
 | athletics_affiliations = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]] – [[Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SCIAC]]
 | sports_nickname        = [[Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas|Stags (men) / Athenas (women)]]
 | mascot                 = {{lang|fr|La Semeuse}} ("she who sows")
 | academic_affiliations  = [[Claremont Colleges]]<br />[[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naicu.edu/member_center/members.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109231238/http://www.naicu.edu/member_center/members.asp|url-status=dead|title=NAICU - Membership|archive-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref><br />[[Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges|CLAC]]<br />[[Annapolis Group]]
 | colors                 = {{color box|#34745c}}{{color box|white}} Green and white<br /><ref>{{cite web |title=Scripps College Style Guide |url=https://inside.scrippscollege.edu/communication/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/files/Style-guide.pdf |website=Scripps College |access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref>
 | website                = {{URL|www.scrippscollege.edu}}
 | logo                   = Scripps College logo.svg
}}

'''Scripps College''' is a [[Private university|private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts]] [[Women's colleges in the United States|women's college]] in [[Claremont, California]]. It was founded as a member of the [[Claremont Colleges]] in 1926, a year after the consortium's formation. Journalist and philanthropist [[Ellen Browning Scripps]] provided its initial [[Financial endowment|endowment]].

Scripps is a four-year [[Undergraduate education|undergraduate]] institution and enrolled 958 students {{As of|2020|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 15, 2020|title=Common Data Set|url=http://www.scrippscollege.edu/assessir/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020-2021-CDS_FINAL_V.3-UPDATED-1.pdf|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=Scripps College}}</ref> It offers instruction in the [[Liberal arts education|liberal arts]] with an emphasis on the humanities,<ref name="Glance">{{cite web |title=About Scripps College {{!}} At a Glance |url=https://www.scrippscollege.edu/about/glance |website=www.scrippscollege.edu |access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="LAT bigger">{{cite news |last1=Wallace |first1=Amy |title=Claremont Colleges: Can Bigger Be Better? |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-22-mn-7046-story.html |access-date=29 August 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=22 May 1996}}</ref> and is known for its extensive interdisciplinary core curriculum. Its {{Convert|32|acre|adj=mid}} campus was designed by [[Gordon Kaufmann]] in the [[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture|Spanish Colonial Revival style]] and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

Scripps is regarded as the premier women's college in the [[West Coast of the United States]].<ref name="premier"/> It is a top producer of [[Fulbright student]]s.<ref name="Fulbright 2020">{{cite news |title=Top Producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars and Students, 2019-20 |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/Top-Producers-of-Fulbright/248001 |access-date=15 July 2020 |work=[[Chronicle of Higher Education]] |date=9 February 2020}}</ref> Its athletes compete on the [[Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas]] joint team in the [[Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SCIAC]], a [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] conference.

== History ==

=== Founding era ===
In November 1908, Ellen Browning Scripps, a philanthropist and prominent figure in the worlds of education, publishing, and women's rights based in [[La Jolla|La Jolla, Calif.]], first visited Pomona College in [[Claremont, California|Claremont]] for its Dedication Day. She met many notable members of the young college, including [[James A. Blaisdell]], its new president.<ref>{{cite archive |first=Ellen B. |last=Scripps |item=Ellen B. Scripps, diary |type=Textual records |date=August 20, September 13, 1907 |series=Diaries |file=Drawer 23, Folder 11 |collection=Ellen Browning Scripps 1836-1932, Journalist, Humanitarian, Educator |collection-url=https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll3 |institution=Scripps College |location= Claremont, Calif. }}</ref> Scripps continued to stay involved with Pomona College's community and kept in touch with Blaisdell in the years following the event, funding some of the college's lecture series.

Following an increase in enrollment of female students at Pomona College in 1919, Blaisdell turned to Scripps for the possibility of funding a "Woman's Campus." Scripps was willing to invest money into creating a college campus that would preserve her values of education. Over the next several years, she bought surrounding lots of land in Claremont and funded the construction of a new set of dormitories in what became "Scripps College for Women."<ref>{{cite archive |first=James A. |last=Blaisdell |item=James A. Blaisdell to J. C. Harper |item-url= |type=Textual records |item-id= |date=November 6, 1924 |page= |pages= |fonds= |series= |file=Drawer 29, Folder 18 |box= |collection=Ellen Browning Scripps 1836-1932, Journalist, Humanitarian, Educator |collection-url=https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll3 |institution=Scripps College |location= Claremont, Calif. }}</ref> According to Scripps, "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."<ref name="Our Founder">{{cite web |author=Scripps College |date=n.d. |title=Our Founder—Ellen Browning Scripps |url=https://www.scrippscollege.edu/about/history |access-date=December 15, 2020}} This motto is inscribed on the college's Honnold Gate.</ref> To provide a liberal arts experience with both an all-women's education and co-education, she wanted the college "to stress the essentials, reduce the size of the curriculum instead of increasing it."<ref>{{cite archive |first= |last= |item="Miss Scripps Tells Ideals" |item-url=https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll3/id/3963/rec/64 |type=Textual records |item-id= |date= |page= |pages= |fonds= |series=Claremont Colleges: News Clippings, Undated |file=Drawer 29, Folder 28 |box= |collection=Ellen Browning Scripps 1836-1932, Journalist, Humanitarian, Educator |collection-url=https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll3 |institution=Scripps College |location= Claremont, Calif. }}</ref>

Scripps initially did not want the college to be named after her,<ref>{{cite archive |first=Ellen B. |last=Scripps|item=Memo to the trustees of Scripps College |item-url= |type=Textual records |item-id= |date=1932 |page= |pages= |fonds= |series= |file=Drawer 29, Folder 18 |box= |collection=Ellen Browning Scripps 1836-1932, Journalist, Humanitarian, Educator |collection-url=https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll3 |institution=Scripps College |location= Claremont, Calif. }}</ref> but Blaisdell convinced her that her name would help grow and publicize the college.

The development of Scripps College marked the start of Claremont's "group-college" system, similar to that of the [[Colleges of the University of Oxford|Oxford Colleges]], for which Scripps received much publicity. Scripps was featured on the cover of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine for establishing this new consortium of colleges,<ref>{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Time Magazine, VOL. VII, No. 8, and corresponding article |item-url=https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll3/id/5143/rec/1 |type=Textual records |item-id= |date=February 22, 1926 |page= |pages=1, 4, 6 |fonds= |series=Claremont Colleges: Ellen Browning Scripps Biographical Materials, 1908-1936 and undated |file=Drawer 29, Folder 18 |box= |collection=Ellen Browning Scripps 1836-1932, Journalist, Humanitarian, Educator |collection-url=https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll3 |institution=Scripps College |location= Claremont, Calif. }}</ref> which became known as the [[Claremont Colleges]].[[File:Eleanor Joy Toll Hall construction at Scripps College.jpg|thumb|Construction of Toll Hall {{circa|1927}}|left]]Scripps College was founded in 1926, following the coeducational [[Pomona College]] and [[Claremont Graduate University]].<ref name="Haldeman founding">{{cite thesis|title=Incipit Vita Nova: A Founding History of Scripps College, 1927-1937|oclc=48658332|date=2001|last=Haldeman|first=Sarah Ann|publisher=[[Arizona State University]]}}</ref> Soon after, the first dormitory, created in 1927, was dedicated in memory of trustee [[Eleanor Joy Toll]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8205153/dedicationf_of_eleanor_joy_toll/ | title = Women's College Dedication | newspaper = Press-Courier | date = October 18, 1927 | page = 4 | location = Oxnard, California | access-date = December 15, 2020 }}</ref> [[Ernest Jaqua|Ernest J. Jaqua]] was inaugurated as the first president of Scripps College in the same dedication ceremony of Toll Hall.<ref>{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=President of Scripps to be Inaugurated |item-url=https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll3/id/4397/rec/10 |type=Textual records |item-id= |date=October 12, 1927 |page= |pages= |fonds= |series=Claremont Colleges: News Clippings, Undated |file=Drawer 29, Folder 28 |box= |collection=Ellen Browning Scripps 1836-1932, Journalist, Humanitarian, Educator |collection-url=https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll3 |institution=Scripps College |location= Claremont, Calif. }}</ref> The second dormitory, established as a "sister building" to Toll Hall, was dedicated to Grace Scripps Clark, the niece of Ellen Browning Scripps and daughter of [[James E. Scripps]], in November 1928.<ref>{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Invitation to the Dedication of Grace Scripps Clark Hall |item-url= |type=Textual records |item-id= |date=November 27, 1928 |page= |pages= |fonds= |series=Scripps College: Buildings, Grace Scripps Clark residence hall, 1929-1938 |file=Drawer 31, Folder 20 |box= |collection=Ellen Browning Scripps 1836-1932, Journalist, Humanitarian, Educator |collection-url=https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll3 |institution=Scripps College |location= Claremont, Calif. }}</ref> Balch Academic Hall and Browning Residence Hall, named for trustee Janet Jacks Balch and founder Ellen Browning Scripps, respectively, were dedicated in a joint ceremony in September 1929. Despite being designed by different architects, both halls adopted a "'Mediterranean' motif" unique to the campus.<ref>{{cite archive|first=Susan M.|last=Dorsey|item=Addresses on the occasion of the dedication of the Janet Jacks Balch Academic Hall and the Ellen Browning Residence Hall|item-url=|type=Textual records|item-id=|date=September 1929|page=|pages=9-18|fonds=|series=Scripps College: Buildings, Balch Academic Hall, 1929-1937|file=Drawer 31, Folder 16|box=|collection=Ellen Browning Scripps 1836-1932, Journalist, Humanitarian, Educator|collection-url=https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll3|institution=Scripps College|location=Claremont, Calif.}}</ref>

At age 89, Scripps founded the college as one of the first institutions in the West dedicated to educating women for both professional careers and personal growth. Scripps's "experiment in education" called for a setting with an artistic connection between buildings and garden landscape on an intimate scale.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

=== Postwar era ===
[[File:Scripps College Edwards Humanities Building courtyard.jpg|thumb|Olive tree grove in the Humanities Building]]
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Over time, the college has moved away from its [[finishing school]]–esque origins.<ref name="Harper's experiment">{{cite magazine |last1=Boroff |first1=David |title=California's five-college experiment |url=https://archive.org/details/harpersmagazine219julalde/page/70/mode/2up<!--Official paywalled: https://harpers.org/archive/1959/12/californias-five-college-experiment/--> |access-date=25 March 2021 |magazine=[[Harper's Magazine]] |date=1 December 1959 |via=[[Archive.org]] |language=en}}</ref>

In 1968, students occupied a grove of [[olive tree]]s to save them from being cut down to make space for construction of the humanities building.<ref name="Timeline">{{cite web | title = College Timeline | url=https://www.scrippscollege.edu/about/college-timeline | author = Scripps College | date = n.d. | access-date = December 15, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Julian|first=Steve|date=2013-04-05|title=Scripps College volunteers make olive oil from campus trees — and beat the pros|url=https://archive.kpcc.org/news/2013/04/05/36702/scripps-college-wins-international-olive-oil-compe/|access-date=2022-01-17|website=[[KPCC (radio station)|Southern California Public Radio]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Friesema|first=Felicia|date=2013-04-07|title=L.A.'s Scripps College Olive Oil Wins at Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2013/04/scripps_college_olive_oil_best.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407150019/http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2013/04/scripps_college_olive_oil_best.php|archive-date=2013-04-07|access-date=2022-01-17|website=[[LA Weekly]]}}</ref>

=== 21st century ===
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In 2000, the college opened a centralized dining facility, Malott Commons,<ref>{{cite news |title=Campus gets in the swim of new construction |url=https://issuu.com/scrippscollege/docs/2001-fall |access-date=17 January 2022 |work=Scripps Magazine |issue=Fall 2001 |publisher=Scripps College |date=September 21, 2001}}</ref> ending the practice of serving meals in the residence halls.{{Citation needed|date=October 2018}}

In 2014, the college began admitting transgender women.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gunther |first1=Sean |title=Scripps Approves Trans-Inclusive Admissions Policy |url=https://tsl.news/news4497/ | date = December 7, 2014 | access-date = December 15, 2020 | work=[[The Student Life]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jaschik |first1=Scott |title=Scripps College Will Admit Transgender Women |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/12/08/scripps-college-will-admit-transgender-women | date = December 8, 2014 | work = [[Inside Higher Ed]] | access-date = December 15, 2020 }}</ref>

== Campus ==
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  | architect = [[Gordon B. Kaufmann]]
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[[File:Scripps College Rose Garden and Toll Hall.jpg|left|thumb|The Scripps College Rose Garden]]
Scripps College is frequently described as one of America's most beautiful college campuses and has been listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] since 1984.<ref name="Walking tour">{{cite web |title=Walking Tour: The Claremont Colleges |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/15jmgv0wn7_Jj5uQF3_qGliyBA0IIOrVy/preview |website=Claremont Historic Resources Center |access-date=3 October 2020 |pages=12–14 |year=1982}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Scripps College Architectural Drawings|url=https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/sca|access-date=September 18, 2021|website=Claremont Colleges Digital Library}}</ref><ref name="Courier NRHP">{{cite news |last1=Neiuber |first1=John |title=The National Register of Historic Places |url=https://www.claremont-courier.com/articles/opinion/t21783-neiuber |access-date=7 August 2020 |work=[[Claremont Courier]] |date=13 January 2017 |language=en |archive-date=June 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617055555/https://www.claremont-courier.com/articles/opinion/t21783-neiuber |url-status=dead }}</ref>  In its 2017 edition of The Best 379 Colleges, the [[Princeton Review]] cited the campus as the 12th-most beautiful in the United States, as has been corroborated by [[Forbes]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=America's Most Beautiful College Campuses|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/ekkf45i/scripps-college-claremont-calif/|magazine=Forbes}}</ref> [[U.S. News & World Report]], The Huffington Post, and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collegeprowler.com/scripps-college/|title=Scripps College|date=12 December 2014|work=Niche.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-most-beautiful-college-campuses/26|title=America's most beautiful college campuses |date=September 2011|work=Travel + Leisure|access-date=17 October 2014}}</ref>

Scripps College was the first recipient of the Getty Campus Heritage Initiative Program, which documented aspects of the college that were deemed historically significant and at risk of change.<ref>{{cite web|title=Campus Heritage Grants Awarded - 2002|url=http://www.getty.edu/grants/conservation/sample_campus_2002.html|website=The Getty|access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref> The original historic precinct was recorded and the history of each site (such as residence hall or garden) was given, an original appearance was described, and a recording of changes over time was taken.<ref>{{cite book|title=Interview with Professor Eric Haskell|date=4 April 2018}}</ref> Different courtyards on site, such as the Sicilian Court, Iris Court, and Margaret Fowler Garden were surveyed and adjusted to resemble their initial designs wherever possible.

[[File:Scripps College for Women-9.jpg|thumb|Balch Hall]]
Scripps is in the center of the Claremont Colleges,<ref name="Coats campus">{{cite book |last1=Coats |first1=Bruce A. |last2=Sahak |first2=Judy Harvey |title=Guide to the Scripps College Campus |date=2002 |publisher=Scripps College |oclc=53181766}}</ref> with [[Harvey Mudd College]] to the north, [[Pitzer College]] to the east, [[Claremont McKenna College]] and [[Pomona College]] to the south, and [[Claremont Graduate University]] to the west. The original campus was designed by [[Gordon Kaufmann]] in the [[Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture|Spanish Colonial Revival style]], featuring extensive use of domestic spaces that catered to a 1920s conception of femininity.<ref name="Designing for the Genders">{{cite journal |last1=Horowitz |first1=Helen Lefkowitz |title=Designing for the Genders: Curricula and Architecture at Scripps College and the California Institute of Technology |journal=[[Pacific Historical Review]] |date=1985-11-01 |volume=54 |issue=4 |pages=439–461 |doi=10.2307/3639569|jstor=3639569 }}</ref> In general, his 1926 campus plan has been carefully preserved, with major vistas linking the central areas. The overall planting schemes and landscaping devised by Edward Huntsman-Trout<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tclf.org/pioneer/edward-huntsman-trout|title=Edward Huntsman Trout &#124; The Cultural Landscape Foundation|website=tclf.org}}</ref> are still followed.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=84000887}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Scripps College for Women |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=August 20, 2021}} With {{NRHP url|id=84000887|photos=y|title=accompanying pictures}}</ref>

The campus offers a number of interactive landscaping elements, including a rose garden to the north designated for community cutting and fruit trees available for picking. Oranges, grapefruits, pomegranates, kumquats, and loquats are available to students. Scripps also harvests olives from its olive trees and presses it into award-winning olive oil.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cocca|first=Christina|title=Scripps College Wins Best Olive Oil After Last-Minute Contest Entry|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/scripps-college-wins-best-olive-oil-after-last-minute-contest-entry/2081364/|publisher=NBC Los Angeles|date=April 5, 2013}}</ref>

Several facilities are shared by the members of the [[Claremont Colleges|Claremont Consortium]]. Scripps shares the Keck Science Center with [[Pitzer College]]. <!-- Sentence transcluded from [[Claremont Colleges]] -->{{#section:Claremont Colleges|library holdings}} The consortium also owns the [[Robert J. Bernard Field Station]] north of Foothill Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Bernard Field Station |url=http://bfs.claremont.edu/overview.html |publisher=[[Bernard Field Station]] |access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref><gallery mode="packed" caption="Courtyards at Scripps">
File:View into Eucalyptus Court in Balch Hall at Scripps College.jpg|Eucalyptus Court in Balch Hall {{panorama link|Eucalyptus Court photosphere.jpg}} 
File:Sycamore Court, Balch Hall, Scripps College.jpg|Sycamore Court in Balch Hall {{panorama link|Photosphere of Sycamore Court, Balch Hall, Scripps College.jpg}} 
File:Scripps College Star Court, facing south.jpg|Star Court in Toll Hall {{panorama link|Scripps College Star Court photosphere.jpg}} 
</gallery>

=== Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery ===
Scripps College is home to the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scrippscollege.edu/williamson-gallery/index.php |title=Scripps College : Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery |access-date=2008-08-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119161605/http://www.scrippscollege.edu/williamson-gallery/index.php |archive-date=2008-11-19 }}</ref> which maintains the college's permanent art collection of 14,000 objects spanning 3,000 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web-kiosk.scrippscollege.edu/$910*18964 |title=Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery |publisher=Web-kiosk.scrippscollege.edu |access-date=2014-08-17 |archive-date=January 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121164232/http://web-kiosk.scrippscollege.edu/$910*18964 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Objects are available for use in classes, displayed in campus exhibitions, and loaned to other exhibiting institutions. Among the collection's holdings are works by American artists [[Andy Warhol]], [[Ansel Adams]], [[Winslow Homer]], [[Mary Cassatt]], [[Childe Hassam]], and [[John James Audubon]], and an extensive collection of paintings by the California artist and Scripps Professor Emeritus [[Millard Sheets]]. The gallery also holds an extensive collection of Japanese woodblock prints.

=== Margaret Fowler Garden ===
[[File:Margaret Fowler Garden courtyard from north arcade.jpg|thumb|The Margaret Fowler Garden<br />{{panorama link|Margaret Fowler Garden courtyard photosphere.jpg}}]]
Originally designed as a European medieval-style cloister garden east of a proposed (but never built) chapel, the Margaret Fowler Garden is a walled garden on the Scripps College campus. It is laid out in two distinct sections: the western area contains a sculpture by [[Albert Stewart (sculptor)|Albert Stewart]], "[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/6c/ab/f5/6cabf5df808009c0801fb7a88255ff6c.jpg Eternal Primitive]", a central pool, and four walkways extending in the cardinal directions. The eastern end has a Mediterranean-style tiled wall fountain and open flagstone area. Arcades run along the north and south sides of the garden.

On the south wall of the Margaret Fowler Garden are murals by [[Alfredo Ramos Martínez]]. The college commissioned Martinez in 1945 to paint a mural, "The Flower Vendors", on the south wall of the Fowler garden. Martínez sketched the composition on the plaster wall and began working on several panels before dying unexpectedly on November 8, 1946, at age 72, leaving the mural unfinished. In 1994, a grant from the Getty Endowment allowed the mural to be conserved.<ref>{{cite web | last=Muchnic | first=Suzanne | title=Unfinished but Not Unloved : Conservation Efforts Begin on Alfredo Ramos Martinez's Last Mural, Which Shines in Scripps College's Garden | website=Los Angeles Times | date=1994-11-29 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-29-ca-2663-story.html | access-date=2021-02-18}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120805162302/http://www.scrippscollege.edu/about/campus-guide/margaret-fowler-gardens.php Margaret Fowler Garden]</ref>

=== Environmental sustainability ===
<!-- Per [[WP:BOOSTERISM]], please keep this section as short and concise as possible! -->[[File:Scripps College Elm Tree Lawn.jpg|thumb|Scripps' Elm Tree Lawn, replanted in 2008, features [[Princeton elm]]s.<ref name="Scripps elm news">{{cite news |date=14 April 2008 |title=Elm Tree Lawn Begins New Life |language=en |work=Scripps College News |publisher=Scripps College |url=https://www.scrippscollege.edu/news/features/elm-tree-lawn-begins-new-life |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref>]]Scripps College has several sustainability initiatives underway, from energy conservation to green building practices. On the conservation front, the college has seen monetary and energy savings through use of a new [[energy management system]], and has designed water systems to cut down on waste. Turning "Alumnae Field" into a natural surface also helped in efforts to conserve water. Scripps has also downsized trash bins and made "to-go" containers recyclable, in order to divert more waste from landfills. On the emissions reductions front, maintenance staff use electric blowers and carts (as opposed to gas powered equipment), while a ride-sharing program is available for students, faculty and staff.<ref>[http://www.scrippscollege.edu/about/green/current-efforts.php] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121225112327/http://www.scrippscollege.edu/about/green/current-efforts.php|date=December 25, 2012}}</ref>

For its practices regarding sustainability, Scripps earned a B− on the College Sustainability Report Card 2011, published by the Sustainable Endowments Institute. This grade reflects a quantitative analysis of the effectiveness of the institution's policies. The college received positive recognition for student involvement, on-campus transportation, its food and recycling programs, water programs, and LEED buildings, but fared poorly on the shareholder involvement evaluation category of the report.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/scripps-college.html |title=Scripps College - Green Report Card 2011 |publisher=Greenreportcard.org |year=2010 |access-date=2015-10-15}}</ref>

== Organization and administration ==
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Scripps is [[Governance in higher education|governed]] as a [[nonprofit organization]] by a [[board of trustees]] responsible for overseeing the college's long-term interests.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amended and Restated Bylaws of Scripps College|url=https://catalog.scrippscollege.edu/content.php?catoid=26&navoid=3270|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=2021–22 Faculty Handbook|publisher=Scripps College |archive-date=2022-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182747/https://catalog.scrippscollege.edu/content.php?catoid=26&navoid=3270}}</ref>

The college has an [[Financial endowment|endowment]] of $478 million as of November 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scripps College 2022-2023 Financial Report |url=https://www.scrippscollege.edu/about/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/SCR-Audited-Financial-Statements_FY2023-Final-complete.pdf}}</ref>

The college's motto is "Incipit Vita Nova" ("Here Begins New Life"), from [[Dante Alighieri|Dante's]] ''New Life''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dante Online - Le Opere|url=http://www.danteonline.it/english/opere.asp?idope=5&idlang=UK|work=danteonline.it}}</ref>

== Academics ==
[[File:Scripps College for Women-1.jpg|thumb|Scripps' Garrison Theater is one of the largest performance spaces at the Claremont Colleges, and frequently hosts talks by distinguished speakers.]]
Scripps is a member of the [[Claremont Colleges]], and much of student life revolves around the five colleges, or "5Cs." Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College, Pomona College, Pitzer College, and Harvey Mudd College not only interact socially, but also share dining halls, libraries, and other facilities spread throughout their campuses. All five colleges, along with [[Claremont Graduate University]] and [[Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences]], are part of the [[Claremont University Consortium]].

Scripps students can cross-register for classes at or enroll in the majors of any of the undergraduate schools at The [[Claremont Colleges]]. Classes average 16 students, with an overall student-to-teacher ratio of 10:1. More than 21% choose to double or dual major by the time they graduate. All courses are taught by faculty.

Academics are focused on interdisciplinary humanities,<ref name="Humanities Center LAT">{{cite news |title=Scripps to Dedicate Humanities Center |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/166655816/ |access-date=5 November 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=19 April 1970}}</ref> combined with rigorous training in the disciplines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalog.scrippscollege.edu/content.php?catoid=7&navoid=493#core-curriculum-in-interdisciplinary-humanities:-histories-of-the-present |title=Scripps College Catalog - Interdisciplinary Humanities |publisher=scrippscollege.edu |year=2015 |access-date=2015-10-15}}</ref> General requirements include classes in mathematics, fine arts, letters, natural sciences, social sciences, foreign language, women's/gender studies, and race/ethnic studies. Scripps also requires first-year students to take a writing course in their first semester.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalog.scrippscollege.edu/content.php?catoid=7&navoid=493#general-education-requirements:-competency-and-breadth |title=Scripps College Catalog - General Education Requirements |publisher=scrippscollege.edu |year=2015 |access-date=2015-10-15}}</ref> Each graduating student must complete a senior thesis or project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalog.scrippscollege.edu/content.php?catoid=7&navoid=493#the-major:-disciplines-and-area-studies|title=Scripps College Catalog - The Major |publisher=scrippscollege.edu |year=2015 |access-date=2015-10-15}}</ref> Its most popular majors, by number out of 227 graduates in 2022, were:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=scripps&s=all&id=123165#programs |website=nces.ed.gov |publisher=U.S. Dept of Education |title=Scripps College |access-date=February 28, 2023}}</ref>
*Political Science and Government (23)
*Research and Experimental Psychology (18)
*Biology/Biological Sciences (17)
*English Language and Literature (15)
*Environmental Science (15)
*Neuroscience (13)
*Mass Communication/Media Studies (13)
*Econometrics and Quantitative Economics (12)

A key part of the Scripps experience is the Core Curriculum in Interdisciplinary Studies, a sequence of three classes that encourage students to think critically and challenge ideas.{{sfn|Fiske|2022|p=157}} Every first-year student takes Core I in the fall, which introduces students to major ideas. Core II seminars focus on specific ideas introduced in Core I. The seminars are usually team-taught by two professors from different fields, such as physics and art. The concluding Core III classes culminate in individual projects that often lead to students' senior thesis or project.

=== Reputation and rankings ===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| Forbes = 218
| USNWR_LA = 44
| Wamo_LA = 83
| THE_WSJ = 65
}}

Scripps is regarded as the premier women's college in the [[American West]].<ref name="premier">{{harvnb|Fiske|2022|p=157}}: "Scripps is easily the premier women's college on the West Coast"</ref>

The 2025 annual ranking by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' categorizes Scripps as 'more selective', and ranks it 44th best liberal arts college in the nation, 80th for "Best Value, tied for 144th in "Top Performers on Social Mobility", and the fifth best women's college after [[Wellesley College]], [[Smith College]], [[Bryn Mawr College]] and [[Mount Holyoke College]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/scripps-college-1174/overall-rankings |title=Scripps College Rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |year=2021 |access-date=October 2, 2020}}</ref>  ''[[Forbes]]'' in 2019 rated it 60th in its "America's Top Colleges" ranking of 650 schools, which include military academies, national universities, and liberal arts colleges.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/scripps-college/ |magazine=Forbes |title=America's Top Colleges |date=August 15, 2019}}</ref> ''[[Kiplinger's Personal Finance]]'' places Scripps at 39th in its 2019 ranking of 149 best value liberal arts colleges in the United States.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-best-college-values-college-finder/school/8592/scripps-college/ |magazine =Kiplinger's Personal Finance| title=Kiplinger's Best College Values: Scripps College Ranking |date=July 2019}}</ref>  ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' ranked Scripps 83rd in 2024 among 194 liberal arts colleges in the U.S. based on its contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024-college-guide/liberal-arts/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Washington Monthly |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Admissions ===
{{Infobox U.S. college admissions
|year               = 2019
|ref                = <ref name="CDS 19-20">{{cite web |title=Scripps College Common Data Set 2019-2020 |url=http://www.scrippscollege.edu/assessir/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2019-2020-CDS_FINAL-4.pdf |publisher=Scripps College Institutional Research |access-date=May 3, 2020}}</ref>
|change ref         = <ref name="CDS 2014–2015">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2014–2015 |url=http://www.scrippscollege.edu/assessir/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/files/CDS_2014-2015_FINAL.pdf |website=Scripps College |access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref>
|admit rate         = 32.0%
|admit rate change  = +4.8
|yield rate         = 29.2%
|yield rate change  = -3.6

|SAT EBRW           = 673–740<!-- I'm not sure how it can have the three at the end, but that's what the document says --><!-- use an em-dash (–) -->
|SAT EBRW change    = 
|SAT Math           = 660–750<!-- use an em-dash (–) -->
|SAT Math change    = 
|ACT                = 30–33<!-- use an em-dash (–) -->
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|top decile         = 77.8%
|top decile change  = -5.2
|top quarter        = 97.8%
|top quarter change = +0.8
|top half           = 100.0%
|top half change    = 0
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For the Class of 2023 (enrolling fall 2019), Scripps accepted 967 of the 3,022 applicants (32.0%).<ref name="CDS 19-20"/>

Scripps College does not require the [[SAT]] or [[ACT (examination)|ACT]] exams for students applying for admission.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scrippscollege.edu/admission/apply/first-year-applicants |title=First-Year Applicants |publisher=Scripps College |access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref> For the Class of 2023, of the 62.2% of enrolled freshmen submitting SAT scores the middle 50% range was 673–740 for evidence-based reading and writing, 660–750 for math, while the ACT Composite middle 50% range was 30–33 for the 50.9% who submitted scores.<ref name="CDS 19-20"/>  The average high school [[GPA]] of incoming freshmen was 4.20.<ref name="CDS 19-20"/>

=== Study abroad ===
Scripps College also maintains a robust study abroad program. The program, which more than 60% of students take advantage of, offers access to more than 120 approved programs in 86 cities in 47 countries (including domestic exchanges with [[Spelman College]] and [[George Washington University]] and internships in Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C.).

== Student life ==
[[File:Seal Courtyard, Scripps College.jpg|thumb|Seal Courtyard, with Malott Commons at left and the [[Motley Coffeehouse]] at right]]
The Scripps student body consists of 1109 students as of 2019. Roughly half of students are white, and nearly all are female.<ref name="Scripps CF diversity">{{cite web |title=How Diverse is Scripps College? |url= https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/scripps-college/student-life/diversity/ |website=College Factual |access-date=9 August 2020 |language=en |date=20 February 2013}}</ref> The median family income of Scripps students is $160,700, with 49% of students coming from the top 10% highest-earning families and 15% from the bottom 60%.<ref name="NYT mobility index">{{cite news |last1=Aisch |first1=Gregor |last2=Buchanan |first2=Larry |last3=Cox |first3=Amanda |last4=Quealy |first4=Kevin |title=Economic diversity and student outcomes at Scripps |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/scripps-college |access-date=9 August 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=18 January 2017}}</ref>

=== Residential life ===
[[File:Scripps College for Women-6.jpg|thumb|Browning and Dorsey residence halls]]
Scripps is a residential campus, with nine halls and on-campus apartments providing living arrangements for all four years of undergraduate study. In 2017, [[The Princeton Review]] included Scripps in several of their rankings, such as "Best College Dorms" (#5), "Most Beautiful Campus" (#12), and "Best Campus Food" (#13).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scrippscollege.edu/about/glance/rankings|title=About Scripps &#124; Rankings and Achievements}}</ref><!-- Include if expanding coverage of dining. It's a blog, but from a journalist: <ref>{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=David |title=Restaurant of the Week: Malott Commons, Scripps College |url=http://www.insidesocal.com/davidallen/2008/04/11/malott-commons-scripps/ |access-date=17 January 2022 |work=The David Allen Blog |date=11 April 2008}}</ref> -->

All residence halls are mixed-class halls; first-year students, sophomores, juniors, and seniors live in one shared community. The number of residents in each hall ranges from 70 to 120.

In October 2014, an anonymous donor gave $10 million to support the construction of a tenth residence hall,<ref>{{cite web|title=Anonymous Gift Lays the Foundation for New Scripps Residence|date=October 13, 2014|url=http://www.scrippscollege.edu/news/releases/anonymous-gift-lays-the-foundation-for-new-scripps-residence-hall|publisher=Scripps College}}</ref> named Nan Elizabeth Walsh Schow Hall.<ref>{{cite web | title=2018 Fall Welcome from the President | website=Scripps College | date=2018-04-17 | url=https://www.scrippscollege.edu/news/campus-news/2018-fall-welcome-from-the-president | access-date=2021-02-18}}</ref>

=== Student organizations ===
[[File:Claremont Taiko performance.webm|thumb|The Claremont [[taiko]] ensemble performs on the Wood Steps]]
There are a number of registered clubs and organizations (abbreviated CLORGs) at Scripps.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scripps Clubs & Organizations |url=http://sas.scrippscollege.edu/current-clorgs.html |website=Scripps Associated Students |access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> Scripps students also frequently participate in 5C clubs alongside students from the other Claremont Colleges.{{sfn|Fiske|2021|pp=146–147}} In total, there are nearly 300 clubs and organizations across the 5Cs.<ref name="5C clubs Engage">{{cite web|title=Organizations|url=https://claremont.campuslabs.com/engage/organizations|access-date=7 April 2021|website=Engage @ Claremont|publisher=Claremont Colleges}}</ref>

A student-run feminist coffeehouse known as [[Motley Coffeehouse|The Motley]] is a popular hangout spot and focal point for social life at the college.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Woods II |first1=Wes |title=Claremont College's Motley Coffeehouse a socially-conscious coffee lovers dream |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2014/03/11/claremont-colleges-motley-coffeehouse-a-socially-conscious-coffee-lovers-dream/ |work=[[Inland Valley Daily Bulletin]] |access-date=2 October 2018 |date=March 11, 2014}}</ref>

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{{#section:Claremont Colleges|OTL}}

{{#section:Claremont Colleges|Performance groups}}

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==Athletics==
{{main|Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas}}
Scripps varsity athletes compete alongside athletes from [[Claremont McKenna College]] and [[Harvey Mudd College]] (other consortium members) as the [[Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas]].<ref name="Sports and Recreation Overview">"[http://www.cmsathletics.org/quick_facts/index]" Retrieved 21 January 2017.</ref> The teams participate in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] Division III in the [[Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]].

===Athletics history===
According to the Division III Fall Learfield Director's Cup Standings for the 2023–2024 year, CMS ranks 19th among all Division III programs, and first among SCIAC colleges.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 19, 2023 |title=2023-24 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup |url=https://nacda.com/documents/2023/12/19/23.24DIII_FinalFallOverall.pdf |website=National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Learfield Director's Cup Standings |publisher=NACDA}}</ref> In 2016–17, the CMS golf team ranked first among NCAA Division III teams according to Golf Digest, and 17th overall (including Division 1 schools). The rankings are based on the "Balanced" category which is "for students who place equal emphasis on school and sports".<ref>[http://www.golfdigest.com/rankings/college/2007/09/collegegolfrankings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525113536/http://www.golfdigest.com/rankings/college/2007/09/collegegolfrankings|date=May 25, 2008}}</ref>

===Sports===
[[Image:Axelrod pool.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Axelrood Pool]]
Female Scripps athletes compete on the 11 CMS women's teams:<ref name="Sports and Recreation Overview"/>

*Basketball
*Cross Country
*Golf
*Lacrosse
*Soccer
*Softball
*Swimming and Diving
*Tennis
*Track and Field
*Volleyball
*Water Polo

There are also 10 CMS men's teams, but these have few if any Scripps athletes.

===Rivals===
The other sports combination of the Claremont Colleges, and CMS' primary rival, is the team made up of [[Pomona College]] and [[Pitzer College]] known as the [[Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens]] (P-P).

==Notable alumni==
{{Main|List of Scripps College people}}
{{Main category|Scripps College people}}
{{Dynamic list}}
[[File:Gabrielle Giffords official portrait.jpg|thumb|150px|Former U.S. Representative [[Gabby Giffords]] ({{USpolabbr|D|AZ|8}}), class of 1993]]

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|-
! scope="col" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Scripps College|border=0}}; color: white;" | Name
! scope="col" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Scripps College|border=0}}; color: white;" data-sort-type="isoDate" | Class&nbsp;year
! scope="col" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Scripps College|border=0}}; color: white;" class="unsortable" | Notability
! scope="col" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Scripps College|border=0}}; color: white;" class="unsortable" | {{ref heading}}
|-
| {{sortname|Anne Hopkins|Aitken}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1932
| [[Zen Buddhist]] in the [[Harada-Yasutani]] lineage
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Anne Arundel Hopkins Aitken - An Tanshin (1911-1994) |url=https://sites.google.com/site/annehopkinsaitken/ |access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Helene|Mayer}}
| style="text-align:center;" | Exchange student 1932–1934
| Olympic gold medalist [[Fencing|fencer]] who competed for Nazi Germany despite being Jewish
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Foiled">{{cite book |last1=Mogulof |first1=Milly |title=Foiled: Hitler's Jewish Olympian : the Helene Mayer Story |year=2002 |publisher=RDR Books |isbn=978-1-57143-092-2 |page=73 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LhWPNTsr-uAC&pg=PA73 |access-date=29 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|Nancy Neighbor|Russell}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1953
| Founder, Friends of the [[Columbia River Gorge|Columbia Gorge]]
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Oregonian/OregonLive|first=Katy Muldoon {{!}} The|date=2008-09-20|title=Guardian of the gorge|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/outdoors/2008/09/guardian_of_the_gorge.html|access-date=2021-03-28|website=The Oregonian|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|Molly|Ivins}}
| style="text-align:center;" | Attended 1962–1963
| Newspaper columnist
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="ManuScripps">{{cite web|title=Alumnae manuScripps|url=https://alumnae.scrippscollege.edu/s/783/rd/interior.aspx?sid=783&gid=1&pgid=1835&sparam=Search&scontid=0|access-date=29 August 2020|website=alumnae.scrippscollege.edu|publisher=Scripps College}}</ref><ref name="Ivins Scripps PR">{{cite news|date=11 November 2005|title=Molly Ivins Honored|language=en|work=Scripps College News|publisher=Scripps College|url=https://www.scrippscollege.edu/news/features/molly-ivins-honored|access-date=29 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="Ivins rebel">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781586487171/page/39/mode/2up|title=Molly Ivins : a rebel life|date=2009|publisher=PublicAffairs|isbn=9781586487171|edition=1st|location=New York|pages=39–41|access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|Beth|Nolan}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1973
| [[White House Counsel]] for [[Bill Clinton]]
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Nolan, Beth |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99028107.html |website=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies |publisher=[[The Library of Congress]] |access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref>

|-
| {{sortname|Harriet|Doerr}}
| style="text-align:center;" | Attended 1975–1976<!-- graduated 1977 from Stanford -->
| Novelist
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Doerr author bio">{{cite book|last1=Doerr|first1=Harriet|date=1984|title=Stones for Ibarra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pnpaAAAAMAAJ|access-date=29 August 2020|publisher=Viking Press|isbn=9780670192038|language=en}}</ref><ref name="LAT bigger" />
|-
|{{sortname|Alison|Saar}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1978
| Sculptor and installation artist known for work on [[African American culture|black identity]]
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Saar RCWG2">{{cite news|last1=Larkins|first1=Zoe|date=1 April 2008|title=Alison Saar|work=Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery|publisher=Scripps College|url=https://rcwg.scrippscollege.edu/blog/2008/04/01/alison-saar/|access-date=29 August 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Elizabeth|Turk}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1983
| Sculpture artist
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Turk |url=https://rcwg.scrippscollege.edu/blog/2008/04/01/elizabeth-turk/ |website=Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery |publisher=Scripps College |access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Merodie A.|Hancock}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1987
| Academic and president of [[Thomas Edison State University]]
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Hancock">{{cite news|date=27 March 2014|title=Merodie Hancock '87 Inaugurated Fourth President of SUNY Empire State College|language=en|work=Scripps College|url=http://www.scrippscollege.edu/news/releases/alumnae/merodie-hancock-87-inaugurated-fourth-president-of-suny-empire-state-college|access-date=29 August 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Gabby|Giffords}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1993
| Democratic [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for [[Arizona's 8th congressional district|Arizona's 8th district]], gun control advocate
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="ManuScripps" />
|}

== References ==
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