Claremont McKenna College’s Civility, Access, Resource and Expression (CARE) Center celebrated its 10-year anniversary on March 4. Students and faculty spoke to CARE’s impact on campus amid threats to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives from the Trump administration.
To Vince Greer, CMC assistant vice president for dialogue and diversity, the current political climate makes the CARE center and its mission “more important [now] than ever.”
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ASCMC inaugural meal packing event yields 16,000 meals for charity
Last Friday, 85 students and faculty members volunteered to package more than 16,000 meals for the Pomona Valley Food Bank in an event hosted by Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC). Ken Eckel CM ’28, community service committee chair, and Katherine Hodge CM ’27, academic affairs committee chair, organized
Scripps anticipates housing shortage next spring due to record fall abroad applicants
Scripps College is anticipating housing shortages next year after receiving record numbers of study abroad applications for the fall semester, leaving many Scripps students concerned about spring semester dorm availability.Scripps’ office of Study Abroad and Global Education (SAGE) sent a notice on Feb. 24 to students planning to go abroad in the fall, encouraging them to consider going abroad in the spring due to potential issues.Though SAGE said they will not require students to change semesters, they strongly encourage students to reconsider.
5Cs implement ‘Know Your Rights’ immigration and workplace protections
5C human resources departments have begun to implement California’s Workplace Know Your Rights Act (SB 249) after it was passed Feb. 1. In alignment with the Act, 5C employees will receive notice of key workplace rights and have the opportunity to indicate emergency contacts, but student workers and college staff
‘Don’t play God’: Professor Paul Hurley on outcome-centered morality
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, in the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, Claremont McKenna College Professor of Philosophy Paul Hurley delivered a talk titled “Are you Living in a Funhouse Mirror?”
Students, faculty and alumni discuss ICE and civil unrest in Minneapolis
Last Saturday, more than 20 students, faculty and 5C alumni gathered in Claremont McKenna College’s Kravis Center for an event hosted by The Open Academy to discuss the mobilization of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Participants also talked about the recent murders of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
CMC first-year class president Zoey Marzo finds meaning in every hello
Zoey Marzo CM ’29 was elected first-year class president because she values community above all. Her leadership style, combined with her peers’ enthusiasm, made her the ideal candidate. Mirroring the quick, conversational energy of the people she represents, she’s never still, always orbiting others.
Liz Stein, anti-trafficking advocate and Epstein survivor, speaks at the 5Cs
Liz Stein, an anti-trafficking advocate, educator, speaker and survivor of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking, spoke to 5C students over Zoom on Nov. 10.
All five Claremont Colleges recognized among nation’s top liberal arts institutions in Forbes and U.S. News & World Report new rankings
All five undergraduate Claremont Colleges earned national recognition in recently released collegiate rankings, including the Forbes’ 2025 list and U.S. News & World Report.
From a vision to a reality: Robert Day Science Center celebrates opening ceremony
Claremont McKenna College held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 26 for their newly opened Robert Day Science Center.