Alumnae in the News
Szeyin Lee '15; Scripps Volunteer of the Year 2023
Diane Divelbess '57:
Love, Equally’ celebrates WA marriage equality, LGBTQ civil rights (12/4/22)
Richard Fadem
Professor Richard Fadem, 1939-2022
Helen Hardin Jackson '55 d. 2/24/2018
The obituary cites the HistoryLink bio written by Melinda Van Wingen '01.
Spring 2016 Scripps Magazine features Szeyin Lee '14
1/19/15 re Alice Finch '96:
"Dedicated Mom Builds Amazingly Detailed Model of Hogwarts with 400,000 Lego Bricks"
Margaret "Marnie" Weaver Andrews '50 d. 9/11/14
May 2014/Scripps Reunion: Marga Rose Hancock '69 recognized as Scripps Volunteer of the Year
March 2014: Autumn Preble '73 recently returned to Whidbey after two Peace Corps tours in Botswana and Mozambique, and a year living and working with nonprofits in Uganda.
Crosscut 12/17/13: "My boyfriend proposed to me during a City Council meeting" - Berit Anderson '09
Virginia Clarke "Skippy" Younger '45 d. 12/7/13
The Seattle Times 11/21/13 front page:"2 Seattle middle schools focus on attendance, see scores climb""At Aki Kurose Middle School in Seattle, City Year staffers Margo Kelly, left (behind window) and Anna Witte (in vest), along with Ti'esh Harper [Scripps '12], right, from Communities in Schools, talk with late-arriving seventh-grader Jade Bland at the attendance window."
Arlington Herald 10/25/13:
"Applause: Garden Club puts up new sign at Arlington Park: Arlington Mayor Barb Tolbert ... and Garden Club President Meg (Hall) Jacobsen [Scripps '68, at right] celebrate a new sign for Lebanon Park"
"30 UNDER 30: Scripps Millennials make their mark around the world" features Seattle-area alumnae Erin Paulson Brooks '06, Kate Lindsay Scher '06 (pictured at left), and Kelsey Moore '07. - Scripps Magazine Summer 2013
March 3, 2013: The Seattle Times "Cool Jobs" features Nancy Stillger '87 of Art with Heart
February 3, 2013: The Seattle Times "Street Style" highlights Suria Markus '12, from It's my darlin"
January 2013: New Works by Susan Skilling '69 at Greg Kucera Gallery, reviewed in The Seattle Times
August 2012: The Raven's Quest: A Historical Mystery, by Tricia Corbett '68 with Susan Corbett '75
June 2011: "Overcoming Nature Deficit Disorder with Finn Hill Resident Ellen Haas" ('69)February 2011:
Scripps establishes Gabrielle Giffords '93 Internship in Public Service
Many members of the Scripps community have inquired about how the College might honor Gabrielle Giffords '93. To that end, the College has established the Gabrielle Giffords '93 Internship in Public Service. The internship honors the role Gabby has played as a mentor to our students and as one who has answered the call to serve the public good. To make a contribution, write a check to Scripps College (please direct to the Gabrielle Giffords Internship) or contribute on-line at www.scrippscollege.edu/giving. To make a pledge by phone: Patricia Goldsmith, VP for Institutional Advancement (909) 621-8162.
February 17, 2011: the latest from Maxine Borowsky Junge '59 of Whidbey Island
from the Everett Herald October 31, 2010: "The Secret of the Halloween Murder: For 75 years, a murder victim's daughter didn't know who shattered her family." In a prominent feature story, Herald Writer Eric Stevick tells how Melinda Van Wingen (Scripps '01), a historian at Everett Public Library, brought forward information that helped bring closure to the family of a murder victim in a notorious case dating back to Halloween 1934.
from The Seattle Times September 10, 2010: The Washington Center for the Book announced the selection of The Magical Ms. Plum by Bonny Becker (Scripps '72) among "seven outstanding books published by Washington authors in the year 2009 .... For 6- to 9-year-olds: Seattle author Becker, author of the award-winning A Visitor for Bear, scores again with a story about a teacher who mixes magic with common sense to help her students learn."
July 2010: "The latest from Nan Mooney [Scripps '92] ... the timely and alarming book that tells the story of our declining professional middle class ..."
