

Blaisdell, the new president of Pomona College. Scripps met many notable members of the young college, particularly James A. 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, Calif., first visited Pomona College in Claremont for its Dedication Day. History External imageįounding era Scripps' Elm Tree Lawn, replanted in 2008, features Princeton elms.

Its athletes compete on the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas joint team in the SCIAC, a Division III conference. It is a top producer of Fulbright students. Scripps is widely regarded as the most prestigious women's college in the American West, and is consistently ranked the top such college by U.S. Its 32-acre (13 ha) campus was designed by Gordon Kaufmann in the Spanish Colonial Revival style and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It offers instruction in the liberal arts with an emphasis on the humanities, and is known for its extensive interdisciplinary core curriculum. Scripps is a four-year undergraduate institution and enrolled 958 students as of 2020. Journalist and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps provided its initial endowment. It was founded as a member of the Claremont Colleges in 1926, a year after the consortium's formation. Scripps College is a private liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California.
