Mission Driven Outreach
The world th¶¶ÒõÊÓÆµ students occupy today is dramatically different than the one that existed when the College was founded almost a century ago—and today’s students are radically different from those who will attend Scripps a decade from now.
As the pace of change continues to accelerate, we must ensure th¶¶ÒõÊÓÆµâ€™ mission endures and that our students continue to graduate prepared to “contribute to society through public lives of leadership, service, integrity, and creativity.â€
We will develop partnerships, programs, and spaces that connect Scripps to the dynamic social fabric of Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, and Southern California, harnessing the power of our students, faculty, and alumnae to generate solutions to the world’s most complex problems and to extend Scripps’ legacy of societal impact into the next 100 years.
Current Initiatives
Curricular Community Engagement
To be successful leaders and engaged citizens, our students must participate in productive work with the broader community and develop the skills to think innovatively about the challenges facing members of our local community and our world, so that as graduates they can fully contribute to society through leadership, service, integrity, and creativity. Given the expertise of our faculty, the academic strength of our students, and our proximity to both the Los Angeles area and the Inland Empire, we are ideally positioned to provide the bridge between societal needs and interdisciplinary academic knowledge through critical, creative, and innovative thinking. This curricular community engagement initiative focuses on development of community engagement courses and strengthening existing and launching new partnerships and collaborations with local organizations.
Environmental Stewardship and Resource Sustainability
To advance Scripps College’s distinctive identity as a leader in environmental action and address the urgent societal need, the College will advance its commitment to environmental responsibility through operations and community engagement. Building on the College’s commitment to sustainability, this initiative will establish concrete targets and timelines centering environmental justice principles throughout campus operations and decision making. This initiative focuses on adopting a comprehensive sustainability plan with measurable benchmarks and embedding an equitable, community-engaged approach to sustainability that honors our values and inspires the next 100 years of environmental leadership.