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President's Message (PDF)
Cultivating a world-class faculty: recruitment and retention

Currents (PDF)
CMC breaks ground for the Kravis Center, the new signature portal to campus; Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum highlights include Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Pultizer Prize-winning journalist Maureen Dowd; McKenna International Summer Internship Program supports Finca Project volunteers; and Davis Projects for Peace grant recipients Vanessa Carter '08 and Kimia Raafat '08 support new facilities in South Africa and Senegal.

Profile (PDF)
Claremont McKenna College Alumni Association news and events, including Alumni Weekend 2008 and new student parties; inaugural Liaison of the Year Jake Zimmerman '96

In Memoriam (PDF)
Ronald K. Teeples P'91, the Boswell Professor of Economics and founder of the Jazz History Program at Claremont McKenna College

(On the cover): CMC's professorial class of 1968 (clockwise, from left): Ward Elliott, the Burnet C. Wolhford Professor of American Political Institutions, Art Rosenbaum, associate professor of East Asian History, and Ed Haley, the W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of International Strategic Studies. (Photo by David Johnston.)

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Fall 2008

Features

World-Class (PDF)
CMC's newest professors in government, economics, and the humanities come from a rich pool of international candidates. Their presence not only demonstrates a generational transition, with more than 50 percent of faculty new since 2000, but also heralds the College's rising profile on the international scene.

On the Cover (PDF)
As the members of CMC's professorial class of 1968 celebrate their 40th anniversary with the College, they reflect on the College during that era's great alembic of cultural change...and beyond.

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Finca Fantastic
Worm juice, coffee beans, and rainforests: Helen Bottemiller '09, Elisa LaCava '09, and Sara Caldwell '10 spent recent summers with Finca Project on small-scale reforestation and environmental education in southern Costa Rica. They even found time for dayaking, yoga, and leisurely mornings by the posa (community pool).

Peace Offerings
How would you spend ,000 to promote peace across the world? Recent graduates Kimia Raafat and Vanessa Carter came up with their own award-winning proposals and packed their bags for Africa. Find out how they used Davis Projects for Peace grants to build solidarity in local communities.

Chatting with the Architect
From Brad Pitt to thoughts on Dwell magazine and 9/11's impact on structural design, take a spin in the architect's chair with Rafael Viñoly-Menedez, the Los Angeles-based project director for New York's Rafael Viñoly Architects PC. Psst: That's the team that was tapped to create the Kravis Center at CMC.