October 24, 2022
Oct. 22, 2022
The Strait Times cited Prof. Ken Miller’s appearance on a Texas Tribune panel in a feature about the exodus of Californians to Texas. “I think it’s important to note that newcomers can change a place in some respects” said Miller, who is director of the Rose Institute and the author of Texas vs. California A History of Their Struggle for the Future of America. “Californians will change Texas in important ways, but a place changes newcomers as well.
Oct. 20, 2022
Prof. Ron Riggio was quoted in Business Insider about the four reasons employees follow a toxic boss. “A bad leader attracts henchpersons who surround them because they like being connected to a powerful person,” Riggio said.
Building Relationships
After 40 years on campus, Prof. Nicholas Warner extols the CMC culture
When Prof. Nicholas Warner joined the CMC faculty in 1980, students didn’t have cell phones or laptops, and there were no social media platforms.
As Warner recently observed, while technology has transformed our lives over the past four decades, what’s remained the same is the College’s collegial sense of community.
Once in a Lifetime
CMC student movie about study abroad wins grand prize
Studying overseas not only transformed Kiubon Kokko ’21, it won him a grand prize.
Kokko, a senior majoring in media studies, spent the fall 2019 semester in Nantes, France, studying with the IES Abroad program and living with a host family.
“I chose to study in Nantes, because you can always visit somewhere popular, like Paris, later in life,” he said. “Someplace like Nantes is unique and presents a true once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
A Community That CAREs
CARE Center Director Vince Greer on how diversity and inclusion work starts with each of us
Vince Greer has been front and center in the foundational work of diversity and inclusion at CMC since his arrival as the first director of the CARE Center in July 2016. With George Floyd’s murder in May 2020 prompting social justice protests around the country, Greer reflected on his work as associate dean of students for diversity, inclusion, and residential life.
Improving Team Dynamics
Prof. Jennifer Feitosa discusses her research into improving team dynamics with diversity
In June 2020, CMC announced its Presidential Initiative on Anti-Racism and the Black Experience in America. As part of this ongoing effort, individual CMC faculty, departments, and institutes are addressing race and racism through various curricular and co-curricular actions. We asked faculty members to share their work in these areas.
Bridging the Political Divide
Alumni on both sides of the aisle offer solutions
How do we, as Americans, work together to create political and social change in a highly polarized climate? Perhaps it can start with a good faith conversation about what unites us.
Hugh Hallman ’84
Hugh Hallman ’84 served two terms as mayor of Tempe, Arizona
On the Frontlines of National Security
In his work as a policymaker, Richard Johnson ’01 draws upon skills he learned at CMC
Richard Johnson’s daily concerns could easily be a plotline in a high-budget political thriller.
As Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction at the Department of Defense, the 2001 CMC alumnus is responsible for preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction and deterring chemical, biological, and nuclear warfare.
It’s a position that Claremont McKenna prepared him for.