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Oakland, CA - Congresswoman Barbara Lee, an alumna from Mills College, and Delaine Eastin, distinguished visiting professor of educational leadership, will co-teach a course on public policy at Mills this spring.
December 12, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Comments by Mills College President Janet L. Holmgren were prominently featured in the San Francisco Chronicle’s “College Bound Weekly Guide to Higher Education” by Joanne Levy-Prewitt on December 10, 2006. The article examined the distinctive strengths of women’s colleges and the kinds of students who attend them.
December 12, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - A Mills student suffered an alleged sexual assault on Thursday, December 7, 2006. The student had met the alleged perpetrator online, in response to a potential job opportunity. After the incident, the student moved quickly and courageously to notify the police and Mills public safety officials about the attack and aided in finding the alleged perpetrator, thus helping to prevent this attacker from harming others.
December 11, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Yiyun Li, assistant professor of English at Mills College, has received this year's Guardian first book award. Designed to recognize the finest new literary talent, the award was given for A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, Li’s collection of short stories set in and around China.
December 06, 2006 Read the full story
Melinda Micco to Discuss Public Policy and Tribal Self Determination
Oakland, CA - Melinda Micco, associate professor of ethnic studies at Mills College, has been invited to speak to the upcoming Oxford University Round Table on “Diversity in Society.” Her paper is tentatively entitled "Public Policy and Tribal Self Determination: Impacts on Gender Relations, Genocide, and Reproductive Abuses."
November 28, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Carlota Caulfield, professor of Spanish and Spanish-American Studies at Mills College, will present a lecture at the University of London on “Visual Poetry in Barcelona.” Offered by the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies’ (IGRS) Imagined City Seminar Series, the event will take place on Tuesday, December 5, 2006.
November 28, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College alumnus William Bolcom has received a 2006 National Medal of the Arts, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons through the U.S. government.
November 25, 2006 Read the full story
Take 2: Women Revisiting Art History Organized by Janet Bishop, January 17–March 17, 2007
Oakland, CA - The Mills College Art Museum will feature a provocative major exhibition featuring nine internationally recognized contemporary women artists, from January 17–March 17, 2007. Entitled Take 2: Women Revisiting Art History, the show will be organized by Janet Bishop, curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
November 17, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - A Mills student radio program based on a collaboration between Mills College, National Public Radio (NPR), and KALW-FM radio will be broadcast on KALW, 91.7 FM on Wednesday, November 15 at 1 pm and 7 pm, and aired again on Sunday, November 19 at 3:30 pm.
November 10, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College will host a half-day conference, “Every Nurse A Leader,” on Saturday, November 18, 2006. Designed for students in the 2+2 Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program, the event will feature professional nurses sharing their experiences, and opportunities for area pre-nursing students from Mills College, Holy Names University, and St. Mary’s College to meet students in the clinical nursing program at Samuel Merritt College.
November 9, 2006 Read the full story
Arabella Grayson’s “200 Years of Black Paper Dolls” Showing November 12, 2006–April 30, 2007
Oakland, CA - From Aunt Jemima to Billy Holiday to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nelson Mandela, 180 Black paper dolls from the collection of Mills College alumna Arabella Grayson will be on exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution’s Anacostia Community Museum in Washington, D.C. from November 12, 2006–April 30, 2007.
November 1, 2006 Read the full story
160-Foot Installation, “Going Away, Coming Home,” Debuts November 13
Oakland, CA - Internationally acclaimed artist Hung Liu, a professor of art at Mills College, will unveil a major public art installation at Oakland International Airport on Monday, November 13, 2006. Entitled “Going Away, Coming Home,” the 160-foot architecturally integrated work is presented by the Port of Oakland, Oakland International Airport, and the Oakland Museum of California.
October 31, 2006 Read the full story
Yiyun Li and Micheline Aharonian Marcom Honored as Emerging Writers
Oakland, CA - Two outstanding Mills College faculty members, Yiyun Li and Micheline Aharonian Marcom, have received the prestigious Whiting Prize for emerging writers. Selected for “exceptional talent and promise,” both women will receive $40,000 from the 22nd Annual Whiting Writers’ Awards.
October 26, 2006 Read the full story
Kahne to Study Impact of Digital Media on Students’ Civic Engagement
Oakland, CA - Joseph Kahne, Professor of Education and Research Director of the Institute for Civic Leadership at Mills College, has received a three-year MacArthur Foundation grant to study the civic implications of high school students’ participation with digital media.
October 25, 2006 Read the full story
One of only 31 Bachelor’s Institutions Selected by Chronicle of Higher Education
Oakland, CA - Mills College has been recognized in this week’s Chronicle of Higher Education (10/20/06) as one of the top producers of Fulbright awards in 2006-07. Selected among bachelor’s degree granting institutions nationwide, Mills is among only 31 colleges included in the rankings.
October 19, 2006 Read the full story
1,000 Attendees Expected on Saturday, October 28, 2006
Oakland, CA - More than 1,000 students from underrepresented populations and graduate school recruiters from 103 colleges and universities nationwide are expected to attend the “2006 Northern California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education” at Mills College on Saturday, October 28, 2006.
October 3, 2006 Read the full story
Jane Green Endowed Lecture to Bridge Politics, Culture, and Visual Art on Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Oakland, CA - Catherine de Zegher, an internationally acclaimed curator, art historian, author, and editor will present a public lecture at Mills College entitled “Liberation of Line: Drawing and Subjectivity in the 20th Century to the Present,” on Wednesday, October 25, 2006. Free and open to the public, the event will take place at 7:30 pm in Mills’ Concert Hall, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94613. Following the lecture, a public reception will be held in the Mills College Art Museum.
October 3, 2006 Read the full story
Northern California Society of Professional Journalists Honors Students
Oakland, CA - The Northern California Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has honored seven Mills College students with the 2006 Excellence in Journalism Award for “Outstanding Student Journalist.”
October 2, 2006 Read the full story
Public Dedication to be Held on Thursday, October 26, 2006
Oakland, CA - Mills College announces the opening of the Courtyard Townhouse apartments designed to house approximately 95 upper-class undergraduates and graduate students over 21 years of age. A public dedication will be held on Thursday, October 26, 2006 at the apartments on Underwood Road, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland CA 94613.
September 25, 2006 Read the full story
Getty Foundation Grant Supports Presentations by Three Landscape Experts
Oakland, CA - Beginning Wednesday, October 11, 2006, Mills College will present a series of three lectures on the College’s landscape heritage, supported by a grant from the Getty Foundation. Mills was recently selected by the Getty Foundation to receive a 2006 Campus Heritage grant. One of only 13 2006-Campus Heritage recipients nationwide, Mills is using the grant to fund the College’s landscape heritage master plan* documenting the campus from its 19th century origins to the present. The plan will include Mills’ cultural landscape, nationally prominent architecture, and continuing commitment to innovative women’s education.
September 25, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College announced today a new Master’s Degree in Public Policy (MPP) designed to prepare women for engaged policy work and public leadership on behalf of social change. According to program director Carol Chetkovich, the new graduate program will “produce professionals prepared for positions of public influence that consider the complex social, economic, and cultural factors affecting societal problems.”
September 22, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College will be the site of the 11th annual “Swim a Mile for Women with Cancer” fundraiser on October 7 and 8, 2006. Organized by the Oakland Women’s Cancer Resource Center, the event will take place from 10 am–4 pm at the campus’ Trefethen Aquatic Center, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94613.
September 20, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Five Mills College students have been selected by KALW-FM and National Public Radio (NPR) to work with professional broadcast journalists on a week-long radio feature. NPR's Next Generation training project in conjunction with KALW-FM will bring seasoned journalists to Mills October 9–13, 2006, to work one-on-one with students to create a multi-part broadcast story. This year, the students chose the theme of "the generation gap" for their stories to be broadcast on NPR affiliate KALW (91.7 FM) later this year.
September 20, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - The Mills College Art Museum is preparing for a major expansion with high profile exhibits of international contemporary and emerging artists, and a series of lectures beginning Saturday, September 9, 2006. The Museum plans to add a new wing featuring contemporary art and new media.
August 30, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College has been selected among the top 50 colleges for African Americans, according to Black Enterprise magazine (September 2006). Mills was ranked 31st based on a survey of 500 African American higher educational professionals including presidents, chancellors, and directors of student affairs assessing social and academic environments for African American students at U.S. colleges and universities.
August 29, 2006 Read the full story
Emerging Artist Exhibit Opens Saturday, October 14, 2006
Oakland, CA - An exhibition of recent works by artist Elise Irving will be featured October 14–November 5, 2006 at the Mills College Art Museum. Irving will give an artist’s talk on Saturday, October 14, 4:30 pm–5 pm, followed by an opening public reception from 5–7 pm.
August 28, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College is one of the country’s top institutions offering students an outstanding undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review’s annual guide, The Best 361 Colleges (2007, Random House / Princeton Review). Only about 15% of all U.S. four-year colleges and two Canadian colleges are featured in the book. It has two-page profiles of the schools and student survey-based ranking lists of top 20 colleges in more than 60 categories.
August 22, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills first-year students from the class of 2010 rocked the San Francisco Giants on to a 5–0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday, August 21, 2006. Attending the baseball game at San Francisco’s AT&T Park as part of orientation activities, they joined approximately 38,000 people in the stadium and millions of viewers at home who saw two Mills-related messages on the Giants’ Jumbotron.
August 21, 2006 Read the full story
College Selected 16th Among Nation’s Liberal Arts Colleges for Diversity
Oakland, CA - Mills College ranked among the country’s top 100 liberal arts institutions in America’s Best Colleges 2006, published today by U.S. News & World Report. The liberal arts college rankings emphasize undergraduate education and institutions awarding a minimum of half of their degrees in liberal arts disciplines. There are 215 liberal arts colleges in the country; 193 are private institutions, and 22 are public.
August 18, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College will mark the beginning of academic year 2006–07 at Convocation on Friday, September 15, 2006 with featured speaker Renel Brooks-Moon, the voice of the San Francisco Giants and a Mills alumna from the class of 1981. The event will be held in the campus Concert Hall at 10:15 a.m. Every fall, Convocation formally celebrates the new academic year, honors student and faculty achievements with special awards, and recognizes the year’s graduating class.
August 16, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - The Washington Monthly College Rankings (September 2006) has named Mills College one of the country’s leading liberal arts colleges. Ranked 36 of 202 institutions, Mills was highly rated based on the College’s community service, research spending, quality of preparation for graduate education, and social mobility. The category of social mobility is based on the graduation rate, given the institution’s percentage of Pell Grant recipients and average SAT scores.
August 14, 2006 Read the full story
Selected for Teaching, Diversity, New Degree Programs
Oakland, CA - The New York Times has named Mills College one of 20 colleges nationwide that students should consider attending, based on the quality of its teaching, academic programs, and campus environment.
August 1, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College has been selected by the Getty Foundation to receive a 2006 Campus Heritage grant. One of only 13 Campus Heritage recipients nationwide, Mills will use the $170,000 grant to fund the Mills College landscape heritage plan. The plan will document the campus from its 19th century origins to the present, including Mills’ cultural landscape, nationally prominent architecture, and continuing commitment to innovative women’s education.
August 1, 2006 Read the full story
Year of Special Programming Debuts with “Particulate Matter” Saturday, September 9, 2006
Oakland, CA - The Mills College Art Museum is preparing for a major expansion with high profile exhibits of international contemporary and emerging artists, and a series of lectures beginning Saturday, September 9, 2006. The Museum plans to add a new wing featuring contemporary art and new media, and a national search for a new director is underway.
August 1, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College recently sponsored a major photographic project featuring a remarkable portrait of East Oakland's MacArthur Boulevard neighborhood. Photographers Heike Liss, Johnna Arnold, and Bob Hsiang roamed up and down MacArthur Boulevard capturing an intimate “portrait” of the East Oakland business district currently undergoing a major renaissance.
July 11, 2006 Read the full story
Spring Concert will air Sunday, June 25 at 10 am
Oakland, CA - The Mills College Performing Group’s spring concert will be broadcast on KALW 91.7 FM as part of their “Performances at 10” series. The broadcast will air Sunday, June 25 at 10 am. The concert took place in the Concert Hall on the Mills College campus on April 8, 2006. Highlights of the concert include Morton Feldman’s The King of Denmark; John Cage’s Four6; and original compositions from Mills Music Department faculty Fred Frith and Steed Cowart.
June 20, 2006 Read the full story
Five Movies on Love and Betrayal to Screen June 20-August 6, 2006
Oakland, CA - The Mills College Art Museum will present five films this summer spanning 50 years of Bollywood cinema: Lajja (2001), Henna (1991), Dostana (1980), Guide (1965), and Mr. and Mrs. 55 (1955). Curated by Mary-Ann Milford Lutzker, provost and dean of the Mills faculty, the films explore the epic themes of love and betrayal.
June 15, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College proudly announces the selection of three alumnae to receive prestigious Fulbright scholarships in 2006-07: Rufiena Jones, Rachel Niec, and Tara Rodgers.
June 13, 2006 Read the full story
National Council for Research on Women Sponsors Summit on “The Role of Leadership in Fostering and Sustaining Diversity in Institutions of Higher Education”
Oakland, CA - Janet L. Holmgren, president of Mills College, will provide the welcome and introductory remarks, and moderate the opening plenary at a major summit on “The Role of Leadership in Fostering and Sustaining Diversity in Institutions of Higher Education.” To be held in New York City from June 22–24, 2006, the summit is sponsored by the National Council for Research on Women (NCRW).
June 07, 2006 Read the full story
Washington, D.C. - The following are U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer’s remarks as prepared for delivery to the class of 2006 at Mills College in Oakland, California:
May 15, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Lauren Speeth, Mills Trustee, performs as violin soloist on Saturday, May 13 at 8 pm at the Coastside Community Theatre in Half Moon Bay, California. The Coastside Community Orchestra began as a small group of local musicians who shared a common dream of a non-professional orchestra that would enhance their community. What began as a handful of enthusiastic players in 1983 is now a multi-talented orchestra of over forty musicians.
May 04, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College announced today the new Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Women’s Leadership, confirming the College’s status as a preeminent leader in women’s education. The endowed Chair was established in recognition of senior U.S. Congresswoman Lee, a Mills alumna (Class of 1973), for her outstanding leadership, conviction, and courage in politics, policy, and human rights.
April 21, 2006 Read the full story
“Changing the Face of Power: Women in the U.S. Senate” Shown through June 19, 2006
Oakland, CA - “Changing the Face of Power: Women in the U.S. Senate,” a pioneering photographic exhibit by acclaimed photojournalist Melina Mara, is on display at Mills College through Monday, June 19, 2006.
April 20, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation Department and the Alumnae Association of Mills College awarded media personality and voice of the San Francisco Giants, Renel Brooks-Moon (’81), an Alumnae Athletic Achievement Award. This award recognizes a Mills alumna who has made outstanding contributions to the world of athletics and has made significant impact in her community.
April 20, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Team-Up for Youth will host a Coaching Corps Appreciation Reception for invited guests on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at the Mills College Faculty Lounge from 6–7:30 pm. Among the anticipated attendees is Walter J. Haas, chair of the Team-Up for Youth Board of Trustees and a champion for Coaching Corps since its inception. Student volunteers will be honored for engaging in youth development training and coaching in after-school sports programs.
April 20, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - With great sadness, Mills College announces the death of Tanya Neiman, alumna (Class of 1970) on February 27, 2006, following a long battle with ovarian cancer. Neiman was a well-known figure in the San Francisco legal community who worked vigorously to improve access to justice for members of low-income communities.
April 17, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College swimmer Erin Lucas has been selected by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to represent Mills at this year’s NCAA Leadership Conference. She was one of 352 student-athletes chosen to participate out of 1,319 nominees from 333 institutions across the country.
April 15, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - United States Senator Barbara Boxer will be the commencement speaker at Mills College on Saturday, May 13, 2006. In honor of her outstanding public leadership, she will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree from the College.
April 11, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - A daylong workshop on “Advocacy Leadership Training: Ending Violence Against Women” was held at Mills College on Friday, March 31, 2006.
April 03, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Five teacher/scholars from Mills College will present their latest research on teaching at an upcoming annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
March 29, 2006 Read the full story
Daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. to Speak at Mills on Monday, April 10
Oakland, CA - Mills College will present “Daughters of the Dream: A Conversation with Yolanda King and Susannah Heschel” on Monday, April 10, 2006. The event will take place from 7–8:30 pm in the Mills Concert Hall, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94613.
March 29, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College trustee/alumna Lauren Speeth, has directed the newly released DVD “Tammy Hall: Reflections” to be featured in two film festivals this spring. The Ybor Festival of the Moving Image (April 5-9, Tampa, FLA), and the Mendocino Film Festival, (May 18–21, Mendocino, CA) will screen the film featuring Hall’s jazz favorites and original compositions.
March 27, 2006 Read the full story
Students to Present on Youth Violence, Sex Trafficking, Social Justice
Oakland, CA - The Institute for Civic Leadership (ICL) at Mills College will present a Grant Conference from March 31–April 2, 2006 for students from the ICL Class of 2004. Krishanti Dharmaraj, executive director and co-founder of the Women’s Institute for Leadership Development for Human Rights (WILD), will be the featured conference speaker.
March 27, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College students are collaborating with the California Coalition of Women Prisoners (CCWP) and the Islamic Society of San Francisco (ISSF) to improve health care in California women’s prisons and to assess discrimination against Muslims in local high schools. The two projects are part of a Public Interest Ethnography course offered this semester by Mills’ Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
March 25, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Jade Snow Wong (also known as Constance Wong Ong), internationally acclaimed author and ceramicist, and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Mills College, died on Thursday, March 16, 2006 at the age of 84. She served on the Board of Governors of the Mills College Alumnae Association from 1945-49, and received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the College in 1976.
March 22, 2006 Read the full story
Sonya Delwaide, Molissa Fenley, June Watanabe, Anne Westwick with
Live performances by Joan Jeanrenaud and Willie Winant
Oakland, CA - This spring Mills College will present distinguished Dance faculty members Sonya Delwaide, Molissa Fenley, June Watanabe, and Anne Westwick performing new works to celebrate each artist’s innovative voice. They will be joined by special guest artists Joan Jeanrenaud and Willie Winant in concert; plus special guest dance artists Frank Shawl, Yukie Fujimoto, Erin Mei-Ling Stuart (of EmSpace Dance), and Molissa Fenley’s company from New York. Four Choreographers | One Connection will open April 21-23 at Lisser Hall, Mills College and then move to Sonoma State University for a special Mother’s Day matinee on May 14. These concerts are open to the general public. Tickets: $15 general admission; $12 students and seniors. Free to members of the Mills College community.
March 21, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - During Spring Break March 19-26, 2006, ten Mills College students and one staff member will travel to Mexico with the Mexico Solidarity Network to meet with organization and family members seeking justice for women allegedly murdered in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua.
March 15, 2006 Read the full story
New System Debuts with Continuing Student Registration April 10-19
Oakland, CA - In response to record student enrollment for the 2005-6 academic year, Mills College is launching a new online registration system to streamline the class selection process for new and continuing students.
March 15, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Catherine Wagner, internationally acclaimed artist and art professor at Mills College, will present a “Lecture in Photography” at Columbia College (Chicago, IL) on Thursday, March 16, 2006 at 6:30 pm. Her visiting artist lecture is part of a series presented by the College’s Photography Department to enliven the contemporary cultural discourse with presentations by nationally and internationally recognized artists/photographers.
March 13, 2006 Read the full story
Student and Faculty Scientists Discover Yellow-Pink Optical Switching Protein as Part of Biophotonics Research
Oakland, CA - A new science—biophotonics—has a center of operations at the $40 million Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology (CBST)—the only one of the NSF-funded Centers for Science and Technology in the country devoted to the study of light energy in biology and medicine. Located at the UC Davis Medical Center, the Center’s mission is ”to improve the quality of life by dramatically expanding the use of photons in the life sciences, bioengineering, and health care.”
March 13, 2006 Read the full story
Twenty Students Participate in “Second Freedom Rides”
Oakland, CA - During Spring Break this month, 20 students from Mills College will travel to New Orleans to help with recovery efforts following the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
March 13, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College recently collaborated with the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) to enhance the campus environment by implementing EBMUD’s Mercury Reduction Program for Educational Institutions
March 09, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College broke 12 school records at the 25th National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) 2006 National Swimming and Diving Championships. The event was held March 2–4, 2006 in St. Louis, MO.
March 08, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, the acclaimed short story collection by Yiyun Li, assistant professor of English at Mills College, has won the 2006 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for first book of fiction. The award will be presented to Li by Patrick Hemingway on April 2, 2006 at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, MA.
March 06, 2006 Read the full story
Mills Swimmers Qualify for More Races in College's History
Oakland, CA - The Mills College swim team has qualified for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) 25th Annual National Swimming and Diving Championships.
February 28, 2006, Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Yiyun Li, assistant professor of English at Mills College, has been named a contributing author in the Best American Short Stories of 2006 for her short story “After a Life.” Edited by Ann Patchett and published by Houghton Mifflin, the collection highlights significant artistry in the short story genre each year. Among the previous authors recently honored in this series are: Alice Munro, Edward P. Jones, Joyce Carol Oates, and Thomas McGuane.
February 24, 2006 Read the full story
Broad Artistic Recognition Honors Mills Writers
Oakland, CA - Graduate English students at Mills College are gaining significant artistic recognition by publishing, performing, and producing in a full range of professional venues.
February 24, 2006 Read the full story
Acclaimed Youth Activist Selects Mills to Fulfill Her Dreams
Oakland, CA - When 29 year-old Lateefah Simon recently received the prestigious MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship honoring her exceptional achievements in improving women’s lives, her first thought was “now I can go to college!” It’s a long way from working at Taco Bell for $4.50 per hour as a youth, to receiving $500,000 from MacArthur for her work in keeping thousands of girls from jail or the street, and now she is realizing her next dream of completing college as a public policy major at Mills.
February 23, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - A delegation from Mills College’s Ethnic Studies Department recently joined community and indigenous activists, students, and educators at the 2006 World Social Forum (WSF) in Caracas, Venezuela. Professor and department chair Deborah Santana, along with seniors Sheela Bringi, Patricia Contreras Flores, and Alyssa Contreras participated in the WSF January 24-29, 2006.
February 22, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - A new generation of nursing students are learning everything from conflict resolution to values assessment at Mills College, preparing for new paths of leadership in their profession.
February 21, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Claudia Bernardi, internationally recognized human rights and social justice activist, is a visiting professor of art history at Mills College this spring. Teaching a class in New Directions in Art History and Criticism (“La Cicatriz del Tiempo, The Scar of Time: Communal Remembrance and Transformation through Art”) endowed by Denise Beirnes, Bernardi has presented her sculpture, installations, and prints in more than 40 solo exhibitions worldwide.
February 21, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College President Janet L. Holmgren was a featured speaker today at the first summit on Ending Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking in the 21st Century. Hundreds of business leaders, health care providers, educators, advocates, faith leaders, and policy-makers gathered in San Francisco in their efforts to combat violence against women.
February 13, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - United States Senator Barbara Boxer will be the commencement speaker at Mills College on Saturday, May 13, 2006. Senator Boxer joined the Senate in 1993, following ten years of service in the House of Representatives. Elected to a third term in 2004, she received more than 6.9 million votes, the highest total for any Senate candidate in American history.
February 07, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Carlota Caulfield, professor of Spanish and Spanish-American Studies at Mills College, has published Ticket to Ride (Some Ways to Play My Tunes), an innovative collection of autobiographical essays, poems, and interviews.
February 06, 2006 Read the full story
The Wire Music Magazine Honors Curran
Oakland, CA - Alvin Curran, Milhaud Professor of Composition at Mills College, has been named a “Best Composer of 2005” by The Wire*, an international music magazine published in London. A faculty member in Mills’ highly respected Music Department since 1990, Curran published four new works in 2005: Canti Illuminati, Maritime Rites, Toto Angelica, and Inner Cities. He also began working on his monumental “The Alvin Curran Fake Book.”
February 05, 2006 Read the full story
Oscar-Nominated Actress Honored at Mills on Sunday, April 9, 2006
Oakland, CA - Oscar-nominated actress Gloria Stuart, who played Old Rose in the 1997 movie Titanic, is planning to give Mills College important printing equipment and materials including a rare typeface from her private studio in Los Angeles. A printer and book artist with art in major collections worldwide, the 95 year-old Stuart intends to donate a Vandercook Press, a rare run of Eve typeface, and archive materials as a bequest to Mills’ Book Arts program.
February 02, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Daphne Muse, director of the Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI) at Mills College, has published a new children’s book for children ages 4 through 10, entitled The Entrance Place of Wonders—Poems of the Harlem Renaissance. Published by Harry N. Abrams, New York, this is the fourth book by Muse, a writer, social commentator, and activist.
January 26, 2006 Read the full story
Beautiful Courtyard Apartments to Meet Record Enrollment Needs
Oakland, CA - Beautiful courtyard apartments are currently under construction at Mills College to meet the needs of record numbers of enrolled students. Designed to house nearly 100 upper-class undergraduate and graduate students over 21 years of age, the apartments will open in August 2006.
January 18, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College has received a major gift of $7.4 million from the estate of Eileen Mitchell Gibbs, an alumna from the Class of 1936. A former resident of Colfax, CA, Gibbs was an avid outdoorswoman who lived her entire life in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Upon her death in 2004 at the age of 89, she bequeathed much of her estate to Mills, leaving an exceptional legacy supporting several high priority programs.
January 18, 2006 Read the full story
Aspiring Journalist Investigations Begin Sunday, January 22, 2006
Oakland, CA - Mills students will broadcast their original stories about local redevelopment and development issues on public radio station KALW-FM, 91.7 beginning January 22, through February 1, 2006. Aired in two parts, the first stories will be broadcast on Sunday, January 22, 2006 at 3:30 pm and repeated on Wednesday, January 25 at 7 pm. The second parts will air on Sunday, January 29 at 3:30 p.m. and again on Wednesday, February 1 at 7 pm.
January 13, 2006 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Award-winning author Kathryn Reiss, an assistant professor of English at Mills College, has published her 13th novel, a tale of suspense for teens entitled Blackthorn Winter: A Murder Mystery (Harcourt Children’s Books, January 2006).
January 11, 2006 Read the full story
Daylong Conference Launches Series: “Kol Isha - Jewish Women’s Voices Unbound”
Oakland, CA - A major conference on Jewish women’s creativity and scholarship will be held at Mills College on Sunday, February 26, 2006 from 10 am to 4:30 pm in the Concert Hall. Entitled “Kol Isha: Jewish Women’s Voices Unbound,” the daylong gathering will feature performances, workshops, and panels on Jewish women who have revolutionized the study of Jewish history, electrified literary arenas, and transformed cultural, religious, and political institutions.
January 10, 2006 Read the full story
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