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Oakland, CA - Reaching out to fill the needs of three Oakland middle schools, Mills College student-athletes spent a memorable day painting hallways, installing bulletin boards, and cleaning out and organizing a library. They made a difference for these neighborhood schools and received national recognition with the 2007 Josten's/National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators (NADIIIAA) Community Service Award.
December 17, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Eleanor Sims, a noted Islamic art historian, will present a free public lecture entitled "The Windsor Shahnama of 1648: An Illustrated Persian Manuscript Offered to Queen Victoria by an Afghan Prince in 1839" at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco on February 14, 2008 at 7 pm. The lecture will be held in Samsung Hall and is included with the museum's admission.
December 17, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College’s Natural Sciences Building has received a “platinum” distinction, becoming the first building in Oakland to earn the highest certified rating in environmental design and construction. It is the fourth building in the Bay Area to be platinum certified.
December 11, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Carlota Caulfield, Mills College professor of Spanish and Spanish American Studies, has published A Mapmaker's Diary, a bilingual collection of published and unpublished poems.
December 04, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Catherine Wagner, internationally renowned Mills College professor of art, has received a 2007 Artadia Award for photography. Recently announced by New York City-based Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue, the award honors ten San Francisco Bay Area artists.
December 03, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College has been named a leading producer of U.S. Fulbright Fellowship recipients for the second year in a row, with three alumnae winning the prestigious awards in 2007–08. The Fulbright Program recognized Mills among only 21 master’s colleges and universities nationwide (The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 26, 2007).
October 24, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College’s outstanding leadership and achievement in environmentally sustainable practices have earned the College a 2007 Business Recognition Award from StopWaste.Org*. Mills was honored for its commitment to “a high and continuous level of work to reduce and prevent waste, not only by recycling, but also through innovative solutions to prevent waste."
October 22, 2007 Read the full story
Mills Recognized for Outstanding Science Programs, Advancing Diversity
Oakland, CA - Mills College has been awarded a prestigious Kresge Foundation Challenge Grant of $1 million for the new 26,000 square-foot “green” Natural Sciences Building. This state-of-the-art facility will advance women’s opportunities in science education and careers through innovative research and learning within an interdisciplinary center.
October 22, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Lateefah Simon, a 30-year-old sophomore majoring in public policy at Mills College, has received a prestigious 2007 Jefferson Award for extraordinary public service. Established in 1972, the American Institute for Public Service’s Jefferson Award encourages and honors individuals for their achievements and contributions through community and public service on both national and local levels. It recognizes “unsung heroes,” ordinary people performing extraordinary acts without expectations of receiving recognition or reward for their service.
October 18, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - In recognition of her outstanding accomplishments on behalf of higher education, Mills College President Janet L. Holmgren has received the Chief Executive Officer Leadership Award for District VII from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). The only higher educational recipient of the award, President Holmgren was honored for her exceptional contributions to the College and its communities, her success in promoting public understanding of education, and her significant support of Mills advancement initiatives. Since 1991, President Holmgren has served as the 11th president in the College's 155-year history.
October 15, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - A series of three concerts In Los Angeles, Oakland, and New York will mark the 40th anniversary of the Center for Contemporary Music (CCM) at Mills College, and its enduring legacy at the vanguard of experimental and electronic music. The first concert will be held at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) in Los Angeles on Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 8:30 pm, followed by a concert at Mills College on Sunday, October 21 at 4 pm, and another version of the concert in New York at the Roulette Performance Space on Thursday, November 15 at 8 pm, with three former CCM composers who currently live in New York.
October 9, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - The internationally renowned Mills College Music Department is acclaimed in Oakland Magazine’s October 2007 issue. Entitled “The Evolution Starts Now; Mills College Pushes the Limits of Contemporary Sound,” the cover article by Derk Richardson begins with the early influences of Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, John Cage, and Darius Milhaud, and provides an in-depth overview of the department’s development as a vital force in experimentalism and creativity in contemporary composition and performance.
October 8, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - The abrupt and unexplained revocation in August 2006 of the residency visa of Dr. Nalini Ghuman, assistant professor of music at Mills College, is of deep concern to the Mills community. In addition to creating a state of professional and personal upheaval for Dr. Ghuman, this extremely troubling situation has deprived the Mills community of a distinguished faculty member and highly valued mentor.
September 19, 2007 Read the full story
Delaine Eastin to Direct New Mills Center
Oakland, CA - Expanding the leadership opportunities for students through civic engagement and service learning experiences, Mills College announces the formation of the Center for Civic Engagement and Women’s Leadership (CCEWL).
September 20, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Jessica Hough, the new director of the Mills College Art Museum, will debut two edgy exhibitions by nationally and internationally recognized emerging and mid-career women artists from September 19–December 9, 2007. Representing the first shows she will curate as the Museum director, the exhibits are “Don’t Let the Boys Win” featuring Kinke Kooi, Carrie Moyer, and Lara Schnitger, and “Laleh Khorramian: Surface to Air.”
September 12, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Gus Solomons Jr., a leading figure in postmodern and experimental dance, will present a free public lecture entitled “50 Million Ways to Make a Dance” at Mills College on Thursday, October 4, 2007, at 5:15 pm. He will discuss the evolution of the choreographic process throughout his 40-year career. The lecture will be held in Danforth Hall on the Mills campus, located at 5000 MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland. Solomons’ visit is sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program.
September 12, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Two recent films based on short stories by Yiyun Li, assistant professor of English at Mills College, will be featured in international film festivals this month and in October, 2007.
September 7, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College was recognized among the top 50 liberal arts colleges in the nation by the Washington Monthly’s annual College Guide. Ranked 49th out of 201 institutions, Mills was highly rated based on the areas of social mobility, research, and service. The Washington Monthly publishes the annual College Guide as an alternative to America’s Best Colleges published annually by U.S. News & World Report.
August 23, 2007 Read the full story
Mills Recognized for Undergraduate Education Third Year in a Row
Oakland, CA - Mills College has been named one of the Best 366 Colleges and one of the 123 "Best Western Colleges" in the nation by the Princeton Review. This is the third consecutive year that Mills has been included in these national rankings, a recognition given to only 15 percent of four-year U.S. colleges.
August 21, 2007 Read the full story
America’s Best Colleges Recognizes Mills as a “Great School, Great Price” for High Academic Quality, Value
Oakland, CA - America’s Best Colleges (2008), published by U.S. News & World Report, has ranked Mills College sixth among western colleges and universities, and sixth in the category of “Great Schools, Great Prices.” These rankings recognize Mills for the high quality of its academic programs and the exceptional value of the Mills experience to students.
August 17, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College announced today the establishment of the Boitumelo “Tumi” McCallum Memorial Scholarship Fund. This scholarship has been created to honor the life and accomplishments of Tumi McCallum, a 20-year-old student at Mills College whose life was tragically cut short by violence.
August 13, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Numerous sources have reported that a Mills undergraduate student, Boitumelo "Tumi" McCallum, was found dead at her mother’s New York City apartment on Sunday, August 5, 2007. The details of her reported death have shocked the Mills community, and the College mourns the loss of a bright and talented young woman whose future has been tragically cut short. Originally from South Africa, Tumi had just completed her sophomore year at Mills and moved to New York for the summer before planning to return to school this fall.
August 7, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College President Janet L. Holmgren has been elected to the Princeton University Board of Trustees to serve a four-year term as a trustee. A widely respected leader in higher education for more than 30 years, President Holmgren became the 11th president of Mills in 1991, after serving as one of the highest-ranking female administrators at Princeton University where she was vice provost from 1988 to 1991.
August 6, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College is pleased to announce the appointment of Joi Lewis as the new dean of student life. A social entrepreneur, practitioner-scholar, global leader, and activist, she brings to Mills significant experience related to issues of race, social justice, and student development in higher education.
July 25, 2007 Read the full story
Mills Scholar-Athletes Recognized for High Grade Point Average
Oakland, CA - The Mills College swimming and diving team has been recognized for academic excellence by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). One of only nine swimming and diving teams at universities and colleges nationwide to be honored as a 2006-07 NAIA scholar team, the women achieved an overall 3.31 grade point average, qualifying them for recognition.
July 23, 2007 Read the full story
Deep Sea Corals Provide Archives of Ocean Climate
Oakland, CA - Kristina Faul, assistant professor of environmental sciences at Mills College, recently embarked on a research cruise along the California coast to study corals providing environmental archives of ocean circulation and climate change for the past several hundred years. Serving as shipboard co-chief scientist, Faul investigated deep-sea bamboo corals living on extinct volcanoes on the sea floor, from 500–2500 meters in depth.
July 11, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - The Mills College Music Department is pleased to announce the appointment of Roscoe Mitchell as Darius Milhaud Chair of Composition. He will assume the three-year position in fall 2007. The Milhaud Chair was established in 1979 in honor of Darius Milhaud who taught at Mills from 1941 to 1971.
July 3, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College alumnae Phoebe Connell and Elizabeth Setzer have received prestigious Fulbright scholar awards for 2007–08.
July 2, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College students, in collaboration with KALW-FM Radio News, recently reported on the alarming dropout rate in Oakland public schools, resulting in a major public response. Originally broadcast on KALW 91.7 FM throughout the week of June 4, 2007, the special series entitled “The Dropout Dilemma” coordinated by Holly Kernan, Mills lecturer and KALW news director, gave eight Mills students interested in radio and journalism, the skills and opportunity to report, write, and produce their own radio stories.
July 1, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College President Janet L. Holmgren has signed a national Climate Commitment with more than 300 presidents and chancellors of U.S. colleges and universities who are “deeply concerned about the unprecedented scale and speed of global warming and its potential for large-scale, adverse health, social, economic, and ecological effects.”
June 23, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Zvezdelina Stankova, associate professor of mathematics at Mills College, knew 13 year-old Evan O’Dorney was destined to win the Scripps 2007 National Spelling Bee last month. Throughout the past year, the home-schooled 8th grader from Danville, CA attended Stankova’s weekly Berkeley Math Circle, and his unusual intelligence drew her attention.
June 22, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - “Going Away, Coming Home,” a major public art installation created by Mills College art professor Hung Liu and installed last year at Oakland International Airport, has been selected as one of 40 “innovative and exciting examples of American public art” included in the Americans for the Arts “2007 Year in Review” award. Chosen from more than 240 public artworks worldwide, Liu’s project will be highlighted in a CD-ROM of images to be released this summer.
June 6, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College announces the appointment of Jessica Hough as the new director of the Mills College Art Museum. Hough comes to Mills from the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT, where she achieved distinction for more than nine years, most recently as the curatorial director.
June 1, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - “First Exposures: Bay Area Youth Photography,” will be featured at the Mills College Art Museum from June 20–August 5, 2007. The show was curated by students in Mills’ Museum Studies Workshop in consultation with Sharon E. Bliss, art history lecturer, and Terrie Vevea, a former member of the Workshop who served as project coordinator.
May 31, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Juliana Spahr, Mills College associate professor of English, has published The Transformation, a book of prose with Atelos Press. The book tells the story of three people who move between Hawaii and New York in order to speak broadly about how issues of colonialism and the at-risk natural environment of islands are interconnected and shape our relations with others.
May 30, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Dan Ryan, Mills College associate professor of sociology, was recently featured in “As the Grapevine Withers, Spam Filters Take Root,” a New York Times article about the sociological implications of sending mass emails to personal contacts (May 22, 2007).
May 30, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Contemporary Vietnamese women artists challenge the traditional role of women in “Changing Identity: Recent Works by Women Artists from Vietnam,” a collection of approximately 50 recent works from 10 artists on exhibit at the Mills College Art Museum from June 20 to August 5, 2007. Curated by Nora Annesley Taylor, a research associate with the Smithsonian Institution and associate professor at Arizona State University, the exhibit will feature drawing, painting, photography, performance, sculpture, and video.
May 29, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - On April 10, 2006, the eldest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, Yolanda King, joined Susannah Heschel, daughter of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, to discuss their fathers' legacies and contributions to the Civil Rights Movement.
May 17, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College art professor Hung Liu will exhibit new work in a show entitled “ZZ (Bastard Paintings)” at the Nancy Hoffman Gallery (New York City), May 24–July 5, 2007. A catalog accompanying the exhibition will feature essays by Meredith Tromble and Glen Helfand, art critics, and David Salgado, master printer at Trillium Graphics.
May 9, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Christine Fisher, a child development major at Mills College, is one of only seven students nationwide to win a 2006-07 Coca-Cola Community All-American award. Coca-Cola North America and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) announced the winners, selected in recognition and celebration of student-athletes who are making a difference in their communities.
May 7, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Brinda Mehta, professor of French and Francophone Studies at Mills College, has published a groundbreaking new book entitled Rituals of Memory in Contemporary Arab Women's Writing (Syracuse University Press 2007).
May 7, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Vivian Stephenson, chair of the Mills College Board of Trustees, has been named among the Bay Area’s “100 Most Influential Women in Business” for the third year in a row by the San Francisco Business Times. The retired chief operating officer (COO) of Williams-Sonoma Inc., she was selected for the annual list because of her high-ranking position and her outstanding leadership within a wide range of influence.
May 6, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Four Mills women are profiled in Wise Talk, Wild Women, a new book by author Gwen Mazer and photographer Christine Alicino featuring the life stories of 21 women. Recently published by Council Oak Books, Wise Talk, Wild Women features U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (Mills Class of 1973), Daphne Muse, director of the Mills Women’s Leadership Institute, Sensei Keiko Fukuda, Mills judo teacher (1967-1978), and Frances Dunham Catlett Crawford (Mills Class of 1947, MA).
May 01, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Catherine Wagner, internationally renowned Mills College professor of art, has received a two-year Artist in Residence fellowship from the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, CA. Spanning the transitional period from their temporary to new space, her residency will culminate in the inauguration of the Academy’s new “green” building, currently under construction in Golden Gate Park and scheduled to open in late 2008.
May 01, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College English professor Stephen Ratcliffe has published his latest book of poetry, Real (Avenue B, 2007), 474 pages written in 474 consecutive days.
April 30, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Molissa Fenley, associate professor of dance at Mills College, has received a 2007–08 American Academy of Rome Prize. Her prestigious honor, entitled the Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize, will provide Fenley with a stipend, a studio, room, and board for six months. She will begin residence at the Academy in February 2008.
April 27, 2007 Read the full story
Roselyne “Cissie” Swig to Receive Honorary Degree
Oakland, CA - Thoraya Ahmed Obaid (Mills Class of ‘66), executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), will be the Commencement speaker at Mills College on Saturday, May 12, 2007. During the ceremony, an honorary doctor of humane letters will be conferred upon Roselyne “Cissie” Swig, an invaluable member of the Mills College Board of Trustees for nearly 20 years throughout six terms since 1987. She is currently the founder and president of ComCon International, a community consulting company.
April 24, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - The tragedy that occurred this week at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia leaves us shocked and filled with sadness. The deaths of over 30 persons on that campus make this the deadliest attack on a school in our country’s history, a disaster that is almost incomprehensible to most of us. Our hearts and support go out to the entire university community and most specifically to the students and families whose lives have been forever transformed by this inexplicable horror.
April 18, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Daniel Alarcón, distinguished visiting professor at Mills College, has received a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction. Results of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation’s 83rd annual United States and Canadian competition were just announced by Foundation president Edward Hirsch. The 2007 Fellowship winners include 189 artists, scholars, and scientists selected from almost 2,800 applicants for awards totaling $7,600,000.
April 16, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Approximately 100 leaders at a Mills College forum on April 4, 2007 called for major changes in children’s health and eating habits. Entitled “100 Leaders: the Mills Forum on Student Achievement, Children’s Health, and School Lunch,” the event featured national, state, and local leaders who also pointed out the need for increased funding to improve school meals.
April 10, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College alumna Kymberly Jackson (’99, MFA ‘04), a professional flautist, was selected to perform as a contestant on the world famous Apollo Theater stage in Harlem, New York, on March 5, 2007. She appeared as part of the program, “Showtime at the Apollo,” which will air on various networks on May 5, 2007.
April 10, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - The collaborative efforts of the Mills College soccer team, Athletics Department, Student Diversity Programs, President, senior officers, and legal counsel have resulted in a change in a national rule governing men’s and women’s soccer that will foster a harassment-free environment for all student-athletes.
April 10, 2007 Read the full story
Roselyne “Cissie” Swig to Receive Honorary Degree
Oakland, CA - Thoraya Ahmed Obaid (Mills Class of ‘66), executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), will be the Commencement speaker at Mills College on Saturday, May 12, 2007. During the ceremony, an honorary doctor of humane letters will be conferred upon Roselyne “Cissie” Swig, an invaluable member of the Mills College Board of Trustees for nearly 20 years throughout six terms since 1987. She is currently the founder and president of ComCon International, a community consulting company.
April 24, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - If one Mills professor has her way, doing mathematics will be as popular among middle and high school students as being on a football team. Zvezdelina Stankova, associate professor of mathematics at Mills College, was featured in Science News Online in an article entitled “Math Circles Inspire Students” by Julie J. Rehmeyer. Published the week of March 31, 2007, the article highlights Stankova’s Berkeley Math Circle, a weekly gathering designed to expose talented students to what she calls “world-class mathematics.”
April 3, 2007 Read the full story
New Volume Documents Linguistic, Cultural Diversity of Latino Literature in U.S.
Oakland, CA - Carlota Caulfield, professor of Spanish and Spanish-American studies at Mills College, has co-edited the Companion to U.S. Latino Literatures with Darién J. Davis, associate professor of history and Latin American studies at Middlebury College in Vermont. The book was published last month by Tamesis Books, UK, the leading academic imprint outside Spain specializing in scholarly editions and monographs relating to the literature, history, art, and philology of the Spanish-speaking world.
April 2, 2007 Read the full story
Lokey a Major Supporter of Mills, Women’s Advancement
Oakland, CA - Lorry I. Lokey, a Mills College Trustee and major donor, has been named among the nation’s most generous philanthropists in The Chronicle of Philanthropy (“Record-Breaking Giving,” February 22, 2007). Ranked 10th on the list of 60 philanthropists, he gave away $163 million in 2006. Lokey is one of 21 Americans noted for giving away more than $100 million last year—a new record in philanthropic giving. This is the seventh year in a row that he has been recognized on the Chronicle’s annual list.
March 30, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Four exceptional Mills College students will travel to China this June to engage in fieldwork as part of the Nancy Lin Li and Amy Lin Shen Student Research Fellows Program. The pilot program is modeled on last year’s grant from the ASIANetwork-Freeman Foundation that enabled Wah Cheng, Mills associate professor of history, to take students on a research journey to China.
March 23, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College will host a “Careers in Public Policy” night with professionals who have degrees in public policy and whose careers represent the diverse professions within the field. Free and open to the public on Tuesday, April 3, 2007, the event is designed to inform participants about opportunities in a variety of public policy career paths and educational preparation for the field.
March 18, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Li Chiao-Ping, Mills College professor of dance, will present “Home Works,” an exciting program of new and recent contemporary dance works at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, Friday, March 30, 2007, and Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 8 pm.
March 15, 2007 Read the full story
Conference on Saturday, March 17 also Debuts Toyota Experience for Girls
Oakland, CA - Mills College will host 300 6th to 8th grade girls from Alameda and Contra Costa County at its Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) conference on Saturday, March 17, 2007, aiming to spark girls’ interests in, and awareness of opportunities in science and mathematics. The daylong event will feature welcome remarks from Mills President Janet L. Holmgren, a presentation on courage by Debra R. Pryor, chief, Berkeley Fire Department, stimulating workshops, and a closing talk by Kathleen O’Hara, associate deputy director, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.
March 15, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Zvezdelina Stankova, associate professor of mathematics at Mills College, has been selected to give a plenary speech at the National Mathematical Conference at the University of Minnesota Duluth, July 16–19, 2007. Entitled “Communicating Mathematics,” the conference will be held in recognition of the 30th anniversary of the Duluth Research Experience for Undergraduates in Mathematics, and in honor of the 65th birthday of mathematics professor Joseph Gallian.
March 14, 2007 Read the full story
Chez Panisse’s Alice Waters, Agriculture Secretary A.G. Kawamura Among Experts to Meet on April 4, 2007
Oakland, CA - Alice Waters, chef/owner of Chez Panisse restaurant, Delaine Eastin, former California Superintendent of Public Instruction and now distinguished visiting professor of educational leadership at Mills, and A.G. Kawamura, secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture, are among the leaders who will gather at Mills College for a statewide forum on “100 Leaders: the Mills Forum on Scholastic Achievement, Student Health, and School Lunch” on Wednesday, April 4, 2007.
March 14, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Judith Rosenberg, artist/lecturer and music director of dance at Mills College, will give two musical performances as part of the Asian American Film Festival on Saturday, March 24, 2007. The performances will take place at the Oakland Museum of California at 12:30 pm and 2 pm.
March 13, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - The New York Public Library has chosen Blackthorn Winter: A Murder Mystery by Mills professor Kathryn Reiss in its annual selection of Books for the Teen Age.
March 9, 2007 Read the full story
Anouar Majid to Lecture on Monday, April 9
Oakland, CA - Anouar Majid, described by Princeton professor Cornel West as “one of a few towering Islamic intellectuals,” will appear at Mills College on Monday, April 9, 2007, to discuss "The Cultural Politics of Regime Change." Majid is considered a leading figure in examining the place of religion and Islam in postcolonial theory and the culture of globalization.
March 8, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mills College alumna Zanele Mavuso Mbatha (Class of 1993) was recently featured in Economist magazine (February 8, 2007) in an article entitled “Digging Deep.” Since becoming the chief executive officer of Incwala, a South African mining-investment firm with a current market value of $1.7 billion, she has been working to turn the company into a diversified mining giant.
March 1, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Carlota Caulfield, Mills College professor of Spanish and Spanish-American Studies, will discuss the Irish in Latin America as part of a keynote panel featured in the Crossroads Irish-American Festival. Caulfield is the author of Ticket to Ride, a collection of autobiographical essays, poems and interviews, in which she reflects on her Cuban-Irish-Catalan-Sephardic heritage.
February 27, 2007 Read the full story
Project Pathways Scholar Ashanti Branch Inspires High School Students
Oakland CA - Ashanti Branch is one of Mills College’s Project Pathways scholars making critical changes in the world of education. A math teacher at San Lorenzo High School, Branch is featured in California Educator magazine (December 2006) in an article entitled “Branch Replaces Apathy with Positive Energy” by Sherry Posnick-Goodwin.
February 13, 2007 Read the full story
Mills College Graduate Students Provide Answers at December 10 Conference
Oakland, CA - One of the foremost feminist activists of her time and the country’s most eloquent voice on behalf of women’s rights, Gloria Steinem will appear in conversation at Mills College on Thursday, March 15, 2007. Holly Kernan, Mills lecturer and KALW news director, and Meredith May, Mills alumna and award-winning staff writer with the San Francisco Chronicle, will interview Steinem in the Mills Concert Hall, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94613.
February 12, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Brinda Mehta, professor of French and Francophone Studies at Mills College, has won the Caribbean Philosophical Association's Frantz Fanon Award for outstanding work in Indo-Caribbean thought for her book, Diasporic Dis(locations): Indo-Caribbean Women Writers Negotiate the "Kala Pani.”
February 9, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Mari Litsky, head of school-age care at the Mills College Children’s School, has won the annual award of excellence from the California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC).
February 6, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Li Chiao-Ping, professor of dance at Mills College, has received an outstanding review in Madison, Wisconsin for her dance concert “HOME WORKS” in Overture’s Promenade Hall.
February 6, 2007 Read the full story
Interview Honors Black History Month
Oakland, CA - Daphne Muse, director of the Mills College Women’s Leadership Institute, was recently featured in the San Francisco Chronicle as part of a month-long series of interviews honoring Black History Month.
February 5, 2007 Read the full story
The Chronicle of Higher Education Ranks Mills in Top Third for Endowment
Oakland, CA - The Mills College endowment increased by 11.8 percent in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, to a total of $198,734,000 according to The Chronicle of Higher Education (January 26, 2007). In the article, entitled “Endowments Celebrate a Streak,” Mills is ranked 234th out of 765 colleges and universities nationwide for the size of its endowment.
January 31, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - The Public Policy Program at Mills College will sponsor an evening discussion and dinner on “Grassroots Organizations Making Social Change” on Tuesday, February 20, 2007. The free, public event will be held from 5:00–7:00 pm in the campus Faculty Lounge, Rothwell Center, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94613.
January 25, 2007 Read the full story
Free Public Events Precede Appearance by Gloria Steinem in March
Oakland, CA - Five nationally respected artists and writers will offer guest lectures at Mills College this spring as part of Professor Moira Roth’s art history seminar on “Contemporary U.S. Women Artists and the Feminist Art Movement.” Free and open to the public, the lectures highlighting feminism and art precede an appearance at Mills on March 15 by Gloria Steinem.
January 24, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA - Award-winning author Tillie Olsen passed away on January 1, 2007, at the age of 94. An activist who fought against the silencing of women, and for the rights of American workers, Olsen received an honorary doctor of letters degree from Mills College in 1995. Her daughter, Julie Olsen Edwards (Class of 1960) attended Mills and her granddaughter, Rebekah Edwards (Class of 1994), graduated from Mills with honors and is a lecturer in the College’s English Department.
January 12, 2007 Read the full story
Grant Honors Distinguished Mills Trustee/Alumna Patricia S. Pineda
Oakland, CA - The James Irvine Foundation has awarded $300,000 to Mills College to create a computer classroom/student lounge in the College’s new state-of-the-art Natural Sciences Building. The grant honors Patricia S. Pineda, a retiring member of the Irvine Foundation Board of Directors and a Mills alumna (Class of 1974) who serves on the College’s Board of Trustees.
January 10, 2007 Read the full story
Oakland, CA – Mills College has been named a 2006 winner of the National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators (NADIIIAA)/Jostens Community Service Award for the “Array of Projects” performed by student-athletes.
January 2, 2007 Read the full story
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