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Claremont McKenna College (CMC) is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college and a member of the Claremont Colleges located in Claremont, California. The 50-acre (0.20 km2) campus is located 35 miles (56 km) east of Downtown Los Angeles.[2] CMC was founded in 1946 as Claremont Men's College and emphasized programs in government, business, and international affairs. A joint Claremont-Mudd-Scripps athletic program offers 21 varsity sports and competes in the NCAA's Division III Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.[3]
History
Claremont McKenna College was founded in 1946 soon after World War II ended as Claremont Men's College. CMC was founded with the mission to foster leadership in its students in the fields of government, business, and international affairs. The school became coeducational in 1976 and was renamed after Donald McKenna, a founding trustee, in 1981. Its mission has stayed the same, as reflected in the College's motto, "Crescit cum commercio civitas," or "civilization prospers with commerce." Organization and administrationCMC is chartered as a private, non-profit organization and is a member of the 7-institution Claremont Colleges consortium that share libraries, a bookstore, athletic facilities, and various student services.[3] The privately-appointed 40 voting member board of trustees, chaired by Harry T. McMahon, elects a president to serve as chief executive officer of the college.[5][1] Pamela Gann is CMC's fourth president and has served since July 1999. The president has a senior staff of 13 vice presidents including a Dean of Students and Dean of the Faculty. AcademicsCMC is a small, highly residential, exclusively undergraduate four-year liberal arts college with an arts & sciences focus. Claremont McKenna is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.[6] Tuition for the 2008–2009 school year is $36,825 (excluding room, board, materials, and fees). CMC admits students on a need-blind basis.[citation needed] Students were awarded $14.1 million in need-based and merit financial aid in 2007 and approximately two-thirds of CMC students receive financial aid.[7][8] Although its specialty is public policy and economics, Claremont McKenna College requires students to complete courses in natural and social sciences, humanities, and foreign language. CMC students are required to take two first year classes in Literature and Civilization. Generally, most CMC students take introductory government and economics courses, calculus or discrete math, a course in both physical and biological science, physical education or participation on a team sport, a third or fourth semester equivalent of a foreign language, and at least several other humanities couses including literature, philosophy and religious studies, as well as other social science classes in psychology and history. Claremont McKenna's curricular emphasis is on its social sciences, particularly economics, government, international relations, and organizational psychology. 40% of CMC students major in either government or international relations. CMC also offers an Oxford-style Philosophy, Politics, and Economics major. Other multi-disciplinary majors include management engineering, philosophy and public affairs, science and management, econ-accounting, biology-chemistry, and environment, economics, and politics (EEP). CMC also offers the Robert A. Day 4+1 BA/MBA, in which students receive both their BA from Claremont McKenna and their MBA from the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University in 5 years. Claremont McKenna announced in September 2007 the biggest gift ever to a liberal arts college: $200 million donated personally by alum Robert A. Day, to found a program on campus known as the Robert Day Scholars. The program consists of undergraduate courses as well as a fifth year MA in finance, though the undergraduate program would consist of economics, finance, accounting and psychology courses. CMC does not offer traditional minors, but rather interdisciplinary sequences in Asian-American Studies, computer science, ethics, financial economics, [and women's studies], human rights, genocide, and holocaust studies, leadership, and scientific modeling. 
CMC's science program is offered through the Joint Science Department of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges. The Joint Science Department has been offering a new double year-long introductory science class [2] to allow more flexibility than the former 3 year-long introductory biology, chemistry, and physics courses that most science majors must complete. Nearly half of CMC students study abroad. Another popular option for off-campus study is The Washington Program. According to the program's website, "CMC's program is rooted in a full-time internship and a serious discussion of contemporary political issues."[9] Rankings
Campus lifeMarian Miner Cook AthenaeumThe Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum hosts more than one hundred dinner and lecture events with distinguished speakers each year, serving as the College's central intellectual and social hub. Students enjoy getting to know their professors at wine and cheese receptions and formal dinners preceding lectures by such eminent visitors as former President Bill Clinton, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, authors Gore Vidal and Salman Rushdie, cybernetics expert Kevin Warwick, former Attorney General Janet Reno, filmmaker Spike Lee, environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, U2 frontman and activist Bono, award-winning CNN journalist Anderson Cooper, and former Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove. The Athenaeum hosts speakers four nights a week, and also serves daily afternoon tea in its library, featuring chocolate-covered strawberries and pastries. Afternoon tea, like all Athenaeum meals and events, is free to students, faculty, and staff. HousingAs a residential community, student life is centered on campus and four years of housing is guaranteed. Claremont's dorms are divided into three regions: North Quad, Mid Quad, and South Quad. In addition, the student apartments sit on the East edge of campus, and are occupied primarily by seniors. All dorm rooms are attended to by housekeeping staff every week. North Quad comprises Appleby, Boswell, Green, and Wohlford dormitories, which were the campus's first dorms. In north quad, every room opens to the outdoors instead of opening to an interior hallway. North quad rooms are all doubles grouped into suites of four rooms that share a bathroom. North Quad is the center of the social scene at CMC. CMC's Mid Quad is home to Beckett, Benson, Berger, Marks, and Phillips Halls, which feature long interior corridors, double and single rooms, large shared-bathroom facilities, and all-dorm lounge areas. Adjacent to Mid Quad is Badgley Gardens a green space just south of Beckett Hall, where commencement was previously held. Due to the construction of a new dorm on Badgley Gardens, commencement has been moved to Pritzlaff field, behind Bauer Center, on the east end of campus. Claremont Hall, completed in 2008, is the newest dormitory with space for 109 students. The three story modern building is the first LEED Silver-rated dormitory on campus. 
The tallest buildings in Claremont are "The Towers," Auen, Fawcett, and Stark Halls, which make up South Quad. Each tower has seven floors with approximately twelve students per floor. Each floor has a common area and a large shared bathroom, and there is an all-dorm lounge area on the ground floor. Stark Hall, the newest of the South Quad dorms, is substance-free. Auen and Fawcett underwent complete interior renovations in the summer of 2008. Senior ApartmentsThe Senior Apartments lie to the east of the college's athletic facilities and to the west of Claremont Boulevard, and are divided into four buildings numbered 651, 661, 671 and 681. Each apartment is divided into four bedrooms and two bathrooms, and an apartment application must have four names on it. Until recently, half the apartments were reserved for men and half for women, and apartments were allotted based on credits. However, in 2005 the college abolished the 50/50 male/female ratio and began to assign apartments strictly on credits, which has had the effect of skewing the ratio slightly toward the female side. In any given year, most of CMC's 260 - 300 seniors can live in the apartments, though due to limited space some must live in the dorms. Living in the apartments is considered highly desirable amongst CMC's senior class. Seniors get the chance to live with three friends of their choice, and do not have to worry about potentially obnoxious underclassmen. They also have the option to stay on a meal plan and eat at one of the 5-C dining halls, or cook for themselves. Apartment dwellers do not get the maid service of the dorms, but they do get a cable hookup, which the dorms don't have. Noise levels are more manageable, and tend to be quiet during much of the week and in the days leading up to thesis, and loud from Thursday to Saturday. Most parties and social events at the apartments take place between buildings 661 and 671 or on the "dunk hoops" (a small basketball court with hoops that are 7 feet high). Traditions
Several of Claremont McKenna College's traditions are water-related:
The ConsortiumAll five colleges are part of the Claremont University Consortium, also known as "the 5-Cs." Together the campuses cover over 300 acres and enroll 6,000 students. In addition there are over 3,500 faculty and staff and more than 2,500 courses available. Student life revolves around the five colleges as they interact socially and also share seven dining halls, four main libraries, and other facilities spread throughout the campuses. Notable facilities include:
Students attending Claremont McKenna can enroll in up to 2/3 of their classes at the other four colleges, and can also major at any of the other colleges if the major is not offered at CMC. This is the general academic policy at all five schools, and is meant to give students the resources of a larger university while still maintaining the qualities of a small, liberal-arts college. Research institutesCMC sponsors ten different on-campus research institutes and centers. They seek to produce new research and publications while involving undergraduate students in rigorous academic work. Many are named in honor of the college's donors.
Athletics
Athletes from CMC, Harvey Mudd College, and Scripps College compete under one program - CMS Athletics. The men are the Stags, and the women are the Athenas. The 19 teams participate in the NCAA's Division III and in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Ducey Gymnasium has been slated for a complete overhaul beginning in 2009, with new fitness facilities including a weight and cardio room overlooking Zinda Field.[17] Opening Fall 2008 is the Biszantz Family Tennis Center. The facility offers locker-rooms, offices, restrooms, an adjacent parking lot and a "championship court". It is located south of Sixth Street at Brooks Avenue.[18] Over the years, a rivalry has formed between the opposing sports teams CMS (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) and PP (Pomona-Pitzer). These teams, however, mostly consist of students enrolled at Claremont McKenna and Pomona, which has intensified the rivalry between these particular neighbors. Recently, the rivalry has spread off the field and into classrooms and parties, making the rivalry not just athletic, but social and academic as well. 
The Claremont McKenna golf team ranked first among NCAA Division III teams according to Golf Digest, and 17th overall (including Division 1 schools). The rankings are based on the "Balanced" category which is "for students who place equal emphasis on school and sports."[4] The Campaign for Claremont McKenna
On July 1, Claremont McKenna issued a press release reporting that Henry Kravis of KKR gave $75 million. The college has named the academic center after him. [19]
• $110 million for students: need-based financial aid and merit scholarships, internships, research, speaker series, and other experiences • $110 million for faculty: chairs, research, and new curricula • $100 million for facilities: new buildings, renovations, and master planning projects • $200 million for the Robert Day Scholars Program[20] • $80 million for The Fund for CMC: operating costs [21] Controversies
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