Literary labor of love gave way to 'Guernsey' Aug 28, 2008
The author of "Ivy and Bean," the popular children's series, among other books of fiction and nonfiction, she has a master of fine arts in writing from Mills College and worked for a decade as a book editor at Chronicle Books. So, in December 2006, after turning in the manuscript for her latest children's novel, "The Magic Half," she devoted most of the next year to her aunt's book. (San Francisco Chronicle)
LeTourneau ranks high in university report Aug 23, 2008
Rounding out the top five were Santa Clara University in California, Gonzaga University in Washington, and Loyola Marymount University and Mills College, both in California. Tuition and fees at LeTourneau cost $19,140 for the 2008-09 school year. (News-Journal.com)
Oakland cops mass before entering ambush area Aug 22, 2008
She spoke from behind a gate displaying a white T-shirt decorated with handwritten messages for Deandre Walker, 23, a former neighborhood resident who was shot and killed early Sunday on Fleming Avenue near Mills College. The area has been the scene of several violent incidents this year. (San Francisco Chronicle)
UNL gets 10 responses on research park query Aug 19, 2008
The higher education consulting firm has helped create master plans for Mills College in Oakland, Calif. Grambling State University in Grambling, La. (Columbus Telegram, NE)
Man Shot And Killed In West Oakland Aug 19, 2008
A man shot and killed early Sunday in a normally tranquil neighborhood near Mills College was identified today as 23-year-old Deandre Walker of Hayward. Walker was shot at about 12:07 a.m. on the 5600 block of Fleming Avenue, police said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Wimbledon confirm move to prize money equality Aug 13, 2008
Women to receive same rewards as men for first time. Thursday February 22 2007 11:29 GMT. (Yahoo News -- Women's Issues)
Millsmont Shooting Victim Identified Aug 12, 2008
Davis was found shot on the 3400 block of 64th Avenue Place, a one-block cul-de sac southeast of Mills College, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Student aid requests soar as economy plummets Aug 12, 2008
From Santa Clara University and San Jose State University in the South Bay to UC Berkeley and Mills College in the East Bay, financial aid officers say families are increasingly struggling to pay rising college costs while they deal with layoffs, home foreclosures and skyrocketing living expenses ... 1 percent at Mills College, and 19 ... David Gin, associate vice president for student finance at Mills College in Oakland, said his office is seeing a lot more families appealing their financial... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Designing your dream dorm room Aug 10, 2008
They're innovating: from tiny Mills College, where the 200 incoming students will be receiving recycling bins and new "mini waste bins"; to the 1,200 new residents at Santa Clara University who are being grouped in themed learning communities; to the 1,711 freshmen who'll be greeted with a new swipe-card security system at Stanford University. Stanford made big news with its new gender-neutral policy on roommates - but that's just for upperclassmen, 50 of whom are opting to share a residence... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Dorm decor ideas Aug 10, 2008
Mills College in Oakland uses its spacious dorm rooms as a recruiting tool. Hopefully we aren't spoiling the surprise when we note that elsewhere freshmen generally get the oldest and smallest rooms on campus. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mills College welcomes new provost Aug 8, 2008
Janet Holmgren, Mills College president, described Greer as "a renowned researcher and teacher who will enhance immeasurably Mills' reputation in the field of science.". Mills College opened a $17. (San Francisco Business Journal)
Rose princess from 1922 dies at 104 Aug 7, 2008
She graduated from Lincoln High School in 1921 and from Mills College in 1925. She was an American Red Cross volunteer for 85 years. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Despite warnings, cellist's urge to compose won out Jun 26, 2008
" Shortly after graduating, Jeanrenaud got a call from her Indiana schoolmate, violist Hank Dutt. He had joined the fledgling Kronos Quartet, founded some years earlier in Seattle by first violinist David Harrington; now the quartet had a residency at Mills College in Oakland but were two musicians short. Jeanrenaud joined the group, along with second violinist John Sherba, and never looked back. "It was perfect timing for me. I thought, 'I've studied long enough - now it's time to get a job. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Finding Nouf,' planting roots Jun 19, 2008
Meanwhile, the base at the Presidio had been decommissioned and Ferraris' father and mother retired to West Virginia, but she stayed in the Bay Area, attending Mills College as a math major - the last math major at Mills, it turned out. "I was the only student, and in the middle of my senior year, they closed the program," Ferraris said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
News & Notes Jun 15, 2008
Sun is enrolled at University of California, San Diego, and Cummings is headed off to Mills College in Oakland, Calif. An independent committee of Kauai educational professionals evaluated more than 40 applications based on academic merit, community service, credit union relationship and financial need. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Obits: Isle scientist loved the environment Jun 13, 2008
A Punahou School graduate, Kay got a bachelor's degree from Mills College ... In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to Punahou School, Mills College or the University of Hawaii. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Fred Lonberg-Holm Jun 12, 2008
Music Preview: Cellist's sonic wizardry is no mere 'Night in Tunisia. Search post-gazette NOW. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Changing world of commencement speakers Jun 12, 2008
On May 17, actress Rita Moreno, who lives in Berkeley, spoke to the class of 2008 at Mills College in Oakland. "I am constantly saddened and dismayed by the way in which we have come to torture the English language," she said, alluding to President Bush's verbal gaffes. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Providence College Athletics Director Bob Driscoll Receives... Jun 10, 2008
Before arriving at Cal, Driscoll served six years (1981-87) as the athletic director and chair of the Department of Physical Education, Recreation and Intramural Sports at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. Prior to arriving at Mills, Driscoll was assistant athletic director and head baseball and hockey coach at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. from 1977-81. (Friars.com)
Ciera Cummings named Presidential Scholar Jun 6, 2008
In August she will continue her education at Mills College in California. Of the six Hawaii presidential scholar semi-finalists, Kauai was also represented by Kauai High senior Nicole Gaetjens. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
S.F. Financier Jewett Dies May 27, 2008
Mr. Jewett served on the board of directors of the California Academy of Sciences, Mills College in Oakland and the Dartmouth Alumni Council as well as the advisory boards of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. He was also on the trustees council of the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
UC grad is special - and very able May 23, 2008
Sidney's 23-year-old sister graduated from Mills College on Saturday and his brother, 18, will graduate from high school in early June. His parents - who wish everything wasn't happening at once - might celebrate their oldest son's 3. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Conviction Upheld In Toddler's Fatal Beating May 22, 2008
Authorities said Hill beat his son at their home on Modesto Avenue near Mills College, at Arroyo Viejo Park in East Oakland and at his mother-in-law's home on Lark Street in San Leandro. Hill regularly abused the boy in the weeks before Cha Cha died, police said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
A happy ending: University Press of Mississippi director to retire after 29 years May 21, 2008
that book brought attention to the Press that no book had before and few have since then," she says. Srinivasan grew up in Bangalore, India - the country's fourth-largest city. Her father, Anthakrishnan, was an astrophysicist. Her mother, Shakunpala, was a homemaker whose interest in the arts rubbed off on Srinivasan, the second of three children. Both her parents spoke fluent English. So it wasn't as far-fetched as it might seem that Srinivasan earned a master's degree in English literature... (The Clarion-Ledger)
Catlett celebrates century of aging artfully May 21, 2008
After becoming the first African American to earn a master's degree at Mills College, she became a pioneering social worker in San Francisco, working in public welfare. It was during her tenure there that she discovered painting, the passion that has sustained her for five decades when a co-worker suggested that they take an art course at the de Young Museum. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ariel Gore closes chapter at Hip Mama zine May 16, 2008
Studied: Bachelor's degree, Mills College; master's degree, journalism, University of California, Berkeley Publis ... I had started the print magazine as my senior project at Mills College. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
Landline? That's Sooo Yesterday May 15, 2008
"We thought that anyone from our past could find us from our listing, but we haven't had anyone try and track us down, so that phone, except for telemarketers, didn't ring for a year," said Burnett, an admissions counselor at Mills College. For many still holding on to their home phones, the rings usually signify a telemarketing call. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
The political is personal for Havana-born Garcia May 9, 2008
Garcia is a visiting writer at Mills College in Oakland, not far from her permanent home in Napa Valley. She loves to experiment in her teaching and bring together material from different disciplines, graphic novels and film and history and art. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
Stanford Grad Gives $33M For Stem Cell Research May 8, 2008
native has also donated nearly $50 million to the University of Oregon and made contributions to Mills College in Oakland, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Israel and his elementary school in Oregon. His donations are made through his charity, the Jewish Community Endowment Fund in San Francisco. (Yahoo News -- Philanthropy and Volunteerism)
Thurman Fan, Affable on Stand, Admits He Was Possibly Foolish May 4, 2008
He spent a year in a master s program at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. earning a 3. (New York Times)
Coach's Corner: Hasten's swimmers just keep on rolling Apr 23, 2008
UD: Berendsen now coaches at Mills College in Oakland. LH: I saw the ad for that job in Swimming World, and I said, "That's my dream job." But I knew I never wanted to leave Sonora so I went right out and gave (the ad) to her. (The Union Democrat)
Darius Milhaud and Les Six Apr 13, 2008
In later life, Milhaud's career as a teacher alternated between the Paris conservatoire and the US at Mills College, Oakland, California. His pupils covered the spectrum of 20th-century music, including Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis, and Dave Brubeck. (Suite101.com)
'We can do it!' Apr 5, 2008
Mills College, founded in 1852, is an independent liberal arts college for women with graduate programs for both sexes ... Nancy Thornborrow, dean of the Graduate School of Business at Mills College, explains that, "Our program is one of two in the United States specifically designed to increase the number of successful women business leaders. We want to address the issue that women often make up less than 30 percent of MBA classes, whereas at law school and medical school there is parity. "One... (San Francisco Chronicle)
From Golden State to golden culture Mar 23, 2008
Yet so much of the most interesting cultural activity in California during the '50s was taking place in and around San Francisco: the Bay Area Figurative School of painting, with such artists as David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, and Wayne Thiebaud; Darius Milhaud, as both teacher and composer, at Mills College, in Oakland; and, of course, the Beat writers. For a few years anyway, Shakespeare was proven right: Bohemia really did have a coast, and it was hard by the Golden Gate. (Boston Globe)
Gordon and Betty Moore give $4 million to Mills College Mar 18, 2008
Mills College, adjacent to Interstate 580 between MacArthur Boulevard and Seminary Avenue in East Oakland, has about 900 undergraduate students and about 500 graduate students. Janet Holmgren is the school's president. (San Francisco Business Journal)
Women's Crew Takes Third at Sacramento State Invitational Mar 18, 2008
Santa Clara University - Official Athletic Site - Crew. Santa Clara women's crew on the water. (Santaclarabroncos.com)
Obituaries for Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Mar 18, 2008
A lifelong resident of St. Paul and her beloved Madeline Island, with a stint in Winona, Hazel graduated from the Convent of the Visitation School and attended Mills College. Nana was indeed the matriarch of her loving family, as she provided inspiration and guidance to scores of people through her dignity, charm and courage. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Voter turnout spotlights educational need Mar 10, 2008
org) and dean of the School of Education at Mills College. Peter Levine is director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Education (civicyouth. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Study finds disparity in civics classes Feb 29, 2008
Too often, however, those kinds of opportunities aren't available to students, say researchers at Mills College and the University of California, Berkeley, who compiled the findings ... "It's a big part of why high school is so important," says Kahne, dean of the school of education at Mills College. (Anchorage Daily News)
Scientist Of Sound Feb 18, 2008
The building that houses the music department at Mills College is undergoing rehabilitation, so Roscoe Mitchell, the saxophonist who was hired last fall as the Darius Milhaud Chair of Composition, has been given a temporary office in another hall down the road that winds through the leafy Oakland campus. . (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Some not smiling over Juno's sarcasm on China Feb 14, 2008
" International and transracial adoptions have been in the press more in the past few years thanks to growing multiracial celebrity families such as that of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and a child trafficking scandal involving an adoption agency in Chad in November. Mills College Professor Julia Chinyere Oparah, co-editor of transracial adoption anthology "Outsiders Within" and herself a transracial adoptee, says that there is a long history of "saving" children of color by removing them from... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Educational 'village' instills pride Feb 10, 2008
"The real difference between Gail's school and other schools is the sense of community at her school," says Quo Mieko Judkins, a Mills College graduate who earned a law degree at Penn State and is now a criminal defense attorney with the Washington D.C., public defender's office. "The essence of the curriculum was social justice, giving back to the community. That was ingrained in everything we did.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
White House hopefuls make big push Feb 3, 2008
" Clinton's daughter Chelsea was also scheduled to appear at Mills College in Oakland and hold a town hall-style meeting there, where she was to take questions from the audience. All About Share this on. (CNN -- International)
A Unique Sound Feb 3, 2008
In a recent e-mail, Frith, a professor of music at Mills College in Oakland, called Bittov "a force of nature - very inspiring, very uncomplicated - who has stayed true to her own impulses in a way that's quite rare" and "one of the greatest musicians I've ever known.". Five years ago, Bang on a Can's founders and artistic directors, Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe, invited Bittov to participate in one of the organization's 12-hour marathons. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
State poll shows huge gains by Obama, McCain Feb 3, 2008
Clinton, spoke Saturday to hundreds of students at Oakland's Mills College, while Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry was in San Francisco to boost Obama's campaign. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Clinton Cheered in Bay Area Feb 3, 2008
Clinton planned a final rally in Los Angeles Saturday, while her daughter, Chelsea, is set to campaign in the Bay Area, including at Mills College. Former President Bill Clinton planned to be traveling up and down the state in the final days on his own campaign swing, campaign officials said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Atlanta Ballet brings modern choreography to Athens Jan 31, 2008
" After going to college in New Delhi, his passion for dance took him to Mills College in Oakland, Calif., where he received a master's degree in dance. Before moving to the Atlanta area, he taught at Murray State University in Kentucky. "Hyperspace" marks his first collaboration with Atlanta Ballet, and he says he hopes it's not his last. "I definitely would like to credit the dancers, because I feel that they helped develop my creativity by who they are," he says. "The process I used required... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Hall names honor influential women Jan 26, 2008
She attended Salem schools and Willamette University and graduated from Mills College in California in 1920. She taught school in Astoria for two years before returning to Salem as a secretary to J.A. Churchill, state superintendent of public instruction. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Berkeley math institute celebrates 25 years Jan 26, 2008
" Vazirani got her first glimpse of the institute in 1992, when she was a Harvard undergraduate attending a summer program at Mills College in Oakland that included a tour of MSRI. "They told us that this was something we could aspire to," she recalled. "Maybe it was a little ivory tower-ish, but there was this very pure idea of bringing together the best minds in this distilled environment, away from all the other details of the world. " She said it seemed like the holy grail. And it still... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Full Story » Jan 17, 2008
Marler, who met her husband more than 40 years ago while he worked in a Mendocino County lumber mill, is a graduate of Mills College, is a former Santa Rosa Junior College dance teacher, produced radio programs for KPFA FM in Berkeley, edited works on archaeologist and has a Master in Archaeomythology from SSU.. She is also the founder and executive director of the Institute of Archaeomythology. (Sebastopol Sonoma West Publishing, CA)
Uma Threat Level Downgraded Jan 10, 2008
Jordan, who was enrolled as a master's candidate at Mills College in Oakland, California, at the time of his arrest, is still facing two misdemeanor counts of stalking and harassment. The University of Chicago graduate, class of 1994, has pleaded not guilty to both. (E! Online)
Uma Thurman may testify in stalker trial Jan 10, 2008
Jordan is a 1994 graduate of the University of Chicago and, until his arrest, was pursuing a masters degree at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. his lawyer said. (MSNBC -- News)
Steps into the wild true yonder Jan 7, 2008
8-metre-high, 36-kilogram instrument most often seen as part of a symphony orchestra - by the time she went to study composition and creative writing at Mills College in California. Her style is classical, but is also influenced by the polymetric techniques of African kora players. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
At Studio Grow in Berkeley kids learn art, music and Spanish Jan 7, 2008
However, his new brother-in-law, Tom Limbert, had taught in university-based preschools at San Francisco State University, Mills College and Stanford for years. The two decided to combine their expertise and, in May 2006, opened Studio Grow, a drop-in children's play space, offering activities such as dance, art, music circle, story time and Spanish. (San Francisco Chronicle)
BAILEY-WELLS, Deborah Anne Dec 18, 2007
She was educated at Hamlin School in San Francisco, Mendocino High School, Mills College and University of San Francisco Law School. She was a partner with the firm of K&L Gates, with a practice focusing on intellectual property litigation and counseling. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mom's Advice Lands Son In Jail Dec 12, 2007
It all started about 1 p.m. Monday when a resident on the 7400 block of Greenly Drive near Mills College called police to report being the victim of a carjacking by a young man with a knife, said Oakland police Sgt. Michael Poirier, chief of staff for Police Chief Wayne Tucker. An hour later, Officers Curtis Filbert and Michelle Melham spotted the stolen car and began chasing it, Poirier said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Jane Rule, Canadian writer, 76; championed gay, lesbian issues Dec 10, 2007
She graduated from Mills College in 1952 with a degree in English and then studied in London for a year. She was briefly enrolled in a writing program at Stanford University but abandoned it because she found it too commercial. (Boston Globe)
Accused stalker rejects deal Dec 10, 2007
Jordan, a graduate student at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. lives with his parents in Massachusetts. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Accused Uma Thurman Stalker Rejects Deal Dec 7, 2007
Jordan, a graduate student at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. is living in Massachusetts with his parents. (ABC 7 News, DC)
ILL BE WATCHING YOU Dec 6, 2007
His obsession took over, and although he was enrolled in graduate school at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. he got in his car and drove to New York. (New York Press)
Lesbian author was role model Nov 30, 2007
Rule was born in Plainfield, N.J., in 1931 and graduated in English literature from California's Mills College in 1952. While teaching English and biology at Concord Academy, a private girls' school in Massachusetts, she met Helen Sonthoff, a creative writing and literature teacher. (Toronto Star)
Jane Rule, 76 Nov 29, 2007
She earned a bachelor of arts in English in 1952 from Mills College, "studying the great liars in order to learn to tell the truth...But the curriculum at a women's college in the late 1940s and early 1950s offered very little which could give me any insight into my own life or the world I lived in," she wrote many years later in an autobiographical essay. That fall, she followed a female lover to England where she was "an occasional student" at University College, London, reading Shakespeare... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Lesbian author and advocate Jane Rule dies at 76 Nov 29, 2007
Rule was born in Plainfield, N.J., on March 28, 1931, and educated at Mills College in California. She immigrated to Vancouver in 1956and held a variety of jobs to support herself while she wrote. (CBC.ca)
The Six Life Benefits of Happiness Nov 19, 2007
A 1990's study of 141 senior class photographs from the 1960 yearbook of Mills College examined the nature of smiles in the photos: genuine smiles, the so-called Duchenne smile, versus a forced photo-smile. Researchers found that genuine smilers were more likely to be married, to stay married, and to experience more personal well being. (Suite101.com)
AUTHOR APPEARANCEMichael Chabon Nov 5, 2007
" Proceeds will benefit the literary lab 826 Valencia. $19. 8 p.m. Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. (415) 392-4400, . T SPOKEN WORD HENRY ROLLINS From disaffected teen to punk-rock hero to record mogul to handsome movie actor to TV interviewer to anti-war agitator to pro-gay spokesman to anti-faux-celebrity to pro-feminist to video artist to stand-up comic to riveting artist of the spoken word - Henry Rollins is above all else a provocateur situated in the heart of the... (San Francisco Chronicle)
