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🌱 Patch AM: Harvey Mudd just landed a top-three national ranking—here’s why

And on the Claremont Patch calendar - Dyslexia 101 Workshop

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Cheers Claremont! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Harvey Mudd just landed a top-three national ranking—here's why
  • What CMC's massive new Sports Bowl means just across Claremont Boulevard
  • How rescuers freed a trapped bear family near Claremont's favorite loop trail

Also on today's calendar: Dyslexia 101 Workshop and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 93 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 91, low: 61.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 88 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Harvey Mudd Ranks No. 3 in TIME's Best Colleges List (hmc.edu) — Claremont's own Harvey Mudd College just earned the No. 3 spot nationwide in TIME's first "America's Best Colleges" list, highlighting its strong student outcomes and distinctive STEM-plus-humanities approach. The ranking emphasizes graduates' earnings, graduation rates, and learning environment, and praises Mudd's Clinic Program for giving students real-world problem-solving experience with industry partners.
   

2. The Sports Bowl at the Roberts Campus opens for CMC community (cmc.edu) — Claremont residents now have a major new neighbor across Claremont Boulevard, as Claremont McKenna College's Sports Bowl at the Roberts Campus opens with state-of-the-art fields and a new under-the-boulevard pedestrian arcade. The project doubles CMC's footprint, adds parking, lighting, and safety improvements at Ninth and Claremont, and will host CMS football's Sept. 5 home opener plus expanded recreational access for the campus community.
   

3. Bear family rescued after being trapped in a La Verne water tank (dailynews.com) — A bear family was safely rescued Saturday from a La Verne Fire Department water tank just off the popular 5-Mile Loop Trail by Claremont Wilderness Park, a spot many local hikers know well. Los Angeles County and La Verne crews, with state wildlife wardens, cut into the drained cistern and guided the trapped mother and cub out, then secured the tank to prevent future incidents.
   

4. One third of college students say using violence to shut down speech on campus is acceptable: poll (nypost.com) — Claremont readers may be interested that Claremont McKenna College, located in town, ranked first nationwide in a major free-speech survey, despite many students there still condoning some disruption or even violence against controversial speakers. The report, based on responses from tens of thousands of students, contrasts Claremont McKenna's strong overall climate for expression with troubling national trends toward self-censorship and confrontational protest tactics.
   

5. California university takes top spot in new best colleges ranking (amedpost.com) — Claremont gets a nod in TIME's new America's Best Colleges list, with Harvey Mudd College ranked No. 3 nationally and Claremont McKenna College at No. 9. Stanford tops the rankings overall, while Caltech also lands in the top 10, underscoring how California schools, including those in Claremont, compete with elite East Coast universities.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday September 1
  • Snowline Academy Title I Parent Meeting
    Snowline Joint Unified Snowline Academy, 3919 Nielson Rd, Phelan, CA 92329, USA
    5:00 pm
  • Back to School Night for Eagle Summit CDS
    Snowline Joint Unified Phelan, CA 92329
    5:00 pm
  • Chaparral HS Title I Parent Meeting
    Snowline Joint Unified Chaparral High School, 9258 Malpaso Rd, Phelan, CA 92371, USA
    5:00 pm
  • Back to School Night for Snowline Academy
    Snowline Joint Unified Snowline Academy, 3919 Nielson Rd, Phelan, CA 92329, USA
    5:00 pm
  • Back to School Night for Chaparral High School
    Snowline Joint Unified Chaparral High School, 9258 Malpaso Rd, Phelan, CA 92371, USA
    5:00 pm
  • Back to School Night
    Magnolia Elementary Upland, CA 91786
    6:00 pm
    • Wednesday September 2
  • Baldy Mesa ES Title I Parent Meeting
    Snowline Joint Unified Baldy Mesa Elementary School, 10376 Baldy Mesa Rd, Phelan, CA 9
    9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • May I appeal to your kindness to all living creatures by asking my neighbors to put out a bowl of fresh water every day to help out the creatures (birds, opossums, raccoons, squirrels, stray cats, etc.
    ) who might be suffering in this sweltering heat? They are suffering too. Thank you. (Nextdoor Cobblestone)
  • "Our free community market at Claremont United Church of Christ is back!
    This Sunday, August 30th, from 11am to 1pm. This time we will have EliteTacos.Co with us providing 300 lunches and Agua Fresca to go with it. If you… (Nextdoor North Claremont)
  • The Claremont College Services posted a job opening for Lead Building Attendant in Claremont. Apply here.
  • Claremont McKenna College posted a job opening for Associate Vice President for Construction Management and Capital Projects in Claremont. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Claremont here.

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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