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Women’s Water Polo Earns Fifth-Straight SCIAC Regular Season Championship
The Pomona-Pitzer women’s water polo team defeated SCIAC rival CMS 12–5 to earn the SCIAC Regular Season Championship on April 20 at Haldeman Pool on Pomona’s campus. With the win, the Sagehens ended the regular season with a 21–10 overall record and 12–0 in SCIAC play. Pomona-Pitzer has dominated the SCIAC regular season once again
[Read More...]Pitzer College Media Statement on College Council’s Call for Israel Academic Boycott
April 11, 2024 — On April 11, 2024, Pitzer College President Strom C. Thacker rejected a Pitzer College Council recommendation calling for an academic boycott of all Israeli academic institutions. President Thacker views the recommendation as antithetical to Pitzer’s commitment to academic freedom, to the creation of a safe and productive learning environment for all, and
[Read More...]Pomona-Pitzer Women’s Swim and Dive Wins Two NCAA Relay National Championships
On March 23, the Pomona-Pitzer women's swim and dive team ended the 2024 NCAA Division III Swim and Dive Championship with two Relay Championships under their belt. First, the Sagehens won the 400 Freestyle Relay National Championship to put an exclamation point on a seventh-place team finish, ending the four-day competition with 257.5 points. The Sagehens’ 400 Freestyle Relay National Championship title is the second national title that they clinched. The team also earned the 200 Freestyle Relay title on March 21, claiming the women's first National Championship title since the 1983–84 season.
Alumni With Passions for Health and Educational Equity Named 2024 Alumni Award Recipients
Pitzer College announces the selection of Susan Warren ’78 P’01 as the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient and Cesar Vargas Nuñez ’14 as the 2024 Young Alumni Achievement Award recipient. Warren and Vargas Nuñez will be honored during a special awards reception held later this month during Pitzer’s Alumni Weekend 2024, April 26–28. Each year, the College honors
[Read More...]Pitzer College Media Statement on Study Abroad Program Changes
April 2, 2024 — Pitzer College has removed study abroad programs in 11 countries, including one at the University of Haifa in Israel, from its pre-approved list because they did not meet certain of the criteria outlined in the college’s guiding principles for Study Abroad and International programs, specifically, lack of enrollments for at least
[Read More...]Marriage Equality Activist Jim Obergefell to Speak at Pitzer College 2024 Commencement
Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case legalizing same-sex marriage across the country, will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2024 at this spring’s Commencement ceremony on May 11. “Jim Obergefell’s personal journey to have his marriage legally recognized resulted in a decision that stands among the most consequential
[Read More...]For Pratya Poosala ’24, Storytelling and Radical Listening Can Improve Healthcare
Does storytelling belong in labs and medical offices? Pratya Poosala ’24 would argue yes. Poosala enjoyed her STEM classes as a behavioral neuroscience major, but she still had a passion for the humanities. Her solution was adding a self-designed major in narrative medicine. “The way that science is taught sometimes tends to be detached from the humanities. As someone interested in a healthcare career, I think it’s important we not only learn how to be good scientists and researchers but also good people—people who work with communities.”
CASA Pitzer Celebrates 25 Years of Community Activism in the Inland Empire
Critical Action & Social Advocacy (CASA) Pitzer has experienced many transformations during its 25 years of justice-oriented learning and collaboration. Today CASA Pitzer resides in downtown Ontario in the historic Frankish Building—where murals, natural light, diagonal bookshelves, and cozy furniture welcome everyone who comes in. It is here that activist research and community building become one.
Irvine Foundation Presents Leadership Award to Michele Siqueiros ’95 for Her Educational Access Advocacy
Michele Siqueiros ’95 has been selected as a recipient of a 2024 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. The award recognizes leaders in California whose innovative solutions to critical state challenges are improving lives and creating opportunities throughout the state. Siqueiros serves as the president of The Campaign for College Opportunity, a nonprofit policy advocacy and
[Read More...]Pomona-Pitzer Women’s Golf Wins SCIAC I
The No. 1-ranked Pomona-Pitzer women’s golf team finished as champions of the SCIAC I Tournament with Katelyn Vo PO’24 tying for the SCIAC I individual title last weekend at Los Lagos. Pomona-Pitzer owned the course against a stacked SCIAC I competition at Los Lagos with the Sagehens finishing with the highest number of pars as
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