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Pitzer College Seniors Receive Eight Fellowship Awards

Claremont, Calif. (May 24, 2001) – Pitzer College seniors garnered a trove of 
prestigious awards this year, including a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, three Rotary 
Ambassadorial Scholarships, two Fulbright awards and two Freeman Foundation Asia 
Fellowships. Several Pitzer College seniors also were selected as award finalists.
Gabriel Garcia of Claremont, Calif., received a Watson Fellowship for his 
proposed study of "Racial Constructs Within Deaf Communities" in Panama, Venezuela, 
Jamaica, South Africa and Spain. Garcia held a double concentration in sociology and 
psychology at Pitzer. 
Three Pitzer College seniors garnered Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships: 
Gabriel Garcia, Micaela White of Las Vegas, and Katya Hurwitz of Santa Cruz, Calif. 
Garcia will study racial attitudes among deaf people. White, an economics concentrator, 
will study development planning and health care in Kenya. Hurwitz, a human biology 
concentrator, will study public health issues in Africa. 
Erin Good of San Diego won a Fulbright research grant for her proposed study, 
"Cultural Expectations and Language Acquisition by Tibetan School Children." Good 
held a double concentration in anthropology and linguistics.
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Sacha Moustakas of Ann Arbor, Mich., was honored with a Fulbright teaching 
grant to teach English in Korea. Moustakas' concentration is international/intercultural 
studies.
Scott Davis of Mosier, Ore., and Man Trang of Hayward, Calif., both received 
Freeman Fellowships. Patterned on the Watson, the Freeman Foundation Asia Fellowship 
provides financial assistance to students of The Claremont Colleges to participate in an 
international learning experience related to their career plans. Trang, an economics-
accounting concentrator, will study the culture and industry of rice in Vietnam. Davis, a 
religious studies concentrator, will explore Buddhism and social action in Thailand. 
Pitzer College also has two Fulbright alternates, two Fulbright finalists, a Coro 
Fellows Program alternate and one Freeman Fellowship alternate.
Sarah Bentley of Portland, Ore., and Heather Miller of Laguna Hills, Calif., are 
both alternates for Fulbright awards. Bentley, a double concentrator in environmental 
studies and Spanish language and culture, proposed to research "Academia and 
Application: Ecology in Merida, Venezuela." Miller, a sociology concentrator, proposed 
to study "The Interactive Relationship Between Western Medicine and Andean Health 
Concepts," also in Venezuela.
Lindsay Thorson of Alhambra, Calif., and Cristal Torres of Upland, Calif., were 
selected as finalists for Fulbright awards. Thorson is a political studies concentrator. 
Torres, who is also an alternate for the Coro Fellows Program, is a political studies 
concentrator.

 
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Rachel Newman of Bethesda, Md., is an alternate for the Freeman Fellowship 
Award.  She is an international/intercultural studies concentrator.
Along with the many seniors who received prestigious awards, Pitzer junior Diana 
Bob accomplished a Pitzer College first: She is the first student to receive the Udall 
Fellowship, a scholarship award. Bob is a resident of Ferndale, Wash., with a combined 
concentration in anthropology and environmental studies.
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responsibility and community service.