Fun Facts
Pitzer College is unique amongst institutions of higher education—it marries educational excellence and a commitment to social justice and sustainability with rich and quirky traditions.
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| The Grove House was purchased for $1 and moved from Claremont to campus in 1977 as part of a student project. | Fruit produced by trees in the citrus grove is regularly used in the Grove House kitchen. |
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| Pitzer students relax in hammocks on the Mounds, officially named Pellessier Mall. | Pitzer sits on an alluvial plain in the shadow of Mount San Antonio, better known as Mt. Baldy, the highest peak in the San Gabriel mountain range. |
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| There is a student-founded and maintained organic garden. | Cecil the Sagehen is the Pitzer-Pomona sports mascot. |
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| Pitzer’s first graduating class had three students who designed the commencement regalia still used today. | Thanks to bets with students, Vice President of Student Affairs Jim Marchant got a tattoo of the Pitzer tree and an orange Mohawk. |
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| Freshly-baked Grove House cookies are famous. | Much of Pitzer’s landscaping is native/low water. |
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| .The orange tree that appears in Pitzer College's wordmark and Provida Futuri seal was designed by Thomas Jamieson of Claremont, chosen to honor Pitzer's founder Russell K. Pitzer. | The mural in the George C.S. Benson Auditorium atrium, Pitzer Past, Present, Future, features the likenesses of Pitzer founders, faculty, staff and students. |
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| There is a chicken coop on campus. | McConnell Dining Hall was one of the first in the country to be trayless and have reusable to-go boxes. |