Pitzer College Press Releases http://www.pitzer.edu Pitzer College congratulates seniors Zoe Fisher, Melanie Gularte, James Kang, Robert Montalvo and Colin Reinstedt, recognized at the 2009-10 Student Athlete Awards on April 28.This elite group is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who maintained a 3.2 GPA or better during their undergraduate study. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_05_06_outstanding_student_athletes.asp Pitzer College congratulates Robert Montalvo '10, Russell Oka '10 and all the members of the Sagehen football team named to the 2010 National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_05_05_athletes_honor_society.asp Pitzer College congratulates Ben Eachus '11, Alexandre Ferre '11, Spencer Harrison '12, Max Reed '11, Stephan Shortall '10, Matthew Solimano '10, Timothy Stapenhorst '12, Noah Taubman '10 and the entire Claremont Rugby team for capturing the Division II National Championships. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_05_04_rugby.asp Pitzer College congratulates Eleanor Wolf '10, recipient of a 2010 Critical Language Scholarship from the US Department of State. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_05_04_wolf.asp Pitzer College congratulates Solamon Estin '10, recipient of a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_05_04_estin.asp At 46, Pitzer College has been awarded over 100 Fulbright Fellowships, sending students and alums to 46 countries. Pitzer remains the national leader per thousand students in Fulbright Fellowships. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_fulbrights.asp Pitzer College alumnus Sam Hasson '03 was awarded the Journal of Biomolecular Screening Academic Excellence Award by the Society for Biomolecular Sciences (SBS) for his presentation 'Developing New Chemical Tools to Study Mitachondrial Protein Translocation. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_05_03_hasson.asp Emeritus Professor Peter Nardi's book, Interpreting Data: A Guide to Understanding Research, is now available in a Chinese edition, co-published by Pearson and Chongqing University Press. Nardi taught sociology at Pitzer College. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_04_29_Nardi_book.asp Pitzer College congratulates Kari Todd '12, recipient of a 2010 Kemper Scholarship. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_04_28_kemper.asp Pitzer College congratulates 2010 Japan Exchange and Teaching Program awardees Misa Kabishima 10, Taylor Aston Nielsen 10 and Sean Sullivan 10. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_04_22_Japan.asp Pitzer College congratulates Vincent Giannotti 11, Kimi Ide-Foster 10, Dana Kingman 11, Sarah Lee 10, Hannah Miller 13, Erik Petersen 11 and the entire Pitzer-Pomona women and mens swim and dive teams for placing third in the 2009-10 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (SCIAC) Division III. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_04_16_swim.asp The Pitzer-Pomona Track and Field teams has received high rankings in the Division III outdoor track and field by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_04_15_athletics.asp The Pitzer College Center for the Study of Global Communities received a $150,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support funding of a faculty director position. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_04_14_mellon_grant.asp Pitzer College congratulates Yuki Sugawara Lin '08, winner of a 2010-11 Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) Fellowship. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_04_13_asia_pacific.asp Pitzer Art Galleries received a 2010 Multicultural Undergraduate Internship grant from The Getty Foundation. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_04_09_gettygrant.asp Pitzer College congratulates alumna and chef Susan Feniger '76 for winning the first round of Bravo TV's hit cooking competition, Top Chef Masters, in the second season opener. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_04_08_top_chef_feniger.asp Pitzer College Professor of Mathematics David Bachman received a Mathematical Association of American Tensor–SUMMA grant for his Gateway to Exploring the Mathematical Sciences Program. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_04_05_bachman%20.asp Pitzer College Associate Vice President for College Advancement Joy Kliewer received a Consortium for Innovative Environment in Learning Grant for her project "Outdated or Underrated: Exploring Experimental Colleges and Universities in America." http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_04_02_kliewer.asp San Francisco singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson '95 will perform the National Anthem during San Francisco Giants opening day ceremonies on Friday, April 9 at 1:35 pm. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_04_02_nathanson.asp Pitzer College received two Educational Advertising Awards from Higher Education Marketing Reports. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_04_01_design.asp Pitzer College Assistant Professor of Art Jessica McCoy received first place in the fourth annual international juried art exhibition Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century for her painting Bathroom II. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_03_31_mccoy.asp Pitzer College student Jessie Yancey-Seigel '13 delivered a speech on 'Being A Global Citizen' at the 2010 TEDxConejo Conference in Thousand Oaks. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_03_30_yancey.asp Pitzer College will host its 46th Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 15 at 10 am on the newly constructed Commencement Pavilion. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_03_30_booker_commencement.asp Pitzer College Professor of Linguistics Carmen Fought and Assistant Professor of Art Tim Berg were selected as the 2010-11 Pitzer College Scholars-in-Residence. http://www.pitzer.edu//offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_03_29_scholars.asp Pitzer College student Simon Lee '11 was awarded a Skidmore Scholarship to attend the 2010 New York State Summer Writers Institute http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_03_23_new_york_state.asp San Francisco singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson '95 will perform the National Anthem during San Francisco Giants opening day ceremonies on Friday April 9 at 1:35 pm. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_04_02_nathanson.asp Pitzer College received a $200,000 donation from Dr. Francois Ferre and Dr. Magda Marquet to support the research and development of the college's Vaccine Development Institute. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_03_19_vaccine_donation.asp Mark Twain's Other Woman: The Hidden Story of His Final Years by Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley was published today by Knopf. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_03_15_trombley_book.asp Pitzer College was named to the 2009 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_03_02_honor_role.asp Pitzer College congratulates Jacob Caron '12, Robert Montalvo '10, Russell Oka '10 and the Sagehen football team members named to the 2009-10 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) All-Academic Football Team. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_03_02_football.asp Pitzer College congratulates Sol Estin ’10, who was named a Best Delegate at the 2010 Harvard National Model United Nations for his representation of Costa Rica in the United Nations Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean Committee. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_02_24_estin_un.asp Pitzer College congratulates Alex Friedlander Moore ’10 who was named to the Teach for America Corps. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_02_24_moore_teach_for_america.asp Pitzer College alumna Jenn Louis ’93, owner and chef of Lincoln Restaurant in Portland, OR, was named a semifinalist for 2010 Best Chef Northwest by the James Beard Foundation. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_02_24_beard_award_nomination.asp Pitzer College congratulates Richard McKinney '10, recipient of a 27 month Peace Corps placement in Romania. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_02_16_peace_corps.asp Pitzer College Assistant Professor Azamat Junisbai received a US Department of State Title VIII Program Grant to attend the 2010 Regional Policy Symposium on Regional Security in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Junisbai teaches sociology at Pitzer. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_02_16_junisbai.asp Lizette Ceja-Urena '11 is the recipient of a 2010 Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship at Carnegie Mellon. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_02_12_ceja.asp Andra Belknap '09 was appointed press assistant to the US House Education and Labor Committee by its chair, George Miller (D-CA). http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_02_08_belknap.asp Pitzer College Professor Alexandra Juhasz will screen her latest feature film, The Owls, at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival. Juhasz teaches media studies at Pitzer. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_01_29_juhasz_film.asp Pitzer College Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty Thomas Poon authored Introduction to Organic Chemistry, 4th Edition published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Poon teaches chemistry at Pitzer. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_01_21_poon_book.asp Pitzer College switched its beverage to Hansen's Beverage Company, a California-based natural foods company, from Coca-Cola in response to a student-led initiative and reflective of the College's commitment to sustainability and healthy living. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_01_15_beverages.asp The Sagehen men's baseball team ranked tenth in the 2010 NCAA Division III Pre-Season Poll. Conducted by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, the ranking is based on multiple factors including last season standings, returning players, recruitment, staff and coaches' vote. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_01_13_sagehens.asp Pitzer College congratulates Brianna Moffitt '12, recipient of a UCB Crohn Scholarship Award. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2010_01_08_moffitt.asp Pitzer College student Christopher Young '11 received a Benijamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to participate in a semester-long Pitzer Exchange Study at the University of Koblenz-Landau in Germany. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_12_08_young_gilman.asp Assistant Professor Brent Armendinger received two prestigious poetry honors from the 2009 Chroma International Queer Writing Competition and the 2009 New Michigan Press/DIAGRAM Chapbook Contest. Armendinger teaches creative writing in the English and world literature field group at Pitzer. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_12_03_football.asp Assistant Professor Brent Armendinger received two prestigious poetry honors from the 2009 Chroma International Queer Writing Competition and the 2009 New Michigan Press/DIAGRAM Chapbook Contest. Armendinger teaches creative writing in the English and world literature field group at Pitzer. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_12_03_armendinger.asp Pitzer College Associate Professor Bill Anthes received a 2009 Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant to complete his third book, Hock E Aye VI: Edgar Heap of Birds. Anthes teaches art history at Pitzer. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_12_01_arts_writers_grant.asp The Provenance of Beauty: A South Bronx Travelogue, presented by Pitzer College and Pomona College, will be performed one day only on December 2, 2009. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_11_23_provenance_beauty.asp Research Professor of Anthropology Robert Munroe and Mary Gauvain of the University of California, Riverside authored a new study, "Contributions of Societal Modernity to Cognitive Development: A Comparison of Four Cultures," published in the November/December issue of Child Development. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_11_18_munroe.asp Pitzer College alums Austin Brawner '09, Magee Clegg '09 and Miles McAplin '09 received the Award of Merit by The Accolade for their documentary film, A Box with a View. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_11_17_box_with_view.asp Ciara Ennis, curator and director of Pitzer Art Galleries, was invited to participate in a one month curatorial residency in Milan by VIR Viafarini-in-Residence Program. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_11_17_ennis_vir.asp The Sagehen Cross Country men and women's team took second place in their SCIAC Championship categories. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_11_13_cross_country.asp Pitzer College student-athlete Sarah Amos '10 was named to the 2009 All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Volleyball Team. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_11_13_amos.asp Pitzer College congratulates alumna Amber Carrow '03, recipient of a 2010 California Teacher of the Year from the California Department of Education. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_11_06_carrow.asp Pitzer College received two MarCom Awards from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals for excellence in design. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_10_30_marcom.asp In 2009, Pitzer College was awarded more Fulbright Fellowships per thousand than any other college or university in the US. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_10_26_fulbright.asp Pitzer College student Jemima Barrios '13 received a 2009 Bank of America Boston Neighborhood Excellence Initiative Award for student leadership. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_10_23_BoA_Barrios.asp Pitzer College Professor Nigel Boyle's 2005 paper, FÁS and Active Labour Market Policy 1985-2004, was cited during an Irish Parliament debate on the Labour Services bill. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_10_16_boyle.asp Pitzer College student Kymberli Corprue '13 was honored as a Smiley 100 Young Leader of the Decade at the 10th Annual Salute to Youth Leadership Benefit and Auction on October 3. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_10_09_kymberli_corprue.asp Pitzer College received an “A” rating from Fitch Ratings and an “A3” from Moody’s Investors Service. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_10_05_credit_ratings.asp The Pitzer College entering class is the most academically talented and diverse in the College's 46 year history. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_10_05_admission_record.asp The National Fastpitch Coaches Association named the Sagehen women's softball team a Top Ten All-Academic Team. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_09_29_softball_nfca.asp Asian Pacific Americans for Progress listed Pitzer College among its Top Ten Best Colleges and Universities for Asian American Pacific Islander Student Activism. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_09_25_aapi_capas.asp Pitzer College congratulates Marie Claire Burt '12, recipient of a Collaboration Fellowship to attend the 2009 Opportunity Collaboration held in Ixtapa, Mexico from October 17 to 20. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_09_24_burt_opp.asp Pitzer College students spent the summer working at various museums across California through the Getty Foundation's Multicultural Undergraduate Internship Program. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_09_15_getty_internships.asp Pitzer College announces the appointment of David E. Hansen, PhD as the new dean of the Joint Science Department (JSD), a program of Claremont McKenna College, Pitzer College and Scripps College. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_09_08_jsd_faculty.asp A new café on the Pitzer College campus opened today, with President Laura Skandera Trombley pouring the first cup of coffee. Located in Bernard Hall, the café will be named through a community vote. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_09_08_cafe.asp Pitzer College’s faculty and staff, along with members of The Claremont Colleges, received a 2009 BLAIS Grant Award to complete the first phase of the Consortium for Area Revitalization Through Education (CARE) and launch its pilot program in North Long Beach. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_08_28_blais_grant.asp Pitzer College's Office of Public Relations received two awards from the University and College Design Association (UCDA)'s 39th Annual Design Competition. Awards will be handed out on Sunday, October 4, 2009 during the 39th UCDA Design Conference in Seattle, Washington. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_08_25_ucda.asp For the third consecutive year, Pitzer College is included among the top fifty liberal arts colleges in the United States in the US News and World Report's annual America's Best College edition. Pitzer is ranked 49th of 266 colleges. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_08_20_lib_us_news.asp The Pitzer College Study Abroad Program was recognized by the 2010 US News and World Report as an outstanding academic program. Pitzer is the only West Coast institution in this category. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_08_20_us_news.asp Pitzer College was recognized for its racially diverse student-body in the 2010 edition of America's Best Colleges by US News and World Report. Pitzer is ranked 11th among the 266 liberal arts colleges in the United States. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_08_20_diversity_us_news.asp Pitzer College faculty was recognized for its strong commitment to teaching by US News and World Report in its annual America's Best College edition. Pitzer is ranked 17th in this category among 266 liberal arts colleges in the United States. http://www.pitzer.edu/offices/public_relations/press_releases/09-10/2009_08_20_faculty_us_news.asp