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F E A T U R E:
Pitzer’s 33rd Commencement Draws Nigh
Also featured on the program are brief remarks by senior class speaker George San Miguel and the presentation of the senior class gift to President Massey by graduating seniors Ben Ball and Elizabeth Fenton. The senior class has chosen three members of the Pitzer staff to attend the ceremony as honored guests: Chris Freeberg (Gold Student Center), Idalia Gutierrez (maintenance) and Lynne Spear (financial aid). Staff members are selected for their service to the College and their commitment to students. This year’s Student Marshal, a faculty member chosen by the class, is professor of psychology Alan Jones. The Faculty Marshal, chosen by the faculty, is professor of economics and associate dean Jim Lehman. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. A reception will follow the ceremony on Pellissier Mounds.
Seniors participating in the ceremony must attend commencement rehearsal from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Friday in Avery Auditorium.
Other key pre-graduation events include the following:
For questions concerning commencement activities, call Jim Marchant in student affairs at x18241.
P R O F I L E:
David Furman Scores Third Fulbright
Professor of art David Furman has been awarded his third Fulbright fellowship to continue his research and to teach for six months next year at the National School of Fine Art in Lima, Peru.
"I will be teaching mural process to art students, who will then go into the communities and engage people in the process of storytelling," says Furman, who joined Pitzer’s faculty in 1973. "The art students will then facilitate the translation of those stories important to the community to ceramic murals, which will be executed by community members and the art students and installed in public places."
During his fellowship, Furman also will continue his research on the relationship of star patterns in the southern hemisphere and the seasons to the ancient petroglyphs of Toro Muerto, images on Nazca pottery and Paracas textiles (200 B.C. to 500 A.D.) and the gigantic line drawings on the Nazca Plain, in southern Peru.
Furman has previously received two Fulbright fellowships, to Peru (1979-’80) and Costa Rica (1990), and three National Endowment for the Arts fellowships (1975, 1987 and 1996). He will be in Peru from January through June 1999.
Scripps College implements the next phase of its master plan with construction work to begin this summer on its recreation field at the corner of 12th Street and Mills Avenue. During construction, parking along the west side of Mills Avenue may be affected. Pitzer College is currently developing plans to minimize the effects on faculty, students and staff; more information will follow.
The Pitzer College Faculty and Staff 1998 Campaign—an effort to raise funds on campus—continues through Friday. The theme of the campaign is participation, and the committee is hoping for at least 75% participation of faculty and staff members. At the close of the campaign at 3 p.m. Friday, a live orange tree now on display in Scott Hall will be planted, with a reception following at the Grove House.
Fiona Spring ’99 is the winner of the Bea Matas Hollfelder Creative Writing Scholarship for 1998-’99. The award was based on Spring’s collection of poetry, "drinking from leather." The $1,000 scholarship encourages writing endeavors and is named for alumna Bea Hollfelder ’87.
MONDAY
Finals Week begins.
Snacks are provided by Marriott all day in McConnell Lobby Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, starting at 8 a.m.
WEDNESDAY
Sunset pool party takes place at the Gold Student Center starting at 7:30 p.m.
Scripps Fine Arts Foundation presents "Drawing and Sculpture at Scripps: Three Decades of Work in the Creative Claremont Milieu," with professor Aldo Casanova, beginning at 1:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Commencement activities begin (see feature above).
SATURDAY
David Holt performs at the Gold Student Center at 8 p.m.
SUNDAY
Pitzer commencement begins at 1 p.m.
Harvey Mudd commencement begins in Central Hall at 1:30 p.m.
CMC commencement begins in Badgley Gardens at 2 p.m.
Pomona commencement begins in Bridges Auditorium at 2:30 p.m.
Scripps commencement begins on the Elm Tree Lawn at 3 p.m.
Residence halls close at 6 p.m.
Students seeking summer career experience in sales, marketing and finance are encouraged to apply for paid internships with the brokerage firm SmithBarney. For information, call Gabe Hoffmann, 625-9784.
Items from Nepal are on sale to help raise funds for Pitzer's Nepal health care project. For more information, call Ann Stromberg, x72672.
UCLA hosts a one-day site visit and professional development opportunity for faculty and staff involved in community service and service learning, June 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you are interested in attending, RSVP to Will Brown.
The Hispanic Public Relations Association is accepting applications for the 1998 HPRA Scholarship Program. The scholarship is open to all students of Hispanic descent with at least a 2.7 cumulative GPA and a 3.0 GPA in their major; preference is given to students in public relations, communication studies, journalism, advertising and marketing. Application deadline is July 15. For more information, call Anthony Montoya at the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, x18897, or Manual Montano (626) 793-9335, or stop by the public information office, Avery 105.