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Pitzer College Center of California Cultural and Social Issues Receives California Council for the Humanities Grant
Claremont, Calif. (April 1, 2010) — The Pitzer College Center of California Cultural and Social Issues (CCCSI) received a California Council for the Humanities Grant for the continual expansion of Borrowed Voices, a community-based writing and self-expression program that develops the stories of incarcerated youth and delivers them to a broader audience. Since 2001, Pitzer
[Read More...]Pitzer College Alumnus Nominated for Two 2010 Emmy Awards
Claremont, Calif. (April 1, 2010) — Pitzer College alumnus Len Davis ’97 was nominated for two 2010 Northwest Regional Emmy Awards for his documentaries The Little Lama in the Human Interest, Feature/Segment category and The Refugee Journey: Bhutan to America in the Historic/Cultural, Feature/Segment category. The Little Lama and The Refugee Journey were part of a three-part series connecting Seattle and Nepal
[Read More...]Pitzer College Assistant Professor Wins First Place in Juried Exhibition
Claremont, Calif. (March 31, 2010) — 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. McCoy’s painting is a composition in collage form that examines the progression of time through a compilation of moments. “I
[Read More...]Cory A. Booker to be Keynote Speaker at Pitzer College’s 2010 Commencement Ceremony
Claremont, Calif. (March 30, 2010) — Pitzer College will host its 46th Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 15 at 10 am on the newly constructed Commencement Pavilion. The Honorable Cory A. Booker, mayor of Newark, New Jersey was selected by the class of 2010 to serve as the keynote speaker at this year’s event. Booker’s mission for
[Read More...]Pitzer College Student Delivered Speech at the 2010 TEDxConejo Conference
Claremont, Calif. (March 30, 2010) — Pitzer College student Jessie Yancey-Seigel ’13 delivered a speech on “Being A Global Citizen” at the 2010 TEDxConejo Conference in Thousand Oaks. Yancey-Seigel, who majors in international and intercultural studies, spoke on how the millennial generation can act as philanthropic agents of change at a local and global level.
[Read More...]Pitzer College Selects 2010 Scholars-in-Residence
Claremont, Calif. (March 29, 2010) — 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. During this semester-long program, Fought will teach a seminar entitled “Waking Sleeping Beauty: Language and Gender in Disney” and Berg will teach a seminar on “Cultural Practice
[Read More...]Pitzer College Student Awarded Scholarship to Attend 2010 New York State Summer Writers Institute
Claremont, Calif. (March 23, 2010) — Pitzer College student Simon Lee ’11 was awarded a Skidmore Scholarship to attend the 2010 New York State Summer Writers Institute. Lee, who majors in English and world literature with a minor in art history, also tutors at the Pitzer College Writing Center. He is excited by the opportunity
[Read More...]Pitzer College Receives $200,000 Donation for Vaccine Development Institute
Claremont, Calif. (March 19, 2010) — Pitzer College received a $200,000 donation from Dr. Francois Ferré and Dr. Magda Marquet to support the research and development of the college’s Vaccine Development Institute. “We strongly believe in the vision of the institute with its dual tenets of ‘disease eradication in the developing world and global thinking
[Read More...]Pitzer Students Named to SCIAC All-Academic Football Team
Claremont, Calif. (March 2, 2010) — 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. “We are proud of the accomplishments of our athletes on and off the field and this particular award
[Read More...]Pitzer Students Named to SCIAC All-Academic Football Team
Claremont, Calif. (March 2, 2010) — 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. “We are proud of the accomplishments of our athletes on and off the field and this particular award
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