2009-10

Press Releases

Pitzer College Named a Best College for Asian American Pacific Islander Student Activism

Claremont, Calif. (September 25, 2009) — Asian Pacific Americans for Progress listed Pitzer College among its Top Ten Best Colleges and Universities for Asian American Pacific Islander Student Activism. Pitzer College was recognized as “a place that strives to enrich and develop social, intellectual and personal growth among its students by providing a welcoming and [Read More...]
September 25, 2009
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Pitzer Students Receive Getty Foundation Internships

Claremont, Calif. (September 16, 2009) — Pitzer College students spent the summer working at various museums across California through the Getty Foundation’s Multicultural Undergraduate Internship Program. Jeremiah Gregory ’11 interned at the Pitzer Galleries, Delaine Ureño ’09 at the Claremont Museum of Art and Stefan Vallecillo ’11 at the Drum Barracks Civil War Museum. Started [Read More...]
September 16, 2009
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New Dean Appointed for the Joint Science Department

Claremont, Calif. (September 8, 2009) — 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. “Housing biology, chemistry and physics, the Joint Science Department is the embodiment of interdisciplinary science and the future [Read More...]
September 8, 2009
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Pitzer College Opens New Café on Campus

Claremont, Calif. (September 8, 2009) — 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. Serving coffee, espresso drinks, sandwiches, wraps, salads, fruit cups, juices and freshly-baked pastries, quiche and [Read More...]
September 8, 2009
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Pitzer College Faculty and Staff Awarded BLAIS Grant

Claremont, Calif. (August 28, 2009) — 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. Professors Martha Barcenas-Mooradian, Tessa Hicks Peterson, Edith Vasquez [Read More...]
August 28, 2009
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Fall 2009 Campus News from President Trombley

Dear Pitzer Community, Today we formally welcome the newest members of the Pitzer family, the Class of 2013, and I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone for all you have done to prepare for the arrival of our new students and their families. Because of your work I am certain we will have [Read More...]
August 28, 2009
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Pitzer College Wins Two Awards from University and College Design Association

Claremont, Calif. (August 25, 2009) — 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. The 2008 Report Excellence, designed by Gabriela Contreras, received [Read More...]
August 28, 2009
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Pitzer Galleries’ Curator Selected for European Seminar

Claremont, Calif. (August 10, 2009) — Ciara Ennis, curator and director of the Pitzer Art Galleries, is one of 19 curators awarded a seat at the Third Annual European Course for Contemporary Art Curators. The 10-day event will be held in Milan, Italy from October 1-10, 2009. The course, led by Urlich Loock, former director [Read More...]
August 10, 2009
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Pitzer College Student Brianna Moffitt Awarded a UCB Crohn Scholarship

Claremont, Calif. (January 08, 2010)—Pitzer College congratulates Brianna Moffitt ’12, recipient of a UCB Crohn Scholarship Award. Moffitt, who has been suffering from Crohn’s disease since age 11, is a psychology major at Pitzer. She has won numerous scholastic and leadership awards including the Girl Scout Gold Award and volunteered for many organizations like Painted [Read More...]
July 1, 2009