2011-12

Press Releases

Pitzer College Professor Phil Zuckerman Authors New Book Faith No More

Claremont, Calif. (October 4, 2011)— Pitzer College Professor Phil Zuckerman has authored Faith No More, published by Oxford University Press and available November 1, 2011. During his 2009 inaugural speech, President Obama described the United States as a nation of “Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus–and nonbelievers.” It was the first time an American president [Read More...]
October 4, 2011
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Pitzer College Students, Alumnus and Professors Presented at the Western Psychological Association

Claremont, Calif. (September 22, 2011) — Pitzer College students and alumnus Sophie Beiers ’13, Jessica Bowler ’11, Daniel Feinberg ’12, Ramon Flores ’11, Jyoti Gautam ’11, Abigail Kramer ’13, Jordan Myint ’13, Madison Noble ’12, Jason Rivera ’06, Mariana Schmalstig ’10, Jaime Tokioka ’11 and Timothy Williamson ’13 from the Research Practicum in Psychology course, [Read More...]
September 22, 2011
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Pitzer College Student Awarded a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship

Claremont, Calif. (September 22, 2011) — Pitzer College congratulates Lisa Bastio ’13, recipient of a 2011 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Bastio, who joined Pitzer College in fall 2011, transferred from Mt. San Antonio College where she received several accolades including the Mt. San Antonio College Student of Distinction in Service Award, the [Read More...]
September 22, 2011
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Joint Science Department Becomes the W.M. Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna College, Pitzer College and Scripps College

Claremont, Calif. (Sept. 2, 2011) — Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps colleges today formally announced the renaming of their shared Joint Science Department to be known as the W.M. Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna College, Pitzer College and Scripps College. The new name designation honors the W.M. Keck Foundation for their long-term support that [Read More...]
September 20, 2011
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The Pitzer Class of 2015 Is Academically Strong and Diverse

Claremont, Calif. (September 19, 2011) — Fifty-five percent of the Pitzer College entering class graduated from high school in the top ten percent of their high school class with forty-one percent graduated with a 4.0 GPA or higher. The class consists of 272 students from 237 different high schools. Seven percent of the class is [Read More...]
September 19, 2011
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Pitzer College Receives “Outlook Stable” and “A” Rating from Fitch

Claremont, Calif. (September 15, 2011) – Pitzer College received “outlook stable and an “A” rating from Fitch Ratings. Fitch found Pitzer’s operating margin to remain “solidly positive since fiscal 2005, reaching 6% in fiscal 2010. Fiscal 2010 results excluded endowment spending due to management’s prudent implementation of a multi-year reduction plan.” Pitzer College’s financial stability [Read More...]
September 15, 2011