2012-13

Press Releases

Pitzer College Alumnus Char Miller ’75 Publishes Book about Water, Immigration and a Sense of Place in the Borderlands

Claremont, Calif. (March 18, 2013)—Pitzer College alumnus Char Miller ’75 has authored On the Edge: Water, Immigration, and Politics in the Southwest, a collection of essays about the American Southwest. With an environmentalist’s eye and a story-teller’s voice, Miller delves into the troubling issues that shape life in the US-Mexico border region. On the Edge [Read More...]
March 18, 2013
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Pitzer College Named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction

Claremont, Calif. (March 13, 2013) — Pitzer College was named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction by the Corporation for National and Community Service. This is the sixth time Pitzer has been recognized by the President’s honor roll and the first time it was designated with distinction. The awardees were [Read More...]
March 13, 2013
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Pitzer College Wins Two 2013 Educational Advertising Awards

Claremont, Calif. (March 7, 2013) — Pitzer College Office of Communications was awarded two 2013 Educational Advertising Awards for design by Higher Education Marketing Report. 2012 New Student Orientation was awarded Gold in the Imprinted Materials category and Spring 2012 Special Edition of The Participant received Merit for External Publication in the schools under 2,000 [Read More...]
March 7, 2013
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Pitzer College Assistant Professor Rachel VanSickle-Ward Co-Founds Southern California Law and Social Science Forum

Claremont, Calif. (February 27, 2013) — Pitzer College Assistant Professor Rachel VanSickle-Ward has co-founded the Southern California Law and Social Science Forum. The forum’s inaugural conference, Law at the Fault Lines, will be co-hosted by Pitzer College and Pomona College on Friday, March 1. The Southern California Law and Social Science (SoCLASS) Forum brings together [Read More...]
February 27, 2013
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Pitzer College Student Recognized at 2013 Model UN Conference

Claremont, Calif. (February 22, 2013) — Pitzer College student Elizabeth “Biz” Pedersen ’14 received an honorable mention award during the Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) 2013 conference held February 14-17 in Boston, MA. This is the fifth consecutive year a Pitzer student has been recognized as an outstanding delegate. Model UN simulates a meeting [Read More...]
February 22, 2013
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Powering Down: Pitzer College Competes in the 2013 Campus Conservation Nationals to Conserve Energy Use

Claremont, Calif. (February 22, 2013) — Pitzer College is throwing its compact florescent bulbs into the ring for the Campus Conservation Nationals, a three-week competition among universities and colleges across the US to see which campus can conserve the most energy and water. The ultimate goal of the competition is to use a short-term challenge [Read More...]
February 22, 2013