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Pitzer College Hosts Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board’s First Visit to Southern California
Claremont, Calif. (November 15, 2013) – Pitzer College, the nation’s top producer of Fulbright students, will host the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board‘s first visit to Southern California November 17 to 19 for its quarterly meeting. Pitzer College, the Fulbright Board and the Los Angeles World Affairs Council will co-host events that spotlight the
[Read More...]Pitzer Professors and Fulbright Chair Hold Poetry and Tattoo Workshop
Claremont, Calif. (November 13, 2013) — Tom Healy, poet and chairman of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, and two Pitzer professors will hold a workshop to explore the art of ink in both the written word and tattooed images. Assistant Professor of English & World Literature/Creative Writing Brent Armendinger and Assistant Professor of
[Read More...]Sagehen Round Up for the Week of November 4, 2013
Claremont, Calif. (November 11, 2013) This coming week will see three Sagehen teams in the NCAA Championships, the Football team battle CMS in the annual Sixth Street Rivalry game, and the Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams start their 2013-14 campaigns. The Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams will host the 2013 NCAA West Regionals, with
[Read More...]From a Museum of Peace, Images of Nepal’s Civil War
Claremont, Calif. (November 5, 2013) — Pitzer College presents Nepal’s Civil War: a post-conflict photographic retrospective, an exhibition that has traveled to Claremont from Kathmandu. The photographs from this exhibit are drawn from a larger collection, Frames of War, created by publisher, editor and broadcaster Kunda Dixit for the Nepal Peace Museum. The exhibition will
[Read More...]Sagehen Round Up for the Week of October 28, 2013
Claremont, Calif. (October 28, 2013) This week in Sagehens Athletics saw the Volleyball team and Women’s Soccer team both end the regular season in second place in the SCIAC, and the Men’s Water Polo team pick up its biggest win of the season at home against No. 14 Santa Clara. Men’s Water Polo won a
[Read More...]State Senator and Pitzer Alumnus Kevin de León ’03 Named Policymaker of the Year
Claremont, Calif. (October 30, 2013) — Pitzer College alumnus and California State Senator Kevin de León ’03 received the Policymaker of the Year Award from the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU) in honor of his efforts to increase access to higher education for all students regardless of their financial means. During the
[Read More...]Pitzer College Tops Fulbright List for 4th Straight Year
Claremont, Calif. (October 28, 2013) — For the fourth consecutive year, The Chronicle of Higher Education named Pitzer College as the top producer of Fulbright students and alumni among all US colleges in the “bachelor’s institutions” category. With twenty-two 2013-14 Fulbright Fellows, Pitzer had more Fulbright winners than many major research institutions, including Yale University,
[Read More...]Sagehen Round Up for the Week of October 21, 2013
Claremont, Calif. (October 28, 2013) This week in Sagehens Athletics saw plenty of excitement, including the second straight win for the Football team, a pair of leapfrogging wins from the Volleyball team, and a school record 12th win from the Women’s Soccer team. Women’s Soccer set a new school record for wins in a season
[Read More...]Pitzer Secular Studies Professor Phil Zuckerman Goes to Church to Debate Role of Religion
Claremont, Calif. (October 26, 2013)—Pitzer Professor of Sociology Phil Zuckerman debated the question, “Does Christianity or secular humanism provide a better foundation for civil society?” at Adventure Christian Church in Roseville, CA on October 12. Billed as The Great Debate, the event was part of the church’s speaking series titled Courageous. Zuckerman, who created Pitzer’s
[Read More...]Pitzer Professor Discusses Liberal Arts Colleges in a National Context
Claremont, Calif. (October 23, 2013)—Pitzer College Assistant Professor of Political Studies William Barndt will explore why liberal arts colleges increasingly describe themselves as national institutions in his talk, “How To Get a Job Anywhere: The Nationalization of Our Liberal Arts Colleges” at Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum on Friday, October 25. Barndt’s talk
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