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Pitzer College Wins 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund Grant
New partnership with Vancouver Island University will increase Indigenous student access to higher education in US and Canada Claremont, Calif. (November 30, 2016)—Pitzer College and its program partner Vancouver Island University have won a 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund grant for its new program, Vancouver Island and Pitzer College Indigenous Student and Innovation
[Read More...]Sagehens Women’s Soccer’s Historic Season
Claremont, Calif. (November 22, 2016)—The Pomona-Pitzer Women’s Soccer team finished its 2016 season with the most wins, and the deepest run in the NCAA Tournament, in program history. The team’s postseason play came to an end on Sunday, when the Sagehens fell in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA Tournament. Pomona-Pitzer wraps up the
[Read More...]Sagehens Men’s Water Polo Team Wins SCIAC Tournament Championship
Pasadena, Calif. (November 20, 2016)—The Pomona-Pitzer Men’s Water Polo team won the SCIAC Postseason Tournament on Sunday with a 7-4 victory over the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags. The team entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed after finishing the regular season undefeated in the SCIAC. With the win, the nationally ranked No. 17 Sagehens team earns the
[Read More...]Sagehens Women’s Soccer Makes History Advancing to NCAA Sweet 16
Claremont, Calif. (November 13, 2016)—For the first time in program history, the Pomona-Pitzer Women’s Soccer team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament following the team’s 6-0 win over rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. No. 18 Pomona-Pitzer played CMS in round two of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday at the Pomona-Pitzer Soccer Field. This month the
[Read More...]Three Hat Tricks from Men’s Water Polo Team Help Clinch Regular Season SCIAC Championship
Claremont, Calif. (November 10, 2016)—The Pomona-Pitzer Men’s Water Polo team clinched the regular season SCIAC Championship with a 13-8 win over conference rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Axelrod Pool on Wednesday. The No. 15 Sagehens defeated the Stags for the first time since 2012 and are currently undefeated in the conference with a 7-0 record this season.
[Read More...]Pomona-Pitzer Women’s Soccer Team Earns Top SCIAC Honors
Pitzer College Student Brianna Lau ’20 Named Newcomer of the Year Claremont, Calif. (November 10, 2016)—The Pomona-Pitzer Women’s Soccer team won top honors from the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) this week when the conference announced its 2016 women’s soccer end of the year awards. Pitzer College first-year student Brianna Lau ’20 was named Newcomer of
[Read More...]Pitzer Professor Andre Wakefield Presents New Findings about Leibniz’s Legacy
Claremont, Calif. (November 10, 2016)—Pitzer College Professor of History Andre Wakefield will discuss new archival evidence about the work of German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz next week at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Leipzig, Germany from November 14-16, 2016. Wakefield is a featured speaker at the “Leibniz and the Sciences” conference,
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Press Releases
Pitzer College Wins Nine 2016 Creative, Marketing and Communications Awards
Claremont, Calif. (November 2, 2016)—Pitzer College’s Office of Communications has won nine awards – five Hermes Creative Awards, three 2016 MarCom Awards and a 2016 University & College Designers Association (UCDA) award. Project Competition Category Award Pitzer Contributors Wunderkammer Art Catalog MarCom Awards Catalog Platinum Stephanie Estrada, designer; Christopher Michno ‘91 and Ciara Ennis, writers;
[Read More...]Pitzer Student Daniel Diemer ’18 Named SCIAC Men’s Water Polo Player of the Week—Again!
Claremont, Calif. (November 1, 2016)—For the second time this season, Pitzer College junior and Sagehens Men’s Water Polo goalie Daniel Diemer ’18 has been named Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Men’s Water Polo Player of the Week. On Saturday October 29, Diemer tallied a career-high 17 saves in an 8-4 win over Redlands and
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