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Pitzer Student Adriana Ceron ’18 Selected as 2016 Mellon Mays Fellow
Claremont, Calif. (April 8, 2016)—Pitzer College student Adriana Ceron ’18 has named a 2016 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program fellow. An initiative of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MMUF aims to increase faculty diversity by supporting underrepresented students who want to pursue careers as professors. Ceron, a sociology major and Chicano/a-Latino/a studies minor, is
[Read More...]Pitzer Students Lekha Jandhyala ’16 and Anna Nichols ’16 to Conduct Globe-Trotting Research with Watson Fellowships
Claremont, Calif. (March 31, 2016)—Pitzer College seniors Lekha Jandhyala ’16 and Anna Nichols ’16 have been awarded 2016-17 Thomas J. Watson Fellowships. The $30,000 one-year fellowships support college seniors with unique independent study projects outside of the US. Both Jandhyala and Nichols proposed creative, trans-national projects that will take them around the globe. Lekha Jandhyala
[Read More...]Pitzer Student-Athlete Maddie Kauahi ’19 Scores All-America Honors
Claremont, Calif. (March 24, 2016)—Pitzer College student Maddie Kauahi ’19 earned All-America honors this past weekend at the 2016 NCAA DIII Championships in Greensboro, NC. She is the first Pitzer student and Sagehen swimmer in more than a decade to net this distinction, according to Jean-Paul Gowdy, the head coach of the Pomona-Pitzer Men’s &
[Read More...]Pitzer Student Maria Melendrez ’16 Wins Fellowship to Research Education Issues
Claremont, Calif. (March 23, 2016)—Pitzer College student Maria Melendrez ’16 has been selected as an undergraduate research fellow by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). One of only 20 fellows chosen from a highly competitive national pool of applicants, she will attend a series of workshops during the 2016 AERA Annual Meeting in Washington DC
[Read More...]Pitzer Student Ramiro Pinedo Jr. ’18 Selected as Conservation Scholar
Claremont, Calif. (March 17, 2016)—Pitzer College student Ramiro Pinedo Jr. ’18 is one of 20 undergraduates from across the country to be selected for the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), a two-year program dedicated to educating future leaders in environmental conservation. As a Doris Duke scholar at UCSC,
[Read More...]Science Student Lillian Horin ’17 Earns Exceptional Research Opportunity
Claremont, Calif. (February 10, 2016)— Pitzer College student Lillian Horin ’17 has been selected as one of 70 undergraduates from across the US to participate in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (EXROP). The program provides college students from groups underrepresented in the sciences with an opportunity to conduct research under the
[Read More...]Pitzer Student Karl Kiser Sets Sail to Explore the Pacific
Claremont, Calif. (July 28, 2015)—Pitzer College student Karl Kiser ’16 is spending the summer sailing on one of the first scientific research voyages to the Phoenix Islands, a largely unexplored region of the Pacific Ocean. Through an eight-week Sea Education Association (SEA) Semester summer program, Kiser and 21 classmates are gathering data that will help scientists
[Read More...]Pitzer Alumnus Gabriel Villarreal ’14 Heads to Sacramento for Capital Fellows Program
Claremont, Calif. (July 24, 2015)—Pitzer College alumnus Gabriel Villarreal ’14 has been awarded an Assembly Fellowship, one of four fellowships administered by the Capital Fellows Programs of the Center for California Studies. These programs give outstanding college graduates the opportunity to experience all aspects of government in the California State capital. Through both classes at
[Read More...]SCIAC Recognizes Pitzer Students’ Talents on the Tennis Court
Claremont, Calif. (May 19, 2015)—Pitzer College student-athlete Jacob Yasgoor ’17 was named first-team All-SCIAC for men’s tennis, and Jonathan Kim ’16 and Graham Maassen ’17 earned second team honors in a vote of the league’s coaches. Yasgoor, who played at No. 2 singles, had the top winning percentage for the Sagehens (13-4) before being lost for the season
[Read More...]Pitzer Student and Sagehen Shortstop Samuel Fox ’15 is Best in the West
Claremont, Calif. (May 19, 2015)—Pitzer College senior and Sagehen shortstop Samuel Fox ’15 was named the American Baseball Coaches Association West Region Player of the Year. The West Region Player of the Year added to a growing list of awards for Fox, who was named to the D3baseball.com All-West Region first team on Monday, was
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