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Pitzer Student Francis Sugita ’16 Tapped for Teaching Fellowship

Claremont, Calif. (May 19, 2015)—Pitzer College student Francis Sugita ’16, a political studies major, has been awarded a Breakthrough Collaborative Teaching Fellowship for summer 2015. He will be assigned to Oakland, CA, to teach low-income middle-school students and help prepare them to succeed in college. One of the most rigorous teaching experiences available to undergraduates [Read More...]
May 19, 2015
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Pitzer College Students and Alumni Awarded 21 Fulbright Fellowships

Claremont, Calif. (June 12, 2015)—Pitzer College congratulates its graduating seniors and alumni who have been offered 2015-16 Fulbright Fellowships so far this year: Sebastian Aguiar ’14, Tassos Bareiss ’15, Braden Bernards ’15, Adrian Brandon ’15, Andrew Buitron ’15, Nour Bundogji ’15, Casandra Campeas ’11, Laura Gabriel ’15, Lindsay Galeste ’15, Miriam Goldfarb ’15, Matthew Hollander [Read More...]
May 13, 2015
Press Releases | Sagehen Athletics

Sagehen Roundup for the Week of May 4, 2015

This week in Sagehens Athletics saw the Women’s Lacrosse team win its first-ever NCAA Tournament game, while Men’s Tennis and Women’s Tennis both advanced to the NCAA regional finals before falling to CMS. Women’s Lacrosse scored seven unanswered goals to turn a 3-0 deficit late in the first half into a 7-3 lead midway through [Read More...]
May 11, 2015
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Pitzer Student-Athletes Wow the Water Polo World

Claremont, Calif. (May 6, 2015)—Pitzer College student Alyssa Woodward ’15 is officially SCIAC Women’s Water Polo Athlete of the Year and Ahsha Earwood ’17 now belongs to the All-SCIAC first team. Woodward, a three-time Division III All-American, led the Sagehens in scoring for the fourth year in a row with 65 goals, finishing her four-year career [Read More...]
May 6, 2015
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Pitzer students Gabriela Ornelas ’17 and Sara Roschdi ’17 Selected as Mellon Mays Fellows

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship logoClaremont, Calif. (May 4, 2015)—Pitzer College students Gabriela Ornelas ’17 and Sara Roschdi ’17 have been selected as Pitzer’s first Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program fellows. 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. Ornelas and Roschdi [Read More...]
May 4, 2015
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Pitzer Student Braden Bernards ’15 Wins DAAD Scholarship for Research in Germany

Claremont, Calif. (April 23, 2015)—Pitzer College student Braden Bernards ’15 has been awarded a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) undergraduate scholarship. The scholarship supports highly-qualified undergraduate students who have well-defined plans to study, conduct research or complete an internship in Germany. Bernards’ proposed research project would examine how growth-oriented local politics and city-branding has impacted [Read More...]
April 23, 2015