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Pitzer College Student Lillian Horin ’17 Honored for Work in Violence Prevention

Claremont, Calif. (December 15, 2014)—Pitzer student Lillian Horin ’17 is a regional winner of the RESPECT! Challenge, an initiative designed to celebrate individuals who work to help end violence. Her prize includes a $2,500 scholarship and a $2,500 donation to a Los Angeles-based teen-to-teen hotline where Horin volunteered more than 1,000 hours. Horin worked for [Read More...]
December 15, 2014
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Pitzer College Alumni Shiyana Gunasekara ’14 and Nicholas Romo ’14 Named Capital Fellows

Shiyana Gunasekara '14Claremont, Calif. (June 13, 2014)—Pitzer College alumna Shiyana Gunasekara ’14 has been awarded a Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship and alumnus Nicholas Romo ’14 received a California Senate Fellowship—two of the four fellowships administered by the Capital Fellows Programs of the Center for California Studies. These programs give outstanding college graduates the opportunity to wade [Read More...]
June 13, 2014
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Pitzer College Students Win Gilman Scholarships to Study Abroad

Benjamin A. Gilman International ScholarshipClaremont, Calif. (June 13, 2014)—Pitzer College students Patricia Doan ’16, Allison Donine ’16 and Anh Tran ’16 have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to study abroad. Doan is spending six weeks this summer studying in Pitzer’s Costa Rica Summer Health Program, where she will explore the health care system in a developing country [Read More...]
June 13, 2014
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Pitzer College Recent Graduates Awarded 22 Fulbright Fellowships

Claremont, Calif. (June 17, 2014) — Pitzer College congratulates its recent graduates who have received 2014-15 Fulbright Fellowships: Alaitz Aritza ’14, Adria Arko ’10, Samantha Bromley-Coolidge ’14, Evelyn Byer ’14, Katherine Cabrera ’14, Zavi Engles ’14, Danny Feinberg ’13, Shiyana Gunasekara ’14, Mayse Jarbawi ’13, Minji Lee ’14, Benjamin Levine ’14, Zoey Martin-Lockhart ’14, Natalie [Read More...]
May 30, 2014
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Record Number of Students Awarded Teach For America Positions

Claremont, Calif. (May 17, 2013) — Pitzer College congratulates 13 students awarded Teach For America positions: Evelyn Cheung ’13, Alison Espinosa-Setchko ’13, Molly Hasegawa ’13, Dusty Havens ’13, Acacia Hori ’13, Xochil Johansen ’13, Danielle Johnson ’13, Jessica Keener ’13, Casey Leek ’13, Benjamin Levine ’14, Victoria Morales-O’Connor ’13, Tara Rothe ’13 and Danielle Ryu [Read More...]
May 17, 2013