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Marriage Equality Activist Jim Obergefell to Speak at Pitzer College 2024 Commencement
Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case legalizing same-sex marriage across the country, will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2024 at this spring’s Commencement ceremony on May 11. “Jim Obergefell’s personal journey to have his marriage legally recognized resulted in a decision that stands among the most consequential
[Read More...]Porras-Kim Explores the Practices and Ethics of Museum Collections in Upcoming Pepper Lecture
Claremont, Calif. — Dec. 1, 2023 — Chichén Itzá is a sacred site and one of the greatest centers of Mayan culture on the Yucatán peninsula. Its monuments and artistic works reveal a powerful cosmic vision of the world and universe. These monuments are considered so important to our understanding of the Classic and post-Classic
[Read More...]MCSI Fall Series Continues With a Discussion of the Persistence of Genocide
Earlier this week Henry C. Theriault looked out on an audience of Claremont students, faculty and staff in Benson Auditorium and shared a grim fact: Even the most unimaginable acts of human cruelty are far more common than most people realize. “Terrible atrocities have been committed, and yet if you flip from Rwanda to Bosnia
[Read More...]Writer Mark Arax Explores California Water Issues in Pitzer College’s 2019 Sullivan Lecture
Claremont, Calif. (January 23, 2019)—Award-winning journalist and California water historian Mark Arax will deliver the 2019 John D. Sullivan Memorial Lecture at Pitzer College on February 15. Drawing on his forthcoming book, The Dreamt Land: Chasing Dust and Water Across California, Arax will explore California’s complicated relationship to water, ranging from the state’s century-old water
[Read More...]Parent keynote by Political and Cultural Commentator David Brooks P’16
President Laura Skandera Trombley: It’s wonderful to see all of you here this afternoon and, yes, you’re absolutely in for a treat! David is a talented political and cultural commentator who has been an op-ed columnist with the New York Times since 2003, he’s worked as an editorial writer and film reviewer for the Washington
[Read More...]Keynote Commencement Address by Jon Lovett
May 18, 2013 Pitzer College President Laura Skandera-Trombley: In keeping with a 49-year Pitzer tradition, the Senior Class selected this year’s Commencement speaker. Our guest today is Jon Lovett. Jon is the co-creator and head writer of the NBC sitcom 1600 Penn. Prior to this, Jon spent three years as a speech writer for President
[Read More...]Commencement Speech by Keynote Speaker Cory Booker
You’re all going to have to be a little quiet because I’m a little mad at all of you. You invite me all the way out here to California and I have the same feeling that I hope many mayors have, that when you get invited to cut a ribbon in front of an amazing
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