Emerita Professor of Writing Jacqueline Levering-Sullivan Pens Follow-up to Award-Winning Book

A Less Than Perfect Peace by Jacqueline Levering Sullivan

Claremont, Calif. (March 12, 2014) – Pitzer College Assistant Professor Emerita of Writing Jacqueline Levering Sullivan has authored A Less Than Perfect Peace, a sequel to her award-winning Annie’s War (Eerdmans, 2007). Published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, the book will be available on March 28. In A Less than Perfect Peace, four years [Read More...]

March 12, 2014

Press Releases

Environmental and Social Justice Champion Van Jones to Keynote Pitzer College’s 50th Anniversary Commencement

Claremont, Calif. (March 11, 2014) — The Pitzer College Class of 2014 has selected environmental advocate, civil rights activist and CNN correspondent Van Jones as its 50th Anniversary commencement speaker. The 2014 ceremony will be held on the Stephen L. Glass Commencement Plaza on May 17 at 10 a.m. Recently named a co-host on CNN’s [Read More...]

March 11, 2014

Press Releases | Sagehen Athletics

Sagehen Round Up for the Week of March 3, 2014

Graham Maassen ’17 won a dramatic third-set tiebreaker to give Men’s Tennis a 5-4 win over Mary Washington.

Claremont, Calif. (March 10, 2014) This week in Sagehens Athletics saw the Men’s Tennis team win a dramatic home match with Mary Washington, while four Pitzer athletes won individual events at a SCIAC Multi-Dual meet at Strehle Track. Men’s Tennis (ranked No. 16 nationally) had the dramatic match of the week, defeating No. 17 Mary [Read More...]

March 10, 2014

Press Releases

Pitzer College Student Bennett Sorensen ’17 Recognized for Conservation Work

Claremont, Calif. (March 7, 2014) — Pitzer College student Bennett Sorensen ’17 received the William T. Hornaday Silver Medal for Conservation from the Boy Scouts of America. The Hornaday Medal is the highest honor for conservation awarded to a Boy Scout. Sorensen is a first-year student and an Eagle Scout from Lake Oswego, Ore. He [Read More...]

March 7, 2014

Press Releases

Pitzer College Names Art Historian Maria Elena Buszek as the 2014 Pepper Distinguished Visiting Artist and Scholar

Claremont, Calif. (March 7, 2014) — Pitzer College selected renowned art historian and writer Maria Elena Buszek as the 2014 Murray Pepper and Vicki Reynolds Pepper Distinguished Visiting Artist and Scholar. Buszek’s lecture, “Andrea Bowers: Feminism, Everyday Life and ‘Radical Patience’,” is being held in conjunction with the exhibition of Andrea Bowers’ #sweetjane, co-organized by [Read More...]

March 7, 2014

Pitzer Professor’s New Book Parses the Language of Legislation

Claremont, Calif. (March 6, 2014)—Pitzer College alumna and Associate Professor of Political Studies Rachel VanSickle-Ward ’99 examines why some laws are vague while others are written in unequivocal language in her new book The Devil Is in the Details: Understanding the Causes of Policy Specificity and Ambiguity (SUNY Press). “All laws have a policy story [Read More...]

March 6, 2014

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Documentary Featuring Pitzer Alumna Claudia Lennear ’06 Wins 2014 Academy Award

Claremont, Calif. (March 3, 2014) — 20 Feet from Stardom, which spotlights Pitzer alumna and singer Claudia Lennear ’06, won the 2014 Academy Award for Documentary Feature film. 20 Feet from Stardom tells the story of the often unheralded backup singers on some of the biggest songs, and behind some of the biggest musicians, of [Read More...]

March 3, 2014

Press Releases

Pitzer College Joins National Effort to Double Number of Students Studying Abroad by 2020

Claremont, Calif. (March 3, 2014) — Pitzer College has pledged to join the Institute of International Education (IIE)’s Generation Study Abroad initiative to double the number of American students who study abroad by the end of the decade. This pledge will augment the College’s top-ranked study abroad program, which contributes to the unprecedented number of [Read More...]

March 3, 2014

Press Releases | Sagehen Athletics

Sagehen Round Up for the Week of February 24, 2014

Jana London ’14 had a career-high 10 goals in the Women’s Lacrosse team’s 18-8 win over Puget Sound.

Claremont, Calif. (March 3, 2014) Rain wreaked havoc with various schedules this week, but not enough to prevent some impressive performances from the Sagehens. Leading the way was the Women’s Lacrosse team, which traveled north to the Tacoma, Washington area for three games and won all three by double figures to improve to 6-2 on [Read More...]

March 3, 2014

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Meet a Pitzer Alum: Peter Harper ’96

Alum Peter Harper '96 speaks on his experience at Pitzer College.

February 28, 2014