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Pitzer College Wins Three 2012 Hermes Creative Awards

Claremont, Calif. (May 11, 2012) — Pitzer College received three 2012 Hermes Creative Awards from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The 2011 Viewbook, designed by Gabriela Contreras, received a Gold Award in the Publications/Viewbook category. The Troublemakers video, produced by Mona Ducrocq, won Gold in the Video/Nonprofit category. The Pitzer College home page, [Read More...]
May 11, 2012
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Pitzer College Alumna Ella Pennington ’81 Named Chief Operating Officer of Disability Group

Claremont, Calif. (May 10, 2012) — Pitzer College alumna Ella Pennington ’81 has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of Disability Group, one of the largest disability advocacy groups in the nation. As COO, Pennington will be responsible for monitoring and managing the quality of services each client receives from Disability Group. She will also streamline [Read More...]
May 10, 2012
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Pitzer College Professor Gina Lamb Receives Cal Humanities Grant

Claremont, CA (May 10, 2012) — Pitzer College Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studies Gina Lamb has received a Community Stories grant from Cal Humanities, a nonprofit that promotes the humanities in California. The grant will fund Lamb’s on-going documentary project about the Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe’s culture and community. The Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe [Read More...]
May 10, 2012
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Erik Munzer ’13 Wins Athletic Excellence Award

Claremont, Calif. (May 9, 2012) — Pitzer College student Erik Munzer ’13 won the Athletic Excellence Award for two-sport athletes at the Pitzer-Pomona Athletic Department’s 25th annual Student-Athlete Awards Banquet held last week. Munzer is a starter on both the baseball and soccer teams, playing center fielder and center back, respectively. He helped both teams [Read More...]
May 9, 2012
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Pitzer College Professor Claudia Strauss Receives NSF and Wenner-Gren Foundation Grants

Claremont, Calif. (May 9, 2012) — Pitzer College Professor of Anthropology Claudia Strauss has received grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Wenner-Gren Foundation to conduct research on the experiences and views of the unemployed in Southern California. Strauss’ two-year-long project will examine how unemployed men and women from different classes and ethnic [Read More...]
May 9, 2012
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Pitzer College Students Awarded Teach For America Fellowships

Claremont, Calif. (May 3, 2012) — Pitzer College congratulates students awarded Teach For America fellowships for fall 2012: Betsy Diaz ’12, Brooke Marcy ’12, Stephanie Migdail ’12, Christopher Peck ’12, Alyshia Silva ’12, Laura Silverberg ’12, Sarah Surrey ’12, Amelia Troutman ’12 and Elisha Whitman ’12. Diaz is a double major in neuroscience and psychology [Read More...]
May 3, 2012
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Pitzer College Student Isabel Neal ’12 Receives Poetry Awards and Publishes in Anthology of Best Undergraduate Writing

Claremont, Calif. (May 2, 2012) — Pitzer College student Isabel Neal ’12 received a scholarship to the 2012 New York State Summer Writers Institute. She was also awarded a fellowship to attend the highly selective Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets this summer and had her poem “Field Poem” published in Bennington College’s plain china: best [Read More...]
May 2, 2012
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Pitzer College Student Autumn Pham ’14 Awarded German Academic Exchange Service Scholarship

Claremont, Calif. (May 2, 2012) — Pitzer College student Autumn Pham ’14 has been awarded a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) undergraduate scholarship. The scholarship funds study abroad for highly-qualified undergraduate students with well-defined plans to study, conduct research or complete an internship in Germany. With the support of the DAAD scholarship, Pham will spend [Read More...]
May 2, 2012
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Pitzer College Senior Anna Oxborough-Yankus ’12 Named SCIAC Athlete of the Week

Claremont, Calif. (May 2, 2012) — Pitzer College student Anna Oxborough-Yankus ’12 was named the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Female Athlete of the Week after leading Pitzer-Pomona to the SCIAC Women’s Water Polo championship this weekend. Oxborough-Yankus ’12 earned the honor after scoring 10 goals during the SCIAC Tournament, including five in the [Read More...]
May 2, 2012