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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
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Pitzer College Student Athletes Recognized for 2011-12 Season

Claremont, Calif (April 30, 2012) — Pitzer College congratulates seniors Perri Hopkins ’12, Anna Oxborough-Yankus ’12, Teresa (Traci) Lopez ’12 and Travis Rooke-Ley ’12 for their athletic excellence. They were recognized at the 2011-12 Student Athlete Awards dinner on April 25. Hopkins won the Daley Award for Athletic Achievement. Hopkins is the co-captain of the [Read More...]
April 30, 2012