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Pitzer College Assistant Professor Wins First Place in Juried Exhibition

Claremont, Calif. (March 31, 2010) — Pitzer College Assistant Professor of Art Jessica McCoy received first place in the fourth annual international juried art exhibition Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century for her painting Bathroom II. McCoy’s painting is a composition in collage form that examines the progression of time through a compilation of moments. “I [Read More...]

March 31, 2010

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Cory A. Booker to be Keynote Speaker at Pitzer College’s 2010 Commencement Ceremony

Claremont, Calif. (March 30, 2010) — Pitzer College will host its 46th Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 15 at 10 am on the newly constructed Commencement Pavilion. The Honorable Cory A. Booker, mayor of Newark, New Jersey was selected by the class of 2010 to serve as the keynote speaker at this year’s event. Booker’s mission for [Read More...]

March 30, 2010

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Pitzer College Student Delivered Speech at the 2010 TEDxConejo Conference

Claremont, Calif. (March 30, 2010) — Pitzer College student Jessie Yancey-Seigel ’13 delivered a speech on “Being A Global Citizen” at the 2010 TEDxConejo Conference in Thousand Oaks. Yancey-Seigel, who majors in international and intercultural studies, spoke on how the millennial generation can act as philanthropic agents of change at a local and global level. [Read More...]

March 30, 2010

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Pitzer College Selects 2010 Scholars-in-Residence

Claremont, Calif. (March 29, 2010) — Pitzer College Professor of Linguistics Carmen Fought and Assistant Professor of Art Tim Berg were selected as the 2010-11 Pitzer College Scholars-in-Residence. During this semester-long program, Fought will teach a seminar entitled “Waking Sleeping Beauty: Language and Gender in Disney” and Berg will teach a seminar on “Cultural Practice [Read More...]

March 29, 2010

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Pitzer College Student Awarded Scholarship to Attend 2010 New York State Summer Writers Institute

Claremont, Calif. (March 23, 2010) — Pitzer College student Simon Lee ’11 was awarded a Skidmore Scholarship to attend the 2010 New York State Summer Writers Institute. Lee, who majors in English and world literature with a minor in art history, also tutors at the Pitzer College Writing Center. He is excited by the opportunity [Read More...]

March 23, 2010

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Pitzer College Receives $200,000 Donation for Vaccine Development Institute

Claremont, Calif. (March 19, 2010) — Pitzer College received a $200,000 donation from Dr. Francois Ferré and Dr. Magda Marquet to support the research and development of the college’s Vaccine Development Institute. “We strongly believe in the vision of the institute with its dual tenets of ‘disease eradication in the developing world and global thinking [Read More...]

March 19, 2010

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Pitzer Students Named to SCIAC All-Academic Football Team

Claremont, Calif. (March 2, 2010) — Pitzer College congratulates Jacob Caron ’12, Robert Montalvo ’10, Russell Oka ’10 and the Sagehen football team members named to the 2009-10 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) All-Academic Football Team. “We are proud of the accomplishments of our athletes on and off the field and this particular award [Read More...]

March 2, 2010

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Pitzer Students Named to SCIAC All-Academic Football Team

March 2, 2010

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Pitzer College Named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

Claremont, Calif. (March 2, 2010) — Pitzer College was named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Through the Pitzer College Center for California Cultural and Social Issues (CCCSI,) Pitzer students donate over 100,000 hours annually to local and global organizations. Students work in [Read More...]

March 2, 2010

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Pitzer College Alumna Nominated for James Beard Award

Claremont, Calif. (February 24, 2010) – Pitzer College alumna Jenn Louis ’93, owner and chef of Lincoln Restaurant in Portland, OR, was named a semifinalist for 2010 Best Chef Northwest by the James Beard Foundation. Louis, with her husband David Welch, opened Lincoln Restaurant in 2008, where they use seasonal ingredients to create simple, elegant [Read More...]

February 24, 2010