Alumni

Pitzer College Alumna Authors Two Los Angeles Times Best Sellers

Claremont, Calif. (December 6, 2010) – Pitzer College alumna Betsy Brown Braun ’70 has authored two Top 10 Los Angeles Times Best Sellers, Just Tell Me What to Say (Harper Collins, 2008) and You’re Not The Boss of Me: Brat Proofing Your Kids (Harper Collins, 2010.) Braun is a child development and behavior specialist, parent [Read More...]
December 6, 2010
Press Releases

Pitzer College Trustee Deborah Deutsch Smith ’68 to Attend the US Department of Education 35th Anniversary of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Congressional Event

Claremont, Calif. (November 16, 2010) — Pitzer College Trustee Deborah Deutsch Smith, PhD ’68 was one of 200 who will be in attendance at the US Department of Education and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services’ 35th anniversary celebration of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in the Kennedy Caucus Room of [Read More...]
November 16, 2010
Press Releases

Pitzer College Alumnus Authors The Gravedigger

Claremont, Calif. (November 2, 2010) — Rob Smith’91 has authored a new book entitled The Gravedigger published by University of New Orleans Press. Smith majored in philosophy and psychology while at Pitzer. The Gravedigger, which won the Gold Medal for Novel in the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner-Wisdom Competition, is Smith’s debut novel. He is the 2009-10 [Read More...]
November 2, 2010
Press Releases

Pitzer College Alumna Receives Richard Beckhard Practice Award

Claremont, Calif. ( November 2, 2010) — Pitzer College congratulates Leslie Dashew ’70, recipient of the Family Firm Institute Richard Beckhard Practice Award in recognition for her work and mentorship to families in business. Dashew, who majored in psychology at Pitzer, is the founder of the Human Side of Enterprise and serves on the board [Read More...]
November 2, 2010
Sagehen Athletics

Jose Cortez Named to D3Baseball.com 2000’s All-Decade Team

Claremont, Calif. (October 25, 2010) — Former Sagehen Jose Cortez ’09 has been named to the D3baseball.com 2000’s All-Decade Team. Cortez was unanimously selected as the First Team designated hitter. Cortez, who majored in organizational studies, played for the Sagehens from 2000-2003 and was a member of two SCIAC Championship teams (2002, 2003.) He was [Read More...]
October 25, 2010
Press Releases

Pitzer College Alumnus Selected as a 2010-11 Capital Fellow

Claremont, Calif. (September 16, 2010) — Pitzer College congratulates Benjamin Rubin ’10, recipient of an Executive Fellowship in the 2010-11 Capital Fellows Program. Rubin was an urban planning major and anthropology minor at Pitzer College. “I am excited to begin the Capital Fellowship because the program combines graduate classroom learning with professional work. I think [Read More...]
September 16, 2010
Press Releases

Pitzer College Alum Receives Kiva Fellowship

Claremont, Calif. (September 14, 2010) — Pitzer College congratulates Charlie Wood ’07, recipient of a 2010 Kiva Fellowship to Kyrgyzstan to work with a microfinance organization on media, program deliverables and governance. “Kiva is one of the most prescient examples of intelligent motivated young professionals applying their training and acumen to a conscious based project [Read More...]
September 14, 2010
Press Releases

Casey Scieszka ’06 Co-Authors To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story

Claremont, Calif. (August 26, 2010) — Casey Scieszka ’06 co-authored To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story to be published by Roaring Brook Press in March 2011. To Timbuktu chronicles Scieszka’s and illustrator Steven Weinberg’s first two years out of college teaching English, making friends across language barriers, researching and painting while traveling [Read More...]
August 26, 2010