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Two Emmy Nominations for Alumnus Ben Cotner’s Film on the Fight for Same-sex Marriage
Claremont, Calif. (July 27, 2015)—Pitzer College alumnus Ben Cotner ’02 received an Emmy nomination for the documentary The Case Against 8, which he co-directed and co-produced with Ryan White. The film, which takes an in-depth look at the federal lawsuit against Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage, was nominated for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction
[Read More...]Pitzer College Announces its 2015 Alumni Award Winners
Violence-Prevention Activists Rhonda Foster ’82 and Ruett Foster ’81 and Writer Jamilah King ’07 Claremont, Calif. (April 15, 2015)—Pitzer College names violence-prevention activists Rhonda Foster ’82 and Ruett Foster ’81 its 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award honorees, and writer and editor Jamilah King ’07 as its Young Alumni Achievement Award recipient. The Fosters and King will
[Read More...]Pitzer College Alumna Deborah Deutsch Smith ’68 Wins Teacher Education Award
Claremont, Calif. (April 8, 2015)—Pitzer College alumna and trustee emerita Deborah Deutsch Smith ’68 will receive the prestigious 2015 TED/Pearson Excellence in Teacher Education Award this week. A leader in special education and disability policy, Smith will be presented with the award on April 9 during the annual convention of the Council for Exceptional Children
[Read More...]Pitzer Alumna Lauren Dolgen ’97 Tapped to Head MTV’s Reality Programming
Claremont, Calif. (March 19, 2015)—Pitzer College alumna Lauren Dolgen ’97 has been named head of reality programming and executive vice president of series development at MTV. Prior to this promotion, Dolgen headed West Coast reality programming for the network in addition to being EVP of series development. During her 18-year tenure at MTV, Dolgen has
[Read More...]Chef Jenn Louis ’93 Rolls out Recipes for Handmade Pasta
Claremont, Calif. (March 18, 2015)—Pitzer College alumna Jenn Louis ’93 shares recipes and top-chef tips for creating pasta in her debut cookbook, Pasta by Hand: A Collection of Italy’s Regional Hand-Shaped Pasta. The book will be released by Chronicle Books and available through major book retailer next week. Pasta by Hand provides more than 65
[Read More...]Pitzer Pathfinder: Joshua Brown ’10
Joshua Brown is the teacher we all wish we had. He loves his job and it shows. A member of Pitzer's Class of 2010, Josh believes in serving the greater good and practices his commitment every day. "Pitzer has been instrumental in developing the skills I need for my job," he says of his alma mater.
John Darnielle ’95 Novel Wolf in White Van Nominated for National Book Award
Claremont, Calif. (September 26, 2014)—Wolf in White Van, the new novel by Pitzer alumnus John Darnielle ’95, has been nominated for a 2014 National Book Award. Published this month by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Wolf in White Van tells the story of a disfigured man who creates a role-playing game that allows strangers to enter
[Read More...]Pitzer Recent Graduates Awarded Teaching Fellowships to Lingnan University
Claremont, Calif. (May 28, 2014)—Pitzer College Class of 2014 graduates Sophia Baldwin ’14 and Vanessa Gonzalez ’14 have been awarded Visiting English Tutor Fellowships at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. Baldwin, a political studies major, will help students develop their English writing, reading and speaking skills at the University’s Centre for English and Additional Language
[Read More...]Meet a Pitzer Student: Nick Romo
May 28, 2014
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Meet a Pitzer Student: Meet Meng Xu
Meng Xu ’14 studied abroad twice during college: for one semester in Tokyo, Japan and for seven semesters in Claremont, USA. Originally from Shanghai, China, Xu is one of nine international students who graduated from Pitzer College in May. Just as many students travel to Nepal or Costa Rica during college, Xu came to Pitzer to learn a foreign language and experience a culture different from his own. He viewed his initial discomfort as a desirable inevitability—a kind of prerequisite for a global education.
