Meet a Pitzer Student: Marcela Jones

A New Resources student, Jones is an international & intercultural studies major at Pitzer. While interning with Huerta del Valle through Pitzer in Ontario, Jones became concerned about the quality of education in a predominantly low-income area where many children don’t speak English at home.

May 28, 2014

Record Number of Recent Pitzer College Graduates Win Coro Public Affairs Fellowship

Claremont, Calif. (May 26, 2014)—Five Pitzer College recent graduates—Megan Dooley ’10, Shiyana Gunasekara ’14, Aidan Lukomnik ’14, Adam Mandel-Senft ’11 and Romarilyn Ralston ’14—have been named 2014-15 Coro Fellows, setting a new College record for number of Coro Fellowships awarded in a single year. Dooley, an environmental analysis major with an anthropology minor, has been [Read More...]

May 26, 2014

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Pitzer College Names Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Jeff Gottlieb ’75 as 2014 Distinguished Alumni

Claremont, Calif. (April 21, 2014) — Pitzer College names award-winning investigative reporter Jeffrey Gottlieb ’75 the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award honoree and sociologist Brianne Davila ’04 as the Young Alumni Achievement Award recipient. Gottlieb and Davila will be honored at a special brunch with Pitzer President Laura Skandera Trombley on Saturday, May 3 at 9 [Read More...]

April 21, 2014

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Documentary Featuring Pitzer Alumna Claudia Lennear ’06 Wins 2014 Academy Award

Claremont, Calif. (March 3, 2014) — 20 Feet from Stardom, which spotlights Pitzer alumna and singer Claudia Lennear ’06, won the 2014 Academy Award for Documentary Feature film. 20 Feet from Stardom tells the story of the often unheralded backup singers on some of the biggest songs, and behind some of the biggest musicians, of [Read More...]

March 3, 2014

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Pitzer Alumna Debuts Solo Exhibition Depicting American Abolitionists as Saints

Claremont, Calif. (February 4, 2014)—Pitzer College alumna and mixed-media artistHope Demetriades ’91 opens a new solo exhibition, The North Stars: Canonizing the American Abolitionists, at the Center for Wellbeing in Sierra Madre, Calif. The opening reception with the artist is on February 7 from 5-8 p.m. A second reception will be held Friday, March 7, [Read More...]

February 4, 2014

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Pitzer College Alumnus Char Miller ’75 Hosts Discussion about Documentary on John Muir

Claremont, Calif. (January 6, 2014) — Pitzer College alumnus Char Miller ’75 will lead a discussion at the screening of the PBS documentary John Muir in the New World at the Ontario Museum of History and Art on January 9. Miller also appears in the documentary and served as a consultant on the film. John [Read More...]

January 6, 2014

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Pitzer College Alumna Kimberly Richman ’96 Authors New Book About Same-Sex Marriages

Claremont, Calif. (December 19, 2013) – Pitzer College alumna Kimberly Richman ’96 pens License to Wed: What Legal Marriage Means to Same-Sex Couples to be released by New York University Press on December 30, 2013. A majority of Americans now support same-sex marriage. License to Wed examines what marriage means to the wedded couples in [Read More...]

December 19, 2013

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Pitzer College Alumni Speak at Rally to Prevent Gun Violence

Claremont, Calif. (December 13, 2013) — Pitzer College alumni Rhonda Foster ’82 and Ruett Foster ’81 will speak at Remember, Recommit Rally in Los Angeles on December 14, the first anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The rally is being held to remember the victims of Sandy Hook and all victims [Read More...]

December 13, 2013

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Pitzer College Alumnus Releases Debut Novel The Last Ancient

Claremont, Calif. (December 12, 2013) — Pitzer College alumnus Eliot Baker ’99 has released his debut book, The Last Ancient, a supernatural thriller set on Nantucket Island. The Last Ancient was published this month by Champagne Books. The Last Ancient tells the story of Simon Stephenson, a journalist on Nantucket Island who uncovers a conspiracy [Read More...]

December 12, 2013

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State Senator and Pitzer Alumnus Kevin de León ’03 Named Policymaker of the Year

Kevin de León '03 and Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley

Claremont, Calif. (October 30, 2013) — Pitzer College alumnus and California State Senator Kevin de León ’03 received the Policymaker of the Year Award from the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU) in honor of his efforts to increase access to higher education for all students regardless of their financial means. During the [Read More...]

October 30, 2013