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Pitzer College Alumnus Honored for Leadership in Conservation

Char Miller '75Claremont, Calif. (October 9, 2013)—Pitzer College alumnus Char Miller ’75 was awarded the Pinchot Institute for Conservation’s Pinchot Medallion in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to environmental conservation and sustainable natural resources management. The highest honor bestowed by the Institute, the medallion was given to Miller during the organization’s 50th anniversary celebration in September. “Char [Read More...]
October 9, 2013
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Pitzer College Recent Graduates Set New Record with 24 Fulbright Fellowships

Claremont, Calif. (June 21, 2013) — Pitzer College’s most recent graduates have been awarded 24 Fulbright Fellowships, breaking the school record the College set last year. Pitzer congratulates all its alumni who have received 2013-14 Fulbright Fellowships: Elisa Asdourian ’13, Sophie Beiers ’13, Ana Berry ’12, Sydney Calander ’13, Rachel Conrad ’13, Kristin Dobbin ’13, [Read More...]
June 21, 2013
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Pitzer College Alumnus Char Miller ’75 Publishes Book about Water, Immigration and a Sense of Place in the Borderlands

Claremont, Calif. (March 18, 2013)—Pitzer College alumnus Char Miller ’75 has authored On the Edge: Water, Immigration, and Politics in the Southwest, a collection of essays about the American Southwest. With an environmentalist’s eye and a story-teller’s voice, Miller delves into the troubling issues that shape life in the US-Mexico border region. On the Edge [Read More...]
March 18, 2013
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Pitzer College Alumna Sissy Trinh ’96 Trains Teens to Speak Up to City Hall

Claremont, Calif. (December 7, 2011) — Pitzer College alumna Sissy Trinh ’96 founded the Southeast Asian Community Alliance (SEACA), a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that helps teenagers change their neighborhoods and change their lives. Established in 2002, SEACA’s mission is to “build an empowered Southeast Asian community through leadership development, education, advocacy and community organizing.” [Read More...]
December 7, 2012
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Pitzer College Alumna Susan Celniker ’75 Honored for Pioneering Genetic Research

Claremont, Calif. (December 5, 2012)— Pitzer College alumna Susan Celniker ’75 has been named a 2012 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The peer-awarded honor recognizes distinguished efforts in the scientific and social applications of science. Celniker, who heads the Life Sciences Division’s Department of Genome Dynamics at the Lawrence [Read More...]
December 5, 2012
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Pitzer College Alumnus Todd Eachus Joins Opportunity Finance Network

Claremont, Calif. (November 30, 2012) — Pitzer College alumnus Todd Eachus ’84 has been named the chief external affairs officer of Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), a national network of community development financial institutions that provide financial resources to people in low-income communities to help them join the economic mainstream. As OFN’s chief external affairs officer, [Read More...]
November 30, 2012
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Danielle Brown ’08 to Establish Oral History Website for Women of African Descent in South America

Claremont, Calif. (October 25, 2012)—Pitzer College Alumna Danielle Brown ’08 is launching a multimedia oral history website to collect and share audio and video testimonies of women of African descent in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. Brown created the initiative, Sos Parte, to establish a forum for this group of women to tell their stories [Read More...]
October 25, 2012
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Pitzer College Alumnus Daniel Berman ’84 Named Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient 2012

Claremont, Calif. (April 12, 2012) — Pitzer College has named alumnus Daniel Berman ’84 the 2012 Distinguished Alumni. President Laura Skandera Trombley and Alumni Board President Gilbert V. Gonzales ’03 will present Berman with the Ninth Annual Distinguished Alumni Award 2012 at a special dinner during the College’s Alumni Reunion Weekend on Saturday, April 28 [Read More...]
April 12, 2012