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Pitzer College Honored for Commitment to Community Engagement

Claremont, Calif. (June 15, 2015) —Pitzer College was named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service—the seventh time Pitzer has achieved this distinction. The honor roll highlights colleges and universities dedicated to fostering civic engagement and working with communities to solve problems. Pitzer College [Read More...]

June 15, 2015

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Pitzer College’s Community Service Efforts among the Nation’s Best

Claremont, Calif. (August 26, 2014) – Washington Monthly ranks Pitzer College 11th overall among national liberal arts colleges in the Service category. It also ranked the College sixth for student involvement and fifth for staff/faculty service engagement in its 2014 Annual College Guide. Washington Monthly rates schools based on their contribution to the public good [Read More...]

August 26, 2014

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Pitzer College Named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction

Claremont, Calif. (March 13, 2013) — Pitzer College was named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction by the Corporation for National and Community Service. This is the sixth time Pitzer has been recognized by the President’s honor roll and the first time it was designated with distinction. The awardees were [Read More...]

March 13, 2013

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Pitzer College Professor Gina Lamb Receives Cal Humanities Grant

Claremont, CA (May 10, 2012) — Pitzer College Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studies Gina Lamb has received a Community Stories grant from Cal Humanities, a nonprofit that promotes the humanities in California. The grant will fund Lamb’s on-going documentary project about the Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe’s culture and community. The Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe [Read More...]

May 10, 2012

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Pitzer College Center of California Cultural and Social Issues Receives California Council for the Humanities Grant

Claremont, Calif. (April 1, 2010) — The Pitzer College Center of California Cultural and Social Issues (CCCSI) received a California Council for the Humanities Grant for the continual expansion of Borrowed Voices, a community-based writing and self-expression program that develops the stories of incarcerated youth and delivers them to a broader audience. Since 2001, Pitzer [Read More...]

April 1, 2010

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Pitzer College Center for California Cultural and Social Issues Recognized by Corporation for National and Community Service

Claremont, Calif. (February 9, 2009) – The Pitzer College Center for California Cultural and Social Issues was named to The Corporation for National and Community Service President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for its exemplary community service. Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve [Read More...]

February 9, 2009

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Incarcerated Youth Get Creative with Rap, Poetry and the Spoken Word

Pitzer College and High School Partner to Promote Individual Humanity Claremont, Calif. (December, 2007)—The biannual Borrowed Voices event that showcases the poetry, short stories, and spoken word created by incarcerated young men ages thirteen to eighteen will take place at Pitzer College from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on December 13 in Avery Auditorium. The group [Read More...]

December 12, 2007

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Campus Compact Member Schools Donate $7.1 Billion in Community Service

Pitzer College Students Play a Contributing Role with 100,000 Annual Average Service Learning Hours Claremont, Calif. (June 1, 2007) – Pitzer College, a member of Campus Compact, has contributed to the clocking of 277 million hours in campus-organized service programs by 1,000+ institutions nation-wide during the 2005-06 academic year. Social responsibility is one of the [Read More...]

June 1, 2007