President Laura Skandera Trombley

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Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley to Deliver Commencement Address at Pepperdine University

Claremont, Calif. (May 14, 2013) — Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley will address education graduates at the commencement ceremonies of the Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP) and receive an honorary doctorate on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 2 p.m. “We are honored to have Dr. Trombley address our education graduates, [Read More...]
May 14, 2013
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Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley Joins the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

Claremont, Calif. (February 12, 2013) — Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley has been appointed by US President Barack Obama to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Trombley was sworn in on February 11, 2013 in Washington, DC, by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs J. Adam Ereli at the Board’s [Read More...]
February 12, 2013
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President Barack Obama Appoints Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley to Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

Claremont, Calif. (February 11, 2013) — Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley has been appointed by US President Barack Obama to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Trombley will be sworn in during the Board’s first quarterly meeting on February 11, 2013 at 10:45 a.m. in Washington, DC by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of [Read More...]
February 11, 2013
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President Obama to Appoint Pitzer President Laura Skandera Trombley to Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

Claremont, Calif. (December 20, 2012) — The White House announced today that Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley will be appointed by US President Barack Obama to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. The Office of the Press Secretary also announced two additional key administration post appointments by President Obama: Ruth David and Maria [Read More...]
December 20, 2012
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Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley to Give Keynote Address at Mark Twain Symposium

Claremont, Calif. (April 16, 2012) — Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley will deliver the keynote address at “Complicating Twain: Biography, Autobiography and the Personal Scholar: Remembering Michael J. Kiskis,” a symposium hosted by the Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies and the Mark Twain Circle of America. The symposium will be held at [Read More...]
April 16, 2012
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Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley to Speak at Los Angeles Business Council’s Sustainability Summit

Claremont, Calif. (April 13, 2012) — Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley will be a featured speaker at the Los Angeles Business Council’s 6th Annual Sustainability Summit at the Getty Center on April 27. Trombley will speak about the role of sustainability at Pitzer and in higher education during the “Salon of Masters” panel at [Read More...]
April 13, 2012
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Pitzer College to Ratify Vaccine Development Collaboration in Botswana

Claremont, Calif. (March 27, 2012) — Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley, Dean of Faculty Alan Jones and Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Thomas Poon will travel to Gaborone, Botswana to sign a memorandum of understanding to ratify a partnership between Pitzer College Vaccine Development Institute, the Botswana Vaccine Institute and the University of Botswana [Read More...]
March 27, 2012

Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley Participating in 89.3 KPCC Panel on the Future of Higher Education

Claremont, Calif. (January 9, 2012) — Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley will join the chancellor of UCLA, the president of USC and the chancellor of the California Community Colleges this week to discuss the future of higher education. The panel discussion, “Higher Education—What Is Its Future?,” is being presented by 89.3 KPCC and will [Read More...]
January 9, 2012