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Pitzer Seniors Chance Kawar ’17 and Jennifer Lesorogol ’17 Win Coro Public Affairs Fellowships

Claremont, Calif. (April 18, 2017)—Pitzer College students Chance Kawar ’17 and Jennifer Lesorogol ’17 have been awarded Coro Fellowships to Los Angeles. The Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs is a nine-month graduate-level leadership-training program that prepares talented and committed individuals to become effective and ethical leaders. The fellowship is designed to develop change-makers who can forge connections and [Read More...]
April 18, 2017
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Pitzer College Announces its Inaugural Student Leadership Award Winners

Claremont, Calif. (April 25, 2016)—Pitzer College recognized students and organizations that embody the College’s core values at its inaugural Student Leadership Awards on April 20. For each of Pitzer’s five core values—Social Responsibility, Intercultural Understanding, Interdisciplinary Learning, Student Engagement and Environmental Sustainability—there were two winners, one student and one student-led group. At the awards reception, [Read More...]
April 25, 2016
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Pitzer College Announces 15 Student Fulbright Winners

Claremont, Calif. (April 21, 2016)—Pitzer College congratulates its graduating seniors and alumna who have been awarded 2016-17 Fulbright US Student Program fellowships so far this year: Amanda Chang ’16, Ciera Fleming ’16, Nicola Ying Fry ’16, Hannah Leib ’16, Amanda Leon ’16, Jennifer Lowe ’12, Nina Matsumoto ’16, Sarah Norise ’16, Christopher Norwood ’16, Fiona Nugent [Read More...]
April 13, 2016
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Pitzer Student Adriana Ceron ’18 Selected as 2016 Mellon Mays Fellow

Claremont, Calif. (April 8, 2016)—Pitzer College student Adriana Ceron ’18 has named a 2016 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program fellow. An initiative of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MMUF aims to increase faculty diversity by supporting underrepresented students who want to pursue careers as professors. Ceron, a sociology major and Chicano/a-Latino/a studies minor, is [Read More...]
April 8, 2016
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Pitzer Student Eli Erlick ’17 to Found Trans Youth Leadership Program with Davis Projects for Peace Award

Claremont, Calif. (April 6, 2016)—Pitzer College student Eli Erlick ’17 has been awarded $10,000 by Davis Projects for Peace to establish the Trans Youth Leadership Summit, a Los Angeles-based leadership institute for young transgender people. Erlick’s initiative is one of 120 proposals from across the country selected for the award, which supports college students who [Read More...]
April 6, 2016
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Pitzer Student Elizabeth Weinlein ’17 to Master Chinese with State Department Critical Language Scholarship

Claremont, Calif. (March 30, 2016)—Pitzer College student Elizabeth Weinlein ’17 has been awarded a US Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to undertake intensive language study in China in summer of 2016. The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) is a fully funded summer language and cultural immersion program that aims to expand the number of Americans [Read More...]
March 30, 2016
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Pitzer College Ranks #1 in Student Fulbright Fellowships for Sixth Straight Year

Claremont, Calif. (February 22, 2016)—For the sixth consecutive year, Pitzer College is the top producer of student Fulbright Fellows among all US colleges in the “bachelor’s institutions” category, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Pitzer’s 21 2015-16 student Fulbright Fellows topped the Chronicle’s top-producer list, which included Smith College, Williams College and Amherst College. [Read More...]
February 22, 2016