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The Pitzer Class of 2015 Is Academically Strong and Diverse
Claremont, Calif. (September 19, 2011) — Fifty-five percent of the Pitzer College entering class graduated from high school in the top ten percent of their high school class with forty-one percent graduated with a 4.0 GPA or higher. The class consists of 272 students from 237 different high schools. Seven percent of the class is
[Read More...]Jordan Leonard ’14 Receives the 2010 Pitzer College President’s Council Scholarship
Claremont, Calif. (October 12, 2010) — Pitzer College awarded Jordan Leonard ’14 the 2010 President’s Council Scholarship. Leonard is a jazz musician who has played the saxophone, trumpet and flute since the age of six. He composes his own music but also enjoys playing hard bop, cool jazz and bebop from the 1940s and 1960s.
[Read More...]Pitzer College Student Delivered Speech at the 2010 TEDxConejo Conference
Claremont, Calif. (March 30, 2010) — Pitzer College student Jessie Yancey-Seigel ’13 delivered a speech on “Being A Global Citizen” at the 2010 TEDxConejo Conference in Thousand Oaks. Yancey-Seigel, who majors in international and intercultural studies, spoke on how the millennial generation can act as philanthropic agents of change at a local and global level.
[Read More...]Pitzer College Student Awarded Scholarship to Attend 2010 New York State Summer Writers Institute
Claremont, Calif. (March 23, 2010) — Pitzer College student Simon Lee ’11 was awarded a Skidmore Scholarship to attend the 2010 New York State Summer Writers Institute. Lee, who majors in English and world literature with a minor in art history, also tutors at the Pitzer College Writing Center. He is excited by the opportunity
[Read More...]Pitzer College Student Recognized at the 2010 Harvard National Model United Nations Conference
Claremont, Calif. (February 24, 2010) – Pitzer College congratulates Sol Estin ’10, who was named a Best Delegate at the 2010 Harvard National Model United Nations for his representation of Costa Rica in the United Nations Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean Committee. Estin, a political studies major, has participated in Pitzer’s Model
[Read More...]Pitzer College Student Awarded Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship
Claremont, Calif. (February 12, 2010) – Pitzer College congratulates Lizette Ceja-Urena ’11, recipient of a 2010 Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship at Carnegie Mellon. Ceja-Urena, a public policy analysis and sociology major, hopes to find a way to move policy making away from “one size fits all” to something that includes the views
[Read More...]Pitzer College Student Brianna Moffitt Awarded a UCB Crohn Scholarship
Claremont, Calif. (January 08, 2010)—Pitzer College congratulates Brianna Moffitt ’12, recipient of a UCB Crohn Scholarship Award. Moffitt, who has been suffering from Crohn’s disease since age 11, is a psychology major at Pitzer. She has won numerous scholastic and leadership awards including the Girl Scout Gold Award and volunteered for many organizations like Painted
[Read More...]Pitzer Students Named to All-Conference Football Team
Claremont, Calif. (December 3, 2009) – Pitzer College congratulates Jacob Caron ’12, Robert McNitt ’11, Russell Oka ’10 and the Sagehen football team members named to the 2009 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) All-Conference Football Team. “This athletic achievement in conjunction with a rigorous academic program is evidence of the comprehensive experience Pitzer students
[Read More...]Pitzer College Student Wins Bank of America Student Leadership Award
Claremont, Calif. (October 23, 2009) – Pitzer College student Jemima Barrios ’13 received a 2009 Bank of America Boston Neighborhood Excellence Initiative Award for student leadership. In high school, Barrios and her peers launched a project to gather supplies, games, notes and other items for U.S. Marines serving in Iraq. She also served as the
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