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Día de los Muertos Ceremony Kickoff
Monday, November 1, 6 p.m.
The Mounds
Join us for a Día de los Muertos ceremony kick-off with a special performance by the award-winning dance troupe Danzantes del Sol. Face masks required.
Día de los Muertos Ceremony
Tuesday, November 2, noon-1 p.m.
Scott Hall Lobby
Día de los Muertos will be observed on Tuesday, November 2, at noon in the Scott Hall lobby and in front of Scott Hall.
Learn about the history of Día de Los Muertos and participate in the flower and community altar ceremony to remember family members who have passed on. Tamales, pan dulce, and champurrado will be provided. Face masks required.
Pitzer Industry Series: Energy
Tuesday, November 2, 6-7 p.m.
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Meet with a Pitzer alum Sloan Cinelli ’18 who works at Tesla in Enterprise Accounts – Government & Transportation.
This program is part of a series that provides a regular platform for Pitzer alumni and families as well as employers to discuss careers in a variety of fields.
Talk: Algorithms of Oppression with Safiya Noble
Wednesday, November 3, 11 a.m.-noon
https://pitzer.zoom.us/j/85310223223
Safiya U. Noble is an Associate Professor of Gender Studies and African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she serves as the co-founder and director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2). She is also the author of a best-selling book on racist and sexist algorithmic bias in commercial search engines.
Part of the CASA Pitzer Fall 2021 Community and Healing Justice Speaker Series
Wellness Wednesday: Building Community
Wednesday, November 3, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
McConnell Apron
Learn about building community! Join us during lunch outside of McConnell for tips, tools, and resources for your wellness. Instagram: @PZStrive2Thrive
Personal Statement Tips for Graduate School
Wednesday, November 3, 6-7 p.m.
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Are you applying to graduate schools this fall or learning more about the personal statement? Join this session to learn what a personal statement is, get some brainstorming ideas, review important do’s and don’ts, and ask any questions you may have.
Study Abroad Information Session
Friday, November 5, 2-3 p.m.
https://pitzer.zoom.us/j/98231983257
Students planning to study abroad during the fall or spring must attend an information session before they can meet with a study abroad adviser. Information sessions will provide an overview of study abroad policies and highlight different program models available to Pitzer students.
Pitzer College Art Galleries
Sadie Barnette: Legacy & Legend
Tuesdays-Saturdays; reservations required.
Lenzner Family Art Gallery, Atherton Hall
Showing through December 18
Sadie Barnette: Legacy & Legend, a partnership between the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College and Pitzer College Art Galleries, is the artist’s most ambitious exhibition to date. The Benton is exhibiting a major new body of work that expands upon themes the artist has explored in an earlier project, Dear 1968,… (2017), and Pitzer is showing an installation featuring Barnette’s signature reimagining of domestic spaces as futuristic, other-worldly locations of liberation and restoration.
Jenny Perlin: Maelstrom
Tuesdays-Saturdays; reservations required.
Nichols Gallery, Broad Center
Showing through December 17
Artist Jenny Perlin works in 16mm hand-drawn animated films, videos, installations, and drawings. Her projects draw on interdisciplinary interests in history, cultural studies, literature, and linguistics. Her films incorporate innovative techniques to investigate history as it relates to the present.
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