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During the 2022–23 academic year, Pitzer students and alumni earned a multitude of awards and fellowships to conduct research, teach English, create social change, engage communities, and pursue their academic interests around the globe.
Award recipients have strived for social change, whether by leading writing workshops, combining athletics and mental wellness, launching community composting, or producing reentry resources for formerly incarcerated and homeless people.
Alum's idea for recycling discarded plastic to create eco-bricks has been awarded a 2023 Napier Initiative Award
Athletics 2023 Recap
Student Fulbright winners will study, teach, or conduct research around the globe to promote mutual understanding between the U.S. and other countries.
Pitzer College has awarded the 2023 Benjamin Godsill ’00 and Anna Burns Student Apprenticeship Awards to students Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida ’24 and Jaspa Ureña ’24. The award supports in-depth curatorial apprenticeships with leading Los Angeles arts organizations LACE and Fulcrum Arts. Borgsdorf Fuenzalida will work with LACE as part of his research on object repatriation and Chilean memory institutions, while Ureña will join Fulcrum Arts, bringing their multidisciplinary practice and commitment to community empowerment. Established through a 2021 gift from alumnus Benjamin Godsill ’00 and Anna Burns, the program provides competitive, hands-on curatorial experience that supports pathways into museum careers. Applications for the Spring 2024 cycle open October 23, 2023.
Thomas Martinez ’23 and Ella Meyer ’23 will conduct independent study projects outside of the U.S. during their senior year
Student wins award for designing grassroots project that promotes peace.
Madison Quan ’22 wins prestigious SCIAC award