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Sports Recap: A Victorious Spring for the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens

Athletics 2023 Recap

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The Magnificent Nine: Pitzer Announces 2023 Fulbright Recipients

Student Fulbright winners will study, teach, or conduct research around the globe to promote mutual understanding between the U.S. and other countries.

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Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida ’24 and Jaspa Ureña ’24 Awarded Curatorial Apprenticeships for First-Generation and Students of Color

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.

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Two Students Receive 2023 Watson Fellowships to Study Climate-Resilient Food Systems and Changing Water Resources

Thomas Martinez ’23 and Ella Meyer ’23 will conduct independent study projects outside of the U.S. during their senior year

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Sanya Dhama ’24 Wins Projects for Peace Award to Empower Youth in Public Health Education

Student wins award for designing grassroots project that promotes peace.

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Madison Quan ’22 Makes History in Women’s Basketball

Madison Quan ’22 wins prestigious SCIAC award

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Pomona-Pitzer Men’s Basketball Team Clinches SCIAC Regular Season Title

Season Impact: with the win, the Sagehens clinch the SCIAC Regular Season Title and earned their fifth 20-win season in program history to improve to 20–5 overall and 15–1 in SCIAC play.

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2023 Napier Fellows Empower Communities as Social Change Agents

Claremont-based Napier Initiative recognizes graduating seniors who are committed to social justice

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Black History Month Spotlight: Fatoumata Dioubate ’24

Meet Fatoumata Dioubate ’24 (she/her), a Politics, Philosophy and Economics and French major who is studying abroad in Pitzer’s international exchange program in Nantes, France.

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Ben Willett ’23 Sets Program Records in Men’s Swim and Dive

Pitzer’s Ben Willett ’23 highlighted the Sagehens’ efforts with program records in both the 1m and 3m dives.

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