Pitzer News

Student Achievements

Practicing People-Powered Leadership

Pitzer Senate President Ella Hale ’26 exercises her economics and political studies education as she partners with trustees, senior leadership, faculty, staff, and students in College governance.

News Topics

• Students
• Community Engagement

Organization

• Student Senate

Student Achievements

Engaging Communities Through Mentorship and Economics

Two Pitzer students draw from their economics major and peer mentorship to make the corporate and college worlds more accessible.

News Topics

• Students
• Economics

Student Achievements

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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• Students

Alumni Achievements

Kai Bidell ’20: Saving the Planet Through Impact Investing

Combining environmentalism, economics, and social justice to fight greenwashing and climate change

News Topics

• Climate & Environment
• Alumni
• Environmental Analysis

Faculty Achievements

APIDA Heritage Month Spotlight: Professor Linus Yamane

Meet Professor of Economics Linus Yamane, who has been teaching at Pitzer since 1988 and helped develop the Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies at The Claremont Colleges.

News Topics

• Faculty
• Asian American Studies

Student Achievements

Putting People First

Carla Valdez '21, a mathematical economics major and first-generation STEM student, approaches the application of economics on a personal level. A two-time recipient of an Edison International STEM Scholarship, she is passionate about students who are pursuing science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and related fields.

News Topics

• Education