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Reunion Celebration 2021

Pitzer College Virtual Reunion Celebration 2021

What can you say about Pitzer’s virtual Reunion Celebration 2021? It was #SoPitzer—even if it wasn’t in person. Pitzer’s Office of Alumni & Family Engagement hosted a series of socials, faculty talks, and panel discussions. Community members came together virtually to celebrate Pitzer’s 2021 and 2020 Alumni Award winners and OBSA & CLSA’s 50th anniversaries. Professors zoomed in for seminar-style talks, exploring everything from the study of friendships to the history of the Grove House, and the engagement office held the third part of its True Equity series: Pitzer’s Inaugural Black Alumni Caucus.

Whether you couldn’t make it or just want to re-live it, we hope you click on some highlights from Pitzer’s Reunion Celebration 2021 below and visit our Pitzer College Alumni Awards Ceremony post.

Headshot of Jose Calderon, who has short dark hair and wears glasses and a collared white shirt.

Core Values in Action: Engagement for Systemic/Structural Change
With José Z. Calderón, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Chicano/a-Latino/a Studies

Headshot of Peter Nardi, who has short dark hair and wears glasses and a maroon collared shirt.

Core Values in Action: The Study of Friendships
With Peter Nardi, Professor Emeritus of Sociology

Black-and-white headshot of Barry Sanders, who has white hair and a long white beard.

Core Values in Action: The Grove House: A Hand-Made Tale
With Barry Sanders, Professor Emeritus of History of Creative Ideas

Headshot of Judith Grabiner, who has short white hair and wears glasses and a light blue collared shirt.

Core Values in Action: Many Cultures Create Mathematics: A Cool Example and a Pitzer Perspective
With Judy Grabiner, Flora Sanborn Pitzer Professor Emerita of Mathematics

Embracing Our Activist Past and Exploring Our Present: OBSA & CLSA Celebrating Over 50 Years of Building Community
With Xochitl Casillas, interim dean of students, Chicano Latino Student Affairs; Lydia Middleton, dean and director, Office of Black Student Affairs; Suyapa Portillo Villeda ’96, Pitzer College associate professor of Chicana/o Latina/o Transnational Studies and Intercollegiate Department of Chicanx Latinx Studies; Maryan Soliman, Scripps College assistant professor of Africana studies and Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies.