Home » April 27: Student Life
Career Fellows:
Stephanie Camey & Milly Chi
Nominated by Carolina Rodriguez
Steph and Milly have been Career Fellows for 2 consecutive years and have been doing amazing work! They have stayed committed throughout the pandemic to help their Pitzer peers through drop-in hours, creating newsletters and putting on workshops! The Career Services team is proud of the work Steph and Milly have done in the past 2 years. Thanks Milly and Steph for your commitment to our students and assisting them through their career development.
Mirek Vanis
Nominated by Brad Tharpe
Mirek worked with Career Services during the fall 2020 semester and was primarily responsible for gathering career outcome data for the class of 2020. Though it was challenging work in a challenging time, he worked really well with the Offices of Institutional Research and Assessement, Registrar, Alumni and Family Relations. His work resulted in the formation of important and actionable data about the class of 2020. We are grateful for his hard work, good work ethic, and positive attitude. Thanks Mirek!
OSA/PASS Tutors:
Graham Davidson, Harris McCullers, James Karsten, Gianni Martinez, Hilary Nelson, Thomas Thongmee.
Nominated by Anonymous
Since the start of the pandemic, these students have been serving their peers as tutors in this online environment. The subjects vary from Math to CS to Research Methods and Psych Stats. I don’t doubt that these virtual sessions have contributed to the success of our students during such a challenging year.
Student Success Initiatives Fellows:
Kira Bloomenthal & Michelle Muturi
Nominated by Melissa Burrows
Kira and Michelle have worked tirelessly this semester in order to bring new support for student success at Pitzer. Michelle has devoted her time on International Student support and success initiatives, including ways to better transition new international students to campus, including supporting students handling the u-curve, as well as improvements to educating new students on resource and support options on-campus. Kira has worked hard at looking into ways to better support the success of First-Year students including ways FYS programs can be utilized to better educate first-year students on the different resources and support they have at Pitzer and the 7Cs. Together, they have given feedback to many initiatives that are already taking place within the Office of Student Affairs, and have made valuable improvements to the kinds of support the division offers to students.
Spanish Conversation Leaders and Tutors:
Cardeliz Paez, Valeria Duran, Lesly Tobon, Olivia Rosenberg-Chavez, Daniela Garcia, Mauricio Guzman, Diego Flores, Diego Villegas, Diego Borgsdorf, Sergio Quechol, Brianna Moreno-Alcocer, Samantha Sanchez, Abigail Rivas, Gabriela Carrera, Lila Avendaño-Dreyfuss
Nominated by Paula Gutierrez
For showing extraordinary resilience, flexibility, and grace during uncertain times, and for continuing to work hard in support of their fellow students.
Tutors for a Cause
Nominated by Anonymous
Their love of supporting local youth and comradery with their fellow tutors.
New Student Guides:
Nicki Aquino, Kristen Brown, Danny Burke, Alison Cary, Pooja Desai, Ryan Fann, Bisma Farzansyed, Uma Fry Demetria, Emily Gao, Pilar Kalra, James Karsten, Addison Kay, Veronica Martinez, Mica Pachicano, Simone Paradis, Morgan Prinz, Aaron Scher, Gurmuhk Singh, G Tucker, Yaquana Williams
Nominated by Alayna Session-Goins
The New Student Guides did an outstanding job helping support our fall and spring new students. In the midst of the pandemic, they were nimble, creative, and very supportive. I appreciated that this group of student leaders were willing to be flexible, while showing up for their new students and each other throughout the entire semester. They gave thoughtful feedback that has changed how we will do this student support position in future years!
Coordinator of Student Engagement Student Committee Members:
Jake Brittian, Nicki Aquino, Ryan Fann
Nominated by Alayna Session-Goins
These three student representatives on the hiring committee for the new Coordinator of Student Engagement position did incredible work representing the Pitzer student body on this committee. They sat through 66 first-round, second-round and virtual on-campus interviews, while doing so with such positivity and a commitment to helping locate a new Campus Life professional to support student engagement on-campus. They asked thoughtful questions, provided insightful feedback, and challenged the rest of the committee to select a candidate that espoused Pitzer’s core values.
Justice Education & OCAC:
Leeann Nabors
Nominated by Nigel Boyle
Leeann has provided NRS & formerly incarcerated perspectives across a range of work, including the JEI & Office of Consortial Academic Cooperation. A fantastic contributor
ResLife Community Assistants:
First- Year CA’s: Leah Leslie, Jacob Brittain, Ima Garcia, Ciauna Kui-Chavez, Quentin Jenkins, Adia Clarke, Marcus Jackson, Paz O’Farrell
Sophomore CA’s: Nejat Ali, Robert Green, Junior Class CA’s: Amara Chidom, Lily Fillwalk, Senior Class CA’s: Neely Yates, Hunter Sayre
All Student Programs CA’s: Sahar Dabirian, Natalie Ayala, Ari Wood, Valeria Duran, Noah Williams, Gulniyal Guliniali, Apollo Thomas
Social media and Marketing: Khalid Omer
Nominated by Residence Life
Previously known as Resident Assistants (RAs) our now Community Assistants (CA’s) facilitated community engagement, and provided support and resources in a class-based model through the co-curriculum within the Pitzer College community. Our CA’s stepped up this year by jumping into a new role for a completely virtual academic year. They have worked hard to keep our community engaged and informed all while balancing their own needs during this pandemic and virtual environment. Our CA’s provided creative and informative asynchronous and synchronous programming to be able to reach all students. We are extremely proud and appreciate all of the hard work and dedication or CA’s have put into the year. ResLife would have not be the same without them and the energy they bring to the team.
Student Voice Committee Members:
Emily Kim, Jacob Brittain, Milena Passage, Lucy Conover, Simone Paradis, Diana Vicezar
Nominated by Residence Life
This volunteer group of students, usually known as our “Residence Hall Council”, has meet regularly to advise and give feedback on ResLife’s programing, housing, and COVID-19 changes. Thanks to this group we were able to hear feedback from the students and make changes provide a better experience for our students. We thank the student voice committee for their dedication to the community and for partnering with us this year.
