Student Life » Newsletter » Dean of Students Newsletter | April 13, 2020
A Message from the Dean of Students
PITZER FRIDAY | Submit a photo of your Pitzer pride to enter in the weekly drawing to win PZ gear & gift cards! Winners will be announced every Monday via email with their winning photo. The drawing is open to Pitzer students, faculty, staff, alumni and parents! Individuals may submit one photo every Friday by posting on Instagram with #PZFRIDAY or submit online via this form.
April 17th | Pitzer Sagehen Water Bottle
or $25 VISA Gift Card [2 Winners]
April 24th | Pitzer Socks or Limited Edition Pitzer Face Mask (made by Kathy Kile) [4 Winners]
Connie’s Corner
Connie Helland
Academic Coach
So much has changed since my last post in this newsletter. We are all adjusting to new ways of learning and providing academic support and much of it has not been easy. Academic coaching is also transforming as many of my strategies no longer apply to working away from school. A few things that that remain the same are the need for accountability and reassurance that you are progressing academically. I am still here for you in both of those ways. I am available to meet privately via Zoom to help you come up with a study plan for the day or the week, remind you to set SMART goals, and to cheer you on when you have completed a task. A new feature of coaching is my Virtual Study Room (VSR). VSR is a Zoom meeting that is dedicated to helping you commit to a place and time to study. There are other students in the meeting so it has the feel of walking into the library and seeing others sitting at a table working beside you. VSR is at 1:00, Monday-Friday.
If you are interested in setting up a private coaching session or being a part of Virtual Study Room, you can contact me at connie_helland@pitzer.edu.
Fitness Classes at Pomona College
Online fitness classes for students, faculty and staff begin this week! Classes include Zumba, High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), Yoga, Pilates, Circuit Training and Boot Camp. To participate, please complete this INTEREST FORM.
Fitness Class Schedule
Zumba Mondays @ 9:00 am
HIIT Mondays @ 12:00 pm
Yoga Tuesdays @ 12:00 pm
HIIT Wednesdays @ 2:00 pm
Pilates Thursdays @ 12:00 pm
Zumba Fridays @ 9:00 am
Circuit Training Fridays @ 10:00 am
Boot Camp Fridays @ 12:00 pm
Office Hours & Support
Center for Asian Pacific American Students (CAPAS)
Drop-In Student Hours with Director of CAPAS
Thursdays 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Email Linda Lam for Zoom Information
Career Services
Schedule career advising appointments via video chat or phone | We are conducting individual career advising appointments virtually through Zoom or by phone. Head to Handshake to schedule an appointment. Once you’ve selected your appointment category and type, you’ll see an option to select your appointment medium. You will be sent an email with directions on how to join your career advising appointment.
Chaplains Office
Hanging with the Chaplains
Wednesdays 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. PDT
A weekly open zoom room where students can drop in to meet or speak with the Chaplains. For more information, click here.
One on One Meeting with a Chaplain
Anytime
Students who wish to meet with a Chaplain privately can schedule a meeting anytime. Resources to contact a chaplain can be found on the Chaplains website.
Ramadan
We are pleased to offer “LIVE” virtual programming throughout the month of Ramadan. The videos will be recorded and viewable at your leisure on the Chaplains’ Facebook page. This service is open to faculty, staff, and students at The Claremont Colleges. Spiritual Counseling | Additionally, Chaplain Adeel is available for Zoom consultation via email: azeb@Claremont.edu or Facebook Messenger: “Adeel Jehan Zeb” through Ramadan and until the end of May since students will be on a global time calendar. All services are open to faculty, staff, and students at The Claremont Colleges.
Chicano Latino Student Affairs
CLSA Virtual Programming | CLSA is looking forward to staying connected with the community. If you are interested in connecting virtually, click below to email CLSA. Email CLSA for more information.
EmPOWER Center
The EmPOWER Center is available to support 7C students, no matter where they are located | Call a counselor to schedule a phone session @ 909-607-0690, contact Director, Rima Shah (a confidential advocate), to schedule a phone/Zoom session @ 909-607-2689 or email rshahempower@claremont.edu, or drop-in for a confidential session with Rima during her Open Hours on Thursdays from 3 – 4:00 p.m. PDT by following this Zoom link.
International Place
Weekly Newsletter
The International Place newsletter goes out to our community every Tuesday. You can subscribe to the recipient list here.
Monday Moments
On Mondays, I-Place will kick off the week by sharing a question or prompt on our Instagram story. Take a few moments to engage, & view our story throughout the day as we post your responses.
Coffee & Company
I-Place will be sharing photos of you with your favorite café beverage on Fridays via social media! Here’s how to participate: Take a photo of yourself with your favorite café beverage > Send to us via email, Instagram, or Facebook by end of day Thursday (your time zone) > You can also screenshot and fill out the IG story template and tag us in your posts!
Tax-Filing Support for Non-Residents
In response to the tax deadline extension, International Place is continuing to offer free access to Sprintax, an online software for non-resident tax filing. Students can request an access code for Sprintax and read about their tax-filing obligations on our website here.
Zoom Appointments
I-Place staff will be available for one-on-one appointments with students during selected times between Tuesday and Friday. Students can submit their appointment requests through Calendly. Our staff will review your request and send you a Zoom calendar invitation once the appointment has been confirmed. Schedule your appointment here.
Residence Life
Dear On-Campus Residents – We hope that you are staying safe, connecting with loved ones virtually, and getting enough sleep. We have enjoyed hearing from you during our check in emails and want to remind you all that we are available to chat over zoom to check in if you’d like. Although our physical office is closed, we are still available by phone: (909) 607-3900 and email: housing@pitzer.edu during business hours.
Housing Selection is here!
We appreciate your patience as our regular housing selection process was pushed back quite significantly due to the ongoing pandemic response. We are now in the midst of the process and encourage you to look for our regular email announcements and actively participate in the next steps in our process. As always, updated information can be found here. And all applicable applications can be found on your Residence homepage. Feel free to reach out to us with questions at housing@pitzer.edu or via phone at 909-607-3900 during business hours.
Queer Resource Center (QRC)
Digital Drop-in Hours | Every Thursday in April from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. PDT via Zoom Check in with the QRC every Thursday for digital drop-in hours. Drop-in hours are available for students to chat, ask questions, get informal counseling, and feedback. Learn More
Upcoming Virtual Events
Chaplains Office
Virtual Shabbat
Fridays 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. PDT
Jewish services and discussion time on Zoom hosted by Chaplain Rabbi Danny. Everyone is welcome. For more information, click here.
Quran Quest
Daily, April 23rd – May 22nd | 8:30 p.m. PDT
A Ramadan event hosted by Chaplain Imam Adeel. Imam Adeel will cover every Surah (passage) of the Quran with practical application for the Muslim community in the 21st century. This event is every night of Ramadan, lasting about 10 minutes. For more information, visit the Facebook event page.
Halaqah
Thursdays 5:30 – 6:30 PDT
Our spiritual circles are intimate sessions especially for the Claremont Muslim community to chat and discuss a variety of different topics. Contact Chaplain Adeel if you would like to join.
Jummah Reflections
Fridays 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. PDT
Join Chaplain Adeel for his weekly sermons! Every week he will be discussing a new topic. Tune in on Facebook.
Virtual Lunch with Library Dean Janet Bishop
Monday, April 13th | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT
Dean Janet will be available via zoom to hear your feedback about the library. Do you have thoughts about how the library could be a more inclusive space? Sign up so that you can Zoom in and provide your feedback.
MARINA MAGALHÃES: Dance Presentation Workshop
Wednesday, April 15th | 2:45 – 4:00 p.m. PDT
Please, email Miriam.escobedo@claremont.edu to RSVP and get the link.| MARINA MAGALHÃES is border-crosser, bridge-builder, and dance-and-change-maker from Brazil, based in Los Angeles. Her unapologetically feminist and latinx work has been shared throughout Los Angeles (REDCAT Theater, Ford Amphitheatre, Zipper Concert Hall, Highways Performance Space, UCLA Fowler Museum, Blaktina Festival), San Francisco (CounterPulse, Yerba Buena Night, Dance Mission Theater), New York (Bowery Ballroom), Brazil (Universidade do Rio De Janeiro, Centro de Teatro do Oprimido, and Parque das Ruínas in Rio), Cuba (Teatro Favorito in La Havana), South Africa (The Wits Theatre in Johannesburg and My Body My Space Festival in Mpumalanga), Botswana (Maitisong Festival in Gabarone) and France (University of the Arts MFA program in Montpellier). She was awarded the LA Weekly Theater Award for Best Choreography in 2013 for her original work in the pop musical phenomenon “Patty! The Revival”.
Cultivating Community During COVID-19 [via Zoom]
Wednesday, April 15th | 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. PDT
With Margo Okazawa-Rey, Riki Robinson PZ ’18, Rey Culannay PZ ’17 & Therese Boter PZ ’19. Email capas@pitzer.edu for zoom information.
Qi Gong, Insomnia, & Compassion
Thursdays | 12:15 – 1:00 p.m. PDT
Professor of Asian American Studies Kathleen Yep is inviting the whole Pitzer community to join her weekly qi gong classes via Zoom on Thursdays from 12:15 to 1 p.m. In addition to conducting public health research, Yep has been practicing and teaching qi gong, an ancient Chinese practice that combines movement, meditation, and controlled breathing, for more than 25 years. For more information, please visit the Qi Gong, Insomnia, & Compassion Facebook Event Page.
CLSA Coffee with the Deans
Thursday, April 16th | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT
We encourage you to pour yourself a warm cup of tea or indulge in your favorite latte, as we connect, via Zoom, for our first virtual coffee with the deans! Please email Miriam Escobedo miriam.escobedo@claremont.edu to access Zoom information to log into these virtual meet ups.
How to Support a Survivor [Zoom Workshop]
Friday, April 17th | 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. PDT &
Tuesday, April 28th | 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. PDT
In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the EmPOWER Center will be hosting 2 workshops on How to Support a Survivor. The workshops will address common signs of sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, stalking, and related stress or trauma as well as simple ways each of us can support survivors in our lives. We will discuss how to support survivors during the added changes, complications, and stress of sheltering-in-place during COVID-19. The same content will be presented twice: Friday, April 17th from 1-2:30 p.m. PST on Zoom & Tuesday, April 28th from 1-2:30 PST on Zoom. Prior registration is required. Please use the link next to the session you’d like to attend and our workshop facilitator, Lauren Lockwood, will confirm your registration and share the password to log into your session. Any 7C-affiliated folks are welcome to join, as are any members of their household while we’re sheltering-in-place. We request that registrants do not share the Zoom link or password publicly. These measures will help us create a brave space for conversation within our community and minimize privacy risks or potential harassment from anonymous attendees.
Open Mic Night
Friday, April 17th| 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. PDT
Join CLSA for Open Mic Night via Zoom! Email CLSA for more information on how to register.
Ofelia Esparza, Mexican-American altar maker, or Chicana altarista.
Monday, April 20th | 2:45 – 4:00 p.m. PDT
Please, email Miriam.escobedo@claremont.edu to RSVP and get the link. | Ofelia Esparza is a Mexican-American altar maker, or Chicana altarista, NEA Heritage Fellow whose work is informed by a deep spiritual belief in the traditional process, which pays homage and evokes memory of people, events, or places through multilevel structures embellished with photos, traditional foods, flowers, and handmade and found adornments. For nearly 40 years, Esparza has shared her knowledge and art about el Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with people in schools, museums, community centers, prisons, and parks throughout the Los Angeles region and beyond.
Careers in Psychology with Dr. Bob Connolly, Pitzer Alumni
Wednesday, April 22nd | 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. PDT
Zoom meeting. Navigate using this Zoom link and follow the prompts.
Healthy Relationship Skills [Zoom Workshop]
Wednesday, April 22nd | 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. PDT
Join the EmPOWER Center and QRC for a workshop on healthy relationship skills. Let’s chat about the qualities of healthy relationships, communication skills, setting boundaries, & more! Any 7C-affiliated folks are welcome to join, as are any members of your household while we’re sheltering-in-place. This programming is intended only for The Claremont Colleges community, so we request that registrants do not share the Zoom link or password publicly. These measures will help us create a brave space for conversation within our community and minimize privacy risks or potential harassment from anonymous attendees. Register in advance for this meeting: https://scrippscollege.zoom.us/…/tZ0ucuihqDkq…After registering, you will receive more information. FMI and to request any accommodations that would enable you to participate, please e-mail llockwoo@scrippscollege.edu.
Sky Campus Happiness: Interactive Guided Meditation & Breathwork Sessions
Wednesday, April 22nd, April 29th & May 6th | 5:30 p.m. PDT
Through a partnership with Dr. Marcus Rodriguez and The Claremont Colleges Services, a free guided online workshop will begin on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. and will be open to all Claremont Colleges students. This evidence-based meditation practice integrated with breath work to significantly increase one’s well-being and calmness, and significantly reduce anxiety and stress.
We invite you to step inwards with interactive guided meditation & breathwork sessions for the Claremont Colleges Community by SKY Campus Happiness faculty. Happiness Connect is a great way to unplug, rejuvenate, and connect with you fellow community members in a 30-minute session of guided meditation & breathing techniques with a live, 1000-hour certified meditation teacher. The CDC and WHO have recommended meditation to be a great tool to support your emotional, social, and mental health, as well as boosting immunity at this time. This is prime time to come join our community over Zoom with a live instructor and dive into me-time! To RSVP and for Zoom information, please email academicsupport@pitzer.edu.
Pitzer Art Galleries Stay at Home Artist Talk: Hans Baumann
Thursday, April 23rd | 10:00 a.m. PDT
Pitzer College Art Galleries in collaboration with the Office of Alumni & Parent Engagement invites the Pitzer Community to the first in a series of “Stay at Home” artist talks. Director Ciara Ennis welcomes artist Hans Baumann to join the Pitzer Community on Zoom for talk about his work and recent exhibition Hans Baumann: 5 Distillations (Salton Sea), presented at Pitzer’s Lenzner Family Art Gallery.
5 Distillations (Salton Sea) examines the political frameworks and biophysical processes that created—and now imperil—the largest body of water in the State of California. Drawing from empirical observation, archival research and the artist’s long-term collaboration with the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, this project reflects upon the inevitable collapse of a vast inland sea that has sustained the indigenous people of this region since time immemorial. A brief Q & A will follow the talk. For more information, click here.
Current Opportunities
The California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation (CLLCF) Scholarship Apply by June 1st
The California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation (CLLCF) is pleased to invite all qualified California residents to apply for a scholarship. This scholarship program was established to assist deserving students by offering financial assistance to help meet educational expenses. For more information, click here.
The California Legislative Black Caucus Policy Institute | Frederick M. Roberts College Scholarship
Apply by April 27th
Named after the first African American Legislator in California, Frederick Roberts, the California Legislative Black Caucus Policy Institute (CLBCPI) Scholarship Program was established to assist deserving students by offering financial assistance to help meet educational expenses. For more information, click here.
Cardenas Markets Foundation Scholarship Opportunities
Apply by April 29th
Cardenas Markets and the Cardenas Markets Foundation understand how important college completion is to students. The Scholarship Program is intended to support those students who have a relentless desire to achieve their dreams for a higher education and express a commitment to serve their community. The new Cardenas Markets Foundation Scholarship Program is giving 59 students, of multiple academic backgrounds and career aspirations, the opportunity to obtain a college degree. 59 eligible applicants will each receive a $2,000 award to help finance their tuition. The recipients will be selected based on their academic qualifications, financial need, and leadership attributes. For more information and how to apply, click here.
Queer, Questioning, and Allied Mentor Program (QQAMP)
Accepting Applications
QQMP is a 7C confidential peer mentor program that provides students an introduction to the queer community on campus. The QRC is currently recruiting for mentors and mentees. Learn More.
Huerta Del Valle (TCCS Partner Community Garden) Open for Business
Located in nearly Ontario, Huerta del Valle provides a safe and easy shopping experience to fulfill your fresh, organic, and locally grown produce needs. Shopping at Huerta’s Spring market is open air, less crowded than big grocery stores, and supports our local farmers and fellow community members during these unprecedented and difficult times. Huerta is actively practicing safe distancing protocols during all market hours ensuring an easy and stress-free shopping experience. EBT/SNAP Accepted. For more information: Online Market | Huerta Del Valle Website | Flickr | Instagram: @huertadelvalle | Twitter: @_huertadelvalle | Facebook @HDVhuertadelvalle
