Class of 2021 Commencement “This year, our ceremony is virtual, but the pride and joy we feel today could not be more real.” President Melvin L. Oliver Although Pitzer’s Class of 2021 could…
Category: Alumni
Exceptional and Innovative: Student Fellowships
Exceptional and Innovative: Student Fellowships Angel Sherpa ’21 proposed creating a telemedicine program that connects doctors in Kathmandu with patients in a remote village in Nepal. Quentin Jenkins Jr. ’23 developed research…
Putting People First
Putting People First Carla Valdez ’21 takes a human-centered approach to economics and advocacy for first-gens in STEM Carla Valdez ’21 wrote her economics senior seminar paper about the effect of remittances—the…
True Equity: A Four-Part Conversation Series
When President Melvin L. Oliver announced the formation of Pitzer’s Racial Justice Initiative (RJI) in May 2020, he wrote that Pitzer’s “commitment to equity and inclusion runs deep and wide,” and also…
An Unconquerable Soul
An Unconquerable Soul Yusef Pierce’s Journey to a Pitzer College Degree from Inside Prison On May 15, Yusef Pierce ’21 earned his Pitzer College degree in Organizational Studies with honors, and he earned…