Sagehen Athletics Our Sagehens kept making news during spring 2021 despite the cancelation of Pomona-Pitzer Athletics for the academic year. Sagehens won awards for character and service, former players returned to the…
Category: 2021
Class of 2021 Commencement
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…
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…
The Racial Justice Initiative
Spring 2021 In May 2020, President Melvin L. Oliver launched the Racial Justice Initiative (RJI) to marshal the resources of the College to address the underlying causes of injustice and racial violence. RJI…