First-year athletes at the 5Cs are finding ways to stay connected and mimic an on-campus experience despite going online this fall.
Tag: First Years
Pomona shortens OA, overhauls orientation programming
Pomona College is planning a slew of changes to its first-year orientation programming, designed to increase awareness of campus resources.
Pomona to limit OA destinations further than four hours
Pomona will keep next fall’s Orientation Adventure destinations within four hours’ driving distance from campus.
Pomona reverses decision to move Orientation Adventure to second year
Contrary to last week’s announcement removing Orientation Adventure from students’ first-year orientation, Pomona College is keeping OA as a first-year experience for fall 2019, Dean of Students Avis Hinkson wrote in an email to students Dec. 13. In a Dec. 5 faculty meeting, Pomona President G. Gabrielle Starr announced that
Pomona moves Orientation Adventure to second year, shocks students, faculty
Pomona College is moving its four-day Orientation Adventure program from students’ first year to their second year, President G. Gabrielle Starr announced at a faculty meeting Dec. 5. The decision shocked and angered many students and faculty members, and within hours a petition asking for the change to be reverted
Athenas confident due to strong first-year class
Despite the fact that the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (6-3, 4-2 SCIAC) women’s soccer team went 1-1 over the past week, including a tough loss at home vs. Redlands (5-3-1, 4-1-1 SCIAC), they have high hopes for the rest of the season due to a strong group of first-years on the team. In