Author: Adam Boardman

This week features JB Waterman, one of my closest friends. He might be my favorite takeaway from my time at Pomona. I remember meeting him as a freshman and, like most everyone else, being impressed with his charisma, sense of humor, and radiant energy. After many conversations with him about

  FEATURED ALUMNA: Meta Valentic, PO ‘94 Major collegiate activities: Four years varsity soccer, Teaching Assistant, coffee pourer at Some Crust Bakery, regular watcher of Melrose Place Current occupation: assistant director/independent film producer Since graduation, I continually ruminate how I could have made college better for myself and those around me. This column is my attempt to

This week's TIFM features our first featured alumna, Vi Ha PO '00—a classmate from my time in Claremont. I didn't know her until well into our time at Pomona, which is my loss. She is a trained cellist, super easy to talk to, and one of the smartest people I know. As

Thanks to everyone's powerful response to the first column, I am eager to share the stories of other alumni filled with their insight and realness about how they, too, felt neurotic, insecure, anxious, disconnected, and under-achieving… and what they wish to tell their younger selves.  For this week, here goes: 1) Go.

Welcome (back) to Claremont! You are here to learn, to tackle the big questions, and to become great citizens. You also have another more urgent question to answer: How do I college? What should I do, or not do, to have an awesome time and not end up a regretful mess? I am here