Over the next year and a half, several Pomona College offices and student centers will be moving locations. The Career Development Office (CDO), Business Office, Real Estate Office, Human Resources Office and Writing Center will all be relocated, Assistant Vice President and Director of the office of Facilities and Campus
Author: Jared Kalow
Two Pomona Faculty Get Named Professorships
Two Pomona College faculty members were appointed to prestigious professorship positions Feb. 28. The Board of Trustees approved recommendations for the appointments of Zayn Kassam to the John Knox McLean Religion Professorship and Stephen V. Marks to the Elden Smith Economics Professorship. The John Knox McLean Religion Professorship was
Occupy Claremont To Throw ‘Occuparty’ After Tent Removal
For members of Occupy Claremont, the ordinance passed by the Claremont City Council that would effectively remove them from City Hall is not an eviction. It is a chance for celebration. Occupy Claremont will remove the tents by Feb. 25, but will maintain a human presence in front
Rankings: The Message Behind the Methodology
The Claremont Colleges have been at the forefront of national ranking news in the past year, eliciting controversy as well as celebration. In September 2011, Scripps under-reported several statistics to the U.S. News & World Report (USNWR), causing Scripps to fall several places in the rankings. In October 2011, Pitzer
Occupy Shifts Focus, Faces Threat
For Phillip Greene, a homeless man raised in Claremont, the city’s Occupy movement was more than a few tents in front of City Hall. It was a place where he could receive shelter and food, and a community of which he was an integral part until he died on Jan.
New Pitzer Residence Halls Near Completion
According to Vice President of Student Affairs, Jim Marchant, the construction of Pitzer College’s Phase II residence halls is more than halfway finished and will be done by the end of June. “We’re past all the design. We’re about 75 to 80 percent through construction,” Marchant said. “We’re doing a
Pitzer-Led Occupy Claremont Holds First General Assembly
Spearheaded by several Pitzer College students and members of the community, the international Occupy movement has found a footing in Claremont. Occupy Claremont, which draws support from both 5C students and Claremont residents, set up tents outside Claremont City Hall Nov. 20 and held its first General Assembly meeting Nov.
Scripps Revamps PR, Seeks National Presence
Scripps College recently renamed its Office of Public Relations the Office of Communication and Marketing and hired two new staff members for the office as part of the school’s 2007 Strategic Plan, which was designed in part to increase the school’s presence on the national level. According to Scripps’s website,
Pitzer Interviews Candidates For Director of New Conservancy
Students interested in the interdisciplinary 5C Environmental Analysis (EA) major will soon have the chance to focus on hands-on sustainability, as Pitzer College is hiring a faculty member to teach sustainability-based design and studio classes. Over the past week, candidates Deike Peters, Lance Neckar, and Daniel Barber were on Pitzer’s
Pitzer Students Start Roosevelt Institute Chapter
Michael Ceraso PZ ’13 is not your typical college student. For one, he is a couple years older than most of his fellow students. He has also devoted the last five years to political campaigns and the encouragement of political change, working with environmental organizations and on President Barack Obama’s