Caress Reeves PO ’12 received one of 20 Beinecke Fellowships for graduate study awarded this year by the Sperry and Hutchinson Company.As a media studies major, this award will enable her to pursue her life-long passion for animation. Each Beinecke Scholar receives $4,000 during his or her senior year to
Author: Stephanie Liu
Professor Explains How God and Evil Can Coexist
Last week, members of the Pomona-Pitzer Intervarsity Christian Fellowship invited their peers to grapple with the idea that a loving and benevolent God could possibly co-exist with the widespread suffering and turmoil present in the world today. Interactive stations placed around campus served to place this topic on students' radar,
Students, activists discuss day laborers’ struggle
Pitzer College's first annual Day Laborer Film Festival raised awareness about day laborers' rights and provoked a candid discussion among Claremont Colleges students, community members, and community activists. The event, hosted by the Community Engagement Center at Pitzer, brought to campus the Colectivo Tonantzin of Santa Ana. The organization, which
Scripps Introduces “Nellie” Award
Scripps students are currently vying to receive the first ever Ellen Clark Revelle Scholarship, or “Nellie.” The award, created this year to honor Ellen Clarke Revelle, SC ’31, will be given to rising sophomores and juniors based on academic excellence, commitment to community service through leadership, and financial need. It
ID1 Self-Study Brings External Reviewers to Pomona
Pomona College held a forum March 3 for students to express their opinions on the Freshman Critical Inquiry program (ID1) to Professors John Harris of Duke University and Gretchen Moon of Willamette University, who served as the external reviewers of an ongoing self-study process of the ID1 program. Michael O’Shea
Mayer to Speak at HMC Commencement
Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Products and User Experience at Google and the company’s first female engineer, will deliver the keynote address at the 2011 commencement ceremony for Harvey Mudd College on Sunday, May 15, at 1:30 PM. “We are pleased that Marissa Mayer has accepted HMC’s invitation to
Senior Receives Churchill Scholarship
Michael Gormally PO ‘11 recently received one of 14 prestigious Churchill Scholarships to study at the University of Cambridge for one year. The scholarship, awarded to graduating seniors based on academic excellence, extraordinary talent, and exceptional individual qualities, includes tuition and all fees (approximately $25,500-$28,000 for the year), as well
Pomona’s New Dorms Set to Open in May
Pomona students are finally breathing a collective sigh of relief as the dust and dirt swirling around North Campus have settled to reveal two sleek and modern buildings, Sontag Hall and Building B, along with a spacious stretch of green. Every day, students walk by and eagerly peer through the