Author: Tim Reynolds

Pomona College faculty weighed in on whether or not to increase the size of the student body at a forum in Frank Dining Hall’s Blue Room Tuesday. The forum was hosted by the Faculty Executive Committee, which holds a faculty forum roughly once a month to discuss timely and relevant

The search for a new dean of the Office of Black Student Affairs (OBSA), intended to be completed by the end of the semester, is still in its early stages, wrote Claremont University Consortium (CUC) Vice President of Student Affairs Denise Hayes in an e-mail to TSL.  Hayes, the chair of the

The Pomona College Student-Faculty Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid solicited anonymous student input on desirable qualities in incoming students through an online survey March 22 to April 6.  “This was the first time we had the opportunity to solicit student feedback on a large scale,” said Vice President and

“I like conflict. It presents an opportunity for me to make a difference,” said Conchita Franco Serri, who was recently hired as Pomona College’s ombudsperson. “In conflict, we find opportunity for organizational change.” Pomona President David Oxtoby announced Serri’s hiring in an e-mail to the college community March 27. The

Science educator Bill Nye will be the keynote speaker for Harvey Mudd College’s commencement ceremony this May, the college revealed on its website March 26.     Nye is best known as the titular host of “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” an Emmy Award-winning educational program that aired on PBS from

Pomona College will raise tuition, fees and room and board by 3.5 percent for the 2012-13 academic year, bringing the total annual cost of a Pomona education to $54,964, said Vice President and Treasurer Karen Sisson PO ’79.     Tuition and fees will increase by 3.9 percent, while room and

The Pomona College Board of Trustees approved a motion March 5 to add four students to various board committees. The motion began as a recommendation made by the Student-Trustee Task Force on Campus Community Communication, which was formed in December. The task force, which includes five trustees, eight students and

Pomona College faculty and trustees will spend this weekend discussing the state of the college at the Trustee-Faculty Retreat at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes.     This year’s retreat is the first in three years and the 35th overall in a tradition begun by trustee Rudolph J. Wig in

Golf cart theft at the Claremont Colleges has increased over the past few months, according to an e-mail sent to Pomona College students.     “We have seen a dramatic rise during this academic year with six reported cases just in the past two months,” wrote Director of Campus Safety for