MacArthur Fellow Natalia Molina visited Pomona College’s Rose Hills Theatre Nov. 3 to talk about her new book “A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community,” published this April.
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‘I lead with joy and humanity first’: Pomona alum named California Teacher of the Year
Jason Torres-Rangel PO ’03, an AP English teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District, is a 2023 California Teacher of the Year.
Scripps, Pomona announce post-Thanksgiving mandatory testing; Pitzer, Harvey Mudd to require booster
With COVID-19 cases rising and a busy travel season looming, several 5Cs announced updates to testing and booster requirements.
Hundreds of 5C students, faculty picket alongside Pomona dining workers during family weekend strike
During Pomona’s annual family weekend, Pomona College dining staff picketed in protest for higher wages, following two months of unsuccessful contract negotiations between the college and the dining hall staff’s union representative, Unite Here! Local 11.
Data science minor may be in store at Pomona, with proposal in the works
With the ever-growing demand for data science and computer science, Pomona College professors have been working for over four years to create a data science minor. While there is no timeline for the proposal’s completion, students and alumni have again expressed support to add the minor. About half a dozen
Pomona dining hall workers to strike Friday, Saturday; Student groups call for boycott
Following two months of unsuccessful negotiations with Pomona College’s administration, Pomona dining hall workers will strike Friday and Saturday to protest for higher wages in their contract renewal.
Two years later: following up with Pomona biology’s antiracism commitment
In June 2020, Pomona College’s Biology department publicly declared its commitment to working toward an end to institutional and individual racism. Two years later, TSL revisited the status of the commitment and what it entailed for the future of the department. The 2020 statement, signed by all faculty and staff
Has Fizz fizzled out? New social media app receives mixed reviews after Claremont takeover
An ambitious marketing strategy initially had students abuzz about the new social media app, but lately, Fizz has gone flat.
Pomona dining hall staff vote to authorize strike, ASPC passes resolution in support of higher wages
On Thursday evening, Pomona College dining hall staff voted to authorize a strike, meaning that the committee of workers which represents staff during contract negotiations may decide to mobilize, although no official plan to strike has been released.
Pomona workers’ strike vote set for next week, students rally behind dining hall staff
Pomona dining hall workers have called a vote for Oct. 20, which, if passed, will authorize union organizers to call in a strike in their fight for higher wages.