On July 1, Pomona elected Evelyn Nussenbaum PO ’84 and Paul Ghaffari PO ’80, to serve a four-year term on the Board of Trustees. Nussenbaum is a former journalist and now works in healthcare advocacy, while Ghaffari is a leading finance company founder.
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OPINION: We stand in solidarity with our students
The Intercollegiate Department of Ethnic Studies at the Claremont Colleges stand in solidarity with students in the wake of President Starr’s action to circumvent the established adjudicative process through executive action. These professors unite in calling for Pomona’s administration to embrace the values and ethical commitments to restorative justice, reconciliation and deliberative mediation as core educational principles rather than enforcing retributive, punitive and suppressive tactics by circumventing judicial processes
OPINION: In Defense of the Pomona College Judicial Council
Former head chair of the Pomona College Judicial Council Henri Prevost PO ‘24 writes to his community after graduating, arguing that President G. Gabrielle Starr decision to circumvent the established channels of judicial review poses an imminent and immediate threat to the health of Pomona’s community.
OPINION: It’s time for Pomona to appoint a student trustee
In the current climate of student unrest, protests and disciplinary and judicial response from Pomona College, the valley between the world of students and administration has grown wider and wider. Eric Lu ’28 argues that Pomona could address this growing dissonance by electing a student voice to the Board of Trustees.
Starr to take spring sabbatical, Gaines to serve as interim president
Pomona President G. Gabrielle Starr to take spring sabbatical; Mark Kendall and Samuel Glick step down from their positions.
Pomona College faces ongoing pressure for divestment as academic year comes to an end
Following a disrupted commencement and on-campus student encampments, Pomona College enters the summer facing calls for divestment.
Pomona College faculty votes to pass resolution condemning college; over 250 7C community members walkout for divestment
On Thursday, April 11, Pomona College faculty passed a resolution criticizing the events of April 5 while hundreds of 7C members protested.
Not your garden variety celebration: CMC to enter float in the 2023 Rose Parade for diamond anniversary
To celebrate 75 years since it took root, Claremont McKenna College rose to a sweet-smelling architectural challenge. CMC will participate in the 2023 Rose Parade, an annual New Years tradition in Pasadena, with a custom-made float celebrating the “stories and traditions” of CMC, the college announced Nov. 9.
CMC trustees return race GE proposal to faculty, call for broader alternative instead
During a Sept. 30 executive session, Claremont McKenna College’s Board of Trustees unanimously agreed to return a proposal for a racial-ethnic general education requirement to faculty, favoring an alternative proposal that would be broader in scope.
EDITORIAL BOARD: On fossil fuel divestment, it’s still 2013
Following an overwhelming vote by Pomona College’s student body in favor of divesting the college’s endowment from fossil fuels, the editorial board calls on Pomona’s Board of Trustees to do the right thing and finally confront the college’s role in the climate crisis.