Care Archives - The Student Life

September 26, 2025 1:55 am

OPINION: Every time you flake on a friend, capitalism wins

By Nicole Teh 1706 Views Care, Community, Flakiness, Nicole Teh, Relationships

There’s no easier time to be a flake than in college. There’s always a different party or a new lunch invite to draw you away from your half-hearted commitments. However, to Nicole Teh SC ‘27, our flaking epidemic could sow the seeds of our undoing. To bring change to difficult times, we have always needed community, and that starts with being a good friend.

The Chaplains and a map of McAlister, as printed in a 1985 letter to graduate students from the Honnold Mudd special collections. L to R: Rev. Catharine Grier Calrson, Rabbi Ben Beliak, Fr. M. Francis “Frank” Meskill

Arts & Culture Features Special Projects

April 11, 2025 12:47 amSeptember 16, 2025 7:27 pm

Pluralism, progress, problems: 50 years of interfaith chaplaincy

By Lydia Jung 2704 Views 5Cs, archival, Archive, ASA, Baha’i, buddhism, Buddhist, Budget cuts, Campus, campus chaplaincy, Campus Chaplains, Campus Life, Campus Ministry, campus programs, Campus Religious Communities, campus religious life, Care, Catholic chaplain, Catholic chaplaincy, Chabad, chaplain roles, chaplain services, chaplain turnover, chaplaincy evolution, Chaplaincy History, chaplaincy review, chaplaincy support, Chaplaincy Turnover, chaplaincy updates, Christianity, Claremont College History, Claremont Colleges, Claremont Hillel, Claremont History, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont religious history, college chaplaincy, Community Building, community service, COVID, COVID-19 and Campus Life, Diversity, diversity and inclusion, diversity in religion, Easter services, faculty-student relationships, faith and politics, faith leadership, faith traditions, Faith-Based Counseling, faith-based events, faith-based volunteerism, Harvey Mudd College, Haverim, Hillel, Hillel and Religious Life, Hindu, History, inclusive chaplaincy, Inclusivity, interfaith, Interfaith Chaplaincy, interfaith collaboration, Interfaith Dialogue, interfaith events, Interfaith Programming, interfaith services, Islam, Jewish, Jewish chaplain, Jewish Chaplaincy, Jewish student organizations, Jewish-Christian Relations, lett, lydia jung, mcalister, McAlister Center, McAlister Center for Religious Activities, mental health and religion, MSA, Multi-faith Community, multi-faith gatherings, multicultural community, multicultural spiritual services, multiculturalism, Muslim, Muslim Chaplaincy, Muslim Life Coordinator, Muslim Student Association, muslims, outreach, Palestine protests, Pitzer College, Political Activism, Political Activism and Religion, Pomona College, Post-Pandemic Challenges, Protestant chaplain, Protestant Chaplaincy, Protestant-Catholic Relations, Protestant-Catholic-Jewish collaboration, rabbi, Ramadan, Religion, religious, Religious Activities, religious community, religious counseling, religious diversity, Religious Diversity on Campus, religious education, Religious Holidays, Religious Inclusivity, religious life, religious life coordinator, religious outreach, Religious Pluralism, Religious Services, religious space, Religious Studies, reverend, Scripps College, Shabbat services, Sikh, Social Justice and Religion, spiritual, spiritual care, spiritual events, spiritual events calendar, spiritual leadership roles, spiritual life, spiritual programs, spiritual well-being, student, student engagement, Student Faith Groups, student identity, Student Identity and Faith., Student Organizations, student outreach, student religious groups, Student Support, student volunteering, student well-being, Students, Volunteer Opportunities

At the intersection of Scripps College, Pomona College and Claremont McKenna College stands the McAlister Center for Religious Activities (also called the McAlister Center for Spiritual Life), an institution many students pass every day. However, according to former Protestant Chaplain Naima Lett, 75% of the community she encountered during the 2021-2022 school year was unaware of the center’s chaplain services, which provide counseling for all students and faculty of the Claremont colleges regardless of religion. Even less known is the chaplaincy system’s fifty years of complex history, representing both the cutting edge of inclusive college campuses and archaic systems no longer relevant to student needs.

Outside of Alexander Hall standing tall in the sunlight

News Pomona College

November 22, 2024 12:28 amNovember 22, 2024 9:10 pm

Pomona announces Olivia Calvi as new lead deputy Title IX Coordinator

By Macy Puckett 6320 Views Care, Pomona College, Student health resources, Title IX

Pomona College hired Olivia Calvi as the lead deputy Title IX Coordinator of the Title IX and CARES office.

Students sitting to discuss and analyze Netflix show

News

March 28, 2024 10:31 pm

Examining arranged marriage and casteism: Insights from Netflix’s ‘Indian Matchmaking’

By Nitya Gupta 12961 Views arranged marriage, Care, CARE Center, casteism, India, Indian, Indian arranged marriage, Indian Matchmaking, Netflix

CMC’s CARE Center hosted an event on casteism on Mar. 21, using the show ‘Indian Matchmaking’ as a starting point in the discussion.

A drawing in a pink color palette of three polaroid pictures: mountains, a piece of pie, and a foot stepping on a leaf. The polaroids are surrounded by sparkles.

Opinions

October 12, 2023 7:57 pm

OPINION: How to find joy in mundanity

By Michelle Zhang 8163 Views #mundane, #romanticize, #romanticizing, appreciate, Care, Community, connections, embrace, emotions, enjoy, Frary, Joy, marston, michelle, michelle zhang, Midterms, present, routine, Self-Care, wholesome, Work, worklifebalance, zhang

Feeling mundanity settle into your life at the 5Cs? Michelle Zhang PO ’27 is here to help guide you through it.

Arts & Culture Features

April 13, 2023 10:53 pm

Environmental talk highlights the importance of care in a food justice context

By Julia Skaggs 3586 Views 5Cs, Argue Auditorium, Care, Community, Environmental Justice, Environmental Politics, Food Justice, Margaret Thatcher, Pomona College, Robert Gottlieb

Robert Gottlieb, Emeritus professor of Urban & Environmental Policy at Occidental College, delivered a talk at the Argue Auditorium at Pomona College on Wednesday, April 5th, about his research on the framework of care-centered politics and how it can be used to restructure and transform the food system. Gottlieb is the author of numerous books, including Care Centered Politics: From Home to the Planet, which was published in 2022.

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