Zara Seldon PO ’29 recalls her experience with Pomona College’s Housing and Residence Life (HRL) office in her forced double as she attempted to remove an extra wardrobe. The new Center for Global Engagement (CGE), replacing Oldenborg, has caused a housing crisis evident through many residents’ experiences, but one that HRL was neither prepared to handle nor receive blame for.
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Pomona launches $530 million Originals campaign, breaks ground on Center for Global Engagement
Last Saturday, Pomona College launched its Originals Campaign, a $530 million effort to expand financial aid for middle-income families, broaden professional opportunities for students and strengthen the college’s alumni network. To kick off the campaign, Pomona President G. Gabrielle Starr and several trustees broke ground on the college’s Center for Global Engagement (CGE), which was followed by a fall-themed festival featuring student performances and community-building efforts.
Pomona approves $125 million investment plan for new Center for Global Engagement; students express housing concerns
Pomona College President Gabrielle Starr confirmed in an announcement last month that the college’s Board of Trustees approved a $125 million investment plan for the Center for Global Engagement (CGE), the facility that will replace Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations, a residential complex and dining hall where students learn and practice foreign languages.
College officials said they will adjust for the temporary decrease in housing after Oldenborg is demolished and before the CGE is completed.
Coop Fountain operations at risk following destruction of Oldenborg Center next academic year
Plans to destroy Pomona College’s Oldenborg Center in the 2026-2027 academic school year could threaten operations at the Coop Fountain, according to student representatives familiar with the situation. As part of the college’s Global Pomona initiative, Oldenborg will be replaced with the Center for Global Engagement, a facility meant to encourage both global and local partnerships among students and faculty. But one detail in the building’s plans has alarmed students: unlike Oldenborg, the new center will not have an industrial kitchen.