FLI, international students push for Pomona summer storage options

As the spring semester winds down, 5C students are facing the annual question of where and how to store their personal belongings over the summer. Pomona College students — who have typically had the option to store their belongings on campus over the summer — were told that, this year, on-campus spaces are “not suited for long-term storage,” according to a March 1 email from Dean of Campus Life Josh Eisenberg.

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Claremont Colleges to receive $4 million from coronavirus aid bill

The Claremont Colleges will receive more than $4 million from the federal government to help reduce economic hardship created by COVID-19.

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Stuck in limbo: Low income Pomona students frustrated by uncertainty over textbook aid

The programs Pomona College has implemented to help students afford textbooks have left many students unclear if and how they can receive financial support for academic materials.  

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Pomona admin fails to implement allegedly promised “Bridge” program for first-generation, low-income students

First-generation, low-income (FLI) Pomona College first-years arrived on campus this fall without a summer orientation “bridge” program they helped to plan, despite Pomona President G. Gabrielle Starr’s commitment last year to implement such a program in the near future.

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