Black Men in Leadership (BMIL), a student-led organization at Claremont McKenna College (CMC), celebrates their one-year anniversary this month. Since its creation in 2023, BMIL has cultivated a strong, diverse community where Black male leaders at CMC can form relationships and initiate change. Elijah Touzoukou CM ’26 founded BMIL as
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Career corner: When to call it quits
Career columnist Olivia Truesdale SC ’21 evaluates when it’s best to leave work and how to do so gracefully and professionally.
Rooftop Garden Mentoring Project plants seeds of leadership in local youth
Rooftop Garden Mentoring Project allows local students to learn about environmental justice and leadership.
Q&A with William Deresiewicz
No stranger to the Claremont Colleges, William Deresiewicz spoke at Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum Monday night—the writer’s fifth trip to Claremont since 2010. This time, however, Deresiewicz arrives as a New York Times bestselling author after the summer release of his book Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and
Critic of Elite Education Targets ‘Leadership’ at CMC
Amid the resources of the 5Cs, many consider that students in the consortium—along with students at other elite colleges—are in a position of privilege. But perhaps none have articulated this sentiment as strongly as William Deresiewicz, the vocal critic of American higher education and author of Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the


