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Celebrate Your Reunion at Alumni Weekend - May 2-4
Pomona College alumni from classes ending in 3 and 8 are invited back to campus to celebrate Alumni Weekend with their fellow Sagehens from around the world. Find out all the details and register online by April 4.





Claremont Colleges Asia Receptions
Join President David Oxtoby and the Presidents, Trustees, and Senior Leadership of The Claremont Colleges for special receptions in Singapore on March 29, Hong Kong on March 30, Shanghai on April 2 and Beijing on April 4.

International Marriages - April 5
Pomona College alumni are invited to meet Sociology and Asian American Studies Professor Hung Cam Thai in Berkeley for a talk on International Marriages in the New Global Economy.

Zoot Suit - April 6
Come to the Seaver Theatre on the Pomona College campus for a special 30th anniversary performance of Luis Valdez's classic play Zoot Suit, a pre-show Director & Playwright's Discussion and a post-show reception.

Sagehens and the Silver Screen - May 2 & 3
As part of Alumni Weekend, this year's Alumni Symposium, "Reel Time: Sagehens and the Silver Screen," will feature nine alumni in a lively program of lectures and discussions on a variety of film-related topics. Presenters include a director, producer and three Academy Award-winning screenwriters.

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Pomona College Ranks High for Value
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has named Pomona College fifth on its list of the 50 Best Values in Liberal Arts Colleges for combining outstanding economic value with an exceptional education.

Pomona Responds to U.S. Senate
In response to a request from the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Pomona President David Oxtoby has submitted information to Senators Max Baucus and Charles Grassley on Pomona College's endowments, financial aid and college costs.

Men's Basketball Wins SCIAC Championship
With a two-point overtime victory over rival CMS in the inaugural SCIAC Tournament, the Sagehens were crowned conference champions and earned the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Math Professor Receives SciAm Award
Math Professor Vin de Silva's latest theorem has garnered him a place on Scientific American's 2007 SciAm 50 awards list, an annual recognition of 50 science, research and industry individuals who led important advances that year.

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Inspirational Young Alumna
Pre-med student. Artist. Harvard Business School MBA. Janelle Lin '00's path has taken many turns over the years, but from her junior year at Pomona and on, she knew her ultimate destination: Serving the community by working at a nonprofit.

Lighting Up LACMA
Chris Burden '69's latest creation, Urban Lights, a meticulously arranged forest of 202 streetlights from the '20s and '30s, shined brighter than the many stars in attendance at the gala opening of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's new Broad Contemporary Art Museum.

Alumni Painter Passes Away
A respected watercolor painter, prolific landscape artist and former member of the art faculty at Pomona College, Milford Zornes '34 passed away on February 24 in his Claremont home, just a few weeks after his 100th birthday.

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Alumni Job Connection through the Career Development Office
The Alumni Job Connection is an online job board developed through a collaboration between the Alumni Association Board and the Career Development Office. This resource allows you to post and search current job openings and connect professionally with other Pomona alums. To check it out, go to the Alumni Job Connection and enter "pomonaalumni" as your username and "cdo" as your password.




Pomona College has two exciting Alumni Travel/Study trips planned for 2009: Explore Vietnam with Sociology and Asian American Studies Professor Hung Cam Thai to examine how that nation is changing in response to the global economy; and Anthropology Professor Ralph Bolton '61 will lead a group of alumni to the Antiplano of southern Peru where he works with Pomona students to carry out various service projects in rural villages.



Patricia Coye to Retire from Pomona
After more than 30 years at Pomona College, longtime Director of Financial Aid Pat Coye is retiring, and the Alumni Office is compiling congratulatory messages and well wishes from alumni to send on to Pat. Submit your message here.

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