Category: Students
2012
- December
- Kyle Lancaster '05 and Alexander Garfield '08 Named to "30 Under 30" Rising Stars Lists
- Baseball Research by Professor Gabe Chandler and Guy Stevens '13 Featured on Wired.com
- Collective Creation Theatre Class Presents "Broken Borders / earth's imagined corners" Dec. 7-8, 10-11
- Pomona Student Albert Chang '14 Contributes to the Gangnam Style Craze on YouTube
- November
- October
- September
- Pomona College Recognized as a "Fair Trade College"
- Student Blog: An Interview With My Grandfather, William Irvine '57
- Who's in the Pomona College Class of 2016?
- Photo Gallery: Orientation Adventure 2012
- Meet the New Sagehens: Class of '16 Move-In Day Photo Gallery
- Pomona Organic Farm Stand Opens Friday, Sept. 14
- TEDx Coming to Claremont Colleges on Sept. 29
- August
- July
- June
- Water Polo Honors: Annie Oxborough-Yankus '12 Named Co-Player of the Year, Coach Alex Rodriguez Named Coach of the Year
- Nick Murphy '13 Is Working to Expand Food Rescue Programs
- Pomona College Students Win at "DataFest" Competition
- Pomona College Class of 2012 and Recent Alumna Awarded 15 Fulbright Fellowships
- Pomona College Awarded $250,000 Grant to Establish Quantitative Studies Center
- May
- The Claremont Colleges Receive $3.6 Million Grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to Prepare Leaders in Science and Medicine
- Senior Art Majors' Thesis Projects Now on View in Bridges Auditorium
- Nicholas Sundback '14 and Jesse Vincent '14 Awarded Critical Language Scholarships by the U.S. State Department
- Watch the Pomona College 2012 Commencement
- Vivian Chou '13 and Benjamin Murphy '13 Win Goldwater Scholarships; Naomi Wagner '13 Receives Honorable Mention
- April
- Pomona College Senior Recipient of Davis Grant for Media and the Arts Project
- Annie Lydens '13 Profiled on NCAA.com
- Lena Connor Named Udall Scholar, Jennifer Schmidt Receives Honorable Mention
- Pomona Student Union Hosts Debate on the 2012 Presidential Election
- Relay for Life Event to be Held at Pomona College
- "Immigration Reform: Past, Present and Future" Theme of Film and Panel at Pomona College, April 18-19
- Andrew Quinn '12 Awarded Downing to Study at Cambridge
- New 47 Things Challenge Prize of $2,000 Encourages Students to Explore Southern California
- March
- Memorial for John Payton '73, Trustee and Civil Rights Attorney, Set for April 12
- Ringing the Bell: Pomona College Sends Admit Letters For the Class of 2016
- Ballroom Dance Company Wins Formation Event at "Dance by the Shores" Event
- "Theatre for Young Audiences" Collaborative Play Presented at Pomona College
- February
2011
- December
- Pomona Launches Summer Internship Program
- Site-Specific Performance Class Brings Artful Surprise to Everyday Interactions on Campus
- Pomona Academy for Youth Success (PAYS) Awarded $140,000 in Grants and Gifts
- Pomona Students Bring Their Best Pop Culture Debates to the Blogosphere
- "The Student Life" Wins Ford's Students With Drive Competition for Zipcar Credit
- Claremont Colleges Ballroom Dance Company Takes 2nd at Nationals; Performing Tomorrow at Intercollegiate Showdown
- November
- October
- Pomona College Among Top Producers of U.S. Fulbrights Among Bachelor's Institutions
- Running Back Luke Sweeney '13 Profiled in L.A. Times
- Ancient Philosophy Week at Pomona College
- Students and Trustees Discuss Career Development and Networks at 13th Retreat
- New York Times Mentions Recent ASPC Vote for Gender-Neutral Language
- August
- July
- June
- May
- Eleanor Caves '11 Awarded Downing Scholarship to Study at Cambridge
- Pomona College Named to President's Community Service Honor Roll
- Pomona College Class of 2011 & Recent Alumni Awarded 23 Prestigious Fulbright Fellowships
- Alexandra Gutowski '13 Awarded Scholarship to Study Arabic in Syria
- Four Pomona College Students Receive Critical Language Scholarships
- Gabriel Friedman '12 Awarded $10,000 Strauss Foundation Scholarship to Start Music Mentoring Program in Pomona Valley
- April
- March
- February
- Jacob Cohen '11 Wins Inaugural Napier Creative Leadership Award From Claremont's Pilgrim Place
- Pomona Students Unharmed in Christchurch Earthquake
- New 4-7 Leadership Program Implemented for Students
- Crossword by Joe Fagliano '14 to Be Published Saturday in The New York Times
- Magazine: Assistant Prof. Michael Teter '99 Researches the Future of the Filibuster
- Michael Gormally '11 Awarded Coveted Cambridge Scholarship
2010
- December
- Learning by Doing: Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- PAYS Program Pays Off in Powerful Ways
- Seeing Green With Thuy Ly
- Singing a Different Tune With Eddie Sayles
- Diary: Laura Carr '13 Writes about Her Life of Sustainability During "No Impact" Week
- Student Curators Uncover the Secret Past of "Prometheus" for 80th Anniversary Exhibition
- November
- Video: Watch the Smith Tower Bell Ring for the First Time in 10 Years
- Anne Lydens '13 Named Division III West Region Cross-Country Athlete of the Year
- Help Student Group "Cultivating Dreams" Win a $25,000 Grant
- Student Profile: Transfer Student and Veteran Phillip Kantor '12 Brings Military Experience to Pomona
- October
- September
- August
- July
- June
- May
- Ian Carr '10 Subject of Los Angeles Times Story "From College to Cannes"
- Christopher Fiorello '11 Awarded a Beinecke Scholarship
- Pomona College Prominently Featured in "L.A. Times" Article on Senior Thesis Projects
- Eleanor Caves '12 Wins Goldwater Scholarship
- Five Pomona College Students Receive Critical Language Scholarships
- Daniel Low '11 Awarded $36,000 in Scholarships to Continue Public Health Work in Africa
- Down at the Farm: Carving a Door to the Dome
- Thomas Lane '10 Wins NSF Graduate Fellowship
- April
- March
- January
2009
- December
- November
- October
- August
- July
- Merritt Graves '10 Profiled in Institutional Investor Magazine
- Professor Mark Allen Tapped to Alter the Hammer Museum Visitor Experience
- Pomona Ranked No. 8 Among Small Colleges for Contributing Seniors to Teach for America Corps
- A Photo Op with President Obama Humorously Memorializes Nora Becker '07's "Quitting" Moment
- Sophie Dowse '09 Awarded Rotary Scholarship for Study in Australia
- Professor David Menefee-Libbey in Time Magazine
- June
- Pomona College Class of 2009 Awarded 22 Fulbright Fellowships
- Pomona College Junior Wins National Security Scholarship for Study in Vietnam
- Pomona College Sophomore Awarded Public Policy Fellowship
- Drew Hedman '09 Drafted by the Boston Red Sox
- Drew Hedman '09 Appears in Sports Illustrated Magazine
- Nik Tyack '10 Writes About His Kayak Journey for His Hometown Newspaper
- May
- Mary Schmich '75 Pens Profile of Alix Coupet '09 for the Chicago Tribune
- Nick Tyack '10 Featured in His Hometown Newspaper
- Pomona College Students Rescue 400 Meals Per Week, Receive $10,000 to Expand Program
- Three Pomona College Seniors Win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
- Artful and Sustainable Canopy to Provide Shade for Commencement
- New York Times Publishes Pomona Senior's Crossword Today
- April
- A Walk to Remember
- New Book on Former Pomona President E. Wilson Lyon Now Available
- Three Pomona Students Place in Top 20 at National Debate Championships
- College Group's Prison Garden Project Is a Finalist for Mountain Dew Community Grant Contest
- Pomona-Pitzer Baseball Leading SCIAC 15-0 and Voted #1 in Coaches Poll
- Three Pomona College Science Students Awarded Prestigious Beckman and Goldwater Scholarships
- Pomona College Students Win $10,000 to Help Vietnamese-Americans in New Orleans
- March
- February
- Career Week and Fair Celebrating Its 10th Anniversary
- Women's and Men's Swim Teams Finish Second and Third at SCIAC Championships, and Set 8 New Sagehen Records
- Torrey Olson '09, Brendon Randall-Myers '09 and Kiyomi Parish Griffey '97 Honored with Track and Field Awards
- Pomona College President Named Vice Chair of Association of American College and Universities
- January
2008
- December
- November
- October
- September
- August
- July
- June
- Darby Walters '08 Featured in L.A. Times Article About Students With Double Majors
- Heading to the Peruvian Highlands for a Life-Changing Volunteer Trip
- Pomona College Hosts Program to Increase Success of Minority Women Students in Graduate Mathematics Programs "Giving the EDGE to Women in Mathematics"
- Pomona College Tops Peers in 2007 Fulbright Fellowships, Tops Research Universities in Fulbrights per Capita
- Pomona College Class of 2008 Awarded 17 Fulbright Fellowships
- May
- Holla for Challah: Students Bake Bread to Earn Dough for Charity
- Pomona-Pitzer Women's Tennis Team 4th in Nation
- Siobhan Finicane '10 Takes Division III Championship, Finishing Up a Stellar Year for Women’s Tennis
- Brittney Andres ’08 Honored in the Inaugural UWire 100 Listing of Collegiate Journalists
- Pomona College Junior Wins 2008 Rudolph Polk Memorial Award in Music Given by the Claremont University Consortium
- Two Pomona College Juniors Win Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color
- Pomona College Senior Selected as Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar
- Pomona College Juniors and Seniors Awarded Goldwater and National Science Foundation Fellowships
- New National Survey of College Student Political Behavior & Attitudes
- Pomona College Model Arab League Delegation Awarded an Honorable Mention
- Seven Exceptional Pomona College Faculty Members Voted Wig Professors by Students
- From Bird Song to Bacteria, From Campus to Dubai to India: Pomona College Awards Record Number Summer Research Grants
- April
- Zoot Suit: Where History, Theater and Culture Meet
- Pomona Sophomore Headed to the DNC as a Pledged Delegate
- Spring 2008 Fellowship Round-Up
- Zoot Suit Returns After 30-Year Absence; Outreach Focuses on Area Teens
- Pomona College Student Eleanor Cameron Wins Award for Best Molecular Biology Talk
- Debate Union Places Second at National Championship
- Pomona College Takes Sixth in College Bowl National Championship, Sophomore Named to All-Star Team
- March
- Students Take an Alternabreak for the Second Year Running
- Sagehens Claim SCIAC Championship, Headed to NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament
- KSPC Plans for Reception Improvement With New Antenna Location
- Drew Hedman '09 Named NCAA Division III Hitter of the Week
- Pomona College Named One of the Nation's Best Values in Liberal Arts Education
- Pomona College Workshop Provides Physics Lessons for High School Teachers
- Two Pomona College Students Awarded the Prestigious Watson Fellowships
- February
2007
- December
- November
- October
- September
- August
- July
- May
- 2007 Wig Award Winners
- Women's Water Polo, Women's Tennis and Men's Baseball Take Conference Championships
- Away to the U.K.: Three Pomona Seniors Headed to Cambridge
- Fulbright Grants Awarded to 24 Members of the Pomona College Class of 2007, Breaking School's Record
- Pomona College Delegation Wins Model Arab League Western Regional Competition
- Two Pomona College Students Named Beckman Scholars
- Daniel Hickstein Awarded Churchill Scholarship to Cambridge
- Evan Hall and Sylvan Long Awarded Downing Scholarships to Cambridge
- Extraordinary Student Leadership on Environmental Practices Celebrated at Pomona College Graduation
- Five Exceptional Pomona College Faculty Members Voted Wig Professors by Students
- Goldwater Fellowships Awarded to Pomona College Students
- Sagehen Running Star Will Leer '07 Wins Two Track Events at Nationals
- Fulbright Grants Awarded to 24 Members of the Pomona College Class of 2007, Breaking School's Record
- Pomona College Receives $60,000 Grant for Student Research
- April
- March
- February
- January
- "Play Like a Girl" Pomona-Pitzer Athletes Provide Inspiration to Middle School Girls
- Playwright/Director Luis Valdez Leads Theatre Workshop at Pomona College
- Pomona College Professor and Student Achieve Nanomechanical Breakthrough
- Pomona College Workshop Provides "Cool & Groovy" Physics Lessons for High School Teachers
2006
- December
- November
- October
- September
- August
- Kaplan/Newsweek College Guide Names Pomona One of the "New Ivies"
- From sea to Sierra, Orientation Adventure offers Class of 2010 a chance to experience outdoors and make friends before school starts.
- Pomona College Named One of "The New Ivies" In Kaplan/Newsweek 2007 College Guide
- Pomona College Financial Aid Ranked #2 in Nation by Students in 2007 Princeton Review
- July
- June
- May
- April
- March
- Mighty Pipes: Professor Bill Peterson and Dan Kleinman '06 Preserve Pomona's Tradition of Pipe Organ Music
- Desert Diary: Professors and Students Study Geology, Astronomy and Anthropology on a Single Trip
- Hispanic Magazine Names Pomona One of 10 Best Colleges for Latinos
- From the Arctic to the Tropics, a pair of Pomona students will explore overseas cultures with prestigious Watson Fellowships.
- Pomona Students Earn Prestigious Truman and Goldwater Scholarships; Recent Graduate Lands Prized Carnegie Fellowship
- Pomona College Theatre Presents "Big Love"
- Two Directing Debuts and an Original Play Showcased in Pomona College Theatre Productions
- Best-Selling Mystery Writer Paula L. Woods Named 2005-2006 Moseley Fellow in Creative Writing at Pomona College
- February
- January
2005
- December
- November
- Understanding Emily: Pomona College Becomes Home to "The Emily Dickinson Journal"
- Women's soccer lands championship with 2-0 win over Cal Lutheran.
- Sagehen successes: Women's soccer coach and men's cross country star earn regional awards
- Pomona College Theatre Presents Sondheim’s “Into the Woodsâ€
- October
- Pomona College pitching in on Habitat for Humanity "Building Blitz"
- Pomona-Pitzer football defeats cross-campus rivals CMS 37-10.
- Pomona senior lands interviews with big-name politicos for his blog.
- Men's cross country tops conference for third consecutive year.
- Pomona Student Union Debate on the Consequences of Debt Relief for Africa
- Do Your Initials Spell Earlier Death? New Pomona College Study Contradicts Previous Findings
- September
- August
- July
- June
- May
- Counter Culture
- Women's water polo wins Collegiate Division III National Championships.
- Students travel up and down state to raise awareness of Darfur crisis.
- Six Exceptional Pomona College Faculty Members Voted Wig Professors by Students
- Three Pomona College Students Awarded Rotary Club Ambassadorial Scholarships
- April
- Pomona students use high-tech approach to help low-income people.
- Best-selling mystery writer Paula L. Woods to teach class at Pomona.
- Pomona students get rare opportunity involving Mars spacecraft
- Students earn many prestigious scholarships as year winds down.
- Students work together to collect shoes for the poor in India.
- Pomona named one of "America's Best Value Colleges."
- Pomona College Dance Concert 2005
- Pomona Senior Receives Fellowship to Study Throat-Singing in Seven Countries
- Pomona College Junior Kameelah Rasheed Lands Two Big Scholarships after Whirlwind Trip
- Pomona College Junior Receives Beinecke Scholarship To Pursue Graduate Degree in Social Psychology
- Four Pomona Students Awarded Goldwater Scholarships
- Students At Pomona College Get Rare Opportunity Involving a Mars Spacecraft
- March
- February
- Pomona-Pitzer men's basketball team to play Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in battle for 6th Street supremacy.
- Men's basketball team takes second consecutive conference title and will go on to compete for NCAA Division III Championship.
- Middle School Girls To Get Coaching, Inspiration From Pomona-Pitzer Women Athletes
- "Cast-Iron Chef" Competition On the Menu for Pomona College
- High School Physics Teachers Get Help From Pomona
- Pomona College Summer Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications From Ninth-Graders
2004
- December
- November
- Sagehen Soccer Successes: Men's Team Ties for First Place; Women's Team Makes Dramatic Turnaround From Last Year
- Cross Country's Pat Mulcahy Named Coach of the Year; Junior Crosby Freeman Makes Strong Showing at Nationals
- Pomona College Awarded $800,000 Grant to Support Cognitive Science Program
- Pomona College Senio's Research Recognized at National Science Conference
- October
- September
- August
- July
- May
- Student Athletes Win Annual Pomona-Pitzer Major Sports Awards
- Pomona College Announces 11 Winners of Avery China Adventure Program Grants
- Pomona College Senior Wins First Place in Elie Wiesel Essay Contest
- Three Pomona College Professors Appointed to Endowed Chairs
- Five Exceptional Pomona College Faculty Members Voted Wig Professors by Students
- Pomona College Receives $1.3 Million Grant for Science Education
- Pomona College Physics Professor Leads Kids on Adventure in Magnification
- April
- Pomona-Pitzer Tennis Sweeps Player of the Year Awards
- Pomona College Student Wins Prestigious Fellowship
- Three Pomona College Students Awarded Goldwater Scholarships
- Pomona College Junior Awarded Pfizer Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
- Pomona College Student Awarded Beinecke Brothers Memorial Scholarship
- March
- Pomona Soccer Star Matthew Lee-Ashley '04 Scores NCAA Scholarship
- Pomona Students, Professor Publish Laser Tweezers Research in Professional Journal
- Pomona College Joins Other Claremont Colleges in Canceling Classes for One Day in Response to Hate Crime
- Pomona College Joins Other Claremont Colleges in Day of Solidarity
- Two Pomona Seniors Awarded Prestigious Watson Fellowships
- In Wake of Police Report Calling Hate Crime at CMC a Hoax, Colleges Reaffirm Commitment to Improving Our Community
- 50 Lynwood Eighth Graders to Visit Pomona College Mentors on Campus
- Actor Richard Chamberlain to Lecture at Pomona College
- February
- January
2003
- December
- October
- September
- August