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Students Gain Career Experience through Pomona College Internship Program

Monday, September 15, 2025

PCIP has transformed summer break into a season of opportunity for students, providing them with stipends to pursue low-paid or unpaid internships. This summer, nearly 100 students benefited from the program.

Zena Almeida-Warwin ’28, Dannhi Nguyen ’27 and Jonna Sobeloff-Gittes ’25

Critical Language Scholars Receive Immersive Instruction in Brazil, South Korea and Latvia

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Zena Almeida-Warwin ’28, Dannhi Nguyen ’27 and Jonna Sobeloff-Gittes ’25 participated in the highly competitive eight-week CLS program, which provides American students the opportunity to learn languages of strategic importance to the United States.

Haakon Pihlaja ’25 and Gabriel Schuhl ’25

Two Members of the Class of 2025 Head to Cambridge University as Downing Scholars

Monday, July 7, 2025

Every fall, two recent Pomona College graduates travel across the pond to the University of Cambridge as Downing Scholars. Starting in October, Haakon Pihlaja ’25 and Gabriel Schuhl ’25 will represent Pomona College in Cambridge for nine months.

Eighteen Pomona College Alumni Receive Fulbright Award

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Their disciplines range from biology to mathematics to linguistics to religious studies, and their participation in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program will take them abroad to study, conduct research or teach English.

Seven Faculty Members Receive Wig Distinguished Professor Award

Monday, May 19, 2025

This year, five Pomona professors received their first Wig Award—an honor presented annually to faculty since 1955. The other two faculty members won previously. Students in their junior and senior years cast anonymous ballots for the prize.

Daniel Ziblatt, Corey Brettschneider and Amanda Hollis-Brusky seated on stage in Rose Hills Theater at Pomona College

Alumni Experts on Democracy Share Views During Alumni Weekend

Friday, May 16, 2025

Corey Brettschneider '95 and Daniel Ziblatt '95 shared their views on “Understanding the Crisis of Democracy” on May 2 on the Pomona College campus during the College’s Alumni Weekend. They drew on research presented in their books on democracy.

Shark Mutulili ’25 Named a Rhodes Scholar

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Shark Mutulili, a public policy analysis major with a politics focus, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. The Rhodes Scholarship is awarded to about 100 students each year, 32 from the United States and the rest from countries across the world.

Students take a picture in front of Draper Center

Pomona Students Serve Communities in Oakland, San Diego and San Francisco During Spring Break

Thursday, April 17, 2025

This year, Draper Center staffers and student coordinators planned trips to Oakland, San Diego and San Francisco to serve and explore. Between the three groups, about two dozen students volunteered with organizations addressing pressing issues.

Chloe Kellison ’23 Gets Front-Row Seat to Government as President Biden’s Press Assistant

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Shortly after graduating, Chloe Kellison ’23 made her way into the West Wing, serving as a press assistant for President Joe Biden for 15 months.

Exterior photo of Smith Campus Center on a sunny day

Graves Awards Support Transformative Teaching in the Humanities

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Pomona College and the American Council of Learned Societies are jointly facilitating the Graves Awards to enhance teaching in humanities-related disciplines by early-career professors.

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