Stories of Sagehen Impact

Pomona College is one of a handful of schools in the nation committed to meeting the full demonstrated need of all students who are eligible for need-based financial aid.

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.

During a Spanish course at Pomona College, Mireya Jimenez ’94 discovered her true calling: to become a teacher. Today, she is named California Association for Bilingual Education’s 2025 Teacher of the Year. Read more about Jimenez's journey.

The 2025 MLB Draft is scheduled for July 13-14, and as front office executives across baseball decide which players to draft, JC Ng '25 will be waiting to see if his body of work at Pomona earns him a chance to continue his playing career.

Manisha Goel, associate professor of economics, reflects on what makes Pomona students stand out, the importance of humility in learning and why philanthropy is essential to sustaining College programs that bear added riches for all.

The Asian Studies program has recognized seven Pomona College students for academic excellence this spring. Thanks to an anonymous gift, the program introduced six student prize awards to complement the Chanya (Butt) Charles ’90 Senior Thesis Prize.

When Dr. Richard Lee reflects on the arc of his career, he traces it back to his Pomona College professors. Now, as a world-traveling physician, educator and humanitarian, Dr. Lee is guiding the next generation of doctors in the same way.

Mark Feng P’24 saw how Pomona College shaped his son’s character. Now, he remains deeply connected to the College and gives back to the Pomona Annual Fund to ensure that future students experience the same transformative journey that his son did.

Pomona College’s broad and rigorous liberal arts curriculum has helped Ashley Simons ’18 succeed professionally. But, she says, it was a vector calculus class that unexpectedly changed her life.

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.