Stories of Sagehen Impact

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 Sta

A trailblazer for aspiring women physicians in the 1940s and throughout her career, Marjorie “Marj” E. Belknap ’47, who lived to 98, will help advance the career aspirations of future Sagehens with a generous legacy gift for student scholarships.

More than 7,900 alumni, families and friends gave a record $82.8 million in gifts and pledges this past year—breaking all fundraising records in the institution’s 138-year history. 

The Pomona College Board of Trustees has elected investment company founder Paul Ghaffari ’80 and journalist and healthcare advocate Evelyn Nussenbaum ’84 as new members of the 31-member board. Their four-year term began July 1. 

Last month, Jessica Stern ’12 published Beyond difficult: An attachment-based guide to dealing with challenging people. Stern discusses why she wrote the book and how she hopes the content will help readers.  

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.