Stories of Sagehen Impact

Katrina Dank '20 spent the summer in Uganda learning how prevalent cancer is among the population. Before returning home, she wrote and illustrated a children's book to help the country's youth understand the disease.

Masago Armstrong helped thousands of students stay on track during her 30 years as registrar of Pomona College. Now, leaving a $1 million gift for scholarships at her passing, Armstrong will continue to shape students’ lives for years to come.

When Ernesto Gutiérrez Topete ’17 received his Ph.D. this past summer, he became the first Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship alumnus from the Claremont Colleges to achieve that goal. He will be teaching phonetics at Pomona.

Peter Heckendorn ’22 has been awarded a Coro Fellowship for Public Affairs for 2023-2024. He will learn about how policies are shaped through meetings with city leaders, rotational field placements across various industries and weekly seminars.

Since striking out major league All-Star Mike Trout in the World Baseball Classic, Ryan Long '21 has moved two steps up the minor league ladder—and he also contributed to the union bargaining process.

Pomona College announces the election of six new members to its Board of Trustees, which oversees the College’s leadership, planning and resources.

Fifteen recent Pomona College graduates have received Fulbright grants for the 2023-2024 award cycle. 

For 20 years, the Pomona College Academy for Youth Success has helped students in Greater Los Angeles get ready for college through an intensive, three-summer residential program on campus. Students have gone on to attend the nation’s top colleges.

Professors Fernando Lozano and Emiliano Huet-Vaughn will research on two issues key to Southern California's economy: minimum wage increases and entrepreneurship.

Professor Ousmane Traoré spent a year in Senegal conducting research as part of his New Directions Fellowship.