Pomona College News

• BWW Student Center's School in the Spotlight: Pomona College (Broadway world)
  posted on April 6, 2012 at 08:54:00 am
  Last year, BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater website on the Internet, launched a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the country. This free service makes it easier for prospective students by showcasing programs searchable by schools, location, degrees and concentrations.
• Laura E. Enriquez: Turning Oppression into Power: Fighting Pomona College and Community Division (Huffington post)
  posted on April 4, 2012 at 06:14:00 am
  What draws this community together? Why hasn't the undocumented student community been able to draw such a large and diverse group of supporters to events?
• María Elena Durazo: For Cesar Chavez Day, Can Pomona College Give Peace a Chance? Si, Se puede! (Huffington post)
  posted on March 31, 2012 at 08:05:00 am
  The fight for a union at Pomona's dining hall continues, and unfortunately, so does the Pomona Administration's opposition.
• Pomona College protest's party atmosphere belies strife (LA Times)
  posted on March 31, 2012 at 02:00:00 am
  Campus quarrels over a unionization effort and firing of 17 workers over incomplete documents prompted the protest/celebration. But the issues remain unresolved. The protest at Pomona College on Friday was much like a big outdoor celebration. Tables were set in the middle of the street, a mariachi played, and electrical and grocery union workers served carne asada. But beneath it simmered a dispute between dining hall workers and the administration that has placed the small liberal arts college on the map of the nation's battles over labor and immigration policy.
• Organ Recital with William Peterson (Experience LA)
  posted on March 23, 2012 at 04:40:00 am
  (3/25/2012) William Peterson, will offer a recital of music by Eben, Kohn, Krenek, Paumann and Sweelinck. This esteemed Pomona College organist has offered recitals across the United States, presenting many similar programs. In recent years he has worked extensively, both as performer and scholar, on French and Belgian organ music of the 19th and early 20th centuries. ...
• Comparing China’s Islams: Muslim Minority Accommodation to Chinese Rule (FSI Stanford News)
  posted on March 13, 2012 at 04:02:00 pm
  Shorenstein APARC Seminar Series: Apr 13, 2012 12:00 PM Open to the public (RSVP required) Dru C. Gladney, Professor of Anthropology, Pomona College
• Complex opens at Pomona College (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
  posted on July 13, 2011 at 04:25:52 am
  CLAREMONT - Pomona College opened its three-level south campus athletic field and parking structure Tuesday.
• Free Claremont Clarinet Festival concerts Friday and Saturday (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
  posted on June 16, 2011 at 05:11:12 am
  CLAREMONT -- The free Claremont Clarinet Festival, now in its sixth year, will take place Friday and Saturday at Pomona College.
• Annual Walker Memorial Competition draws 80 talented young musicians (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
  posted on June 10, 2011 at 03:11:12 am
  CLAREMONT - A standing-room-only crowd watched the annual John Child Walker Memorial Competition recently at Pomona College.
• Fitch Rates Pomona College's (California) Series 2011 Revs 'AAA'; Outlook Stable (Business Wire)
  posted on June 2, 2011 at 09:25:30 pm
  NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings assigns a 'AAA' rating to the following series of bonds issued by the California Educational Facilities Authority (CEFA) on behalf of Pomona College (Pomona): --$7,235,000 CEFA revenue bonds, series 2011. The fixed-rate series 2011 bonds are expected to sell via negotiated sale during the month of June. Bond proceeds will be used to refund the college's ...
• Local roundup: UCSC sees season close without title (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
  posted on May 29, 2011 at 07:50:51 am
  The 2011 men's tennis season came to a close for UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, when the final remaining Slugs were eliminated in the NCAA Division III national championships at Pomona College in Claremont.
• Corwin Hansch, scientist whose advances led to new drugs and chemicals, dies at 92 (Los Angeles Times)
  posted on May 22, 2011 at 11:05:01 pm
  Working at Pomona College, Corwin Hansch pioneered the field of relating a molecule's chemical structure to its biological activity and became known as the 'father of computer-assisted molecule design.' Chemist Corwin Hansch, who pioneered the field of relating a molecule's chemical structure to its biological activity, an approach widely used in developing new drugs and other commercial ...
• Corwin Hansch dies at 92; scientist whose advances led to new drugs and chemicals (Los Angeles Times)
  posted on May 22, 2011 at 08:50:31 pm
  Working at Pomona College, Corwin Hansch pioneered the field of relating a molecule's chemical structure to its biological activity and became known as the 'father of computer-assisted molecule design.' Chemist Corwin Hansch, who pioneered the field of relating a molecule's chemical structure to its biological activity, an approach widely used in developing new drugs and other commercial ...
• Puzzling hobby is a hit at college (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
  posted on April 10, 2011 at 05:42:14 am
  CLAREMONT - There are 150 copies of the New York Times floating around Pomona College every weekday - in the dorms, cafes and the campus hangout the Coop. But chances are, the page that showcases the crossword puzzle is missing.
• Pomona College is training grounds for puzzle masters (Redlands Daily Facts)
  posted on April 10, 2011 at 04:08:23 am
  There are 150 copies of the New York Times floating around Pomona College every weekday - in the dorms, cafes and the campus hangout the Coop.
• Univ. School 2011 DB Feldman to Pomona College (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on April 3, 2011 at 03:20:00 am
  University School Class of 2011 defensive back Ben Feldman is headed to Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., according to coach Roger Harriott. Feldman was a three-year starter for the Suns.
• Girl runs for quake victims (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
  posted on March 22, 2011 at 04:41:23 am
  CLAREMONT - Riley Fass could have been home in bed Sunday morning but instead she headed to Pomona College with her family to fulfill a commitment.
• A Conversation With Bill Gates By Marissa Acierto/SCCPress.c om (PRWeb)
  posted on March 20, 2011 at 07:22:04 am
  A conversation with Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Co-Chairman engaged Harvey Mudd College community discussing roles of leadership in the world at Bridges Auditorium on the Pomona College campus. (PRWeb March 20, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/SCCPress/com/prweb8207237.htm
• Pomona May Install Security Cameras (The Student Life)
  posted on March 12, 2011 at 02:09:26 am
  As part of Pomona College’s comprehensive efforts to bolster security on campus, preliminary discussions have begun about the installation of a video management system in all residence halls.
• Sustainability Action Plan Unveiled (The Student Life)
  posted on March 12, 2011 at 01:24:56 am
  Pomona College’s Sustainability Integration Office (SIO) held three forums last week in the Frank Dining Hall Blue Room to explain its plans to increase sustainability on campus through the Sustainability Action Plan (SAP), a comprehensive plan developed by students, faculty, and staff at the college over the last few years.
• Bill Gates to pay a visit to Bridges Auditorium (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
  posted on March 7, 2011 at 11:23:00 am
  Pomona College will receive a very influential visitor this week. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will speak with Harvey Mudd College president Maria Klawe and take questions from the audience at Bridges Auditorium on Thursday. The event is part of a speakers series at Pomona and Harvey Mudd colleges.
• Ombudsperson Hire Under Consideration (The Student Life)
  posted on March 5, 2011 at 02:55:11 am
  At the behest of Pomona College President David Oxtoby, the President’s Advisory Committee on Diversity (PACD) has reopened discussion on the possibility of hiring an ombudsperson, a neutral go-between who relays information about the interests of employees or constituents to their organization or institution.
• Workers Call Off Boycott (The Student Life)
  posted on February 27, 2011 at 06:23:58 am
  Frank and Frary dining halls were more crowded with patrons than expected on Saturday, Feb. 19, after the pro-union group of Pomona College dining employees, Workers for Justice (WFJ), decided to call off their previous plans to boycott the dining halls.
• Local residents stand out at universities and colleges (The Citizen of Morris County)
  posted on February 25, 2011 at 04:14:21 am
  Michael Gormally of Mountain Lakes, a senior at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., has been awarded one of only 14 Churchill Scholarships, which provide exceptional American students with the resources to study at the University of Cambridge.
• At this time, (The Student Life)
  posted on February 22, 2011 at 06:08:21 am
  Tomorrow, Pomona College students and their visiting families will face a choice, and that choice will not be easy.
• Well-known film director and screenwriter Oliver Stone came to Pomona College yesterday to screen his film (The Student Life)
  posted on February 19, 2011 at 03:23:22 am
  South of the Border and to field questions from students, faculty, and members of the Claremont community. The event was hosted in Edmunds Ballroom and sponsored by the Latin American Studies program, which offered 500 free tickets to the screening, all of which were claimed before the event.
• ‘Gotcha’ Program Leads to De-sponsoring, Controversy (The Student Life)
  posted on February 11, 2011 at 10:53:52 am
  Pomona College became embroiled in a controversy over student privacy and dorm security after a sponsor was removed from his position and told to leave his dorm room last month because of hard alcohol found in his room during a “Gotcha” check for unlocked doors.