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President Lauro Skondero Trombley Jenniphr Goodman '84 Wins Editor Susan Andrews

Managing Editor Third Annual Alumni Award Joy Collier

Designer Emily Covolconti he Third Annual Distinguished Alumni Sports Editor Award was presented Catherine Okereke '00 T during Alumni Weekend on Contributing Writers April29 at the All Class Susan Andrews Reunion Dinner. The award, Carol Brandt the highest honor bestowed Richard Chute '84 upon a graduate of Pitzer Joy Collier College, recognizes an alum­ Pamela David '74 na/us who has brought Tonyo Eveleth honor and distinction to the Alice Jung '0 1 College through her or his Peter Nardi outstanding achievements. Catherine Okereke '00 This year, the College hon­ Norma Rodriguez ored the creative energy of Shell (Zoe) Someth '83 an alumna and her many Sherri Stiles '87 achievements in film produc­ linus Yamane tion. Jenniphr Goodman, a 1984 graduate of Pitzer, Contributing Photographers embodies the College's com­ Emily Covolconti mitment to producing Phil Channing engaged, socially responsi­ Joy Collier ble, citizens of the world. Robert Hernandez '06 After four amazing years Alice Maple '09 at Pitzer, Jenniphr received Donald A. McFarlane her B.A. in creative writing Catherine Okereke '00 and film making in 1984. She Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Jenniphr Goodman '84 wilh Kirk Reynolds returned to her hometown in Professor of English and the History of Ideas Barry Sanders Cover Des ign Cleveland, Ohio, to teach art Emily Covolconti to preschool children after Award in 1993 at Pitzer College, to graduating. honor her many achievements in fil m Printer She spent the next eight years ea rn­ production. Then in the spring of 1994, Dual Graphics ing her M.F.A . from New York Jenniphr was the featured speaker at , ' University's Film School and graduated Atherton Dinner at Pitzer. She is also a The Piner College magazine for alumni with an award as the best director in current member of the Pitzer College and friends is published quarterly by her class. Board of Friends for the i\rboretum nnd the Pitzer College Office of Public Jemliphr moved to Santa Fe after Grove House. Relations, 1 050 North Mills Avenue, film school with Eric Pope (now her Claremont, CA 91711-6101. Jenniphr said she is thrilled to be On the Web at www.pitzer.edu husband) so that he could earn his named the 2006 Pitzer College The Participant is listed as ISSN 1 553- teaching credentials. They moved in Distinguished Alumna. Her life journe} 1406. POSTMASTER: Send address with Eric's friend, Duncan, and spent has been filled with joy and struggle changes to: PITZER COLLEGE, Office of many hours debating politics, the 0.). and Jenniphr is grateful to Pitzer for Advancement, 1 050 North Mills Simpson trial and the world in general. Avenue, Claremont, CA 91 71 1 -61 01 nurturing her imagination and creatiw jenniphr soon discovered that Duncan skills. She thanks her Pitzer classmate A member of the Claremont Colleges, Pitzer was a unique character, who became and life-long friend, Robin Wiener '81, College Is a private liberal arts and her inspiration for and co-writer of the who also resides in Santa Fe, for nomi­ sciences instiMion, committed to values of film, Tlie Tao of Steve, along with her sis­ nating her for this incredible honor. academic excellence, interdisciplinary per­ ter, Greer Goodman. The film pre­ jenniphr still lives in Santa Fe with spect;ve, interrulturol understanding and social miered with critical acclaim at the 2000 her husband, Eric, and two daughters, responsibility. 11-e Patici,:n'lf welcomes com­ Sundance Film Festival and became one Emerson and Sydney. She continues to ments from its readers. Address letters to of the most successful independent write and has been working on another Participant Editor, Avery 105, Pitzer College, films that year. film script with her sister, Greer, for thL 1050 North Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA Jennjphr was named the sixth recipi­ past five years. 91711-61 01, or send them via IHT!oil to ent of the Beverle Houston Memorial [email protected]. The Participant is pub­ lished onllne in PDF format ot www.pitzer.edu. PITZER COLLEGE r

BOARD oF TRUSTEES 4 . J Trustees 1,.;_. . .. '. HIRSCHEL B. ABELSON P'92, President, Strolem & Company, Inc. BRIDGET BAKER '82, Exe!Uiive Vice President, NBC Universal Coble -~ ~ ·, jf~~ ROBERT BOOKMAN P'92, Agent and Portner, Creative ~e_ ..' ~>~.;t~ - -~ • Artists Agency ·.u. .,~,'Jit MARC D. BROIDY '95, Vice President Financial Advisor, Merrill lynch Jessie Rebert '03 offers advice Pitzer's first Truman scholar, DONNALDSON BROWN '82, Brooklyn, NY 9 to fellow Fulbright scholars. 1 0 Sheli (Zoe) Someth '83, 0 WILLIAM G. BRUNGER P'Ol , Consultant to Continental Airlines describes the scholarship's lasting and Doctoral Candidate at Case Western Reserve "T] impact on her life. NANCY ROSE BUSHNELL '69,laguno Beach, CA JORGE DELGADO, President and General Manager KMEX-TV, Univision, & KFTR, Telefuturo los Angeles SUSANG. DOLGEN P'97, Access & Answers SARA LOVE DOWNEY P'88, P'89 & P'91 , Chicogo, ll MARY BETH GARBER '68, President, Southern Calilornio Broadcasters Association VICKI KATES GOLD, los Angeles, CA DONALD P. GOULD, President and CIO, Gould Asset Management JONATHAN P. GRAHAM 'B2, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Danaher Corporation Pitzer students present ot JAMES HASS '75, Director, lECG, llC 1 2 the 2006 Pacific DEBORAH BACH KALLICK '78, Executive Director, Government Sociological Association Conference. and Ind ustry Relations, Cedars-Sinai Health System BROOKE KNAPP, Sotheby's lnternationol Realty ROBIN M. KRAMER '75, Chief of Stoff, Mayor Antonio Villoroigoso THOMAS H. MOORE '82, Vice President, Morgan Stanley Investment Management JAMES ORLIKOFF '76, President, Orlikoff and Associates, Inc. ARNOLD PALMER, Senior Vice President, Sanders Morris Harris SHANA PASSMAN P'04 & P'08, Beverly Hills, CA Pitzer College achieves o ELLA PENNINGTON '81 , Vice President of Operations, Crystal Stairs 1 9 record 16 Fulbright ANN PITZER, Pitzer Family Foundation Fellowships for the 2006-07 RUSSEll M. PITZER, Professor, Deportment of Chemistry, ocodemic yeor. Ohio Stole University SUSAN S. PRITZKER P'93, Chicago, ll Sherri Stiles '87 describes o MARGOT LEVIN SCHIFF P'90 & P'95, Chicago, ll 1 6 typical doy of her work with WIL LI AM D. SHEIN BERG '83, Portner in The Bubble Factory Medecins Sons Frontieres in Ugondo. J.D. Smith P'07, Pre sident, Telluride Reol Estate Corporation SHAHAN SOGHIKIAN '80, Monoging Directo r, Ponoromo Capitol LISA SPECHT, Attorney/Pa rtner, Monott, Phelps & Phillips PITZER COLLEGE NEWS EUGENE P. STEIN, Choir of the Boord; Vice Chairman, Capitol I Guardian Trust Company • Pitzer in the News page 4 GERALD P. STERN P'07, Private Practice Attorney • Faculty Notes page 5 CYNTHIA TELLES, Ph.D., Directo r, Spanish-Speaking Psychosocial Clinic of the Neuropsychiatric Institute & Hospitoi{Associote • Student Awards page 8 Clinical Professor UCLA School of Medicine • Campus Notes page II JOHN N. TIERNEY, low Offices of John N. Tierney • Study Abroad page 15 LAURA SKANDERA TROMBLEY, Ph.D., President, Pitzer College ROBERT WILSON P'06, Retired Senior Vice Choim1on, • Brazilian Americans at Pitzer page 18 Johnson & Johnson • Residential Life Update page 28 Trustees Emeriti • Sagehens Sports page 30 ROBERT H. ATWEll, Former President, Pitzer College CONSTANCE AUSTIN P'78, los Angeles, CA FULBRIGHT FELLO\VSHII'S 3 Ell BROAD P'70, The Brood Foundations FRANK l. ELLSWORTH, Ph.D., Fonner President, Pitzer College • Fulbright Scholars Record page 19 HARVEY J. FIELDS, Ph.D., P'B5, Rabbi Emeritus, • Fulbright Scholar Profiles page 20 Wilshire Boulevard Temple PETERS. GOLD P'74, los Angeles, CA PATRICIAG. HECKER P'76, St. louis, MO CONNECTIONS BRUCE E. KARATZ P'94, Chairman and CEO, KB Home MARILYN CHAPIN MASSEY, Ph.D., Fonner President, Pitzer College • Pitzer College Parents & Families page 29 MURRAY PEPPER, Ph.D., President, Home Silk Properties, Inc. EDITH l. PI NESS, Ph.D., Mill Volley, CA CLASS NOTES . .· RICHARD J. RIORDAN, Former Moyor, City of los Angeles I DEBORAH DEUTSCH SMITH, Ph.D. '68, Research Professor of • Alumni Health Insurance Program page 38 Special Education ond Director, IRIS Center-West, School of Educational Studies, Claremont Graduate University • In My Own Words: Pamela David '74 page 40 .. 'Exceptionally Accomplished' PRESIDENT'S OPENING REMARKS • COMMENCEMENT 2006

elcome to all families and Social Issues; engaged in the delib­ Following philosophical principles and friends of Pitzer erations for the College's master and established in 1963, Pitzer College main­ W College and of course, strategic plans; helped design new resi­ tains that education best begins with a to all of our 217 seniors. I dence halls that your children may live conversation between a student and her would like to congratulate in one day as proud Pitzer students; tri­ professor, and that this exchange should all the mothers and grand­ umphed in Sagehens athletics winning continue long after the student becomes mothers with us today and I 12 SOAC championships in baseball, an alumna of the College. Pitzer has a wish you all a happy men's and women's basketball, men's dearly established identity within high­ Motl1er's Day. cross country, women's soccer, tennis, er education, and we stand proudly Forty-two years and water polo; celebrated four among America's great liberal arts col­ ago, the Kohoutek festivals-including the first leges. In addition to their academic College held alternative Kohoutek; and took part in excellence, our graduates are known for its first com­ action researd1 projects studying sweat­ their engagement with the critical issues mencement in shops in Los Angeles, analyzing water that face our world. fran t of Sanborn quality in Costa Rica, organizing the The class of 2006 is exceptionally Hall and bid a Pomona Day Labor Center, and offering accomplished. An'\ong our graduating fond farewell to AIDS education in Botswana. seniors we have a Watson fellowship the class of '65-a Our New Resources seniors have suc­ winner (one of only 50 awarded nation­ total of three students: cessfully managed the fine balance of ally), and this year a record 48 of our Marlene Bates, Nicole work, sd1ool and family. You have been graduating seniors were nominated for Scheel and Katie Gibbs. The members of Student Senate and College Fulbright scholarships (nearly 25% of three women designed their Council and assisted in hiring the next the senior class) and nine have already graduation gowns and all generation of Pitzer College faculty. You been awarded Fulbrights [the final count our seniors today recognize leave behind beautiful cactus gardens is 16, includes 3 alunmae] making Pitzer the contt·ibutions of the first that you designed and planted as well College No. 1 per capita for Fulbright class by wearing graduation as murals and other forms of public art. Fellowships awarded to all colleges and gowns in the same style And you participated in the inaugura­ universities in the United States. and College colors. tion of a new president and have men­ Our graduates have plans to study at Here with us on this spe­ tared her patiently and kindly. I stand some of the world's finest institutions­ cial occasion is the Chair of here today after four years at Pitzer Columbia, USC, UCLA, Yale, Michigan the Pitzer College Board of College a senior with you. and the London Academy of Music and Trustees, Gene Stein, and Today we honor our students and Dramatic Arts. They will be embarking his wife Mindy, as well as our faculty, and the extraordinary work on careers in the arts, medicine, educa­ other distinguished mem­ they have created together. We give our tion, social work and finance. Among bers of our Board. I would heartfelt thanks to our staff for their fine our graduates we also have a profes­ like to thank them for tl'\eir efforts and to all the facilities and main­ sional soccer goalkeeper for the China generosity of service to the tenance people, the groundskeepers, Super League. Class of 2006, this is a College. custodial and food services staff special moment in your Hves, and Today we celebrate our who have worked together to today we celebrate your success. Class of 2006 and I offer provide us with my sincerest congratula­ this beautiful • President Laura Skaudern Trombley tions to you alJ. Seniors, setting and during your time at Pitzer reception. College you have traveled the globe studying the world in aU its beauty and conflict. You have taught young children to read in our Jumpstart program; participated in the local communities of Ontario and Pomona through our Center for California Cultural

Kate Sherwood. Ted Weber, Alex Page, OIT7t:O l'f\1 I 1"~1= PARTtr.tPANT Patrick Mitchell and Matt Turzo Jacquelyn Huntzinger, Julie Hurlbutt and Uchenna Derrick lloenyosi

Cecilia (Chacha) Murillo and family Miri Plowman

Christopher Agnew, Xian Choy, Carlin Weirick and Alex George SPRING 2006 3 iN THE l NEWS

"A glance at the summer issue of questioning the value of the test. avoid the lone warrior syndrome, lntemationalist: A debate on (Pitzer is among the competitive liberal spreading the plants too sparsely. intellectual diversity'' arts colleges that no longer requires it.) The key, he says, is repetition of Chronicle of Higl1er Education "We have felt for some years that shapes and textures and making June 15, 2006 this was becoming far too numbers changes within that mix. For a starter In a review of the current issue of oriented, in terms not just of the kit, he suggests beginning with a clus­ the journal lnfernationnlist, the author emphasis on the SAT, but the ways in ter of five golden baTrel cactuses, larg­ summarizes the arguments of a Duke which colleges are interpreting and er is better-6 inches to a foot each­ University Student and Pitzer's reporting back data to succeed with in a bed of rocks. Add some agaves Chuck Kralowec '06: the various rankings," she says. for height and texture. For softness, Kralowec argues against legislative Moving away from the SAT is moving bring in Nolina, a meadow-like bear intrusion into the academy. Certain away from focusing on numbers, not grass, or desert spoon, a bushy blue­ curricula create a tendency toward students, she says. The numbers also silver plant. Top things off with the certain political viewpoints, he says. make college admission seem like "a rubbery leaves of several aloes. English and philosophy departments, survival contest," she says, rather for instance, tend to lean left, he says, than an educational process. ••• while economics departments tend to go rightward. Regardless, the "insidi­ • •• "Pitzer College Creating Eco-friendly ous 'intellectual diversity' solution is Residential Halls" not the answer to these problems, "Such Harsh Beauty" Inland Valley Daily Bulletin from either a liberal or conservative Los Angeles Times Apri115, 2006 perspective/' he writes. Moreover, he Jtme 8, 2006 The expansion of Pitzer College says it is very na'ive to think there An article about landscaping with residence hails will be energy-efficient wou l.d be an tmbiased way to enforce cacti and succulents was published in and environmentally friendly. measures that promote intellectual the Home and Garden section of the Consh·uction of seven new dormj­ diversity. L.A. Times . tories, whjch started in the second "Cacti are really growing in popu­ week of April, will follow U.S. Green larity," says Joe Clements, director of Building Council standards. • • • the arboretum at Pitzer College in The council promotes that con­ "Admissions Revolution" Claremont and fo rmer curator of the struction projects use recycled materi­ Inside Higher Ed desert garden at the Huntington als and incorporate nati ve plants into (www.insidehighered.com) Botanical GaTdens in San Marino. the surrotmding landscape. June 14, 2006 "People have latched onto the idea Since 2001, the college has studied A number of college presidents­ that they look good ail year rotmd." the council's Leadership in Energy along with foundation officials­ Pitzer has installed ruought-tolerant and Environmental Design (LEED) gathered Jtme 15 in New York City to landscaping aTound the campus, and program, and based dormitory archi­ talk about how the admissions the school's president, Laura tectural design on the program's process, particularly at competitive Skandera Trombley, recently ripped guidelines. private colleges, might be changed. up an H20-gulping lawn for a mix of In doing so, the school is seeking a Among those participating were the local cactuses and succulents. Gold certification for its residence presidents of Amherst, Barnard, Instead of overly linear gaTdening, halls, which is the second highest cer­ Bates, EaTlham, Grinnell, Pitzer, Reed, "you want it to look natural," advises tification issued by the council. Swarthmore and Williams Colleges Clements. "Nature is regular in an and Drew University. irregular way. Don't do Chinese sol­ For more Pitzer in the News items, Laura Skandera Trombley, president diers" -lining up cactuses in rows visit the News Center at of Pitzer, says that moving away fl'om like the terra-cotta waniors in the the SAT reflects much more than just famed tomb in Xian, China. And also www.pitzer.edu

4 PITZER COLLEGE PARTICI PANT associate that addresses security affairs, eco­ found. Lerner will also teach a grad­ - DIPANNITA BASU, professor of sociology, had The Vi11yl nomic relations, domestic politics, uate seminar on documentary video Ain't Final: Hip Hop and transatlantic val­ and film at the National University and the Globalizatio11 ues. ligen wrote the during his stay in Mexico. of Black Popular introduction and "I'm delighted by the offer of this Culture, published conclusion as well as privileged opportunity to conduct by University of an extended essay, archival research in Mexico City, Michigan Press, "Atlantic Alliance research that will unquestionably 2006. and the Integration enrich the text that I'm writing. The of Europe." offer to teach at the Instituto de Contributors include: Joseph S. Nye Investigaciones Estetica is just icing PAUL FAULSTICH, professor of (Harvard), Gregory Treverton on the cake." Lerner said. Environmental Studies, appeared on (RAND}, Benjamin J. Cohen (UC­ CNN/Comcast, Santa Barbara), Christopher Coker being interviewed (London School of Economics and about Pitzer's Political Science), S. Linn Williams Former Pitzer Firestone Center for (former U.S. ambassador for trade Restoration Ecology matters), Adam Sheingate (Johns President, now in Costa Rica. He Hopkins), Paulette Ku rzer (Arizona was an invited State University), and Patrick Paris Artist speaker at the Chamorel (Stanford). The volume's Fulbright Fellows Alumni origin was a conference held on the Marilyn Chapin Massey, who Conference, Stanford University, in topic at the European Union Center became Pitzer's fourth president on March with a talk titled Dow11 of California in April 2004. July 1, 1992, and retired as president (Under) b11t Not Out. Faulstich was of Pitzer College on June 30, 2002, voted Faculty Marshall at JESSE LERNER, associate profes­ has been taking drawing classes Commencement by this year's grad­ sor of Media Studies, has been from Philippe Henesal-beginning, uating class. awarded a Fulbright­ advanced, and this year, urban land­ Garda Robles fellow­ scape-for the past three years at JUDY GRABINER, Flora Sanborn ship for the 2006-07 Les Arts Decoratifs, an organization Pitzer Professor of Mathematics, academic year. The of four museums and tbree art gave the invited talk, fellowship, made schools in Paris. "Lagrange, Sufficient possible with the Reason, and Space," support of the J. at the Mathematical William Fulbright Association of Scholarship Board, the Council for America National International Exchange of Scholars Joint Meeting, in San and the U.S.-Mexico Commission for Antonio, Texas, in Educational and Cultural Exchange, January and at the UCLA History will enable him to research and teach Department Colloquium in May. at the Instituto de Investigaciones Estetica (Institute fo r Aesthetic MELINDA HERROLD· Research, or liE) at the National MENZIES, assistant professor of University (Universidad Nacional Environmental Autonoma de Mexico, or UNAM}, Studies, published on their Ciudad Universitaria cam­ "From Adversary to pus in Mexico City. Partner: The He will teach a course on the his­ Marilyn Massey and her Paris opera house Evolving Role of tory and theory of documentary film (above), graffiti (left) and telescope (right) artwork Caohai Nature and video and conduct research in a "My school, Ateliers Du Carrousel, Reserve in the Lives number of public and private is in the Rohan wing of the Louvre," of Reserve archives in Mexico City. His resea1·ch she said. "The Louvre Museum itself Residents/' in Canadia11 }oumal of in Mexico looks at "Mayan mod­ has courses in art history and a few Development Studies 23(1): 39-50, in ernism," a strand within twentietl1 specialized practical art experiences, 2006. century painting, architecture and but no art school per se." media arts that seeks affirmation for "The exhibition of Ateliers de TOM ILGEN, the Jones its radical aesthetics through refer­ Carrousel ran two days, June 10-1 1," Foundation Professor of Political ences to ancient Mesoamerica. she continued. '1t is a biennial show Studies, had his book on transat­ Although individual practitioners of student work meant to promote lantic relations published in April by from all over the world have partici­ the school. I never picked up a pen­ Ashgate Press in the U.K. The book, pated in this regionally specific form cil or brush before I entered Hard Powe1~ Soft Power and the Future of modernist primitivism, Mexico Philippe's first class, but it was my ofTrallsatlalltic Relations, is a collec­ was always at its center, and Mexico dream to 'see' Paris through my tion of original essays about the City is the place where the majority own drawing if I could." future of U.S.-European relations of the archival materials are to be

SPRING 2006 JIM LEHMAN, professor of eco­ Handbook of the Psychology of Aging GREG ORFALEA, director of the - (6th ed.) Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. nomics, will be presenting a paper Pitzer College Writing Center, was at the Western Professor Light is asked to be one of Economic Immediate Past three judges for the Association annual President (Member 2006 American PEN July meetings in San of Executive Award in Research Diego. The session is Committee) of Nonfiction. The "Measuring American other judges are a International Psychological professor and Economic Associa ti on, Division award-winning Interactions and Policies: Market 20, Adulthood and Aging; a member writer teaching at Emory University, Interactions," and the paper is of American Psychological Tom Chaffin, and a former editor at "Trade and Macroeconomic Association, Publications and the L.A. Times, Carla Lazaresschi. Interdependence." Lehman will also Communications Board; and a Orfalea was recommended by be serving as a discussant in another member of the Committee on columnist Patt Morrison. session June 30, "China in the World Assessing Behavioral and Social Economy." Additionally, Lehman Science Research on Aging, National RUDI VOLTI, professor of sociolo­ has agreed to provide two entries Research Cou nci I. gy, organized a session, "The for the Princeton University Press' Automobile and Princeton Enet;clopedin of the World DAVID MOORE, professor of Public Transit in Economy (forthcoming), one on the psychology, presented "Addition and Southern California: "yield ctrrve" and one on the Subtraction in Complement or "Federal Reserve Board." Infancy: Sex Collision?" for the Differences and the annual meeting of the LEAH LIGHT, professor of psy­ Role of Test Stimulus Pacific Sociological chology, published "Dual-process Familiarity," and Association. Volti also Models of Associative Recognition "Attention Control in appeared on Comcast Local Edition I in Young and Older Adults: Early Infancy: 2-, 3-, CNN Headlines during July. He dis­ Evidence from Receiver Operating and 4-Month-Olds' cussed "the dispersed quality of Characteristics," in journal of Ability to Inhibit Visual Attention to Southern California antedated the Experimental Psychology: Learning, an Attractive Stimulus," at the meet­ automobile, how the automobile rein­ Memory, & Cognition 31 (2005), and ing of the International Conierence forced that trend, and otller facto rs "Language Comprehension and on lniant Studies in June in Kyoto, that promoted the rapid and wide­ Production in Normal Aging" in Japan. spread adoption of the automobile." J. E. Birren & K. W. Schaie (eds.) Professor Fought Makes the Rounds on National TV Professor of Linguistics Carmen Fought appeared on NBC's The Today Show on May 9 with AI Roker, Katie Couric, Matt Lauer and Ann Curry to talk about the use of the word "like." On The Today Show, Professor Fought said the word "like," as it is common­ ly used, functions as a discourse marker. "WeJJ, we all need a little space to think sometimes about what we're going to say, and this occurs in aU languages-in Spanish they say 'este,' in French they use this weird 'eu' sound that I can't even pronounce," Fought said. She also gave her point of view on English as the official language of the United States in an interview with anchor Gwen Ifill on PBS' The NewsHour with Jhn Lehrer on May 23. You may view the segments on Pitzer's Web site at www.pitzer.erfu.

' ' Passing a law making E nglish the official language of the United States does not teach one single p erson English. If they wanted to propose a bill to set aside huge sums of money to fund ESL programs all across the country, I would be strongly in favor of that and so would my linguistics colleagues. ~ ~

- Professor Carmen Fou~h t on PBS' The NewsHour with Jim Le/Jrer

PITZER COLLEGE PARTICIPANT - Students, Staff and Faculty Develop Teaching and Learning Center

he Pitzer College Teaching and incoming new faculty to the Pitzer academic year includes workshops Learning Committee (TLC)* commw'lity that will include: a Fall for New Resources and transfer stu­ T consisting of facul~ students orientation work------­ dents, dinners to and staff was formed this past year to shop to explore The TLC engaged in a series of introduce students identify ways in which the college different models activities to identify the teaching to the available can support teaching and learning. of effective teach­ and learning needs of the Pitzer majors at Pitzer, The TLC engaged in a series of acti vi­ ing, advising, and and opportunities community and also to examine ties to identify the teaching and learn­ mentoring; an to learn about cre­ ing needs of the Pitzer community ongoing year-long the types of support and ative student­ and also to examine the types of sup­ series of mini­ programming models that were teacher interac­ port and programming models that workshops to available at oth er institutions. tions among CIEL were available at other institutions. address other (Consortium for On February 8-9, we held a two­ teaching and learning issues as they Innovative Environments in day community event in which we arise; and linkages and opportunities Learning) colleges, of which Pitzer is invited Dr. Michael Reder, director of for social gatherings with resource a member. In every case, efforts were the Center for Teaching and groups (faculty, staff and students made, and will continue to be made, Learning at Connecticut College and who have expressed willingness and to include all members of the Pitzer chair of the Professional and availability to respond to questions community in the various activities Organizational Development Small that new faculty members may have) carried out by the TLC, with the ulti­ College Committee, 5-C representa­ for each of our incoming new faculty. mate goal of supporting teaching tives, and additional teaching con­ Other programming for the next and learning at Pitzer College. sultants to discuss teaching and learning programming at Pitzer. In - Normn Rodriguez, professor of his visit, Dr. Reder emphasized that psychology a teaching and learning committee creates conversations about teaching and learning; helps support faculty at every stage of their careers; pro­ motes diversity, interdisciplinarity, and excellence; makes the work of teaching a public activity; and does not require a dedicated physical space. Based on the feedback and insight gained from this community event, a subsequent faculty meeting, and an additional survey sent to fac­ ulty about specific programming interests, the TLC began its efforts by implementing a series of lw1ch dis­ cussions in the spring open to the Pitzer community. Our first lunch discussion, Our Basic Aims as Teachers, was held March 22, and began with opening remarks by Professor Ron Rubin. In April, two additional lunch discus­ sions were held: Encouraging Reflective Thinking, and a student-led Discussion on Teaching and Learning Susan Phillips, director of Pitzer's Center for California Cultural and Social Issues, leaches a class. This spring Professor Phillips taught a course that takes an ethnographic and community· based approach to the study of gangs. at Pitzer. Given the participation and interest in these Pitzer-wide discus­ *TEACHING AND LEARNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS sions, the TLC is planning to continue these lunches (as well as smaller, Assistant Dean of Faculty Michael Ballagh, Annaka Blomfield '07, Carissa working group lunches) during the Clark '08, Lakshmi Eassey '07, Director of lnformation Technology Mark next academic year. Ingalls, Professor Ethel Jorge, Monte Mueller '07, Professor Steve Naftilan, The TLC is also developing pro­ Professor Peter Nardi, Professor Norma Rodriguez, Professor Kate Rogers, gramming to introduce our six Director of Career Services Karen Suarez and Professor Andre Wakefield.

SPRING 2006 - Dan Bendett '06 Sandra Gonzalez '09 ROTARY INTERNATI ONAL AMBASSADORIAL KEMPER SCHOLARSH I P SCHOLARSH I P TO CHINA Sandra Gonzalez '09 has Dan Bendett '06 has been been awarded a Kemper awarded a Rotary Sd1olarship. Gonzalez was International Ambassadorial also one of Pitzer's 12 students Scholarship by the White to be awarded a Nwi.ez River Junction Rotary Club in Scholarship (named in honor Vermont for 2007-08. Bendett, of Fabian Nunez, a 1997 grad­ a Pitzer Political Studies uate of Pitzer and Speaker of major, has a passionate inter­ the California State Assembly). est in encouraging positive, Gonzalez is planning a con­ peaceful and mutually bene­ centration in economics while ficial relations between China at Pitzer College. The scholar­ and the U.S. ship will provide funding for According to Bendett's the remainder of Gonzalez's education at Pitzer. academic adviser, Professor In the 2006-07 academic year, Gonzalez will serve as Nigel Boyle, "Dan is very self-reliant, quick-thinking the Finance and Commwucations Coordinator for the and optimistic. Drop him on any street corner in the Student Investment Committee (Event Coordinator, world and he would be interacting amiably with the 2005-06); a Sponsor for Chicano Latino Student Affairs locals within minutes." (CLSA); and serve on Student Senate. An infectious personality with boundless enthusiasm In 2004, Pitzer College was selected by the James S. and energy, Bendett was tenacious in his studies and Kemper F01.mdation as one of 15 partner colleges in the enrid1ed the classrooms in which he sat. He developed a Kemper Scholar Program. The Kemper Scholar strong interest in comparative and international politics Program, now in its fifty-seventh year, is one of the during his sophomore yeru.~ especially in China. He con­ oldest programs of its kind. Colleges may participate tinues to pursue this interest with language study and only by invitation from the Foundation. the study of East Asian history, politics and economics. The mission of the James S. Kemper Foundation is to While at Pitzer, Bendett thrived on the Pitzer in promote liberal arts education as an ideal preparation for China program, where he explored the culture and lan­ life ru.1d work, especially in administration and business. guage through soccer. Bendett will be a great ambassador for Pitzer College in China just as he was a great student-athlete here, serving as Pitzer-Pomona's soccer team's goal­ Six Pitzer Students Win keeper and captain during the 2005-06 academic year. Bendett was twice named an All-SCIAC Goalkeeper Prizes for Writing and all Western Coast Goalkeeper. In its inaugural year, six Pitzer students were among Scripps, Harvey Mudd and Pomona stu- dents who won Pitzer Prizes in fiction, nonfiction Nancy Castillo 'OS and poetry. They were New Resources student CORO FELLOWSHIP Nicole Ogden '06 for her lovely eulogy of a quirky aunt and their Rhode Island bead1 summers, "To Nancy Castillo '05, current­ Sea Lavender" (tie for second in nonfiction); David ly in Ecuador on a Fulbright McMenomy '06 for his spirited treatment of sibling grant, has been awarded a rivalry set in a Christmas play, "The Lie" (tie for Coro fellowship for the 2006- third in nonfiction); Adam Popescu '06 for a tough­ 07 academic year. Castillo will minded, moving glimpse of a Holocaust survivor be in a Public Affairs program dying of failed kidneys 50 years later, "Aba" (tie for third in fiction); Kevork Tutunjian '07 for hls magi- in Pittsburgh, Penn. 11 Her Fulbright in Ecuador cal portrayal of an Armenian seeking roots, 11 focused on remittances, "Dzeezagh, or Laughter" (tie for third in nonfic- money sent by emigrants to tion); Gioia Pedrini '09 for "Leftovers" (tie for third their families in their home in poetry) and Stephani Guthrie '09 for "Costly communities, which are an Dreams" (tie for third in poetry). extremely valuable source of The Pitzer Prize was judged by Pitzer English income to people in Latin and World Literature Professor Al Wachtel and America. Gregory Orfalea, assistant professor of creative While at Pitzer, Castillo participated in Pitzer writing and director of the Center for Writing. College's Summer Study in Japan program and the There were 35 submissions for fiction, 35 in nonfic­ African Diaspora Studies program in Ghana. tion, and more than 60 poems from students of the Nancy's professional goals include economic devel­ five Claremont Colleges. Winners received a certifi­ opment in Latin America and public policy or law in. cate and a portion of the prize money. the U.S. with a focus on the Latino experience.

PITZER COLLEGE PARTICIPANT FULBRIGH T SCHOLAR JESSIE REBERT '03 - --~------Sage Advice to Fulbright Scholars

ess1'e Rebert '03 has traveled to 17 FOR MORE ON PITZI::R'S create positive change, even if only in countries on five continents and NATIONAL RECORD fOR one small part of the world," Rebert wants to see more of the said. Jworld . During her Fulbright, she partici­ As a Fulbright scholar to ~~~~T pated in a youth peer education pro­ Venezuela in 2003-04, Rebert said f~~~~ gram focusing on HfVI AIDS preven­ that she made some great contacts fELLOWSHIPS S[£ P. 19 tion, STDs and teenage pregnancy. with people in her field and found Along with her peers, she published the networking a real asset to her a book on tltese subjects that was future career. distributed to pubic libraries in Rebert, a sociology and art major Venezuela. while at Pitzer, will begin a Masters "Following my Fulbright experi­ of Science program this fall at the ence, I traveled to Guatemala and London School of Hygiene and worked with health educators on Tropical Medicine, specializing in 'Proyecto Payaso,' or Project Clown. developing countries. Her plans A group of us dressed as clowns in include implementing preventative colorful costumes to educate people health programs in Latin America as in the rural parts of Guatemala on a public health professional. She AIDS and the myriad myths associ­ loves the Spanish language and ated with the disease," Rebert knew she had mastered the lan­ explained. Later, Rebert rehtrned to guage when she watched a televi­ Venezuela to introduce the program sion show, understanding it but not there. knowing if it was in English and expanding her already large capaci­ Rebert entl1usiasticaUy talks Spanish. "I had to tum my TV back ty for com passion. about Professor Ann Stromberg: on make sure it was aired in "Everything came together dming "She is always there for her stu­ Spanish," she said. my Fulbright. My family's values, my dents. She provided me with good Rebert describes her Fulbright Pitzer in Venezuela program and advice and was very interested in experience as adventurous, conii­ Pitzer's Costa Rica Health Program­ public health. She is just a wonder­ dence producing and responsible for all of which contdbute to my desire to ful person." What advice would she give to Pitzer's 16 Fulbright winners? "Be .... open-minded, flexible and take - advantage of every opportunity that comes your way. Soak up the cul­ ture." She also adds, "People born in the United States are not aware of how great it is to carry a U.S. pass­ port. It brings you a lot of freedom tllat people in other countries do not have available to tllem." Rebert, a native of Hanover, Penn., served on the External Studies Committee and sh1dent government while at Pitzer. She also was a mnner on the Pitzer-Pomona women's cross country team.

Jessie Rebert '03 plays her part with health educators in "Proyecto Payaso," or Project Clown. "A group of us dressed as clowns in colorful costumes to educate people in the rural parts of Guatemala on AIDS and the myriad myths associated with the disease," Rebert explained. Later, Rebert returned to Venezuela to introduce the program.

SPRING 2006 - PITZER'S FIRST TRUMAN SCHOLAR SHELl (ZOE) SAMETH ' 83 'Powerful Vote of Confidence'

wenty-five years ago I walked Tamalpa Institute, culminating with the Daly City GED Center my love into my Pitzer adviser's office a Masters of Science in Experiential of outdoor education (rock climbing, T (Ann Stromberg) and told her Education (University of Minnesota), hiking, ropes courses, sailing), cre­ that I would not be able to continue the Truman Foundation supported ative expression (workshops on attending Pitzer beyond my sopho­ me all the way. I received a call one "Finding Your Voice and Your more year, due to financial con­ Dreams", mw·al project), meditation straints. I had no idea at the time (guided relaxation/visualization for how sharing this sad news with my test anxiety and stress reduction), adviser would affect my life's and an appreciation for lifelong course. Ann told me she had just learning within a supportive com­ received information about a schol­ munity. Having learned, through arship that could provide me with personal experience, that there defi­ the additional resources I needed nitely is funding out there to contin­ and encouraged me to apply. I can ue one's education, I applied for and say unequivocally that I would not received a grant to develop a pro­ have applied for or received the granl helping GED students transi­ Truman Scholarship without the tion into higher education. The support I received from Ann and the majority of our graduates, most of Pitzer community. them first-generation college stu­ Not only was I deeply honored to dents, are now going on to post-sec­ be selected as the Truman Scholar ondary education (with financial aid from the state of Washington, I was Saturday from Louis Blair, former and scholarships)! thrilled to be able to stay at Pitzer. I Executive Secretary of the Truman The graduate progran1 I created chose Pitzer because of its more alter­ Fmmdation. h1 his thick southern through the Truman Scholarship native nature and the opportunities it drawl he asked me, "Sheli, how's helped me express myself in the gives its students to crea te their edu­ graduate school?" After I described world. Inspired by my practicum in cational path. Thanks to the Truman my studies, Mr. Blair exclaimed expressive arts, I began writing Scholarship and Pitzer's flexibilitYt I "We've got plenty of Harvard law songs, singing (after a 30-year hia­ was able to create my own external school graduates. What you're doing tus!) and performing around the Bay area. More recently, I've been devel­ oping and performing a solo theatre piece about my experiences in Sri Lanka, which I'm happy to report has been very well received and supported. This is immensely satis­ fying and encouraging for me to continue following my dreams. Looking back on how deeply my Pitzer experiences and the Truman Scholarship have affected my life, I feel very fortunate. I'm grateful to Sheli (Zoe) Sameth '83 discusses college opportunities with several of her students at the Daly City GED Center the Pitzer community and the in San Francisco. Truman Foundation for their critical role in helping me understand, studies program at the National is innovative, and tha t's leadership experientially, that opportunj ties to University in Mexico City, as well as and that's what this scholarship is all create one's own unique pathway of spend my last semester in Sri Lanka. about!" Though I did not take the education and public service are not The political, social, and cultural edu­ conventional path, the Truman only possible, but make for an cation I received on my studies Foundation echoed the mandate I incredibly enriching career. abroad deeply influenced my devel­ was given by Pitzer: "go forth and opment and values as a yotmg adult, do it your way. We believe in you." $1-1 Ell (ZOE) SAMETI-I '83 resides in as well as my career path. This vote of confidence is power­ San Francisco. She will be performing When I decided to design my ful, and has a sb·ong ripple affect. an excerpt from her solo show at the graduate studies program, combin­ Through following my heart, with Julia Morgan Theatre in Berkeley on ing coursework in East/West much support from Pitzer and the July 25, 2006 and would love to see Psychology at the California Truman Foundation (and my fami­ Pitzer alumni attend. For more infor­ Institute of Integral Studies in San ly), I've been able to discover and mation or to be in touch, contact Sheli Francisco, with a practicum in share what I'm passionate about at zs.sameth®yahoo.com or go to her Expressive Arts through the with others. I bring to the youth at Web site, www.zoeplanet.com

PITZER COLLEGE PARTICIPANT Campus Beautification by Muralist Paul Botello -

Paul Botello, the renowned muralist who painted the vivid murals in the Mead Hall courtyard, is working with students on a mural on the side of McConnell Hall, above Susan's Garden, which was dedicated in fall 2005 in honor of Susan Pritzker's years of service as chair of the Board of Trustees. Below: a detail shot shows the central portion of the mural.

Admission Numbers

he Pitzer College Office of TAdmission improved the rate of admittance to the College for yet another year. Pitzer received 3,437 applications, the largest number in College history. The admit rate dropped to the lowest ever at 37 per­ cent. Twenty-one African Americans and 30 Latinos accepted offers of admission. Students of color make up 34 percent of those accepting the College's offer of admission. Nine percent of Pitzer's 2006 first-year class is African American as compared to 2 percent of UCLA's incoming class. Pitzer continues to successfully emoll a class of diverse students. Admission officers visited 471 high schools across the cow.'lh)' this year. In addition to the tremendous amount of outreach to find those students best suited for Pitzer's unique education, the College also hosted 51 students at L.A. in the Age of AIDS the Diversity Open House program, the largest number of students of ublic television station KCET featmed "Visions of L.A. in the ~ge of AIDS" color to ever attend the event. P in the Califomia Stories section of its Web site in conjunction with the Pitzer expanded its On-Campus Frontline series on the history of HIVI AIDS that ran for two weeks this spring. Days to two in the faJl and two in Two of the projects on the KCET site are from Pitzer faculty and students: the spring (admitted students only) "Video Remains" by Alex Juhasz at http://www.kcet.orglexplore-ca!califomia-sto­ due to the increase of students and ries/age-of-aidslvideo-remainsl and "REACH LA Club Reel," by Tomas Aguilar their parents wanting to attend these '06, Marie) Rivera, and faculty adviser Gina Lamb at http:l/ww..v.kcet.orglexplore­ events. calcalifornia-storieslage-of-aids/reach-la/

SPRING 2006 - 2006 Pacific Sociological Association Conference

I I Brilliant." That's what Professor Emerita of Nardi served as president for the 2005-06 academic Sociology Ann Stromberg had to say about year. His primary responsibility was to organize the Professor Peter Nardi's presidential address annual meeting and work with the executive director at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological on other association matters. Prior to serving as presi­ Association Conference (PSA). The association is the dent, Nardi served for four years as the editor of the nation's oldest regional sociology society and is one of PSA's journal, Sociological Perspectives. the two largest sociology associations with more than Pitzer facu lty Kathy Yep, Rudi Volti, and Jonathan 1,200 members. Markovitz also presented scholarly papers in sessions, This year's annual meeting was held in Los Angeles and Beth Jennings organized/chaired the session of stu­ at the Universal City Hilton, where Nardi delivered the dent presentations. Other faculty attended the meet­ address titled, "Sociology at Play, Or Tru th in the ings and a number of the Pitzer sociology faculty Pleasant Disguise of Illusion." Stromberg also gave worked closely with the students who presented their glowing reviews of the professionalism of the Pitzer papers. students who presented their papers at the conference: Attending the conference was Susan Price '70. Angela DiLaura '06, "Sex Education and Sexual "I was delighted to see that Pitzer continues to Behavior in Students at the Claremont Colleges;" attract, retain, and produce students with creative Corey O'Malley '06 and Isaac Speer '06, "Transcendent minds, a professional approach, the desire to improve Motivation of the Islamic Revolution;" David Price '06, the world, and the ability to cogently and intelligently "A Skateboarder's Journey;" and Garett Staley '06, describe the importance of their education and experi­ "Don't Fold Before the Mixacle Happens: Poker ence. I was particularly delighted that my nephew was Recovery and a Sense of Belonging." one of them ... us," Price said.

Angela Dilaura, Isaac Speer, Corey O'Malley, Garret Staley and David Price (not pictured) presented their research at the 2006 Pacific Sociological Association Conference.

PITZER COLLEGE PARTI CIPANT he students who presented at the at Pitzer are genuinely interested in engage in qualitative, quantitative - T2006 Pacific Sociological helping students develop their ideas and historical researcl1. Corey and I Association Conference reflect on and explore new ways of thinking, decided to use a joint paper we had how the opportunity to conduct both inside and outside the class­ written several years ago, but we each independent research as an under­ room. I couldn't have done the pres­ had several other research projects graduate added to their satisfaction entation without their support, and I that we could have presented. I feel with their Pitzer College educational certainly wouldn't be going off to like my Sociology education at Pitzer experience: graduate school in sociology without has equipped me with the tools and their help and encouragement. Pitzer inspiration to conduct independent ••• really does have an amazing faculty." research projects and to begin a career Angela Dilaura '06 ••• as an academic." "Conducting independent research • •• for my senior thesis allowed me to Garett Staley '06 David Price '06 struggle with the process and succeed "I feel completely prepared for grad­ in producing results of which I'm uate school. Professor Stromberg was "Professors at Pitzer give you the proud. I feel more confident in my an amazing qualitative teacher-very opportunity to research a topic that abilities and this project ignited my organized and she made us be organ­ you are truly interested in learning passion to continue on to graduate ized. Qualitative was probably my more about. They help students school to keep conducting research. favorite class; I saw sociology at focus and guide them in their usage Pitzer provided a great opportunity work in real life and have now fow1d of various research methods. Beth for me to create my own thesis, com­ a lifetime's worth of things I could do Jennings was very supportive of my bining aspects of my human biology further study on." research, which will be instrumental major and Gender/Feminist Studies in my future work" major. The experience was exciting, ••• challenging, and fascinating, and now Isaac Speer '06 I tmderstand why researchers want to O'Malley and Speer will be spend their whole lives doing this Pitzer College's excellent sociology attending UCLA in the fall to pursue kind of work" faculty has prepared me to do the Ph.D. program in sociology research using a variety of methods while Staley will attend USC for a ••• and to conduct independent studies. Master's in Social Work DiLaura Corey O'Malley '06 The breadth of the Pitzer sociology will spend the summer as an intern curriculum was demonstrated by our at a comrmmity clinic where she will "I've found Pitzer to be an extraordi­ panel at the PSA Conference; we had muily supportive academic environ­ analyze data and plan projects in the one student doing survey research, clinic's financial division, which she ment. I've been able to do interesting two students doing qualitative studies research in several of my classes, said will prepare her well for a and Corey and I presented our histor­ Master's in Public Health. including the Social Movements class ical analysis of the Iranian Revolution. for which Isaac's and my paper was My sociology classes have provided - Susan Andrews, vice president for originally developed. The professors me with several opportunities to marketing and public relations Beverle Houston Memorial Award Reception

rwin Swirnoff '00 was honored as I the 2006 recipient of the Beverle Houston Memorial Award on May 2 at the offices of Bruce Corwin in Los Angeles. Irwin is a "do-it-yourself" impresario, an emerging super-S filmmaker, and the music director of KUSF, the radio station at the University of San Francisco. He has shown his film work at the San Francisco Cinematheque, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, an.d the Gallery of the San Francisco Arts Commission. Irwin's work has a strong relationship with the hand­ made film classes he took at Pitzer; Media Studies Professor Ming Ma, Award Recipient Irwin Swirnoll '00, Tomas Aguilar '06 more formally it retains a grassroots and Media Studies Professor Jesse Lerner film sensibility. The evening includ­ ed a screening in Corwin's private Pitzer College alumna/us in screening room where some of recognition of her or his achieve­ Irwin's work was shown as well as ments in Media Studies. Pitzer work by Tomas Aguilar '06. The College sends many thanks to Bruce Beverle Houston Award is given to a Corwin for his support of this event! SPRING 2006 Pitzer's Accreditation Process A Commitment to Excellence

very 10 years, Pitzer College comes (2) Comprehensive Reviews of Academic Progrnms: P itzer up for accreditation by the Western proposes to create an ongoing assessment of this newly E Association of Schools and Colleges instituted process of periodic assessment by external (WASC). Its goal is to evaluate the qL1ality reviewers of field groups and programs. The goal is to and effectiveness of an institution's educa­ understand how well our programs are providing quality tional mission and capacity to provide excel­ Learning experiences for our students. We will evaluate lence in student learning experiences. how effective these external reviews are, how well field Accreditation is a voluntary and non-gov­ groups respond to them, and what impact they have had ernmental process that "aids institutions in on the field groups and programs. It's an assessment of developing and sustaining effective education­ our assessment procedures! al programs and assures the educational com­ (3) Connecting the Global and the Local: For almost two munity, the general public, and other organiza­ decades, the CoJJege has required that Pitzer students tions that an accredited institution has met acquire a somewhat vaguely specified level of internation­ high standards of quality and effectiveness" al and intercultural understanding. Our intention is to (www. wascsen ior.orglwascl). clarify and further develop the college's approach to New schools and colleges must meet a rigor­ achieving international and intercultural understanding ous set of criteria focused on student learning informed by an increased connection between global objectives, financial resources and organizational processes and local commun ities. This part of our WASC structures to support the educational goals, and a evaluation wi ll involve evaluating programs that enhance commitment to assessing educational outcomes. students' opportunities to engage in issues emerging from For colleges already accredited, such as global and local connections and to act on those issues in Pitzer, the process is a more proactive one meaningful ways. designed by the institution under review. WASC Once our proposal is accepted by WASC this summer, reviews and validates the accreditation plan by we must then begin designing the evaluations, create a focusing on two core commitments: "culture of evidence" that seeks indicators supporting the Commitment to Institutional Capacity and specific outcomes we expect from these three areas, and Commitment to Educational Effectiveness. The provide visiting teams of WASC evaluators sufficient institution should provide detailed evidence that information to demonstrate our capacity to carry out these it's an effective learning-centered campus and educational activities at a high level of quality. has the capacity to evaluate and sustain its edu­ In the fall of 2008, we complete the second phase of the cational programs. accreditation process: the Capacity and Preparatory The accreditation process occurs in three Review, a report presented to a visiting team of evaluators stages during a four-year span: (1) the that documents the resources, fiscal stability, structures, Institutional Proposal, (2) the Capacity and processes, and policies of the institution that exist to carry Preparatory Review, and (3) the Educational out the institution's educational objectives as stated in the Effectiveness Review. The proposal is the first three themes of the Institutional Proposal. It assesses the step that Pitzer has just completed. It is a 15-page institution's preparedness to undertake the Educational research design, a formal plan of action, and a Effectiveness Review that is scheduled 12 to 18 months framework for addressing the entire multi -stage later, possibly in the spring of 2010. accreditation review process. In this proposal, This third phase, the Educational Effecti veness Review, we select three key themes the College would is a report that must demonstrate sustained engagement like to study during the next few years. With by the College on the extent to which the institution fu l­ input from students, faculty and staff, Pitzer is fills the educational objectives as outlined in the original centering its review on three areas: Institutional Proposal's three themes. It should present (1) Linking the Academic with Residential Life: As clear evidence of the collection, review, and use of data a residential liberal arts institution, the center­ that assure the delivery of programs and learner accom­ piece of Pitzer College's academic experience is plishments. A site visit by a team of evaluators will occur integrating the physical elements of our campus at this point and a recommendation will then be made to with the programmatic dimensions of our WASC for a 10 year reaccreditation. unique educational objectives. We will investi­ To read the WASC Institutional Proposal and monitor gate the Residential Life and Learning Project, the progress of the other phases, visit the College's and focus on the relationship between tl1 e new Institutional Research Web page, environmentally sensitive residence halls and www.pi tzer.ed u!offices/ i11sti ht tiona[ _research/, periodical Iy the impact on student learning, retention, satis­ beginning in the fall. faction with Pitzer, environmental awareness, community values and diversity. - Peter Nardi, professor of sociology and director of institutional research Studying Abroad Delivers Results

ravi.ssimo, studenti! Of Pitzer's Briggs '02 and Michelle Swanson '06), dents of col01~ non-traditionally aged record-breaking number of one in Italy (Alex Page '06) and one in (New Resources) students, science BFulbright winners this year, 87 the Pitzer program in Turkey (Yvonne majors, recent alumni and males. percent participated in Study Abroad. Hong '05). Two were on a Pitzer Intercultural understanding and All of om Watson, Coro, and Rotary exchange (Chris Burwick '06 and social responsibility in action! award winners studied abroad. Goals Kathleen Brooks '06 in Germany). Elise Carlson '03, a Fulbright fellow regarding in terdisciplinaTy shtdy, One undertook an overseas research to Tmkey, is now a Foreign Affairs intercultural understanding, diversity project with a Pitzer professor (Blair Officer in the State Department's and equal access to study abroad McGregor '06 in China/Russia). ThTee Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, opportunities can remain mere rheto­ were on non-Pitzer programs (Kate and Labor covering nine Middle ric elsewhere, but Pitzer has delivered. Sherwood '06 in Spain, Raumene Eastern countries. In a recent e-mail to Pitzer's Shtdy Abroad programs Rahatzad '06 in Jordan and Traci Study Abroad, she said, "I am con­ have provided wide access to power­ Kutaka '06 in England). vinced that I got my job almost solely ful, culh1ral-immersion experiences. Altogether, of the 16 awardees, 11 on the basis of my experience in Nine awardees were on five Pitzer had immersion/homestays, 13 sh1died Pitzer in Turkey and my Fulbright programs: four in Costa Rica (Sabrina a foreign language abroad, and 11 did project with the Kurdish people." Dence '06, Yvonne Hong '05, Michelle an. independent shtdy or internship Swanson Lightfoot '06 and Rainbow for credit. The winners also represent -Carol Brandt, Vice President, Chung '06), two in Ecuador (Bianca a diversity of srudents traditionally lntemational Programs Banagan '06 and Pah·ick Leue '06), w1derrepresented in study abroad two in Nepal/Darjeeling (Veronica and in Fulbright competitions: stu-

The Ecology Center at the Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology in Costa Rica opened in June. amboo consbuction has been completed on two projects designed to showcase Bthe use of bamboo as an innovative, sustainably produced building material at the Firestone Center for Restoration Ec;ology in Costa Rica. The teaching pavilion is an open-sided design by architect Darrel DeBoer of San Francisco in collabora­ tion with master bamboo builder Martin Coto of Costa Rica. It occupies the ridge top, ocean-view site on the property. The project employed a large number of 10 meter (40 foot) bamboo poles grown and harvested on Pitzer's property and was assembled by a group of U.S. and Costa Rican volunteers together with Pitzer's Spring 2006 External Studies Semester in Costa Rica students and om full-time Firestone Center Reserve employees. The construction of an observation tower, designed by volunteer Jo Scheer, is pichtred at left. It overlooks the banana grove, bamboo forest, and mountain range across the valley from om property. ENGAGED WITH THE

edecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), an international M medical agency, has worked in Uganda since 1986 and assists, among others, the people in 19 camps who are displaced due to an armed conflict. Activities consist of the provision of medical care, nutritional support, counseling and provision of drinking water. There are more than 300,000 internally displaced persons living in the refugee camps. Some people have been displaced for upwards of 20 years. Sherri Stiles '87 contacted The Participant to share a typical day of her work with MSF. Given the n1ag­ azine's focus this issue on Pitzer graduates engaged with the world, the article was perfectly timed. 'm rattling down the road near the camp for inter­ contact with mental health services. The boy agrees to nally displaced persons (IDP) in Agora, Uganda. return to see Benard in a few days. I I'm trying to think of how I can describe the situa­ In the afternoon, Benard and I make home visits. tion here so that you can see the tragedy, but not feel On our way out of the MSF office, we pass the pity. The people of northern Uganda are strong and Ministry of Health clinic, which is empty. Even when resilient and not to be pitied, but rather admired for the poorly motivated staff comes to work, they must their courage. They have lived in a war zone for more contend with chronic drug and supply shortages. Our than 20 years-a war zone unknown to many. Agora first stop is to visit a 16-year-old polio survivor. She is is located approximately 20 miles from the Sudanese unable to walk or use her legs. She spends her days border. The green, hilly scenery is lovely and pro­ sitting on the ground outside of her hut. Benard vides a stark contrast to the appalling circumstances thinks she is depressed. She would Hke to go to in which the residents live. Huts are so close together school, but has no way to get there. We meet with a that the roofs touch. The ground in the camp is dry few other people and attempt to check in on two HIV right now, but it is the begi1ming of the rainy season positive clients with whom Benard is working, but and soon the gullies between the huts will become they are not home. Some of the IDP camps in fetid streams. In some areas of the can1p, 70-100 peo­ Northern Uganda have an estimated HIV prevalence ple must share one pit toilet. In other places, there are rate of 7-10 percent. no latrines at all. The soil in Agora is so poor that it is In the evening, the whole MSF team is back at the not uncommon for the latrines to collapse. compound in the camp doing a pharmacy s tock I arn traveling to Agora because I am the mental count. About 10 p.m. we hear several rounds of gun­ health officer in Uganda for Medecins Sans fire near the military barracks, not far from where we Frontieres. Today, I am doing clinical supervision live. We wonder among ourselves if rebels have been with Benard, the counselor stationed in Agora. We spotted by the military or if, more likely, a drunken first meet with a 14-year-old boy who was abducted fighter is firing at civilians. In the morning we learn by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) several years that our second guess was correct. Unfortunately, ago. He spent years in the bush fighting for the LRA physical and sexual violence carried out by armed and in the past has talked to Benard abou t the horrific groups toward the residents of the camps is an all­ acts he was forced to commit. Luckily, he escaped. too-frequent occurrence. His parents are deceased and he lives with his aunt At the end of the week as we drive back to Kitgum and tmcle, both of whom are indifferent to his situa­ town, I think about what it would be like to live in tion. He tells Benard that he is no longer having the Agora for years. Would I be able to rise above my cir­ nightmares that plagued him in the past months, but ctm1stances? Would I be able to Laugh with my neigh­ he says that his short-term memory is causing him bors and care for my children? Or would I collapse difficulties. He says he is constantl y in trouble at under the weight of what sometimes seems like a school and at home because he can't remember things hopeless situation? I don't kid myself that I know the from one minute to the next. There are no other aid answer. agencies operating in the camp, so Benard is his sole

SHERR! STLL ES '87 is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Social Worker from Austin, Texas. She has worked in East Africa for two years. She has been a counselor and administrator in psychiatric services, HIV, and adoption for 15 years. Her e-mail address is [email protected].

Sherri Stiles '87 works with children and others affected by years of civil war in Uganda. The Images above were taken from a child's drawing reflecting the contact with violence that is part of the daily routine. Brazilian Americans at Pitzer

nee I went to the U.S. post The majority of Brazilians are of Here at Pitzer College we now office in New Haven, Conn., to mixed race. Brazilian notions of race, have three Brazilians on our faculty, 0 mail a package to Brazil. The wruch differ significantly from significantly over-representing their address of my family in Sao Paulo was American notions of race, are serious­ share of the U.S. population by a fac­ cleaxly written on the outside. The post ly challenged when Brazilians tor of 15. Leda Martins is an assistant office clerk looked at the package and come to the U.S. Race is professor of anthropology. She said "Brazil? Where's that?" Somewhat was born and raised in Boa shocked, I said "South America." Vista, the capital of the north­ "You'd better write that on ern Brazilian state of Roraima. the package," he replied. She did her undergraduate From the mad passion work at the University of of Carnaval to the immen­ Brasilia, and then came to sity of the dark Amazon, the United States to do her Brazil is a country of myth- graduate work at Cornell ic proportions. Brazil is one University. She joined the of the largest countries in Pitzer faculty in 2004. the world. With a popula- Kathryn Miller is a pro­ tion of 178 million, it is the fessor of art. She was born fifth largest in the world, just and raised in Rio de slightly smaller than the con­ Janeiro. People from Rio tinental U.S. Overall the are called Cariocas. After Brazilian economy is the ninth graduating from high largest in the world. Brazil has school in Rio, she came a per capita income of $8,020, to the United States to about one-fifth the level of the attend college at George United States, and suffers from Washington University. She enormous income inequality. generally viewed as a spectrum in joined the Pitzer faculty in 1993. While historically a nation of immi­ Brazil, but as a black/white duality in And I am a professor of economics, grants, Brazil became a nation of emi­ the U.S. Furthermore, Brazilians in the and have been at Pitzer since 1988. grants about two decades ago, primari­ U.S. tend not to self-identify as Whlle I was born and mostly raised in ly for economic reasons. Large num­ Hispanic/Latina, and the U.S. Census the U.S., I carry a Brazilian passport bers of Brazilians started to come to does not officially classify them as because my Japanese family is from the U.S. from the city of Govemador Hispanic/Latina either. This is partly Sao Paulo. People from Sao Paulo are Valadares and the state of Minas because they speak Portuguese in called Paulistas. There arc, in fact, Gerais. But now large nwnbers also Brazil, and not Spanish. more Japanese in Brazil than in any come from the states of Goias, PaTana, As an immigrant community, other country outside of Japan. and Santa Catarina. According to the Brazilian Americans feel an enormous Whenever we can, Leda, Kathryn Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, love, or more accurately "saudade" and I like to go to Green Field, a approximately 1 million Brazilians for Brazil, which is most clearly on Brazilian churrascaria in West Covina now live in the United States. But part­ display when World Cup soccer where you can eat endless amounts of ly because many of them are undocu­ games are being played. At the same Brazilian barbecue washed down by mented, the U.S. 2000 Census coun ted time there does not appear to be either caipirinhas or guarana. If you only 223,000 foreign born Brazilians much community participation or sol­ ever want to go, we would be happy and 44,000 of their native born cllil­ idarity within the community, particu­ for you to join us and talk with you dren. Most Brazilians live in the states larly when it comes to financial inter­ about Brazil. of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, ests. There are complaints about Massachusetts, Florida and California. Brazilians in the U.S. selling jobs to -Linus Ynmnne, professor of economics one another.

18 PITZER COllEGE PARTICIPANT FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR AMONG COLLEGES OUR SIZE Fulbright Grants Awarded to Thirteen 2006 Graduates and Three Alumnae

Several awardees were the first generation in their family to attend college. Two were non-traditional age New Resow-ces students-Katrina Sitar and Blair McGregor (who came to Pitzer after serving in the U.S. Army). Three awardees (Rainbow Chung, Sabrina Dence and Yvonne Hong) were science majors, two others (Veronica Briggs and Mid1elle Swanson Lightfoot) were pre-med. The key to Pitzer students' success in gaining Fulbright Fellowships has been widening access to high quality programming. The Costa Rica program provid­ ed access to science-oriented students (four of whom have won awards). Professor Melinda Herreid­ Menzies' sununer research project in China and Russia provided the opportunity for a non-traditional student (Blair McGregor) to study abroad. Most of the students were in Pitzer cultural immer­ sion Study Abroad programs. These programs provide Pitzer students with great intellectual and personal depth and make them fom1idable candidates for post­ graduate fellowships. The flagship international educational program sponsored by the United States government, the Fulbright Program is designed to "increase mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and the people of other countries." With this goal, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 250,000 partici­ pants-chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential-with the opportunity to study and teach in each other's cow1tries, exd1ange ideas and develop joint solutions to address shared concerns. The Fulbright Program was established in 1946 under legislation introduced by former Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. Approximately 250,000 "Fulbrighters,'' 94,000 from the United States and 155,600 from other countries, have participated in the program since its inception more than 50 years ago. The Fulbright Program awards approximately 4,500 new grants annually. Fulbright alun1ni include Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, governors and senators, ambassadors and artists, prime ministers and heads of state, professors and scientists, Supreme Court justices and CEOs. ~ t-"~"~:§1... ~ ~1. ~# tl ~~ ~· . &~~ I MICHELLE SWANSON LIGHTFOOT '06 ichelle Swanson Lightfoot has acquired SPAlN M fluency in Spanish as a second language and Nepali as a third. This has taught her the requisites and rewards of language acquisition that she will employ as a Fulbright scholar to Spain. "More than just learning new vocabulary, language acquisition taught me new ways to express myself, opened my mind and influ­ enced my interpretations as I discovered new ways to understand and be understood," she explained. Swanson Lightfoot completed an internship in Lorna Fria, Nicaragua, where she worked on a women's coffee cooperative simultane­ ously leading and/or co-teaching Spanish grammar and math to several women from the community. Swanson Lightfoot faced new challenges while working for Pitzer's Center for CaJifornia CuJtural and Social Issues. She worked on the Prison Literacy Program, another non-traditional teaching environment. Swanson Lightfoot participated in the Pitzer in Darjeeling program. She also studied in Costa Rica. Out; I

llO~llt .1~ -<~u: 11 ~.t: RAuMENE AAHATZAD '06 AITl ::.ani ~ aumene Rahatzad graduated on Sunday and Ooml PT"PZERS FIRST FULBRIGHT TO AZERBAIJ AN Rreceived the wonderful news on the follow­ l!.nt 1 I ·oltl ing Tuesday that he was awarded a Fulbright to Azerbaijan, a counh-y in Southwest Asia. \rublo He will research religion as it affects Azerbaijan's national identity. Azerbaijan's literal translation is "the land of eternal flames" and is a country with deep Zoroastrian roots, a majority Muslim population, and a country in search of its identity since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Rahatzad will complete a four-month training program of intensive Azeri to assist in his field work, and will complete Azeri language courses at Western University in Baku. His research will focus on documented observations and inter­ views with locals in Baku. An active student leader at Pitzer, Rahatzad was the founder and president of the Iranian Students Association of the Claremont Colleges; and was founder and co-president of the student organization Justice for Israel and Palestine from spring 2004 through spring 2006. During his junior year at Pitzer, he studied abroad in Amman, Jordan, researching how west­ ernization has affected traditional notions of Arab beauty as expressed in classic literature and poet­ ry. He graduated with honors in International/ Intercultural Studies with a focus on the Middle East.

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21 SABRINA DENCE '06 abrina Dence will be conducting research on Sthe small island of Isla Colon in Bocas Del Toro, Panama, as a Fulbright Scholar. She will be studying primate research methods and con­ ducting primate ecotourism research at a local field school. "I intend on teaching the knowledge to the people who can make the best use of this infor­ mation, the Panamanian children and adults. By teaching the people about their impact on the environment, I hope they can develop a stronger appreciation of their ecosystem, there­ by promoting conservation," Dence said. Dence has received an invitation of accept­ ance to the Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation (ITEC) at Isla Colon, in Bocas Del Toro, Panama, a non-profit education, research and conservation corporation that offers field ecology courses to undergraduate and graduate students. Her studies at the Institute cover mul­ tiple aspects of the environment in Panama, from the canopy of the tropical rainforest to the coral reefs. "Studying primate ecotourism in Panama wiU make me a well-rounded researcher and help me achieve my long-term goal of acquir­ ing a Master's in Zoology," according to Dence. Dence participated in Pitzer's summer health program in Costa Rica. BLAIR MCGREGOR '06 Lair McGregor is not your typical college Bstudent. After spending four years in the SOUTH KOREA military, he took five classes per semester and worked full time to put himself through Pitzer. Teaching English in South Korea is a just reward for aU of his hard work. McGregor chose Korea because it was a country that he had visited briefly in the mili­ tary and wished to Jearn more about. Last summer, McGregor traveled to China and Russia '""rith Professor of Environmental Studies Melinda Herrold-Menzies. While in Russia, McGregor spent time working at an English Language Immersion camp in Muraviovka Park. "I still correspond with some of my students from when I was teaching in Russia," McGregor said. "Professor Herrold-Menzies has greatly influenced my time at Pitzer. She is a tremendous resource for advice." McGregor majored in International/ Intercultural Studies with an emphasis on Asia. He plans to pursue a law degree focusing on international law after his time in Korea. "I grew up in Arizona, but I completed my last years of high school here in Claremont," McGregor explained. 'When my father was alive, he wanted me to attend one of the Claremont Colleges. I knew Pitzer would make me a better person because of the kind of col­ lege it is. And it has."

SPRING 2006 23 YVONNE HONG 'OS vonne Hong devoted mosl of her under­ SPAIN Ygraduate years studying smoking-related disease and wiiJ continue her pursuit in Turkey fulfilling her proposed study of research: "Kicking the Butt: Anti-Smoking Iniliatives and Cultural Perceptions in Turkey." Why will she research smoking-reduction initiatives with women and women profes­ sionals in Turkey? Hong said, "Women are at a pivotal moment in Turkey's smoking culture and I intend to research women's responses to anti-smoking initiatives in a society where both smoking and gender play a significant role in daily life." According to Hong. the importance of studying this issue is to use the information collected to create more effective anti-tobacco programs to stop the increase of female smok­ ers in Turkey. Hong studied abroad in the Pitzer in Turkey program and the Pitzer Summer Health Program in Costa Rica, and worked in the Admission Office. "My long-term career plan is to get my masters in public health with a focus on epi­ demiology. Pitzer professors that have inspired/ influenced/helped me in my time of need include Ann Stromberg. David Sadava, and Nigel Boyle," Hong said. "I am so stoked to get the Fulbright," Kate KATE SHERWOOD '06 Shenvood said. "Stoked is such an overused THAiLAND word, but it is truly how r feel!" Sherwood, who will be completing her teach­ ing assistantship in Thailand, wasn't sure about making the commitment to apply for the Fulbright. An active member of the 5-College improvisational group Without A Box, a leader of the Pitzer Outdoor Adventure Club, and an avid worker in Pitzer's Arboretum, she already had a full plate. However, Sherwood was won over by the enthusiasm of two of her professors, Carol Brandt and Nigel Boyle. "I welcomed the opportunity to reflect further on my experiences studying abroad in the fall of 2004 in Spain in my classes with them," Sherwood explained. An ar t history major and nearly fluent in Spanish, Sherwood first thought she would visit a Spanish speaking country for her Fulbright. However, as she did more research on her options, Thailand caught her attention. "I decided that I should go somewhere very different that I might not normally get to visit. The culture, food, language-everything is so dif­ ferent there," Sherwood said. Reflecting on her time at Pitzer, Sherwood noted that she has most enjoyed developing close relationships with the faculty and staff. "All of my friends who go to UCs are shocked that I can walk through campus and say hello to professors. It's great," Sherwood said.

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SPRING 2006 25 VERONICA BRIGGS '02 ver coffee at the Grove House with INDONESlA 0 Professor Nigel Boyle during a visit back to her alma mater, Veronica Briggs made the determination to submit a Fulbright proposal to fulfill her desire to increase "Cross Cultural Dialogue and Mutual Understanding." Briggs' participation in the Pitzer in Nepal program inspired her interest in teaching: "From the moment I finished handing the alphabet on the wall, I understood the impor­ tance of education. I had spent the day drawing 'rungichungi' ABC's, and the kids at the orphanage were responding with energetic awe at the colorful additions to our home," the 2002 graduate said. Enthusiastic about building upon these and other Pitzer opportunities, Briggs said that she relished the chance to work as a teacher again while a student at Pitzer. "During my senjor year, I traveled to numer­ ous Los Angeles schools to give interactive pre­ sentations about Nepal and my experiences while a student there," she explained. Briggs graduated with a combined major in anthropology and Environmental Studies from Pitzer College. Following completion of her Fulbright, she plans to pursue a Masters in Public Health with an academic and career focus on international health policy and admirustration.

PlTZ.E.R COLLEGE PARTICIP. PATRICK LEUE '06 atrick Leue originally applied for a PFulbright to Uruguay. However, when the VENEZUELA institution decided to award him the fellowship to Venezuela instead, he was equally thrilled. 'Tve actually been studying a lot about Venezuela this year," Leue explained. "I think it is probably the most fascinating country in South America in terms of politics." Leue became interested in teaching while in middle school when he tutored kindergartners in literacy acquisition. He said he beHeves that his most rewarding and challenging teaching experi­ ences occurred during Professor of the History of Ideas Barry Sanders' "Teaching in the Prisons" program at Pitzer. The program used education as a primary vessel to facilitate social change and involved Pitzer students teaching prison inmates. "Barry has been the most influential professor for me in terms of ideology and how education works," Leue said. "Also, Professors of Spanish Ethel Jorge and Martha Barcenas helped me so much in learning the language, and became dear friends to me." A double major in psychology and Lntemational/lntercultural Studies, Leue said he would Like to continue teaching intemationa!Jy after he completes his assistantship. '1 am sad to leave all the amazing people at Pitzer," Leue said. "But I really do feel that I have gotten everything I could have out of my time here at Pitzer."

SPRING 2006 27 LIFE PROJECT The Shape of Things to Come

ith concrete trucks pouring into the construction site, Brick Camp aign Launched in Style W the "footprint" for Pitzer's new Residential Life The much anticipated Brick Campaign was launched at Project has begun to take shape-outlining the shapes of Alwnni Weekend this spring, garnering more than $6,000 as the College's three new residence halls. If this were an a result of the reunion archaeological dig, students in one of Professor Sheryl weekend. President Miller's comses would have a field day deciphering what Trombley and her son, the shapes and orientations of the walls really mean about Sparkey, were first to Pitzer daily life and culture. pmchase a brick using the The summer has arrived with construction still on time on-line form available at and on budget, and with anticipation for the Project con­ www.pitzer.edu/rlp. Sparkey tinuing to build among s tudents, parents, faculty and staff. took advantage of the "The Residential Life Project epitomizes Pitzer's core opportunity to make a values-integrating Living and learning in a holistic expe­ strong statement about rience for each student" remarked President Trombley how his entire family feels recently. "In the same way that the liberal arts cormect about Pitzer College. ideas, the Residential Life Project will connect people and Pitzer would like to We love Pitzer! their experiences through landscape and architecture. The encourage everyone to Nelson, Project and the campus' new master plan will deepen make a gift, and also to Laura, these connections for generations to come." consider making group gifts to honor SparkeyBt a favorite professor, to recognize the Freckles (the Construction as a Spectator Sport? achievement of a sports team, or sim­ Dog) Trombley Pitzer's construction webcam has been a popular desti­ ply to honor your special cohort of nation for Pitzer people surfing the internet. For anyone friends. The Brick Campaign offers a who played with blocks, Lego blocks or maybe an erector wonderful opportunity, particularly with the larger bricks at set as a kid, the webcam offers an opporhmity to vicarious­ the Artisan, Mason and Master Building levels, to use the ly experience the excitement of the construction process­ brick inscription to craft a message with special meaning. allowing members of the Pitzer community to become "armchair" builders. When you visit the webcam, you may Fundraising Progress Reaches 79 Percent of Goal also check out recent updates to the Residential Life Project Fundraising has continued to make strong progress with Web site at www.pitzer.eduh-lp. $14.2 million received in cash or pledge commitments. That puts Pitzer more than 79 percent of the way toward its fundraising goal of $18 million for the Residential Life Project! Our three lead gifts from the Pitzer, Pritzker and Gold families and strong support from our generous Board ~ ~ for ;nfonn al;on on mok; ng o g•oup don oHon, ·J ~ of Trustees has brought us to this remarkable level of ~ go to: www.pitzer.edufrl p ------~----~~--~~------achievement. During the coming year, everyone in the Pitzer community will be offered opportunities to get involved with this exciting effort- by buying a brick, supporting a study room, or help with a bench or niche. Everyone's help ~'---.!...._.:!;...---_.;..__ will be needed to complete our fundraising goal on­ tinle, and everyone will be invited to participate in the dedication ceremony in the summer of 2007-the first Pitzer sleepover for almnni is being planned in our new residence halls. Please plan to join us! - Richard Chute '84, director of Capital Projects PlTZER COLLEGE PARENTS & FAMILIES

he Pitzer Parents Association Fellow, a Coro Fellow, and a Rotary T would like to extend a warm wel­ ambassador, among other awards. come to the students, parents, and Your sons and daughters are extraor­ W?K YOUR CAl [Nl)AR family members of the class of 2010. dinary people and we look forward to Congratulations to your sons and their many future achievements as alumni. daughters who are part of the most August 23-25 Parent Orientation selective class of Pitzer students in the Thank you to all the parents and Activities college's history. We look forward to family members who have stayed August27 Residence halls open welcoming you and your student to engaged with the college this year by for returning students campus. reading The Participant, the monthly at 10 a.m. As parents and family members of newsletter, attending Parent and August28 Registration for firs t-year an incoming Pitzer student, you are Family events, and contributing to the students the newest members of the Pitzer annual Silent Auction as well as the August29 Classes begin community. Beginning with Welcome Parents Fund. Once again we enjoyed October 16-17 FaU Break Receptions this summer you will be record attendance at Parent Orientation invited to events throughout the year, and the annual Family Weekend and November 23-24 Thanksgiving Break receive monthly newsletters and be Silent Auction. Pitzer is an outstanding December 8 Final Day of Classes kept abreast of happenings at Pitzer College thanks to your support and December 11-15 Final Exams College. Please see the calendar on involvement. Please plan to join us on this page for important dates and visit campus this year and let us know if unvw.pitzer. edu /new~arents for helpful there are additional ways we can help January 14 Residence Halls open at information. keep you connected to Pitzer College. lOa.m. We would also like to congratulate For more information on parent January 16 Classes begin parents of graduating seniors. Your involvement at Pitzer, please visit February 16·19 Family Weekend sons and daughters are among the www.pitzer.edu/parents. You may also most accomplished senior class to e-mail or call Catherine Okereke, March U-16 Spring Break ever graduate from Pitzer. Among Assistant Director of Parent Relations, May4 Final day of classes their remarkable accomplishments are at catherine_okereke@pitzer. edu or May 7-11 Final Exams (non-seniors) a record number of Fulbright (909) 621-8130. May 13 Commencement Scholars, a Truman Scholar, Watson May22 Summer classes begin

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AUGUST6 C HICAGO ELCOME HOST: INGRJD GABAV I P'OS AUGUST 13 RECEPTIONS BOSTON HOST: WYATT & G ISELLE STEVENS P'09 Welcome Receptions provide an opportunity for you and your Pitzer student to meet AUGUST 13 incoming and current students, fellow Pitzer SEATTLE parents and alumni living in your area. HOST: RICHARD LEWIS & BETH UPTON P'07 Whether you are the parent of a first year, AU GUST 13 sophomore, junior or senior we hope you will SAN JOSE is plan to join us. This a wonderful setting for HOST: PAUL AYOOB & TERESA BIAG INI P'08 new parents and students, as well as return­ ing parents and students to get together with A UGUST 19 fellow Pitzer folks in your neighborhood. NEW YORK I CONNECTICUT AREA Welcome Receptions also create the chance to HOST: DANIEL &ANNE MACKEL L P'09 meet with Pitzer staff p rior to Welcome Week to address any questions or concerns. AUGUST20 ORINDA The tentative reception dates and locations HOST: PAULA PRETLOW P'08 are listed here. Printed invitations will be sent out in the coming weeks with confirmed AUGUST20

SPRING 200 6 29 SPRING BASEBALL MEN 'S AND WOMEN 'S TRACK AND FIELD The Sagehens rounded out their The Sagehens men £bushed third ROUNDUP season with wins against CMS and while the women finished sixth at the I Occidental. The young team showed SCIAC Championship meet at the potential as they defeated Cal University of Redlands. Pitzer's Lutheran and had a three-game Maddie Kieselhorst '09 scored points sweep against La Verne. The Hens fin­ for the team in her first champi­ ished fifth in SCIAC. onships, finishing sixth in the 400 with a time of 61.34. Pitzer sophomore Alec SOFTBALL Lentz competed in four events, includ­ The Sagehens finished fifth in ing the 400, 200, 4 x 100 relay and he SCIAC with an overall record of 11- ran the lead leg for the 4 x 400. 23. The team enjoyed success this sea­ son by beating Cal Lutheran for the MEN'S AND WOMEN 'S RUGBY (CLUB) first time in Pomona-Pitzer softball The Claremont Colleges men's and history and swept games against women's rugby teams competed in Colorado College, Menlo and USA Rugby's Collegiate Occidental. Pitzer's Leanna Guillermo Championship Tournament in '07 was awarded Team MVP, the Sanford, Fla., April22-23. The men's Golden Glove, and Rookie of the Year. team upset Wisconsm-Milwaukee 35- 23 on April 22, qualifymg for the final MEN'S TENNIS four the next day. Though they lost to After wiru1ing their last two SCIAC last year's champion, Northern matches, the Hens competed in the Colorado, Head Coach Wally Cox post-season tournament at Ojai April said the team "played phenomenally," 29-May 1. Following his fifth place finishing m third place. Pitzer senior finish in conference, Neil Patel'07lost and team captam Ryan Altick scored in the first round in singles and lost five times for the team. The women's his first round match in doubles at the team lost on April22 to Plumas State, tournament. but came back to wm their consola­ tion game against University of WOMEN 'S TENNIS Georgia the next day, tying for fifth Completing a successful SCIAC place. season in second place, the women's team competed at the Ojai tourna­ MEN'S VOLLEYBALL (CLUB) ment April 29-May 1. Pitzer's Jessica The Pomona-Pitzer Volleyball team Kaswick '09 and Pomona's Rebecca was the Division II, Silver Division Lange '09 lost in the quarter-finals Champion at Nationals. This was the doubles match to the eventual tourna­ team's second trip to nationals in as ment winners from Fresno Pacific many years. The men finished ninth University. in the nation in 2005. Demolishing CMS was a highlight this year for the WATER POLO team and the Hens played well Posting wins against Cal Tech and against Division 1 teams, such as Redlands, the Hens finished second in UCLA and USC. SCIAC. The players were disappoint­ ed with the SCIAC finjsh, as they said WOMEN'S LACROSSE they thought they could have played The women's team finished 21st in much better. The Hens were the No. 1 the country out of 173 teams. The seeded team going into the Division team went 5- 5 for the season and III National tournament held at the made it to the playoffs for the first University of Redlands, May 5-7, and time as a Division I team and twice Pitzer's Jessica Babcock '09 runs the 400 meters in the finished the tournament in third place. defeated athletic powerhouse USC. SCIAC finals at Redlands. Pitzer's Lara Kruska '06 received first­ team all conference honors, while Noelle Heise '07 and Sarah Sinclair '08 received honorable mentions.

30 PITZER COLLEGE PARTICIPANT Student-Athlete Aw-ards Dinner 2006

itzer student-athletes gathered April 29 to celebrate Featured speaker Gregg Silver '90 (baseball, h·ack) P this year's accomplishments with the annual sports encouraged students to invest in their experiences as a stu­ dinner and awards ceremony. David Knowles '07 (basket­ dent-athlete at Pitzer. He reminded them to be cognizant ball) received the Daley Athletic Achievement award; of the bonds created through the sports program as they Jonathan Tigeri '06 (volleyball) received the Judi and go beyond the game an.d graduation. Finally, he prompted Frank Fenton Athletic Leadership award; Katie Lindberg students to take advantage of their relationships with pro­ '06 (swimming) received the Most Outstanding Female fessors and touted President Laura Skandera Trombley's Student Athlete of the Year award; and Dan Bendett '06 support of the athletic program. (soccer) received the Most Outstanding Male Athlete of the A special thanks to Trustee Arnold Palmer, Steve Fenton Year awa.rd. '92, and Dan Daley '89 for their continued support of this important event.

Katie Lindberg '06 the team, it really meant a lot to me. to be a student-athlete here at Pitzer." And then to have it h·ickle down to Knowles said speaking with the Most Outstanding Female Athlete the administration award's founder, Dan Daley '89 was Katie Lindberg '06 worked hard to was great. It demon­ another highlight of the dinner. "I earn her award, but her four years on strates all the sup­ thanked Daley after the ceremony. He the swim team port I have had from said that he knew about me from the weren't only about Pitzer." Sagehens Sports Reviews. I think get­ swimming hard. Bendett's skill for ting the alumni and current students With a 3.6 GPA in handling the field interested and keeping them up to date her major of psy­ made him captain with the sports here is helping to devel­ chology, Lindberg this year. He was op the spirit of sports on campus." truly is an outstand­ twice named All SCIAC Goalkeeper ing student-athlete. and All Western Coast Goalkeeper. Jonathan Tigeri '06 In fact, the night she Additionally, he holds the record for Judi and Frank Fenton Athletic received her athletic award, she also the number of shut-out games at 9 Leadership Award received a Psy Chi award for her aca­ straight. demic performance. "I have enjoyed every minute of Jonathan Tigeri's surprise at receiv­ The Seattle native said she feels my Pitzer experience. I love the soul ing his award couldn't have seemed Pitzer has taught her to open her of Pitzer. Everyone is so friendly, the more genuine. mind to life. professors are so helpful," Bendett "Men's volleyball "Pitzer has made me so much more said. is a club sport, so it socially conscious," Lindberg said. is really nice to get "Before I came to Pitzer, I thought David Knowles '07 recognition," Tigeri within a very small box. Now, after Daletj Athletic Achievement Award said. my years here swimming and study­ The men's volley­ ing abroad in Costa Rica, I am able to Receiving the award gave David ball team is one of think outside of the box." Kn.owles '07 a chance to see his feel­ few club sports that ings about Pomona­ are specifically Pomona-Pitzer, not five­ Dan Bendett '06 Pitzer sports reflect­ college. The players recently competed ed in others. in the National Championships and Most Outstanding Male Athlete "Sports have been won the Silver Division competition. in my heart since I Tigeri is a double major in romance If you attended a home soccer languages and sociology. game last year, you might have heard came here," Knowles said. a crowd of people cheering for goal­ keeper Dan Bendett. The pack would "Going to the din­ be chanting: "Whose house? Dan's ner, not only win­ house!" ning the award, and hearing people "Being the only Pitzer player on echo sentiments that have been in my heart all along, makes me very proud

.• SPRING 2006 31 lumni, students, A faculty, staff and friends celebrated Pitzer College's 2006 Alumni Weekend. Highlights from the weekend included the Welcome Back Dinner hosted by President Laura Skandera Trombley and her family, the Presentation of the Third Annual Distinguished Alumni Award to Jenniphr Goodman '84, the Twelfth Annttal Alumni College, a special breakfast with Professor Emerita Agnes Moreland Jackson and a 3-College wine tasting with Scripps and Harvey Mudd alumni.

Class of 2001 alumni Joey Mata, David Sawhill, Reena Mathew, Marisol Camarena, Akita Ramaswamy, Jess Warner and Deidre Schupbach enjoy the Alumni Barbecue. ALUMNI WEEKEND 2006

Alumni Weekend Planning Committee Co·Chairs Ruett Foster '81 and Lee Kleinman 1981 graduates celebrate their 25th reunion at the All Class Reunion Dinner '81 cheer the success of Alumni Weekend with Alumni Association President Ella Pennington '81 (center).

Josephine Doubleday John '69, Chris Campbell North '66 and Sara Smith '66 at the Harvard House for the Welcome Back Dinner

Squeakin' Wheels performs at Alumni Weekend, led by Pitzer New Resources alumnus Dave Millard '92 (left). Pitzer alumni with Professor Emerita Agnes Moreland Jackson at her special breakfast

32 PITZER COLLEGE PARTICIPANT - Claremont Alumni Network Speaker Series

he Claremont Alumni Network (CAN) hosted a Speaker TSeries in April featuring famed Hollywood producer and Pitzer College parent Lynda Obst P'02. The event was a h·emen­ dous success with alumni from the Claremont Colleges gather­ ing to network and hear the "inside scoop" from one of Hollywood's top producers. The CAN is a network of alumni from the Claremont Colleges who share business referrals, resources and information. Lynda Obst P'02 For information: www.claremontbusiness.com

~ - - ~~ Alumni may apply for Fulbrights through the 'at-large' pool or through 1969 ;J.... 1/) Pitzer College. It is advantageous to apply through Pitzer as their pro- Elizabeth (Mueller) Marcum Q ~ ~ posaJ will have been reviewed and nominated by the Pitzer Fulbright • (Pacific Grove, CA) ~ iill Committee. Nominees will be phone-interviewed by the Pitzer In addition to continuing my cDIW 0:x: Fulbright Committee as part of the review process. The proposal must career as a teacher, I am now ..-11W U be submitted through Pitzer to be officially recognized by the Fulbright the owner (along with my :::::) ,~ 1/) foundation as an award associated with the College. Alumni wishing to husband) of a bookstore/coffee ~ apply should contact Fulbright Adviser Nigel Boyle [email protected] . and tea shop in Pacific Grove. :_ J

Cheryl Sigler Thornett 1971 1975 (Birmingham, England) Lisa (Ackerson) Lieberman Rebeca Barron (Lake Oswego, 0 R) (Seattle, WA) I published my first book. It is called I take great pleasure in announcing "A Stranger Among Us: Hiring In­ the merger of The Barron Collection Home Support for Children with Ltd. with Around the House in San Autism Spech·um Disorders and Francisco. As you know, I am a other Neurological Differences." native Californian and owned and Published by Autism Asperger operated retail stores in San Publishing Company, it is a compre­ Francisco prior to relocating to hensive guide to aU aspects of hiring Seattle. This represents a wonderful Alumni weekends always take place support people to care for children opportunity for me and The Barron when I am preparing my ESOL stu­ with disabilities. I am currently a Collection Ltd. I couldn't be happier! dents (English for Speakers of clinical social worker in p1ivate prac­ www.barroncollection.com Other Languages) for their exams. tice specializing in "living with dis­ [Sotmd effect of self-pitying snif­ ability in the family." In addition, I 1978 fles] However, I am visiting my h·avel regionally and nationally as a Andrea Schneider family in Southern California and speaker. This summer, my 18-year­ (Chino, CA) the Bay Area mid-August this year, old son Jordan. (who has autism) and I am teaching in Pomona and taking w ith no husband or children in tow I have been accepted to present at on the challenges of learning to for the first time. I'd love to see the Autism Society of America's become a good teacher. My daugh­ some old Pitzer friends again, if national conference in Providence, ter Julia (age 12) is having fun acting anyone is around. Does anyone Rhode Island. in plays at the local community the­ remember when we ate at CMC ater. Hi to old friends. Hope all is and Harvey Mudd? When there 1974 well. Would love to hear from you. was no landscaping, just rocks, or Kathryn Bautista Wolters the early landscaping that looked (Ventura, CA) 1980 like a cross between a miniature After 30 plus years with llene Schwartz golf course and a landing strip? GTENerizon, I finally retired and (Seattle, WA) The Mead fire? Being a women's am working on my second career­ I am on faculty and the Special college? (I could go on... and on ... ) I a career of the heart-doing histori­ Education Area Chair at the would really like to see anyone cal re-creation of clothing, jewelry University of Washington College from the early days, or even just and accessories. I' ve actuaUy done of Education, and recently I was ring you up to say hello. It's a long it for fun on the side for 28 years­ appointed by the Superintendent to way from Birmingham, England, so it's an exciting new challenge to Seattle School District's Special this is a rare chance for me. create a business with it now. Education Advisory Board.

SPR ING 2006 33 - ~ CAPAS Dinner CLSA Dinner I

rant Chang '93 of the Koren Times spoke at the ichele ~iqueiros '95, associate director of the GFourth Annual Center for Asian Pacific M Campcugn for College OpportunHy, was the American Students (CAPAS) Student and Alumni keynote speaker for the Seventh Annual Dinner on April7. The CAPAS Dinner honors the Chicano/Latino Student and Alumni (CLSA) Dinner accomplishments of our graduating Asian Pacific on April25. The CLSA Dinner celebrates the American seniors. achievements of our Oucano/Latino community at Pitzer.

Dean of Faculty Alan Jones, Economics Professor Linus Yamane and Michele Siqueiros '95, Sergio Donis '07, Melissa Macias '08, Candy Grant Chang '93 Navarro '07 and President Laura Skandera Trombley

1981 Ellen J. Weissbuch 1985 (Bnrcelonn, Spain) Suzie Haberland Hello all. Finally took the time to (Seattle, WA) check in here. I'm s till single Hi all- my husband (though I've got a special someone Stasa and I recently adopted a baby girl, in my life;), child free and livin.,.0 a 5- minute walk away from the Cassidy Rose. She was Mediterranean and 45 minutes born January 11 and is so~ th of .Barcelona. I earn my Living growing like crazy. I'm do1~g tlungs I love: teaching yoga still working at to k1ds at a local colegio, belly Starbucks, became a dance and kundalini yoga and sell­ Coffee Master last ing my high-fired ceramics. I also year, and am looking play frame drum in a kirtnn group. forwa rd to some inter­ national travel this year. 1 l Geoffrey Groener (Bend, OR) I am living happily in Bend, Ore., Thanks for the inputl tinualJy improve your alumni maga­ wit.h my wife, Beth, and daughters, zine. And remember, you can always An1ka and Sophie. Call if in the The Public Relations Office contact us at [email protected] to area (541) 390-4488. extends its gratitude to those of you tell us how we're doing. who took the time to respond to the Congratulations are in order for Joshua Nusbaum survey with your thoughts and pref­ the three winners of $25 Barnes & (Portland, OR) erences regarding The Participant. Noble Gift Certificates: Joanna Sapir We're very excited to be expecting Your input is vital as we seek to con- '96, Barbara Sagat '81 and Aurora our first child. Ignacio '04.

PITZER COLLEGE PARTICIPANT Buy a bric k to help build new residence halls

You are invited to purchase a piece of Pitzer's new residence halls-literally! The beautiful Admission Office courtyard will be surfaced with attractive brick pavers, offering you an opportunity to make a real impression on the College's future.

You may choose one of four sizes/ styles of bricks to be engraved with your name or the name of someone that you would like to honor. Bricks are a g reat opportunity to congratulate a recent graduate, to honor a family member or loved one, to pay tribute to a favorite professor, or to celebrate your Pitzer experience.

Bricks will be available for a limited time only beginning in spring 2006 and ending June 30, 2007. Bricks will be installed by the end of the fall semester of 2007; once installed, you will be sent information about the location where it has been placed and you will be listed in the Residential Life Project section of the Annual Donor Honor Roll.

Master Builder Mason Artisan Craftsman GOLD* $2,500 $1,000 $500 $250 Craftsman 12" 1 2" $100 8" c:'::x: .x:~~ ...... ~ ...... 8" 8" c:"X;X~ ...... 12" 1 2" 8" c:'Z't~ ...... 4" 1:::I 4" 1:::I c::::I I ~ ~1:::9 .. -...... [§] c:'I I C"!!QJ::;:!) ...... *Graduates of the last Decade receive a special price on the Gold lettering plus Craftsman-level brick donation, limit Special Placement of one brick at this re duced price.

SANBORN 0:2 CORRIDOR ..&i.o-- ...;:, CELEBRATES A NEW BEGJNNIN.G IN THE NEW SANBORN HALL! - Poseidon Film Benefit

embers of the Pitzer community enjoyed a M special pre-premiere screening of the film Poseidon on May 11. All proceeds from the film benefit went toward the Pitzer College Annual Fund. A special thanks to the Pitzer College Board of Trustees for donating their tickets to members of the Claremont community, including Claremont High School, Claremont City Hall, and Mt. San Antonio Gardens. Many than ks to Marc Broidy '95 and Bruce Corwin for their involvement with this event.

Julia Nemon Mi19t ch' Numark (Wnshi11gton, D.C.) (Normnn, OK) I received an MAin Internationa l I completed my Ph.D. from UCLA at Affairs and Development from the end of 2005. Currently I'm teach­ George Washington University as a ing South Asian history as a visiting Wolcott Fellow in May 2005. I am assistant professor at the University leaving the State Department, where of Oklahoma. I'll be .in India for I have been working on human traf­ much of this summer but will return ficking policy for the past two years, to the University of Oklahoma in to take a position at Amnesty August for the 2006-07 academic International. year. I recently attended the wed­ ding of Kier Deleo '93 in Long Beach. I look forward to keeping in 1003 touch with old friend s from Pitzer. J Zach Putnam hope everyone is doing well. (Los A ngeles, CA) The projector company Infocus built 2001 a rninisite (www.infocus.com/presents) Rachael Baker with live footage and interviews (Ann Arbor, MI) from the shows I did with the band Ciaran, Caidan, and Cara Mann I received my Masters Degree in Bedtime for Toys at the South by Environmental Policy from Bard Southwest Music Conference in College in 2005. I am presently liv­ Austin, Texas. Check it out. In addi­ 1992 ing in Ann Arbor, Mich., and am the tion, I was hired to fly out to Jenna Whorton Mann resource manager at Henry Ford Chicago and New York to do shows (Cinremont, CA) Hospital in Detroit, Mich. with the bands Pretty Girls Make My family and I recently moved to a Graves and Giant Drag on their new house in Claremont. Also, we national tour. I also did both bands' just had our third child. Caidan visuals at the Glass House in Islay Mann was born March 8, 2006, Pomona on June 2 and the El Rey in at 7:28 p.m. We are enjoying her West Hollywood on June 3. very much. www.phiphenom.com

36 PITZER COLLEGE PARTICIPANT - 100 °/o Participation in Senior Gift

he entire graduating class of 2006 at Pitzer College, that's Tright, 100 percent, contr·ibuted to the senior gift, the highest number in the College's history. Ute feat brought the coveted "pig" from the Claremont Colleges for attaining the most partici­ pation among the 5-Colleges. At left, Dean of Students Jim Marchant pledged that if the sen­ iors reached 98 percent participation he would get a tattoo of the Pitzer tree. True to his word, Dean Marchant got his permanent memento on his upper left arm on May 11. Below, Senior Gift Committee members included, from left, Tim Russell, Gracie Vargas, Matt Turzo, Portia Boni, Assistant Director of Annual Giving Molly Weinstein '04, Miri Plowman and Kat Rorke.

IN MEMORIAM To submit a Class Note, write to us New Resources alwnnus Chris Cicotello '03 died of brain with your full name (including maiden cancer on June 23, 2006, at home in Covina, Cali£. name) and class year along with Ouis was a Religious Studies major and was inducted into your update s, announcements, the honorary society for Claremont Colleges Religious and/ or photos at: Studies majors in 2003. He had been attending the Claremont School of Theology as a graduate sh1dent. Pitzer College "Chris was a warm person who exuded sincerity. He was Alumni Re lations Office also one of the best student writers I have encountered in 1 050 North Mills Avenue my fifteen years at Pitzer-an amazing, gifted writer," Claremont, CA 91711-6101 Professor of Psychology Norma Rodriguez said. or e-ma il [email protected] "He was dearly loved by our department. What a loss, and what a tragedy. I am so sad," Religious Studies chair Zahn Kassam said. Please keep in mind that your Class Note should be written in first person \ ~ A vigil and funeral service were held at St. Paul's and may be ed ited for content. I~\ Episcopal Church in Pomona, with interment in ~ ~ Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside. Chris is ~~ survived by his wife, Elizabeth Whitcher; Next deadline: October 15, 2006 '1- his mother, Pamela Morton; his father, • David CicoteiJo; and two sisters, ""'"' '¢f Camille Cicotello and Nicole L ~ ~~- Seilhymer.

SPRING 2006 37 -0 Alumni Health Insurance Program

he Pitzer College Alumni Association is pleased to announce a new program that offers a variety of T insurance products to Pitzer alumni. Through Meyer and Associa tes, a firm that is nationally recog­ nized for its alumni insurance programs, Pitzer alumni will be able to access a variety of valuable insur­ ance services. Especiall y important among these will be Shor t Term Medical insurance (STM) for recent graduates who will no longer be covered by their parent's insurance, but who have not yet been covered by either a new employer or a graduate school. STM is frequently less expensive than COBRA options through a parent's policy. In addition to Short Term Medical Insurance, Pitzer alumni, students, faculty, and staff, as well as their spouses, domestic partners, parents, children, and siblings are eligible to obtain excellent group rates on a wide variety of insurance products, including: Health Student Medical • Travel Medical & Accident A uto H omeowners Renters ...... ,. Other ...... lMw_ __ · ~fr~ Life Insu rance · ~ ·• ---r-...... ,_ • """""'-'i' Life for Life ($lOOK+) --...-.·.....-- .... -~ VIP Life (<$lOOK) ...... ·- • !DO Children's Life Accidental Death ·- Meyer and Associates was selected for this service because of their strong reputation for excellent customer service. For more information, visit http://www.pitzer.edu/gatewnylaltwmilresources.asp#insumnce

~UMN I INTHE and weekly publications focused on henlth and life sciences. I ~1 1 NEWS "Activist's Persistence a Driving Force in Boycott'' "Baxter Names Jeanne K. Mason Los Angeles Times Corporate VP, Human Resources" May 1, 2006 Disease Risk Factor Week Three days before the planned May 7, 2006 nationwide boycott for immigrant Pitzer aJumni gathered at the Baxter International, Inc., (BAX) rights, one of its chief local organiz­ Pomona-Pitzer Seventh Annual announced that jeanne K. Mason '82 ers was still working the crowd. Alumni BasebalJ Golf Tournament has been named tl1e company's cor­ Ala Mexican fast-food restaurant on April 30 during Alumni porate vice president, human in Ontario, Jesse Diaz Jr. '02 urged Weekend festivities. resources. two Latino laborers to skip work (L-R: Jose Cortez '03, David She has responsibility for the and march in downtown Los Sawhill '01, Robert Ruiz '03, Jeff global human resource function, Angeles. The sell was met with Lamb '04 and Nick Bulaich '01) including staffing and leadership polite nods until Diaz threw out a development. wisecrack: "They want our food," he "Jeanne brings the right mix of said between bites of a bean burrito, leadershi p, management and inter­ "they just don't want our people." national experiences necessary to As an original member of the Photos should be a JPEG file strengthen and leverage our talent March 25 Coalition, Diaz, 42, helped attached in 300 dpi resolution or base in support of our businesses," orchestrate U1e massive mard1 mail us a hard copy of the photo. said Robert L. Parkinson, Jr., Baxter's tl1rough downtown Los Angeles in All original photos will be returned. chairman and chief executive officer. protest of a federaJ bill that would Mason joins Baxter from GE Please include your name (maiden make illegaJ immigrants felons. Insurance Solutions, a primary name if applicable), class year, and Now, Diaz, a doctoral candidate insurance and reinsurance business, at UC Riverside who also works as a identify everyone in the photo. We where she was responsible for global landscaper, has emerged as an welcome photos of alumni gather­ human resource functions. unlikely player in a burgeoning ings and other special events. The announceme11t on Mason's hir­ movement-a man who mows Next deadline: October 15, 2006 ing appeared in more than 15 journals lawns in between planning marches.

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' "' .,. :~ ~ , Your gifts to the B.ifzer College A:nnual '\: , J Fund help open doors f6{ w.dnderful young people to atrt:end a colt~e,with an a,rray of unique oppoit:¢D:ti~s sJconcf to none. ./-~ ~.. ~~ Sabrina D ence J ' FfJibright Scholar This year our Fulbright and"Fabian Nunez sch0lars received scholarship aid made possible due to your generosity. Our Pitzer graduates are equipped with the skills, knowledge and values to better the world.

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Chris Galaze Fabian NMcz Scholar lN MY OWN lWORDS Passing the Torch Baby boomers face thefutu re) and it 's not us

I admit it-I'm an unrepentant child ties have become more diverse and of the '60s. I was just 14 when I began PAMELA DAVID '74 complex. The push to professionalize working with local civil rights groups has also led nonprofit leaders to in 1966. In short order, I became Time and circumstances, however, recruit board members based on the deeply involved in the antiwar move­ have taken their toll. Many organiza­ material resources they can bring to ment, student rights, and the struggle tions - including those with leadership the organization, rather than on how to lower the voting age to match the forged in the civi l rights and other well they represent the communities draft age. In college, I continued my social movements - have had difficul ty they serve. And organizations have activism against the war, organizing maintaining an active commitment to found little support for general opera­ s it-ins, teach-ins, and getting arrested social justice. l worry that the ties to tions, li miting their ability to sh·ength­ for peacefully blocking a local mili­ social change wi ll weaken further en their infrastructures and decreas­ tary recruiting center. when my contemporaries and I pass on ing their agility in responding to com­ But what made my activism a per­ the torch to the next generation of non­ munity needs and changes. manent part of my life was spending profit leaders, who are coming of age This is not to say that it hasn't been a semester in Harlan County, Ky., in in a markedly different era. At the a good thing to require more financial 1972. There, at the height of the same time, I believe that this inevitable discipline; nor has it been wrong to Vietnam War, I saw firsthand the generational shift is an opportunity to demand more accountability from harsh realities of poverty and racism address some of the critical weaknesses those who use public and charitable in rural America, and began to grasp of the nonprofit sector. resources. But funders in both the the connections between a wide vari­ publ ic and private sectors have not ety of domestic and international necessarily understood how their social issues. Nowhere was it made practices impact the social change clearer than by the group of ex-nuns I ' How we handle missions that are at the heart of many met who, while leading anti-strip community-based organizations. As a mining efforts, also managed to intro­ this transitional period resull, much of the nonprofit sector duce me to the modern feminist has become unmoored from its social movement. is the real test of our change roots. Civil rights, Vietnam, the women's movement-my political bearings commitment to Bridging the Generation Gap developed in a period in which every­ thing was being questioned, and none community and to The next generation of nonprofit too politely. I was not alone. leaders will inhetit these problems. Thousands of young Americans social change. ~ ~ And unlike my generation, which developed their political hearts and rode in on a wave of broad social souls in the crucible of the 1960s and movements, prosperity, and unbound­ '70s. It was not just the arrogance of The High Cost of Professionalization ed optimism, we are now in an era of youth that led us to believe that we shrinking government, widening could change the world. It was the For many leaders of community inequality, and deepening cynicism. I passage of the Civil Rights Act, the organizations, the pressure to keep wonder whether the new leadership ending of the Vietnam War, the their operations afloat has moved wi ll be able to reenergize the social launching of the War on Poverty­ them away from a social change agen­ sector's commitment to social justice, concrete changes that happened in da. Both public and private sector and have been thinking about the role our lifetime, in part because of our funders, in their drive to make non­ my generation can play duri ng this actions. profits more businesslike, have transition. Against this backdrop, many increasingly favored short-term pro­ A first thought is that my genera­ young activists, using time-honored grammatic funding, which has forced tion can't be of much help unless community-organizing skills, many organizations to focus narrowly we're willing to strip away some of laund1ed thousands of community­ on specific deliverables at the expense the nostalgia about our own role in based organizations. Our impetus was of ongoing community organizing. social change. Sure, we did a lot of one of social change; our demand was Without resources for organizing and great things. But we made tons of for community control. At the outset, advocacy, in turn, many community­ mistakes, too, particularly in letting we intertwined the provision of serv­ based organizations have lost touch government off the hook for not meet­ ices and programs with an explicit with their comm Lm ities-a process has­ ing our communities' basic needs. We social change agenda. tened by the fact that their communi- need to find the space to be frank and

40 PITZER COLLEGE PARTICIPANT self-critical, and then figure out how At the same time, many of my con­ It is too early to write my genera­ to share what we've learned. We have temporaries have never made much in tion's epitaph, but it's not too early to to be honest about the choices and sala!Jj and Lack resources for retire­ care about what our enduring Legacy concessions we've made--to examine, ment. Philanthropy must help craft might be. How we handle this transi­ for example, how well we've balanced thoughtful transition strategies and tional period is the real test of our funding and political realities with support for these Longtime leaders, commitment to community and to maintaining ties with the communities who can still contribute for many social change. that spawned us. years to come. And given that some of us have moved into influential positions, not just in community organizations, but also in government, philanthropy, and the private sector, we have to figure out how to use our individual and col­ lective clout to strengthen the nonprof­ it sector's social change bearings. From redirecting fundi ng so that it adequate­ ly addresses core operating needs, to providing greater support for advoca­ cy and organizing, there's much we can do to challenge the status quo. We also need lo extend ourselves, professionally and personally, to the next generation of leaders. That includes creating a lol more opportu­ nities for cross-generational exchanges. Yes, we're concerned that nonprofit management programs may have replaced our Jearn-it-on-the-fly organizing experience. But what are the strengths these next generations bring to the table? It would be the height of arrogance, and would be turning our back on our own history, to think that our younger colleagues don't have as much to teach us as we have to teach them. A number of us in philanthropy have begun to support "next genera­ tion" leadership programs. While varying ill form, they commonly pro­ vide management training and peer support to the Gen X and Y'ers in Leadership positions. We've also begun to assist critical community institutions (community centers and the Like) with their generational changes in leadership. In both these efforts, I am struck by how important it is to prioritize and make explicit the building of intergenerational ties. Finally, we have to learn when and how to exit gracefully. While we're worried that some of our younger col­ leagues may lack our commitment to social change, they're probably wor­ Pamela David '74 at the October 1979 March on Washington D.C. for lesbian and Gay Rights. ried that we'll never step aside. Each of us may need a different path, but at PAMELA DAVID '74 has served as the executive director of the Walter & Elise some point we have to let those who Haas Fund for three years. Before joining the foundation world, she spent 12 follow take the reins and lead us into years working for three San Francisco mayors on community and economic the future. If we fail to do so, the next development issues. She was an adviser to the Rev. Jesse Jackson during the generation may well get tired of wait­ 1988 presidential ca mpaign, a lead organizer of the 1987 March on Washington ing for leadershjp opportunities, and for Lesbian and Gay Rights, aJld has been actively involved in a range of local, turn away from the nonprofit sector. national, and international social justice issues since the 1960s. That is a risk none of us can afford. Reprinted from Stanford Socia/ Innovation Review with permission of the author. "Pitzer is the very best liberal arts that this country has today." -Fabian Nunez '97, Speaker of the Caljfornia State Assembly

COMMENCEMENT 2006 Pitzer College conferred degrees to graduating seniors May 14, 2006, on the Brant Clock Tower Lawn. Fabian NUiiez '97, speaker of the California State Assembly, delivered this year's Commencement address to a class that included a record number of Fulbright Fellows and several other recipients of national awards. For President Laura Skandera Trombley's opening remarks and more pictures, see pages 2-3.

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