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2005 Report of Excellence Pitzer College offers an innovative liberal arts education focused on a deeper under- standing of humankind within a governance structure that allows every voice to be heard equally and fully. Pitzer College creates a purposeful and meaningful environment in which students learn to lead proactive and exemplary lives within the global community. Pitzer’s interdisciplinary approach to the applied liberal arts serves as an exemplar of educational ingenuity. Pitzer’s excellence is recognized, praised and supported by educational leaders, college guides and philanthropic foundations nationwide. This view of the Brant Tower includes a selection of the agave plants that populate the Pitzer campus. PITZER COLLEGE 1 Our Mission Pitzer College produces engaged, socially responsible citizens of the Pitzer College world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts Core Values education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity. The meaningful participation of students, Academic Excellence faculty and staff in college governance and academic program design Diverse Community is a Pitzer core value. Our community thrives within the mutually Social Responsibility supportive framework of The Claremont Colleges, which provides an unsurpassed breadth of academic, athletic and social opportunities. Intercultural Understanding One of America’s Best Colleges Pitzer College is ranked 38th of 215 liberal arts colleges in academic reputation and as having the 38th lowest acceptance rate among the top tier liberal arts colleges, according to U.S.News & World Report. Pitzer College has begun its largest construction project since its founding with new residence halls that are socially and environmen- tally responsible and are being built to the strict standards of the U.S. Green Building Council. The College stands positioned to become one of the first colleges in the nation to replace all of its residence halls with LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) gold-certified residence halls. Ten Pitzer College students received prestigious Fulbright Foundation Awards in 2005, a national record for colleges its size, totaling 21 awards for the past three years. Other student awards for 2005 included a Thomas J. Watson fellow, a McNair scholar, two Coro fellows, two Kemper Foundation scholars and a Public Policy and International Affairs fellow. The Grove House, a California Arts and Crafts bungalow, was saved from potential demolition when it was moved to Pitzer College in 1977 as a class project. 2 PITZER COLLEGE 3 Pitzer ranks as the fifth most diverse private coed liberal arts In Kaplan Publishing’s The Unofficial, Unbiased Insider’s Guide to the college in America by U.S.News & World Report, with students of 328 Most Interesting Colleges, Pitzer is cited as offering “the most cre- color representing 30% of the student body. ative curriculum of all The Claremont Colleges.” According to U.S.News & World Report, Pitzer is 25th in the top The College is a member of the Consortium for Innovative tier of 110 liberal arts schools in the percentage of students studying Environments in Learning (CIEL), a group of the most progressive abroad. Pitzer College’s 25 international and domestic exchange pro- colleges working to reinvigorate American higher education. grams make it possible for students to study abroad for more than one semester. Pitzer is cited by the National Wildlife Foundation as one of the Pitzer is included in the Princeton foremost schools in the country for Environmental Studies. Review’s The 361 Best Colleges, which named the College as one of the “Best in The Fiske Guide to Colleges lauds Pitzer’s strong Media Studies the West.” Pitzer was one of 129 schools program. profiled in the first edition of The Best Western Colleges, and one of five profiled The Claremont Colleges Debate Union in which Pitzer Students in the regional guidebook series. participate ranked eighth out of 400 teams at the national debate championship. Pitzer College is one of the nation’s Laura Skandera Trombley most effective schools fostering social Pitzer offers 10 men’s and 10 women’s intercollegiate athletic President of Pitzer College responsibility and public service, accord- teams. Pitzer students also participate in The Claremont Colleges ing to The Princeton Review and Campus Club sports programs, which compete nationally. Compact. Pitzer College is one of 81 institutions in 33 states that The Princeton Review commends and features in its book, Colleges with a Conscience: 81 Great Schools with Outstanding Community Involvement. Princeton’s profile on Pitzer College commends the school for its small classes, and friendly, happy and politically active students. In addition, the book describes the typical Pitzer undergrad as “passion- ate, creative, dynamic, and socially involved.” Pitzer College was ranked ninth most politically active and ninth for race/class interaction in the new edition of the book. Classes are held outside year-round in beautiful Southern California. 4 5 Outstanding Joint Science Program Pitzer, Claremont McKenna and Scripps Colleges share an interdisci- plinary Joint Science Department housed in the state-of-the-art W.M. Keck Science Center. Since 1992, nearly 81% of Joint Science students who applied were admitted to medical, dental and veterinary schools. By contrast, the national average acceptance rate is 43%. Exceptional Media Studies Program Pitzer College is the lead Claremont College for Media Studies. Pitzer’s own Media Studies program appeals to socially committed artists and showcases grass-roots filmmaking at its best. Films by three Pitzer Media Studies professors have been featured at the Sundance Film Festival. Other works by Pitzer professors: Alexandra Juhasz and Jesse Lerner co-edited F is for Phony, a study on fake docu- mentary practice and theory (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press); Alexandra Juhasz made “Video Remains,” an experimental video in the film festival circuit; and Ming-Yuen Ma was a Surdna Foundation Distinguished Visiting Artist in Film and Visual Arts, California State Summer School for The Arts (CSSSA). The prestigious 51st Robert Flaherty Film Seminar was held at The Claremont Colleges during the summer of 2005. TOP: Professor Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert conducts research in a laboratory in the W.M. Keck Science Center. BOTTOM: Media Studies interns prepare a public service announcement at Univision Headquarters, Los Angeles. 6 PITZER COLLEGE 7 Major Student Awards Between 2001 and 2005, Pitzer students earned the following awards: Twenty-six Fulbright Scholarships Three Thomas J. Watson Fellowships Two Freeman Foundation Asia Fellowships Three Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships One Woodrow Wilson Foundation Fellowship One Morris K. Udall Foundation Native American Fellowship Three Coro Fellowships Two Kemper Foundation Scholars Two American Sociological Association Minority Fellows One Teaching Assistantship Fellow from the French government [selected by the Institute of International Education] One Rudolph Polk Memorial Award in Music Pitzer students enjoy a strong tradition of receiving major fellow- ships and scholarships. One Pitzer student received the Rhodes scholarship with six additional student finalists. In 2005, ten Pitzer College students were awarded Fulbright grants to continue in their fields of study—a record for colleges of less than 1,000 students. Since 1997, Pitzer students have won five Thomas J. Watson Fellowships, seven Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships, six Freeman Foundation Asia Fellowships, five American Sociological Association Minority Fellowships (the highest number among colleges and uni- versities in the U.S.), one Morris K. Udall Foundation Native American Congressional Summer Internship, and one Woodrow Wilson Foundation Fellowship. The Grove House provides comfortable spaces to meet, study or have lunch. 8 PITZER COLLEGE 9 Highly Selective Pitzer College has the 38th lowest acceptance rate among the top tier liberal arts colleges for its fall 2004 entering class, according to U.S.News rankings. Fewer than 30 national liberal arts colleges have acceptance rates less than 40% as Pitzer did in fall 2004. The 2004-05 academic year set an all-time record for number of applications for Pitzer, and showed an increase for the eighth consecutive year. Sports Year in Review Pitzer-Pomona Sagehens completed a successful year in several men’s and women’s sports. Men’s basketball defended its Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship (SCIAC). A member of the men’s track and field team was the recipi- ent of a SCIAC award for his event. The women’s soccer squad earned the team’s first-ever trip to the NCAA playoffs in addition to its first SCIAC Championship in 15 years. The Sagehens women’s water polo team won its fourth Division III National Championship and finished second in SCIAC. The women’s water polo squad is consistently ranked in the top 5 nationally among Division III schools and plays a competitive non-conference schedule. TOP: Students enjoy the beautiful weather of Southern California and develop lifelong friends. BOTTOM: The Sagehens women’s soccer team earned a visit to the Division III NCAA playoffs in 2005. 10 PITZER COLLEGE 11 Innovative Community Service & Outreach Pitzer College’s focus on social responsibility and community service provides students with a plethora of volunteer opportunities on and off campus. Among the many
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