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Pomona College Magazine highlights the impact and experiences of our alumni, students, faculty and staff.
Pomona College Magazine highlights the impact and experiences of our alumni, students, faculty and staff.
In preparing and planning for their life after Pomona, students can lean on faculty mentors, a pool of successful alumni, and a talented Career Development Office staff who are committed to their success.
Your Pomona education doesn't end when you exit the Gates. We offer several programs for alumni to connect with fellow Sagehens, hear from faculty, and continue learning and exploring what matters most to you. Learn about the Pomona College Book Club, Ideas@Pomona and the Sagehen Travel Program.
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The College and the Pandemic
The year 2020 will be remembered at Pomona, as everywhere else in the world, as the year of COVID-19. In early spring, Pomona was confronted with a rapidly escalating pandemic that led with startling speed from monitoring the situation in February to a few cautious policy changes announced on March 5—involving mostly travel restrictions—to the cancelation of all public events on March 9, followed just two days later by the decision to evacuate all students from campus. Students were asked to...
Dean of the College
Professor of Geology Robert Gaines was named in January to serve as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college for a term extending through June 2022. He had been serving as dean on an interim basis since July 2019. He retained his faculty title as the Edwin F. and Martha Hahn Professor. Gaines, a two-time Wig Award winner, was known for his groundbreaking international research.
Strategic Planning
Despite of the pandemic, a final version of the newly developed “Strategic Vision for Pomona College” was announced at the end of May, featuring intertwined themes of transformative knowledge and creativity, equity and access and flourishing and inclusion. In the months that followed, teams for each area began laying the groundwork for putting that vision into action during the years to come.
Campus Climate
The College contracted with Rankin and Associates to conduct a campus climate assessment to take a deeper look at the living, learning and working environment on campus for all members of our community. The goals of the project was to: 1) identify successful initiatives, 2) uncover any challenges facing members of our community and 3) develop strategic initiatives to build on the successes and address the challenges.
Nobel Laureate
In October, Jennifer Doudna ’85 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her groundbreaking work in discovering and developing the gene-editing tool known as CRISPR-Cas9, becoming the first Pomona graduate to become a Nobel Laureate.
A newly discovered coronavirus causing a new disease named COVID-19 engulfed the world in the greatest and most prolonged pandemic in a century, killing millions, sparking worldwide lockdowns and c...The first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in January concluded with an acquittal vote along party lines.In October, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft briefly touched down on Bennu, becoming the agency's first probe to retrieve samples from an asteroid, with its cargo due for return to Earth in 2023.Dec 4, 2020 · Pomona College Magazine highlights the impact and experiences of our alumni, students, faculty and staff.
Oct 9, 2024 · When students live together in a residential environment, as they do at Pomona College, it is necessary to establish policies concerning campus life. Policy Making. The College values the experience and judgment of faculty and students in the management of college life.
