Pitzer College Alumni Association

08/22/2026

The Pitzer Alumni Association greeted new students with a welcome gift: water bottles with advice from recent graduates.

These messages offered tips and encouragement with students who are just starting their Pitzer journey. Share your advice in the comments!

07/24/2026

Meet education advocate and Fulbright recipient Julie Flapan ’90! The Fulbright Program supported Flapan to build inclusive STEM education with a university in Thailand. Read more: https://ow.ly/IHGG50ZhnRp

06/23/2026

It’s always the right time to celebrate alumni! Did you get a new job, earn an advanced degree, or receive an award? Your Pitzer classmates want to hear from you!

Share your professional or family-related news for The Participant print magazine: https://ow.ly/mb7P50Ze1rl

06/21/2026

Navigating the legal system is difficult, especially for those who can’t afford a lawyer. Jacklyn Ybarra Dahlberg ’26 seeks to support these communities as a client advocate fellow with Partners for Justice: https://ow.ly/56xR50ZerPJ

Navigating the legal system is difficult, especially for those who can’t afford a lawyer. Jacklyn Ybarra Dahlberg ’26 seeks to support these communities as a client advocate fellow with Partners for Justice.Partners for Justice strives to break the cycle of poverty and criminalization by support...

06/17/2026

Sharon Vazquez Vite ’26 is building community care in STEM and medicine. Read about how family and social responsibility have inspired her career aspirations: https://ow.ly/VhwT50ZaBIm

For Sharon Vazquez Vite ’26, graduating from Pitzer College is more than a personal milestone. It’s the realization of a dream that is connected with the sacrifice and the hopes of her family.Vazquez Vite grew up in Los Angeles and found inspiration in her parents’ struggles and determination....

06/13/2026

Julian Medina ’26 turned a summer job with the Los Angeles Dodgers into a launching point for a sports performance career. He is now headed for an internship with the University of Southern California to work with athletes in Olympic sports. Read more: https://ow.ly/RpnV50ZafgS

On off days at the Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse, when the players were out of town and the stadium felt momentarily still, Julian Medina ’26 found himself where few fans ever get to go: inside the team’s weight room.He had landed there almost by accident. The summer after his sophomore year at ...

06/12/2026

Pitzer’s first student mural began as an act of protest by Aaron Rhodes ’97 and Darci Raphael '97. Read more: https://ow.ly/qQmk50Z8gzS

Pitzer’s first student mural began as an act of protest.One night in fall 1995, Aaron Rhodes ’97 and Darci Raphael '97—who are credited with painting the mural above Mead Hall’s west-facing entrance—made a decision with their friends: We need to paint a mural. Right now. Rhodes recalled ho...

06/11/2026

Nine Pitzer students and alumni have earned The Fulbright Program awards for 2026! They are ready to build relationships and conduct research across cultures: https://ow.ly/GGil50ZagTt

Engaging Pitzer College’s core value of intercultural understanding on an international scale, six seniors and two alumni have received 2026–27 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants. One alum has received an award from the Fulbright Specialist Program, and another alum is a Fulbright Japan recip...

06/10/2026

A scavenger hunt in Kathmandu transformed how Madison Wilson ’26 understood herself. Read her first-person POV of studying abroad through Pitzer in Nepal: https://ow.ly/zaCf50Z8eyf

Editor’s note: The study abroad experience at Pitzer emphasizes language immersion, homestays, community engagement and independent research while helping students gradually develop the skills and confidence to navigate new cultural and linguistic environments more independently.That was certainly...

06/08/2026

A new report from Pitzer’s Robert Redford Conservancy argues Southern California must rethink how it understands fire, land stewardship, and year-round risk. Read more: https://ow.ly/QSaE50Z8eOP

In Southern California, wildfire “season” is traditionally described as running from roughly April through October. But according to researchers at Pitzer College’s Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability, the phrase itself no longer reflects reality.The data tells a ...