Pomona College View Book [pdf]

In the desert landscape
Ivy&
Of
PalmTrees
AN INTRODUCTION TO POMONA COLLEGE
that was the Inland Valley
of Southern California in 1887, it took audacity to imagine “a college in a
garden.” Yet far from the ivied halls of the Northeast, Pomona’s founders
envisioned “a college of the New England type,” with small classes, close
relationships between students and faculty, and a green jewel of a campus.
From that audacious beginning, Pomona has grown to be one of the
nation’s premier liberal arts colleges. Located in Claremont, California, on a
campus where ivy and palm trees coexist under habitually sunny skies,
Pomona offers an environment for intel lectual development and personal
growth that is second to none. Founded by ambitious dreamers, Pomona
College is still a place for people who are venturesome by choice, people who
want to make a difference and are prepared to dream big and work hard in
order to grow. ➣
“e East Coast has its Ivy League schools
but the West Coast has its Pomona College.”
www.pomona.edu/admissions
—Edward B. Fiske,
author of The Fiske
Guide to Colleges
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BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
14 HARD-WORKING & EASY-GOING
(Work and fun are not mutually exclusive.)
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A POMONA GLOSSARY
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30 THE FIELD & THE COMMUNITY
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THE RIGHT PLACE
(This may be the world’s richest college setting.)
(Big or small? Why should you have to choose?)
(Terms and traditions you might need to know.)
TEACHING AND LEARNING
(Pomona’s faculty makes all the difference.)
POMONA & THE LIBERAL ARTS
(How to thrive in a rapidly changing world)
INSIDE THE CLASSROOM
(Pomona and the art of active learning.)
BECOMING COLLEAGUES
(How research turns students into colleagues.)
(Taking it to the streets ... and the mountains.)
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
(Real challenges with real consequences.)
AROUND THE WORLD
(50 programs, 32 countries, 6 continents.)
LIVING AND LEARNING
(Work and play as part of a real community.)
ATHLETICS & FITNESS
(Sports for the serious and not-so-serious.)
THE GREAT OUTDOORS
(Taking advantage of an amazing location.)
ORGANIZATIONS & ACTIVITIES
(Why getting involved is so easy.)
SUSTAINABLE POMONA
(Building a sustainable campus and world.)
BEYOND POMONA
(An education for life—and for a career.)
ACCOMPLISHED ALUMNI
(A who’s-who sampler of Pomona alumni.)
THE RIGHT MATCH
(Are you and Pomona right for each other?)
CAN YOU AFFORD POMONA?
(The answer is yes.)
A STANDING INVITATION
(The best way to get to know us is to visit us.)
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