Community Engagement – Page 4

On a Serious Note: Diversity and an Eye-Opening Experience

Posted on May 18, 2015September 21, 2022 by Kyra Sanborn

I am not my neediness - What I Be Project

Usually I write about fun things, positivity, and innocent, overwhelmingly lighthearted observations of life, but today's post is a little different. I deviate from my typical style today to talk about the culturally and socially diverse environment around me, especially at Pomona. You see, I am very fortunate to have everything that I have and I often do not appreciate it enou...

“And I Also Ran for Senate…”

Posted on May 4, 2015September 21, 2022 by April Xiaoyi Xu

When the sky is rinsed in that cathartic, faint blue hue; when the soothing pools of raindrops cleanse the dryness of this land; when the only sounds that echo around our ears are the gentle “drips drops” that flow and grow over time… That shall be when, perhaps, those words will come back to me. I shall gather the faded memories from an earlier chapter of my life, and smile at...

What I Didn’t Realize About Pomona Until I Went Abroad

Posted on April 17, 2015September 21, 2022 by Hannah Li

As I'm starting my fourth month abroad in Budapest and the last month of my junior year, I'm starting to reflect on my time abroad, but also on my time back at Pomona College. I've begun to realize that leaving Pomona for a few months has made me realize a lot about the college, and I'd like to share a few of these thoughts with you. Quite a few of these are apparent but easy t...

What Pomona Isn’t

Posted on April 10, 2015September 21, 2022 by Feather Flores

Pomona is an incredible institution, so it makes sense that so much of what you hear about it is positive. If you like to measure the worth of things in rankings, we're #8 on the Forbes national list, #5 on the U.S. News & World Report liberal arts college list, #20 on The Daily Beast's list (#1 and #7 on the "Student Life" and "Campus Quality" sublistings, respectively), a...

47 Reasons Why Pomona is a Special Place

Posted on April 6, 2015September 21, 2022 by Teofanny Saragi

My sponsor group at the Walker Wall painting during Orientation Week!

One of the opportunities the Office of Admissions offers first-year students is the chance to be a Student Ambassador. After you apply, eight first-year students are chosen to give tours, host prospective students, coordinate events for the tour guide and overnight host programs, and collaborate with the Office of Admissions on other projects. The tour guiding aspect of bein...

Freshwoman Year Pt. II: A Quick Reflection

Posted on March 25, 2015September 21, 2022 by April Xiaoyi Xu

’Tis Spring Break! My parents are here, visiting me from China. As we drive around the Golden State from SoCal to NorCal in the next few days, I (rather ambitiously) plan to read a few books, get my homework done, write some more blog entries, and get back to some of my friends (feeling guilty about not maintaing email chains during the busy academic year). A brief summa...

Hairitage: The Black Hair Conference

Posted on March 16, 2015September 21, 2022 by Ashley Land

Last week I got the chance to participate in the 3rd annual Black Hair Conference here at Pomona College. The event, sponsored by the Pan African Student Association (PASA), started as a space to start dialogue about the politics of Black hair amongst the Black community from the Claremont Colleges and beyond. This year, the dinner/conference was at full capacity as hosts C...

What Are College Summers Like?

Posted on March 13, 2015September 21, 2022 by Madeleine Colvin

It's that time of year -- everyone seems to be anxiously applying to programs/internships/jobs/research positions/funding etc. Over Family Weekend, standing in front of my CDO Summer Experience Funding poster, I fielded tons of questions from eager parents of first-year students. I've been asked the vague questions "Where do you want to be this summer?" and "What are your s...

Reading, Locations, and Race

Posted on March 9, 2015September 21, 2022 by April Xiaoyi Xu

"America talks too much about race. America also talks too little about race." These are lines from award-winning Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s latest novel Americanah that echo in my head. I read Adichie’s book last summer, since it was the Pomona College summer reading assignment. As I read, I jolted down some questions, which I hoped to ask the author (who gave ...

Returning from Abroad: New Perspectives on Pomona

Posted on February 16, 2015September 21, 2022 by Madeleine Colvin

Coming back from studying abroad has been a difficult adjustment, compounded perhaps by having returned to the States only 6 days before arriving in Claremont. For a couple weeks, I was overwhelmed -- by the sheer number of people I knew on campus, by jumping right into classes without having time to readjust or catch up with friends, by having to answer the same questions abou...