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… 31 years at Occidental. We caught up with him at his home in Healdsburg, about 75 miles north of San Francisco. … “Having both graduated from and taught courses at Pitzer, I was eager to continue being part of a small liberal arts … after John Brooks Slaughter became president and looked forward to participating in the type of diversity initiatives I …
… alumna hired to teach at Oxy—Rae McCormick ’62 [professor emerita of education] paved the way, so I'm enormously grateful to her. While the College … us are saying that it helps us in our work. I was on campus nearly 20 years ago. That’s a long time to have that type of …
… August 7 10:50 a.m.: Mexico, 3; Japan, 1: Mexico moves on to the gold medal game! … 8 The last 24 hours have been remarkable. I knew that if I wanted to go to London to watch Mexico play for the gold … we left Trafalgar Square and had dinner at a pub nearby. There was lots of cheering in there as well. Any …
… a Ph.D. in political science from UCLA, where she was a Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellow, and a B.A. in public … generation college student and it had an enormous impact on me and my trajectory. The faculty, learning environment and … folks at a SLAC is something I value a lot. Occidental was a perfect fit for me for all these reasons. When did …
… In what ways did a liberal arts education help shape your career … Having to declare a major during the application process seemed premature to me and it really intimidated me. However, a … was good at and had always enjoyed. Now I am able to take advantage of my skills and integrate them into the work that I …
… In remarks following the Dec. 5 announcement of the death of Mandela, President Barack Obama '83 … inspired his own first foray into political action. When he was a sophomore at Occidental, the future president gave a … I ever did that involved an issue or a policy or politics, was a protest against apartheid. I studied his words and his …
… Majors: Economics, DWA “I always knew that I wanted to embark on a career that aligned with my interests and would challenge me, and the liberal arts education that Occidental offered …
… We live in a world where the opposite extremes of critique have been reduced to “awesome” and “sad,” … oldest friends, fiction editor and writer Alexandra McNear ’84. “He’s incredibly articulate and intelligent and … and thoughtful. I never met anyone who could talk the way he can. I don’t really know anyone else quite like …
… (1961-62) and interned at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (summer 1966). Prior to joining the Occidental faculty in 1971, he was assistant professor of mathematics at Louisiana State … for three years. He retired from Oxy in 2006 after nearly 35 years at the College. Tom was a member of the …
… As a first-generation college student, what are some of the challenges you faced that some of your peers … how college works made my transition even more difficult. I was unaware of the available resources and opportunities, and I …