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An exterior view of the college in 1907, featuring its two earliest buildings: Sumner Hall (right) and Holmes Hall (left) [14] Pomona College was established as a coeducational and nonsectarian Christian institution on October 14, 1887, amidst a real estate boom and anticipated population influx precipitated by the arrival of a transcontinental railroad to Southern California.
The Claremont Colleges (known colloquially as the 7Cs) are a consortium of seven private institutions of higher education located in Claremont, California, United States.They comprise five undergraduate colleges (the 5Cs)—Pomona College, Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College (CMC), Harvey Mudd College, and Pitzer College—and two graduate schools—Claremont Graduate University (CGU ...
Pomona is located in the Pomona Valley, between the Inland Empire and the San Gabriel Valley. At the 2020 census , the city's population was 151,713. [ 7 ] The main campus of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona , also known as Cal Poly Pomona, lies partially within Pomona's city limits, with the rest being located in the neighboring ...
Cal Poly Pomona operates the International Polytechnic High School, a college preparatory high school located on campus. The letters "CPP" made of concrete are located on Colt Hill overlooking the campus. The letters "CP" were initially added in 1959, with the second "P" added in 2004 to distinguish it from the Cal Poly campus in San Luis ...
Pomona College has moved Sunday's commencement ceremony 30 miles away to the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, after pro-Palestine protesters set up an encampment this week on the ceremony stage.
Pomona-Pitzer's primary indoor athletics facility is the Center for Athletics, Recreation, and Wellness (CARW), [a] located near the center of Pomona's campus. It was reconstructed and renovated in 2022, [ 16 ] replacing the Liliore Green Rains Center for Sport and Recreation, built in 1989. [ 17 ]
The number 47 has special meaning to Pomona College students and graduates. Now it will mean something completely different to the rest of the country.
The college's first graduating class, in 1894, had ten members. [5] Pomona College founders’ values led to the college's belief in educational equity. Like other Congregationalist-founded colleges such as Harvard, Dartmouth, Middlebury, and Bowdoin, Pomona received its own governing board, ensuring its independence. [5]