Values in Action

Explore how Pitzer’s five core values are woven throughout the unique teaching, learning, living, and research experience we offer

a Pitzer student plants in a daisy in the student garden

“I like that I am at an institution that emphasizes social justice, social responsibility, and environmental activism. I am glad and proud to be at an institution that wants to ‘fight the good fight.’”

Phil Zuckerman

Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies

5 Core Values

At Pitzer, you’ll learn the Core Values by putting them into action, here on campus and out in the world.

Social Responsibility

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CASA Pitzer

CASA Pitzer is our community center in Ontario, California, that plays host to a semester-long program aimed at bringing students off campus and into the local community.

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Intercultural Understanding

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“I was born and raised in the Philippines and I came here when I was 10 years old. Coming from a different background and being in this new atmosphere and new environment is very different for me. … I’ve absolutely loved learning about different cultures and different peoples and traditions, and I’d love to continue doing so.”

Jan Bragado '20

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International Intercultural Studies and Sociology combined major

Interdisciplinary Learning

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Combined Majors

Pitzer students can blend different fields together through combined majors. These majors provide a condensed version of the single major curriculum that encourages students to gain new insights into their work by using tools from different fields.

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Student Engagement

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“We were able to have a larger fishbowl conversation with a number of different first-generation students, and it was a chance for faculty and staff to come in and really hear about our experience and to hear our challenges. ... There always is a door open for students to take some kind of initiative.”

Amanda Martin-Lawrence ’20

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Sociology major

Environmental Sustainability

Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology

Pitzer’s Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology is a 150-acre conservancy and research hub on the southwest coast of Costa Rica. The Firestone Center has, with the help of the Pitzer students and faculty, restored almost all of the area’s lowland rainforest.

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Living Our Values

Hear Pitzer students talk about what the core values mean to them

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