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美国波莫纳学院基本概况

2017-11-30 16:16:00

  波莫纳学院成立于1887年,是美国一所顶尖的私立文理学院。下面是出国留学网整理并翻译的波莫纳学院概况,供大家选校参考。

  关于波莫纳学院

  Established in 1887, Pomona College is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, Calif., about 35 miles east of Los Angeles. We offer a comprehensive curriculum, with 48 majors in the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.One of the premier liberal arts colleges in the nation, Pomona is a close-knit and diverse community of accomplished scholars, scientists, entrepreneurs and artists who are passionate about making a difference in the world. There are approximately 1,640 students, almost evenly divided between men and women, coming from 60 nations and 49 U.S. states.

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  With a student-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, our students work closely with their professors in the classroom, in the lab and in the field. And our location—within an hour of Los Angeles and the mountains, desert and beaches—provides countless opportunities for field study, research and internships.

  Almost all students live in one of 16 residence halls on our 140-acre campus. As the founding member of The Claremont Colleges, a unique consortium of seven colleges and graduate schools, we offer both the advantages of a small liberal arts college and the resources of a large university.

  Pomona College admits domestic applicants regardless of their ability to pay and then meets the full demonstrated need of all admitted students. Fifty-six percent of students receive financial aid.

  波莫纳学院是一所私立文理学院。它成立于1887年,位于加利福尼亚州的克莱尔蒙特,在洛杉矶以东大约35英里的地方。波莫纳学院的课程全面,有48个专业,涵盖了艺术、人文、社会科学、自然科学。

  作为美国顶尖的文理学院,波莫纳学院有着紧密结合且多样化的环境。这里汇集了著名的学者、科学家、企业家、艺术家。他们满怀热情,热衷于在世界干出一番事业。这里有近1640名学生,男女比例相当。他们来来自美国49个州和世界60个国家。

  波莫纳学院的师生比为1比8,有助于师生在教堂、实验室及野外的密切合作。学院距离洛杉矶有一个小时的路程,距离山脉、沙漠、海滩也不远。这为学生提供了许许多多的野外学习、研究和实习的机会。

  这里有16个宿舍楼,占地140英亩,几乎所有学生都住宿舍。波莫纳学院是克莱尔蒙特学院系统的创始会员之一。这个系统是一个独特的联盟,由七个学院及研究生院组成。作为该系统的创始成员之一,波莫纳学院既有小型文理学院的优势,也有大型学校的资源优势。

  波莫纳学院平等地招收美国学生,对他们的支付能力没有偏见,并且满足所有被录取学生的所有经过证明的需求。56%的学生从学院获得经济援助。

  二、波莫纳学院的历史

  Pomona College was incorporated on October 14, 1887, by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate “a college of the New England type” on the West Coast. Instruction began the next year in a small, rented house in the city of Pomona.

  The following January, an unfinished hotel in nearby Claremont, along with the adjacent land, was given to the College. The College relocated there, but the name "Pomona College" stuck. Pomona awarded its first diplomas to the Class of 1894.

  By the 1920s, Pomona President James A. Blaisdell faced a difficult choice—to limit expansion to retain the College’s unique character or allow growth and expand into a university. Under Blaisdell’s guidance, the College chose a third path. Using Oxford and Cambridge as models, Pomona founded a consortium unlike any other in America.

  Over the next 75 years, two graduate schools and four other undergraduate colleges joined Pomona as members of The Claremont Colleges, located on neighboring campuses, allowing cross-registration and sharing important facilities such as libraries.

  1887年10月14日,波莫纳学院被公理会教友合并。公理会教友想在美国西海岸重建一所“新英格兰类型的学院”。次年,学院开始授课。地点在波莫纳市的一间租用的小教室。

  次年一月,学院从附近的克莱尔蒙特获得了一家未经修整的饭店。同时获得了还有临近的土地。学院因此并且搬迁到克莱尔蒙特,但是学院的名称保留了下来。1894年,波莫纳学院颁发了第一批文凭。

  20世纪20年代,詹姆斯-布莱斯德尔担任校长,面临了一个困难的抉择。这个抉择就是是否应该保持学院的特点,限制扩招。或者应该扩招,将学院扩大为大学。在布莱斯德尔的带领下,学院做出了第三种选择。它参照牛津大学和剑桥大学,成立了不同于美国任何其他高校联盟的联盟。

  在接下来的75年里,两个研究生院、四个本科学院加盟,形成了克莱尔蒙特学院系统。这些学院就在波莫纳学院附近,使得学生可以跨校选课,共享包括图书馆在内的重要设施资源。

  三、波莫纳学院的教研情况

  At Pomona, our students have the advantages of a small college, where class size averages 15 and professors teach every class, along with the opportunities offered by a larger university setting of about 8,000 students.

  The founding member of The Claremont Colleges, Pomona is one of five undergraduate colleges (known as the 5Cs) and two graduate institutions that make up this unique consortium. Located within one square mile, the seven adjoining campuses are only a few minutes’ walk from one another.

  Pomona students may supplement the College’s already comprehensive curriculum by taking classes at any of the undergraduate Claremont Colleges. The more than 2,700 courses available include intercollegiate majors and a wide range of language offerings. Although each institution is autonomous, academic calendars and registration procedures are coordinated to make cross-registration easy.

  An expanded catalog isn’t the only plus. A two-million volume library serves all the campuses, and the broad range of speakers’ series, guest lectures, art exhibits, plays and performances, as well as clubs and organizations at the other colleges, adds immeasurably to academic and co-curricular opportunities.

  在波莫纳学院,学生可以利用小型学院的优势。这里平均每个班有15人,每个班都有教授。此外,也可以利用大型学校提供的机会。大型学校有大约八千名学生。

  波莫纳学院是克莱尔蒙特学院系统的创始成员。克莱尔蒙特学院系统是一个独特的联盟,分为五个本科学院、两个研究生院。七个学院占地一平方英里,彼此临近,只隔几分钟的路程。

  在波莫纳学院,学生不仅可以学习本学院提供的全面的课程,而且也可以学习系统内其他本科学院的课程。学校有2千7百多门课程,包括了跨校专业和众多的语言课程。虽然每个学院都是自治,但是校历和选课流程也经过了协调,以方便跨校选课。

  课程类型的增加不是唯一的亮点,这里还有藏书200万册的图书馆。这个图书馆富服务于七所学校。此外,这里也有系列讲座、客座讲座、艺术展、戏剧演出。还有其他学院的俱乐部和学会。这些为学生提供了许许多多的学术机会及辅助课程学习机会。

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