Claremont Graduate University celebrates its 100th birthday Tuesday, October 14 with a free and open to the public founders day event, featuring noon tree planting ceremony with CGU Interim President Michelle Bligh, Claremont Mayor Corey Calaycay, and Claremont Colleges Services CEO Stig Lanesskog, at Harper Hall 150 E. 10th St., Claremont. The event also includes a reception for CGU’s immersive historical exhibition, “100 Years of CGU,” showcasing the university’s impact over the decades, and a poetry reading by 2025 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award winner Jaswinder Bolina. To register or for more info, go to admissions.cgu.edu/register.