Jeff Passe, a longtime educator and scholar with a passion for forging university-community partnerships, will serve as the new dean for the College of Education & Integrative Studies, effective July 17. Passe, a professor and dean of The College of…
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Pat Lopez, a former equipment technician for the athletics and kinesiology and health promotion departments who worked with legendary coaches John Scolinos, Darlene May and Roman Gabriel, has died. He was 82. Lopez, a Korean War veteran, worked at Cal…
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Michael Oppenheim spent so much time in the University Library as a Cal Poly Pomona student, he thought of it as a second home. Although the son of librarians had the equivalent of a small reference library while growing up…
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More than 2,000 students visited booths that lined University Quad, many of them dressed in business suits and clutching resumes on crisp, eggshell-white paper. Recruiters from a wide range of companies, including Xerox, Ready Pac Foods and Converse, greeted eager…
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Angela Shih, chair of the mechanical engineering department, has seen the plight unfold in her classes: Financially strapped students unable or unwilling to pay $250 for a textbook who end up limping through their courses, often failing them. “A lot…
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Gloria Concha, a longtime staff member dedicated to students and service at Cal Poly Pomona, died April 26. She was 68. Concha (’85, liberal studies), a financial aid counselor, began working at the university in 1985. The La Puente resident…
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Students will get to dine for free and ask university leaders questions at the upcoming quarterly Pizza with the Presidents. The hour-long Q&A will be held on Tuesday, May 2 from noon to 1 p.m. in the University Quad. President Soraya M.…
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The committee for the 2017 George P. Hart Award for Outstanding Faculty Leadership is now accepting nominations. The faculty member chosen for the prestigious award will be someone who displays the highest traditions of academic life and Professor Hart’s outstanding…
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A poetry reading, workshops and a scavenger hunt are among the activities planned to celebrate National Library Week. The University Library will kick off the festivities on Monday, April 10, with poetry reading followed by a workshop for managing test…
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Many of them came to Cal Poly Pomona as first-generation college students, not knowing a soul and uncertain about how to navigate the intricacies of a large university. Just two quarters in, Latino and African American first-year male students participating…
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