A dedicated former Learning Resource Center staff member, Laura Topalian coordinated the university’s Graduation Writing Test Preparation and test proctoring programs. She has died from complications related to heart disease and pneumonia. She was 84. Topalian worked at Cal Poly…
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Tim DenOuden felt his nerves start to fray as he waited for his turn to take center stage. The junior majoring in computer information systems was part of a trio competing in the Bronco Startup Challenge, sponsored by Poly Founders,…
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Cal Poly Pomona will conduct a campus-wide test of its Safety Alert System on Thursday, July 20, at 11 a.m. Students, faculty and staff should expect a brief Safety Alert test message on their cell, home and office phones, as well as an…
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Cal Poly Pomona’s College of Engineering has a new dean. Joseph Rencis, dean of engineering at Tennessee Tech University, is expected to join the university on August 31. He also holds the inaugural Clay N. Hixson Chair for Engineering Leadership.…
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The Department of Public Affairs is changing its name to reflect its evolving and growing role in advancing Cal Poly Pomona’s reputation, values and priorities. It is now known as the Department of Strategic Communications. “This updated and more modern…
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Thomas Cruz-Soto Jr. has been selected as Cal Poly Pomona’s next associate vice president and dean of students for the Division of Student Affairs. Cruz-Soto, who serves as the associate dean of campus life at Colgate University, will begin his…
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Summer plans for Paul Storey include taking a road trip to Seattle to visit his granddaughters and planning pilgrimages to his beloved University of Tennessee in the fall for football games. After nearly four decades of working on college campuses,…
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About 5,000 students participated in the 61st annual commencement ceremonies this past weekend. “It is no small thing to earn a college degree. It takes perseverance and a sense of purpose,” President Soraya M. Coley told the graduates. “My hope…
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Participants in the second annual Library Research Award contest tapped into their penchant for digging for information to come up with project topics ranging from communications to the environment. The University Library and the Cal Poly Pomona Foundation hosted the…
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Kathleen Odenwald, who worked at Cal Poly Pomona for 16 years, died June 7. She was 75. Odenwald first worked as a University Police Department dispatcher from July 1998 to June 2000 before taking a position in Annual Fund, where…
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