The band roared. Cheerleaders shook their pompoms. And a baton twirler glimmered as she danced and spun under the Kellogg Gym lights. University President Soraya M. Coley took faculty and staff back to the days of pep rallies in the…
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Cal Poly Pomona will welcome more than 7,700 incoming first-time and transfer students this fall, the largest class in the university’s 80-year history. The increase comes as the campus, which is ranked No. 47 on Money Magazine’s list of “The…
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Danette Cook Adamson, who served as a librarian on campus for more than three decades, died June 7. She was 65. Cook Adamson was hired in September 1979 and retired in December 2013. She worked as both a music librarian…
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For Valerie Marquez, perusing the Cal Poly Pomona website at just the right moment turned into an opportunity. The junior, who is majoring in philosophy, was internet surfing when she found information about The Panetta Institute Congressional Internship. It was…
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For many students, just getting through college under the best of circumstances can prove challenging. It’s an even bigger feat for foster youth often grappling with separation, loss and trauma. This year, 10 graduates of the university’s Renaissance Scholars program,…
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More than 50 Latino and African-American male high school seniors attended Project SUCCESS Preview Day to learn more about why they should consider becoming Broncos. The second annual event on May 12 gave attendees an opportunity to hear more about…
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It’s where the pomp and circumstance of tradition gives way to the jubilation of a cultural heritage celebration. For decades, Cal Poly Pomona graduates have participated in cultural graduation ceremonies, donning specialized sashes, leis and tassels. Dance troupes and drummers…
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Research focused on racial disparities in the criminal justice system and a call for the abolition of the death penalty garnered Philosophy Professors Michael Cholbi and Alex Madva publication in the prestigious international journal “Ethics.” The journal, founded in 1890,…
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Bennetta Betbadal (‘03, biotechnology) never lost her connection to Cal Poly Pomona. It was on the keychain she carried, the university gear she wore and the relationships she nurtured by coming back to campus often to work with her former…
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Students in one Cal Poly Pomona class are poised to become the next generation of global change agents. That’s what Political Science Professor Renford Reese envisions. For the past eight years, Reese has taught a class in the winter quarter…
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