Music Professor Nadia Shpachenko’s recently released CD focuses on the importance of place. The eight-compositions on “The Poetry of Places” are works inspired by a diverse array of noted architectural landmarks from the Copland House in Cortlandt, New York to…
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Joseph Rencis, dean for the College of Engineering, receives the 2019 Isadore T. Davis Award for Excellence in Collaboration of Engineering Education and Industry from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Selected for Rencis’ history of leadership in engineering…
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Kevin Colaner and Sonja Sanders are known throughout Student Affairs for their commitment to service and student achievement. Now they’re being recognized by a prominent student affairs association in its western region. The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA),…
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Professor Valerie J. Mellano will be awarded with the 2019 Outstanding Contribution to Agriculture award by the California Association of Pest Control Advisers (CAPCA). The Outstanding Contribution to Agriculture award recognizes individuals or organizations that have made a significant contribution…
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A film chronicling a program created to help parolees get acclimated to college life has won recognition at the Los Angeles Film Awards. Political Science Professor Renford Reese helmed “RA: A Lifer Cohort,” which earned honorable mention in the documentary…
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Leslie Rivers, a professor emerita from the theatre department, recently won a National Indies Excellence Award for her novel “Fiery Star: The Journals of Emma Rose Lightfoot.” Rivers won the top prize in the regional fiction west category. She also…
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Flutist Shannon Canchola, an adjunct music lecturer, will perform with her award-winning chamber ensemble ACE Trio at the Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC) convention. Each of the members of the ACE Trio will give their own master class, as…
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Chemical and materials engineering students earned awards, received scholarships and led student talks at the recent NACE CORROSION 2019 Conference. Vilupanur Ravi, chair of the chemical and materials engineering department, and 40 Cal Poly Pomona students attended the Houston conference…
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Jennette Ramirez, a gender, ethnicity, and multicultural studies major, presented her research on the media’s portrayal of First Lady Melania Trump and former First Lady Michelle Obama at the Western Social Science Association Conference on Friday, April 26. Her paper,…
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Awards and special recognition have been given to several affiliates of Cal Poly Pomona’s Educational Leadership Doctoral Program during the 2018-19 academic school year. Marybeth Murray, a current doctoral student, was selected as a Presidential Scholar by University President Soraya…
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