Respect. Excellence. Commitment. Integrity. Teamwork. These are the five values that the staff of the university’s Veterans Resource Center (VRC) has identified as their central professional ideals, thanks to a pair of workshops organized by the center’s director, Elke Azpeitia,…
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Over the past few years, students in Professor Liam Corley’s literature classes have read novels and stories related to his research on depictions of veterans in 18th- and 19th-century American literature. Now, thanks to a $50,000 grant from the National…
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Students are more effective learners when animals are incorporated into the classroom according to a new book co-edited by Professor Aubrey Fine, an expert on human-animal interaction and animal assisted therapy. “How Animals Help Students Learn,” published by Routledge, offers…
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How students balance school, work and life, reconcile competing visions of the Cuban Revolution and identify genes that regulate silk production in spiders are among the topics featured in the first issue of an online journal dedicated to showcasing the…
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Cordelia Ontiveros, interim associate vice president for Faculty Affairs and Monica Palomo, associate professor for civil engineering, received the 2017 Inspiring Leaders in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity, the largest and longest-running diversity magazine and website in higher education.…
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Former Cal Poly Pomona baseball player Travis Taijeron is headed to the majors after getting called up by the New York Mets. Taijeron was drafted by the Mets in the 18th round of the 2011 amateur draft after an impressive…
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Nancy Sanders, a faculty member in the College of Education and Integrative Studies’ (CEIS) Education Leadership Doctoral Program, has earned a Fulbright Scholarship. The annual Fulbright Scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, is awarded based on academic achievement…
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Casey Sidwell, a liberal studies student, has won a McNair Scholarship to research the role of community gardens in promoting a sustainable urban environment. The McNair Scholars Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, prepares undergraduate students for doctoral…
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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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The National Contract Management Association (NCMA) has honored the College of Business Administration’s Contract Management emphasis with the 2017 Contract Management Education Award. “NCMA’s mission is to advance the contract management profession, and by preparing students to enter or advance in…
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