Get ready to turn your tassels and leave Cal Poly Pomona with a sense of accomplishment and pride. Here’s what you need to know about the 62nd annual commencement ceremonies. Commencement Happens over the course of three days: Friday June…
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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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Free parking in lots throughout campus for graduates, their families and friends will help usher in Commencement 2017 ceremonies from Friday, June 9, through Sunday, June 11. A shuttle service to the Commencement site from Lot M will be offered…
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Before the first graduate at Commencement sets foot on the University Quad stage, crews from the Department of Facilities Management will have performed their magic to make the venue a showcase. Workers from custodial, landscape, and building and mechanical services…
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Rehana Parekh emigrated from Pakistan to the United States at the age of 20, eager to enroll in college. She took courses at Mount San Antonio College, where she quickly distinguished herself as an avid student with a hunger for…
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Frank Garcia, the College of Engineering valedictorian, grew up in Huntington Park with a natural interest in engineering. “I had two brothers who went into engineering (one at Cal Poly Pomona). My dad, an electrician, has a way of being…
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By Melanie Johnson More than 6,600 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree candidates will take their turns on stage at Cal Poly Pomona’s 61st annual Commencement ceremonies from Friday, June 9, to Sunday, June 11. The eight colleges will each hold…
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More than 6,200 students participated in the 60th annual commencement ceremonies this past weekend, earning bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, as well as teaching credentials. Videos of the individual commencement ceremonies are posted online. University photographer Tom Zasadzinski posted photo galleries from…
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For some students, going to school is a chore. For graduating senior Kathryn Izquierdo-Gallegos, it was her escape. When she wasn’t at school or work, the Rowland Heights resident was at home, helping to take care of her mother, who…
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Barry Bell’s harshest critic when he was having a bad game wasn’t Cal Poly Pomona basketball coach Greg Kamansky. It was Makhiya Jones-Robinson, Bell’s 10-year-old sister. She wanted to know why the graduating senior missed so many three-pointers or didn’t…
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