An annual career event hosted by the Veterans Resource Center helped Jamie Orozco secure a summer internship with Northrop Grumman, but not before he received three rejections. Orozco first met a representative from the aerospace and defense technology at Future…
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Thinker. Partner. Intern. Mother. Before the coronavirus pandemic struck, Viviana Pacheco’s life was already pulled in many directions as a fiancée, mother of two boys, full-time student at Cal Poly Pomona and part-time intern. Since statewide stay-at-home orders went into…
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Michael Thompson never expected that discussing basic engineering concepts with a Raytheon hardware manager would lead to a job in the systems department by the end of the day. Especially when he couldn’t find his business shoes and walked in…
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Cal Poly Pomona students with an interest in public service and beltway politics could get an opportunity to intern for Rep. Norma J. Torres. Torres, whose 35th District includes the cities of Pomona, Montclair, Ontario, Fontana, Rialto and Bloomington, visited…
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More than 2,000 students visited booths that lined University Quad, many of them dressed in business suits and clutching resumes on crisp, eggshell-white paper. Recruiters from a wide range of companies, including Xerox, Ready Pac Foods and Converse, greeted eager…
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Seniors Danielle Sigala and Medina Tajzoy each won a $1,000 scholarship for winning first place for their internship project with Enterprise Rent-A-Car. The two students interned at the rental car company this winter and were asked to design an event…
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"I came to the United States from Mexico when I was 17 and a senior in high school. My teachers were the ones who guided me and really believed in me. They showed that I have what it takes to…
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"I've loved science my whole life. I grew up watching Bill Nye the Science Guy and all those science shows. Physics seemed to be at the heart of all the sciences. It explained everything that I couldn't explain."
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Cal Poly Pomona has received a three-year, $1.5 million grant renewal for stem cell education and research from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Building upon a previous $1.5 million...
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For many students, summer is a time to gain real-world experience, network with professionals, expand their skills and travel. PolyCentric asked a few Cal Poly Pomona students to share about their jobs and internships from the past few months.
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