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Professors Jeffery Scott Mio, Mariappan Jawaharlal and Craig La Munyon will recieve the 2016 Provost's Awards for Academic Excellence.

Provost’s Awards for Excellence Winners to Lead March 2 Symposium

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Three highly regarded faculty members will lead the Provost’s Awards for Excellence Symposium on Thursday, March 2.

A reception for professors Mariappan Jawaharlal (Jawa), Jeffery Scott Mio and Craig LaMunyon, recipients of the 2015-16 Provost’s Awards for Excellence, will start at 3 p.m. in the Bronco Student Center’s Ursa Major suite. The symposium will run from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Jawa, a mechanical engineering professor, earned the Excellence in Teaching award. He practices a hands-on, guided discovery approach to help students learn. Jawa was instrumental in creating the Femineer program recognized by the White House for increasing educational outcomes and opportunities for female Hispanic K-12 students, and is a …

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The Cal Poly Pomona Division of Academic Affairs has launched an effort to complete the Academic Master Plan process by the end of the current academic year.

Division of Academic Affairs Initiates Academic Master Plan Process

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The Cal Poly Pomona Division of Academic Affairs has launched an effort to complete the Academic Master Plan process by the end of the current academic year.

“The Academic Master Planning process is not a program prioritization effort, nor will it be an effort to close academic programs,” says Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Sylvia A. Alva. “Rather, the Academic Master Plan will serve as our collective vision for our academic identity, values and future directions.”

Among the issues that the Academic Master Plan will address are the role of a polytechnic university in the 21st century, metrics to gauge the effectiveness of academic programs and student success, …

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Money Magazine has ranked Cal Poly Pomona among the Best Colleges for the Money.

Cal Poly Pomona Ranked Among Best Colleges for the Money

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Around Southern California, it’s no secret that Cal Poly Pomona, with its relatively low tuition and high-quality course offerings, is a great value. For that, the university has now been included in Money magazine’s Best Colleges for Your Money rankings.

Cal Poly Pomona came in at 149th place out of the 705 public four-year colleges and universities the magazine’s rankings included.  Fourteen CSU campuses appeared on the list, of which Cal Poly Pomona ranked fourth. The rankings used 24 measures in three categories:

  • Educational quality: Graduation rate, average freshman standardized test scores, student-to-faculty ratio
  • Affordability: Total cost, debt upon graduation, student loan repayments
  • Alumni success: Graduate’s earnings, campus career-finding
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Forbes Magazine ranks Cal Poly Pomona among the nation's best public schools, and a top performer in California and the Western U.S.

Forbes Ranks Cal Poly Pomona Among Nation’s Best

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Cal Poly Pomona is one of the nation’s best public schools, and a top performer in California and the Western U.S., according to Forbes Magazine’s 2016 America’s Top Colleges rankings.

The university ranks No. 85 among American public colleges and universities and No. 53 in the Western U.S. It is joined on that list with 17 other Cal State campuses and is behind only Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (#32) and San Diego State (#44).

A list curated by Redwood City-Woodside Patch from those rankings puts Cal Poly Pomona at No. 29 in California.

The intent of the rankings is to measure the return-on-investment, or “what are students getting …

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Provost Sylvia Alva speaks at Academic Affairs Division meeting during the 2016 Fall Conference.

Academic Affairs Forum Celebrates Accomplishments, Cites Challenges and Opportunities

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From applauding accomplishments to affirming goals to looking ahead to university initiatives, the inaugural Academic Affairs Forum on Sept. 20 sought to funnel efforts in a “shared direction” on the eve of the 2016-17 academic year.

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Sylvia A. Alva celebrated a milestone with faculty and staff members: a record 53 tenure-track faculty members were hired this year.

“Our academic programs are our hallmark, our bread and butter,” Alva said. “We must always work to support and elevate our academic programs.”

Alva also emphasized the division’s goals for the year:

  • Offer high-quality academic programs that reflect the university’s polytechnic identity.
  • Work to meet and
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Sadiq Shah, a university administrator with long ties to research in academia and industry, has been named the associate vice president for research, innovation and economic development.

New Associate Vice President for Research, Innovation and Economic Development Selected

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Sadiq Shah, a university administrator with long ties to research in academia and industry, has been named the associate vice president for research, innovation and economic development at Cal Poly Pomona. His new assignment starts June 20.

Shah was the vice provost for research and sponsored projects at the University of Texas, Pan American, in Edinburg starting in 2012. In addition to that role, he served as the interim vice president for research at the University of Texas, Brownsville. Shah helped facilitate the merger of the offices of research of these two campuses into a new university last year and served on the transition team for the launch of the …

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The PolyTransfer symposium focused on strategies to improve the transfer-student rate.

Symposium Examines Strategies to Improve Transfer-Student Rate

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Building stronger ties between universities and community colleges is a critical component in developing a robust pipeline for transfer students, a prominent researcher in education stressed at the PolyTransfer symposium at Cal Poly Pomona.

Daniel G. Solórzano, a professor of education and Chicano studies at UCLA, also cited outreach efforts, institutional change and a commitment to academic resources as other factors to improve the rate of transfer students to universities.

“We need support for our students transferring from community colleges,” said Solórzano, who holds a doctorate in sociology of education. “We must create a transfer-receptive culture, which is an institutional commitment by a four-year university to provide the support needed …

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Shanthi Srinivas, associate vice president for academic planning, policy and faculty affairs, will retire effective Aug. 2.

Srinivas Announces Retirement After 30-Year Career

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Shanthi Srinivas, associate vice president for academic planning, policy and faculty affairs, has announced that she will retire on Aug. 2, capping a career at Cal Poly Pomona that has spanned nearly three decades.

“Working at Cal Poly Pomona has been more than just a career for me — it’s been a passion,” Srinivas says. “I have been privileged to work with some of the finest faculty, staff and students I have met in higher education, and I have made many friends here.”

Srinivas began her career at Cal Poly Pomona as an assistant professor in the College of Business Administration in 1988 after receiving a doctorate in business administration …

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Erik Rolland is the new Dean of the College of Business Administration at Cal Poly Pomona.

New Dean Announced for College of Business Administration

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Following an international search, Erik Rolland has been selected to serve as the new dean for the College of Business Administration, beginning July 1. He is currently the special assistant to the provost, and professor of management within the Ernest & Julio Gallo Management Program and the School of Engineering at the University of California, Merced.

As special assistant to the provost, Rolland led the campus’ strategic visioning process and managed major change processes within the university. Under his leadership as interim dean of the School of Engineering, the graduate programs rose from being unranked to ranked No. 140 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report.

He …

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Professors Jeffery Scott Mio, Mariappan Jawaharlal and Craig La Munyon will recieve the 2016 Provost's Awards for Academic Excellence.

Outstanding Faculty Members to Receive Provost’s Awards

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Mariappan Jawaharlal, Jeffery Scott Mio and Craig LaMunyon will receive the 2016 Provost’s Awards for Academic Excellence.

The recipients will be honored for their efforts in teaching, service, and scholarly and creative activities. In addition to being recognized at their respective college commencement ceremony in June, they will present at a symposium during winter quarter 2017.

“These individuals are wonderful examples of the quality faculty we have at Cal Poly Pomona,” says Provost Sylvia Alva. “We’re proud of their hard work, creative approaches and dedication to their students and their disciplines. Each of them deserves this recognition.”

Excellence in Teaching

Mechanical Engineering Professor Mariappan Jawaharlal (Jawa) practices a hands-on, guided …

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