When Brianne Dávila was new to teaching, she got an early education on how to be a professor through a National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) program boot camp. That 2012 experience helped the associate professor of sociology…
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Laura P. Diaz, a junior studying sociology, will be Cal Poly Pomona’s recipient of a California State University 2019 Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement. She will receive the award during the CSU Board of Trustees meeting on Sept. 24. The…
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For Amy Murillo, an incoming transfer student from Citrus College, the words, “you can’t do it,” only fueled her determination to get to Cal Poly Pomona. Joining nearly 4,200 transfer students starting their first semester on campus at Cal Poly…
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It’s hard to say which sounded sweeter to Professor Paul Nissenson, the cacophony of his students’ voices as they worked together solving engineering problems or the audience’s applause when he and six other Cal Poly Pomona faculty members received the…
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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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With every step she takes toward a sociology degree, Natalie Rivera is not alone. The memory of her late husband, Ricky Rivera, buoys her spirit and fills her heart ─ a constant companion in her academic journey. “He’s living through…
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"People always ask me why I'm such a good man and why there are good men and bad men. I was not always a good man. I had to realize that I needed to change my behaviors if I wanted…
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Mary Yu Danico, professor of sociology and vice-chair of the psychology and sociology department, was named the 2012-14 president of the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS). Danico, an expert on race relations, youth culture, family and the Asian diaspora,…
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Dennis Loo, professor of sociology, was published in the winter 2012 issue of Contexts magazine, a quarterly publication of the American Sociological Association. His article, “Does Society Exist?” is featured in the magazine’s “Unplugged” section. Loo reflects on the existence…
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"I walked these halls as an uncertain undergrad," remembers Jack Fong. "I thought I'd be a 9-to-5 worker in the corporate world." A 1992 communications alumnus, Fong was unsure of his future through most of college. Never did he imagine…
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