Cal Poly Pomona honored the 2019-20 and 2020-21 Outstanding Advisors for their unwavering commitment to student success at an annual awards reception on April 22. In a first-ever Zoom ceremony, the awards recognized exceptional faculty and staff advisors, as well…
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In fall 2020, Cal Poly Pomona’s Reading, Advising, and Mentoring Program (RAMP) secured renewed federal funding that will sustain a vital student success program for underrepresented students. The U.S. Department of Education has granted RAMP $2.2 million in funds that…
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Cal Poly Pomona architecture student Christopher Ornelas will receive a 2020 CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement, the CSU’s highest recognition of student success. One student from each of the 23 CSU campuses receives this distinction each year. Ornelas will…
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Drew Godoy-Sauceda came to his advisor with a spreadsheet filled with mounting expenses and growing concerns that he wouldn’t be able to pay for tuition and fees. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the senior mechanical engineering student’s paid internship hours…
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Cal Poly Pomona has received about $8 million in federal funding to support the university’s mission of cultivating success, diversity and an inclusive polytechnic education. The new funding will have an extensive impact on the campus community — from early…
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Cal Poly Pomona highlighted the university’s efforts to bolster student success and support those struggling with food insecurity, mental health and housing instability at a California Senate hearing. The special hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Student Success, which…
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Kevin Colaner and Sonja Sanders are known throughout Student Affairs for their commitment to service and student achievement. Now they’re being recognized by a prominent student affairs association in its western region. The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA),…
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Students transferring to Cal Poly Pomona from community colleges might not be totally new to the collegiate experience. But navigating an unfamiliar campus, signing up for classes using web programs they haven’t seen before and connecting with the advisors they…
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Calette Garcia earned three associate degrees – early childhood education, child development and general studies of social behavior and self-development – in May 2017 before transferring to Cal Poly Pomona. This was after dropping out of college four years earlier…
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Biological Sciences Professor Steve Alas has helped thousands of students enter graduate school and launch careers in STEM fields. These Cal Poly Pomona students, many from modest means and the first in their families to attend college, have participated in…
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