A pilot study to help close the equity gap and improve the graduation rates of underrepresented minority students in the apparel merchandising and management (AMM) program will receive a $48,000 grant from the CSU. The project, titled “Developing Culturally Relevant…
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From humble beginnings to a nationally recognized program, the Department of Apparel Merchandising & Management has come a long way in 25 years. The department will celebrate its quarter-century anniversary. with a special “Silver Jubilee” event on Saturday, April 9,…
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Four apparel merchandising and management students were awarded $5,000 each in a national scholarship competition. The nonprofit YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund selected students Gabriela Ramirez Luis, Ashley Garcia, Jonathan Mayorga and Viridiana Navarro as scholarship recipients after its annual case…
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The university will see road closures and partial road closures across campus on Monday, Dec. 12, and Tuesday, Sept. 13 while crews repair asphalt and do underground utility work. The following areas will be affected: Intermittent closure of the intersection…
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Want to look like a fashionable student at Cal Poly Pomona? AM2 has the “Urban Scholar” look for you — a complete outfit with duffle bags and tote or backpack. The Urban Scholar is the latest line from AM2, the…
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Eight apparel merchandising and marketing students are working with AM4U, a Rancho Cucamonga apparel manufacturing start-up, to produce Cal Poly Pomona-branded clothes. This story ran in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Feb. 23, 2015.…
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Esthella Gonzalez wanted to think outside the box. For her apparel merchandising and management senior project, she had to tackle a sports apparel item that had a problem and fabricate a solution. Not wanting to do a traditional sport, Gonzalez…
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Here are some of the projects in which faculty members are engaged: Recycling food waste to feed livestock — ALLEN PETTY, animal and veterinary science Utilizing dairy-waste-fed algae to produce livestock feed — SHELTON MURINDA, animal and veterinary science Utilizing 3-D…
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Imagine walking into a clothing store, designing a customized outfit, and having it made right there in 30 minutes. Sound far-fetched? This is the future of clothing manufacturing envisioned by Cal Poly Pomona’s apparel merchandising and management department and a…
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Four teams of undergraduates in apparel merchandising & management (AMM) competed in Target’s annual case study competition on May 28. Lisette Gutierrez, Y-Uyen Pham, Anthony Truong, Allison Poon and Kate Nelson won first prize and $4,000. The second, third and…
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