PolyCentric University News Center

Byron Howlett

Project Success, a program that helps first-year male Latino and African-American students thrive academically and socially, has received a $100,000 grant from the California Community Foundation.

University Program for First-Year Male Students Earns $100,000 Grant

Posted February 14, 2018 / Melanie Johnson

A university program that helps first-year male Latino and African-American students thrive academically and socially has received a grant to bolster its efforts. The Los Angeles Scholars Investment Fund, through the California Community Foundation (CCF), has awarded the university’s Project…

Mike Manalo-Pedro is the coordinator of Undocumented Student Services at Cal Poly Pomona.

Undocumented Students Find Campus Advocate in Time of Uncertainty

Posted February 7, 2017 / Melanie Johnson

Mike Manalo-Pedro wears many hats in his role as coordinator of Undocumented Student Services. He is part advisor, part mentor and part confidante for the approximately 600 self-reported AB-540 students at Cal Poly Pomona, many of them undocumented. AB 540…