For alumna Mardis Newman-Jackson, the decision to come to Cal Poly Pomona still serves as a touchstone that the entrepreneur draws upon when she is unsure about a decision. The founder of Options in Design, Inc., a Paramount-based commercial furniture…
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Earl Gales Jr., a founding member of the Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation Board and an alumnus whose senior thesis helped establish the LA Metro system, died Nov. 20. He was 73. Gales’ (’72, urban and regional planning) thesis became…
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The Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation will use a recently awarded $40,000 grant to support student research. The foundation was one of 10 nonprofit organizations awarded funding as part of the 2021 SoCalGas Climate Champions Initiative. The initiative is an…
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Education looks different during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is delivered through different mediums in different ways. The importance of education, however, will never change, contends Ganpat Patel. The Cal Poly Pomona alumnus, businessman and philanthropist is about as deeply invested…
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Danielle Manning, who has served as vice president for administration, finance and strategic development and CFO since August 2016, will be leaving Cal Poly Pomona to take a new role as the executive vice president/chief financial officer and treasurer at…
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While a student at Cal Poly Pomona, Alyssa Jane Christiansen (’11, sociology) occasionally slept in her car to avoid the cost of commuting to the mobile home in Upland she shared with her sister and their mother. She ate a…
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On July 1, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, launched the nonprofit Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation to expand the university’s fundraising capabilities and capacity. Incorporated as a public entity, it will be able to accept a broader range of gifts…
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