This year, it felt like Cal Poly Pomona soared high enough to reach the moon! U.S. News recognized Cal Poly Pomona as the number two public school in the West. It’s easy to see why: Broncos launched planet-saving satellites into…
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Decade by decade, they were asked to stand and be acknowledged. Alumni and students spanning many of the 73 years of existence of the Cal Poly Universities’ Rose Float program gathered on May 7 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally…
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They called him “Mr. Cal Poly Pomona,” and for good reason. Ron Simons’ dedication to the university began as a college freshman during the Eisenhower Administration and continued for more than 50 years as he worked for the university for…
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Thousands of student volunteers have shown their pride over seven decades by creating an annual Cal Poly Universities Rose Parade float. But only Bob Pettis can say he rode atop one for five hours overnight in freezing temperatures while clinging to…
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For many years, students have constructed rose floats in an open-air lab, competing against professionals for recognition at the Rose Parade. That’s about to change. Fit for a team with 58 awards, construction will soon begin on a new Rose…
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Groundbreaking Ceremony on Nov. 17 Cal Poly Pomona’s new Rose Float Lab and Design Complex will be named in honor of Don Miller and Ron Simons, alumni who jumpstarted and carried on the campus’ 70-year legacy in the Tournament of…
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