Cal Poly Pomona will celebrate Native American Heritage Month throughout November, spotlighting the diverse cultural heritage of its student body through a series of events and gatherings. CPP often emphasizes the importance of land acknowledgement to recognize the Indigenous people…
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Each year, the cultural centers host culture and identity-based graduation celebrations to honor students from historically marginalized groups. The ceremonies are a way to recognize the impact these students have had on CPP, their local communities and around the world.…
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With social and environmental responsibility as one of the university’s core values, Cal Poly Pomona is celebrating Earth Week with a series of events to raise consciousness of problems besetting the planet. Earth Week events are scheduled from Tuesday, April…
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Fresh from her victory in celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s FOX television series “Next Level Chef,” Stephanie “Pyet” DeSpain will visit Cal Poly Pomona in celebration of Earth Day to dish on indigenous foods and regeneration.DeSpain’s talk kicks off at noon…
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*Editor’s Note: The Native American Student Center uses an inclusive definition of “womxn” and “mxn ” to welcome trans womxn and mxn, genderqueer womxn and mxn, and nonbinary folx. Native American Heritage Month, celebrated in November, takes on special significance…
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Elizabeth Zangenberg was in her early 60s – a nontraditional student – when she first caught a glimpse of the Native American Student Center at University Plaza during her first-year orientation campus tour. She was uncertain if she was Native…
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It’s where the pomp and circumstance of tradition gives way to the jubilation of a cultural heritage celebration. For decades, Cal Poly Pomona graduates have participated in cultural graduation ceremonies, donning specialized sashes, leis and tassels. Dance troupes and drummers…
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Cal Poly Pomona heralded faculty, staff and students dedicated to promoting diversity and uplifting underrepresented communities at the 24th annual Unity Luncheon. The Black Faculty & Staff Association hosted the Feb. 11 event, themed “Marching Forward Together,” in the Bronco…
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The first time that President Soraya M. Coley heard the dynamic voice of Sarah De Herrera, she told the singer that she wanted her to perform at the next presidential event. That pledge was kept as De Herrera, who is…
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Cal Poly Pomona is making history by hosting its very first Native American elder/scholar-in-residence — a member of a Southern California tribe who brings a wealth of knowledge about Native American traditions to the campus. Lorene Sisquoc (Mountain Cahuilla/Apache) was…
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