The last time Cal Poly Pomona held an Investiture on campus, in 1991, the Internet was something that would scarcely register in the minds of most people. It wasn’t until that year, in fact, that the World Wide Web was…
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University President Soraya M. Coley received valuable messages about hope, pride, and resilience in the face of seemingly unsurmountable obstacles from her parents, family and community growing up. Those early lessons about overcoming adversity gave her the wings to soar…
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Amid a backdrop of colorful regalia and academic tradition, Soraya M. Coley was officially conferred as the sixth president of Cal Poly Pomona at a historic Investiture ceremony on Feb. 5. University leaders, campus representatives and colleagues from academic institutions…
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The Investiture of President Soraya M. Coley on Feb. 5 ushers in her era as the sixth president of Cal Poly Pomona. More than 1,000 people, ranging from the California State University administration to students to alumni, watched history unfold.…
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An educator TIME magazine once named to its “100 Most Influential People in the World” list will help celebrate the installation of Cal Poly Pomona’s sixth president. Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC),…
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President Soraya M. Coley made history in 2015 when she became Cal Poly Pomona’s sixth president of the university and the first woman and African American to hold the position. A little more than a year after she took the…
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Cal Poly Pomona has embarked on a Strategic Planning Process that will chart the university’s course for the next several years while also identifying top academic and campus initiatives and the resources and facilities to achieve those objectives. “With the…
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As an energetic and precocious young girl, Soraya M. Coley saw the world through an innocent and unfiltered gaze. The thoughts of that child were on the simple joys of play time, oblivious to the invisible divide in the legally…
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Cal Poly Pomona has sealed a ground-breaking agreement with a local school district to help its students attain the dream of a college education. Under key components of the pact, Cal Poly Pomona will guarantee admission to qualified Pomona Unified…
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University President Soraya M. Coley has made a guest appearance on a podcast focused on changing lives for the better. Coley appeared on “Transformation for Success,” hosted by self-help guru Barbara Young to speak about her journey from a segregated…
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