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Lorene Sisquoc, a visiting Native American scholar, (left) accepts a certificate of recognition from the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors.

First Elder/Scholar-in-Residence Brings Native American Perspective to Campus

Posted November 16, 2015 / Gary Fong

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…

Perseverance Led Graduate From Fractions to Physics

Posted June 11, 2010 / PolyCentric Editor

Michael Mansell’s interests range from theoretical physics to economic theory to computer programming, but he wasn’t always a whiz kid. “I barely passed high school. My freshman-year GPA was 0.9. Sophomore year, it was 1-point-something,” he says. “I was a…