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College of Agriculture Aims to Reopen Historic Ranch

Posted January 4, 2016 / Dan Lee

Rick Shade was just a freshman at Cal Poly Pomona when he visited Pine Tree Ranch in Ventura County for the first time in the fall of 1979. “It was just a beautiful, well-cared-for, well-maintained ranch,” he recalls. “It was…

In a Class of His Own

Posted September 4, 2012 / PolyCentric Editor

Ron Simons’ love of Cal Poly Pomona began during the Eisenhower Administration. More than five decades later, after receiving an honorary doctorate, he’s about to head out — but not before telling a few stories…