This choir boy packs a punch -- he can carry a tune and a football. Read about Mustang fullback and music major Jon Hall in the Summer 2009 edition of Cal Poly Magazine.
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News
Rep. Lois Capps Holding Press Conference at Cal Poly Today
Cal Poly professors and students will join Congresswoman Lois Capps at a press conference today (July 2) outlining university funding awards from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. To date, Cal Poly professors and students have received over half a million dollars in economic stimulus funding to help pay for research and teaching opportunities at the university over the next two years.
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Arizona State Professor Named to Lead
City and Regional Planning
A nationally ranked department at Cal Poly has a new leader. Hemalata Dandekar has been named department head for City and Regional Planning at Cal Poly, bringing a strong interdisciplinary and international background to the position. Dandekar is currently professor of planning at Arizona State University. She served as director of the School of Planning at ASU from 2002-2007.
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Wednesday Event for K-12 Leaders
Focuses on SciTech Learning
Cal Poly will host a symposium July 1 aimed at helping school administrators lead the effort to improve California’s education of students in the STEM disciplines – science, technology, engineering and math. The second annual STEM Leadership Symposium, sponsored by Cal Poly’s Educational Leadership and Administration Program, is planned for 5-7:30 p.m. in the Business Rotunda (Room 213). There is no cost to attend, and the public is welcome.
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Cal Poly Facing Furloughs, $33 Million in Campus Cuts
CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed and the 23 CSU campus presidents met in late June to discuss options to manage a proposed $584 million budget deficit. Two employee unions have agreed to discuss mandatory furloughs of two days per month at all campuses -- including Cal Poly. While no details have yet been set, discussions will continue with the CSU Board of Trustees at a special meeting July 7. The trustees will then use their regularly scheduled July 21 meeting to adopt an action plan that will be implemented systemwide. While Cal Poly awaits word on the final state budget, the university is continuing planning efforts on campus for a minimum $33 million funding cut.
More details on the state budget crisis and Cal Poly
Cal Poly Magazine Summer Edition Now Online
The Summer 2009 edition of Cal Poly Magazine is available now, exclusively online. Go to Cal Poly Magazine online now to read about graduating seniors who’ve already lined up great jobs, plus a photo slideshow from spring ceremonies; Jon Hall, Mustang fullback – and opera singer (multimedia:hear him sing!); Harnessing the wind in a Cal Poly engineering program preparing students for careers in green energy. Check out Cal Poly Magazine's "Summer '09" edition and while you're there, fill out our online reader survey for a chance to win free Cal Poly Gear
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Graphic Communication Tests New Printing Application for Business
Cal Poly Graphic Communication Department recently installed a new lighting system as part of the first North American test site for photoluminescent lighting technology in the graphic arts. The system is designed for manufacturing and service companies that are now capable of doing their own printing due to the proliferation of short-run digital presses that are cleaner, easier to run and have a relatively small footprint.
Read more about the graphic arts test site
Alumni
University Undergoing Major Summer Construction
Cal Poly will see a major construction boom this summer, and the center campus will have a new look come fall. Summer construction projects include the renovation of University Union Plaza the Associated Students' Recreation Center. Students voted in 2008 to increase ASI fees to finance the projects. Also rising this summer is the Simpson Strong Tie Building, made possible by a partnership with that corporation. It's set to be built next to the new Construction Innovations Center on campus. If you're driving on campus this summer, expect detours.
Read Details on Summer Construction and Traffic Flow
Students
Cal Poly Hosts Chemistry Workshop for
Blind and Sighted Students 
Cal Poly is hosting "Access Chemistry 2009," the third annual hands-on summer laboratory chemistry workshop for blind and sighted high school students. Twelve students – ranging in age from 14 to 18 – are attending from throughout California. Several students are from the Central Coast area.
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Record Number of Cal Poly Students Move On to Vet School in 2009
Cal Poly is sending a record number of its students to veterinary school after spring Commencement, at a time when university officials say the industry is in need of new professionals. As of June, 34 Cal Poly students have confirmed acceptance to vet schools around the U.S. and internationally.
More on the success in Cal Poly's pre-vet program
Student Honored by Hispanic Caucus Institute
Cal Poly graduate student Ulises Gonzalez has been chosen to receive the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s Graduate Young Professional Fellowship in Housing Policy. One of 20 chosen nationally for the honor, Gonzalez will spend nine months in Washington, D.C. assigned to a congressional and then a federal agency. Gonzalez will receive a master’s degree in city and regional planning this June.
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Students Win Graphic Design and Production Awards
Cal Poly Graphic Communication students scored wins in design and production competitions on both coasts. A team of university design students won The Phoenix Challenge in Orlando, Fla., for graphic identity and brand development of coffee house products. In San Francisco, three students received scholarships in the BookBuilders West competition.
Read more about the wins in Graphic Communication
Faculty & Staff
Passings: Professor Fuad Hanna Tellew
Fuad Hanna Tellew, 82, professor emeritus of economics at Cal Poly, died peacefully June 6. Professor Tellew came to San Luis Obispo in 1960 with his wife after the professor accepted a position in Cal Poly’s Social Sciences Department. Professor Tellew was instrumental in founding the Department of Economics at Cal Poly, where he specialized in money and banking and international development. Over his career, he served as first head of the Economics Department, associate dean and acting dean of the School of Business (now the Orfalea College of Business) as well as director of International Programs. He retired in 1991 after 31 years with the university.
Read the full obituary in the SLO Tribune
Outstanding Students, Staff and Faculty Recognized by College of Liberal Arts
Cal Poly's College of Liberal Arts recognized outstanding faculty, staff and students at its annual reception held at the Dallidet Adobe in San Luis Obispo on June 4. The college presented Richard K. Simon Faculty Awards to Shawn Burn, Patrick Lin and Alyson McLamore. Students recognized were Kyle Wilhelm and Brittany McKinney and staff Terry J. San Filippo Melissa Bodin.
Read more about the CLA Honors
College of Engineering
Announces
New Assistant Dean
Cal Poly’s College of Engineering has appointed Matthew Cottle as assistant dean for advancement. He will join the university in that position on July 1, bringing more than 20 years of advancement experience in engineering and science organizations – primarily in higher education – to the position.
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Cal Poly President Recognizes
Campus Leaders for Diversity
Cal Poly President Warren J. Baker recently presented the President’s Diversity Award to the Multicultural Engineering Program and to Delta Lambda Phi fraternity. The groups received $1,000 each to help support their individual programs. The awards, presented June 2, recognized campus units that exhibited a commitment to the value of cultural diversity.
Read more about the award winners
Events
Local Authors Launch Summer Reading Series Wednesday
Fiction writer Al Landwehr and poet Leslie St. John kick off the Cal Poly summer reading series, WriterSpeak, with a free reading Wednesday, July 1 at 7 p.m. in Science North (Bldg 53), room 215.
Details on WriterSpeak
Cal Poly Arts Announces 25th Season
Full of Dance, Music, Classics and Comedy
Cal Poly Arts is turning 25 this year and celebrating with an expansive mix of theatre, music, dance companies, and artists from all over the world. Cal Poly Arts 2009-2010 season at the Performing Arts Center on campus features 41 unique performances designed to fire the imagination. From the comedy of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" to "Camelot" to Gaelic Storm to Los Lobos to Momix to Martha Graham, the season has something for everyone.
Details and Coming Cal Poly Arts performances
Enrollment Open Now for Cal Poly Organic Farm’s Weekly Produce Program
The Cal Poly Organic Farm is accepting members for its Community Supported Agriculture Program, which provides members with a weekly box of the farm’s harvest. Along with fresh produce, members will receive a weekly newsletter with recipes highlighting the week’s bounty.
More on the Produce Program
Cal Poly Hawai'i Club to Offer Summer Hula Classes
The Cal Poly Hawai’i Club is sponsoring hula classes June 30 through Aug. 25. Beginning and Intermediate classes will be offered. All are open to the public.
More on the Hawai'i Club's hula classes
Get Tix Now for 'Taste of the Future' Benefit
The Cal Poly College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences’ Sustainable Agriculture Resource Consortium will hold its fifth annual fundraiser dinner, “A Taste of the Future,” on Wednesday, Oct. 14. This year’s guest speaker will be nationally recognized author, journalist, teacher and sustainable foods advocate Michael Pollan.
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