June 12, 2002
Contact: Mike Barr
(805) 756-2933
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kahua Ranch Hosts June 23 Reception for Dean, Professor,
Alumni and Students from Cal Poly College of Agriculture
The Kahua Ranch in Kamuela on the 'Big Island' of Hawaii will be the site
for a Cal Poly College of Agriculture alumni reception beginning at 10 a.m. June
23.
The new dean of Cal Poly's College of Agriculture, David J. Wehner,
Professor Jon Beckett of the college's Animal Science Department and
seven Cal Poly agriculture students will be touring the Kahua and
Parker ranches along with alumni.
The students are part of an ongoing student project involving cattle
shipped from Hawaii to the university's Swanton Pacific Ranch in Santa
Cruz County, CA, and the main campus in San Luis Obispo.
"We are very pleased that two alumni, Monty Richards and Carl
Carlson,
extended their kind hospitality not only to our students, but to our
alumni in Hawaii," Wehner said.
The Cal Poly College has more than 400 alumni in Hawaii,
and
more than 175 of them are College of Agriculture alumni.
Tickets for the evening reception at Kahua Ranch are $20 for adults and
$10 for children 12 and under. For more information on the morning
reception,
lunch and afternoon ranch tours, contact the College of Agriculture at (805)
756-2933.
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