Happy New Year from all of us at Cal Poly Pomona!
We are excited to announce that our 2019
@CPRoseFloat
has won the Extraordinaire Award for the
@RoseParade
’s most extraordinary float. Congratulations to this year’s student team!
Good news from the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center. The first foal of the season arrived just after midnight. It's a boy!!! The big, strong colt is by Inception (IXLNoble Express x Bonita Afire) x B witched (Baske Afire x Gala de Cognac)
#calpolypomona
#ArabianHorse
Former ASI president and alumnus Uriah Sanders is missing. If you have seen him or know anything helpful, please call 909-328-0917. Follow
@asicpp
for any updates.
Our 2020
@CPRoseFloat
“Aquatic Aspirations” is on the
@RoseParade
route!
This year’s float is the winner of the Director Award for most outstanding artistic design and use of floral and non-floral materials! Congrats to our hard-working student team!
#LearnByDoing
🌹
#WeAreCPP
Hey Broncos, tickets for Cal Poly Pomona Night at Dodger Stadium are now on sale!
Join us May 6 for a 7:10pm game vs. the Braves. Purchase your tickets through this link to receive a CPP-branded
@dodgers
hat:
Our university community is mourning the tragic loss of life today on our campus. We are grateful to our University Police Department and officers from local agencies and other CSU campuses for keeping our campus safe. (1 of 4)
"Once I heard my name and realized that my album won a Grammy, it was surreal."
-CPP Music Professor Nadia Shpachenko
Yes, you read that correctly. We now have a Grammy winner walking the halls at CPP!
Read more about her 2020 Grammy Award:
#WeAreCPP
We're proud to say CPP is now ranked the No. 2 public university in the West by
@usnews
!
Additional 2020 rankings for CPP include:
No. 3 most innovative school
No. 9 for best undergraduate teaching
No. 9 for social mobility
Read more here:
#WeAreCPP
Cal Poly Pomona is working with the CSU Chancellor's Office on a plan to help our international students continue their academic progress following a new ruling by the Dept. of Homeland Security. Read the university message at
CLA-ter old friend 😔
We said goodbye to our iconic CLA Building this year. As we approach the end of 2022, here’s a look at some of our favorite images of this beloved landmark.
#TimelapseTuesday
Money Magazine ranked Cal Poly Pomona 47th of the 727 universities across the U.S. it examined for its annual "Best Colleges" list.
Among the 26 data points evaluated: graduation rates, tuition charges, family borrowing & alumni earnings.
View the list:
We lost one of our own Wednesday when CPP alumnus José Flores Velázquez was killed in a drive-by shooting near his family home in LA. The 2018 physics graduate was a doctoral student
@UCIrvine
.
"José was a kind, loving person whose sunny optimism lifted up everyone around him."
Family and friends remember Mark Manlapaz, the university public safety officer who was killed June 29 at Campus South.
Mark's mother, Carmelina Curtis: “Mark said he would make me proud. And he did.”
#ThrowbackThursday
to the legendary treehouse caper. In 1970s CPP student Mike Taylor secretly built a treehouse in the woods behind Building 1. It wasn't discovered for 2 years.
The treehouse was 62 feet above ground & met building code - a perfect place for quiet studying.
If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain. 🌈 🌧
Finals are coming, Broncos, but there is a long winter break waiting for you at the end!
Money Magazine ranked Cal Poly Pomona No. 15 nationally and as the top CSU on their 2020 list of "Best Colleges in America, Ranked by Value." CPP is also named among the "Most Transformative" universities. Go Broncos! Read more at
@Money
@calstate
We're excited to join the statewide effort and host a new COVID-19 mass vaccination hub in partnership with a consortium of health organizations.
The hub will help accelerate vaccine distribution per
@CAPublicHealth
phases and tiers.
Appointment info:
CPP has risen to the No. 2 public university in the Western United States in the
@usnews
2020 rankings.
We were also recognized for innovation, undergraduate teaching and social mobility in U.S. News & World Report's 2020 rankings.
#WeAreCPP
Read more:
#CPPHealthAlert
: Attention Students, Parking Services is offering prorated refunds on parking passes after the shift away from in-person classes due to concerns about COVID-19.
Mail parking passes in a sealed envelope to Parking Services. Details:
Way to go Broncos! U.S. News ranks, CPP is
#2
Public School in the west,
#3
Most Innovative,
#5
Top Performer in Social Mobility and
#8
for Best Undergraduate Teaching.
We're proud to join
@CalStateLA
on this prestigious list!
Notable stat - CPP ranks 3rd in the country in success rate: 46% of the students who arrive at our university in the bottom 5th of income distribution end up in the top 5th.
#WeAreCPP
Our award-winning Rose Float has made it's triumphant return from the
@RoseParade
to our campus - and you can take a piece of it home!
The
@CPRoseFloat
is parked on Oak Ln next to parking structure 1 until 3 pm on Friday. Take a flower, but leave the vial.🌹
Renford Reese is kind of a big deal around here.
The political science professor, a member of the CPP faculty for the last 22 years, takes immense pride in our students.
Every term, Professor Reese explains to his classes why we use the phrase:
#WeAreCPP
The CPP goats and sheep arrive at the
@lacountyfair
! They’ll undoubtedly enjoy their annual trip to populate the petting zoo.
More pictures and video of their arrival: //sway.office.com/Wn9iVJcx5qJxXHQ4?ref=Link
We are saying goodbye to our beloved CLA Tower.
Starting May 9, scaffolding and wrap will completely cover the building’s iconic façade in preparation for brick-by-brick demolition.
Demolition details:
Photo opportunity info:
The first ever Cal Poly Pomona Dodgers night was truly historic.
With 4,000 Broncos filling the stands Wednesday, it was the largest university night in the history of Dodger Stadium! Sporting our CPP-branded
@Dodgers
hats, we helped will the home team to a 3-0 victory ⚾️🧢🙌
Meet the newest member of the Bronco family, Amora.
Born three weeks ago, this filly is now part of the longest-running Arabian horse breeding program in the U.S., a tradition that started nearly a century ago on the land that is now our campus.
More:
An inside look at our new Student Services Building! 👀
The 140,000-square-foot facility will be a one-stop service center for registration, tuition, and financial aid. It’s set to open during the spring semester.👷🏼♂️👷♀️
CPP alum Kyle Garlick's 2019 baseball season:
1st career call-up to the major leagues ✔️
1st career major league home run ✔️
1st career world series championship ❓
Watch Garlick's home run from last night:
A triumphant start to the New Year!
@CPRoseFloat
“Road to Reclamation” made it’s way down Colorado Blvd this morning in the 134th annual
@RoseParade
. 🌹
Did you see our float on TV? 📺🤔 We were one of the very first floats leading the parade!
More:
Announcing the 2020
@CPRoseFloat
design: "Aquatic aspirations!"
Our 72nd float celebrates this year's
@RoseParade
theme, "The Power of Hope," depicting a submarine discovering an underwater home thriving amongst an old sunken ship.
Read more here:
Congrats to the
@cppengineering
Class of 2020! You came, you walked, you celebrated. Our first ever drive-in commencement ceremony is in the books. We will always be proud to call you part of the Bronco family!
💚🎓💛
#CPPgrad
In 2017, we were
@MONEY
Magazine's 124th-ranked university in the U.S., based on value.
In 2019, we're ranked 41st on the same list.
How did we climb so fast? Our graduation rate & early-career earnings for our grads, to name 2 reasons.
#WeAreCPP
More:
Save the date! The grand opening for our new Student Services Building will be Jan. 18 at noon. Come tour the 138,000 square-foot facility that will centralize services for our students.
Read more here:
For the first time in CSU history, the majority of its university presidents are women. We're proud to see our
@PresColeyCPP
honored on the state Senate floor along with fellow
@calstate
female leaders.
#WeAreCPP
#ChooseCSU
We're proud to say that CPP is the No. 1 Polytechnic university in the country for social mobility.
Helping students from low-income families graduate to high-paying jobs is one way we transform lives through education.
#WeAreCPP
More about our ranking:
A message from
@PresColeyCPP
:
Dear Campus Community,
As many of you are aware, Cal Poly Pomona experienced a tragic event this afternoon. One of our campus parking officers was stabbed and killed while working at the Campus South facility.
Our award-winning Rose Float is back on the Cal Poly Pomona campus - and you can take home a piece of it! 🌹
Visit the float on Magnolia Lane before it’s removed Thursday evening and take a flower, but make sure to leave the vial that holds the flower.
#WeAreCPP
Our Rose Float is being covered live on
@KTLA
right now! This year’s entry in the
@RoseParade
is “Far Out Frequencies,” a collaborative creation by Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly SLO students.
C.L.A.S.S. is now officially dismissed 😜
Congratulations to the graduates from the College of Letters Arts & Social Sciences! We’re proud to now call you alumni. 👩🎓👨🎓
🎓
#WeAreCPP
#CPPgrad
#CPPgrad2018
🎓
Alumnus Kyle Garlick will be in uniform for the
@Dodgers
tonight after receiving his first career call up to the major leagues!
The outfielder, CPP's record holder for home runs and RBIs in a single season, was the Dodgers' 28th-round draft pick in 2015:
Our
@CPPAgri
students have made their annual delivery of CPP animals to the
@lacountyfair
!
200+ sheep, goats, cows & pigs (plus more than 40 babies expected to be born) will be at the fair from Aug. 30 - Sept. 22.
Stop by the petting farm at the big red barn and say hello!
You made it, Class of 2020! These are unprecedented circumstances for a graduation, but we are proud of your accomplishments and excited to see what your future holds.
#CPPgrad
🎓💚🐎
CPP will move to temporary remote instruction for the first 3 weeks of the spring semester due to the recent wave of COVID-19 infections.
Barring further direction by
@lapublichealth
, approved in-person classes will begin Feb. 12.
@PresColeyCPP
's update:
It might be the best medium for making one last statement before leaving
#CalPolyPomona
. Or it's just a weird hat. Either way, here are some of the best mortarboards from this year's CPP commencement ceremonies.🎓
#CPPgrad