FOUNDATION NEWSSeptember 2018

Saddles Café to Host a Grand Opening on September 13!

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Cal Poly Pomona Foundation. Inc.Ph: 909.869.2912Fx: 909.869.4549 Hot Dog Caper 2018

SAVE THE DATE!Cal Poly Pomona Foundation presents the 35th AnnualHot Dog Caper on Thursday, October 4 in the University Park from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come for a free lunch of hot dogs, chips, beverages and popsicles, and enjoy live entertainment, prizesand more!

Everything is FREE!

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Mark Your Calendars!

SEPTEMBER 2018

OCTOBER 2018

October 2 Board of Directors Meeting at Kellogg West at 2 p.m.October 4 The 35th Annual Hot Dog CaperOctober 6 & 7 Pumpkin Festival at the Farm Store

September 3 Labor Day (Foundation and Campus Closed) September 22 First Day of Autumn

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2018 Foundation Service AwardsSince 1975, Cal Poly Pomona honors faculty and staff members for their years of service during Fall Conference.Awards are presented to all employees with ten years of service or more in five-year increments. The Service AwardsCeremony, hosted by Staff Council, took place on Monday, August 20 at the Kellogg Gymnasium.

The Foundation had 23 eligible employees this year. Each received a gift card with the amount of Bronco Bucksequivalent to their years of service as well as a personalized gift.

Congratulations to all the service award recipients! Thank you for all that you do!

Back row, from left: Bernadette Jeffries, Sandra Vaughan-Acton, Laura M. Elliott, David Prenovost, Christopher Pilkington, Rosa Morales-JimenezFront row, from left: Na M. Phung, Cristina Gonzalez, Karen Sandoval, Debra Poe, Maria Cristina Arevalo

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NAME DEPARTMENT YEARS OF SERVICEAdriana Meza CPELI 10

Joshua Velasquez Kellogg West 10Brenda Orozco Farm Store 10

Cristina Gonzalez Dining Services 10 Maria Cristina Arevalo Dining Services 10Christopher Pilkington Dining Services 10

Bernadette Jeffries CEMaST 10Sandra Vaughan-Acton Real Estate 10Rosa Morales-Jimenez Dining Services 10

Monticha Imsuksri Employment Services 10Karen Sandoval Financial Services 10

Carlos L. Martinez Foundation Facilities 10Barbara Santillan Kellogg West 15

Debra Poe Foundation Administration 20Jim Hays CPELI 20

Jon A. Olson Biological Sciences 20Laura M. Elliott Kellogg West 20Na M. Phung Dining Services 25

Selina Cheng Dining Services 25Cheryl L. Bacha CPELI 25

Sherry L. Flamino University Village Housing 30Steve Whippie Foundation Facilities 30

Congratulations to the following Foundation employees who received a service award:

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Happenings at Innovation Brew WorksWeekly Events at Innovation Brew WorksInnovation Brew Works (IBW) has programming going on three nights of the week ... every single week! Stop by for Bingo Night on Tuesdays, Trivia Thursdays and Open Mic Night on Saturdays.

All events are hosted by IBW staff and are free to attend and participate! To view more information about these events, visit the Innovation Brew Works website and Facebook page.

New Hours of OperationInnovation Brew Works has expanded their weekend hours of operation! Weekend hours have been changed to accommodate our customers.

New weekend hours:Saturday - 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.Sunday - 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Updated Breakfast MenuStarting this week, IBW will be premiering a new and expanded breakfast menu. In addition to breakfast sandwiches, IBW will now be serving omelets, cinnamon rolls and a variety of oatmeal!

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Bronco Bookstore Blurbs...Fall Semester Rush

Spring Semester Due Date

The Bronco Bookstore is happy to report a very successful fall rush! With more students on campus than ever, we pulled out all of the stops to accommodate them – including being open during Welcome Week and CPP Fest.

Spring course textbook and materials adoptions will be due on October 3, 2018. We would like to thank thefaculty and departments in advance for their timely cooperation and help in keeping course materials affordable. If you have any questions or need help utilizing our Verba Collect system, please contact Stacie Shellner at x3751.

Box Sale

In celebration of the new fall semester, the Bronco Bookstore is having a box sale starting the week of September 17. Special limited edition Bronco Gear will be available while supplies last, so drop on by and see what we have to offer!

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Service Awards Certificates Turn Paper Into CashEvery year for the Fall Conference Service Awards, Cal Poly Pomona Foundation funds the Years of Service Certificates for every Cal Poly Pomona employee receiving an award. These certificates are redeemed at the Bronco Bucks Office for dollars equal to years of service and added to the employees’ bronco ID cards.

The bronco ID card can be used to purchase goods and services all over campus.

Foundation’s support of direct dollars to employees receiving Service Awards over the pastfive years have totaled over $23,000.

Qdoba Introduces “Ready to Eat, Grab ‘N Go” Program at Pony Express at the CBAQdoba debuted their “Ready to Eat, Grab ‘N Go” program at Pony Express at the College of Business Administration (CBA) on Thursday, August 23. The “Ready to Eat, Grab ‘N Go” program at CBA will give students the opportunity to purchase ready to eat burritos from the Qdoba at Bronco Student Center. This will give students who are on the other side of campus an opportunity to grab a quick, fresh burrito on their way to class.

The “Ready to Eat, Grab ‘N Go” Qdoba program includes their chicken and vegetarian burrito with their signature three cheese queso sauce, accompanied with sides including handcrafted guacamole, sour cream and salsa.

The Qdoba location at Cal Poly Pomona is the only university in the United States piloting this program. Cal Poly Pomona will be leading the way for future universities to adopt this program.

Qdoba’s Corporate Executive Chef, a Cal Poly alumni from the Collins College, Kyle Leinbach along with Mary Richardson, Director of License Operations and New Concept Execution and Kaye Hass, License Business Consultant teamed up with the Foundation to execute this promotional event. The event took place on the Pony Express patio and included sample tastings, giveaways and more.

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President Coley Thanks the Foundationat Convocation The Cal Poly Pomona Foundation (CPPF) provided centerpieces for the tables at the Convocation and Service Awards. The event took place on Monday, August 20 in the Kellogg Gymnasium.

Dr. Coley thanked the Foundation for placing canned food centerpieces at every individual table. The canned goods were donated to support the Cal Poly Pomona student food pantry and help students in need.

Foundation Dining Services will host a grand opening for Saddles Café in the Bronco Student Center on Thursday, September 13 at11:30 a.m.

The event will feature music, a raffle, giveaways, balloon art and more!

Saddles Café serves specialty coffee and tea beverages by Starbucks as well as a variety of fresh pastries, grab n’ go items and a specialty panini menu.

Saddles Café Grand Opening Celebration

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Stella Soto-Castro has been a Kellogg Westemployee since October 2018.

Stella has been working the breakfast shift atKellogg West for some time and has been ableto handle a large number of breakfast guests byherself without any problems. Her attendancehas been excellent, and she is consistentlyprofessional and friendly with all guests andcoworkers alike.

Stella is self-motivated and is always willing toassist the Kellogg West operation at any given time.

Kellogg West is happy to award the July 2018employee of the month to a trustworthyFoundation employee.

Sincerely,

Oscar VillanuevaKellogg WestSenior Food and Beverage Manager

tella Soto-Castro

KELLOGG WEST EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH – JULY 2018

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Stella Soto-Castro and Oscar Villanueva

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ames HaysEmployee Profile

Job title: Full-time teacher at CPELI

Length of employment: 15 years (four years full-time)

I have a talent for… skateboarding

What are your biggest accomplishments? A successful marriage and receiving my M.A. in English and MBA

What’s your favorite movie? “The Fugitive”

What’s your favorite song? “Medicine” by Daughter

What are your hobbies? Reading sci-fi and fantasy novels, reading rhetorical theory, playing basketball, birdwatching and volunteering to help in the ESL profession

What’s on your bucket list? Helicopter skiing in the Canadian Bugaboos and surfing in warm, uncrowded water on perfect four-foot waves

If you could meet any public figure, living or departed, who would it be? I would meet Barack Obama because we have a lot in common (ask me about our five similarities)

What was your favorite childhood TV show? “Get Smart”

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and why? I would travel to the Philippines to visit where my beautiful wife was born

What’s the best gift you’ve ever received? My daughters

What was the best concert you ever attended? A Rolling Stones concert at Anaheim Stadium in 1978

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