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November 2014 | From Dean Mary Holz-Clause

DATES AND REMINDERS

A College wide Career Day will be held on Tuesday, April 14th from 8am-1pm. Please provide industry contacts (name, email, phone and company) to Danielle Townley drtownley@cpp.edu by Novem-ber 10th.

All College Calendar will be kept by Danielle Town-ley drtownley@cpp.edu. Please email her with dates you would like included. She will also update this calendar on our website.

Use of State equipment – Most of us have been issued state computers and equipment, and/or use University provided information technology. The use of state equipment and systems should “Be for the purposes of furthering the mission of the University” and “Not be for personal purpose other than incidental and minimal use.” Movies, You-Tube, Facebook, Candy Crush, etc and other social viewing practices should not be during office hours. The Appropriate Use Policy can be found at http://www.csupomona.edu/~policies/information_tech-nology/Appropriate_Use.html

Our Image MattersIf you hav-en’t already done so, please up-

date your email signature so it reflects our profes-sional image. You may eliminate the CPP logo if you experience problems. Remember when you are answering your phone, use the following protocol: Cal Poly Pomona, College of Agriculture, (Dept if applicable), this is xxx speaking.

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NEW FACES

Frances LoyaThe Human Nutrition and Food Science De-partment (HNFS) welcomes Frances G. Loya as Administrative Support Coordinator (ASC). She began employment for the department on Monday, October 13. For the past year, Fran-ces worked as an ASC support pool employee for the Registrar’s office at Cal Poly Pomona performing a variety of administrative support

functions. Previous experience includes working for the former Office of the Vice Chancellor of Administration at the University of California Riverside (UCR) and for the Housing Operations Depart-ment also at UCR. Frances is married with two sons. The oldest son is a firefighter/paramedic for Cal Fire, and the youngest, a recent graduate of Cal State Long Beach with a BS in Geology, currently works as Field Technician for a Geo-technical engineering firm.

“After working as an administrative support staff employee within the education field for nearly 14 years, I am excited and fortunate to be working for the Department of Human Nutrition and Food Science,” said Loya. She added, “it is apparent that the planning and organizing it takes to keep students on the right path to reach-ing their educational goals is a priority to this department. I look forward to assisting the faculty, staff and students of HNFS and the College of Agriculture.”Note: Jennifer Cazares will be working for Plant Science for 6 hours a day and supporting our soon to be hired Communications/Marketing Person and the Dean’s Office with special projects. Her first special project will be to begin to grow our data bases.

Reg ClauseReg Clause began his role as Director of Devel-opment assigned to the College of Ag. Reg joins our ranks from Iowa State University where he spent the last 13 years as a successful grant writer and new business development analyst. In addition to raising funds for Iowa State, Reg has worked on campaigns for Truth About Trade and the Iowa Cattleman’s Association. He has an

extensive background in agribusiness and farming. He will work closely with Kristen Daley to support our growing philanthropy efforts.

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Our unofficial Pumpkin Festival count was

79,731 people38,000 pumpkins and every stroller and wagon in SoCal was mobilized for the event. Thanks to all for hard work and dedication.

HEADCOUNTHow many people entered the Pumpkin Patch at the main gate?

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HOUR SATURDAY SUNDAY

08:00-09:00 3214 2355

09:00-10:00 3658 2314

10:00-11:00 5973 5006

11:00-12:00 4610 7276

12:00-01:00 4352 7309

01:00-02:00 3818 5487

02:00-03:00 3731 5362

03:00-04:00 4034 4421

04:00-05:00 2957 3854

Daily Total 36347 43384

Grand Total 79731

A Lot Of

Pumpkins

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Tagline Contest

The tagline contest has been a success with 83 taglines submitted by 33 different people 8 of whom are staff/faculty and the other 25 students. The College Leadership Team voted to select five finalist. Dr. Nancy Merlino’s classes will test these five taglines with the greater community and industry to select the one winning tagline which will be an-nounced at the end of the quarter.

The top five selected taglines are:

• The College of Agriculture: We feed, we clothe, we care- submit-ted by Penne Fode, staff

• The College of Agriculture: We make minds grow- submitted by Stephen Harris, student

• The College of Agriculture: Building a better tomorrow- submit-ted by An Lam, student

• The College of Agriculture: Growing the future- submitted by Erika Matsumoto, student

• The College of Agriculture: Cultivating the past and planting the future submitted by Dr. Jiangnjing Che, faculty

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Makes Visit to AGRIscapes Facility

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack toured the AGRIscapes facility on Friday, visiting the Farm Store and receiving presen-tations from students and faculty from the College of Agricul-ture. It was the first time an agriculture secretary has visited Cal Poly Pomona, and Vilsack was greeted by President Michael Ortiz, Provost Marten denBoer, College of Agriculture Dean Mary Holz-Clause, the agriculture department chairs, and other university officials. Click here to read the PolyCentric Story.

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Food For Thought -- What Do America's Farmers Grow? Click on the image to see the video.

Student's Apparel Project on Pointe Shoes Goes Against the Grain

Esthella Gonzalez wanted to think outside the box. For her ap-parel merchandising and management senior project, she had to tackle a sports apparel item that had a problem and fabricate a solution. Not wanting to do a traditional sport, Gonzalez looked at ballet, specifically: pointe shoes. The shoes that ballerinas wear, which assist them in dancing on the tips of their toes, wear out after about 20 hours of use and sometimes in as little as one performance. Click here to read the PolyCentric Story.

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1.Promise Zones:The Los Angeles area has won $36 million in Promise Zone funding,

The Youth Policy Institute (http://www.ypiusa.org/about-us/history/) seems to be the center of the Promise Zone grant-ing in LA. It appears all of the approximately $26 million awarded to the LA area will be funneled through that organiza-tion for various programs, details of which are below.

The Youth Policy Institute was awarded a GEAR UP grant of $16,212,000 over seven years by the US Department of Ed-ucation to serve five middle schools and five high schools in the Los Angeles Promise Neighborhood. Starting in 6th and 7th grades, YPI will follow a cohort of 2,895 students through to their first year of college, providing extensive academic, social, and college readiness support to prepare students for post-secondary education.

The Youth Policy Institute received a two-year Local Food Promotion Program grant from the US Department of Agri-culture of $100,000 to develop and implement a Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) program in the L.A. Promise Zone. Partnering with local farmers, YPI will open six CSA pick-up sites that will increase access to fresh, healthy foods for low-income families.

2.NIMHD Academic Research Enhancement Award: Enhancing Health Disparities Research at Undergraduate Institutions (R15) - See more at: http://grants.nih.gov/

grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-15-002.html#sthash.gBeW2nkA.dpuf

Request for Application: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-15-002.html Funding Opportunity Purpose: The NIMHD encourages institutions that are eligible to apply for support through the NIH Academic Research Enhance-ment Awards (AREA) program to submit applications for innovative research projects focused on minority health and health disparities. Awards are intended to support small-scale projects proposed by faculty members at eligible institu-tions to expose students to meritorious research and to strengthen the research environment of participating institu-tions. This initiative also seeks to stimulate interest in health disparities research careers among undergraduate students through hands-on participation in original research. - See more at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-15-002.html#sthash.gBeW2nkA.dpuf Letter of Intent due: 12 December 2014Application due: 12 January 2015, 5:00 pm local time.

3.2015 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program:The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is now accepting proposals for the 2015 Specialty Crop

Block Grant Program. Each year, CDFA conducts a two phase competitive solicitation process to award funds to proj-ects that solely enhance the competitiveness of California specialty crops. Specialty crops include fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops (including floriculture). Grant awards will range from $50,000 to

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Dr. David Still will be assuming the responsibility of helping to grow our research. Please consider applying for some of these grants. David can counsel you on those that are more apt to be successful at receiving. If we are given enough time, we will make the services of a grant writer available to help you.

Research Opportunities

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$450,000 per project and projects may last for up to two years and nine months. Phase I of the competitive process be-gins with the submission of concept proposals. Concept proposals undergo both an administrative review conducted by CDFA as well as a technical review conducted by a volunteer panel of subject matter experts. Successful applicants will be invited to submit detailed grant proposals in Phase II of the process.

Applicants must access the 2015 Request for Concept Proposals at www.cdfa.ca.gov/grants for detailed application instructions. To streamline and expedite the application process, CDFA has partnered with the California State Water Re-sources Control Board to utilize their online application site, the Financial Assistance Application Submittal Tool (FAAST). Applicants must register for a FAAST account at https://faast.waterboards.ca.gov.

Concept proposals must be submitted electronically using FAAST by Friday, December 5, 2014, at 5 pm PST.

Prospective applicants may contact CDFA’s Federal Funds Management Office at (916) 657-3231 or grants@cdfa.ca.gov for additional information. If you are interested there are seminars being held in the next week to explain the program. Contact David for details.

4.CSUPERB AWARDS:CSUPERB defines biotechnology quite broadly and welcomes and encourages applications from all related disci-

plines, including but not limited to life sciences, physical sciences, clinical sciences, math, computer science, agricultural science, engineering and business.

RFPs include important contextual information, review criteria and eligibility requirements. RFPs, application forms and submission information are available at:

New Investigator - http://www.calstate.edu/csuperb/grants/new-investigator/ $15,000 max; 18 month project Research Development - http://www.calstate.edu/csuperb/grants/research-development/ $15,000 max; 18 month project Entrepreneurial Joint Venture - http://www.calstate.edu/csuperb/grants/entrepreneurial-joint-venture/$25,000 max; 18 month project Curriculum Development - http://www.calstate.edu/csuperb/grants/programmatic/ $15,000 max; 18 month project

All proposals are due Monday, February 2, 2015 by 5:00 p.m. Pacific time. The review and award notification process-es for all programs will be completed by the end of the current academic year (May 2015).

5.ARI Campus proposals: Letter of intent due: 23 January 2015; Full proposal due: 27 February 2015; $150,000 max, per year, 3 year max.

6.CPS Center for Produce SafetyConcept proposals due 9 December 2014; Full proposal due 13 March 2015; $200,000 max ,per year, 2 year max.

Anybody working on these commodities should seriously consider applying for these grants. 2015 Research Partners:California Cantaloupe Advisory Board and the California Melon Research BoardCalifornia Department of Food and Agriculture California Fresh Fruit Association California Leafy Greens Research Board National Mango Board Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission

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Research Opportunities continued

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Raising a Little Health

This past summer, we started a Summer Slim down. It was open to all colleges across campus. The purpose was to promote overall health and camaraderie, share information in eating healthy; different types of exercise and create a support network for staff. This program has continued into Fall quarter and we have an activity every day of the week. Dean Holz-Clause and the College of Ag are support-ing this program called “Raising a Little Health” by matching our membership dues up to $300 for the quarter. Members pay $5 to join and $1 per week. Each Monday we meet during the lunch hour. We ei-ther have a tour of a designated area on campus or we meet to share information and support each other on this journey. Tuesdays & Thursdays we workout in the Kellogg Gym and our walking club “Holy Walkamoley” meets every Wednes-day & Friday during lunch at the Rose Garden. To join us or for more information contact Sarah in the AVS Department in the College of Ag at ext 2216 or sddelaparra@cpp.edu.

October Lunch and Learn

On Halloween, the CoA hosted its first Lunch & Learn with a Halloween Pot-Luck and “Campus Market Place” training. Becky Pepping and Ruth Carrington from Pro-curement who conducted the training are also the admin-istrators for “Campus Market Place,” this training is for everyone whether or not you have a State P-Card. If you haven’t taken the training contact Becky or Ruth for more information on scheduled trainings. During our Hallow-een Pot Luck we voted for Best Costume, Best Halloween Dish and Best Halloween Beverage. The winners were Patty Mutz, AMM – Robbie Myers, Deans Office – Deanna Stewart, CoA Graphic Designer respectively.

Sarah's Corner

Other than working as the Animal & Veterinary Sciences ASC, Sarah De La Para has taken on the responsibility of coordinating some of the college’s “fun” events. Here are a couple things she’s been up to lately.

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November 2014 11/3-21 Winter 15 General Registration11/6 Visit by USDA Undersecretary of

Agriculture11/6 ARI Showcase, 3 pm to 6 pm,

AGRIscapes 11/8 Ag Beautification, AMM building 45,

at 8 am11/10 Chinese delegation visiting College11/11 Veteran’s Day, Campus Closed11/17 College Leadership Team 1:30 – 2:30

pm, no lunch11/18 Ag Council’s Pizza with the Dean11/24 College Leadership Team, Lunch

Provided 11/27 & 28 Thanksgiving Holiday, Campus

Closed

December 2014 12/7 Sunday Horse Show, 2 pm, Arabian

Horse Center12/8-12 Finals Week12/15 College Leadership Team, Lunch

Provided12/16 Holiday Party12/17 Grades due at 6am12/25 – 1/3 Campus Closed

January 20151/4 Sunday Horse Show, 2 pm, Arabian

Horse Center1/5 Winter Quarter starts 1/10 AMM Bridal Gown Sale, 9am to 2

pm, Building 451/12 Applications available for Ag

Ambassadors and Peer Advisors 1/19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Campus

Closed

February 2015 2/1 Sunday Horse Show, 2 pm, Arabian

Horse Center 2/10-12 World Ag Expo in Tulare, CA2/11 Alumni/Friends Reception, Visalia2/13 President’s Day, Campus Closed

March 2015 3/1 Sunday Horse Show, 2 pm, Arabian

Horse Center 3/6 AMM Department Focus Day 3/7 Ag Open House 3/7 Taste of the Farm Store 3/16-20 Finals Week3/21 CoA Farm to Table Dinner Event3/30 First Day of Spring Quarter 3/31 Cesar Chavez Day, Campus Closed

April 20154/5 Sunday Horse Show, 2 pm, Arabian

Horse Center 4/11 Ag Field Day 4/14 Ag Career Day4/22 California Leadership Seminar Peter

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May 2015 5/3 Sunday Horse Show, 2 pm, Arabian

Horse Center 5/9 Tractor & Car Show/Strawberry

Festival 5/25 Memorial Day, Campus Closed

June 2015 6/8-12 Finals Week6/13 Commencement

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