Calendar
April 1 - Gift of Mobility Benefit, The Cliffs of Shell Beach, sponsored by the Cal Poly Chapter of Wheelchair Foundation
April 1 - Delta Sig - 25th Anniversary Reunion Celebration, Embassy Suites.
April 6 - Honda Fit Marketing Challenge Event "Life in the City"
April 15 - MBAA Community Golf Tournament, Morro Bay. E-mail Brian Korfhage for more info.
April 21-22 – Open House! Make your reservations early… for more information, visit the university website
April 27 - Dean's Advisory Council dinner, 6pm. Pellican Point Restaurant, Short Cliff Lodge
April 28 - Dean's Advisory Council meeting, Pavilion Room, Performing Arts Center
April 28 - Ray Scherr Business Plan Competition, University Union #216
April 29 - Delta Sigma Pi SLO Tour Charity Golf Tournament, Avila Beach Golf Resort. More information
May 4 - Manhattan Beach Alumni Reunion, Manhattan Beach Country Club, hosted by Chris Strickfaden (Business Administration '86), for more information contact Leslie or call (805) 756-2219
May 9 - Santa Barbara Alumni Reunion, La Cumbre Country Club, hosted by Rick Nightingale (Accounting '71) and Tom Brooks (Accounting '74), for more information contact Leslie or call (805) 756-2219
May 10 - 12 - PolyPack, Cal Poly. SAVE THE DATE...more information
May 11 - Packaging Advisory Board meeting. Orfalea College of Business
May 12 - Industrial Technology Advisory Board meeting. Orfalea College of Business
May 12 - Orfalea College of Business Annual Awards Banquet, Chumash Auditorium, 6pm
May 13 - IT Alumni Banquet, Embassy Suites Hotel, 6-9pm, contact Joe Fleming.
May 16 - Jeffrey Henley, Chairman of the Board, Oracle, Spanos Theatre/Cal Poly, Free Public Presentation, 2:30pm
May 18 - Sacramento Alumni Reunion, Serrano Country Club, hosted by Lori deMatteis (Business Administration '85), for more information contact Leslie or call (805) 756-2219.
May 20 - Day in the Park and Spring Banquet, Cal Poly Accounting Club. Contact the Accounting and Law Area office at (805) 756-1543 for more information or visit the web site
June 10 - Graduate Programs Commencement! 4-6pm, Performing Arts Center, e-mail Vicki Walls or call (805) 756-2637 for more information
June 10 - Commencement! 6:30pm, Upper sports field. Go to the commencement web site for more information. Kara Blakeslee (Marketing '87) will be our guest speaker. Click for or more information on Kara.
June 15 - July 2 - MBA International Business Tour to the People's Republic of China. Visit the web site.
October 20 - Honored Alumnus Banquet, Chumash Auditorium, 6pm
October 21 - Cal Poly's Homecoming! Mustangs vs. South Dakota
BIZ E-NEWS - April 2006
NEWS FROM CAL POLY'S ORFALEA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
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Prospective student Kevin Steifel (far left) and his father Jim (far right) attended the Orange County reunion on March 30 to learn more about the College. They had the opportunity to learn first-hand about being a student at Cal Poly from 60 OCOB alumni, including (from left next to Kevin) Brandon Norton (Management ’04), Katie Stephens (Finance ’04) and Rachael Poehler (Accounting/Finance ’05). |
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It had to happen – when the IRS came to work with accounting students, Tad Miller couldn’t hide any longer! Actually, IRS agents held a fraud conference at Cal Poly on March 3rd, intended to raise awareness of tax crimes and to offer students a possible career path that they may not have otherwise considered. |
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Fourteen students in the Industrial Technology Society competed in activities sponsored by the College of Engineering for National Engineers’ Week at Cal Poly. Placing 2nd in the competition were (Pictured left to right): Matt Eddy, Joe Fleming, Alwin Attema, Austin Hsia, Adrian Ott (kneeling), Brian Kinsen (back), Darren Deedon, Shasta Palmer, Dave Dougher, Kevin Ward, Derek Roedel, Johnny Fisher, Chris Starnes and Nick Wilby. |
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International Business Management senior Travis Day is completing the Cal Poly Wine Festival website as his senior project.Consulting with Travis on the site is Agricultural Business major Brittany Malone, the Wine Festival Event Coordinator.For more information on the Cal Poly Wine Festival, go to: http://www.calpolywinefestival.com |
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Industrial Technology Students Utilize Biodegradable Packaging - Through a generous donation of equipment and film from Primary Packaging in Visalia, students in Industrial Technology are the first to provide individually packaged produce using EarthFirst™ cornstarch-based biodegradable packaging. This is the first of many projects involving packaging applications for non-petroleum based renewable biodegradable packaging. Students in IT409, Packaging Machinery, are shown using the new biodegradable film to package apples with the Flow-pack overwrap machine. |
