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 Kara for more information
June 15 - July 2 - MBA International Business Tour to the People's Republic of China. Visit the web site.
June 19 - Summer Quarter begins
Sept. 1 - Summer Quarter ends
Sept. 25 - Fall quarter begins
Oct 5 - San Diego Alumni Reunion hosted by Rik Floyd (Economics ’79), Loma Santa Fe Country Club, for more information contact Leslie
October 19 - Dean's Advisory Council Dinner, location TBD
October 20 - Dean's Advisory Council meeting, 8am, PAC Pavillion Room
October 20 - Honored Alumnus Banquet, Chumash Auditorium, 6pm
October 21 - Cal Poly's Homecoming! Mustangs vs. South Dakota
NEWS FROM CAL POLY'S ORFALEA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
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First prize of $4,000 in the Ray Scherr Business Plan Competition went to Eric Tedmus, OCOB Finance senior, and Mason Medizade, Cal Poly mechanical engineering professor, for their Petrolects business plan. Pictured at the competition are SIFE members Diana Wong, Vanessa Slavich, Advisor Norm Borin, SIFE president Breana Wigle, and winners Medizade and Tedmus. For more information on the Ray Scherr Business Plan Competition, visit the website at www.criterion.net/polybizplan. |
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For all you Smitty fans out there, here he is! Smitty was the keynote speaker at the IT alumni reunion held in May and the alumni turned out to see their beloved retired IT faculty professor. But don’t despair if you weren’t able to attend this event, the students are already hard at work planning the next reunion, we’ll keep you posted. Meanwhile, Smitty is happy and healthy and he and Alice thank everyone for a lovely evening. |
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Honored at the Orfalea College of Business Annual Banquet for Academic Excellence for Graduating Seniors was Mariam Khan, Information Systems. Mariam is graduating with a 3.96 GPA and has a job waiting for her at Amgen in Thousand Oaks. Congratulations to you, Mariam! |
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Outstanding Graduating Seniors were selected by each area to be honored at the College Banquet in May. They are (left to right): Armen Ekmekji, Packaging; Krista L. Couch, Marketing; Darcy E. Spencer; International Business; Bryan K. Yee, Information Systems; Matthew G. Eddy, Industrial Technology; Kimberly M. Zechnich, Human Resource Management; Thomas W. Alderman, Economics; and Melanie N. Mathews, Accounting. Not pictured were Aaron Garcia, Finance, and Meryl Rogers, Management. |
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Dr. Lynn Metcalf, Marketing, was selected for the Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award by a committee of emeritus faculty of the Orfalea College of Business. As the recipient of the award, Lynn received a cash award and her picture and plaque will be on display in the College’s trophy case for one year. Lynn has been with the College since 1986. |
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Dr. Tad Miller, Accounting, was the recipient of the Faculty Emeritus award for 2005-06. The award is determined by a vote of the students and the recipient receives a cash award and his picture and plaque will be on display in the College’s trophy case for one year. Tad has been with the College since 1987. |
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