“The Brightest Minds Make the Best Company.”  The new banners hanging around the Orfalea College of Business remind our incoming students that they are the best and the brightest!  The college has a new look for fall, you’ll see more of it in the Annual Report you’ll be receiving in the mail in October.

Peter Brown (Industrial Technology ’91), vice president of Lansmont Corporation in Monterey, hosted an educational field trip in September for students enrolled in Dr. Eric Olsen’s (Industrial Technology), Technology Commercialization special summer session MBA course.  The students visited Lansmont in Monterey and HSBC in Salinas.  These direct learning experiences provide both an inside view of these diverse organizations as well as excellent opportunities for networking with company executives.

WOW – the freshmen were here!  Kevin Lertwachara (Management), Barry Floyd (Information Systems) and Patricia McQuaid (Information Systems) were some of the faculty who helped freshmen get acquainted with the Orfalea College of Business for Academic Day of Week of Welcome. The Orfalea College of Business welcomed 397 first-time freshmen and 48 transfer students for fall ’06.

Oct 5 - San Diego Alumni Reunion hosted by Rik Floyd (Economics ’79), Lomas Santa Fe Country Club, for more information contact Leslie

Oct 6 - CPAC Fall Symposium, SLO Vets Hall, 3pm - 7pm, for more information contact JSCommittee2006@gmail.com

Oct 12 - Fall Job Fair,sponsored by Career Services, Rec Center. More information

Oct 13 - October OCOB Business Student Council’s Professional Development Speaker Series, Dan Harbeke. For more information on Dan, click here. Co-sponsored by Alpha Kappa Psi and Delta Sigma Pi, 03/213, 10am

October 17 - Dean's Open Forum, Room 03-207, 11:00-11:45

October 19 - Dean's Advisory Council Dinner, Dolphin Bay Inn - Coastal Room, Pismo Beach, 6pm

October 20 - Dean's Advisory Council meeting, 8am, PAC Pavilion Room

October 20 - Honored Alumnus Banquet, Chumash Auditorium, 5:30pm

October 20-22 - Wheelchair Foundation's 1st Annual Tennis Tournament, Cal Poly Tennis Courts. Contact Maggie at Maggiehiggins@gmail.com with any questions or to sign up

October 21 - Cal Poly's Homecoming! Mustangs vs. South Dakota, 4pm

Oct 26 - Wheelchair Foundation Movienight Fundraiser - Fremont Theatre, 7:30pm "Beetlejuice," contact khurley@calpoly.edu for more information

October 28 - International Career Conference 9th Annual Fundraiser, 6pm, Madonna Inn, Contact rpease@calpoly.edu for more information

Nov 3 - Community Advisory Council, Dean's Conference Room, 12-2pm

Nov 10 - Veterans' Day Holiday observed on campus

Nov 16 - Seattle OCOB alumni reunion hosted by Darran Littlefield (Accounting '85) of Point B Solutions, the Harbor Club, for more information contact Leslie

Nov 22-23-24 - Thanksgiving Holiday observed on campus

Dec 1 - Careers in Accounting Day, Chumash Auditorium, 3pm - 7pm, contact Stephen Dinh for more information

Dec 16 - Fall Quarter Commencement

2007

Jan 8 - Winter Quarter begins

Jan 15 - Holiday - Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday observed

May 19 - CPAC Spring Banquet, location TBD

June 1 - OCOB Annual Awards Banquet, Chumash Auditorium, 6pm

June 16 - Commencement!