Spring 2008 Newsletter
Calendar
Sept 1 - Campus holiday
Sept 22 - Fall Quarter Begins
Oct 2 - University-wide Alumni Reunion hosted by Chris Strickfaden (Business Administration '86) and the Orfalea College of Business, with guest speaker Provost William Durgin, Manhattan Beach Country Club. We invite you to bring all Cal Poly Alumni! Contact Leslie McKinley for more information.
Oct 16 - Orfalea College of Business Distinguished Speaker Series presents Dr. Gary McGraw Chief Technology Officer, Cigital, Inc. Spanos Theatre, 11:10 a.m., contact Leslie McKinley for more information
October 23 - Business Council Professional Development Speaker Series presents Mentors’ Forum, 11:00am – 12:00 Noon, 03/213, co-sponsored by Delta Sigma Pi
October 29 - Orfalea College of Business Distinguished Speaker Series presents Cheryl O’Leary, Vice President and Site General Manager for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Palmdale, PAC Pavillion Room, 2:10 p.m. Contact Leslie McKinley for more information
October 30 - Orfalea College of Business Sacramento Alumni Reunion, hosted by Lori DeMatteis (Business Administration ’85), Serrano Country Club, 5:30-7:30pm, contact Leslie McKinley for more information
Nov 6 - Dean's Advisory Council dinner, Cafe Roma, 6:00 p.m., contact Leslie McKinley for more information
Nov 7 - Dean's Advisory Council meeting, Pavilion Room - PAC - 8:00 a.m., contact Leslie McKinley for more information
Nov 7 - Honored Alumnus Banquet, Chumash Auditorium, reception begins at 5:30 p.m.
Nov 8 - Homecoming! Cal Poly Mustangs vs North Carolina Central University Eagles, 4:00 p.m., Spanos Stadium
Nov 11 - Campus Holiday
Nov 14 - Industrial Technology Advisory Board meeting, contact Sandy Edar for more information
Nov 20 - Orfalea College of Business Distinguished Speaker Series presents Libby Haight O'Connell, Ph.D., Chief Historian & Senior Vice President, Corporate Outreach, A&E Television Networks, Spanos Theatre, 11:10 a.m., for more information contact Leslie McKinley
Nov 27 & 28 - Campus holiday
Dec 5 - Accounting Advisory Board Meeting, 03-207, 9:30 a.m. For more information contact Norinne Cruzat
Dec 13 - Fall Quarter Commencement
Dec 24, 25, 26 - Campus Holiday
Feb 12 - University-wide Seattle alumni reunion for all Cal Poly alumni hosted by Darran Littlefield (Business Administration '85), Orfalea College of Business and Point B Solutions, Columbia Tower Club. We invite you to bring all Cal Poly Alumni! Contact Leslie McKinley for more information.
April 18 - OPEN HOUSE on campus!
April 23 - Dean's Advisory Council dinner, Windows on the Water, 6pm, contact Leslie McKinley for more information
April 24 - Dean's Advisory Council meeting, time and location TBD, contact Leslie McKinley for more information.
May 29 - Orfalea College of Business Annual Awards Banquet, Chumash, 6-9pm, contact Leslie McKinley for more information
June 13 - Commencement!
B. Quentin Lilly (Business Administration ’83) has been selected as the Honored Alumnus for the Orfalea College of Business for 2008-09. Quentin is the President of Home Entertainment Services for Technicolor, Inc. in Camarillo and serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the college. He has been an enthusiastic supporter of the college chapter of the Wheelchair Foundation and a speaker for classes, as well as hosting many class field trips at the Technicolor plant in Camarillo. Congratulations, Quentin!
Patrick M. DeLong (Accounting ’89) of Napa has been appointed to be the unit director for the Orfalea College of Business on Cal Poly’s Alumni Association Board of Directors. Patrick is senior vice president and CFO of the Crimson Wine Group, Ltd., the wine division of Leucadia National Corporation. The appointment is for a three-year term. He takes over the responsibility from Ryan Bristol (Accounting ’99) of Thousand Oaks.
Two new faculty have been added to the accounting area – Rodney P. Mock and Andreas Simon. Mock joins the accounting area as assistant professor in taxation. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. from the University of California at Davis. He received a J.D. with an emphasis in Tax from the University of Oregon School of Law and an L.L.M. in Taxation from the University of Washington School of Law. Simon earned his diploma in business administration at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, as well as his Masters Degree. He earned his Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Queensland in Australia. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business in 2007.
Rodney P. Mock
Andreas Simon
In The Neighborhood: Fall’s Distinguished Speaker Series
Dr. Gary McGraw
CTO - Cigital Inc.
Oct. 16, 11:10 a.m.
Spanos Theatre
Cheryl O'Leary
Site General Mgr.
Lockheed Martin
Oct. 29, 2:10 p.m.
PAC Pavilion Room
Libby Haight O'Connell, Ph.D.
Chief Historian
Sr. Vice President
A & E TV Networks
Nov. 20, 11:10 a.m.
Spanos Theatre
Co-sponsors:
For more information about any of our Distinguished Speakers, please contact Leslie McKinley. All presentations are FREE and open to the public. Parking on campus is subject to a $6.00 fee.