Calendar

Nov 6 - Wheelchair Fdn Art Exhibit, San Luis Obispo Art Center, 11am – 9pm, contact Helya at for more information.

Nov 6 - Entrepreneurship Forum, Engineering ATL, Building 007, 1-5pm. All interested students and faculty are invited to this panel discussion of entrepreneurship at Cal Poly. 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 - Financial Management Association hosts Peter Oppenheimer (Ag Business ’85), Chief Financial Officer, Apple, 12:00 Noon, 03/213, click here for more information.

Nov 7 - Honored Alumnus Banquet, Chumash Auditorium, reception begins at 5:30 p.m., click here for more information about the Homecoming schedule of events

Nov 8 - Homecoming! Cal Poly Mustangs vs North Carolina Central University Eagles, 4:00 p.m., Spanos Stadium

Nov 11 - Campus Holiday

Nov 13 - President of Golden Sun Marketing Dan Goodwin, Chumash Auditorium, Room 204, 11:00am to 12:30pm, “Disney Garden Products – A New Concept in Produce Marketing.” Goodwin is founder of Imagination Farms. Contact Christiane Schroeter for more information.

Nov 14 - Industrial Technology Advisory Board meeting, contact Sandy Edar for more information

Nov 14 - International Career Conference Auction fundraiser, Madonna Inn, 5:30pm. For more information, click here.

Nov 18 - Orfalea College of Business Club Fair, Tenaya Hall, Tenaya Taste of Business, open to ALL Business students,6-8pm, contact Ryan Anderson 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

Jan 8 Wheelchair Foundation Art Exhibit, Performing Arts Center, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., contact Helya for more information.

Jan 19 - Campus Holiday

Jan 30 - Business Council Professional Development Speaker Series presents Denise Dudley, founder of SkillPath Seminars, 11:00am – 12:00 Noon, 03/213, co-sponsored by Alpha Kappa Psi, free and open to the public.

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.

March20 - Winter Quarter ends

April 17 - Wheelchair Fdn Gift of Mobility Gala, The Cliffs Resort, 6-10pm, contact Helya at hnaghibi@calpoly.edu for more information

April 18 - OPEN HOUSE on campus!

April 23 - Dean's Advisory Council dinner, Novo, 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 1 - Business Student Council Professional Development Speaker Series presents John Wills (Business Administration ’78), co-founder of Lucid Data Corporation. Time and location TBD. For more information, contact Leslie McKinley.

May 29 - Orfalea College of Business Annual Awards Banquet, Chumash, 6-9pm, contact Leslie McKinley for more information

June 13 - Commencement!

Jim Considine (Marketing ’68, pictured here with Dean Christy) was the guest speaker at the recent Manhattan Beach alumni reunion hosted by Chris Strickfaden (Business Administration ’86).

This was the fifth year that Strickfaden (right) has hosted the Manhattan Beach reunion, and this year it was open to alumni from the entire University. Thank you, Chris – we appreciate all that you do for the college!

Nicolle MacDonald (right), Orfalea College of Business Ambassador, meets college alumni and current Triage Consulting Group employees at the Career Services Employer Appreciation Reception. Pictured from left are: Adam Milne (Finance ’07), Associate, Ashley Gaghagen (Finance ’05), Senior Associate, and Allison Byler (Finance ’07) Associate.

Gary McGraw, Chief Technology Officer of Cigital, Inc. and author of Exploiting Online Games was a Distinguished Speaker in the Fall 2008 Series for the Orfalea College of Business. He spoke to a large group of MMORPG (massive multi-player online role-playing game) enthusiasts during his visit to the college in October which was hosted by information systems professor Patricia McQuaid. McGraw captivated the attendees with his stories of online game playing and how to turn virtual money into real dollars.

Business Student Council and Delta Sigma Pi hosted the Mentors’ Forum as part of the Professional Development Speakers Series for fall quarter. Pictured, left to right, are: Cameron Pangrle, chair of the Orfalea College of Business Student Council, John Jeter, Mentors’ Forum presenter and CEO of Hilmar Cheese; Rick Gibby, presenter; Ryan Tworek, presenter; and Tom Waller, founder of Mentors’ Forum.

In The Neighborhood:

Fall’s Distinguished Speaker Series

LIBBY HAIGHT O’CONNELL, Ph.D. Chief Historian, Sr.Vice President, A&E TV Networks Spanos Theatre Nov. 20, 11:10am

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.