Calendar

Dec 5 - Accounting Advisory Board Meeting, 03-207, 9:30 a.m. For more information contact Norinne Cruzat

Dec 13 - Fall Quarter Commencement, 4:00pm, Recreation Center

Dec 24, 25, 26 - Campus Holiday

Jan 5 - Winter Quarter begins

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 Tamara Vassey for more information.

Feb 16 - Campus Holiday

Feb 21 - International Career Conference, Embassy Suites, time TBD. For more information go to www.icc.calpoly.edu

March20 - Winter Quarter ends

April 17 - Wheelchair Foundation Gift of Mobility Gala, The Cliffs Resort, 6-10pm, contact Helya for more information

April 18 - OPEN HOUSE on campus!

April 23 - Orfalea College of Business Distinguished Speaker Series presents Joanne M. Smith (Business Administration ’82), Sr. Vice-President of In-Flight Service and Global Product Development, Delta Air Lines, Inc., time and location TBD, for more information contact Tamara Vassey

April 23 - Dean's Advisory Council dinner, Novo, 6pm, contact Tamara Vassey for more information

April 24 - Dean's Advisory Council meeting, time and location TBD, contact Tamara Vassey 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 Tamara Vassey for more information

June 13 - Commencement!

December E-News

Brian Correia (Management ’05), left, and Dru Torvend (Marketing ’05) shared career stories at the Sacramento Alumni Reunion in November. Alumni reunions are a great way to connect with other Orfalea College of Business alumni. Look at the calendar on the left to find out more about an alumni reunion in your area. Thanks to Lori deMatteis (Business Administration ’85) for once again hosting the Sacramento alumni reunion!

Congratulations to Joanne Smith (Business Administration ’82) for her selection by the Wall Street Journal as one of the “50 Women to Watch in 2008.” Noted on the annual list are women who are poised to have an impact on the world of business, Joanne is the senior vice president for in-flight service and global product development for Delta Air Lines, Inc. at their Atlanta, GA headquarters. She is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council of the Orfalea College of Business and a native of San Luis Obispo.

Jesse Dundon (MSI&TS ’08), founder of ‘WiHire’, was a panelist at Cal Poly’s Entrepreneurship Forum in November. Co-sponsored by the Orfalea College of Business and the College of Engineering, the forum brought together alumni, faculty, students and community entrepreneurs to share their innovations. Saeed Amidi, founder of Plug and Play Tech Center in Santa Clara, also shared his story with the attendees. The event was the first in what we hope will be many more to come.

The Distinguished Speaker Series for the Orfalea College of Business closed out the fall quarter with Libby Haight O’Connell, Chief Historian and Senior Vice President for A&E Television Networks in New York City. O’Connell came to the college through her professional relationship with Dean’s Advisory Council member Lori deMatteis (Business Administration ’85) on the Board of Directors of Women in Cable Telecommunications. Pictured are (left to right): deMatteis, Jan Root, Board Member, Women in Cable Telecommunications; O’Connell, and Dean Dave Christy.