The faculty and staff newsletter for the Cal Poly's Orfalea College of Business.
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Happy New Year! In December, Lily Clark and I accompanied 27 of our undergraduate students for company and cultural tours in Saigon and Shanghai, which was a wonderful experience. The nearly two-week trip validated the fact that we have tremendously talented students. They are curious, well-read, poised and responsible. Our hosts repeatedly said that our undergraduates were every bit as impressive as any MBAs they have spoken to in the past. As we head into 2016, this fresh experience is not only a good reminder that we admit smart students, but that you do an excellent job preparing them. New international field studies to Brazil, Cuba and Ireland are possible in the coming months, giving students opportunities for valuable experiences. Finally, we are working to establish new opportunities for students and faculty with universities in China, Italy, Sweden and Germany. The stories on the following pages provide multiple examples of the talented faculty and students associated with Orfalea. Whether recognizing three outstanding faculty with Jacobsen Fellowships, others for new publications and grants, or students winning national packaging competitions, we have a constant stream of excellent work coming out of the college. Great students become successful alumni, and you will also read about alumna Saira Malik, who oversees $80 billion in equity investments for TIAA-CREF and is pictured on the cover of Kiplinger’s Magazine. Thank you for your commitment to producing career ready students and achieving our vision to be the indisputable leader in experiential business education. Best wishes for the New Year! Scott THE LOOP WINTER 2016 facebook.com/calpolyorfaleacollege twitter.com/orfaleacollege instagram.com/orfaleacollegeofbusiness Pictured: IT 407 students weld their products in the metals lab.
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Happy New Year!
In December, Lily Clark and I accompanied 27 of our undergraduate students for company and cultural tours in Saigon and Shanghai, which was a wonderful experience. The nearly two-week trip validated the fact that we have tremendously talented students. They are curious, well-read, poised and responsible. Our hosts repeatedly said that our undergraduates were every bit as impressive as any MBAs they have spoken to in the past.
As we head into 2016, this fresh experience is not only a good reminder that we admit smart students, but that you do an excellent job preparing them. New international field studies to Brazil, Cuba and Ireland are possible in the coming months, giving students opportunities for valuable experiences. Finally, we are working to establish new opportunities for students and faculty with universities in China, Italy, Sweden and Germany.
The stories on the following pages provide multiple examples of the talented faculty and students associated with Orfalea. Whether recognizing three outstanding faculty with Jacobsen Fellowships, others for new publications and grants, or students winning national packaging competitions, we have a constant stream of excellent work coming out of the college. Great students become successful alumni, and you will also read about alumna Saira Malik, who oversees $80 billion in equity investments for TIAA-CREF and is pictured on the cover of Kiplinger’s Magazine.
Thank you for your commitment to producing career ready students and achieving our vision to be the indisputable leader in experiential business education.
JACOBSEN FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS ANNOUNCED The Orfalea College of Business is proud to announce this year’s winners for the Jacobsen Faculty Fellowship: Chris Carr, Larry Gorman, and Eduardo Zambrano. Applications for the fellowship were assessed by a four-person Dean’s Advisory Council committee, a process that included reviewing the applications, talking to students, and — in some cases — interviewing applicants. Each of these individuals was selected for their outstanding efforts to inspire students, which was the most important criteria for the Jacobsen family, and connect meaningfully with industry partners for the benefit of students. The award supports faculty for three years. The fellowship was established by Rich Jacobsen, an accounting alumnus who spent years on Wall Street before joining Greenhilll &Co. as a managing director in San Francisco.
NEW HAAS MILL AND LATHE DEBUT IN FABRICATION LABThe college’s Digital Fabrication Laboratory (D-Fab Lab) has added a new Haas vertical mill and lathe to its collection of cutting-edge production machines. This addition was made as a part of an industrial technology initiative to expand the lab’s capabilities to include the latest manufacturing technologies such as computer-aided design (CAD), solid modeling, 3-D scanning and printing, computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), and computer numerically controlled (CNC) machining. The area is still seeking funding for the project to maximize students’ Learn by Doing experience.
CENTRAL COAST LEAN HOSTS LEAN LEADERSHIP FORUM
Action research and community outreach program, Central Coast Lean (CCL), hosted a successful special edition leadership forum this October. The forum combined the usual CCL community with participants from Eric Olsen’s undergraduate Lean Six Sigma Green Belt class and Kathy Chen’s Material Engineering Senior Projects class and focused on understanding variation in management operations. The workshop was hosted by Cal Poly and InThinking Network and provided students an excellent opportunity to network and learn from industry professionals in the lean community.
STEVEN MINTZ COMMENTS ON VOLKSWAGEN SCANDAL IN OP-ED PIECEAccounting Professor Steven Mintz was recently featured in the Pacific Coast Business Times for his opinion piece on the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Find the article online at http://bit.ly/1MkKfJM.
Financial news publication TFE Times has rated Cal Poly’s Masters in Accounting program 29th out 196 public and private university programs. The rankings took into account factors such as GMAT scores, mean starting salary, undergraduate GPA, and acceptance rate. Cal Poly’s one-year intensive program was ranked alongside a number of major accounting programs across the country, including USC, UC Davis, and University of Texas, Austin.
PACKAGING PROGRAM HONORED WITH SCHOLARSHIPPackaging World has selected Cal Poly’s Orfalea College of Business Packaging Program as the recipient of its 2016 Future Leaders in Packaging Scholarship. The $5,000 prize will be awarded to one or more students in the Cal Poly program to offset tuition or other education-related expenses for the 2016-17 academic year. For more details, visit Packaging World’s announcement at http://bit.ly/1Mvxwr3.
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY AND PACKAGING AREA PASSES ACCREDITATION
The Industrial Technology and Packaging Area successfully passed its accreditation with the Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering. The certification will last for six years. Professor Manocher Djassemi, with the help of other faculty and staff, led the area through the process.
CAL POLY CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPENS INCUBATOR TO LOCAL STARTUPSFor the first time, the Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) will accept community startups into its SLO HotHouse Incubator program. Up to four ventures will be accepted into the intense 24-month Incubator, which starts Jan. 11, 2016. More information about this program expansion online at http://bit.ly/1Hrso77.
ORFALEA FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS MARCH AGAINST HATE
Many Orfalea College of Business staff, faculty and students attended the Dec. 3 march against hate on campus. The event was held in reaction to a death threat that surfaced after students supporting an organization called SLO Solidarity supplied Cal Poly administration with a list of demands to improve the diversity and inclusion on campus.
ACCOUNTING AREA GROWTH MAKES HEADLINESThe Pacific Coast Business Times recently featured an article about the increased demand for accounting graduates and Cal Poly’s plans to grow its program. The area aims to graduate 200 quality, CPA-eligible students by 2017. David Merlo, principal of Glenn Burdette, said, “We draw primarily from Cal Poly, and we’re very pleased with the Cal Poly graduates that we get.” Read the full article at http://bit.ly/1QlaeFJ.
BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK STUDENT SURVEY IS LIVE
Bloomberg Businessweek is currently surveying business administration seniors about their experience in the Orfalea College of Business. Their participation is considered as the publication ranks undergraduate business schools nationally. Faculty should encourage students to be aware of the survey and look for a unique link in their email. The survey closes at the end of January.
BUSINESS ANALYTICS MASTER’S PROGRAM APPROVED BY CSU CHANCELLORThe new Master of Business Analytics program has been officially approved by the CSU Chancellor. Applications are now being accepted for the fall 2016 cohort. Those interested in the program can view an informational webinar with speakers from the college, Google and Oracle. For more information, visit www.cob.calpoly.edu/gradbusiness.
CAL POLY RANKED BY THE ECONOMIST FOR ALUMNI EARNINGSIn October, The Economist released its first-ever value rankings of U.S. four-year, non-vocational universities based on earnings data. Cal Poly ranked no. 28 on the list. The ranking listed that Cal Poly graduates’ median earnings of $60,900 surpassed expectations by nearly $8,000. The Economist drew data from the U.S. Department of Education’s college scorecard. For more information, visit http://econ.st/1QilJzz.
ORFALEA STUDENTS VISIT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION CONFERENCEIn November, the Orfalea College of Business sent eight student leaders and four staff members from Orfalea Student Services to the National Student Leadership Diversity Convention at Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles. The event exposed peer advisors and mentors to issues of diversity and shared actionable steps to create a more inclusive campus environment. Through workshops centered on gender identity, race, privilege and LGBTQ issues, Cal Poly students worked with 95 other students from around the country to challenge their own biases and explore ways to lead their organization toward greater inclusivity. In December, the cohort reviewed their experience with Orfalea College of Business deans and leadership. Students also proposed an action plan to promote diversity and social justice in the college, including a conference for student leaders in spring quarter.
LITC SUCCESS STORYThe Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) celebrated a recent tax court win for a victim of domestic violence. With the help of Cal Poly students led by faculty advisors, the client was relieved from her fines and awarded a refund check for $16,900 for the offsets the IRS had taken against her. This victory put the LITC over the $2 million mark in liabilities it has saved its clients since its establishment in 2010. Of that total, $1 million was saved in 2015 alone.
FINANCE STUDENTS REPRESENT ORFALEA AT HOMECOMINGFinance students Owen Sebo and Enja Ahearn represented Orfalea at the homecoming football game in October. Owen Sebo is a finance senior and Orfalea tutor and will going on to work at Apple after graduation. Enja Ahearn is a third year finance student currently working as a peer advisor in Student Services.
OCOB CLUBS ON THE MOVEOrfalea clubs have traveled and collaborated in Learn by Doing experiences during fall quarter. The Financial Management Association (FMA) visited major firms like PIMCO and Capital Group in LA. Cal Poly American Marketing Association (AMA) headed north to visit Workday and Facebook. Cal Poly Women In Business learned from alumni leaders at Microsoft. The Cal Poly Accounting Club (CPAC) traveled to LinkedIn campus in Sunnyvale to host a mixer with Bay Area accounting alumni. Cal Poly Entrepreneurs co-hosted a Thought for Food workshop in collaboration with AMA to innovate ways to solve global hunger, and also visited Northern California startups likes MixMax and iCracked.
STUDENTS WIN PACKAGING LINE DESIGN COMPETITIONA team of Cal Poly students took first place in the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute’s (PMMI) annual PACK Solutions Challenge held Sept. 28-30 in Las Vegas. The students were awarded a $4,000 scholarship prize for their innovative line of pharmaceutical packaging. Learn more at http://bit.ly/1MkMvRh.
STUDENTS WIN PAPERBOARD STUDENT DESIGN CHALLENGEA team of Cal Poly students took first place at the Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA) Student Design Challenge at PACKEXPO, held Sept. 28-30 in Las Vegas. Cal Poly’s team won the competition after presenting its design for a Star Wars light saber toy that extended and collapsed from the handle. The team was judged against other major packaging programs in front of a panel of industry experts. Learn more about the design at http://bit.ly/1Hrxpwv.
STUDENTS MANUFACTURE PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG’S HOLIDAY GIFTSCal Poly industrial technology and packaging students played a big role in President Jeffrey Armstrong’s holiday gifts. Students from the Industrial Technology Society (ITS) club manufactured hundreds of custom spatulas featuring an engraving of the Cal Poly logo. The spatulas were then bundled with Cal Poly salsa and seasoning in custom packaging designed by the students. The Industrial Technology and Packaging Area is now selling these spatulas. To purchase or for more information, contact Ray Kisch at [email protected].
SALES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WINNERS SET SIGHTS ON NATIONAL COMPETITION Three students took top honors in Orfalea’s Sales Development Program. Finance senior Parker Danneberg took first place during the in-class competition; finance senior Madison Kenny and marketing senior Chris Melchione tied for third place. The program is an intensive senior project course taught by Lisa Simon that sharpens students’ public speaking, negotiations and sales skills while exposing them to job opportunities with major employers. The students have the opportunity to represent Cal Poly at the National Collegiate Sales Competition in Georgia this spring.
INTERNSHIP SURVEY RESULTS ARE INOrfalea Student Services conducted a survey of 658 students regarding their internship experience. Of those who responded, the college learned that:
• 40 percent of students have completed an internship• 50 percent of all internships resulted in full-time job offers • 71 percent of fourth year students had internship experience• 95 percent of Big Four internships resulted in full-time job offers
MBA STUDENTS HEADED TO MILANTwo students in Orfalea’s MBA program will participate an annual student exchange with Politecnico di Milano in Italy. David Madanat and Matthew Susank will venture to Milan in February for an immersive experience during winter quarter. Cal Poly has maintained a close relationship with Politecnico di Milano for more than 10 years, which has supported student exchanges, faculty research and travel opportunities.
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM KICKS OFF FOURTH YEARThe Industrial Technology Apprenticeship Program (ITAP) is in the midst of its fourth successful year at Cal Poly. ITAP is a voluntary program that encourages student-to-student mentorship by offering first and second year industrial technology students to work with more experienced third and fourth year students in a number of Learn by Doing projects. Last year, the students decided to participate in Cal Poly’s Design Village architectural competition and won the people’s choice award for their design. This year, ITAP students are manufacturing 350 barbeque spatulas for President Armstrong. For more information about the ITAP program, contact Ray Kisch at [email protected].
TARYN STANKO PUBLISHES RESEARCH ON DISTRACTING WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGYTaryn Stanko co-authored a study on the modern-day productivity problem of distraction technology in the workplace. The study examines how an organization, specifically the Navy, manages distracted employees and refocuses employee attention back to work. Stanko’s research appeared in the inaugural interactive edition of the Academy of Management Journal, a top industry publication. Find the report online at http://bit.ly/1PlzuNc.
AHMED DEIF RESEARCHES GAMIFICATIONAhmed Deif presented on “gamification,” the practice of teaching new concepts and processes through interactive games, at the Institute of Industrial Engineers Lean Six Sigma conference in Atlanta, Ga. on Oct. 2. With the help of a career-readiness research grant from Orfalea, Deif is creating a real experiential learning environment in his lean classes and tracking its effectiveness.
DE LA FUENTE JOINS EDITORIAL BOARD, PUBLISHES RESEARCH WITH STUDENTS
Javier de la Fuente recently was selected to serve on the editorial board of Packaging Technology and Science, a leader in the packaging and industrial technology field. He’ll also publish new research with a group of three industrial technology and packaging students on the 27 IAPRI Symposium on Packaging in Valencia, Spain. The paper included the work of two senior projects directed by de la Fuente, including a field study on the impact of design features on opening time and error frequency for emergency room products. The study was funded through Orfalea’s Interdisciplinary Research Grant program in collaboration with Cal Poly’s Statistics and Graphic Communications departments and Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center.
BING ANDERSON PUBLISHES TWO FINANCE PAPERSProfessor Bing Anderson authored two papers this past spring and summer. Anderson wrote his spring paper, which investigated the relative strength index, with the help of his wife, Shuyun Li, who holds a master’s degree in quantitative economics from Jilin University in China. His summer paper explored high frequency stock trading in 1999, and has garnered attention and comments from Nobel Prize laureate, Robert Engle.
STEVE HAMILTON RECEIVES GRANT FOR LOCAL FOODS RESEARCH
Steve Hamilton will receive a $400,000 federal grant for research on the economics of local foods, a two-year project that is set to begin in January 2016. In the research, Hamilton and his colleagues will examine retailer and consumer returns from marketing local foods through retail grocery intermediaries and gain a better understanding how stakeholders in the local food supply chain can design their network to increase economic value for all players.
LI DANG TAKES SABBATICAL IN CHINALi Dang is on sabbatical for 2015-16 academic year as a visiting faculty member at Yanshan University in Qinhuangdao, China. Professor Dang is currently working with graduate accounting students to help them develop empirical accounting research. She also is working with a team of Chinese researchers on a handful of new projects. She says she is happy to be spending a year in her home country, and that she is enjoying spending her free time at the beautiful beaches in Qinhuangdao. We wish Professor Dang a safe and exciting rest of her year abroad!
MANAGEMENT FACULTY GIVES LINKEDIN ADVICE TO STUDENTS
Sara Jo Daubert has started a blog to share career advice with students. Her first post, titled “Leaders and LinkedIn: Advice for College Students” covered the basic revisions students can make on LinkedIn to optimize their profiles for the nearly 4 million businesses who hire through the social network. Read the blog post at http://bit.ly/1L8FEsd.
KAREN LAURITSEN JOINS ORFALEA GRADUATE PROGRAMS, PRESENTS AT AUSTRALIAN EVENTKaren Lauritsen has joined the graduate programs team as the administrative analyst. Lauritsen has been with Cal Poly since 2011, when she started as a coordinator for communications and public programs at the Robert E. Kennedy Library. Prior to joining the Mustang family, Lauritsen worked in administration at UCLA and Stanford University. In February, Laruitsen will be a keynote speaker at the 2016 VALA conference in Melboure, Australia. She will present on using improvisation and design thinking in program development.
PATTY DAHM PRESENTS ON RESEARCH, JOINS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM Management Professor Patty Dahm traveled to Vancouver to make two presentations on her dissertation research at the Academy of Management Conference over summer. She was also accepted into the 2016 Work and Family Researchers Network Early Career Fellowship Program.
MAHDI RASTAD PRESENTS AT FMA CONFERENCEProfessor of finance Mahdi Rastad presented his research at the Financial Management Association’s annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. in October. Rastad discussed his paper The Effect of Corporate Governance on Debt Holders: Evidence from regression discontinuity using shareholders’ votes, which he coauthored with Sadra Amiri-Moghadam from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Executive in Residence Mike Selfridge lectures students. Ernst & Young presents on diversity in hiring.
ALUMNI IN THE NEWS
RUSS NASH NAMED ORFALEA’S HONORED ALUM
On Nov. 6, Russ Nash was named the Orfalea College of Business Honored Alumnus, the highest honor bestowed by the university’s Alumni Association. Nash, who concentrated in accounting, graduated in 1982 and soon realized his passion for entrepreneurship. He launched everything from a financial planning firm to a smoothie shop. Today he and his brother, fellow CPA and alum Steve (Business Administration, ‘85), own and operate Professional Education Services, a company that offers innovative continuing education programs in the accounting and real estate industries. The Nash family has made a significant impact on campus by supporting Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE) and mentoring young startups. The Nash Family Entrepreneurship Lab (02-210) was recently renovated and named for the family’s generosity.
ECONOMICS AND FINANCE ALUMNA COVERS KIPLINGER MAGAZINESaira Malik (Economics, ’92), managing director of TIAA-CREF’s global equity investments, was featured on the cover of Kiplinger Magazine’s January 2016 edition. Malik offered her analysis for investors in 2016, including her take on foreign and emerging markets. Read the full article at http://bit.ly/1M3buH7.
ALUMNI STARTUP RECOGNIZED WITH INTEL ENVIRONMENT AWARD
DayOne Response, the maker of an emergency personal water treatment bag for disaster-stricken areas, was named a 2015 Intel Environment Award Laureate. The company was co-founded by Tricia Compas-Markman (Civil and Environmental Engineering, ‘09) and Amy Cagle (Business Administration, ‘09) alongside other Cal Poly alumni and faculty. For more information, visit: http://bit.ly/1QQmcsr.
ALUMNA PROFILED BY THE ACCOUNTING PATHFinance and accounting alumna Melissa Montgomery was featured in The Accounting Path for her accomplishments as a technical accountant at Airbnb. In the Q&A, she shares more about why she chose accounting, her Big Four experience, and her advice to students just starting out. Read the full story at http://bit.ly/1MMqIkI.
Bloomberg Businessweek recently profiled RealScout and co-founder Andrew Flachner (Finance, ’10) as the company ventured on a team-building excursion in the mountains of Northern California. The publication highlighted a trend of Silicon Valley startups moving away from traditional corporate workshops toward survival skill adventures that support corporate culture. Read the full article at bloom.bg/1OAwBqG.
ALUMNUS AND FOMER FACULTY NAMED TO THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCYGeorge Famalett was recently appointed to the California Board of Accountancy. Famalett has been a tax partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP since 2005, where he has held several positions since 1996, including U.S. indirect tax practice leader and specialty partner tax team leader for the San Jose tax practice. He was an adjunct professor in Cal Poly’s Master of Science in Accounting program from 2008 to 2010. Famalett is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, California Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting.
CENTRAL COAST LEAN SUMMIT SLATED FOR FEB. 18-19Central Coast Lean (CCL), an action research and community outreach program in the Orfalea College of Business, has announced the dates for its 2016 CCL Summit. The summit will be held on February 18 and 19, and includes a number of exciting events such as a keynote presentation from Norbert Majerus, a senior master lean six sigma black belt at Goodyear Rubber and Tire Company, hands-on workshops, and coaching opportunities. For more information on the summit and other CLL events, visit their website at http://bit.ly/1TqqAfN.
MARKETING & PUBLIC POLICY CONFERENCE COMING TO CAL POLY IN JUNEThe American Marketing Association will host its 27th annual Marketing & Public Policy Conference on Cal Poly’s campus June 23-25, 2016. Associate marketing Professor Brennan Davis is the event’s co-chair. The event’s featured speaker will be Sally Kay, Uber’s head of U.S. State affairs. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/1jObMv0.
LEARN BY DOING SCHOLAR AWARD APPLICATION PERIOD TO OPEN FEB. 22The application period for the 2016 Learn by Doing Scholar Award will open Feb. 22. The faculty award celebrates the scholarship of teaching and learning by honoring outstanding contributions to Learn by Doing. The award recognizes a published work and a work in progress, with awards of $2,000 and $1,000 respectively. The recipients are selected by a committee of tenured faculty representing every college. Launched last year, the award is administered by Kennedy Library and open to all faculty. For more information, visit lib.calpoly.edu/faculty/learn-by-doing/.
NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR OUTSTANDING STAFF AWARD Staff employees, faculty members, and department or division heads are encouraged to submit nominations for the Outstanding Staff Award. The deadline to submit a nomination for the 2015-16 award is Friday, Feb. 5, 2016. To be eligible, nominees must be permanent, full-time employees of the university, Corporation or ASI, who have completed at least three years of employment as of Thursday, Dec. 31. Ten-month employees are eligible. Employees represented by bargaining unit 3 (faculty), former recipients of the award, and student assistants are not eligible. The Outstanding Staff Award selection criteria and nomination form can be found at afd.calpoly.edu/hr/osa/.
CAL POLY UPDATES LOGOS, BRAND GUIDELINESCal Poly’s University Marketing team has released updated brand guidelines that affect logos, colors, fonts, aesthetic style and editorial standards. With the update comes a new process to review and approve materials, which includes all signage, non-scholarly print publications distributed to an external audience, and print or digital internal publications with a shelf life of three months or longer. Links to all guidelines can be found on Orfalea’s faculty and staff resource site at www.ocob-faculty.calpoly.edu (username: calpoly, password: paul). There, you will also find updated college and area logos to download for immediate use. Contact Communications Specialist Robyn Kontra at [email protected] for assistance and approval on all marketing and communications projects.
STUDENTS WELCOME AT INNOVATION QUEST INFO SESSIONSCal Poly’s 13th annual Innovation Quest (iQ) competition is just a few months away, and students of all colleges and majors are highly encouraged to apply and participate. iQ is a contest that fosters entrepreneurship, creativity, and innovation and helps students learn about the journey from idea to prototype to company. Students with projects, inventions, creations, or startup concepts can bring their ideas to iQ and compete for cash prizes. This year’s competition will award at least $30,000 in prizes, with a $15,000 first place prize. Students without their own projects can join other teams and be part of the competition. Encourage your students to attend an information session on Tuesday, Jan. 12 and Feb. 9 from 6-7:30 p.m. in the ATL building 007 to find out more.
NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR STUDENT EMPLOYEE AWARD Faculty and staff members can show their appreciation for student employees by nominating them for the university’s 2015-16 Outstanding Student Employee of the Year (OSEY) award. Nominees must have completed at least six months part-time student employment during the academic year: June 1, 2015, to May 31, 2016. Eligible candidates include State, ASI and Cal Poly Corporation student employees. Nominees can be Federal Work-Study and non-Federal Work-Study students. Cal Poly’s OSEY will be announced in April. The winner is entered into the state competition and might go on to the regional and national competitions. The national winner is announced during National Student Employment Week, the second week of April. To print the nomination form, go to http://bit.ly/1NVPaXJ. Submissions are due to Barbara Rollins in Financial Aid by Friday, Feb. 6.
DEANS TO VISIT EUROPE IN JANUARY Scott Dawson, Kevin Lertwachara and Sanjiv Jaggia will venture to Europe in January on behalf of the Orfalea College of Business. Over a two week trip, the team will visit the Stockholm School of Economics and Milan, Italy to build relationships with business schools that could benefit students and faculty.
PAUL ORFALEA TO VISIT IN FEBRUARY Paul Orfalea will visit the Orfalea College of Business on Feb. 5. During his time on campus, Orfalea will tour the Business Building and SLO HotHouse with Dean Scott Dawson, have lunch with faculty, and join students for a roundtable. Students are invited to attend an open session with Orfalea from 11 a.m.- 12 p.m. in 03-111. The Orfalea Foundation made a $15 million donation to name the Orfalea College of Business in 2001. For a full list of the other Executives in Residence visiting the college during winter quarter, visit http://bit.ly/OrfaleaEIR.
OPEN HOUSE EVENTS EXPAND FOR FACULTY AND ALUMNICal Poly’s 2016 Open House events are slated for April 14-16. Under the theme “Celebrating the Mustang Legacy,” this year’s agenda will incorporate new ways for alumni to get involved over the weekend. On Friday, April 15, the Orfalea College of Business plans to host an alumni speaker, a career-readiness panel with alumni, and a happy hour event to connect alumni with faculty. Save the date on your calendar now, and look for your inivation to attend in your mailbox shortly.
