When fall semester kicked off Aug. 22, Cal Poly Pomona welcomed more than 4,000 first-time freshmen.
Among those new faces were Kiah Hunter, Jocelin Guevara and Adamaris Rosas, who took some time out during their orientation to share what it means to attend the university and their hopes for the future.
Kiah Hunter, a first-generation student studying animal science, comes from Kern Valley High School in Lake Isabella, California. Two high school classes in animal science led her to apply to...
Wayne Bidlack, who served as dean of the College of Agriculture during a period of great change from 1995 to 2007, died Nov. 2.
He was 74.
When Bidlack arrived at Cal Poly Pomona in 1995 from Iowa State University, the College of Agriculture had completed a strategic plan that called for shifting its focus to more urban agriculture applications. The plan also included eliminating or consolidating majors and adding others.
“Wayne was hired to make this all happen, and it was a very difficult...
Fourteen Cal Poly Pomona students attended a three-week study abroad course this summer in Costa Rica to learn about tropical sustainable agriculture.
The class was hosted by The Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center, known by its acronym, CATIE (Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza) in Turrialba, two hours east of Costa Rica’s capital, San José.
Students learned about coffee, bananas, coco and other tropical crops. The students also discussed and...
Cal Poly Pomona’s latest Horsehill Vineyards vintage, a 2016 Zinfandel rosé, received gold medal recognition at the 2017 Los Angeles International Wine Competition.
The annual event showcases the finest domestic and international vintages and is widely considered one of the most prestigious in the country. This year, 3,002 wines were received from 990 producers in 17 countries, and 661 submissions received gold medals.
Horsehill Vineyards is a partnership between Cal Poly Pomona’s Don B....
By Dan Lee
Farming flows in Fabiola Perez’s blood.
Both of her parents’ families have long worked in agriculture. And as a child growing up in Santa Maria, Calif., Perez helped her father work in the strawberry fields and grow sweet corn.
“I love being out in the field,” Perez says. “I know how hard it is to be in the agricultural industry, but I also know how important it is.”
On June 9, Perez will graduate from the Huntley College of Agriculture at Cal Poly Pomona with bachelor’s degrees in...
Apparel merchandising and management students will have expanded access to cutting-edge software, thanks to an industry supporter.
For the past eight years, Department of Apparel Merchandising & Management students have used AIMS360’s Enterprise Resource Planning software in an advanced apparel production lab class and then in their senior capstone simulation course in which they design and produce a fashion product line to sell in the Bronco Bookstore.
Henry Cherner, the managing partner...
A former state agriculture secretary and a prominent attorney are the Don B. Huntley College of Agriculture’s honorees for this year’s Jim Hicks Agricultural Achievement Award.
Former California Food & Agriculture Secretary A.G. Kawamura and attorney George H. Soares are the first co-recipients of the award, which they will receive at the 3rd Annual Spring Harvest Dinner on Saturday, April 22.
“Both of these men have accomplished much on behalf of California agriculture,” says Mary...
Cal Poly Pomona brews beer and grows grapes for wine and oranges for freshly-squeezed juice.
In a few years, you could add coffee to your shopping list.
The Department of Plant Science has planted 13 different varieties of coffee from Honduras and El Salvador in a secluded spot on campus as part of a research trial to see which types can tolerate the range of temperatures in the Pomona area.
“If it does well, the plan is to have our own Cal Poly Pomona variety of coffee to sell,” says Valerie...
When Sean McLaughlin was 10 years old, his father taught him how to mow the lawns at their family’s Chino Hills home.
For $5 a week, McLaughlin cut the grass where he played football with his brothers. Soon mowing the lawn became a point of pride for him: he wanted to make sure his family’s lawns were the best in the neighborhood.
Today, McLaughlin is studying plant science at Cal Poly Pomona and preparing to travel next month to Super Bowl LI in Houston, where he will be the only college...
The Plant Sciences Nursery will sell Cal Poly Pomona grown poinsettia plants for the holiday season for the first time in 13 years.
The festive, red and green plants will be available for $10 each (including tax) at the AGRIscapes greenhouses starting Friday, Nov. 18.
“We have about 3,000 poinsettias, and we’ll sell them until we run out,” says Monica Salembier, nursery manager.
The nursery last sold poinsettias in 2003, when it had greenhouses on campus where the College of Business...