The CLASS Signature Experiences
Signature Experiences
Alumni Night and COM Day
The Communication Department Event Planning class organizes two annual events each academic year, Alumni Night in the spring, and COM Day in the fall. At Alumni Night, Communication seniors and alumni have the opportunity to network with fellow Broncos, find out what the Department is currently doing and stay connected with their alma mater. At COM Day, students attend speaker series and seminars on relevant topics in our discipline as well as network with industry professionals and alumni. COM Day is open to the entire CPP campus community.
CPP Brain Awareness Week
Brain Awareness Week is an international campaign to promote interest in brain health and neuroscience. At CPP, we are establishing Brain Awareness Week as a signature event on campus. We will create two brain awareness-themed science and activity fairs: Bronco Brain Day for the campus community, and Brain Day Jr. where we bring local area students to our campus. These events will be organized by students under the supervision of Robert Blumenfeld, a Cognitive Neuroscientist and Professor in the Psychology Department. The Brain Awareness Program embodies CPP’s mission and vision.
Choreography
Creating an original dance piece is a challenging artistic endeavor that requires artistic integrity, technique, and developing an aesthetic or visual “language.” In DAN4300/L Choreography, students develop work that uses these skills to evoke meaning for a diverse audience. Pieces may draw from topics personal to the artists, to a breadth of global issues that we all contend with. Choreographers display leadership, collaboration, and must learn to communicate effectively with a multi-disciplinary production team to bring their artistic ideas to life.
Creative Writing in Spanish for a Global World
Conducted as a Creative Writing workshop, this class emphasizes creativity and the writing process. The students are able to learn the essential techniques of contemporary fiction and non-fiction. During the semester, there are two kinds of outputs that allow students to present their words to the world. First, are the writing publications in several forms (literary magazines, zines, a web page created by the same students, etc.), and second, a Podcast hosted in the course's YouTube channel.
Ethics Bowl
Ethics Bowl is a team-based oral presentation competition where students respond to questions about contemporary ethical controversies and defend their answers before their opponents and expert judges. Ethics Bowl is a valuable activity for any student interested in ethics, as well for students interested in careers in policy, government, or law. Cal Poly Pomona has competed in the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl for a decade with great success, including California regional championships and appearances in the national Ethics Bowl semifinals and quarterfinals.
Marriage and Family Therapy
This two-part practicum course begins in the fall and provides graduate students training in different modalities to address mental health issues impacting children, adolescents, and their families. The spring course consists of graduate students providing psycho-educational services alongside a licensed mental health worker throughout the Pomona Unified School District Student and Family Support Services.
Model National Organization of American States
The Model National Organization of American States (Model OAS) selects students participate in a national simulation in Washington D.C. each spring in which members address different political, economic and social issues in the Western Hemisphere.
Model United Nations
Model United Nations prepares select students to participate in a national simulation that takes place in New York each spring semester.
Songwriter Showcase
Songwriters throughout the university perform original songs accompanied by producers, musicians and vocalists from the music department. Students may participate as songwriters, vocalists, musicians, and technicians (audio, lighting, and/or stage).
