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Accounting Students Offer Free Tax Assistance

Members of the Pomona community can get free assistance in filing their taxes beginning on Tax Day, which is Feb. 9. Tax Day inaugurates the start of Cal Poly Pomona’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), an IRS-backed program for most individuals or households making less than $54,000. Upper-division accounting students from the College of Business Administration prepare returns under the supervision of industry professionals.

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World-Renowned Architect Receives Neutra Award for Professional Excellence

In his six-decade career, Frank Gehry revolutionized architecture’s aesthetics and techniques and recast its relationship with cities as one of the modern era’s early advocates of design’s inherent social responsibility. For his pioneering work, the Department of Architecture honored Gehry with the Richard Neutra Award for Professional Excellence in a ceremony in the J. Paul Getty Center’s Museum Lecture Hall.

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Developing Leadership Across the University

Research shows that organizations that invest in their employees by offering professional and leadership development programs create greater engagement. Cal Poly Pomona officially launched that mission on Feb. 6 with the Our Campus, Your Future summit. University photographer Tom Zasadzinski captured some of the action.

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University Establishes Lanterman Advisory Committee

President Soraya M. Coley has established a broad-based campus committee to provide input as Cal Poly Pomona and FivePoint Holdings, LLC partner to re-envision and develop the site formerly known as the Lanterman Development Center. The ultimate vision is to transform the site into a vibrant university-oriented, mixed-use community that supports the academic mission, generates revenue and provides benefits to the surrounding area.

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