Engagement Support

The Centers for Transformation, Retention, Equity and Empowerment (TREE) are stewards for the SSF. The centers support over 9,000 students each semester, and the SSF helps fund their operational needs, study supplies, facility preservation, mentorship programs, staff-student coaching, and staff development.

On average, the SSF contributes to the success of 60 student programs in which more than 2,300 students are served.

Intercollegiate Athletics supported approximately $1,200,000.00 in athletics grant-in-aid scholarships. With inflation being a factor in increased costs in personnel, travel, equipment and other services, Athletics held a higher reserve than normal to offset unknown increased costs.  The National Collegiate Athletic Association also granted additional years of eligibility to all student-athletes returning from COVID.  We held additional funds as we did not know exactly how this would affect squad sizes.

Intercollegiate Athletics changed the sport operational funding model for each team to reflect the California Collegiate Athletic Association’s (CCAA) championship participant allowances. Additional factors included budgeted facility improvement projects that did not occur due to higher than expected cost projections.

Additionally, the SSF supports annual payments from the recent construction of the Don Miller and Ron Simons Rose Float lab.

The Student Success Fee helps fund the Veterans Resource Center (VRC), including services like computers and free printing, peer support and guidance, scholarship opportunities, Veteran recognition events and career workshops geared towards the Veteran community.

Overall, CPP is the 4th largest enrollment of military affiliated students in the California State University system. The department is able to use the fee to support its Horses for Heroes program by making it available to CPP’s student veterans for fall and spring terms.

In addition, the funds gave the VRC the opportunity to offer its Military Affiliated Graduation ceremony, recognizing and celebrating the academic success of Cal Poly Pomona’s students that are military family members.