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Entrusted Student

When Cal Poly Pomona student Erene Thomas sits down to do homework, she will not only tackle her school assignments but also a stack of papers for upcoming meetings with the California State University Board of Trustees. The 20-year-old computer information systems major was recently appointed by Gov. Gray Davis as the university's first student representative on the governing body of the 23-campus CSU system.

As one of two students on the board, Thomas sits among 25 trustees, including ex officio members such as the governor, speaker of the assembly and the CSU chancellor.

"I look forward to representing the students and making sure their voices are heard," says Thomas, who is a student mentor and active in the multicultural council at Cal Poly Pomona. "My number one goal is to promote diversity and to get as much done as possible to benefit students."

 

 

Campus Compassion

From the women's basketball team to the Golden Key academic society to the Bronco Bookstore and numerous interfaith groups, the Cal Poly Pomona community expressed an outpouring of support for the victims and survivors of Sept. 11. Record donations of blood, money and comfort packages, along iwth interfaith gatherings and services, were all aimed at healing in the wake of the national tragedy.


The univesity bookstore donated all proceeds from the "United We Stand" and USA t-shirts to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.

 

  
 

Caligiuri's University Goals

Long considered on of the nation's premier defensive players, Paul Caligiuri was named the new head coach of the men's and women's soccer programs at Cal Poly Pomona. The Walnut native joined the Broncos in November, after his contractual commitments to Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy were fulfilled. Caligiuri was among the first Americans to make a Division I pro team in Europe.

 

Improving Blighted Neighborhood

Pomona city leaders are hopeful that a partnership with Cal Poly Pomona, a nearly $400,000 federal grant plus $1 million from the City Council will help revitalize the blighted Angela-Chanslor area of south Pomona.

The city and the university turned to Rep. Gary Miller (R-Diamond Bar) to support the Housing and Urban Development award to establish a three-year pilot program. The Community Outreach Partnership Center, which is aimed at improving the quality of life in the Pomona neighborhood, will provide residents with educational opportunities and increased access to social and health services. Proposed services include English classes, tutoring, alcohol and drug counseling and job training.
 
Panorama is published by the Office of Public Affairs at Cal Poly Pomona.
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