Welcome Back Everyone! 

Fall BBQ

 

Mark your calendars now for Thursday, October 3 from 11:45-1:00 PM for our annual Fall Call Out.  Here is a great opportunity to meet new friends and colleagues over a free BBQ tri-tip and chicken lunch.  We know that many of you may have classes up to that time or immediately after so we will keep the program short.  This will be immediately behind the Ag building (Bldg. 2) near "Cowboy Corner."  Please try to make it so everyone can meet YOU!

 

Welcome to New Faces and Major Changes

 

Welcome to all of our new faces and major changes for Fall Quarter 2003.  Here is a list of our new students for the fall; welcome to all of you.

 

Name Major Hometown Maria Rose   Ag Biology  Pomona Anicee Lau  Ag Biology  Hacienda Heights William Jolley Ag Biology  Fillmore Jason Gihring Ag Biology  Orange Ray Erta Ag Biology  Watsonville Linda Tosti  Ag Biology  Sunland Ryne Reeves  Ag Biology  Brea Danielle Jackman   Ag Biology  Hayward Gillian Hultin  Ag Biology  Woodland Hills Brandee McDonald  Ag Biology  Orange Ruiqian Yang Ag Biology  Pomona Tyrone Hampton Ag Biology  Pasadena Jay Patel   Horticulture Pomona Jill Graft   LIS Villa Park Eric Tang  LIS Santa Ana Conrad Smith  LIS Brawley Zachary Reish LIS Bloomington Anthony Garcia LIS Covina Ricardo Rocha   Agronomy Calexico Stacy Martinez  Agronomy Covina Leanthony Jones Agronomy Altadena Yazmin Hermosillo Agronomy Los Angeles David Kwon  Horticulture Diamond Bar Levi Cox  Horticulture Ridgecrest Stephanie Lew  Horticulture Montebello Roger Perez Horticulture Blythe Walter Frohmader Horticulture Lakeside Larry Grafton Horticulture Desert Hot Springs Samuel Jones Horticulture Oceanside Jeffrey Mclellan Horticulture San Pedro Mieko Mukai Horticulture Pasadena Lindsey Woodward   Horticulture Laguna Nigel Tony Yang Horticulture El Monte Andrew Spiering  Horticulture Eureka Randy Carerra Horticulture Temple City Johan Henckell   Horticulture Santa Cruz Randy Rowley Horticulture Fresno Johan Henckell  Horticulture Santa Cruz Randy Rowley   Horticulture Fresno Carlos Ruiz   Horticulture Hesperia Renee Villanueva Horticulture West Covina Renee Betancourt Horticulture Diamond Bar Lance La Rocque Horticulture Fontana Kyle Klimenko Horticulture Riverside

Who is my Advisor??

 

This is probably one of the most common questions that we get asked each year.  Your advisor can sometimes shave quarters off of your stay at Cal Poly by steering you in the right direction.  In addition, advisors often end up being great job references, brothers, sisters, and/or father/mother figures if you need them for that.  Here is how most of you will find your advisor:

 

Landscape Irrigation-Eudell Vis   45-105 Soil Science – Dr. Gaylord Patten 2-120 Fruit Industries – Dr. Greg Partida 2-118 Horticulture – Assigned by career interest-  see list outside of dept. office 2-209 Ag Biology – Greg Partid 2-118 Agronomy – Dan Hostetler  2-209

If you find you are on a list of one advisor and working with another, we can update the list.  Don’t ever feel bad about changing advisors if you feel more comfortable working with someone else.

 

Meet This Year’s Scholarship Recipients:

 

Congratulations to the following new students to the department who have been awarded departmental and/or College of Agriculture scholarships over the summer.

 

·Linda Tosti- Ag Biology- Robert Procsal Outstanding Incoming First Time Freshman Applicant ($750).  Linda comes to us from Sunland, CA after a very active four-year career at Verdugo Hills High School.  Linda is interested in the field of Environmental health working with drinking water.  She has worked for the Los Angeles City Parks and Recreation division at Hansen Dam Recreational Park for three years and maintained a 3.97 GPA in school.

 

·Jeffrey Mclellan- Horticulture- Jolly Batcheller Outstanding Incoming Transfer Student ($750).  Jeffrey comes to us as a re-entry student in addition to maintaining his full service salon in Palos Verdes after he returned to school.  He also has great interest in resource conservation and organic production.  At El Camino, Jeffrey maintained a 4.0 GPA and was on the Dean’s Honor List for four consecutive semesters while working 50 hours per week (where do you get your energy??)

 

·Renee Betancourt – Horticulture- Agricultural Alumni Scholarship ($600).  Renee comes to us from Diamond Bar as a first time freshman in Ornamental Horticulture.  While at Diamond Bar High School, she served as an advanced laboratory technician and was active with the campus Christian Fellowship Club and Anonymous Poet’s Society.  She has been active in landscaping projects and has a long interest in Horticulture.  Renee maintained a 3.56 GPA while attending high school.

·Carlos Ruiz- Horticulture- Chairman’s Scholarship ($600).  Carlos comes to us from the high desert town of Hesperia.  He is a transfer student from the Victor Valley College Horticulture Program.  He is interested in pursuing a career as a college teacher in Horticulture or working with a botanical garden.  In the past, Carlos has worked as a tutor and re-vegetation specialist for U.S. Borax in Boron, CA.  Carlos maintained a 3.2 GPA while at Victor Valley College.

 

Congratulations to all of our new scholarship recipients.  Keep up the good work.

 

Pumpkin Festival/Insect Fair

 

While you were gone this summer, the pumpkin crop has proceeded fairly well and we are expecting a great Pumpkin Festival this year.  The dates are Saturday and Sunday, October 19 and 20.

 

If you have not attended this event, it is a must for you.  This is really a great opportunity to get involved with a club and help make this festival a success.  The Ag Bio Club commonly sells food and assists with the Insect Fair, located in the Ag building.  Los Robles Horticulture Club has a mean reputation for the best tacos north of Mexicali while the Turfgrass Club also sponsors a Golf-O-Rama.  Los Rancheros is active handling the cash for pumpkin sales.  If you are still lost and wondering what you can do, just see me and I'll get you involved with something. We can really use the help!!

 

New Software in Computer Lab

 

The computer techs have installed PhotoShop, Illustrator, In Design and Acrobat on the computer located on the sidewall in 2-217.  This software will enable the user to scan and edit photos, create PDF files, create layouts for promotional materials, web pages, etc.  This computer is available for sue by faculty, staff and students.  For additional information, contact Ernesto or Michael at ext. 5495.

 

 

 

 

Scholarships Available

 

Although scholarship season really starts in full swing after the holidays, several institutions offer deadlines during the fall.  Last year, many of these went without an applicant so I encourage your application:

 

v      Street Tree Seminar, Inc.- Provides scholarships from $500-$1,000 to students interested in urban forestry and arboriculture fields.  Short essay required, minimum 12 units of coursework. 

Deadline:  October 21, 2002

 

v      Paula Sandoval Memorial Graduate Scholarship- Two $600 scholarships for senior students who are applying and admitted to Masters Programs at Cal Poly Pomona.  Looking for a re-entry student. 

Deadline:  November 1, 2002

 

v      Study Abroad Scholarships- American Society of Agronomy providing 5, $1500 scholarships for Summer 2003, travel and intern experience in international agriculture.  Preference given to students who are members of American Society of Agronomy affiliated clubs (Los Rancheros)

Deadline:  November 1, 2002

 

Keep your eye open for more scholarships as they come in.  A list of last year’s recipients is attached on the back of this newsletter.

 

Looking for Work?

 

Here are a couple of leads for students in the department looking for good “hands-on” employment in the department:  even if you have an afternoon per week, it is a great way to get involved and learn more about agriculture and the department.

 

·Farm Store at Kellogg Ranch- David is looking for customer assistant clerks starting now going through the holidays and possibly beyond.  David will be willing to work with your class schedules, Saturday and Sundays are available.  Contact David Carson at 909-869-4906 or via email at drcarson@csupomona.edu

 

·Agronomy Farm- George is looking for students to help him get through the irrigation season and getting winter crops started.  The job requires a valid driver’s license to drive on campus vehicles and tractors.  Hours will vary and there is possibility of Saturday work.  Typical jobs including moving sprinklers, spraying weeds, tillage work, etc.  Contact George Pool at 909-869-2061 or via email at ghpool@csupomona.edu

 

·Nursery- Monica is looking for students for culture, propagation and care of plants both at the nursery and at AGRIscapes.  You need a driver’s license to drive on campus vehicles.  Typical jobs include propagation, weeding, watering and transportation of plants to the sales area.  Hours will vary.  Contact Monica Salembier at 909-869-2299 or via email at mpsalembier@csupomona.edu

 

·Fruit Industries- Greg is looking for students to assist in orchards operations and the packinghouse.  He needs some students to assist with Christmas gift packs that are featured at the Farm Store over the holidays.  Contact Greg Partida at 909-969-2181 or via email at gjpartida@csupomona.edu.

 

Happy Job Hunting!!

 

Congratulations to President’s Honors List Students – Spring 2002

 

Congratulations to all off our students who made the President’s Honor List at the end of Spring Quarter 2002.  This list honors students who maintain a 3.5 grade point average in three out of four quarters during a full academic year.  Keep up the hard work!

 

Name                                                  Major

Sharon McCrorey                                Agronomy

Heather Flanagan                                 Agronomy

Shawn Overstreet                               Agronomy

Matt Quist                                            Agronomy

Devin Alderton                         Horticulture

Petra Baldovino                                Horticulture

Deborah Bollinger                                  Horticulture

Leah Derrick                                       Horticulture

Christy Graham                                   Horticulture

Juan Maldonado                               Horticulture

Anna-Lisa Sharar                         Horticulture

Glenn De Claro                           Ag Biology

Congratulations to 2002 Gamma Sigma Delta Initiates

 

Gamma Sigma Delta is a national honor society for agriculture which recognizes high scholastic achievement. Only two chapters exist in California, one at UCR and Cal Poly Pomona.  To become a member, you must rank in the top 20% of all students in the College of Agriculture.  Last year, 18 of our students were initiated into membership.  They are:

 

Name                                      Major

Michael Ashworth                            Horticulture

Deborah Bollinger                      Horticulture

Jeff Brodbeck                          AMM/LIS

Lillian Chang                           AMM/LIS

Carbone Courtney                     AMM/LIS

Rejeana DeHart             Horticulture

Heather Flanagan                     Agronomy

Naveen Hyder                         Horticulture

Michael Heacock                      Horticulture

Corinne Johnson                      Horticulture

Juan Maldonaldo                  Horticulture

Marie Martin                             AMM/LIS

Sharon McCrorey                    Agronomy

Shawn Overstreet                   Agronomy

Matthew Quist                         Agronomy

Anna-Lisa Sharar             Horticulture

Toni Siebert                             Horticulture

Christina Smith               Agronomy

 

Club News

 

This space is reserved in the next newsletter for news from the following clubs:

 

§          Los Robles

§          Los Rancheros

§          Golf Course Superintendents

§          Ag Bio

§                    Landscape Irrigation Science

 

Deadline for submissions is October 15.  How about a report on activities and officers?

 

Amusing Information

 

To anyone with kids of any age, or anyone who has ever been a kid, here’s some advice Bill Gates recently dished out at a high school speech about 11 rules they did not learn in school:

Rule 1.  Life’s not fair-get used to it

Rule 2. The world won’t care about your self-esteem.  The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel  good about yourself.

Rule 3.  You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school.  You won’t be  vice-president with a car phone, until you earn both.

Rule 4.  If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.   He doesn’t have tenure.

Rule 5.  Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping-they called it opportunity.

Rule 6.  If you mess up, it’s not your parent’s fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7.  Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now.  They got that  way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are.  So before you save the rainforest from the parasites  of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8.  Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not.  In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer.  This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life

Rule 9.  Life is not divided into semesters.  You don’t get summers off and very few employees are interested in helping you find yourself.  Do that on your own time.

Rule 10.  Television is NOT real life.  In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11.  Be nice to nerds.  Chances are you’ll end up working for one!

 

Six Flags Magic Mountain Tickets

 

If you are planning to visit Magic Mountain before January 5, 2003 come in the Department Office and pick up discount coupons for $22.99. 

What I did on my Summer Break!

 

Anna Waltz – I went to Costa Rica w/the Los Robles Hort Club.  I also went to Lake Havasu for the first time and wake boarded.

 

Leah Derrick – I went to Costa Rica with Los Robles and Santa Barbara with my husband.  I also worked on independent landscape projects.

 

Adam Nance – I worked all summer long at Sea Cliff Country Club in Huntington Beach, California.  I had a great time applying my classroom education in the field.

p.s.  I also did an internship with the U.S.G.A. in San Francisco.

 

Dan Hostetler – I spent most of my summer helping Enrique Hernandez and Terry Leonard raise 100 acres of pumpkins, watermelon, ornamental and sweet corn, and winter squash.  I had six trips skiing at Lakes Mead, Mohave and most important, Shasta.  We also visited Dr. Croissant in Steamboat Springs, Colorado on his new “ranch” in the Rockies.

 

Glenn De Claro  – The beginning of the summer, I ran an experiment dealing with the OS-2 phosphorylation in Neurospora crassa wild type and rnik-1 cells. I also spent a lot of time researching graduate schools, which included visitations to UCLA and UCR.

 

Brian Osman – I worked for Monica at the nursery on campus all summer.

 

Marc Anthony Yepiz – This summer I had the privilege to work 70 hours a week.  When I was at work, I was thinking about the wonderful professors of Cal Poly.

 

Kari Tarantino – This summer, I worked full time at the Depot.  I also started an internship with Lesco Inc. in Anaheim in mid August.  Working two jobs took up most of my time, which did not leave much time for fun!

 

Ken Converse – I worked at Stanford University Golf Course for my internship.  I also designed a landscape plan for my friend’s new house.

 

Casey Peters – I remodeled two homes this summer.

 

Russell Plumb – I did an internship with the Forestry Department in the city of Los Angeles, assessing the age, health and number of trees in parks and golf courses.  I also started work on the reforestation of the parks for conjunction with the DWP by choosing species of trees to plan.