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FOUNDATIONNEWS

CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION, INC.

July 2013

The Foundation wishes you a happy 4th of July!

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Starting the week of June 17, the Foundation will be closed on Fridays throughout the summer. We will be following the university’s 4/10 summer schedule with the exception of Friday, August 2; the university will be open, but the Foundation will be closed.

Foundation’s Summer Schedule

Hungry? Denny’s at the Bronco Commons, Subway in the Bronco Student Center, and several other dining venues are open this summer. Check out our summer hours at http://www.foundation.csupomona.edu/dining/hours.aspx.

Dining Summer Hours

Congratulations, David!Congratulations to Assistant Director for Residential Education and Community Standards David Laxamana on his marriage to Elizabeth Guevara! They were married on Saturday May 25 at St. Denis in Diamond Bar. Congratulations to the happy couple!

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The Foundation Celebrates!On Thursday, June 13, over 100 Foundation employees celebrated the beginning of summer, the end of the CSU Audit, and the Fiscal year close at the Foundation Welcome Summer Party. In the late afternoon, Foundation employees gathered in Building 55 for the festivities, which included music, food, drinks, dessert, and social merriments.

Kellogg West Catering served a tasty Santa Maria style barbeque complete with tri tip, chicken, coleslaw, corn on the cob, rolls, salad, and more. Oh, and the desserts! Kellogg West Catering provided tasty individual square cakes in a variety of delectable fl avors.

“The atmosphere was casual and fun!” said Executive Administrative Assistant Debra Poe. “All of this would not have been possible without the approval of our Executive Director Paul Storey. Thank you, Paul!”

In addition, the 4/10 schedule commenced the week that the Foundation Welcome Summer Party took place. Thus, after the party ended, Foundation employees were able to journey home to their three day weekend—the perfect way to end the work week.

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2013 Summer Orientation Fairs

The Foundation has made its return to the Summer Orientation Fair for both freshmen and transfer students. The fi rst fair of the year commenced on Thursday June 27 in the BSC’s Ursa Minor, and will continue every Wednesday and Thursday through August 29.

Just like last summer, the Foundation booth promotes www.BroncoChannel.com, a student-friendly website that highlights the Foundation’s services.

In order to draw traffi c to our website, we are echoing last year’s strategy, and conducting a Bronco Channel Giveaway. During the orientation fair, we hand out campus maps with a Bronco Channel Giveaway code attached; this prompts students (and parents) to log on to BroncoChannel.com and enter their code to see if they are a winner. Winnings include Bronco gift cards, BroncoGear, free food, and the grand prize—an iPad Mini.

In addition, we are also marketing Bronco Channel by distributing bag clips that feature the name of the website and its slogan, “Your Guide to Cal Poly Pomona Foundation’s Services.” Bronco Channel is also displayed on banners around the booth and on our workers’ t-shirts.

We hope our efforts continue to increase traffi c and awareness to BroncoChannel.com.

The Foundation promotes BroncoChannel.com to incoming freshmen and transfer students

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Mario Martinez, Village RA, helped distribute campus maps during the Transfer Orientation Fair on Thursday, June 27.

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Vista Market Surfboard Giveaway!Vista Market at the Suites recently conducted a raffl e for a surfboard from Rockstar Energy Drinks. Participants simply entered their name into the drawing for a chance to win. The winner, Roberto Reyes, was picked on Friday, June 7.

Congratulations, Roberto! Enjoy your new surfboard!

Service Manager of Vista Market Cody Medina gives winner Roberto Reyes his new Rockstar Surfboard.

TGIF at Los Olvios!Visit Los Olivos every Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to enjoy an all-you-care-to-eat lunch for only $6.50! Now until July 31, Los Olivos guests get $2.00 off the regular door price of $8.50. Be sure to stop by and enjoy one or more of their tasty stations—the soup bar, the grill station, the comfort zone, the exhibition station, or the salad bar. (Food selections change daily.)

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The Village Gets Mocked!s cialageBy: Lily Ly & Darren Isomoto

Summer is the perfect time to introduce new students to the

amenities and benefi ts of living at the University Village. A print ad may display various messages as to why the Village is an affordable and convenient option, but nothing grabs the attention of prospective residents like walking by an actual apartment bedroom setup—that is exactly what our team did.

We put together a mock-bedroom display in the Bronco Bookstore Atrium, giving passersby a chance to visualize what their University Village apartment room could look like. The apartment room features actual furnishings from the Village apartments, including a bed, desk and dresser. Additionally, we outfi tted the furnishings with other decorative elements, including lights, rugs, foliage, books, and more.

Another benefi t to having a showroom-style setup versus a print ad is the opportunity for social media or viral marketing. As we were putting the fi nishing touches on the mock-bedroom, students were already pulling out their mobile devices and taking pictures of what was essentially a large advertisement for the Village. In today’s social world, there’s a good chance that any photo taken will be tweeted, posted, shared, or tagged somewhere on the Internet. Thus, it only made sense for us to prominently display the hashtag “#LiveAtTheVillage” in the mock-setup, so users would be encouraged to attach the hashtag to their shared photo. Spreading the University Village tagline is truly benefi cial, as it allows us to track its reception and response.

Marketing Director Edwin Santiago completes the fi nishing touches

The mock setup is almost done ...

Housing and Conference Coordinator Regina Allison favors the completed mock setup.

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dwin SantiagoEmployee Profi le

Title: Marketing Director

Job Description: I manage all aspects of the marketing department for the diff erent units of the Foundation, including advertising, media buying, media planning, branding, art direction, social media, online/web, and more.

Length of Employment: 13 years.

What I like about my job: My team—I get to work with a creative group. I love to collaborate with them and inspire them.

Career goal: To make Paul Storey happy.

Length of commute: 40 miles each way.

I have a talent for ... Achieving the goals I set for myself.

My biggest challenge: Sitting through really, really long meetings.

My biggest achievement: In 1998, I was named one of the most outstanding Filipinos in Los Angeles. Also, in 2010, my hometown in the Philippines awarded me its highest honor of Citizen of the Year. (I travel to my hometown every year to do volunteer work.)

Favorite childhood memory: Helping my family with their fi reworks business since I was 8 years old; my family used to own one of the biggest fi rework manufacturing businesses in the Philippines.

Favorite food on campus: Los Olivos and Poly Fresh

No one would ever guess ... that I don’t drink; I’ve only had one beer and one glass of wine in my entire life. I have also never smoked a cigarette.

On weekends, I love to ... do volunteer work and raise money for scholarships in the Philippines, so people who are less fortunate can have a better life. To date, I have sent over 800 kids to school. I have also donated over 50,000 books to poor villages in the Philippines.

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Edwin and his mother

Edwin and his nephew Lucas

Edwin playing with tigers in Chiang Mai

Edwin volunteering at the Food Bank with Drew

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Foundation I&IT successfully upgraded the Odyssey server (Bronco Card System) in mid-June to improve its overall performance. The upgrade provided enhancements to the system that make the Bronco Card more functional, reliable, and manageable.

According to Dining Services Interim Director Aaron Neilson, the upgrade will allow Dining Services to provide a new array of innovation to the campus.

“I want to express my gratitude for the smooth and timely upgrade of Odyssey. There were a lot of moving parts, and all of the parts seemed to work seamlessly together,” expressed Aaron. “I’m very excited about the possibilities this upgrade opens up to us all.”

Odyssey Server Gets

Upgraded

Offi ce Systems Manager Donna Bebensee and Accounts Clerk Ali Smith show off their Bronco Access Cards.

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Celebrate the 4th with one of these quick n’ easy patriotic desserts!

Berries & Cream Dessert

Prep/Total Time: 15 min. Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients• 1 loaf (10-3/4 ounces) frozen pound cake, thawed• 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened• 1 cup marshmallow creme• 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries• 1 cup fresh blueberries

Directions• Cut pound cake in half. Cut one half into 1/2-in. cubes (save remaining cake for another use). In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and marshmallow creme until smooth.

• In four small serving dishes, layer the cake cubes and fruit. Top with cream cheese mixture. Chill until serving.

Dipped Ice Cream Sandwiches

Prep/Total Time: 20 min. + Freezing Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients • 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped• 1 tablespoon shortening• 4 ice cream sandwiches• Red, white and blue sprinkles

Directions• Line a baking sheet with waxed paper; set aside. In a microwave or heavy saucepan, melt chocolate

and shortening; stir until smooth. Quickly dip ice cream sandwiches partway in melted chocolate; coat chocolate with sprinkles. Place on prepared baking sheet and freeze.

Courtesy of www.tasteofhome.com