News
Women's volleyball advances to 'NCAA Sweet 16'
The Cal Poly women's volleyball team beat Xavier and Purdue and has advanced to the Stanford Regional of the 2007 NCAA Tournament - a feat last achieved in 1985! With one of the most memorable seasons in its 29-year history, the team will face the top-seeded Cardinals (29-2) when action at the Stanford Regional gets underway Friday, Dec. 7 in Maples Pavilion. Come and support the Mustangs!
Friday, Dec. 7
Oregon vs. UCLA 7 p.m.
Cal Poly vs. Stanford 9 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 8
Regional Final 8:30 p.m.
Tickets are available at http://ev10.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventList?groupCode=V&linkID=stanford&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode= and by calling the Stanford ticket office at
800-STANFORD,
800-782-6367 or
650-723-1021.
Give 'The Gift of Veggies' from Cal Poly's Organic Farm 
Need a fresh idea for a holiday gift? How about a certificate for a box of crisp, hand-picked winter vegetables from the Cal Poly Organic Farm. The farm is offering holiday-themed certificates for a “Gift of Veggies” for $26.50, entitling the bearer to one full harvest box of winter herbs and vegetables.Order certificates by Dec. 21. The Organic Farm takes a two-week operations break from Dec. 24 to Jan. 7. Harvests and weekly deliveries resume Jan. 14. Fall/winter season crops include lettuce, leafy greens, onions, arugula, leeks, carrots, tomatoes, corn, bell peppers, broccoli, chard, kale and more.
Read more about the Organic Farm gift certificates & subscriptions
Winter commencement set for Dec. 8 in rec center
Winter commencement ceremonies are set for Saturday, Dec. 8, in the Rec Center. Separate ceremony times are: 9 a.m., Orfalea College of Business and College of Engineering; 1 p.m., College of Architecture and Environmental Design and College of Liberal Arts; 4 p.m., College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, College of Education, and College of Science and Mathematics. Each ceremony will last approximately 2 hours and is followed by a punch and cookie reception held in the fitness room adjacent to the Rec Center.
Details on Winter 2007 Commencement
Poly Plant Shop 'Poinsettia Specular'
runs through Dec. 15
Poly Plant Shop's annual poinsettia sale, featuring more than 2,500 plants in 27 different varieties and colors, continues through Dec. 15. The plants are grown by students involved in the university's Poinsettia Agriculture Enterprise Project, which begins in the spring of every year. This year's poinsettia project offers an assortment of reds, whites, pinks, and other novelty varieties such as Jingle Bells and Marbles. Plant sizes range from a few inches to four feet tall. Offerings include traditional, centerpiece, and tree-shaped forms. Prices range from $6 to $60.
More on the annual poinsettia sale
Briefings
Cal Poly Report schedule for academic holiday
The last Cal Poly Report of 2007 will be published on Wednesday, Dec. 12. Cal Poly Report will resume its weekly schedule on Wednesday, Jan. 9.
Faculty reminder to submit course reserve materials for winter quarter
Faculty members should submit course reserve materials as soon as
possible to avoid delays in making the material available to students. Reserve materials and faculty submission forms should be brought to the
station located in the circulation area of Kennedy Library.
The course reserves unit processes requests in the order received. For more information, contact Donna Lister, coordinator for course reserves, at ext. 6-5760
or dlister@calpoly.edu.
Important information on PeopleSoft upgrade, forum set for Dec. 11
CMS PeopleSoft Users (Human Resources and Student Administration Only) are encouraged to attend an open forum, sponsored by ITS, on details of what to expect during the Peoplesoft upgrade, scheduled to begin Friday, Jan. 18. The forum will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Christopher Cohan Center, Room 124. The current Human Resources and Student Administration systems will become unavailable from 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18 until the end of January. During the outage, a view only version will be available. For more information related to the student administration system, contact Kimi Ikeda at kikeda@calpoly.edu. For more information related to the human resources system, contact Joyce Haratani at jharatan@calpoly.edu.
Kennedy Library holiday schedule
Cal Poly’s Kennedy Library will close from noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11 for its annual employee holiday party. The library will also be closed Dec. 26 through Jan.1, re-opening at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 2. Consult the library Web site, www.library.calpoly.edu, for a complete schedule of library hours.
Passings
Longtime Cal Poly coach, Hall of Famer Tom Lee passes away at age 90
Tom Lee, who coached boxing, baseball, football and basketball for decades at Cal Poly, passed away
at his home in San Luis Obispo Nov. 29, surrounded by family
members. Lee, father of current Mustang baseball coach Larry Lee, was inducted into the Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990. He celebrated his 90th birthday with family members on Nov. 6. He was perhaps
best known for coaching the Mustang boxing team from 1952-61, producing
one national champion, five Pacific Coast Intercollegiate champions and 25
NCAA Boxing Coaches Association champions. Lee was considered one of the top coaches in the nation and held boxing
clinics internationally as well. A memorial service in his honor is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 7, at 10 a.m. at
the Old Mission Church in San Luis Obispo.
Read the Cal Poly Athletics story on Coach Lee's passing
William “Bill” Avery (Oct. 20, 1945 – Nov. 22, 2007)
Bill Avery, equipment technician in materials engineering since 2001, died peacefully at his home on Nov. 22 after a courageous battle with cancer. Memorial services were held on Nov. 28 at the First Presbyterian Church in San Luis Obispo. Bill will be remembered throughout the university community for his quiet nature and big heart. Donations may be sent to Hospice Partners of the Central Coast or the First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo.
Coming Up
Carnegie Mellon teaching expert shares research on campus Dec. 7
Marsha Lovett, associate director of the Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and associate research professor in the Psychology Department at Carnegie Mellon University, will be on campus Friday, Dec. 7, to share her experiences with faculty and staff on how students learn. In her talk, Lovett will discuss several research-based principles of effective student learning and review several studies aimed at evaluating online and hybrid (i.e., online plus face-to-face) instructional environments, interpreting the studies' results in the context of the learning principles. Lovett will also present results from an accelerated learning study that she recently conducted in which a traditional and a hybrid course in introductory statistics were compared. The presentation will be from 11 a.m. to noon, with a question and answer session from 1:45 to 3 p.m., in Fisher Science, Room 285. To reserve a seat, contact Cal Poly's Center for Teaching and Learning at ctl@calpoly.edu or ext. 6-7002. For more information on Lovett's background, visit CTL’s website at http://ctl.calpoly.edu/.
At home with Mustang Athletics Dec. 8
Come watch the Cal Poly Wrestling team take down defending champions from the University of Minnesota on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. in Mott Gym.
For more information on Mustang athletics, visit www.gopoly.com.
Retirement reception for Valene Mathews Dec. 11
After eight years in the Office of Academic Programs and 30 years of service to Cal Poly and the Cal Poly Corporation, Valene Mathews is retiring. The Office of Academic Programs invites the campus community to celebrate her retirement at a reception on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2 to 4 p.m. in UU, Room 220.
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