October 2013 www.cpretirees.org RETIRED FACULTY AND STAFF NEWSLETTER President: Mr. Richard Equinoa Newsletter Editor: Valerie Barboza val_barboza@yahoo.com TOUR, BARBEQUE & CAL POLY FOOTBALL OCT 5 th You are invited to join your fellow Cal Poly Retired Faculty and Staff Club members and guests for an informative luncheon, program and brief tour showcasing THE WARREN J. BAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS DATE: Saturday, October 5, 2013 TIME: Baker Center tour: 9:30 a.m. to Noon Athletics barbecue: Noon to 2 p.m. Cal Poly vs. Yale Football Game: 2 p.m. Baker Center Tour and Parking: Complimentary Shuttle Service to Barbecue (one-way): Complimentary Barbecue (optional): $20 Cal Poly vs. Yale Football Game (optional): $15 Total for barbeque and game (optional): $35 RSVP to Gail Simmons at gsimmons@calpoly.edu or (805)462-9148 **Reservations required by noon on Friday, September 27. Please let Gail know if you will attend the tour, barbecue and/or football game. The Cal Poly Retired Faculty and Staff Club continues last year s programming theme of showcasing Cal Poly s outstanding college-based and university wide programs by offering a Saturday morning tour of the new Warren J. Baker Center for Science and Mathematics. As an added bonus, you are invited to attend the Cal Poly vs. Yale football game and the pre-game Athletics barbecue.
CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS (continued from page 1) Here are - just a few of the superlatives offered by the College of Science and Mathematics to describe the Warren J. Baker Center for Science and Mathematics, a cutting edge educational facility that will serve every Cal Poly student for generations to come: The 189,000-square-foot building, the university's second largest after the Kennedy Library, [promotes] Learn by Doing [through] ample study spaces [that] encourage teamwork and close studentfaculty interaction, advanced instrumentation rarely available to undergraduates..., and studio classrooms [that] integrate lecture and lab, allowing students to actively discover science. President Jeffrey D. Armstrong and President Emeritus Warren J. Baker will be on hand to discuss the Center s role in the future of education at Cal Poly and beyond. College of Science and Mathematics Dean Philip Bailey and colleagues will lead the tour of this important new Cal Poly landmark. You are invited to join your fellow Cal Poly Retired Faculty and Staff Club members and guests for an informative tour showcasing the Warren J. Baker Center for Science and Mathematics. If your schedule permits we hope you ll stay for the Cal Poly vs. Yale football game and pre-game Athletics barbeque. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE, MAKE YOUR RESERVATION TODAY! DIRECTIONS TO RESERVED PARKING: Enter campus through the Grand Avenue entrance and follow signs for RFS Event Parking. You will pass the red brick student housing area and the Administration Building. Follow signs to reserved parking spaces in the H-4 lot.
DUES AND NEWS FORMS Stay up-to-date with fellow retirees by filling out this application today. To pay annual dues for 2013-2014, enclose your $10 check payable to Cal Poly RF&SC. For a Life Membership, make your $250 check payable to the Cal Poly Foundation. The entire $250 will be put into the Retired Faculty and Staff Centennial Scholarship endowment. Dues are from July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014. If you have questions about your dues, please call Gail Simmons at (805)462-9148. Please print clearly and mention the department or unit from which you retired. Name Spouse's name Address City State Zip Phone Email address (if you use one) Check here if you do not have email and need to have the newsletter mailed to you. Year you began at Cal Poly Position/Department Faculty Staff Year retired Date today Please share some of what you are doing in retirement. Mail this form and your check to Gail Simmons, 4615 San Vicente Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422. News items may be sent to Valerie Barboza at: val_barboza@yahoo.com or to 2485 Elm Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442 CENTENNIAL SCHOLARSHIP Please accept my donation to the Cal Poly Retired Faculty and Staff Centennial Scholarship endowment. A $250 donation enables you to become a life member of the Cal Poly Retired Faculty and Staff Club. You may also wish to make a donation in honor or in memory of someone. Enclosed is my contribution of: $1,000 $500 $250 $100 $50 $ Name/s Street Telephone City State Zip Code Donation in Honor of Donation in Memory of Make check payable to Cal Poly and mail to: Jenny H. Gann University Advancement, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0444
RETIRED FACULTY AND STAFF CENTENNIAL SCHOLARSHIP Kathrine Muirhead, an Environmental Engineering major from Southern California and the 2012-2013 Centennial Scholarship recipient extended her appreciation and gratitude when she attended this past June Jubilee. She is a delightful young woman, reflective of the high caliber students entering the University and worthy of our support. Continued best wishes Kathrine!! This interim Fair Market Value report is intended to keep you abreast of the status of our endowment during the year. It is subject to the various fluctuations in the investment market so you will see it ebb and flow as goes the market. It remains in good hands and this year we have seen it reach record highs thus enabling us to support an annual scholarship to a promising incoming freshman. The 2013-2014 recipient will be announced later this Fall. WHO, WHEN, WHERE! Fair Market Value (July 31, 2013): $110,657 Please keep in mind that your designated contributions and life time membership fees go directly into the endowment s Principal balance and provide the anchor needed for continued scholarship funding. Thank You to all who continue to support this effort. Richard Equinoa, Scholarship Coordinator, September 2013 MARY LOU BRADY (Library) enjoys life in San Luis Obispo! JEAN DEGNAN (AgriBusiness) sends greetings from Colorado! ROBERT MCINTIRE (Management) remains active and participates in many organizations including his church, Rotary, Elks, Masons and Coast Hills Federal Credit Union board. He also still makes time for international travel. EVELYN REAGAN (Library) spends time bird and river watching during the salmon runs and is preparing for jamming season. MARJE RICH (Agricultural Engineering) writes bios for her retirement center and delivers the newspapers there. She finds time for her church s activities, as well as exercise classes, crossword puzzles and bingo. Her philosophy? Busy people are happy people! LOIS STADT (Library) has been taking watercolor and square dancing classes. She is also planning a September cruise to Portugal. WALTER STIER (College of Architecture) can be heard playing the French horn in the Allan Hancock Symphonic Band, and singing in his church choir. He also teaches a Bible study and occasionally works on wood and metal machining projects.
JOSEPH W. TRUEX (Graphic Communications) has gardening and upkeep projects to complete when he s not keeping up with family in Tennessee, Kansas and California. JUDY TYNER (Admin/Activities) enjoys Civil War research with her niece, who lives in Virginia. REMEMBERING OUR FRIENDS IN PASSING HANY M. KHALIL (Food Science & Nutrition) passed away in August. Hany was very involved in international development during his career that began at Cal Poly in 1987. EDITH ELIZABETH WELTER (Admin) passed away in July. Edith retired in 1988. WELCOME TO THE BOARD DR. DAN HOWARD-GREENE! Many of our Retired Faculty and Staff Club members have not had the opportunity to meet our new Vice President Dan Howard Greene, who retired in December of 2010 as Chief of Staff in the Office of the President. In his own words, Dan calls the time spent at Cal Poly exciting and a great opportunity to work with very talented and dedicated university faculty members, staff and administrators in support of an extraordinary group of students." From 1994 to 2010, Dan provided wide-ranging staff support to President Warren Baker. For example, he served as presidential liaison to the University vice presidents, faculty leadership and various campus and offcampus constituency groups. He provided staff support for the University s external advisory board, the President s Cabinet. He was a member of the Corporation Board, serving as chair for a number of years, edited Campus Administrative Policies and supported President Baker's work on a number of University initiatives, including the Centennial Campaign and Centennial Celebration. Further summing up his years at the University, Dan says he "particularly enjoyed the chance to meet so many interesting people, from diverse walks of life, but who all shared a strong commitment to Cal Poly." Prior to coming to Cal Poly, Dan served as Director of Planning and Institutional Research and Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina Lancaster from 1983 to 1994. While in South Carolina, he taught anthropology and sociology, wrote and administered institutional grants and helped develop a countywide strategic plan for Lancaster County. Lancaster is a small rural county in the Carolina Piedmont, where the textile industry had dominated the local economy for over a century and many college students were the first in their family to extend their education past the high school level. From 1975 to 1983, he completed a Master s Degree and Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Chicago. After high school in Carlsbad, California, Dan received a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from UC Santa Cruz in 1975. As a high school senior, Dan spent a year with
a Danish family outside Copenhagen and he recently hosted his Danish exchange year brother and his family on a visit to the Central Coast. In retirement, Dan serves as secretary of the SLO Rotary Club, enjoys the great hikes around the county, has a long reading list and helps Paula, his wife of 38 years, with home projects and upkeep where they live in Los Osos. Dan and Paula have two grown sons, Andrew (a SF State grad) and John (a Cal Poly grad), and are looking forward to welcoming their first grandchild soon. RETIRED FACULTY AND STAFF CLUB OFFICERS Richard Equinoa President and Scholarship Chair requinoa@calpoly.edu 805-544-0250 Valerie Barboza Newsletter Editor val_barboza@yahoo.com 805-772-7168 Carolyn Jones Secretary cjones@calpoly.edu 805-543-6020 Dan Howard-Greene Vice President dhgreene@calpoly.edu 805-534-1630 Joe Sabol Past President hsharp@charter.net 805-544-8342 Gail Simmons Treasurer and Membership gsimmons@calpoly.edu 805-462-9148 Jenny Gann and Eileen Amaral University Advancement jhgann@calpoly.edu eamaral@calpoly.edu 805-756-5508 WANTED! If you have a short article about Cal Poly that you wish to share with the Retired and Faculty Staff Club, please submit it to: val_barboza@yahoo.com or mail to: 2485 Elm Ave., Morro Bay, CA 93442 We re on the Web! Visit us at: www.cpretirees.org
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