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CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION, INC.

FEBRUARY 2012

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Book Department:• African-American History Month: We’ll have a display of all ourfeatured books set up right at the top of the stairs in the bookdepartment. This year the theme is the contribution of AfricanAmericans to the music industry, from jazz to funk to hip-hop andbeyond!

• Mid-Term “Grade Boosters”: All our study guides and charts are20% off Jan. 30 - Feb. 2. We carry a wide selection of study aidesfrom Bar Charts, Schaum’s Outlines, REA Guides and more to helpstudents get that ‘edge’ in learning.

• Mid-quarter Buyback: We’re also doing buyback all week forbooks that students might have only needed for the first half of thequarter.

• Dr. Seuss’s Birthday/”Read Across America”: Every March 2libraries and booksellers across the country sponsor events toencourage children of all ages to develop a love of reading. To doour part, all Dr. Seuss books are 20% off Feb. 27-March 2. (We alsohave a few prizes for students who can come in and recite a tongue-twisting passage from their favorite Dr. Seuss book).

General Merchandise:

• Faculty Regalia Fair: Feb. 21-22 we’re hosting an event to get theword out to faculty about the option of purchasing commencementregalia instead of renting it every year. We’ll have a representativefrom Jostens on hand to demonstrate the value and quality of thevarious package options, and refreshments will be set up for facultywho stop by.

• $7 Facebook t-shirt promotion. Students were able to votethrough January 31 for their favorite design for this promotion.Once we have a winner the shirts will be ordered and should arrivelater in February. Watch our Facebook page for more news!

In March, watch for books for Women’s History month, and ofcourse we’ll be promoting buyback March 8-16.

Bronco Bookstore: Happening This Month ...

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Los Olivos welcomes the New Year!Students, faculty and staff brought in the Year of Dragon at Los Olivos on January 19 with a va-riety of Asian cuisines from delicious Pho to fried dumplings to a special mandarin orangecake.

Sweets for your sweets on ValentinesJoin Los Olivos on Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, February 14, as they roll out a “cupcake creation”table where you can customize a cupcake for your sweetheart, your friend, or just for yourself!And don’t miss the Valentines Day photo booth, sponsored by Foundation Marketing between11 AM – 1 PM at the dining area.

Get it while it’s hot! Other February Bites.Roundtable Pizza at the Bronco Student Center will be creating their yearly tradition of heart-shaped pizza’s for theValentine’s season! This unique pizza comes in one size, but can be customized with any of your favorite toppings!For a limited time only – from February 6 through February 14!

Also in February, on the 21st - indulge in a buffet of traditional New Orleans tastings as we celebrate Fat Tuesdaywith a Mardi Gras Luncheon at Los Olivos. Before you give up your favorite foods, feast with us as we serve tradi-tional Louisiana fare like jambalaya, catfish and cornbread!

On February 22nd, Los Olivos will feature a special Seafood Luncheon to coincide with Ash Wednesday – and kickoff the Lenten Season. Enjoy a traditional buffet of fish and shrimp dishes.

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It was a pretty good year - the New York Yankeeswon the World Series, Ben and Jerry opened theirfirst ice cream parlor, Space Invaders were invadingthe US, and the price of a gallon of gas was 63cents.

It was 1978, and Sharon Fradella had not yet ap-plied to go to college when a friend convinced herto take a tour of the Cal Poly Pomona campus. Sheenrolled that same year, studying for a degree inBusiness Management & Human Resources, whilediving into student life by becoming involved in var-ious groups and activities ranging from the ski club,to Pi Sigma Epsilon, to the Rose Float club.

During her time as a Cal Poly student, Sharonworked for Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, the Officeof Continuing Education, and assisting with payrollfor Dining Services.

Recounting one of her first times in Building 55,where she was using a typewriter to address en-velopes for a fundraising event, she was shocked todiscover that the building had previously been thebirthing barn for the horses on Kellogg Ranch. Lit-tle did she know at the time, but Building 55 wouldbecome the place where her career would take rootand flourish.

After graduation, she worked in the aerospace in-dustry for 6 years, until the economic downturn ofthe late 80’s caused massive layoffs and she foundherself looking for employment. Answering an adin the LA Times for an Administrative accountantposition, she found her way back to Pomona andBuilding 55. Many of the staff remembered herfrom her student employment at the Foundationand she was hired for the accounting job.

“I was only 6 years out of college - so I wasn’t think-ing long term. I figured after 5 or 10 years I’d re-assess and move on; but before you know it, it’sbeen 22 years!” Sharon states with a smile.

Starting in accounting, she was promoted to a su-pervisor position when the payroll manager de-cided to take an early retirement. She immersedherself in payroll rules and regulations, and within afew years, she earned the title of payroll manager.The Foundation later combined the payroll andhuman resources departments to create Employ-ment Services, which led to her current position asAssociate Director of Employment Services. Theseopportunities for growth, coupled with a greatworking environment and wonderful co-workers,helped the two decades pass by quickly and withease.

a new beginning for

Sharon Fradella-Stuewe

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Reflecting on her time at Cal Poly, Sharon says, “I’llmiss the people the most. There have been somany who have come and gone in the past 22years, and helped create fond memories. It’salways a little sad to see people move on, andevery time someone leaves, it’s a piece of theFoundation and history that’s gone.”

Sharon has lived through some momentous historyon the campus. “It’s changed a lot since ’78. Thebookstore is new, all the housing developments,University Village, even the CLA building wasn’there when I started.”

She has especially enjoyed experiencing thechanges at her favorite place on campus, LosOlivos, a place that she first discovered as a stu-dent and continued to enjoy as an employee.

The campus life, both as a student and employee,has always been an added benefit for Sharon. Notonly does she love the academic environment, butbeing surrounded by the ever changing studentpopulation allows her to experience new trends, avariety of music and a ‘young vibe’ that most peo-ple don’t get exposure to in their corporate worlds.

There are so many memories and good times atthe Foundation, it’s hard to recount them all. Oneday does stand out as a particularly proud moment,on June 2, 2000, Sharon was honored with the Out-standing Staff Award by her peers, and it remainsa monumental and emotional day in her longcareer.

Her professional and personal life has also evolvedduring her years at the Foundation. When shestarted, the work was very manual, from filling outtimecards to piles of paperwork. Then, in 2007everything changed as the switch was made toKronos, which elevated payroll and HR proceduresinto the digital age.

In 2000, while taking tennis lessons, she met ChuckStuewe and the two started an adventure togetherthat culminated in a romantic wedding on a yachtin 2011. The new Fradella-Stuewe family alsoincludes her son, Garrison, age 20, and stepdaugh-ter Brianna, age 15.

People are always worried that Sharon is going tobe bored once she retires, a fear that she quicklydispels. Between traveling with her husband, play-ing tennis, riding motorcycles, hiking, volunteering,water skiing, snow skiing, camping, painting, cre-ating stained glass, sewing, and photography, it isunlikely there will be much time to be bored!

“I’m doing what I want to do”, says Sharon, “Iwanted to retire while I am still young and healthyenough to enjoy it”.

On February 17, there will be two celebrations - it’sSharon’s birthday and her first day of retirement,and she’s going to enjoy every minute of it. (Partyinformation on page 12)

Taken at Chuck and Sharon’s surprise Wedding Shower.From left, Sharon’s friend Katie, her sister Julie, Chuck,Sharon, only child Garrison, and employment Services Director Dennis Miller.

In early January, the Village welcomed our new residents forwinter quarter into our community. The Sustainable Planningand Action Committee (SPAC) hit the ground running with theplanning of the University Village Community Garden, which isset to open in mid-February.

The Residential Education team bid farewell for now to ourComplex Coordinator, Kyle Sirowy, who has left to work on thespring voyage of Semester at Sea! Kyle will travel to places likeTibet, South Africa, and Brazil until early May while working withstudents on their voyage. We will miss him greatly, but are veryexcited for his upcoming adventures!

On January 20th, the Village hosted “The Price is Wrong!” where Cal PolyFederal Credit Union and the Career Center came to educate students onproper money management as well as preparing for the job search. Resumecritiques were given, and a good time was had by all!

At the end of the month the Village had our first ever Emergency Prepared-ness Evacuation, in which students were educated on the proper evacua-tion locations should an emergency happen, and received free fireextinguisher training, coffee, and pastries.

All is well at the Village!

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Greetings from the University Village!

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Abraham Lincoln

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. Abraham Lincoln

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. Albert Einstein

To love someone is to identify with them. Aristotle

Quotable Quotes

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It’s 8:15 in the morning as I’m stepping out of my carto embark on my journey to the office. First, I pull outmy iPhone to secure my reign as the “mayor” at CalPoly Pomona Foundation on foursquare. Check-in.

Next, I refresh my Twitter feed to see what’s hot thismorning. Looks like #OscarBuzz is trending, let meshare with my 169 followers what I think about thisyear’s nominations … “I’ve only seen Moneyball butwould like to see War Horse.” Tweet.

I’m still only halfway on my walk so I start scrollingthrough Instagram. Looks like my friend bought an ex-pensive watch from the looks of an artsy sepia-tonedphoto he shared. I’ll double tap the adorable hearticon next to his photo. Like.

Well, that only took less than 15 seconds. Now I’llopen up Facebook. A student asked what time theBronco Bookstore closes today. I love easy questions.I answer with, “6:30 PM and we’ll open tomorrow at7:45 AM.” Post.

This is the life of a Social Media Coordinator. We re-fresh, check-in, share, tweet, like, post and upload.Whether we’re at our desks or simply walking, we’reconstantly communicating. And that’s what it boilsdown to: social media is simply communication.

As users, we catch up with old friends, share interest-ing stories, discover the latest trends, and meet new

people. As marketers, we leverage social media as avaluable tool to engage and connect with our audi-ence. Not only do we represent Foundation throughvarious social media networks, we’re engaging in con-versation with individuals on a personal level.

In a constantly changing world, it’s difficult to stayafloat with the latest technologies. This is why we cre-ated this column – to help you grasp a better under-standing of what social media is. It isn’t fancy digitaljargon or something that only “kids these days” aredoing. It’s all around us. As long as you have an inter-est in sharing your story or learning about the worldaround you, you too, can utilize social media. Let So-cial Age be your starting point. Here, we’ll put to-gether posts about our work, our ideas and share thelatest stories that interest us to you.

I’m now approaching the office and as I’m about toopen the door, a tweet chimes in from a movie criticin Chicago in response to my tweet earlier. He recom-mends War Horse but predicts that The Artist will takehome the Oscar. Two more notification alerts pop-up.My friend just shamefully admitted that his expensivewatch is a replica and that student thanked BroncoBookstore for providing him with the information heneeded.

It’s 8:18 in the morning and I’ve reached out to 172people. My day is just getting started.

s cialageBy: Lily Ly & Darren Isomoto

The Social Age is a new column that shares the opinions and ideas of two Social Media Coordinators. Whether you're enthused as much as we are about the world of Social Media or want to learn more, The Social Age is where you can join in on the conversation. Social Media is a part of everything we do: Work. Play. Live.

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Darren Isomoto and Lily Ly are socialmedia coordinators at Cal Poly PomonaFoundation, Inc. Since 2005, they haveserved in various Foundation units including the Bronco Bookstore and University Village. Prior to joining Founda-tion Marketing in July 2010, they werepartners at a social media-marketing firmoffering consultancy to local businesses.Darren and Lily both received a Bachelorof Science in Marketing Managementwith a minor in Public Relations from CalPoly Pomona.

Additional posts can be found online atour blog: www.cppfsocialage.com

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The Auxiliary Organizations Association (AOA) recognized the ded-ication and years of support of David Prenovost during their annualconference in San Francisco. Mr. Prenovost was recognized and pre-sented with the John Francis Service Award during the President’sLuncheon on January 9, 2012.

The members that make up the AOA are the 90-plus organizations that are auxiliaries to the 23campuses in the CSU system. Typically these or-ganizations include foundations that handle con-tracts and grants or gifts to the university, orenterprise corporations that run bookstores andfood services, or associated student organiza-tions and student unions, and sometimes athleticor housing corporations.

The award honors Mr. Prenovost for his many years of dedication andsupport to the organizations’ mission to facilitate the role of individ-ual auxiliaries and their campuses to be more efficient.

“It was a tremendous honor to be recognized by the AOA, and Ihope to continue to contribute to the growth and stability of the or-ganization,” said Mr. Prenovost.

Mr. Prenovost is a graduate of California State University, LongBeach, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and is li-censed as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California.Mr. Prenovost has served as Chief Financial Officer of Cal PolyPomona Foundation since January 2000 and is responsible for finan-cial, budgetary, capital and project accounting, cash forecasts, bondfinancing and covenants, investments and risk management issues.

Auxiliary Organizations Associationawards awards one of our own.

David (center) holding hisaward flanked by Ed Barnes

and Paul Storey

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CALENDAR:

February 14 Valentine’s Day Bake Sale Outdoor Spaces Marketplace 11 AM – 1 PM

February 15 Sharon Fradella-Stuewe’s Retirement PartyHeritage Room at CLA2:30 PM - 5 PM

February 18 Baseball Home Game Cal State MontereyScolinos Field – 11 AM

February 21 Mardi Gras Luncheon Los Olivos

February 22 Ash Wednesday Special Luncheon Seafood MenuLos Olivos

February 23 Baseball Home Game UC San Diego Scolinos Field – 2 PM

February 24 Basketball Home Game Cal State Dominguez Hills Kellogg Gym – 5:30 PM

February 25 Zeta Tau Alpha Casino Night Bronco Student Center 8 PM – Midnight

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Common sense is really all you need to understand what would make some-one not want to be your friend on Facebook, but a business school has nowdone a study about it. According to new research by a graduate student atthe University of Colorado, Denver, Business School, there are two main rea-sons people get unfriended online, and they are remarkably similar to thereasons people get unfriended in real life: Being annoying (posting too muchabout things that aren't interesting), and being offensive, especially about re-ligious or political things.

The difference between real life and the Internet, says the study, is the sud-denness of the unfriending. From The New York Times:

"One of the interesting things about unfriending is that mostreal-world friendships either blow up or fade away," saidChristopher Sibona, who wrote the study with his adviser, StevenWalczak, an associate professor of information systems manage-ment. "But on Facebook, users actively make the decision to un-friend, and people often don't know why or what's happened inthe relationship."

I suppose that is true, but the reality is that most people have more Face-book friends than they have real friends, and one's real friends are less likely

to actually unfriend them, even if that person is being annoyingor offensive. Why? Because people don't want to hurt otherpeople's feelings. Also, unfriending is really easy to do on Face-book. All it takes it a click. Unfriending in real life can mean any-thing from the easy (simply not returning phone calls) to thedifficult (actually having a confrontation and saying you don'twant to be friends).

But the real thing missing is that-and I can only defend thisanecdotally-people do not tend to unfriend people who will ac-tually notice that they have been unfriended. Example: I waspromoting a book earlier this summer and several people toldme they had hidden me from their news feeds because I wasposting too much about the same thing, which I think is totallyfair; I would have hidden me too. But was I unfriended? Maybe,

but if I was, I didn't notice, making the act a little bit meaningless in realworld terms.

Have you ever unfriended someone on Facebook that you actually know andare friends with in real life? Have you ever noticed when someone has un-friended you? We’re pretty sure it’s for the same reason the study concluded.Right?

The Two SureWays to Get

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Angela Romerobronco bookstore

EMPLOYEE PROFILE

TITLE – Customer Service Representative

JOB DESCRIPTION – To provide the best customer servicein the Bronco Bookstore for all the students, faculty andstaff.

I HAVE A TALENT FOR – making people smile.

MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS – stopping myself from spend-ing half of my paycheck on shoes.

WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT MY JOB – being able to meetnew people every day and working with students from dif-ferent parts of the world.

FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY – taking fishing trips withmy Dad at Santa Fe Dam and my new blue Snoopy fishingpole.

MY BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT – Graduating from Cal Poly in2011 with my BA in Liberal/Women’s Studies.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT – I’m involved in an afterschool program for kids that provides educational enrichment.

CAREER GOAL – I want to get my MA in special educationand teach in my community.

FAVORITE FOOD ON CAMPUS – I love the Teriyaki Plate atKikka with a side order of California rolls!

LENGTH OF EMPLOYMENT – One year and four months.

LENGTH OF COMMUTE – A grueling fifteenminutes!

NO ONE WOULD EVER GUESS – I’m terrified ofthe ocean.

ON WEEKENDS I LOVE TO – catch up withfriends over dinner at some of our favoritelocal restaurants.

IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING – I would havemore after school programs available to families within our community.

IN FIVE YEARS I WILL BE – in the Peace Corpsteaching in Latin America.

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Win: 4 Lunch Passes at Los Olivos

The new year brings a new feature to our newsletter- thealways exciting POLL QUESTIONS!

Please take a minute to answer a few questions, andeach month we will reveal the top, or the most interest-ing, or the most obscure answers in the newsletter.

It only takes a few minutes (honestly!!). Have fun. Behonest. Enjoy! We will raffle off 4 lunch passes at LosOlivos from the entries we receive!

Go to this website to join: www.surveymonkey.com/s/KXXPB9L