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4  sPrING 2012 CAL POLY MAGAZINE  5marine Science ProFeSSor teStiFieS about FiShing, environmental iSSueSCal Poly Marine SCienCe ProfeSSor Dean Wendt testified before the state legislature in Sacramento in february about the impacts that federal Marine Protected areas (MPas) are having on the ocean environment. Wendt, associate dean of Cal Poly’s College of Science and Mathematics, is acting direc-tor of the university’s Center for Coastal Marine Sciences and executive director of the center’s SloSea research program and Central Coast Collaborative fisheries project. He was in-vited to speak before the state legislature’s Joint Committee on fisheries and aquaculture’s 39th annual fisheries forum on feb. 22 in the State Capitol at the request of committee chair-man Wesley Chesboro (D-north Coast). for the past five years, Cal Poly professors and students in the SloSea project have been monitoring MPas and the impacts they’re having on fish populations, fishermen and the local economy. read more about Wendt’s testimonuy: http://calpolynews.cal poly.edu/news_releases/2012/February/testify.html  cal Poly conStruction management StudentSwin toP honorS at regional comPetitionCal Poly ConStruCtion ManageMent StuDentS earned top honors at the recent associated Schools of Con-struction Competition (aSC) in reno, nev. Seven Cal Poly teams placed, more than any other school in the competition. Cal Poly had 12 teams competing – also more than any other university. a total of 169 teams from 41 universities competed in 17 different categories from two different aSC regions. Cal Poly students won first in the Concrete Solutions and Design Build categories; second in the Mixed use and Determining Project risk; and third in the Marine Construction, Mechanical and electrical divisions. find out more about the student victories: http://calpoly news.calpoly.edu/news_releases/2012/February/regional.html  CAL POLY hONOrEd BY whITE hOUsE As A TOP sChOOL TO rETAIN ANd GrAdUATE ENGINEErING sTUdENTs Cal Poly WaS HonoreD by President Barack obama as a leading school in the retention and graduation of engineer-ing students. engineering Dean Debra larson represented Cal Poly at the feb. 8 event held at the White House. She was one of roughly 40 engineering deans whose colleges do well in stu-dent retention, as determined by the american Society for en-gineering education (aSee). “it was an honor to participate in this special occasion, and it affirms Cal Poly engineering’s strong commitment to retaining and graduating more glob-ally competitive students in the engineering field,” said larson. read more about the White House honor: http://calpoly news.calpoly.edu/news_releases/2012/February/graduation.html  A CUrrICULUM OF CONVERGENCEE D I T O R ’ S  N O T EUNIVErsITY NEwssPrING 2012tHiS eDition’S Cover, handsomely rendered by Cal Poly alumni associa-tion President fred Sweeney, illustrates one of the core ideas animating our recently updated Strategic Plan: Suc-cess in the 21st century will require our graduates to be exceptionally capable of working across the boundaries of individual disciplines. With a curriculum that weds technology and the arts and encourages students and faculty to bring their disciplinary expertise together to solve real-world problems, Cal Poly is ideally positioned to develop and inspire whole-system think-ers. (for more on the Strategic Plan, please see www.academicaffairs.calpoly.edu/StrategicPlan/) in our feature story for this edition, we look at a variety of projects and programs that exemplify this curriculum of convergence. They include: 1. the annual PolyHouse project, in which students from across campus plan and execute a home renovation for a local resident or family in need; 2. the liberal arts and engineering Studies program, which lets stu-dents explore their talent for technology and passion for the humanities in equal measure; and 3. ongoing surveys through Cal Poly’s StriDe Center, in which students from several pro-grams are working to gauge the depth and breadth of San luis obispo County’s hunger problem. elsewhere, we introduce you to Quincy freeman, who demon-strates the cross-disciplinary approach all on her own. Though still a student, freeman has already launched her own business ven-ture uniting her flair for fashion and love of rodeo competition.  We also tell you about alums rebecca Mieliwocki, a nomi-nee for national teacher of the year, and Thomas Kelsey, an award-winning photojournalist who studied with ansel ad-ams and recently published a book of his scenic photography. finally, we introduce a new standing feature – looking ahead, a column by President Jeffrey D. armstrong, who in this issue reaffirms Cal Poly’s commitment to learn by Doing.  as always, i welcome your comments. feel free to contact me at mlazier@calpoly.edu.. and for additional content and multimedia features, please visit Cal Poly Magazine online at www.magazine.calpoly.edu. — Matt lazier, Editor, B.S., Journalism, 1997CAL POLY EsTABLIshEs FELLOwshIP IN OrGANICs tHe College of agriculture, food & environmental Sciences Center for Sustainability will add a new faculty fellowship in organics to the Horticulture and Crop Science Department as a result of the lundberg family farms’ pledge of support to the organic program at Cal Poly. With this fellowship, Cal Poly students will benefit from year-round training and research opportunities in organic farming methods, food safety, and sustainable agricultural systems. The Center for Sustainability’s valued industry partners at lundberg family farms, in combination with support from the Clarence C. Heller Charitable foundation, have provided for the establishment of  the summer-quarter faculty fellowship dedicated to the field of organic and sustainable farming methods. “The Center for Sustainability is delighted to have the opportunity to support education in this rapidly growing sector,” said Hunter francis, the center’s director, “and we are so grateful for the generosity and vision of the lundberg family in helping our college respond to growing student demand for it.” read more about the new fellowship: http://calpolynews.cal poly.edu/news_releases/2012/March/organics.html  sEVEN CAL POLY TEAMs PLACEd, MOrE ThAN ANY OThEr sChOOL IN ThE COMPETITION. CAL POLY sTUdENTs wILL BENEFIT FrOM YEAr-rOUNd TrAINING ANd rEsEArCh OPPOrTUNITIEs IN OrGANIC FArMING METhOds, FOOd sAFETY, ANd sUsTAIN-ABLE AGrICULTUrAL sYsTEMs.Cal Poly students take part in a fisheries study off the san Luis Obispo County coast. (Photo by Joe Johnston)

Editor\u27s Note: A Curriculum of Convergence

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Editor\u27s Note: A Curriculum of Convergence

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