GIVING ENSURING THE FUTURE Our mission at Cal Poly Pomona is to guide our students to become practitioners, thinkers and leaders. We accomplish that goal by delivering quality academic programs, offering a supportive learning environment and providing state-of-the-art facilities that are critical to our learn-by-doing philosophy. By making a gi to ENV, you are providing our students with fundamental tools for their success. Alumni and friends have generously supported our students, sponsoring building and technology upgrades, studio projects, supplies and scholarships (63 students received assistance in 2016–2017!). You may designate your gi s to any area you choose; for example: funding a lecture series, an endowment or a study abroad program.
We invite you to invest in our future! Please make checks payable to: Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc. College of Environmental Design c/o Jenkins Shannon, Senior Director of Development California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 3801 West Temple Avenue Pomona, CA 91768 For more information, visit the College of Environmental Design webpage, env.cpp.edu/env-make-gi . Or call Ms. Jenkins Shannon at (909) 869–5128, or email her at jshannon@cpp.edu.
A BEQUEST Armed with his degree in landscape architecture, Steve Kikuchi moved to Half Moon Bay in Northern California and started his own company. Thirty-four years later, Kikuchi + Kankel Design Group is highly sought a er for residential, recreational, corporate and commercial projects. Steve and his wife, Jane (’77, recreation administration), have been steadfast supporters of ENV for over 30 years, starting with their first donation of $10 in 1983, six years a er they graduated from Cal Poly Pomona. This spring, the Kikuchis made a generous bequest to the Department of Landscape Architecture and the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center. “I will be forever grateful to Cal Poly Pomona. Studying there was a turning point in my life, providing me with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to commence my career in landscape architecture,” Steve Kikuchi says. “Cal Poly Pomona is also where I met my wife along with classmates, who remain some of our best friends today. My life would certainly be less rich and fulfilling if I had not a ended a very unique educational institution.” \ 20 \ Fall
“I continue to support ENV and the art department because I feel as an alumna, it’s my responsibility to give back and help enrich each generation to ensure continued growth and development—paying it forward.” —Corina Smith (’02, graphic design), a designer for Bebe, has been contributing to her alma mater since 2003
A SCHOLARSHIP Smashing the glass ceiling before the phrase even existed, Professor Margarita McCoy was the first woman to chair an urban planning department at an American university. Her seven years as chair of Cal Poly Pomona’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning was the capstone of her career as a distinguished scholar and as a trailblazer in a male-dominated profession. In addition to being a role model for women, McCoy also was revered as an advocate for students from underrepresented communities, se ing a precedent that continues at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. A er McCoy passed away in March 2016, her son, Alfred McCoy, and daughter, Lady Margarita Ground, announced the goal of establishing a scholarship in their mother’s memory. Along with McCoy’s son and daughter, 25 of McCoy’s friends and former students have donated to a permanent endowment that will provide one annual scholarship of $7,000 to deserving women and members of underrepresented communities in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning.
“My URP education at Cal Poly Pomona provided me with real work experience that was extremely useful later on. It allowed me to advance in my career in a way that I might not be able to do otherwise.” —Wilson Hubbell (’75, urban and regional planning), retired Senior Environmental Planner, County of Santa Barbara Planning & Public Works Departments, who has been contributing to ENV and URP since 1986
