President's Community Service Award
Each Spring, select faculty, students, and community members are recognized for their efforts in serving the community during the previous academic year. The Community Service Award is presented to these individuals by Cal Poly President Warren J. Baker at a special ceremony on campus. The following individuals are all faculty recipients this pr estigious award.
2008 Award Winners
Karen Christian
Tom Trice
Rich Savage
Phil Barlow
Linda Vanasupa
Trevor Harding
Kathy Chen
Will Hughes
2007 Award Winners
Cynthia Moyer
Lou Rosenburg
2006 Award Winners
Shawn Burn
Susan Duffy
Susan Duffy received the President's Community Service Award for her dedication and commitment to creating the Central Coast Center for Arts Education (CCCAE). In the 2005-2006 year, the CCCAE worked collaboratively with the People's Self Help Housing Organization to start an after-school arts program for the children at the Los Adobes de Maria housing site in Santa Maria.
2005 Award Winners
Roya Javadpour
Industrial engineering professor Roya Javadpour received the President's Community Service Award for her outstanding work creating the Poly House project. Javadpour and her project management class undertake a home renovation service project each year.
Nina Truch
Nina Truch received the President's Community Service Award for her innovation in integrating service in her speech classes. Truch's first class project was launching a fundraiser for Tsumani relief. Since then, she has approached each of her classes with an open invitation to create their own service projects.
Clare Batista
2004 Award Winners
Brian Dietterick