Volume 3, Issue 14 | April 20 - May 3, 2021

Fight for climate justice with an intersectional lens

Climate Woke! Earth Day Celebration on Thursday, April 22, is a full-day program of art, dialogue and strategy-building engaging the Bronco community to learn about climate change and its impact on marginalized communities. The virtual event is a collaboration with the Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies, the Cesar E. Chavez Center for Higher Education (CECCHE), Native American Student Center (NASC), Asian and Pacific Islander Student Center (APISC), Mexican-American Student Association (MASA) and urban agriculture student leaders. For questions and accommodations, contact kykosaki@cpp.edu.

Opening Ceremony: 9-9:30 a.m. (PST) Artists of color, womxn, immigrant, disabled and trans artists and culture workers hunger for frameworks that connect climate to their core issues of concern, including migration, racial and gender justice. https://mybar.cpp.edu/event/7060834   Un-Dam the Klamath Panel: 10:30-11:50 a.m. (PST) Meet Brook Thompson, a Yurok and Karuk Native and a front-line activist who fights for water and Native American rights; scientist Craig Tucker, a Natural Resources Policy Advocate for the Karuk Tribe; and youth activist Shannon Albers, a four-year class president at Hoopa Valley High School who co-chaired the Hoopa Valley Youth Council at the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation. https://mybar.cpp.edu/event/7061042

Compost at CPP Panel: 12-1 p.m. (PST) Learn about composting from Plant Science Professor and Department Chair Valerie Mellano and Brian Lake, Manager of CPP Facilities Landscape Services. https://mybar.cpp.edu/event/7070888   Art & Activism with the Pacific Island Ethnic Arts Museum (PIEAM): 1:30-3:30 p.m. (PST) Meet Jason Pereira, a mural and graphic artist of Samoan and Portuguese descent and the resident artist at the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PIEAM) in Long Beach. https://mybar.cpp.edu/event/6633534   Closing Ceremony: 4-6 p.m. (PST) A recap of the day's events and guest speakers, and a discussion of the steps towards climate justice. https://mybar.cpp.edu/event/7060971

cal poly pomona updates Classes and campus services are predominantly remote/virtual in the spring and summer terms. The University has received county approval for graduates to exit their vehicles and take a celebratory walk across the stage at the drive-in ceremonies for the Classes of 2020 and 2021 from May 20-23. The ENV ceremony is on May 21 at 5 p.m. View the video recording of the Campus Conversation about the University's comprehensive plan to return to campus. Faculty are needed for Campus Repopulation Working Groups. Find more details and sign up here. Priority Registration for Fall 2021 is open until April 20. General Registration is through June 11. Take the University Library Data Services Survey to help improve University Library services. The last day to participate is April 20. The survey takes about 15 minutes. Have you filled out your CPP Connect Planner for Fall 2021 and Spring 2021? You and two friends could win CPP swag. Planning a visit to campus? Faculty, students and staff must first complete this checklist. env updates Find news and updates in the College of Environmental Design's news section. Buildings 1, 2, 3, 7, 13, 89 and 209 are closed and locked until further notice. Studios and classrooms should not be accessed at this time. ENV students are invited to serve in the Office of Inclusive Excellence and Diversity subcommittee on the Student Administrative Experience. Email sbgonzaga@cpp.edu for details. Application deadline for the Master's in Regenerative Studies program is April 30. Ink & Clay 45: The Art of Type is accepting submissions for its sapphire anniversary. This annual juried competition celebrates printmaking, ink drawing, ceramic ware, clay sculpture, mixed media and installation, utilizing any variety of "ink" or "clay", or combination, as material. Deadline is May 30. Faculty and staff who need access to ENV offices must first complete COVID-19 training and notify the Dean's Office and University Police before their campus visit. Follow ENV on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and Vimeo (@cppenv). ENV Student Success Advising Center is on Instagram (@cpp_envadvising).

interdepartmental | stay in the know

ARCHITECTURE Toyo Ito, internationally recognized for his innovative, forward-looking architecture, has been named the 2021 medalist of the Richard J. Neutra Award for Professional Excellence. The department's highest honor acknowledges individuals who have dedicated their careers to researching and developing new environments in which to work, live and play. Neutra, an acclaimed modern architect, taught in the College of Environmental Design. View Ito's projects here. Toyo Ito: 2021 Neutra Award Ceremony and Lecture Friday, May 7 | 6 p.m. (PST) | https://cpp.zoom.us/j/88017714829

Professor Axel Schmitzberger is the co-curator of the bi-cultural celebration of Austrian-Hawaiian modern architect Alfred Preis (1911-1993) hosted by the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Architecture. The program includes a curated online exhibition and virtual panel discussion. Among those joining Schmitzberger on the panel are Andreas Launer, Austrian Consul General of Los Angeles, and Michael Haider, Director of the Austrian Cultural Forum New York. Alfred Preis: Architect, Planner and Advocate A Bi-Cultural Legacy of Austria and Hawai'i Friday, April 23 | 12 p.m. (HST) | Register to receive Zoom link Preis — who fled Nazi-occupied Austria in 1939 and two years later was forced into internment with Japanese and German nationals at the Sand Island Detainment Camp — built some of the state's most enduring structures and institutions. He designed the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor and founded the Hawaii State Foundation for Culture and Arts, serving as executive director from 1966-1980.

Architecture students, faculty and alumni are invited to Preservation Matters 2021: Restore, Rehabilitate, Re-Purpose, hosted by the Palm Springs Historic Site Preservation Board. Symposium highlights include sessions on the restoration of the Bob Hope House by project architect Helena Arahuette; a virtual tour of the Aggregate Wall House; and a film screening about the restoration of the Cornelia White House. Preservation Matters 2021 Saturday, April 24 | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. (PST) | Register to receive Zoom link For architects interested in CEU credits, this event qualifies for AIA CES 3.5 LUs. To receive your certificate after completing all sessions, contact the AIA California Desert Chapter at director@aiacdc.org.

ART Poly-Kroma will be part of the 3rd Annual Celebration of Research, hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research through May 13. This four-week event will spotlight virtual research events and creative happenings organized by the University's colleges and departments. Poly-Kroma celebrates fine arts and visual communication with the 2d3d+ Annual Juried Student Art Virtual Exhibition, and Virtual Industry Portfolio Showcase — featuring the graduating class' senior portfolios. The 2021 Poly-Kroma site will launch on May 8. In the meantime, view the 2020 VR walkthrough here.

Visual communication design majors and CPP-AIGA members Katie Tju, Marijose Cuellar and Jasmine Najarro are behind the new logo design of the student chapter of the National Association of Minority Landscape Architects. NAMLA-CPP launched in Fall 2020, shortly after the national professional association was founded by landscape architecture lecturer Steven Chavez and BSLA alumni Sara Abed ('14) and Alejandro Armas ('18). See NAMLA-CPP's announcement and the logo's iterations during the design process here.

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Third-year undergraduate student Angela Garcia joined the Cal Poly Pomona team of agriculture, biology and plant science majors that competed and finished in the Top 10 of the 2021 National Collegiate Landscape Competition. Her design for a therapeutic garden garnered a third place win in the 3D Exterior Design Challenge. To qualify and prepare for the competition, Garcia enrolled in a special topics plant science course (PLT 2990) and began learning VectorWorks software. "This win has given me a boost in confidence as a designer, and to have more faith in myself even when I think the odds were against me," Garcia said of placing in the Top 3 with less than a year of prep work. "And to know as a designer that I can compete in this field and I do have something to provide for the public." Her therapeutic garden originated as a hand sketch of greenery, water and topographic features, and sensory elements that would "provide spaces for movement for users to safely exercise, hidden features to prompt mystery and discovery to keep moving into different areas, looping paths to encourage movement, and private seating to experience the moments in the landscape I have designed."

URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING Associate Professor Dina Abdulkarim's artwork is on display in the SoLA exhibition MASH through May 22. Her work is featured alongside artists Doris Bittar and Joyce Dallal in a collection curated by Los Angeles-based artist Mark Steven Greenfield. Drawing on design elements with origins in the Middle East, MASH challenges mainstream stereotypes of the region by portraying Arabesque architecture as a gateway to sacred spaces and spiritual experiences.  Greenfield will be in the upcoming virtual and physical exhibitions of "Black, White & Shades of Grey" at the W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery.

On Friday, April 23 Associate Professor Alvaro Huerta will moderate "Racial Gaps in Homeownership, Income, and Savings (and Why They Matter): From Fair Housing to Fair Savings," hosted by the California Center for Ethics and Policy. The virtual panel will examine why Latinx and Black Americans lag behind white and Asian Americans in homeownership rates; the long-term impacts on household incomes, wealth accumulation, intergenerational wealth transfer, and housing insecurity; and how underserved communities are impacted by the availability of capital. Huerta was the featured speaker in San Diego State University lecture "Life and Career as a Chicano Scholar-Activist" hosted on Tuesday, April 13 by the Department of Chicano and Chicano Studies. View his lecture here.

REGENERATIVE STUDIES Alexa Buss ('22, master's in regenerative studies) secured a paid summer internship with the CSU Council of Ocean Affairs, Science and Technology (COAST), which places interns with a host institution where they will work alongside professionals on current scientific research, policy, and resource management projects. Buss will be at the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (TRNERR) to track long-term trends on invasive species resulting from raw sewage. "The Tijuana River frequently experiences flows of raw sewage and since humans eat foods like tomatoes, squash, melons, etc., the seeds end up in these flows and often end up successfully growing throughout the river valley," Buss said. "I became interested in exploring this topic because of a chapter I read from 'Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene' in which they explore this concept of toxic tomatoes in the Tijuana River." The research experience from the internship will deepen her knowledge of environmental entanglements in the area and prepare for her graduate research focus on the Salton Sea. "The environmental issues of the Tijuana River and the Salton Sea have a lot in common, especially in terms of the communities that live in these areas (migrants/lower income)," Buss said. "The Tijuana River and the Salton Sea have also become these semi-natural spaces, which are extremely difficult to protect because it becomes a struggle to discern what does and does not belong in this environment. Since the Tijuana River has recently been declared a public health emergency, protections and restoration are on the way. I am hoping that the research I do over the summer with this internship will then support the importance of protecting and restoring semi-natural spaces."

Assistant Professor James J.A. Blair's community partner CHERP Locally Grown Power will have a grand opening of its solar power assembly factory in Pomona. The nonprofit will provide discounted electricity to the city's low-income residents. CHERP Solar Factory Grand Opening: Virtual Tour Tuesday, April 27 | 5 p.m. (PST) | RSVP to receive Zoom link As part of the festivities, Blair's students will present their findings on community-based action research projects as part of his current PolyX Signature Experience course (ANT 3500HS: Environmental, Technology and Culture). During the virtual semester, his students have been involved in conducting supply chain analysis, market research, economic modeling and event planning.

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CLIMATE STRIKE | Professor Juintow Lin's architecture students were asked to submit their ideas for the March 19 Climate Strike, a global movement started by three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greta Thunberg. Pictured clockwise from the left are submissions by Ana Jaimes (melted Earth cone), Nicholas Fiol (sunflowers) and Jiaan Xie (We Bare Bears/SpongeBob crossover).

opportunities | your professional development

FELLOWSHIP | Cavin Family Traveling Fellowship - Registration opens on April 20 For more than a decade, the Cavin Family Traveling Fellowship awards $12,000-$15,000 to a recent architecture graduate from Cal Poly Pomona or the University of Oregon to advance their education in architecture through 10 weeks of self-devised foreign travel, research, and study. Registration closes on May 27; the submission deadline for applicants is June 1. For questions, email cavinfellowship@cpp.edu. EVENT | URP Career Day - April 23 The URP Alumni Chapter is partnering with Cal Poly Pomona Alumni Association and the Career Center for the first Annual URP Career Day. The virtual event runs from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. (PST). NOW HIRING | Landscape Designer - Copley Wolff Design Group Boston-based Copley Wolff Design Group seeks a landscape designer to assist with planning and designing mixed-use, housing, park, academic, corporate, healthcare, waterfront, lab/research, and children's plan and discovery projects. Successful candidates will have: 1-3 years of professional experience Strong design and graphic skills, including experience with Rhino and Lumion Demonstrate strong oral, presentation and written communication skills AutoCAD, Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Cloud are a must. Networking and business affinity is a plus. Send resumes and work samples to Martha Hunter at mhunter@copley-wolff.com. SCHOLARSHIP | CACP Scholarship Program - Apply by June 15 The Chinese American Construction Professionals (CACP) Scholarship Program provides $1,000-$3,000 in scholarships to students pursuing careers in architecture, design, engineering or construction-related fields. Applicants are offered a free annual membership to the organization. Find the downloadable application here. COMPETITION | 2021 SARA National Student Design Awards - Submissions due Aug. 1 The Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) is now accepting submissions for its 2021 National Student Design Awards Program. Multiple projects can be submitted; the fee is $50 for the first, and $25 for additional entries by the same registrant. Eligible entries must be submitted by students majoring in architecture, landscape architecture, planning, and design. Register here.

ON THE GRID is produced by the College of Environmental Design (ENV) at Cal Poly Pomona. Masthead design by Maribel Ruiz ('22, architecture). Send your news, announcements and upcoming (virtual) events to env@cpp.edu.

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