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Collins 2 r1 acg:Layout 1 5/1/09 1:37 PM Page 1 SPRING 2009 In This Issue: College & Kellogg West Expansion A Q&A with Howard Gordon Spotlighting Faculty Research CollinsA publication by The Collins College of Hospitality Management CAL POLYPOMONA Collins 2 r1 acg:Layout 1 5/1/09 1:37 PM Page 2 TOM ZASADZINSKI Collins is funded by the Hae & Collins College Andrew Hale Feinstein David A. Phifer Collins College Collins Shina Park in Memory of Dr.Donald Board of Advisors The Collins College of Consultant Alumni Chapter A publication by The Lundberg Alumni & Outreach Hospitality Management Endowment.The magazine is Tim Pulido Board Collins College of Chairman publishedtwiceayearbyThe Richard N. Frank Mimis Cafe Hospitality Management Howard R. Gordon Steven Senft ’98 Collins College of Hospitality The Gordon Group Lawry’s Restaurants, Inc. Management at California State David Schneiderman President Dean and James A.Collins Polytechnic University, Pomona, Board Members Thomas M. Goff Southern Wine & Spirits Distinguished Chair and distributed to alumni and Bernstein Global Wealth Russ Bendel, Jr. ’05 Donald B. Ayres, III Vice President Andrew Hale Feinstein friends of the college. Ayres Hotels Management Eddie Sheldrake Polly’s, Inc. The college would like to extend a Bruce J. Gorelick‘78 Seth Larson‘02 Interim Associate Dean Bruce Baltin Secretary Michael Godfrey special“thank you”to the Office of PKF Consulting Renaissance Hollywood David A. Sherf Alumni Affairs and the Office of Hotel Ascendant Lodging Public Affairs for their assistance in Partners, LLC Michael Ross ’79 Editor Russ Bendel Treasurer this publication. The Habit Restaurants, LLC James E. Henwood, Jr. Lisa McPheron Fairplex Larry Shupnick Dominic Donatoni ’04 Letters should be sent to Stephen K. 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SCS-COC-001081 Advanced Color Graphics Collins 2 r1 acg:Layout 1 5/1/09 1:37 PM Page 3 Collins Contents Cover Story Departments 10 Committed ‘Clubbies’ 4 From the Dean’s Desk Features 5 College News 12 Executive’s Bookshelf: 21 In Their Words Andrew Cherng 26 Faculty & Staff Notes 13 Building Futures 31 Alumni News 14 Preparing for Growth 38 From Our Kitchen 17 Culinary Garden Springs to Life 18 In the Company of Leaders 20 A Golden Opportunity 36 Donor Honor Roll ON THE COVER: 3 (from left) Liliana Doonan, Brent Grimm,Truc Le, Kaleriya Zelenskaya, Na- dine Liauw and Alisha Kato. Photo by Tom Zasadzinski. Collins 2 r1 acg:Layout 1 5/1/09 1:37 PM Page 4 From the Dean’s Desk It is my pleasure to present the second issue of This winter, the college was also incredibly fortunate to receive a Collins magazine. We have had a busy and rewarding multi-million-dollar pledge from Carol and Jim Collins. They have fall and winter. One of the most significant pledged to match dollar-for-dollar $5 million in donations for a $10 milestones this year has been the development of a million college expansion. I hope that supporters of the college heed strategic plan for the college. For more than a year, the Collins’ call and make matching donations. This expansion will many faculty, staff, board members, alumni, and create much-needed space to accommodate our growing enrollment students participated in a strategic planning process. and the future graduate studies program. We currently have four part- From these efforts, we have developed a plan that time faculty members sharing one office because of overcrowding. provides the college with a clear roadmap to lead us That will certainly not be the case when we open the new buildings. into the next phase of growth and change at the college. A vital part of We are capitalizing on this project by establishing a stronger physical this plan is articulating our vision, mission and core values to assure and pedagogical connection with Kellogg West Conference Center & success of the college. They are: Lodge. You can read more about these plans in this issue of Collins. In addition to expanding the physical landscape of the college, we VISION have been working hard to create a more valuable experience for our Ourvisionistoshapethefutureofhospitality. college community. We are putting the hospitality back in The Collins College of Hospitality Management. We brought back the Scholarship We seek to create an engaging university experience that embodies Recognition Luncheon and partnered again with PKF Consulting to excellence in hospitality management education as we become a host the annual Southern California Visitor Industry Outlook preeminent source of future leaders in this dynamic and growing Conference. In March, the college hosted more than 200 prospective industry. students and their parents during the Collins Connection. This open house event is designed to attract the best and brightest to enroll here MISSION at the college. I have also encouraged the student clubs to trade off We are dedicated to advancing the field of hospitality management organizing college-wide social events once a month. I have helped through: them financially with these lunchtime parties, but the students have • our collaborative learn-by-doing approach; taken the lead and hosted some really fun events. • our profound appreciation of diverse backgrounds, ideas, and Alumni are also getting more involved compared to recent years. cultures; and The college is hosting alumni networking events in New York and • our strategic integration of scholarship, service, and Chicago. Plus the newly revised Alumni Chapter Board is hard at applied learning work developing many of its own events to bring alumni back into the fold. They are an enthusiastic group whose hearts are in the right to benefit our stakeholders and the global hospitality industry. place. I look forward to participating in and supporting their efforts. This issue of Collins magazine is designed to give alumni and CORE VALUES friends of the college a window into our life here at Cal Poly Pomona. • Our students are the most valued stakeholders of the college. From the new statewide Hospitality Management Education • We are learning-centered. Initiative, to faculty research, to our new culinary garden and • Our faculty are teacher-scholars, valuing balance in their Horsehill Vineyards wine – we have a lot of wonderful things academic pursuits. underway that you will learn more about in this issue. • We believe in the power of diversity and inclusiveness to positively Last but not least, I want to extend a big congratulations to the impact our lives and the lives of others. college’s Club Managers Association of America student chapter. They • We practice ethical behavior and instill this value in others. earned national chapter of the year at the 2009 World Conference, for • We inspire our stakeholders to value lifelong learning. the second year running. If they were a basketball team, this would be • We have an obligation to protect the environment. like sweeping the NCAA Division I Tournament two years in a row. I • We believe that student success evolves from an environment am proud to have them on the cover of our second issue. where people enjoy what they do. Please enjoy the magazine. The strategic plan has given us the direction to create new programs, such as a Masters of Science in Hospitality Management that we aim to launch in fall 2010, and to bolster the ways that have already made the college one of the best in the nation. The college’s Andrew Hale Feinstein Board of Advisors, headed by Chairman Howard Gordon, has been Dean and James A. Collins Distinguished Chair engaged and supportive of this plan. This fall, they collectively gave The Collins College of Hospitality Management 4 nearly $300,000 in pledges to establish a fund that they will use to support the college’s goals. Collins 2 r1 acg:Layout 1 5/1/09 1:37 PM Page 5 COLLEGE News ------- ------- MICROS College Hosts Donates Statewide TOM ZASADZINSKI Culinary Cup Equipment ------- ------- FIFTEEN HIGH SCHOOLS FROM ACROSS CALIFORNIA competed to see who had the best MICROS SYSTEMS,INC. IS DONATING culinary and management skills on March 6 and 7 during the Boyds Coffee Culinary Cup $36,100 in equipment and software to at The Collins College. overhaul the point-of-sale system in Dr. Jerald Chesser CEC, CCE, FMP,AAC, directed many faculty, staff and students who the Restaurant at Kellogg Ranch. ran the two-day event, which is the California Restaurant Association’s Educational Collins Foundation’s annual ProStart competition. The judges included: Alumni Association President Art Barajas ’92; 2009 Distinguished Alumni Jill Bosich ’93; and Bob Spivak, who is a member of The Collins College’s Board of Advisors and chairman and founder of The || “We are thrilled to have this SPRING 2009 Grill/Daily Grill.