Trailblazing Cal Poly Pomona President Soraya Cole announces retirement – San Bernardino County Sun

Kal Polly Pomona’s first wife and the first president of Cherny on Tuesday, February 4, announced her retirement at the end of the school year after about 10 years.

Soraya M. Cari said in a letter on Tuesday to the campus that she was “filled with deep gratitude for having this opportunity to serve.”

“However, I knew that” one day “my work would end,” Cowley wrote. “It would be time to retreat and enjoy valuable time with my husband Ron, who retired several years ago. And that time is now. “

In 2014, Car became the sixth president of the university, the first woman and the first African -American administrator appointed as the role. She replaced J. Michael Ortiz, who retired in December 2014 after 12 years as president.

Coley has been working at the 1981 State University System in Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Bakersfield, as well as Cal Poly Pomona.

Before taking first place in Pomone, she was a provoist and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Cal State Bakersfield and as Dean of the College of Human Development and Public Service, as an administrative associate and as a professor and chairman of the Cal State Fullerton Human Service Division S

Car wrote that he is grateful for the time spent on the campus, from watching students who graduate, to seeing the success of their colleagues at a personal and professional level.

During his term, Coley helped develop the care center, basic basic needs and make investments in campus facilities, including the construction of the student services building and new students. The campus also launches Future Paths, a program aimed at helping students to complete.