Cornel Morton

Since joining Cal Poly as the Vice President for Student Affairs in 2002, Cornel Morton has led the Division to new heights. Under his leadership several innovative programs have been successfully launched. Most notable these include a popular speakers’ series entitled, "Provocative Perspectives,", the First Year Experience initiative, and the Inclusive Excellence initiative.

Involvement in important administrative efforts such as the Student Success Council, the Substance Use and Abuse Advisory Committee, the Academic Assessment Council, and the Student Quality Advisory Committee has positioned the Division as a leader in institutional collaborations that are designed to enhance students’ learning experiences.

Trey Duffy

Trey Duffy has been the director of the Disability Resource Center at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo since 2006. The DRC has been providing accommodations and services to students with disabilities at Cal Poly since the late 1970’s.

Recently, its "Think B4U Buy, Teach, Design" project was selected as a model initiative and received statewide recognition for its efforts toward making electronic and information technologies accessible.The DRC has spearheaded efforts to implement the principles of universal design that will provide people with disabilities direct access to learning and physical environments and begin to eliminate the need for special accommodations.

Andrene Kaiwi-Lenting

Andrene Kaiwi-Lenting is the Assistant Director for Student Life & Leadership and also serves as the Coordinator of Orientation Programs. Andrene is currently a part-time faculty member for the College of Education. As an active member and leader of the National Orientation Director's Association (NODA) she served as association president from 2002-2004 and is a member of the Orientation Professionals Institute faculty for the association.

Orientation Programs, at Cal Poly, is nationally recognized for its student leaders and volunteerism, its community relations, and its ability to outreach to new students in transition. Orientation Programs produces three major programs -- Open House Preview Weekend, Student Orientation, Advising and Resources (SOAR) Program, and the Week of Welcome (WOW).

Martin Shibata

Martin Shibata has worked with Career Services at Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo since 1990, serving as Director since 2004. Career Services provides a vital campus service by assisting students in exploring, formulating, and implementing career plans.

Career Services also promotes and supports effective relations between the University and employers. This has been demonstrated by hosting quarterly job fairs, serving as many as 180 companies and 550 recruiters a day and providing employers with access to Cal Poly students and graduates. In addition, Career Services has been recognized by the academic community for assisting the colleges in assessing student learning outcomes, measuring institutional effectiveness and supporting accreditation.

Robyn Claborn

Robyn Claborn received the 2007-08 Outstanding Student Employee of the Year award in recognition of her work with ASI Recreational Sports where she is the student manager for the Intramural Sports Program. Robyn also received the award for Northern California Outstanding Student Employee of the Year from the Western Association of Student Employment Administrators.

The awards were given during National Student Employment Week to honor the exceptional service, important achievements and contributions of Cal Poly’s student employees.

Kelly Sondeno

The Division of Student Affairs has a bit of Cal Poly history in the family in the shape of Kelly Sondeno, a student assistant in the Office of the Vice President. When Kelly’s great-grandfather, Lee Fletcher, left Arkansas and headed to Cal Poly with his wife and daughter in 1931, it was the height of the Depression. He had no idea the University would play such a major role in his life and in the lives of three generations to come.

Fletcher lived on campus for 32 years, working as farm foreman and superintendent of the Farm Shop. Fletcher’s daughter Shirley met her husband, Joseph Sondeno (EE ’49), among the 2,000 students on the all-male campus. The couple’s son Dudley Sondeno (ME ’75) always knew he would go to Cal Poly. The campus had left its mark when he visited his grandparents in the 50s, catching tractor rides with granddad Lee Fletcher.

Now as fate – or family – would have it, Dudley’s daughter, Kelly, proudly carries on the tradition. A nutrition major, Kelly has worked in the Vice President’s office since March 2006. She jokes that there was “no pressure to go to Cal Poly.” She is thrilled with her choice, and her father and grandparents couldn’t be happier.