CLASS Strategic Initiatives
Support CLASS Strategic Initiatives
Where Strategic Vision Meets Real Impact
Your gift supports College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences (CLASS)'s strategic initiatives to create welcoming learning environments, expand innovative educational experiences, and provide essential resources that prepare our diverse student body for success in an ever-changing world.
Why Your Investment Matters
As one of the largest colleges at Cal Poly Pomona with 12 departments and over 25 student clubs, CLASS serves thousands of students who need robust support to thrive in today's competitive landscape. Philanthropic support is essential to transform our strategic goals into reality—creating community, promoting our excellence, and elevating the skills and expertise of our students, faculty, and staff.
Your investment in CLASS's strategic initiatives directly empowers us to build a brighter future for our entire community and strengthen our role as an essential partner in education and innovation across the University.
Every gift – large or small – helps our college turn our strategic vision into reality. Your support bridges the gap between aspiration and achievement, enabling initiatives that elevate our entire community.
Learn more about our strategic goals and how it impacts our college below.
Our Five Strategic Goals to Connect, Elevate, and Engage
Goal #1: Building Trust and Community
CLASS will be a community that welcomes, includes, and inspires trust.
We're creating a working and living environment that centers belonging, transparency, access, and inclusion through clear and equitable processes, respectful communication, and recognition of contributions to our CLASS community.
Your support enables:
- CLASS Four Fridays Initiative connecting faculty across disciplines
- Meaningful community gatherings and networking events
- Recognition programs celebrating faculty and staff excellence
- Enhanced spaces for collaboration and connection
Goal #2: Student Success 
CLASS will offer learning experiences that prepare all Cal Poly Pomona students for success in a changing world.
Through curricular and co-curricular programs, CLASS provides a polytechnic learning experience that fosters critical thinking, creativity, perspective-taking, information literacy, and problem-solving skills.
Your support enables:- Signature interdisciplinary CLASS RSCA events
- Conference attendance and presentation opportunities for students
- Graduate school preparation workshops and mentorship
- Student clubs, publications, and co-curricular programming
- Enhanced advising and support services
Goal #3: Promoting CLASS at CPP
CLASS will be recognized as essential to Cal Poly Pomona's success.
CLASS promotes the performing arts, humanities, and social sciences as essential partners for opportunity and innovation within the university and indispensable resources for our community.
Your support enables:
- Public-facing events showcasing student and faculty work
- CLASS magazine and communications initiatives
- Alumni engagement programs
- Community partnerships and outreach
Goal #4: Staff and Faculty Excellence 
CLASS will recognize and support staff and faculty aspirations and excellence.
CLASS fosters holistic personal and professional growth through life-long learning, researching, and civic engagement for faculty and staff.
Your support enables:
- CLASS Staff Excellence Award
- Professional development conference attendance
- Faculty research and scholarship support
- Teaching innovation initiatives
- Staff training and skill-building programs
Goal #5: Resources and Sustainability
CLASS will strategically allocate, advocate for, and generate resources.
CLASS optimizes the allocation of existing resources while generating new and diversified sources of revenue to support the college's academic programs, research initiatives, and community engagement.
Your support enables:
- Seed funding for grant proposals
- Innovation in curriculum and programming
- Technology and equipment upgrades
- Space improvements for teaching and research
- Revenue-generating initiatives that sustain long-term growth
Recent Accomplishments
Here are just a few examples of what we've accomplished:
Building Community: Launched CLASS Four Fridays Initiative with 77 faculty attending, creating meaningful connections across departments
Student Success: Hosted Presidential and VP Debate watch parties, expanded student club support, and created new pathways for undergraduate research
Visibility: Launched "Hire a Musician Link" connecting student ensembles with community opportunities, generating both experience and revenue for students
Professional Development: Supported staff attendance at professional conferences including ACE Women's Network Southern California Conference and GIS technical training
Innovation: Piloted PR student internship program in Fall 2024, expanding to additional departments in Spring 2025
$10
$10–$40 Supporter
Show your CLASS pride by supporting innovative programs that enrich student learning and community engagement.
$50
$50—$150 Friend
Join our community of friends who champion creativity, scholarship, and student success across the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
$200
$200–$450 Affiliate
Partner with CLASS as an affiliate to advance opportunities that shape the next generation of thinkers, creators, and leaders.
$500
$500–$750 Advocate
Empower CLASS students and faculty as an advocate for excellence in research, teaching, and creative expression.
$800
$800–$1,000 Ambassador
Lead with purpose as a CLASS ambassador—your support amplifies our mission and inspires others to give.
$1,500
$1,500–$3,000 Benefactor
Make a transformative impact as a benefactor whose generosity drives innovation and meaningful change within CLASS.
