CLA Shoutouts
February 2025
Alumni
Leslie Baker holding her new book.
Leslie Baker (Child Development, ’83) is the CEO and President of Therapy2Thrive, a marriage and family counseling center in Pleasanton, California. Last year, Baker co-edited the book “Assessing and Treating Suicidal Thinking and Behaviors in Children and Adolescents,” a guide to working with children and young people who present suicidal thoughts, preoccupations or plans.
Sherry Shahan (Social Science, '78) has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Poetry (2024) and the Pushcart Prize in Short Fiction, Best American Short Stories, and Best of the Net (2025). Her art has appeared in 134 national and international literary journals since 2021.
January
Students
The Mustang Media Group business team
showing off their CMBAM awards.
Congratulations to Mustang Media Group (MMG)! Cal Poly’s student-run news organization was named national College Media Company of the Year for a third consecutive year. Students took home a total of 45 awards from the College Media Business and Advertising Managers (CMBAM), Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) and College Media Association (CMA).
Mustang Media Group members posing
at the ACP awards in New Orleans.
"Being recognized as the top college media organization in the country for two years in a row was an amazing feat. To earn the honor again is simply incredible,” Journalism Professor and Department Chair Brady Teufel said. “Kudos to all the students, staff and faculty whose hard work, vision and standards of excellence lie at the heart of this award and the 44 others that the organization received. Earning this honor is no small task, but these students are determined for even more success."