President Ortiz invites students to come to the PM Pizza with the Presidents on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Bronco Student Center. He and ASI President Johnathan Jianu will be answering questions on any campus topic.

Students can also tweet their questions in advance using the #askOrtiz or #askASI hashtags. The @calpolypomona Twitter account will be live-tweeting the Q&A event.

In his video message, the president also recognizes biological sciences professors Ed Bobich and Jayson Smith for receiving research grants. He also highlights the Students in Free Enterprise group, which received $8,000 in grant money to help improve the lives of Pomona-area residents and empower small businesses.

Ortiz also encourages the campus community to attend a concert with Martin Chalifour, the principal concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Cal Poly Pomona Professor Nadia Shpachenko. The event is Wednesday at 8 p.m. Also, the baseball team will play at home Friday at 2 p.m. vs. Concordia.

To read the entire video message, download a PDF of the transcript.