Sylvia A. Alva

Sylvia A. Alva Designated Liaison Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Cal Poly Pomona

Dr. Sylvia Alva is the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. She leads the strategic
and academic direction of the Division of Academic Affairs. In her role, she helped frame Cal
Poly Pomona's new strategic plan and its bold and exciting initiatives and goals for the campus.

At Cal Poly Pomona, our vision is to be the model for an inclusive polytechnic university that
inspires creativity and innovation and helps shape the future of our students, region, and
nation. Provost Alva is a strategic and collaborative leader whose vision has informed other
campus initiatives, including our student success strategies and the academic master plan that
takes our proud learn by doing tradition and expands it to now include eight defining elements
of a polytechnic education.

Sylvia Alva is a professor of developmental psychology and holds a doctoral degree in
psychology from UCLA. Dr. Alva's personal and professional values include a strong
commitment to equity, inclusion, and the transformative power of higher education, especially
for first generation college students like herself.