Traducción al español:
Cal Poly ha designado liderazgo nuevo para el campus de Cal Poly en Solano y para la academia de Cal Poly Maritime, coincidiendo con la unión oficial este primero de julio de Cal Poly y Cal Maritime. Corey Cook será el vicepresidente y director ejecutivo del campus de Cal Poly en Solano. Eric C. Jones será el superintendente de la academia de Cal Poly Maritime. El presidente interino, Mike Dumont, se retirará cuando ocurra la unión.
Cal Poly has appointed new leadership for the Cal Poly, Solano Campus and Cal Poly Maritime Academy coinciding with the official merger set for July 1.
Corey Cook will serve as vice president and CEO of the Cal Poly, Solano Campus, and Eric C. Jones, retired Coast Guard rear admiral, will serve as superintendent of the Cal Poly Maritime Academy. These appointments will take effect on July 1, according to a campuswide email from the Office of the President this morning.
Approved in November 2024, Cal Poly and Cal Maritime will officially merge on July 1. Once effective, the Cal Maritime campus will officially become Cal Poly, Solano Campus. In fall 2026, the Cal Poly Maritime Academy and Solano Campus will be fully integrated, and students there will be enrolled at Cal Poly.
Mike Dumont, California Maritime Academy interim president, will retire once the merger takes place, according to university spokesperson Matt Lazier. Armstrong expressed gratitude for Dumont’s leadership in his email.
At Cal Poly, Solano Campus, Cook will play a vital role in providing strategic vision, executive leadership, and operational oversight for all programs and initiatives, according to the email.
Cook previously served as vice president and provost at St. Mary’s College of California, where he led strategic planning, accreditation and academic reform initiatives. He holds doctorate and master’s degrees in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a bachelor’s degree in political science and peace and conflict studies from the University of California, Berkeley.
At Cal Poly Maritime Academy, Jones will be responsible for the administration of the merchant mariner license-track programs, training vessels, the Corps of Cadets and the port facility, according to the email.
Jones served in the U.S. Coast Guard for 35 years, assuming multiple leadership roles including commanding officer of U.S. Coast Guard Base Charleston. He also served as military advisor to the secretary of Homeland Security, and holds a master’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
