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- AGRIscapes: Located across Temple Avenue, it has the Farm Store and Kellogg Ranch along with crops growing all around.
- Bronco Access Card: Cal Poly student ID card.
- Bronco Buck$: Money that is put on Bronco Access Cards that can be used at campus businesses.
- Bronco Fitness Center (BFC): Full-fledged, two-story gym with free weights, machines, cardio, classes and personal trainers. Located in the BSC (Bldg. 35) and available to all students, staff, faculty, and alumni.
- Bronco ID Number: Each student's personal identification number, used on BroncoDirect and official documents.
- BroncoDirect: The online system used to register for classes and other academic-related services.
- BSC: The Bronco Student Center. It is a large building containing dining facilities, conference rooms, and offices. It is also sometimes referred to as “The New Union.”
- The Cave: Computer lab under the Marketplace and next to the Career Center.
- CLA (Classroom/Laboratory/Administration): Also known as "that big pointy building." Home to classrooms, labs, admissions, financial aid, the registrar’s office, and the Multimedia Design Center.
- CPP: Shorter version of Cal Poly Pomona.
- Farm Store: Across the street from campus, on the corner of Temple and South Campus. Carries food grown by Cal Poly Pomona.
- Grad Check: Can be requested by a student when they have less than 10 classes left to complete. This check shows how many classes the student has left to take before graduation.
- GWT (Graduation Writing Test): A test that all students must take before graduation to demonstrate their writing competence.
- The Hill: The hill students have to hike up to get to buildings 2, 3, 4, and 7.
- Hold: A restriction that can be placed on a student's account and can keep the student from registering for classes or following through with other actions. Students can look for holds on BroncoDirect before registering and can clear them before it poses a problem.
- IGE (Interdisciplinary General Education): A series of eight classes taken to explore different disciplines of different cultures; usually taken by architecture, engineering, and liberal arts majors.
- I-Poly (International Polytechnic High School): High school located on the Cal Poly Pomona campus.
- Office of Student Life (OSL): Place where all the mailboxes are for clubs and organizations. Go here for any information on how to get involved, to charter a club, reserve a space on campus, and more. Located in University Plaza (old horse stables), across from the BSC.
- Old Horse Stables: Also known as University Plaza or Union Plaza (Bldg. 26). OSL, Judicial Affairs, Stop Violence Office, and other resources.
- Pancakes: Concrete circular stage with steps on the sides in the Quad. So named because they literally look like concrete pancakes.
- Plug: Name of the cow the Agriculture students use to view inside a cow's stomach. Obviously, Plug has a large plug on its stomach.
- Poly Post: The University newspaper.
- Quad: Grassy area in the middle of Buildings 5, 6, 8, 94, and the Marketplace.
- Rideshare: Carpool program that gives students closer parking spots in selected areas. Requirement is that each car has a minimum of two students in it, and a valid parking pass.
- University Hour (U-Hour): On Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., when no classes are held. Usually campus activities are held at U-Hour, to gain the most student participation.
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