The Peace Corps co-sponsored a barbecue at Cal Poly’s Ag Circle Wednesday, hoping to recruit agriculture students and promote HIV/AIDS awareness.
Alpha Zeta, the agricultural leadership fraternity, co-sponsored the event with the Peace Corps.
Alpha Zeta chancellor and agricultural communications junior Kelly Bishop said the chapter wanted do the barbecue as a fundraiser, as community service and to shed light on the Peace Corps’ presence on campus.
Cal Poly administrators, students and past and present Mustang Daily reporters and editors gathered on Wednesday afternoon in the newsroom to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the newspaper’s publication. A special edition of the newspaper was printed for Wednesday in which articles and ads from the last 90 years were reprinted along with commentaries by the reporters that covered the events.
Arianna Huffington will bring her provocative perspective to Cal Poly on today at 7 p.m. in Spanos Theater as the opener for the speaker series, “California’s Challenges: Provocative Solutions for Compelling Problems.”
The Provocative Perspectives series has opened with well-known speakers for the past three years, said Pat Harris, retired assistant director of the Department of Student Life and Leadership.
While many young Americans were sent overseas to fight in World War II, Cal Poly did its best to help in the wartime effort.
From 1940 to 1943, the university began emergency training programs in industrial arts for special war-related jobs for both men and women.
Can you imagine not only reporting and editing a college newspaper, but also printing it on a machine that requires each letter to be manually placed in a matrix? That was the case for editor Roy Brophy when former Cal Poly President Robert Kennedy came to the university in 1940 as adviser of the California Polytechnic.
Stephen Schulte is the kind of Cal Poly student who goes to the store to buy “a couple brews” and then plays golf with his buddies on a late Monday afternoon. He’s also the kind of brother and best friend who will drive to Petaluma to practice with his best friends and younger brother for their band.
A recent study indicates that the United States is falling behind in the global race to educate young adults and workers.
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education released its fourth report in the biennial series, “Measuring Up 2006: The National Report Card on Higher Education,” in early September of this year.
The Women’s Shelter Program of San Luis Obispo County and a team of art and design students combined efforts to generate this month’s “Beat the Punch” campaign, a violence preventative program soliciting the alliance of the community’s young men.
“The point is to create a dialogue on campus and in the community about domestic violence prevention,” said Lindsey Dunn of the Women’s Shelter Program and “Beat the Punch” project coordinator.
A conglomerate of unlikely team players is coming together today for a regional community summit called Smart Energy Solutions at San Luis Obispo Vets Hall.
Patricia Wilmore, vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, said they are expecting a wide range of participants because of the variety of sponsors, including Cal Poly Renewable Energy Institute, Coast National Bank, SLO Green Build and PG & E.
Walking into the University Union Gallery felt like walking into a scrapbook. Glitter, paint, text and photographs of children created a room-sized collage that documented the development of a child’s mind.
“Making Learning Visible,” the art exhibit occupying the Epicenter from Oct.
From meat to martial arts and plastics to printing, Cal Poly offers one-of-a-kind classes for any major