Running a university isn’t cheap. Even with state funding and rising tuition costs, Cal Poly relies on donations from alumni and parents with the Cal Poly Fund. Chris McBride, the Cal Poly Fund’s new director, said these donations are critical to…
Students AIDing with awareness event
The quarter-long work of five Cal Poly students will culminate this Thursday with World AIDS Day in the University Union (UU) plaza and throughout San Luis Obispo. Recreation, parks and tourism administration (RPTA) students worked with the San Luis Obispo AIDS…
Physics department attempting to close gender gap
It takes an even number of protons and electrons to produce a balance, and the Cal Poly physics department is working to create a better balance of men and women in both faculty and students. Having more diversity in the…
Engineers navigate recession successfully
Students graduating as industrial and manufacturing engineers from Cal Poly are not having problems finding jobs, engineering department chair Jose Macedo said. Companies such as Raytheon and Solar Turbines look for Cal Poly students, especially in the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering…
Entrepreneurs on display at Cal Poly
The Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship held its bi-quarterly entrepreneurial event Nov. 16 in the Performing Arts Center Pavilion. Hosted by the center’s co-founder and Cal Poly entrepreneurship professor, Jonathan York, the entrepreneurship forum featured the finals of…
Society honors international education with week of events
Under dim lights, former Cal Poly president Warren Baker told stories about the effects international education had on students in the past and how being global can help Cal Poly in the future. Baker was elected to speak at the event,…
New fee proposed for 'student success'
A newly proposed “Student Success Fee” would help Cal Poly students get the classes they need and finish their degrees on time, Cal Poly vice president for finance Larry Kelley said. The fee was proposed as a solution to state funding…
KSBY employee killed in Shell Beach collision
A Cal Poly alumna and KSBY employee was struck by a car and killed while crossing the street outside The Cliffs Resort in Shell Beach the evening of Nov. 19. Pismo Beach police said a car collided with 39-year-old Tricia…
Professor files workload complaint
The second formal grievance hearing in Cal Poly’s history, which focused on excessive workloads given to professors in the electrical engineering department, was held Nov. 16. Electrical engineering associate professor Bryan Mealy said he was subjected to an excessive workload from…
Annual faculty awards welcome nominations
Nominations can now be submitted for two annual awards given to Cal Poly faculty members for excellence in teaching and for scholarly or creative contributions to their field of study. The Distinguished Teaching Award and the Distinguished Scholarship Award, both…
Striking a deal
The California Faculty Association (CFA) executed a planned strike at California State University (CSU) Dominguez Hills and East Bay campuses Thursday. The protests, which began in the early morning and went into the night, came just one day after a…