Cal Poly’s aerospace engineering department continued its twenty-year-long string of excellence this September when it took first and second place at the national Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design competition.
CSUs to accept new students for Winter 2011; Cal Poly still uncertain
After the budget crisis last year denied new student admission in the spring, CSUs will be accepting new students for the Winter/Spring 2011 terms despite the budget not yet being finalized to sustain them. Cal Poly is still uncertain.
Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoes the Higher Education Transparency Bill
The books for the Cal Poly Foundation and the Cal Poly Corporation will remain closed after California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, vetoed The Higher Education Transparency Bill last Thursday.
NASA awards Poly with contract to build satellites
NASA awarded Cal Poly and its CubeSat program their Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployers, or P-POD, service contract on Sept. 25 as a part of an educational initiative to more efficiently launch small satellites into orbit.
Cal Poly journalism department: focusing more on change than past problems
On Tuesday, Sept. 28, College of Liberal Arts Dean Linda Halisky and interim journalism department chair Dr. Levenson answered questions from students regarding past worries and future hope.
Eight million donated from alumnus for College of Engineering
Alumnus Paul R. Bonderson, Jr. donated $8 million to create the Bonderson Project Center in the College of Engineering to provide a space for students to work together on projects.
Annual ‘Banned Book Week’ reaches final chapter
Banned Books Week came to its close Oct. 1. The event opened the floor for library patrons to discuss why certain books would be censored and to talk about the ideas that made those books controversial in the first place.
‘Adventure’ Triathlon comes to Lopez Lake
Five Cal Poly students will be participating in the longest running off-road triathlon, Scott Tinley’s Adventures 14th Annual Triathlon, at Lake Lopez from Oct. 1 to Oct. 3.
Senate bill to make transfers to CSU schools easier
Senate Bill 1440 was signed into a bill yesterday, allowing community college students an easier route into CSU schools.
Poly student dubbed ‘World’s Best Barista’
It only took four months working as a barista for Cal Poly student to be declared the best in the world.