The proposal to raise college-based fees (CBFs) moved a step forward Thursday when the Campus Fee Advisory Committee (CFAC) passed the proposal. Now it’s up to the students to decide.
As a result of Thursday’s decision, all Cal Poly students will have the opportunity to vote online on March 11 and 12 to decide if the university should raise CBFs to $362 per quarter, an amount deans and administrators say is necessary to maintain the current level of faculty and curriculum.
Hundreds of students attended the second annual Focus the Nation at Cal Poly, which emphasized the need to build a sustainable economy. The event is a nationwide teach-in that aims to educate attendants about the future of sustainability through guest speakers, panelists and other events.
When Tim Walsh was hired as Cal Poly’s head football coach Jan. 9, he stressed that he didn’t want to “sign guys just to sign guys,” especially in light of starting recruiting at such a late date due to Rich…
Some students are fortunate enough to have parents who are willing and able to fund their college tuition, rent and living expenses. But what about those students who don’t have anyone to pay their way through school?
According to Cal Poly financial aid counselor Delfina Medina-Maloney, due to this past year’s economic downturn more students have been seeking loans, jobs and other forms of aid instead of their parents’ paychecks.
Cal Poly’s College of Education and the College of Liberal Arts’ liberal studies major will combine with the College of Science and Mathematics later this year. The move plans to improve the state of Cal Poly’s finances and help the school produce more qualified K-12 science and math teachers.
Global gender issues were discussed last night during the second lecture of a five part series at the San Luis Obispo Public Library.
Held by the Cal Poly women’s and gender studies department, psychology and child development professor Patrice Engle led the talk and focused on global gender issues pertaining to women’s rights around the world as they compare to the United States, as well as ways to improve current situations
“I think it is really important that we as Americans understand our effect on the rest of the world,” she said.
Have you ever wondered why colleges require students to take elective courses to receive a degree? How will a class on the social construction of whiteness or a bowling elective help a student grow and succeed in the future?
A non-partisan nationwide network called Americans for Limited Government (ALG) said that eliminating some classes from course requirements will save taxpayers millions of dollars by shortening the time needed to graduate from California State University and University of California schools to two years.
Cal Poly Associated Students Inc. is working on the infancy stage of a green fund that has the potential to generate hundreds of thousands of dollars for future student-led campus sustainability projects.
The fund, called The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF), would pool a $5 per-quarter student fee into a monetary reserve to be used for senior projects, internships and energy efficiency projects through Cal Poly.
In the wake of California’s deepening financial crisis and the $300 million cut from the CSU budget last year alone, Cal Poly administrators and deans of the university’s various colleges are proposing another increase in student fees beginning in spring of 2009.
Parents of small children and pet owners can breathe a little easier today after a 23-foot, 130-pound Reticulated Python reported missing by a San Luis Obispo resident was found at approximately 1:15 p.m. Monday in a neighbor’s backyard near Foothill Boulevard.
The 3,245 fans who’ve filed into Mott Gym this season to take in 10 Cal Poly women’s basketball games have seen considerably more winning than the 17,594 who’ve watched the men. Through 20 games, the women are 13-7 — tied…