Campus Market is now accepting CalFresh payment on approved items.
Campus Health and Wellbeing renovates food pantry, opens additional location
White cage-like doors, dim lighting and narrow walkways that made students feel trapped in a corner — that was the Cal Poly Food Pantry before April 2019. “It was literally just a cage, storage closet that was converted into a…
Campus organizations host ‘Open House Day of Action’
Cal Poly students are planning a protest, “Open House Day of Action” at Cal Poly’s Open House Friday at 8 a.m. at the parking lots behind the Recreation Center to continue voicing their frustrations with President Jeffrey Armstrong’s and the…
Hungry and Homeless: New survey shows some Cal Poly students lack basic living necessities
Video by Sydney Brandt A study conducted by California State University (CSU) systems in January 2018 found that 41.6 percent of students reported food insecurity and 10.9 percent reported homelessness. These results are also reflected in a recent survey of…
15-Minute Update: Find out how Cal Poly’s proposed Opportunity Grant can affect students and a survey shows that hunger is a growing problem
Mustang News anchors Shanti Herzog and Sydney Brandt have today’s top stories.
CalFresh program tackles food insecurity at Cal Poly
Cal Poly’s CalFresh outreach program has so far helped about 230 students apply, with more than 100 in Fall 2017.
Cal Poly Food Pantry partners with SLO Food Bank
The Cal Poly Food Pantry partnered with the Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County for the first time.
Unveiling Cal Poly’s classism problem
How Cal Poly creates a climate inaccessible to lower class students
Study shows one in four CSU students are food insecure
Several resources are available to Cal Poly students who struggle with food insecurity