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Impact Magazine highlights the people, ideas and experiences that shape the Cal Poly College of Liberal Arts.

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Impact Magazine 2025

In this edition: Artificial Intelligence, a new Dean and the Maritime Academy.

  • Alumni: meet honored alumn Sarah Caravalho Khan.
  • News & Notes: Mustang Media Group, Rose Float awards and more.
  • Class Acts: new Cal Poly Maritime faculty.

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Students at the library in a room with a whiteboard and a laptop

Faculty Sound Off

What role does AI play in your classroom?

In April 2025, California State University launched ChatGPT Edu, a private version of ChatGPT funded by the Chancellor’s Office to encourage innovation. Between AI’s availability on campuses and prevalence in the news, the technology and surrounding issues have become too big to ignore.

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Featured Articles

The Bachelor's Pathway in Sociology Program Brings Bachelor’s Degrees Closer to Home

The Bachelor's Pathway in Sociology Brings Bachelor’s Degrees Closer to Home

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Brandiff Caron. Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Studies in the Liberal Arts

Ask an Expert: The Intersection of Liberal Arts and Artificial Intelligence

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Online Impact Magazine Editions

Across each annual edition, you’ll find stories of student and faculty achievement, alumni impact, interdisciplinary learning and the real-world value of a liberal arts education. Explore the archive to see how CLA has grown, responded to change and continued to put Learn by Doing into practice year after year.