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

Latest Edition

Impact Magazine 2026

In this edition: 

  • Making Sense of Semesters: two interns worked with CLA Advising to share important semester-conversion updates tailored to meeting their peers' needs.
  • Faculty Sound Off: Faculty across disciplines discuss AI's role in the workplace.
  • News & Notes: awards, special projects and alumni updates.
  • Faculty Spotlight: learn how faculty from across disciplines are centering Latinx/e histories, identities and communities.

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Two students stand next to a Semester Conversion sign
Art and Design students smile looking at the camera in an art gallery

On The Cover

The Art of Making it Happen

Nine student artists produced their own community-facing art exhibition, blending art and entrepreneurship.

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Featured Articles

Andrew Fricker

AI in the Workplace and the Enduring Value of Human Work

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Aron Ramirez

Faculty Spotlight:  CLA faculty reach milestones for work centering Latinx/e identities

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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.