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Cal Poly band at Bandfest

Oct 20, 2016

Cal Poly Bands to Celebrate ‘American Masters’ at Bandfest Concert Nov. 13

Nearly 300 students will perform at Cal Poly’s annual Bandfest at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, in Harman Hall in the Performing Arts Center’s Christopher Cohan Center.

The show, titled “American Masters,” will feature the Cal Poly Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble in an evening of bold and powerful works by living American composers for the modern symphonic band.

The evening will also include the Mustang Marching Band performing high-energy selections for the traditional stadium band.

Cal Poly and KSBY Host Forum for Congressional District Candidates

Oct 18, 2016

Candidates Salud Carbajal and Justin Fareed will reply to select questions supplied from the live audience and KSBY’s social media platforms. The event will be moderated by KSBY News anchor Carina Corral. The station will broadcast the first hour of the forum live on KSBY-TV (NBC) and live-stream the entire event at
www.ksby.com 

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and seating will be on a first-come basis. Approximately 350 seats will be available to the public. Doors will close at 6:15 p.m.; the live broadcast will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. Complimentary parking will be available in the Grand Avenue parking structure.

Henry Horenstein: Life in Pictures

Oct 14, 2016

Cal Poly Choirs Kick Off 2016-17 Season on Oct. 29

Sep 30, 2016

Cal Poly’s choral ensembles of 2016-17 will be introduced in a concert featuring various styles — from 18th century motets to folk songs and spirituals — at 8p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, in the Performing Arts Center.

PolyPhonics, the University Singers and the Early Music Ensemble will present the “New Beginnings; New Horizons” fall concert, which begins conductor Thomas Davies’ final year as director of choral activities and vocal studies at Cal Poly. He and his wife, Susan, are in their 34th year of teaching at Cal Poly.

Cal Poly Student Press to Mark 100th Anniversary

Sep 29, 2016

First Mustang Media Hall of Fame inductees include ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic

SAN LUIS OBISPO — The Cal Poly Journalism Department is planning a two-day celebration in honor of the 100th anniversary of the student press on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14-15.
 

The weekend festivities will culminate with a Spotlight Gala at the
Embassy Suites by Hilton in San Luis Obispo starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. Ben Bradlee Jr., former deputy managing editor of the Boston Globe, will give the keynote address. The journalist and author led the paper’s 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning series on abuse in the Roman Catholic Church. His team’s investigation was the basis for the movie “Spotlight,” winner of the 2016 Academy Award for Best Picture.

Cal Poly Bachelor’s Degree Grads' Median Salaries Rank 10th in Nation Among Public Universities on PayScale.com Survey

Sep 27, 2016

Cal Poly bachelor’s degree graduates rank 10th in the nation among public universities for median salaries, according to PayScale.com’s 2016-17 College Salary Report.

Early career graduates with a bachelor’s degree from Cal Poly earn an average of $59,300, up from last year's $57,800, while graduates in mid-career earn $102,000, an increase from 2015’s $99,500, according to the report released Sept. 20.

Cal Poly also ranked third in the state among public universities behinds UC Berkeley (26th) and UC San Diego (36th).

On the list for bachelor's-only graduates, Cal Poly moved up 19 places from last year on the full list of 963 public and private universities. It tied for 49th place with three private schools — Loyola University, Northwestern University and Yale University — and two public universities — Michigan Technological University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

“This new ranking recognizes that a Cal Poly education continues to be among the best in the nation,” said Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong. “Our graduates hit the ground running from the first day of their careers.

Cal Poly Music Department Announces 2016-17 Event

Sep 27, 2016

The Cal Poly Music Department will start its 2016-17 season with the Cal Poly Choirs’ Fall Concert at 8 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 29, in Harman Hall of the Performing Arts Center's Christopher Cohan Center.

Music Professor Thomas Davies will celebrate his final year as director of choral activities and vocal studies with a “Year of Thanksgiving”
concerts. The Oct. 29 concert is aptly titled “New Beginnings … New Horizons.”

Additional season highlights will include faculty member John Astaire performing his first solo percussion recital Nov. 4 in the PAC Pavilion.
The recital will feature works by modern composers Iannis Xenakis and Louis Andriessen, plus Poul Ruders’ “Towards the Precipice,” a rarely performed piece that Astaire called “massively intense.”

Cal Poly Graphic Communication Institute Offers Its First Bilingual Workshop to the Printing Industry

Jul 19, 2016

The Graphic Communication Institute (GrCI) at Cal Poly will offer a two-day workshop, “Color Management and Press Optimization,” Aug. 22-23 at Cal Poly.

Presented in English and Spanish, this workshop will provide participants with in-depth knowledge of how color management, quality control and press efficiency are connected.

Cal Poly Sociology Senior Selected for Panetta Institute for Public Policy’s Congressional Internship Program

Jul 7, 2016

Malcolm Mills, a sociology major from Rancho Cucamonga is Cal Poly’s 2016 representative to the Panetta Institute for Public Policy’s Congressional Internship Program.

Cal Poly Students Sweep National Packaging Design Competition

Jun 22, 2016

Four teams of Cal Poly students took home first-, second- and third-place awards and an honorable mention in this year’s Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) Ameristar Student Packaging Awards Competition.