Recent News
Cal Poly History Graduate to Display SLO Equine History Exhibit July 13
Jul 3, 2014
Jennifer Berg will display her project on the horse in San Luis Obispo County. | Photo: Linda Tanner
Recent Cal Poly history graduate Jennifer Berg will display her senior project, “The Evolution of the Horse in San Luis Obispo County,” from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 13, at The Dallidet Adobe and Gardens in San Luis Obispo.
Cal Poly Music Professor a Quarterfinalist for Grammy Music Educator Award
Jun 19, 2014
Jacalyn Kreitzer, a Cal Poly music professor, was selected as a quarterfinalist for the Music Educator Award presented by The Recording Academy and Grammy Foundation.
Cal Poly Launches Online Printed Electronics and Functional Imaging Professional Certificate
Jun 19, 2014
Cal Poly will launch an online Printed Electronics and Functional Imaging Professional Certificate Program beginning Sept. 22.
Designed for working professionals, the program is comprised of five courses to be offered in a sequence that allows the entire certificate program to be completed in 12 months. Courses can also be taken on an individual basis to cater to student interest.
Cal Poly Professor’s Play to be Staged in West Hollywood June 22
Jun 18, 2014
A staged reading of a new play by Theatre & Dance Department Professor Al Schnupp and colleague Ellyn Gersh Lerner from Cal State Northridge will be given Sunday, June 22, at the West Hollywood City Council Chambers.
The play, titled “Ivy,” is based on the life of Ivy Bottini, an 87-year-old activist living in West Hollywood.
English Graduate Student Named CSU Pre-Doctoral Scholar
Jun 18, 2014
Cal Poly English graduate student Anthony Breakspear was selected as a California State University (CSU) Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholar for the 2014-15 academic year.
Cal Poly and University of Munich Collaboration Wins International Award
Jun 12, 2014
Students from Cal Poly and the University of Munich Applied Sciences won the Freestyle Demonstrator award at the 2014 Large-Area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention (LOPE-C) for their collaboration on the printed electronics project “Flexible Timer for Rough Environments.”
Cal Poly Graphic Communication Students Win Technical Writing Competition
Jun 11, 2014
Cal Poly graphic communication students Mallory Mize and Hannah Stombler-Levine won first and second place, respectively, in the 2014 GEF/Flint Group Technical Writing Competition.
Mize’s first-place paper is titled, “Cylinder Engraving Methods and Print Quality.” Stombler-Levine was honored for her work, “Potential Areas of Growth in Rotogravure.” Both essays were developed in Cal Poly’s course Web Offset and Gravure Printing Technologies taught by graphic communication Professor Kevin Cooper.
Cal Poly’s 2014 ‘Great Grads’ Make Their Mark on the World
Jun 4, 2014
In June, Cal Poly will graduate approximately 4,200 men and women who are uniquely prepared to tackle today’s tough challenges. This year the university is highlighting six “great grads” who will use the university’s Learn by Doing philosophy to solve complex 21st century problems, including streamlining efficiencies in airplane manufacturing, effectively delivering water to crops, and improving business processes.
Cal Poly Graduate Student Wins University's Academy of American Poets Award
May 30, 2014
English graduate student Jonathan Maule won Cal Poly’s Academy of American Poets Contest for his poem “Repurposed.”
The New York City based-Academy of American Poets, a longstanding advocate for the art of poetry, established its University and College Poetry Prize program in 1955 to recognize students' talent. Since 1988, Cal Poly has held the annual contest, open to all university majors.
San Luis Obispo Writers to Kick Off Cal Poly Summer Reading Series June 19
May 27, 2014
The Cal Poly English Department will kick off the Summer Literary Reading Series with local writers Jennifer Tseng and Patti Sullivan at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 19, in the Baker Center for Science & Mathematics (Building 180), Room 114 on campus.