Recent News
Cal Poly Alumna Wins Fulbright Award
Jul 17, 2013
Paige Wopschall, 2011 Cal Poly graduate, has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach in Bulgaria, becoming the first student applicant from Cal Poly in 20 years to win a Fulbright award.
Cal Poly Graphic Communication Installs Xanté Corp. High-Speed Wide-Format Inkjet Print System
Jul 15, 2013
Cal Poly Graphic Communication students Kassie Lizama, Natalee Consulo
and Michael Mayorga show off output from the a Xanté Excelagraphix 4200
Inkjet Print System recently donated to the university.
Xanté Corp. has donated an Excelagraphix 4200 inkjet print system to enhance the digital printing program at Cal Poly’s Graphic Communication Department.
Raymond Zeuschner Retires
Jul 12, 2013
Interim Director of the Cal Poly International Center and former Communication Studies Department faculty member, Raymond (Bud) Zeuschner, retired in July.
Cal Poly Psychology Assistant Professor Awarded APsaA Fellowship
Jul 11, 2013
Cal Poly assistant professor of psychology Aaron Estrada was awarded a fellowship with the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA).
Cal Poly Graphic Communication Department Head Harvey Levenson Retires
Jul 8, 2013
Harvey Levenson, longtime professor and head of Cal Poly’s Graphic Communication Department, retired at the end of the academic year.
Cal Poly Journalism Students Win Mark Twain Award
Jul 8, 2013
Cal Poly broadcast journalism students Ed Zuchelli and Lindsay Macleod were awarded the Mark Twain Award from the Associated Press Television and Radio Association in the Student TV category Best General News.
Wine and Viticulture Undergraduate Wins Academy of American Poets Award
May 21, 2013
Well-known Los Angeles poet Suzanne Lummis has chosen Wine and Viticulture undergraduate Madeleine Mori (Milbrae) as winner of Cal Poly’s 2013 Academy of American Poets Contest. Mori will receive a $100 award from the Academy for her poem “Ten Cents.”
Bernard Duffy, Communication Studies Professor and Dept. Chair, Selected For Distinguished Scholar Award
May 9, 2013
Communication Studies Professor and Department Chair, Bernard K. Duffy, is one of two Cal Poly Professors selected by the Academic Senate to receive the 2013 Distinguished Scholarship Award. Duffy, along with Professor Lanny Griffin (Biomedical & General Engineering) will be honored during Fall Quarter 2013.
Patricia M. Troxel, English Dept. 1956-2013
May 7, 2013
Patricia M. Troxel, highly respected and dearly loved artist, teacher and friend, died Sunday, April 21, 2013 at the culmination of a fierce four-year-plus battle with breast cancer.
English Student Julia Barabas chosen as Inaugural Winner
May 6, 2013
The English Department is pleased to announce that Julia Barabas was chosen as the inaugural winner of the department's American Scholar Prize. She will be presented with her award at the English Department Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, June 16.