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iN THIS EDITION

COVER STORY

WHITE GOLD
Cal Poly’s Dairy Science Program Provides
Real World Experiences and Solutions

FEATURES

EDITOR’S NOTE
Real impacts on the real world

CLEANSING THE WAVES
Science students examine DNA
to solve a bacteria problem in Pismo Beach

PUTTING STOCK IN OUR STUDENTS

Finance seniors invest Cal Poly Corporation
money in the stock market

UNIVERSITY NEWS
The Mustangs will join the Big Sky Conference for football, NASA signs on with Cal Poly’s Picosatellite deployer, and more.

HOT SHOTS: IN WITH A PEEP,
OUT WITH A ROAR

Cal Poly students take over at the
Red Bull Flugtag

ALUMNI

WHERE WE LEARN HOW TO LEARN
2010 Honored Alumni Talk About
the Core Lessons of a Cal Poly Education

ALUMNI Q&A: ARVIN DAEIZADEH

From Dubai to Afghanistan:
Building and Rebuilding the World

A LIFETIME OF LEARN-BY-DOING
GRC alum Robert C. Tapella talks about
his road to the Government Printing Office

HOMECOMING
Sights and sounds from Homecoming 2010

GIVING

MAKING YOUR DOLLARS MAKE SENSE:
Retirement Accounts and the Estate Tax