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Cal Poly Orchesis Dance Company to Present ‘50’ Jan. 17-18 and 23-25
Dec 3, 2019
Performance to Feature Company founder Moon Ja Minn Suhr
SAN LUIS OBISPO – The Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department will present the Orchesis Dance Company’s 50th annual concert, “50,” on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 17-18, and Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 23-25, in the Spanos Theatre on campus. Performances will begin at 8 p.m. on all days, with a matinee scheduled at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18.
Cal Poly Students Take Top Spots in Statewide Floral Competition
Dec 2, 2019
Cal Poly’s Floral Design Team took home several top honors at the California State Floral Association’s 14th annual student competition, held Nov. 3 at the Original Los Angeles Flower Market.
Cal Poly Annual Poinsettia Sale to Start Dec. 6
Dec 2, 2019
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly’s annual poinsettia sale, with 4,191 plants and dozens of varieties and colors, will kick off this Friday, Dec. 6, at the Poly Plant Shop and will run through mid-December.
The flowering holiday plants are grown by students in the university’s Poinsettia Agriculture Enterprise Project, which begins every spring.
Cal Poly’s Mustang Media Group Wins 33 National Awards
Nov 25, 2019
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Mustang Media Group, the Cal Poly Journalism Department’s student-run media organization, won 33 national awards at a recent conference in Washington, D.C.
The awards were presented at the joint convention of the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) and College Media Association (CMA) between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2. Cal Poly’s integrated college media organization took home four first-place awards, 10 second-place, four third-place, and one fifth- place, plus 12 honorable mentions in journalism, broadcasting and advertising for student work published or broadcast during the 2018-19 school year.
Cal Poly Students Place First in Screenwriting and Promotional Video at the CSU Media Arts Festival
Nov 21, 2019
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Three Cal Poly students placed at the 29th annual CSU Media Arts Festival in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Nov. 13, sweeping the top three spots in Screenwriting and first in Promotional Video.
Cal Poly Students’ Designs for Moveable Wine Pavilion Available for Public Viewing Dec. 8 in San Luis Obispo
Nov 21, 2019
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly architecture students Jerome Deck and Erica David leaned over an intricate structure of basswood, illustration board and polystyrene sheeting during a recent studio class, carefully working on their model of an educational pavilion to showcase the history of wine in San Luis Obispo County.
Cal Poly Ranked Second in Nation Among Master’s Universities for Study Abroad
Nov 20, 2019
SAN LUIS OBISPO — The Institute of International Education has ranked Cal Poly second among master’s institutions in the U.S. for the number of domestic students studying abroad in the 2017-18 academic year.
Cal Poly Students Create Robot That Can Extinguish Embers from Dangerous Wildfires
Nov 20, 2019
Device is one of more than 20 that will be on display during Nov. 22 Project Expo
SAN LUIS OBISPO — A year after the deadliest wildfire in California history, a team of Cal Poly engineering students has created a robot to detect burning embers and immediately extinguish them with water, potentially protecting residents and their homes.
Cal Poly Architecture Senior Rethinks Love Seat to Win 16th Annual Vellum/CAED Furniture Design
Nov 18, 2019
The competition attracted more than 200 student furniture entries, including tables, chairs, light fixtures, and other furniture design solutions
SAN LUIS OBISPO — An architecture senior from Pacific Palisades won the top prize at the 16th annual Vellum/CAED Furniture Design Exhibition in The Creamery in downtown San Luis Obispo.
Cal Poly and Hancock College Elevator Pitch Winners Hope to Take Ideas to Higher Heights
Nov 15, 2019
Up-and-coming entrepreneurs earn $1,000 for 90-second product proposals at 10th annual contest by Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
SAN LUIS OBISPO — A Cal Poly business administration freshman and a film student from Allan Hancock College were $1,000 winners at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s 10th annual Elevator Pitch Competition Forum — a fast-paced contest for Cal Poly, Cuesta College and Allan Hancock College entrepreneurs — held recently in the Performing Arts Center on campus.