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First in the Family
For first-generation students like Alicia Cruz, a college education can present some special challenges
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Finding a Leader in Every Student
A new center on campus is bringing lessons in leadership to students who may not be an ASI president or club officer
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The Gift of Research
One alumni family has given one of the university’s largest gift ever to support undergraduate research opportunities
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Coming Together
Taking note of the special time of year that reunites the entire Cal Poly community
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Defining Alumni Success
In this issue's letters: a few corrections, a proud grandfather and a question about the traditional definition of alumni success
Community Stories
How Cal Poly Prepared Me for “Business Lunch”
Entrepreneur Brett Bernstein shares the casual networking tips he learned during his time at Cal Poly
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EPIC Expands Possibilities for Migrant Students
Cal Poly’s intensive engineering summer camp is expanding its focus to students from migrant families
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Printing the Future
The answer to the pressing environmental problems of drought and clean energy might come from an unlikely source: the printing press
In The Media
Lightsail Snags
This summer, Popular Science reported on a high-profile on-campus test of promising new space exploration technology
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Innovating Community
Take a tour of the new Cal Poly Lofts, a living-learning community for student entrepreneurs in the heart of Downtown SLO
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Jana Colombini: The Legacy President
The new ASI president continues a three-generation heritage of service at Cal Poly
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Creating Experiences: A New Identity for RPTA
A new focus and a new name for the popular Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration program
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Downloading the Ocean
At the Cal Poly Pier, students and faculty reel in data that informs ocean researchers around the world
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MBA Program Welcomes First Majority-Female Cohort
Cal Poly is nurturing a new generation of female business leaders in the MBA program
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Joining The Cowparade
A worldwide public art event moooves into San Luis Obispo this year, and Cal Poly is part of the herd
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Celebrating Identity with “#IAmCalPoly”
A photo campaign celebrating the many different faces of the Cal Poly community returned to campus this year
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Farewell to Vista Grande
Cal Poly alumni took to social media this summer to say goodbye to a campus dining institution
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Our Living Resource: 100 Years of Student News Online
Where do university historians go to dig into Cal Poly's past?
How I Learn By Doing
Making WOW Look Good
Orientation intern Gabby Pajo brings passion and creativity to Week of Welcome
By the Numbers
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Off to the Best Start
A new national ranking highlights the unique factors that makes Cal Poly's Week of Welcome so special
The Mustang Report
JaviStrong — Rallying Support for an Injured Recruit
When tragedy struck a new Mustang football recruit, the Athletics staff banded together with his hometown community
Spaces
Tending the Farm
Meet the man who leads the effort to turn 6,500 acres of Cal Poly farmland into a massive Learn by Doing opportunity
Heritage
The Bailey Era
College of Science and Mathematics dean Phil Bailey, retiring this year, looks back on a five-decade career at Cal Poly
Alumni
Memories of ‘The Last Good War’
Alumni photographer Tom Sanders on the senior project that shaped his career and showcased the stories of American heroes
Alumni
Black Legacy Weekend
This growing chapter's summer reunion sampled all the best the Central Coast has to offer
Last Word
New Faces, Different Stories
President Jeffrey D. Armstrong on the value of a welcoming, supportive and diverse Cal Poly community
Community Stories
A Memory from the 1969 Poly Royal Showcase
Gerald Shingleton on the his role in what he calls "one of the greatest Poly Royal department exhibits ever"
Community Stories
From English Major to Rock Promoter
From a job in community development, destiny launched John FitzRandolph neck-deep into the world of rock music
Community Stories
A Simple Question, A Sweet Answer
A background in learning by doing led Breeze Wetzel to start a very tasty company.
Community Stories
The Thrills of the #MRX Life
Erinn Taylor never planned for his unexpectedly exciting career in market research.
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