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Why is there a giant ‘P’ on SLO hill? An ‘M’? Learn stories behind iconic initials
The Cal Poly “P” is a giant concrete letter measuring 35 feet wide by 50 feet tall. It stands on a northwestern hill ...
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Cal Poly’s swimming and diving programs won’t be reinstated despite fundraising efforts
A fundraising campaign to attempt to save the recently eliminated Cal Poly men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs has ...
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Cal Poly canyon transformed into construction site. See student ‘rite of passage’
On an overcast afternoon in late April, fourth-year Cal Poly students Eli Clifford and Rory Bruton were busy building geometric plywood huts to serve as their shelter. Using nuts and bolts and ...
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Does Cal Poly have largest college campus in California? We crunched the numbers
Cal Poly had a total of 9,967.6 parcel acres as of April 1, according to Keegan Koberl, executive communications specialist with the university. That means the San Luis Obispo-based university led ...
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New Cal Poly app guides visitors through ‘Architecture Graveyard.’ How it works
Visitors hiking in Cal Poly’s Poly Canyon can now use a mobile app as a guide while wandering through the student-made structures in the scenic area. The new Poly Canyon app lets virtual and on ...
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SLO, Cal Poly beefed up enforcement for St. Fratty’s Day. Did students stay off the street?
The city of San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly made prevention of property destruction at the hands of St. Fratty’s Day partiers a priority this year — and on the morning of the big celebration ...
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Cal Poly SLO sends 100% of high school graduates to college through Upward Bound program
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – All graduating high school seniors from the Upward Bound program of Cal Poly SLO earned the opportunity to go to college this summer. Below is a press release on the ...
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Cal State University recommends integrating Cal Maritime, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
“The integration of Cal Maritime and Cal Poly will benefit the students ... should allow CSU students at both the Vallejo and San Luis Obispo campuses to benefit from a strengthened academic ...
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CSU recommends merging Cal Maritime with Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo
(KGO) -- Cal Maritime - a nautical institution in Vallejo - may have to merge with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The California State University announced a recommendation Wednesday for the two ...
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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Cal Maritime could merge under this proposal
A Cal State University official says it came down to the need to address Cal Maritime's financial challenges and declining enrollment. California State University officials announced a plan ...
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Maritime academy would join Cal Poly under plan to save the struggling CSU program
The CSU system on Wednesday announced a plan to integrate California State University Maritime Academy with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in an effort to “preserve Cal Maritime’s nearly 100-year ...
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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo announces $60 million gift for School of Applied Computing
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Cal Poly SLO announced a new interdisciplinary school thanks to a $60 million gift from the Robert N. Noyce Trust. Below is a press release from Cal Poly SLO on the ...