AVP is a worldwide phenomenon, but has a strong network though the prison system in California. According to their website, “Through an international network of local chapters, AVP facilitators — all trained volunteers — offer workshops in prisons as well as in the community for all who would like to reduce the level of unresolved conflict in their lives and the lives of those around them.”
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Building on a CSU campus has many layers — and a few concerns
At Cal Poly, the music department and theatre and dance department share a building that struggles to cater to even one.
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‘It’s marginalizing the already marginalized classes’: How lack of space on campus affects two departments in one building
When the time arrived to pick a college, Christian Cueto had three main criteria: A good engineering program, a good surrounding area and the ability to keep playing music. Cal Poly checked his boxes and the band especially was “a huge reason why I came here.”
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Cal Poly receives $20 million gift to fund new career services facility
Cal Poly will receive a recently announced $20 million gift from Lynda and Stewart Resnick to fund a career services hub for first-generation students.
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Cal Poly Corporation changes name to “Cal Poly Partners”
According to a university news release, changing the name will also raise awareness regarding this role and will “introduce the potential for expanded cross-campus and community partnerships.”
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Cal Poly contributes to PayByPhone’s successful tree-planting campaign
In efforts to promote sustainability on campus, Cal Poly participated in PayByPhone’s tree-planting campaign throughout December, according to Cal Poly’s Dec. 13 report. PayByPhone is available for all campus visitors to use when paying for parking on campus but is also a service provided elsewhere in California.
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Computer engineering department receives $2 million grant to support their Breaking the Binary project
Based on the belief that the field of engineering currently lacks collaboration and can be oppressive, Breaking the Binary aims to reject “binaries or dualisms commonly used to create hierarchies in engineering thought and practice” and to dismantle “the binaries by identifying and breaking down oppressive norms,” according to the project’s website.
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Beyond Beethoven: Cal Poly’s music department brings diversity into classrooms and concert halls
Music professor Alicia M. Doyle was only in high school when she first was hit with a realization that her exposure to music was very limited and devoid of diversity. In her music classes, Doyle was really only being exposed mostly to composers that were white, male and deceased. It may seem like nothing more […]
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Cal Poly’s Women in Business club to host annual conference
Cal Poly’s Women in Business (WIB) club will be hosting its eighth annual ‘Defining her Future’ conference on Friday, March 3. The event will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, including guest speakers, breakout workshops and panels hosted by women involved in the business industry, according to a schedule […]
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SLO grant program awards eight nonprofits to improve city life
The City of San Luis Obispo Promotional Coordinating Committee (PCC) has recently awarded eight local nonprofit organizations with grant funding through the Cultural Grants-in-Aid Program, according to a city news release. The Cultural Grants-in-Aid program provides assistance to organizations deemed cultural, social or recreational, because they make “significant contributions to the overall quality of life,” […]
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How San Luis Obispo communities are impacted by the California drought
San Luis Obispo County has had its driest year in 128 years with having dropped over nine inches of average precipitation, according to the National Integrated Drought Information System. For local communities, the drought has challenged agricultural industries and has inspired some individuals to adapt to the drier conditions. Beekeeping and the drought Jeremy Rose, […]