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, […]