Cal Poly Provost Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore sent an email to the campus community with updated information on the semester conversion project — announcing a partnership with global management firm Sia Partners for the university’s system and business practices. As the last campus in the CSU system still on the quarter system, the Office of the Chancellor […]
Author Archives: Leila Touati
Leila Touati is the Digital Manager for Mustang News. She got involved in journalism early on in high school and joined MMG her first year as a news reporter. She loves keeping the campus community up to date through investigative pieces, breaking news and features on clubs and organizations.
In her free time she loves to code and watch the same three TV shows. You can always find her in the Newsroom.
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All six Cal Poly colleges announce fiscal goals for 2023
On Saturday, the Cal Poly Foundation Board of Directors held their second quarterly meeting this year to discuss development on campus, fiscal year values and progress updates for each college. The Cal Poly Foundation is a philanthropic organization led by alumni and friends to generate private support for the university model. The last fiscal year […]
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‘Shut the Sash’ campaign raises awareness of on campus energy waste
Cal Poly Green Campus created the Shut the Sash campaign, encouraging students who work with fume hoods during chemistry labs to close the sash when not in use. The goal is to effectively slow down the energy consumed in the Baker Science building. A fume hood is a piece of equipment used in chemistry classes […]
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Cal Poly’s discrimination and harassment policies are under review. Here’s how to give your input
A law firm hired to do a Title IX assessment across all 23 CSU campuses is holding open forums at Cal Poly this week to gain input from students, faculty and staff. Title IX is a federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any academic environment that receives federal funding and requires schools to implement […]
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Cal Poly faculty participate in annual ‘Climate Solutions Now’ conference
The Initiative of Climate Leadership and Resilience (ICLR) hosted their annual Climate Solutions Now conference, an event coordinated across 12 different industries featuring professionals speaking on climate change and sustainability. Cal Poly professors and alumni presented their work on various tracks within sustainability, including agriculture and agribusiness, campus facilities and operations and climate communication and […]
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‘It’s all on the line’: Save California Solar protests against California utilities proposal
On Dec. 2, 2022, Save California Solar rallied in 10 Californian cities simultaneously. Protesters in San Luis Obispo gathered on Higuera Street in front of the PG&E offices. At 11 a.m., approximately 50 solar customers, climate activists and green energy workers brought signs to rally for better net energy metering (NEM), a state policy that […]
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In Photos: ASI bi-annual Craft Sale returns to campus this week
The bi-annual Craft Sale has returned to campus this week. Students can visit the University Union from Monday to Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to purchase from vendors selling various types of handmade crafts. Missi Allison-Bullock, a coordinator for ASI programs, said that 40 vendors would be in attendance for each day of […]
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Cal Poly brings back in-person Teaching Kitchen series at Vista Grande
Campus Dining hosted a “Teaching Kitchen” for students on Oct. 6 — the first in-person cooking class hosted at Cal Poly since the pandemic. Over the course of one hour, Cal Poly Executive Chef Chris Dunham taught students how to make pumpkin energy bites fit for the fall season through a live cooking demonstration held […]
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Cal Poly Athletics asks local stores to remove tortillas from shelves as rivalry soccer game looms
Cal Poly Athletics has called on local grocery stores to remove tortillas from their aisles in preparation for Wednesday’s rivalry men’s soccer game between Cal Poly and University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). According to athletics director Don Oberhelman, for the past six years, Cal Poly students have purchased tortilla packs and snuck them into Spanos […]