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Preparation: A key step to finding a job
On Wednesday and Thursday, Chumash Auditorium will be filled with more handshakes than a political convention, more smiles than a beauty pageant and more sweat than a gym. This can only mean one thing: Cal Poly’s winter career fair. The career fair will offer students the chance to submit their résumés to more than 150 […]
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On campus resources to get a job
With rising tuition costs and a competitive job market that requires a résumé, there are more reasons than ever for college students to get a job. Fortunately, Cal Poly provides plenty of resources for students to join the workforce, whatever the reason. The university’s Career Resource Center is available to help students find short-term jobs, internships […]
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Don't get mad, get grad
In an increasingly competitive workplace, master’s degrees are slowly replacing the previous industry standards of bachelor’s degrees, so students are looking into graduate schools more and more. Jason Lancaster graduated from Cal Poly in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and geography. After a year of travel, he enrolled this year in the graduate […]
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Cal Poly Fund reaches out to alumni, parents
Running a university isn’t cheap. Even with state funding and rising tuition costs, Cal Poly relies on donations from alumni and parents with the Cal Poly Fund. Chris McBride, the Cal Poly Fund’s new director, said these donations are critical to the university’s success. “It’s hard for students,” McBride said. “If we can ask parents and […]
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Volunteers feed the hungry at Mountainbrook Church
More than 1,600 people volunteered at Mountainbrook Church this weekend to pack food for Feed My Starving Children, an organization that provides food for children in impoverished countries around the world. “Chicken, veggies, soy and rice” was the mantra of the day, as volunteers packaged hundreds of thousands of meals to be shipped worldwide. Each bag’s […]
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Remember engineering professor Unny Menon
Industrial and manufacturing engineering professor Unny Menon died from cancer last Thursday, Nov. 3, at his home in Atascadero. When Jose Macedo, the current chair of the industrial and manufacturing engineering department, first arrived on campus 10 years ago, it was Menon who helped him adjust to Cal Poly. “He was absolutely instrumental in the […]
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Gas leak shuts down Highland Drive
After reports of a gas leak, the 400 and 500 blocks of Highland Drive were closed Monday morning as a Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) crew worked to repair the mainline. Residents were not evacuated, but a police detour prevented pedestrian and car traffic from entering the area during the morning while PG&E repaired the […]
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SLO city Council approves money for new signage
Last Tuesday, the City of San Luis Obispo approved funding for a new “wayfaring” sign program. The program is slated to include signs placed around town which will direct tourists to attractions downtown, including the Visitor Center and the Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa. The plans also call for decorative markers placed at certain […]
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New path open for SLO bicyclists
After three years of fundraising, construction and waiting, San Luis Obispo bikers finally have their “missing link.” Officially titled the Rotary Conner-Cletsoway Link of the Railroad Safety Trail, the 500-foot stretch of paved trail along California Boulevard now connects the bike trails of Cal Poly with those of San Luis Obispo. “I love it,” local […]
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Bioneers gather to talk sustainability
Booths and tents lined the lawn at the San Luis Obispo Veterans Hall this weekend for the Central Coast Bioneers Conference. The sustainability-minded convention featured food, music, guest speakers, art, field trips and everything in between. Stacey Hunt, a San Luis Obispo resident and one of this year’s conference organizers, said bioneers address a number of […]