San Luis Obispo County eligible tenants behind on their rent due to a COVID-19 hardship could receive between 25% and 80% of their overdue rent paid for under the California COVID-19 Rent Relief Program. Tenants are eligible if they can…
Health Center offering vaccines to students
Campus Health and Wellbeing will offer vaccine appointments to certain students at the Health Center on Friday, April 23, according to Cal Poly’s COVID-19 website. They will continue to offer vaccines throughout the quarter. Appointments will first be offered to…
Hundreds sign petition urging Safe Parking Program for unhoused students
A Safe Parking petition circulating online is asking the University to provide space for students to freely park and sleep in their vehicles overnight, a practice that is illegal on San Luis Obispo City streets. The petition also recommends that Cal Poly provides facilities with a kitchen and restrooms.
Cal Poly kicks off COVID-19 saliva testing
Cal Poly’s saliva-based COVID-19 testing opens today, Feb. 18, at Poly Canyon Village (PCV) and is expected to become the University’s sole testing method on Feb. 25, according to a campus-wide email. The transition will happen on Feb. 18 at…
San Luis Obispo County reaches 200 COVID-19 deaths
Since the start of the pandemic, 200 people have died in San Luis Obispo County, according to a Feb. 9 press release from the City of San Luis Obispo. The county passed the 100-death milestone about four weeks ago, Mustang…
Campus hiking trails close due to weather conditions
Poly Canyon Road, the Cal Poly “P” and all adjacent hiking trails have been temporarily closed, according to a Jan. 27 email from University Facilities Management and Development. The rainfall and resulting ground saturation of these trails created unsafe conditions,…
Changed class times and canceled courses: Registration creates problems for students and faculty
A new course registration system that aimed to create a seamless user experience caused several scheduling issues for Cal Poly students and faculty during the first week of winter quarter. Multiple classes that students had registered for were unexpectedly changed…
Cal Poly National Society of Black Engineers wins best chapter on west coast
NSBE is the longest-running black organization at Cal Poly.
Two of three Safer student advocate positions are vacant
Safer hired one full-time advocate for students that have experienced gender and power based violence on May 11. The university promised to hire two additional advocates in the fall of 2019, but still have not hired them, and hiring is…
Cal Poly has no current plans to furlough employees, according to university officials
All CSU employees who cannot telecommute will receive a one time allotment of up to 128 hours of paid time off.
Scout Coffee adapts during coronavirus
When the shelter-in-place order took effect, Scout Coffee began taking online orders for customers to pick up at their second location, 880 Foothill Blvd.