The city’s diversity, equity and inclusion manager has accepted a job at Cal Poly to help execute the university’s own DEI efforts, according to a campus-wide email sent Thursday. Beya Makekau, the city’s DEI manager, has accepted the position of assistant vice president for strategic planning and networks in the Office of University Diversity and […]
Category: Administration
Posted inAdministration
Students, faculty think ousted CSU Chancellor Joseph Castro’s Cal Poly faculty job should be revoked
Students and faculty are petitioning against Joseph Castro’s new tenured position at Cal Poly — which comes only one year after his contentious resignation as CSU chancellor. Beginning spring quarter, on April 3, Castro is set to teach leadership and public policy in Cal Poly’s Orfalea College of Business. The announcement of Castro’s impending […]
Posted inNews
Final open forum for Cal Poly dean position to be held this week
The open forums for the fourth finalist for the dean of Extended, Professional and Continuing Education (EPaCE) position will be held Friday, Oct. 21. The dean of EPaCE is responsible for fostering relationships with faculty for curricular development, collaborating with partners to develop programs and providing oversight of academic programs in cooperation with Academic Affairs, […]
Posted inFootball
Cal Poly announces plans for $30 million football center named after late John Madden
Cal Poly students and alumni gathered for the annual Big Sky Conference football homecoming game against Sacramento State on Oct. 1 and were met with a surprise announcement: a new home for Cal Poly Football. President Jeffrey Armstrong and the family of late alum John Madden announced a John Madden Football Center project at halftime. […]
Posted inNews
Resigned CSU Chancellor ignored sexual misconduct complaints. Now, he’s set to teach at Cal Poly
Former CSU Chancellor Joseph Castro will begin as a tenured professor at Cal Poly, after reports of him mishandling sexual misconduct complaints, Cal Poly confirmed to Mustang News on Friday. Castro resigned as chancellor on Feb. 17. Before that position, he was Fresno State University’s president. A USA Today investigation revealed his failure to respond […]
Posted inNews
Cal Poly hosts open forums for Assistant VP of DEI Strategic Planning
The Office for University Diversity and Inclusion sent out an email seeking campus participation in upcoming open forums regarding the search for an Assistant Vice President for DEI Strategic Planning and Networks on Tuesday morning. The current Interim Vice President for Diversity & Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer [CDO], Dr. Denise Isom, has approved the […]
Posted inTop Stories
Cal Poly administration drops COVID-19 protocols for fall quarter: Doing ‘the best that we can’
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the Mustang News September print issue, available at newsstands around campus. In spring, closing out a year of back-and-forth with COVID-19 regulations on campus, Cal Poly reinstated a mask mandate for the last three weeks of the quarter. Now, after a summer with the majority of people away […]
Posted inNews
Biden cancels student loan debt, lifting burden for about half of CSU undergrad students
The White House announced on Aug. 24 a three-part plan to cancel $10,000 of student debt for borrowers with low to middle incomes — a move that could benefit about half of undergrad students in the California State University (CSU) system. The plan is intended to deal with the economic stress many families are dealing […]
Posted inNews
ASI announces new executive director
Cal Poly Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) announced on May 4, following a thorough national search process, that Cal Poly Alum Michelle Crawford will be the new ASI Executive Director after serving as Interim Executive Director since Spring 2021. Crawford’s goals as Executive Director is to understand the community of Cal Poly and the community, as […]
Posted inNews
Students criticize Cal Poly’s neglect of historic financial aid programs while expanding others
While Cal Poly’s College Based Fee (CBF) increase will provide more aid to low-income students, many are criticizing the school for not supporting their current financial aid programs — which students say are now struggling. The administration said the newly-approved fee increase is an alternative to expanding Cal Poly’s existing low-income support programs: the Educational […]
Posted inNews
San Luis Obispo’s housing market is pricing out Cal Poly employees. A $65 million housing project aims to help
The growing demand for housing among Cal Poly faculty and staff is in the process of being answered. “There’s only one long-term solution, which is to build more housing for our faculty and staff,” Cal Poly Corporation CEO Cody VanDorn said. The Cal Poly Corporation is planning for a $65 million housing project to be […]