The Office of University Diversity and Inclusion (OUDI) at Cal Poly hosted the first dialogue about the results of the Cal Poly Experience (CPX) survey Thursday, Nov. 21.
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Cross Cultural Centers director is leaving Cal Poly “hopeful” for the future
Hubain will take on a new role as the associate vice president for student development and inclusion at the University of Utah in about six months.
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The Cal Poly Opportunity Fee and who it affects, explained
In an ongoing effort to recruit more minority and low-income students to the university, the Cal Poly Opportunity Grant was introduced after campus-wide feedback and implemented in Fall 2019. Funding for the grant will come from the Opportunity Fee, which increased fees for out-of-state students. The Opportunity Fee will be phased in until 2022 and […]
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Academic Senate proposes resolution in support of kicking Chick-Fil-A off campus
President Armstrong said an Academic Senate resolution in support of kicking Chick-Fil-A off campus over their support for anti-gay causes represents a “slippery slope.” “Who decides what values?” Armstrong said. “Who decides what’s bad? What’s the next topic? What’s the next company? Are we going to expect the [Cal Poly] Corporation to investigate, look at […]
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From the Eyes of a Diversity and Inclusion Editor
Monique Ejenuko is a journalism junior and Mustang News Diversity and Inclusion Editor.
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Being Brown in a Crowd of White
Prerna Aneja is a business administration sophomore and sports intern.
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A senior turned her story into a sexual assault investigation of 61 student survivors
In 1995, Safer — an on-campus confidential advocacy, education and support program concerning sexual assault, sexual misconduct, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking — painted red hands at reported sexual assault locations and started the Red Handprint campaign. Twenty-three red handprints appeared in buildings, residence halls and other places on campus. In 2005, University Housing […]
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Diversity initiatives explained: How campus climate has become a top Cal Poly priority
There is no question diversity has been a longstanding issue at Cal Poly — from a noose, Confederate flag and racial slurs found at the Crop Science House in 2008 to the blackface incident at a gangster-themed Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity party in 2018. But in the past few years, university leaders have called diversity […]
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Diversity in Cal Poly Athletics: How teams are more white than the university as a whole
In April of 2018, a string of racist events on Cal Poly’s campus drew international attention and prompted the university to take action — from calling on California’s Attorney General to investigate the blackface incident, to establishing a $243,000 partnership with diversity specialist Damon Williams. Cal Poly’s ubiquitous lack of diversity was even found to […]
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It’s been one year since the blackface incident. Where is Cal Poly’s campus climate now?
“Disappointed, but not surprised.” When sociology and psychology senior Olivia Gore’s phone lit up with messages regarding a photo of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity member Kyler Watkins donning blackface next to another fraternity member in a bandana and a drawn-on teardrop last April, she said she felt jaded; that it was not the most outlandish […]
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The Cal Poly Experience survey opens today as part of Damon Williams’s action plan
Cal Poly’s second step in a two-part initiative to learn more about the state of diversity and inclusivity on campus.