‘Defining Her Future’, hosted by Women In Business empowers Cal Poly students through panels, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities. Therapy dogs, free headshots, and workshops with professionals are just a few of the perks offered at the conference. Mustang News reporter Avery Elowitt shows us how students benefitted from the event.
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Resigned CSU Chancellor Castro had his first week at Cal Poly. Here’s how it went
On April 3, former CSU Chancellor Joseph Castro taught his first class, Leading Social Innovations in Organizations (BUS 476). “I am focused on ensuring that the students enrolled in my course have a positive learning experience,” Castro wrote in an email to Mustang News. “The students will have the unique opportunity to engage with exemplary […]
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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 […]
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Former Chancellor Joseph Castro has a guaranteed faculty position — at Cal Poly SLO
Several Cal State University employee contracts include a policy that guarantees them a backup job somewhere in the CSU system. For resigned CSU Chancellor Joseph Castro, that position is a tenured faculty role in Cal Poly’s very own Orfalea College of Business. Castro resigned as Chancellor in February after USA Today published an investigation into […]
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Startup Launch Weekend to return Nov. 5-7
Like every other successful business, Intego Technologies started out as an ephemeral idea. But unlike most businesses, Intego Technologies was launched from concept into reality over the course of 54 hours. Business administration junior and founder of Intego Technologies, Alexandra Joelson, wasted no time as she and her team competed in Startup Launch Weekend 2019 […]
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Senior Project Spotlight: A mental health app designed by college students, for college students
When computer engineering senior Alyssa Liu left for college, her little sister gave her a shoe box filled with letters. Each letter had instructions for when she was supposed to open it; one was for when she missed home, another for when she got her first bad grade. Whenever Liu was feeling down or overwhelmed, she turned to the shoebox for comfort.
That shoebox became the inspiration for Foveo, an app that Liu and her team are working on developing as their senior project to help college students who suffer from mental illness.
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Students create startup business to provide at-risk facilities with sanitizer
Disinfect Connect is a database for locating and communicating with local distilleries who are producing alcohol-based disinfectants.
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Business students win first place in national real estate challenge via Zoom
A team of Cal Poly business students won first place in the 2020 Mulroy Real Estate Challenge on April 3, among 26 other teams from top universities.
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What is fintech? New club helps prepare students for digitizing business workforce
As companies look to hire more technology students instead of traditional accounting students, fintech club members said students need to be prepared for the changing field.
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Selling 100 products in 11 weeks: A look inside ITP 467
Selling100 products in 11 weeks Kiana Hunziker January 10, 2020 0 A miniature portable garden, a multipurpose cart and a hitch cover that doubles as a locker were once just mere ideas. Now, they are the latest products of Cal Poly’s industrial technology and packaging (ITP 467) course. Applied Business and Production Management is a […]
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Alumna’s convertible heels dubbed the ‘perfect’ holiday gift on Ellen
“So what you want to do is you want to take your heel off, and you have a flat,” Kym Douglas said in the episode. “I just took my heel off. Look, I got flat shoes.”