Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong presented his vision of Cal Poly in 2022 in a keynote speech at the Performing Arts Center this past Friday.
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ASI issues semester survey info
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Student opinion when it comes to semesters is still unclear at Cal Poly, according to the results of a new survey published by Associated Students, Inc. (ASI). Leaders of Cal Poly’s official student government said after surveying more than 1,000 students, it was unable to find a consensus about whether students are for […]
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Cal Poly semester decision part of bigger picture
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Many students know by now about the proposal to convert Cal Poly to a semester campus. Professors have made sly references to the switch during classtime, Associated Students, Inc. has surveyed random students on campus and President Jeffrey Armstrong has repeatedly said he believes semesters are the right choice for Cal Poly. […]
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Semester recommendation to be made at end of quarter
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net In just eight weeks, the Cal Poly Semester Review Task Force will have an answer to the question: Should Cal Poly become a semester campus? The eight-week timeline for the task force is one of the shortest attempted by a university looking to switch to semesters, but Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong […]
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Task force to examine semester switchover
Sean McMinn seanmcminn.md@gmail.com After months of tentative discussion surrounding the issue, a presidential task force aimed to explore a Cal Poly conversion to semesters will begin meetings in mid-October. Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong, who will ultimately make the decision on whether or not Cal Poly should leave the quarter system behind, said the Semester Review […]
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Poly presidential house renovation costs top CSU
Cal Poly spent more on presidential housing renovations than any other California State University (CSU) campus during the last decade, according to a report published Tuesday. The report, written for the investigative website CaliforniaWatch.org, said Cal Poly has spent $831,000 on renovations for the University House since 2004. This figure included $230,000 spent on new lighting, flooring and […]
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CSU Chancellor Reed to step down
In the hours after the announcement of California State University (CSU) Chancellor Charles Reed’s retirement, a spokesperson for the state senator who had called for Reed’s resignation earlier this month said he had not heard anything suggesting there was a correlation between the timing of his demand and Reed’s departure. State Senator Ted Lieu’s spokesperson […]
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Report places Armstrong in lower half of president salaries
A recent report on the salary of public education administrators shows some are nearing the $2 million mark, while Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong is below the nationwide median. This comes a little more than a year after he was announced as the second-highest paid president in the California State University (CSU) system. The Chronicle […]
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Appointed committee to begin Success Fee spending
The team assigned to spend the money gained by Cal Poly’s Student Success Fee is set to begin a month-long process that will potentially end with more classes for students. The 11-person group, which includes seven students, held an initial meeting April 26 to determine how to best move forward in allocating the revenue brought in […]
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CSU unit cap to begin in fall
Thousands of students registering for Cal Poly classes next fall will see first-hand a new result of California’s budget woes: a 16-unit registration cap. A California State University (CSU) memo issued in early March will standardize a unit cap for all schools in the system, regardless of their respective financial situations. The mandate was prompted […]
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Administrators to consider semesters
Cal Poly administrators are examining the possibility of moving the university toward a semester-based calendar in response to statewide pressure to standardize the California State University (CSU) system. A CSU task force co-chaired by Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong, among other presidents of universities still using the quarter system, aims to determine the logistics of […]