The Student Success Center, a $69 million three-story building funded by a $20 million donation from The Wonderful Company co-founders, is currently under construction and will house academic and professional resources for students, as well as communal space, and is scheduled to be completed in fall 2027.
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Cal Poly’s Educational Opportunity Program starts transfer-specific UNIV 100 course
Cal Poly’s Educational Opportunity Program has created a transfer-specific UNIV 100 course to help EOP transfer students acclimate to Cal Poly, providing resources for career development and community building.
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Housing programming helps Hispanic students build a sense of belonging
The University Housing HSI Mini Grant funded the Un Camino a tu Comunidad Series, which provided students in the EOP and TRIO Achievers programs with a sense of belonging and helped them build a strong community of peers.
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Affinity spaces moving to create classroom space
Sophia Moreno began using the Latine/x Center for Academic Success and Achievement, or La CASA, the past year for its cultural inclusivity and convenient location near the University Union and other academic buildings. Many affinity spaces, like La CASA and the Black Academic Excellence Center (BAEC), are moving to another location. “I feel like it […]
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Cal Poly relocates multiple cultural centers and support programs to optimize campus facilities
Multiple Cal Poly cultural centers and support programs will be relocated to Bldg. 15 this summer as part of the campuswide Space Optimization effort.
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Poly Canyon Village rent prices spike by 82% in 8 years
Cal Poly’s two-year housing program has seen a 82% increase in rent for single bedrooms since 2017, with the price now at $16,314 annually, while the university has approved 99% of exemption requests among students required to live on campus their sophomore year.
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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 […]
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Armstrong announces Opportunity Fee to assist low-income California students
President Armstrong announced a new fee for newly enrolled out-of-state undergraduate students starting in fall 2019.
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Amazon pledges $80,000 in scholarships for Cal Poly Scholars
The Cal Poly Scholars Program recruits students from low-income backgrounds.
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Cal Poly ranked one of seven worst institutions for Latinx student success
With its high graduation rate, Cal Poly could help increase the overall Latinx graduation rate by enrolling more Latinx students.
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DREAM Center anticipated to open in early 2017
After a year of planning, a safe space for undocumented Cal Poly students and their supporters will be created on campus this winter quarter. The DREAM Center will “allow students to know they’re coming into a facility where everyone understands their unique needs and challenges they face,” Vice President of Student Affairs Keith Humphrey said. […]