Front Porch, a free coffee shop near Cal Poly campus, recently underwent a renovation to accommodate its growing student population and provide a more inviting space for students to connect and collaborate.
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Cal Poly students and faculty protest U.S. Customs and Border Protection recruiting at the career fair
Cal Poly’s annual career fair will proceed as planned, despite widespread outcry from student and faculty groups who view the presence of U.S. Customs and Border Protection as “hypocritical” and “frustrating” due to the agency’s involvement in recent immigration raids targeting people of color.
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The Housing Hunt: Mustang Village is a solid option for an off-campus apartment
As you complete my five step checklist for the housing search, you will probably stumble upon Mustang Village as one of your housing options after doing some Google searching or asking literally anyone where they live. Indeed, Mustang Village is a popular choice for Cal Poly students’ off-campus housing.
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Cal Poly Men’s Soccer narrowly falls to UC Santa Barbara in Blue-Green rivalry match
The Mustangs slid even further down the Big West standings, falling into 5th in the conference in a loss to the Gauchos.
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HSI mini-grant fuels Chicano SLO Archive, preserving and celebrating Chicano history at Cal Poly
The Chicano SLO Archive at Cal Poly is using a $2,000 HSI mini-grant to digitize and catalog materials that highlight the histories and contributions of Chicano and Latino communities in San Luis Obispo, and to create exhibitions that engage diverse student curators and participants.
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Mustang Success Center launches family-centered HSI advising pilot
The Mustang Success Center and University Advising launched the “La Familia y Communidad” Advising Pilot, which utilizes HSI grants to bring families into the advising process and provide them with resources and cultural connections to empower them in their student’s higher education journey.
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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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Cal Poly professor works to add Latino representation to English building murals
Ethan Powers, an English professor at Cal Poly, was awarded a grant to paint a series of murals in the English building to emphasize Latino and Hispanic representation, but has yet to receive approval for a location to paint.
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Kennedy Library opens a Latino book collection to expand representation
Kyle Tanaka and Victoria Tonascia collaborated to create a Latinx/e book collection at Kennedy Library, featuring 213 books in various genres and languages, with the goal of increasing representation and providing students with the opportunity to see themselves reflected in the library’s collections.
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Cal Poly symposium explores Indigenous and Latino migration and identity
The Department of Ethnic Studies hosted a symposium on Latinx and Indigenous identity, featuring talks and workshops to educate the Cal Poly community on the indigenous communities of Latin America and their experiences.
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‘We lack a lot of Hispanic students’: environmental science department recruits Latino students with videos
Two Cal Poly students, Diego Ortega and Luis Cruzgarcia, created three videos showcasing the school’s Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences (NRES) department, funded by an HSI Mini-Grant, to attract more Hispanic students to the department and bridge the gap between the predominantly Hispanic community colleges in the Central Valley and Cal Poly’s programs.