Cal Poly recommends students to leave early for winter break if they have no commitments in San Luis Obispo, according to a campus-wide email. The email explained that on-campus students can go through the early checkout process and moving bins…
Cal Poly releases new COVID-19 testing requirements
New COVID-19 testing requirements will take effect next week, according to a Campus Health and Wellbeing email sent to students on Friday Oct. 9. Students living on campus are required to take a COVID-19 test every other week, according to…
Campus Health and Wellbeing renovates food pantry, opens additional location
White cage-like doors, dim lighting and narrow walkways that made students feel trapped in a corner — that was the Cal Poly Food Pantry before April 2019. “It was literally just a cage, storage closet that was converted into a…
An on-campus Community Garden is coming to raise awareness about food insecurity
Cal Poly’s Campus Health & Wellbeing — along with the Honors Program and Energy, Utilities and Sustainability staff — dedicated a new community garden Tuesday, June 4 at 11 a.m. on the lawn in front of the Health Center. Cal…
Cal Poly Student and former addict creates program to help recovering addicts
Mustangs for Recovery, a student-created program, aims to help other students overcome addiction.
Finals week emotional first aid kit
We study to do better in class. We work out to try to obtain a date. We eat well to not create future health problems. Yet something we fail to act upon is our mental health. The effects are real, but they are somehow seen as less important than other aspects of our lives.
Safer is moving to the Health Center
Safer is joining forces with the Health Center. The conjunction aims to increase convenience and quality of both services to aid students seeking support.
Reporter gets flu shot on camera at Campus Health & Wellbeing “pop-up”
Cal Poly Campus Health and Wellbeing hosted a flu shot “pop-up” at Robert E. Kennedy Library to administer free flu vaccinations to Cal Poly students Thursday, Oct. 18 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Annual flu vaccinations are recommended before the end of October,…
Hungry and Homeless: New survey shows some Cal Poly students lack basic living necessities
Video by Sydney Brandt A study conducted by California State University (CSU) systems in January 2018 found that 41.6 percent of students reported food insecurity and 10.9 percent reported homelessness. These results are also reflected in a recent survey of…
Incubation period for meningococcal disease ends, vaccines continue
Students were on high alert after a student contracted meningococcal disease, a bacterial infection that causes meningitis.