The City of San Luis Obispo has launched the Belonging Project, an initiative designed to bring community members together through conversations and public events focused on connection, with the goal of creating spaces where residents, students and local organizations can discuss community issues and learn from one another.
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Cal Poly collective swaps ‘Diversity’ for ‘Development’ in name change
The Student Diversity and Belonging division at Cal Poly has been renamed Student Development and Belonging to better reflect its role in supporting students’ personal growth, identity exploration and overall success.
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I did ‘Lose my Breath’ watching Illuminate this year
It’s rare to see jazz, hiphop, Chinese lion dance, Mexican folk dance and ballroom all on the same stage within the span of a single show. Cal Poly students, families and community members were lucky to experience exactly that at Illuminate this past Saturday.
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Fostering diversity: How the theatre department is working to bring DEI to the forefront
Eric Monjoy, a sophomore history major and theatre minor, reread his lines one last time while he waited in the hallway to be called in for his chance to audition for “Somewhere: A primer for the end of days.”
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Computer engineering department receives $2 million grant to support their Breaking the Binary project
Based on the belief that the field of engineering currently lacks collaboration and can be oppressive, Breaking the Binary aims to reject “binaries or dualisms commonly used to create hierarchies in engineering thought and practice” and to dismantle “the binaries by identifying and breaking down oppressive norms,” according to the project’s website.
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Cal Poly clubs and dance groups celebrate diverse student cultures at CultureFest
On Oct. 21 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., the Multicultural Center held CultureFest, a celebration of the different cultures at Cal Poly in the University Union plaza.
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‘I decided I wanted to be that voice’: Student creates motivational podcast “Spilling Tea with a POC”
Coming to Cal Poly, communications sophomore Jasmine Phipps said she would wonder, and hope, that she’d see another Black student in one of her classes. “[That] bothered me to the point where I was like, ‘Okay, I wanna share what I am experiencing because I know it will help other people,’” Phipps said. Then, in […]
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Beyond Beethoven: Cal Poly’s music department brings diversity into classrooms and concert halls
Music professor Alicia M. Doyle was only in high school when she first was hit with a realization that her exposure to music was very limited and devoid of diversity. In her music classes, Doyle was really only being exposed mostly to composers that were white, male and deceased. It may seem like nothing more […]
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Under-served computer science students are leaving at a higher rate than white students — but the CS Department is taking action
Looking around his classes, computer science sophomore Jesus Meza notices the glaring imbalance of diversity. Classes are dominated by white men and a high Asian population, while there are a handful of other students of color, and the number of women stalls at one to two in a class of 30, he said. According to […]
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How Cal Poly Arts is rebuilding after COVID-19
Similar to many people and fields, COVID-19 has impacted individuals in a variety of ways. Nearly two years after not hosting events and in its second season back, Cal Poly Arts is adjusting to the changes. There are about 25 to 40 performances within a season ranging from singers, musicians, dancers and more. Past performances […]
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Cal Poly organiza foros abiertos para vicepresidente asistente de Planificación Estratégica de DEI
Editor’s note: El artículo fue originalmente escrito en Inglés. La traducción en Español fue hecha por Bryanna Hernandez. La oficina para la Diversidad e Inclusión Universitaria a mandado un correo electrónico buscando participación del campus para los siguientes foros relacionados a la búsqueda de un nuevo Asistente Vicepresidente para la planificación estratégica y red de contactos de DEI […]