As a high school senior in Minnesota, Emma Merriman was flipping through a Cal Poly engineering magazine when an article about the club EMPOWER caught her eye. Since fall quarter, the mechanical engineering sophomore has led a small team of students in building a device that will help people who are visually impaired compete in […]
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How Cal Poly’s Empowering Autistic Scholars program fills an important educational gap
Larsen, the Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies (LAES) program coordinator at Cal Poly and current grad student at San Jose State University, was filled with joy at the idea of her little boy attending Cal Poly alongside her.
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EMPOWER-ing community members with disabilities: why Cal Poly’s QL+ is rebranding
Aerospace engineering junior Alex Fung is paralyzed from the shoulders down. Having a disability since 2012, he is accustomed to maneuvering a wheelchair to get where he wants to go. But the device that allows him to get around campus is also the biggest obstacle keeping him from travelling. Fung is one of many past […]
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New Mujeres club creates a community for womxn-identifying students of color
Mujeres was founded Winter 2018 as a student-run support group for womxn-identifying students of color.