“I’ve come to understand over the years that there is never a ‘perfect’ time to step aside from a position such as this,” Provost Kathleen Enz Finken wrote her retirement announcement. “There is never a time when everything is done, the work is completed, and one can move on knowing ‘it’s all set.’ If that time ever came, it would mark the end of progress, growth, and change for the betterment of the institution, our students, and society.”
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Two students are petitioning for industrial hemp research at Cal Poly
Two students have garnered over 1,000 signatures supporting bringing hemp research to Cal Poly.
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Graduation rates continue to increase
Cal Poly’s four-year graduation rate increased during the past 20 years to 47 percent, making it the highest in the college’s history, according to the digital archives and the Cal Poly Fact Book. Five-year graduation rates also increased by 40 percent to 77.1 percent and six-year graduation rates increased from 58.5 percent to 82.6 percent. […]
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Queer studies under development
The College of Liberal Arts is in the process of creating and proposing a new Queer Studies minor.
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More cops, fewer parties: How new policies changed WOW
This years WOW class may have different memories of WOW, ones with less parties and red cups.
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Staff, faculty salary listening sessions continue
At a meeting Thursday in Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre, CLA staff and faculty voiced their concerns over current salary issues.
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Students petition to keep political science professor at Cal Poly
Students advocate to keep Professor Krishnan on campus after he was denied a full-time tenure track position.
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WOW and SOAR mandatory starting Fall 2015
New freshman will be required to participate in the SOAR and Week of Welcome (WOW) orientation programs starting in Fall 2015.
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Cal Poly releases study looking at construction of on-campus facilities, hotel among them
A study exploring the possibility of building an event center and a hotel conference center on Cal Poly’s campus was released by university administrator’s on Wednesday.
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New buildings in the works
Though the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) recently began discussing the construction of the James G. Boswell Agricultural Center, that’s not the only project in mind for Cal Poly.
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Cal Poly looks to mandate finals week office hours
Cal Poly’s Academic Senate is in the process of revising faculty office hours — a policy that hasn’t been updated in approximately 30 years.