Residential advisors or community advisors (which is the RA role for continuing or transfer students) benefit from free on-campus housing and a dining plan. This job is a great way to secure an entire room to yourself for no cost, while being able to connect with other students and shape the campus community.
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Cal Poly presents off-campus “Housing Week” workshops
Housing Week is designed to address the most common student concerns about housing. It will include four separate events over the course of the week, both virtually and in-person.
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Cal Poly’s Off-Campus Housing Program Partners with EDUrain to Ease the Hunt for Housing
Cal Poly’s infamous housing crisis developed an evident role in campus culture over the past years, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic. Some students are even living out of their cars and the campus only accommodates for very few extra spaces for those experiencing houselessness. To not only ease the stress of finding off-campus housing, but […]
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Freshmen plans for Winter quarter: Choosing to live on campus or stay at home
Students who are living on campus are required to move out of housing by Nov. 21, according to the Cal Poly Housing website. This means that for students living on campus, they will have to move out the week before finals week, whereas last year students would normally stay on-campus through finals.
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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 Cal Poly students that yielded similar results. It was found 26.9 percent of Cal Poly […]
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Two students take ‘bringing home the bacon’ to a whole new level
In exchange for reduced housing, Johnston and Quontamatteo wake up at 8 a.m. to care for pigs.
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Student-led startup to optimize rental process for landlords, tenants
Sorting through hundreds of applications and answering the many calls for a rental unit is a tedious job for landlords. Filling out paperwork and running to various properties to deliver applications is an equally time-consuming chore for students. Pioneered by psychology senior Cameron Wiese and his four-person team — CTO Alex Kavanaugh (software engineering alumnus), […]
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San Luis Obispo stabilization program: the many ideas to integrate San Luis Obispo neighborhoods
Councilman John Ashbaugh, San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan Marx and Alliance of SLO Neighborhoods have their own ideas.
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Home sweet SLOme
With winter quarter already underway, there is one thing clouding almost every freshman’s mind: To live off — or on — campus next school year. Walking through campus this past week, I have heard nothing but conversations regarding housing. Including whom someone will be living with next year, where they want to live and the […]