Local community college students will soon be able to earn a Cal Poly bachelor’s degree without leaving campus.
Tag: Ryan Alaniz
Parkland students and their social media activism reaches the Cal Poly community
Cal Poly students have been driven to action after the events in Parkland, Florida.
The Wheelchair Foundation: New chapter, same goal
The Cal Poly Wheelchair Foundation has returned. What once was a senior project is now a club with the same goal of providing mobility to disabled persons abroad.
Helping inmates one class at a time
Bianka Mariles finished wiping down the last yoga mat as women began filing into the room for Friday’s yoga class. Cynthia McCabe, who instructs the class weekly, stood at the top of her mat and greeted the room full of women dressed in orange jumpsuits. For the next hour, the women moved from one pose […]
Cal Poly prepares for United Nations University
Most cities yearn for San Luis Obispo’s sunny skies and warm winters. While these days are nice for going to the beach or on a hike, they stem from one of California’s biggest current issues: the drought. Cal Poly has been making cuts to water usage in an attempt to save water, but local adjustments can’t make up […]
United Nations University summit to study drought
It’s easy to stay in Cal Poly’s isolated bubble of green lawns and flowering plants. It’s easy to forget we’re in a drought.
A week in a life: From being mute to living in a wheelchair, students learn to exist in another’s shoes
The bathroom was squeaky clean; I made sure of it.
Sociology class partners with county jail
Ryan Alaniz, an assistant professor of sociology, came up with the idea of the class, “Incarceration and Society,” three years ago.

