Diego Puga Escobar is a communications senior. The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang Media Group. I first stepped onto Cal Poly’s campus during my senior year spring break through PolyCultural Weekend. I spent the week before staying with a friend in Poly Canyon Village, the same friend who […]
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Letter to the Editor: Being a Black woman at Cal Poly
Throughout my life, being Black has been a significant part of my identity. I was never ashamed of it, but I also didn’t think too much of it. I was born to Black parents, with Black siblings in a Black neighborhood. I went to a predominantly Black elementary school, middle school and high school and had mainly Black friends.Â
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Guide to Cal Poly’s SLO Days orientation
Cal Poly’s Student Life Orientation (SLO) Days will take place from July 1 to August 9, with in-person sessions in the yakĘ”itʸutʸu residences, virtual sessions, and a joint supporter session to prepare students for college life and the transition to college.
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What you need to know about Cal Poly’s SLO Days
Mustang News is Cal Poly’s award-winning, student-run media organization, which covers Cal Poly and the local San Luis Obispo community. For future news and information, follow Mustang News on: Cal Poly SLO Days begins every incoming student’s integration into Cal Poly. In July and August, incoming freshmen and transfer students participate in Student Life Orientation […]
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Orientation leaders prepare for WOW and SLO Days online
Despite New Student and Transition Programs’ (NSTP) shift to a virtual spring training for orientation leaders, group facilitators kept the spirit of Tuesday night meetings alive. Facilitators’ role was to prepare leaders-in-training (LITs) to lead incoming students during SLO Days and Week of Welcome (WOW). From hosting LIT speed-dating icebreakers to sending videos of pets […]
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SLO Days to be online summer 2020
Update: Title revised to say “summer 2020” instead of “fall 2020.” SLO Days, the summer orientation program for incoming freshmen students, will be a fully virtual experience, New Student and Transition Programs (NSTP) announced. The university, with advice from local public health officials, decided to move the orientation online in order to “maintain the health and […]
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WOW training is entirely virtual this year, but WOW could be held in person
For more than 60 years, spring quarter summer orientation training has attracted hundreds of continuing Cal Poly students, eager to give incoming freshmen the same fun-filled week they experienced as a new Mustang. The quarter-long weekly training prepares students who are interested in taking on a leadership role for SLO Days or Week of Welcome […]
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Deadline for mandatory Week of Welcome registration approaches
Failure to register for Week of Welcome by Aug. 15 will result in offers of admission being withdrawn.