Two teams from San Luis Obispo High School won awards at the 11th annual robotics competition for middle and high school students on Feb. 5., and one team will advance to the state championships. The 2022 California Central Coast VEX “Tipping Point” Tournament is a regional qualifier for the state robotics championship and was held […]
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Society of Women Engineers hosts 'Chopped' type event on campus
Mustang News reporter David Aguilar looks at how one Cal Poly Engineering student council took a popular cooking show and added a Cal Poly twist to it.
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Engineering students build interest at elementary schools
Two engineering societies visited local elementary school classrooms to talk to fourth graders about the different types of civil engineering.
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SWE wins gold, as expected
Cal Poly has an outstanding Society of Women Engineers chapter, according to the SWE National Conference.
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Society of Women Engineers breaks stereotypes
Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net Men dominate Cal Poly’s College of Engineering. A whopping 81.5 percent of the college — some 4,410 students — are men. Despite being a minority on campus, female engineers have made the Cal Poly chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) one of the largest in the nation. General engineering senior […]
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Ms. Engineer contest no more
There will be no Ms. Engineer in 2012. After promoting the event at the beginning of the school year, the Engineering Student Council (ESC) decided to end the event a month ago. This would have been in its third year. The event, instead, will be replaced by a talent competition. The council decided to cancel […]
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SWEet Victory
Cal Poly Society of Women’s Engineers (SWE) brought home its eighth Gold Award as the nation’s top Outstanding Collegiate Section at the Annual Conference for Women Engineers on Oct. 15. The annual Women’s Engineers Conference was held in Chicago from Oct. 13 to 15, and attendees had the opportunity to develop professional skills, network with […]
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Honorees show engineering is not just a man’s world
The Cal Poly Society of Women Engineers (SWE) honored five women at its “Evening With Industry” awards banquet on January 21 with the 2011 Outstanding Women in Engineering and Technology Award. This year’s honorees were Anne Beug, Sarah R. Chang, Laura Dearborn, Anna Hopper and Jennifer Hughes.
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National Engineers Week comes to Cal Poly
The Engineering Student Council celebrates National Engineers Week at Cal Poly beginning today to increase awareness about engineering.
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Women engineers recognized for achievements
Five women engineers were honored for excelling in leadership, work experience and grade point average at the 34th annual Evening with the Industry gala last Thursday.
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Women engineers make their presence known
For the first time in history, women make up of half of the U.S. workforce and Cal Poly’s chapter of the Society of Women Engineers are making sure they are doing their part to empower women pursuing technical careers.