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Cal Poly offers emotional services for students upset over election

Written on 12 Nov, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 85 comments

By KAREN VELIE Concerned that university students at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo would need help coping with the presidential election, Cal Poly offered counseling and psychological services. At least one teacher canceled classes to allow students time to process.... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo student settles lawsuit against university

Written on 1 Nov, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo recently reached a settlement with a student who sued the university for failing to abide by the California Public Record’s Act. Elizabeth Wilson, a student journalist at Cal Poly, filed three... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo receives over $8 million in federal grants

Written on 21 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo received two grants, totaling more than $8 million, from the U.S. Department of Education to help address a variety of critical issues and areas of need in education. With the funding,... (Continue reading)

120 new housing units in San Luis Obispo for Cal poly faculty, staff

Written on 9 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly Partners, a nonprofit that supports the campus community, recently acquired 120 housing units in the newly constructed Harvest Lofts located within the San Luis Ranch development in San Luis Obispo. The units, located off Madonna... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student advisor pleaded not guilty to attempted rape, burglary

Written on 24 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A former Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student advisor charged with attempted rape, assault and burglary pleaded not guilty on Tuesday. During the hearing, San Luis Obispo Superior Court Judge Rita Federman increased 25-year-old Alexis Alejandro’s bail... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo again named best in the west

Written on 24 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has been named best overall master’s-level university in the west for both public and private institutions for the second year in a row in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo issues back-to-school fines to rowdy students

Written on 20 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE As Cal Poly students return to campus, San Luis Obispo police are patrolling neighborhoods looking for candidates for hefty fines. Over a two-week span ending Sept. 30, fines are doubled for violations of the San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student advisor charged with attempted rape, burglary

Written on 20 Sep, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a student who allegedly broke into an apartment at Poly Canyon Village early on Sept. 7 on charges of attempted rape, burglary. Shortly after 3 a.m., a resident awoke... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student shot guns on campus, sentenced to 210 days

Written on 18 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE One of two 20-year-old Cal Poly San Luis Obispo students accused of firearm offenses was sentenced Wednesday to 210 days in jail. Brandon Pham pleaded no contest to possessing a loaded firearm on a university campus and... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo welcomes students arriving to attend Cal Poly

Written on 17 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly students are moving in this week. Cal Poly and the City of San Luis Obispo are working together to help returning and new students become quickly integrated into the community. Fall quarter enrollment is approximately... (Continue reading)