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“Being a Woman is Awesome:” Women in Business Keynote Speaker Talks About Overcoming Challenges and Gaining Respect for Women – Including Herself

Kris Snodgrass offered insight during annual Defining Her Future conference

Summer Undergraduate Research Program Provides Opportunities for Students to Have an Impact While Working Closely with Faculty Mentors

Last summer, 23 business students participated in the program, which represents Cal Poly’s Learn by Doing approach.

Quiet Confidence and Genuine Connections: What Horses Can Teach Us About Leadership and Trust

Sara Jo Daubert takes students on a unique retreat in Paso Robles

“Do the Right Thing:” Honored Alumnus SiSi Pouraghabagher’s C-Level Advice to Students

SiSi Pouraghabagher returned to Cal Poly to teach after a succesful accounting career

Scoring Promotional Deals: Marketing Class Acts as a Full-Service Creative Agency for College Athletes

Students in project marketing class are gaining agency experience under new NCAA NIL rules

An Eye for Cool: Top-ranked Wrestler and MBA Student Adam Kemp is Scoring Big with Vintage Furniture and Clothing Biz

Graduate student puts Learn by Doing skills to work every day with Thrifty Beaches.

Meet the Fundraisers: Kelly Dye and Shannon Fast Plan to Take Orfalea College to the Next Level with Increasing Philanthropic Support

The Orfalea College of Business has several major fundraising goals.

Despite Fears About Economy, Workers Will Continue to Have Leverage, Says Management and HR Professor

Employees will continue to have leverage gained during the pandemic

Morro Bay Wind Energy Project Could Create Thousands of Jobs, Make Morro Bay a Green Energy Leader, According to Orfalea College of Business Study

A proposed wind energy project in Morro Bay will create 24,000 jobs during construction and 600 annual jobs over the next 25 years

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