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Business student Nate Mirizzi is a member of Cal Poly Loggers, an intercollegiate team of male and female students involved in traditional forestry field skills that competes in various events, including the speed axe chop; axe throwing; tree climbing; sawing events and more.

A business administration major with a finance concentration, Jackson Prudhon said he was able to create the Mustang Surf Club thanks to the William L. Chillingworth Scholarship he received.

We attribute much of the success of Orfalea students to our unique Student Services program, which prepares students for success both in college and in their careers. To build on that achievement, the college plans to consolidate and expand the program’s space.

Michelle Jenkins thinks the subjects of her summer research project deserve a second chance – despite being convicted felons.

One of nine children growing up, Katherine Johnson (Business Administration, ’81, Concentration in Accounting) had to support herself through college — working 40 hours a week her senior year — which limited her social activities.

As we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Student Services crew reached out to several Latinx alumni who have had an impact at their workplaces and asked them to share their college experiences and offer advice to current and future underrepresented students.

Hundreds of students, freshmen and transfer students new to the Orfalea College of Business, participated in a welcome session put on by improv group On Your Feet.

At the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, students represent low-income clients involved in tax controversies before the IRS and the U.S. Tax Court and help provide tax education to the community all free of charge.

Adam Stowe (Marketing, ’97) became general manager of the struggling San Luis Obispo Blues baseball team in 2012. Now profits accompany larger crowds eager to enjoy the familiar sights and sounds of a beloved summer sport.

Carlos Noe Saavedra Took His Economics Degree to London to Explore Cryptocurrency as a More Inclusionary Monetary System.