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Erica A Stewart writes on a whiteboard during a class.
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Lessons from the Mayor: Erica A. Stewart Shares Her Leadership Experience as an Orfalea College Business Lecturer

As mayor of San Luis Obispo, Stewart leads the city council, which approves policies, contracts, programs and the city budget.
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Robbie Martin, with the Detroit Lions
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The Big Score: Robbie Martin's Competitive Nature Helped Him Succeed Both in the NFL and Commercial Real Estate

The Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Famer and business alumnus was recognized on Orfalea College of Business Day during the Nov. 1 Mustangs game.
Kim Westermann stands on a chair in class to give her "skydiving" scenario
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Diving Into Her Work: Distinguished Teacher Kim Westermann

After working with "Big Four" accounting firms, the Cal Poly alumnus briefly became a bartender, which set her on a journey to become an award-winning educator and researcher.
A professor listens to a student during a SURP Symposium
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Digging into the Research: Summer Undergraduate Research Program Pairs 37 Students with 20 Faculty Members

Business students are using AI and other tools to conduct research with faculty mentors over the summer
Joseph Kuehn poses for a portrait on the Mustangs basketball court
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Economics Professor Who Researched How to Build Winning Teams Discusses This Year's NBA Finals

Joseph Kuehn concluded that teams with players that complement each other fare best. Do this year's finals support that?
A Poly Pack member shows the crowd an intact egg
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Protect the Egg: Students Demonstrate Packaging Challenges in Annual Contest

Poly Pack club presents Egg Drop to excited crowd at San Luis Obispo Farmer's Market
Lisa Sperow speaks to students in a classroom
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Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Director Lisa Sperow Selected to Lead Law School

Last year, the LITC recorded its highest volume of client work
Student poses with Mexican flag around shoulders
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The "Cool Tio:" LatinX Cultural Association's DEI Chair Wants to Help Others While Honoring His Background

“Mexico holds a very special place in my heart."
The owners of Clearview window washing pose for a portrait
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Window of Opportunity: Finance Alumnus Returns to Alma Mater for High-Profile Job

Peter Van Gundy passed on a financial planning career to run a window washing business he founded
Two students lead a horse apiece at a horse ranch
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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
SiSi Pouraghabagher teaches an accounting class on campus
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“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
A professor speaks to students in his class
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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
Shannon Fast and Kelly Dye posing in a breezeway at Orfalea
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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
Turbines roughly 20 miles off the coast of Morro Bay
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Morro Bay Wind Energy Project Could Create Thousands of Jobs, Make Morro Bay a Green Energy Leader

A proposed wind energy project in Morro Bay will create 24,000 jobs during construction and 600 annual jobs over the next 25 years
Worker Leverage Graphic by Sarah Davenport
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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
Students present their research findings at the Student Undergrad Research Project (SURP) Symposium in a large hall
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Empowering Work

In the United States, men typically pay more for life insurance because of one simple statistic: Women live longer
A student works on a light he's manufacturing in an industrial technology lab.
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End of Year Giving: How You Can Support the Orfalea College of Business

There’s still time to offer a charitable donation to the Orfalea College of Business that you can deduct on your 2023 tax returns