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Modeling shots of Alara Wiefling
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Model Student: Alara Wiefling Discusses How Hobbies and Expressing Herself Feeds Her Business Sense

Entrepreneurship student and professional model competed in the Elevator Pitch contest and interned with Fiat in Istanbul.
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First Year Go students pose in clothing they purchased in Spain
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Learn by Going: How Cal Poly's First Year GO is Changing the Freshman Experience

The program allows students to study in Spain early on in their college journey, gaining a valuable cultural experience.
Maya Lojo poses for a photo at the state capitol with President Armstrong
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Packaging Student Honored During Visit to Capitol During Annual Cal Poly Showcase

Maya Lojo, president of the Cal Poly Packaging club, traveled to Sacramento with President Armstrong and 25 other students, representing all six colleges.
Ronda Beaman talks to students at the Aero Hangar on the Cal Poly campus
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How to Get on Track for Career Success

Ronda Beaman took her Leadership and Career Success class to the Aero Hangar to illustrate how the formula for success is about the sum of its parts.
A student desrcibes her business idea during the Elevator Pitch competition
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Quick Pitch: Students Offer Their Startup Ideas During Annual Competition

The Elevator Pitch, put on by the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, features students from across campus "selling" their business ideas.
Khushi Sharma doing a martial arts pose
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Lessons From the Dojo: How Martial Arts Helped Khushi Sharma Become a Leader

Once a shy child, the information systems student took on public roles a college ambassador, with Women in Business and her business fraternity
Portrait of Gianni Hart
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Focused on the Code: Startup Aims to Allow Developers More Time to Develop

Devscribe seeks to limit the tedious and repetitive task of creating accurate instructions for users.
The founders of One Fountain pose for a photo
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Medication Management: Startup Seeks to Simplify Patient Prescription Schedules

One Fountain Health is creating a device designed to preserve independence for people juggling multiple prescriptions.
Anais Lohier at Yale
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Pursuing Her Passions: Business Grad Anaïs Lohier Turns to Biological Data at Yale

Lohier, who studied at sea while at Cal Poly, also volunteers at a vintage French car race dedicated to her grandfather
Ian Alexander and his wife, Jessie Becker Alexander, pose for a photo
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How Cal Poly Helped a Power Couple Launch Two Startups That Have Become Giant Success Stories – and Why They’re Paying It Forward

Ian Alexander and his wife, Jessie Becker Alexander, each were involved with separate startups at Cal Poly that eventually became huge success stories
Students talk about startup ideas at the San Luis Obispo HotHouse
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Catalyst for Creativity

Cal Poly Entrepreneurs Club Promotes Startups with Space, Resources and Community
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Reaching for the Stars: How a Business Student Became a NASA Engineer

When asked what it is about space that he finds so intriguing, Jordan Ticktin’s face twists into an expression of genuine bewilderment.
Benjamin Roe discusses his team's analysis with alumni and Finance chair Cyrus Ramezani.
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A Team of Finance Students Spent Months Preparing an In-Depth Financial Analysis of a Tech Company

But Would Their Efforts Pay Off?
Team members from Froot.
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Creative Sustainability

Cal Poly Team Gets Global Recognition for Innovative Packaging Design
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Alumnus Carina Gaz Wins Prestigious Agricultural Trade Fellowship

Carina Gaz, a 2009 Orfalea College of Business graduate, was recently awarded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service Diversity (FDFP) Fellowship.
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Big Score

A Lifelong Football Fan Uses Her Analytics Master’s Degree to Land a Dream Job with the New York Jets
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Cal Poly Team Takes Home Second Place, Rookie of the Year at Marine Energy Collegiate Competition

A Cal Poly team of business and engineering students earned Rookie of the Year and second place overall in its debut at the Department of Energy's Marine Energy Collegiate Competition.