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Thinking Outside the Box: Industrial Technology & Packaging Students Create Shelter out of Corrugated Board

This Year's Design Village event focused on creating temporary housing for unhoused people.

Business Student Miles Clarke Works Through the Pain to Help Others Have a Better Quality of Life

The financial management student is the treasurer of the EMPOWER club, which helps people with physical challenges.

Finished with Perfection: Academic Excellence Winner Randy Tran Credits Parents for His Hard Work Ethic

Tran's parents immigrated from Vietnam to the United States so their children could have more opportunities.

An Excellent Teammate: Alexis Wong Has Helped Underrepresented Students Feel Welcome and Succeed in College

After graduation, Wong plans to pursue a graduate degree and a career in management and human resources.

Goal Oriented: How Sports Helped Prepare Former Accounting Club President Spencer Zhang for Career Success

Recently graduated Zhang, who served as president of the Cal Poly Accounting Club, will begin his career at Ernst & Young.

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.

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.

Learn by Serving: How Business Majors Han Le and Osvaldo Reyes-Ramirez Learned While Having an Impact in South Africa

Students in the Alternative Breaks program experience other cultures while helping communities in need.

Serving Up Success

Kim Bhunu succeeded both as a business student and a tennis standout.

A Day for Celebration

Information Systems student Erica Arredondo was one of three Cal Poly sisters to graduate on the same day.

Dressed for Success

Women in Business President Uplifts Peers While Running Boutique She Co-Founded

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