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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Big Score

A Lifelong Football Fan Uses Her Analytics Master’s Degree to Land a Dream Job with the New York Jets

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.

Three Students Represent Orfalea College of Business During Tour of Statehouse

Three Orfalea College of Business students accompanied Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong to Sacramento this month, where lawmakers honored them and other students for their accomplishments.

Rose Float Design Chair Saira Mapes

How Rose Float Design Chair Saira Mapes Took Chances and Became a Leader

Making the Cut

Business student Nate Mirizzi competes with the Cal Poly Loggers, a co-ed team showcasing traditional forestry skills like axe chopping, tree climbing, and sawing.

The Search for Surf -- and Camaraderie

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.

Business Students Explore Entrepreneurships for Former Prisoners, Spotify Algorithms, Leveraged Buyouts and More During Second SURP

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