2012 News Releases
May
05/15/12 Cal Poly Senior Project to be Displayed in Downtown San Luis Obispo May 18-19
05/14/12 Cal Poly Week of Welcome Student Leaders to Give Back to the Community May 19
05/11/12 May 14 Entrepreneurship Forum at Cal Poly to Showcase Student Entrepreneurs
05/10/12 Funny Man Martin Short Plays the PAC
05/09/12 Political Science Professor to Discuss ‘War of the Womb’ at Cal Poly May 17
05/09/12 ‘Robots, Privacy and Society’ Topics of May 23 Lecture at Cal Poly
05/09/12 Cal Poly Teams With Local Nonprofit to Build Wheelchair-Accessible Boccé Ball Court
05/08/12 Cal Poly to Host Paul Tipton for Vocal Master Class on May 27
05/08/12 Cal Poly Creative Writers to Read at May 19 Byzantium Release Party
05/08/12 Week-Long Children’s Summer Pro Drama Workshop Led by Missoula Children’s Theatre
05/07/12 Organist Paul Woodring and Local Favorite Dave Garth Collaborate on a New “Peter and the Wolf”
05/04/12 Cal Poly Graphic Communication Students Win Phoenix Challenge College Competition
05/04/12 Cal Poly to Host UNLV Psychology Professor for May 22 Talk on Racial Identity
05/04/12 Cal Poly Senior Project Wins Packaging Industry Award
05/03/12 Two Faculty Members to Receive Cal Poly’s Annual Distinguished Scholarship Award
05/02/11 Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble to Perform June 1
05/02/12 Cal Poly ‘Spectacle’ to Showcase Student Innovations on May 14
05/02/12 Three Cal Poly Professors Win Awards for Excellence
April
04/30/12 Cal Poly Team Places Second in Regional Human Resource Games
04/26/12 Cal Poly Student Community Services’ Annual Homelessness Awareness Week Set for May 1-5
04/26/12 Cal Poly Greek Week Committee to Present Donations to Community Partners May 2
04/25/12 Cal Poly Brass Groups to Perform May 26
04/25/12 Cal Poly Choirs and Symphony to Perform Music by Handel and Vaughan Williams May 26
04/25/12 Cal Poly Student Anna Consani Named Panetta Institute Congressional Intern
04/24/12 Catalyst Quartet Performs in the PAC Pavilion
04/24/12 Cal Poly Grad Named National Teacher of the Year
04/19/12 Cal Poly Professor Recognized for Excellence in Education of Arborists
04/19/12 Stanford Professor to Present ‘Eight Conversations About Race’ April 27 at Cal Poly
04/18/12 Cal Poly Engineering Students To Perform ‘Extreme Makeover’ at Controversial Homeless Site
04/17/12 Agroecology Expert to Speak April 23 at Cal Poly
04/17/12 Cal Poly Early Music Ensemble Presents ‘Treasures of Tudor England’ May 18
04/17/12 Cal Poly Chapter of Engineers Without Borders Acts Locally
04/17/12 Cal Poly Student Newspaper Wins 13 Awards at National Convention
04/16/12 Data Studio Opens at Kennedy Library on April 26
04/13/12 The Met: Live in HD Continues With Verdi’s Classic “La Traviata” Opera
04/10/12 Cal Poly Spring Band Concert on June 2 to Feature Music of the 21st Century
04/10/12 Cal Poly's 'Take It SLO' To Perform Twice May 13
04/10/12 Cal Poly Music Sets May Memorials for Two Well-Known Faculty Members
04/10/12 Cal Poly to Present An Evening of Woodwind and String Chamber Music May 10
04/09/12 Cal Poly Student Ensemble to Stage 'Transmedia' Theatrical Concert May 29 & 31
04/09/12 ‘The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other’ To Play at Cal Poly May 10-12, 17-19
04/09/12 Cal Poly Math Team Scores High On Putnam Exam
04/09/12 Cal Poly Associated Students to Host 5K Fun Run April 17
04/09/12 Cal Poly Arts Presents Bollywood Delicious April 28
04/06/12 Cal Poly Students Plan Flavor of SLO Event to Benefit United Way of San Luis Obispo on May 6
04/06/12 Hip-Hop Composer, Trombonist to be Featured with Cal Poly Big Band May 19
04/06/12 Longtime Cal Poly Supporter Phyllis Madonna Named Open House Grand Marshal
04/06/12 Cal Poly Partners Receive $50,000 Grant for STEM Education Cooperative
04/06/12 Cal Poly to Host Technology Panel Discussion April 27 as Part of Annual President’s Cabinet Meeting
04/05/12 Cal Poly to Host Woody Tasch at Hearst Ranch Fundraiser June 23
04/05/12 Cal Poly Greek Week Events Set to Benefit San Luis Obispo Community Groups
04/05/12 Cal Poly Society of Women Engineers Rides Wave of Awards at Regional Conference in Hawaii
04/05/12 Cal Poly Professor Appointed to National Institutes of Health Review Team
04/04/12 April 16 Entrepreneurship Forum at Cal Poly to Highlight ‘Clean Tech in Transportation’
04/04/12 Cal Poly Dean Phil Bailey Honored for Longtime Support African-American Students
04/02/12 Six Guitarists From Four Countries Play Dozens of Strings In Concert
04/02/12 Cal Poly Student Innovators’ Video Wins Social Impact Award
04/02/12 Bring the Kids and Cameras and Tour the Cal Poly Pier in Avila Beach April 21
04/02/12 Cal Poly Computer and Electrical Engineering Showcase Set for April 14
04/02/12 Cal Poly Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge Teams Strike Gold in Regional Competitions
March
03/29/12 Craig Ferguson is a New Center Stage Event at the PAC
03/29/12 Cal Poly’s Engineers Without Borders Named the Nation’s Premiere Student Chapter
03/29/12 Cal Poly’s Orfalea College of Business Among Bloomberg Businessweek’s Top B-Schools for Fourth Year Running
03/27/12 Roll Global Vice Chair Lynda Resnick to Speak April 25 at Cal Poly
03/26/12 Committee to Advise on Cal Poly Student Success Fee Spending Priorities
03/26/12 MEDIA ADVISORY - Cal Poly Students to Talk to International Space Station on March 27
03/22/12 Fiddling Alaskan Poet and Ace Musical Troupe Play the Spanos Theatre
03/19/12 R&B Singer Bettye LaVette Performs at the Spanos
03/16/12 Cal Poly to Present April 22 Faculty Recital: ‘Railroads and Cabaret’
03/16/12 UC Berkeley Professor to Discuss Human Origins April 17 at Cal Poly
03/16/12 Cal Poly Presents State’s Best High School Musicians in Concert April 15
03/16/12 Cal Poly Open House Concert Set for April 14
03/16/12 Cal Poly to Implement Student Success Fee Beginning Fall 2012
03/15/12 Events at Cal Poly’s Kennedy Library Launch Exhibit Celebrating Book Club of California at 100
03/15/12 Cal Poly’s April 5 Provocative Perspectives to Highlight Role of Men in Preventing Sexual Violence
03/15/12 Public Invited to Cal Poly Open House’s Campus Showcase April 14
03/13/12 Cal Poly Establishes Fellowship in Organics
03/13/12 Cal Poly Students Learn from Special Effects Pioneer at SLO International Film Festival Event
03/12/12 The Met: Live in HD “Manon” Opera Screen on April 7
03/09/12 Shakespeare's Scottish Play Plays the Spanos
03/09/12 World-renowned Pianist Andre Watts to Play the PAC
03/08/12 Cal Poly Students' Reptile Research Earns Nearly $11,000 in Grants
03/06/12 SFJAZZ Collective Plays the Music of Stevie Wonder at the Spanos
03/02/12 Tap Dance Virtuoso Savion Glover Performs at the PAC
03/01/12 Cal Poly’s Kennedy Library Exhibiting Joe Schwartz Photographs Through June 29
03/01/12 Cal Poly to Extend Engineering Summer Camp to Middle Schoolers with $15,000 Grant
03/01/12 Cal Poly Students Conclude Advisory Process on Student Success Fee
February
02/29/12 Multi-Instrumentalist John McCutcheon to Play the Spanos
02/29/12 Scholarship Awarded to Cal Poly Business Students
02/29/12 First ‘Up ’til Dawn’ Event at Cal Poly Produces Thousands of Fundraising Letters
02/29/12 March 6 Forum at Cal Poly to Spotlight ‘Social Entrepreneurship and The Triple Bottom Line’
02/24/12 Cal Poly Faculty Chamber Recital Set for March 30
02/24/12 Cal Poly to Host Free Screening of ‘Opening Our Eyes’ March 7
02/24/12 UCSB Professor to Discuss Latino/a Educational Achievement March 1 at Cal Poly
02/23/12 Hollywood Wit & Wisdom in a Chat with Rex Reed
02/23/12 Chicago’s Famed Second City Comes to San Luis Obispo
02/23/12 Cal Poly Construction Management Students Win Top Honors at Regional Competition
02/22/12 Cal Poly Honored by White House as a Top School to Retain and Graduate Engineering Students
02/22/12 Cal Poly Acquires Digital Web Press, Die-Cutting System Valued at More Than $350,000
02/22/12 MEDIA ADVISORY – Cal Poly Students to Visit Elementary Classrooms Feb. 23-24 to Promote Engineering Education
02/22/12 Craig Ferguson In New Center Stage Event
02/21/12 George Kahumoku, Jr. Stars in “Masters of Hawaiian Music” Showcase at the Spanos Theatre
02/21/12 Marine Science Professor Testifying in Sacramento Feb. 22 About Ongoing Cal Poly Research into Fishing, Environmental Issues
02/21/12 Cal Poly Construction Management Students Win Top Honors at National Competition
02/21/12 Cal Poly to Honor Nisei and Support Tsunami Relief March 11
02/17/12 Cal Poly to Host UC Davis Gamelan Ensemble for Free Concert March 9
02/17/12 Cal Poly Open House Announces 2012 Theme
02/17/12 March 8 Talk to Explored Astrophysics Experiments at Cal Poly
02/17/12 Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble to Perform March 10
02/17/12 Cal Poly Journalism Professor Organizes Ethics Forum in Bhutan
02/17/12 Cal Poly March 6 Event to Spotlight Regional Food System Initiatives
02/17/12 UCLA History Professor to Discuss Arab Uprisings March 5 at Cal Poly
02/16/12 Feb. 29 Talk at Cal Poly to Focus on Popular Music and the Arab Spring
02/16/12 Cal Poly Addresses Diversity in First Colloquium
02/14/12 Cal Poly Establishes Endowment for Late Journalism Professor George Ramos
02/13/12 Russia’s Red Star Red Army Chorus & Dance Ensemble Plays the PAC
02/10/12 Cal Poly Symphony to Showcase Soloists at Winter Concert March 4
02/10/12 Cal Poly Student Opera Theatre to Partner with OperaSLO for Performances March 8-10
02/10/12 Cal Poly Wind Bands Celebrate American Music at March 2 Concert
02/10/12 Cal Poly Just Jazz Concert Set for March 3
02/10/12 Cal Poly Women's Water Polo Team to Host League Tournament Feb. 12
02/10/12 Documentary ‘The Prosecutor’ To Show at Cal Poly Feb. 15
02/09/12 The Met: Live in HD Series Continues with Verdi’s Classic “Ernani” Opera
02/09/12 Cal Poly Concrete Canoe Team Sponsor Mixes It Up
02/09/12 The World 1 Million Years Ago to be Explored in Feb. 28 Talk at Cal Poly
02/09/12 Cal Poly Triathlon Team to Host Annual March Triathlon Series on March 24
02/08/12 Ann Coulter to Speak Feb. 28 at Cal Poly
02/06/12 Los Lonely Boys Announces Guest Stars at The PAC Concert
02/03/12 Feb. 16 LoverSpeak Poetry Reading at Cal Poly to Offer Pros and Cons of Love
02/03/12 Feb. 13 Entrepreneurship Forum at Cal Poly to Address ‘Breaking the Mold – The New Startup Paradigm’
02/03/12 Cal Poly Students to Help Kids Explore the Oceans Feb. 11, 25 in Avila Beach
02/03/12 $50,000 Gift from Gene Haas Foundation Benefits Cal Poly Engineering Students
02/02/12 Cal Poly Students Invite the Public to Stay ‘Up ’til Dawn’ for St. Jude’s Feb. 21
02/02/12 Cal Poly Science Café Presents Life-Size Computer Game Workshop on Feb. 10
02/02/12 Cal Poly Multicultural Engineering Program Honors Diverse Group of High Achievers
02/01/12 Cal Poly Choirs to Present ‘If Music Be the Food of Love’ Feb. 25
02/01/12 Cal Poly Hosts Free Feb. 11 Storytelling Workshop for K-12 Science and Math Teachers
02/01/12 Cal Poly Theatre and Dance to Present ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Feb. 23-25 and March 1-3
02/01/12 Cal Poly Kennedy Library Staff Member Honored
January
01/31/12 Cal Poly to Host Feb. 22 Talk on ‘Arab Spring and Palestine/Israel Peace Process’
01/31/12 Cal Poly's Kennedy Library Calls for Entries to Book Collection Competition
01/31/12 Cal Poly Sponsors Master Storyteller Kendall Haven on Feb. 10
01/30/12 Judy Garland’s Daughter Sings a Tribute Show at the PAC
01/27/12 The Met: Live in HD Performs the Final “Ring” Trilogy Opera
01/26/12 Cal Poly MultiCultural Center to Host Poet Joaquin Zihuatanejo Feb. 1
01/26/12 Cal Poly Society of Women Engineers Honors Five Outstanding Members
01/26/12 “Young Frankenstein” is Now a Monster-Ously Marvelous Musical
01/25/12 Cal Poly Presents Agriculture Research Findings Aimed to Protect Food Safety and Power California's Economy
01/25/12 Sold-Out Startup Weekend SLO Produces 12 Startups
01/24/12 Cal Poly Creates Journalism Advisory Board
01/24/12 Central Coast Favorite Alex De Grassi Returns to PAC Pavilion
01/24/12 St. Olaf Band to Perform at Cal Poly Jan. 31
01/24/12 Smithsonian Curator to Deliver Keynote Address at Feb. 6 Diversity Colloquium at Cal Poly
01/24/12 Cal Poly Architecture Professor Named a Top Educator
01/24/12 Cal Poly Student Awarded $27,000 Rotary Scholarship
01/19/12 Cal Poly Engineering Announces Faculty Awards and Outstanding Staff
01/19/12 MEDIA ADVISORY - Cal Poly Partners with California Energy Commission to Launch Algae-Based Wastewater Treatment Plant
01/18/12 UC Riverside Professor to Discuss Biopolitics of Contraceptives Feb. 8 at Cal Poly
01/17/12 Frank Abagnale – 'Catch Me If You Can' at the PAC
01/12/12 Celtic Spectacular is a “Journey of Hope”
01/12/12 Cal Poly to Offer Compost Training in April
01/12/12 Cal Poly Students Plan Volunteer Efforts, Celebrations to Honor Martin Luther King Jr.
01/11/12 Cal Poly Orchesis Dance Company to Present Five Performances of ‘Immersion’ in Jaunary and February
01/11/12 Cal Poly Professor Returns from Fulbright Program in Tunisia
01/11/12 Cal Poly International Business Students Earn Global Recognition
01/10/12 The Met: Live in HD World Premiere Opera Jan. 21
01/10/12 MEDIA ADVISORY – Cal Poly, Food Bank Present Hunger Research to Rep. Lois Capps on Jan. 13
01/10/12 Cal Poly’s Provocative Perspectives to Feature Author Firoozeh Dumas on Jan. 26
01/10/12
Cal Poly to Host Film and Discussion about Young Farmers in America on Jan. 23
01/09/12 MEDIA ADVISORY: Congresswoman Lois Capps to Speak at California Central Coast Tax Coalition Press Conference Jan. 12 at Cal Poly
01/09/12 The Artistry of Galumpha Creates Stage Pictures at the PAC
01/05/12 Cal Poly, Catalyst Paper Partner to Support Internship
01/04/12 Cal Poly School of Education Sponsoring Free Jan. 23 Screening of ‘American Teacher’
01/04/12 Cal Poly Music Ensembles to Perform Benefit Chamber Concert at Old Mission Church Feb. 4
01/03/12 Cal Poly to Celebrate 2012 International Printing Week Jan. 24-27
01/03/12 Spend One Enchanted Evening When “South Pacific” Sails Into SLO
01/03/12 Cal Poly Journalism Professors Win Best Paper Award at International Conference
01/03/12 Cal Poly Rose Parade Float is Viewers’ Favorite Once Again
01/03/12 Cal Poly Early Music Ensemble, Local Professionals to Perform ‘Bach in the Mission’ Jan. 21
01/02/12 The Met: Live In HD Screening of “Faust” January 15