Orfalea Business – The Magazine for Cal Poly College of Business

Orfalea Business The Magazine for Cal Poly College of BusinessFall 2023

Dressed for Success

Women in Business president uplifts peers while running boutique she co-founded

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Dean’s Message

I am pleased to present this edition of Orfalea Business. This issue emphasizes some of the many ways our students have embraced Cal Poly’s Learn by Doing ethos and features our faculty expertise, alumni, diversity, and more.

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Learn by Doing

“Living Learn by Doing”

Empowering Work

Going Global

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

The Search for Surf — and Camaraderie

Impact

Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Worked Over 110 Cases in 2022 — and 2023 is off to a Busy Start

Creative Sustainability

Community

Serving Up Success

A Day for Celebration

Removing the Mask

Overtime

Faculty Highlights

Morro Bay Offshore Wind Energy Project Could Create Thousands of Jobs, Make Morro Bay a Green Energy Leader, According to Orfalea College of Business Study

Despite Fears About Economy, Workers Will Continue to Have Leverage, Management and HR Professor Says

Katya Vasilaky’s Ukrainian Roots Have Influenced Her Careers as a Dancer and Economist

Alumni

Identical on (Almost) All Accounts

Big Score

Giving

If You Build It

Separate Paths: How Cal Poly Helped a Power Couple Launch Two Startups That Have Become Giant Success Stories – and Why They’re Paying It Forward

Empowering Career-Ready Leaders Through Learn by Doing