Orfalea Business
The Magazine for Cal Poly College of Business
A Day for Celebration
The Arredondo sisters, from left, Erica, Stephanie and Clarissa, pose for a portrait shortly before commencement. The sisters, whose ages range from 21 to 25, graduated from Cal Poly on the same weekend. (Photo: Jay Thompson)
August 4, 2023
The Arredondo family from Santa Maria had a busy graduation weekend at […]
As an undocumented child in Guadalupe, Calif, Yesenia Beas was afraid to tell friends or school staffers about her status, unsure whom she could trust.
When All-American wrestler Dom Demas entered the transfer portal as an incoming graduate student, the University of Oklahoma standout immediately drew interest from several major collegiate athletics programs, including Arizona State, Illinois and Iowa.
ConGRADulations!
July 7, 2023
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Recent De Werd Fellowship Recipients Inform Students with Research and Professional Experience
June 30, 2023
When teaching his business courses at Cal Poly, Jim Burleson incorporates his own professional experiences into lectures, including his work on the analysis and design of a multi-million dollar software development project for the City of Houston.
“The most common […]
Cal Poly Team Takes Home Second Place, Rookie of the Year at Marine Energy Collegiate Competition
June 20, 2023
A Cal Poly team of business and engineering students made its debut at the Department of Energy Marine Energy Collegiate Competition by taking home the titles of Rookie of the Year and second place overall.
This […]
Dancing Like Nobody’s Business: The Marriage Between Business and Movement
June 20, 2023
Growing up in Hawaii and San Diego, Sharon Dobson was a member of a host of dance groups, ranging from ballet to hula, tap to jazz. She practiced tirelessly and performed for audiences large and small. The more she learned, the […]
Four Orfalea Faculty Members Promoted to Professor; Six Awarded Tenure
June 10, 2023
Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong and Provost and Executive Vice President Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore recently announced the university’s newly promoted professors, including four faculty members promoted to the rank of professor from the Orfalea College of Business. The newly promoted include […]
Women in Business president uplifts peers while running boutique she co-founded
A proposed wind energy project in Morro Bay will create 24,000 jobs during construction and 600 annual jobs over the next 25 years, making the tiny seaside town a leader in U.S. wind energy generation, according to a new report by two Orfalea College of Business professors.
