When Adam Stowe became general manager of the San Luis Obispo Blues baseball team in 2012, he joined an organization that had endured several years of debt, instability and turmoil – capped off by a former owner’s 32-month prison sentence.
Addressing Economic Inequality: Carlos Noe Saavedra Took His Economics Degree to London to Explore Cryptocurrency as a More Inclusionary Monetary System
A business card Carlos Noe Saavedra picked up at the Cal Poly Robert E. Kennedy Library in 2013 would eventually change the course of his career.
Help Me Ronda: Ronda Beaman Helps Other Achieve Dreams Through Leadership Class and Work with Terminally Ill Adults
On the final day of Ronda Beaman’s leadership class, she is surrounded by 30 students on O’Neill Green, many of them holding “vision boards” containing collages of their dreams.
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Katya Vasilaky’s Ukrainian Roots Have Influenced Her Careers as a Dancer and Economist
While that injury would mark the beginning of the end of her professional dancing career, it would set Vasilaky on a course to launch a much different career – as an economics professor.
State Law Mandating Plastic Packaging Be Recyclable Could Promote Positive Sustainable Innovation, Cal Poly Professors Say, But Plastic Isn’t Always Bad – Or the Most Damaging
Even before California passed a ground-breaking law requiring all plastics be recyclable or compostable by 2032, Cal Poly students were exploring more sustainable packaging alternatives, professors said.
Start Your Engines: Business Students Help Cal Poly Racing Team Cross the Finish Line Behind the Scenes and Behind the Wheel
Inside the Aero hangar, Tommy Bordeaux and Chase Gioffredi are kneeled on each side of a Formula race car designed and built by the Cal Poly Racing team as they discuss the possibility of moving the car’s pedals forward.
Finance Chair: Interest Rate, Raised to Combat Inflation, Could Eventually Lower Housing Prices
While increased interest rates have placed home ownership even further out of reach for many Americans, those steadily rising costs might eventually help would-be buyers, said the chair of Cal Poly’s Finance Department.
A Bright Idea: Capstone Class Challenges Students to Create Light Fixture Startups
For Oliver Kensinger’s capstone startup, Legos proved to be both fun and practical. “The original prototype was made out of Legos,” said Kensinger, who served as co-operations manager for his 10-member team.
