After a highly competitive nationwide competition, 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.
Hitting the Books and Gridiron: A Look at Some Business Majors Drafted by the NFL
While millions will watch Super Bowl LVII on television, a few Cal Poly business graduates have a unique perspective on the game – including one who owns a Super Bowl ring.
Super Bowl Ads Will Contribute to Growing U.S. Obesity Problem, Says Marketing Professor
While television audiences eagerly await the funny, creative and memorable commercials set to air during Sunday’s Super Bowl, those ads are also likely to exacerbate the worsening obesity epidemic, said a Cal Poly business professor.
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.
Happy New Year!
Damon Fleming, dean of the Orfalea College of Business, offers a New Year’s greeting.
Latinx Alumni Share Experiences, Advice During National Hispanic Heritage Month
Network. Take risks. Share your roots.
In the Moment: Improv Group Teaches New Orfalea Students Communication Skills Before Classes Begin
Forget those warnings you heard as a child — Brad Robertson says you should talk to strangers.
Blues Revival: Marketing Alumnus Adam Stowe Brought Stability Back to San Luis Obispo Baseball
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.