When Ruby Ramirez found out she was pregnant at 17, she didn’t know what to do. The thought of figuring out how to be an adult and a mother all […]
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Guide to Cal Poly Commencement 2024
It’s that time of year again: graduation. As finals week wraps up and graduates and their guests prepare for the big day, there are also set instructions and expectations they must follow. Mustang News has prepared a How-To Commencement guide to clear any confusion.
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A guide to post-graduation pathways
Students about to graduate are often asked the inevitable question, “What are your plans for life after graduation?” With endless options post-college options for graduate programs, job opportunities, dreams of […]
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Reflections of a winter quarter grad
Up until college graduation, we are students for the majority of our cognizant lives. Life is defined by the prescribed paradigm of formal education, and we are just responsible for coloring within the lines.
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Green Campus’ gown renewal program works to make graduation more sustainable
The Green Campus reuse team is hoping they can collect more gowns from graduates this spring – after only 10 gowns were donated following the fall 2022 commencement ceremony. The […]
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10 years in the making: One Cal Poly student’s unique path to an engineering degree
After 10 years of retaking courses at community college, late night studying and walks home after the bus had already terminated for the night, Derek J. Russell is graduating this […]
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“Yours Truly” art exhibit highlights innovative graduating student work
The Art and Design Department’s “Yours Truly” exhibition opened June 2 in the University Art Gallery inside the Walter F. Dexter Building (34) and will be on display until June 17. […]
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Ending fall commencement is a disservice to students
Graduation is full of mixed emotions. You’re excited for a new start, you’re relieved to have finished the turbulent four years that it took for you to get here, but […]
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A year and a half later, 2020 graduates finally have the opportunity to walk
As spring 2020 graduate Perry Nalle watched a movie with her parents, a college graduation scene began to play, and Nalle thought to herself, ‘Wow, I really missed out on […]
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Cal Poly to host virtual commencement ceremony for spring 2021 graduates
Cal Poly will host a virtual spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 12, according to an email from the Commencement Office. The commencement event will feature six different virtual ceremonies […]
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Cal Poly changes options to fulfill Graduation Writing Requirement
Cal Poly’s Office of Writing and Learning Initiatives recently changed the options available for students to fulfill the Graduation Writing Requirement (GWR) — a CSU-mandated writing program that students must complete in order to graduate.