Big Names
Began teaching chemistry as one of the few female faculty at the time. She created Studio Classrooms, received the Distinguished Faculty Award, and was Chair of the Academic Senate Curriculum Committee.
Who is Christina Bailey?
Led by Dr. Davidson and Dr. Anderson and located in Baker, this organization has the mission of developing and applying biological tools to address human concerns through collaborative interdisciplinary research, and to educate the next generation of biotechnologists.
What is the CAB (Center for Applications of Biotechnology)?
These majors have a 4+1 program.
The 5 key values, or IDEAS, of the Bailey College Committee for Inclusion and Equity.
What are Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Social Justice?
The Cal Poly Rec Center is the largest Rec Center West of the Mississippi.
What is Fiction?
This Cal Poly President emeritus started as the Dean of the College of Engineering and ended up working at Cal Poly for more than 40 years and as president from 1979 - 2010 (retired).
Who is Warren J. Baker?
This group aims use Learn by Doing to become one of the premier institutes for undergraduate education in marine science.
What is the CCMS (Center for Coastal Marine Sciences)?
A job that uses advanced mathematical skills to deal with the measurement and management of risk and uncertainty.
What is an actuary?
This fairly new minor targets students from Computer Science / Software Engineering, Statistics, Biology, and Biochemistry.
What is Bioinformatics?
Biology majors are required to take a human anatomy (cadaver lab) class.
What is Fiction? (Can elect to take these but not required unlike some other majors...)
A former dean of the College of Science and Math, who worked at Cal Poly from 1947 to 1975.
Who is Clyde P. Fisher?
This group was created to improve STEM education and currently leads the state in the development and implementation of model teacher education and professional development programs, such as Learn by Doing Lab.
What is CESAME (Center for engineering, science, and math education)?
These two competitions are brought to the Math Department annually.
What are the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition and International Mathematics Modeling Competition?
These two professors implemented the Saliva Testing Protocol that allowed Cal Poly students to return to campus early because of the ability to test more than 4,000 individual samples in roughly eight hours if necessary.
Who are Dr. Nathaniel Martinez and Dr. Jean Davidson?
The large Fisher classroom is the largest lecture hall at Cal Poly
What are Fiction? This is the largest lecture hall in the Bailey College.
This World War 2 vet taught botany at Cal Poly from 1946 to 1969. He was a founding member of the California Native Plant Society and now has some plants named after him!
Who is Robert F. Hoover?
A 2-year training program, paid and with many benefits, that provides research opportunities to students, with a dedicated interest in pursuing Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. from underrepresented groups to develop their identities as scientists, and prepares them for grad school.
What is U-RISE?
The Public Health major was created in this year.
When was 2018?
A _______ Faculty Research Fellowship in the Bailey College will expand opportunities for faculty and student collaborations on space science. Made possible by a donation from the Marrujo Foundation, Dr. Jeffery is leading the research this year and focusing on white dwarf stars.
What is Astronomy?
The Mobile Health Unit, which students can participate in, goes out to communities with the goal of providing medical and preventive health care to uninsured women who lack access to care in California’s Central Coast.
What is fact? This unit provides all kinds of health services from heart health to family planning!
Trial attorney Joseph and his wife Victoria, who donated $7 million to Cal Poly to start a program from putting more math and science teachers in low-income neighborhoods.
Who are the Cotchetts?
Tutoring at local high schools in a variety of subjects (SCM 220).
What is TeAMS (Teacher Assistants in Mathematics and Science)?
This year-long senior lab sequence focuses students on experimental, lab-based physics, and ensures the ability of students to work in an intense laboratory environment.
What is "quantum lab"?
This new minor offered by the School of Education (Bailey College) allows students to explore the historical, philosophical, and ethical foundations of education while also offering the opportunity to individualize the program of study to support personal and career goals.
What is the Equity in Education minor?
The Poly Fit program, a student-run organization, is dedicated to providing body composition and fitness testing to the Cal Poly community and does so by operating and testing according to the American College of Sports Medicine guidelines and protocols.
What is Fiction? Poly Fit is not currently operating!